16 Emmys noms for ‘Mad Men’

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Basic cable smacked the networks and pay cable today when Mad Men (and Damages) were nominated in the best-drama-series category, a first for basic cable. As the AP also notes, rather gleefully, “stars from cable’s less glamorous channels also made a splash in major acting categories.” I’m still watching Season One of Mad Men on … more…

‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ Act II

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It’s here! (previous: Act I) Frozen yogurt at the laundromat? Awww. How come I can’t meet a nice supervillain like Dr. Horrible? All the good evil ones really are taken, aren’t they? Or fictional. Best line of the episode: No, not “These are not the hammer.” The line after that. Nathan Fillion is a funny, … more…

what Hollywood does to women

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• Sarah Jessica Parker gets shit because of her mole or lack thereof. • Rumer Willis (Bruce’s daughter) gets shit because of her chin. • Katie Holmes gets shit because of her height. She is all of five-nine, which causes her to call herself “a big one,” and to consider her height an “imperfection.” Is … more…

‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ Act I has arrived!

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Woo-hoo! If you tried to check out the debut of Joss Whedon’s new Web-only musical superhero spoof yesterday, you might have run into some trouble: the damn thing was so popular it crashed the Doc Horrible site. But all is fixed now (at least, if you’re in the U.S. and Canada — apparently folks around … more…

bias update

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obsession: still Doctor Who (most recent episode blogging: “Forest of the Dead”, plus we’re sobbing over “Journey’s End” here) boyfriend: David Tennant as the Doctor (see my summer of Tennant and Hamlet) psyched: The X-Files: I Want to Believe (because I do want to believe) dreading: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (what, the … more…