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"Crazy Train"
April 8, 2009 – 10:00 AM | No Comment

90210 118, "Off The Rails":

Silver, having abandoned her car downtown and freaked everyone out all the more, is at the train depot, blathering on to a stranger who looks like Denis Leary about chemical reactions …

TV Question Qorner: Lymanphobia, MtB goes to college, et al.
April 3, 2009 – 7:56 PM | 53 Comments
TV Question Qorner: Lymanphobia, <I>MtB</I> goes to college, et al.

CSI. When did it get so tiresome?I don't think it's because William Petersen left, but the timing does line up.
The real reason, I suspect, isn't exactly that one, but it's related.Between the downward curlicue (tm …

Meet the new boss
April 2, 2009 – 8:11 AM | 20 Comments

Please head on over to my day job: the new blog at wenn.com, which formally launches today. Get your fill of celebrity snark, and feel free to tip us on your celeb sightings and/or gossip …

"Mad World"
April 1, 2009 – 2:39 PM | 6 Comments

New 90210 recap up at Soapnet:

Silver needs to be alone for a while, too — in a padded room, because girlfriend has all-caps LOST IT. She and Dixon have taken their relationship to a somewhat …

TV Question Qorner: America's Next Top Plimpton, clowns hold YSL hostage, and more
March 30, 2009 – 11:41 PM | 23 Comments
TV Question Qorner: <I>America's Next Top Plimpton</I>, clowns hold YSL hostage, and more

Making the Band 4. I have a lot of questions, most of them concerning that hottest-of-messes white fur vest Diddy keeps showing up in.The man is a style icon; that is a fugly garment which …

MoveOn.org's tomato toss
March 23, 2009 – 9:08 AM | 5 Comments

In case you haven't seen this already because you set your spam filters to chuck emails from MoveOn — as many of us have; they're kinda chatty — you can play a tomato-toss game on …

DVR Crush: Behind the Music
March 19, 2009 – 10:49 AM | 24 Comments

It's baaaaaaaaack!

DVR Break-Up: Brothers & Sisters
March 3, 2009 – 2:56 PM | 31 Comments
DVR Break-Up: <I>Brothers & Sisters</I>

It's not an official break-up yet, but I may need some space, some time to figure out if this is what I really want.
The show isn't bad; the acting is still top-notch, and the cast …

The Crushed Film Festival presents: Crossing the Bridge
February 25, 2009 – 5:17 PM | 24 Comments
The Crushed Film Festival presents: <I>Crossing the Bridge</I>

by Sarah D. Bunting
The Movie: Crossing the Bridge
The Crush Object: Josh Charles
The Story: Stuck in a post-high-school rut, Mort (Charles) must decide whether a cross-border drug run is a solution to his problems, and whether …

Sober House: Discuss.
February 25, 2009 – 12:01 PM | 15 Comments

I've got a Vine and a Crushed Film Festival entry in progress, but while you wait for those, you can discuss the latest Sober House-nanigans here. Linda and I have had a brief IM -versation …