Today the Chicago Tribune ran an article in its Chicagoland section called, “Who is Oprah's heir apparent in daytime?” Possible successors mentioned were, Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil, Dr.
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Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s mean different things to different people, but I think no one would disagree with the following – it is a season for big movie releases.
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This is the second part of a two part interview. The first part is here. Portman, lead singer of the Mr. T Experience, has written another great book, Andromeda Klein.
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Most people seem to love or hate Sarah Palin. Regardless of how you feel about her, the former Governor of Alaska and 2008 GOP Vice-Presidential candidate will be hard to miss this week. On Monday her much talked about interview with Oprah will be broadcast.
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This is the first part of a two part interview with Frank Portman about his new book, Andromeda Klein. In a week or two I'll post part two of this interview
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"A show about a glee club? You have to be kidding!" That was my initial reaction to this show.
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So I seeded several stories about V - links below - but held out hope it was better than the reviewers said it was. Today I sat down and watched it while also reading Television Without Pity'ssnarky but spot on criticisms of it, listing here my favorite comments from it.
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(Made a few revisions since I first posted this) A few preliminaries: First, this will not be a full recap or summary of the show. If you want that, read the official recap-summary from the Fox site.
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A university student’s effort to “Drop the petition for Roman Polanksi's release” is gaining public attention, and has resulted in at least one celebrity withdrawing their name from French philosopher’s Bernard-Henri Lévy’s petition calling fo …
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I have been reading Ken Auletta's pieces for many years, usually in the New Yorker, where he is its resident media critic, but also a few of his books.
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