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Two more cast in Game of Thrones Season 3

After last week’s casting of Mance Rayder, we thought perhaps there weren’t anymore characters left in season 3 who had not yet been cast. Ah, but how wrong we were. EW reports that two more characters have been cast, both … Continue reading

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Showtime’s Homeland Season 2 Trailer

From EW: As Dexter is trying to wrap up it’s very uneven series run, Showtime is lucky it has another massive hit on its hands with Homeland. Last year’s first season was one of the best new show’s on television. … Continue reading

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Game of Thrones’ Mance Rayder is…Julius Caesar?

Now this is one I wouldn’t have guessed, but I suppose it works. EW has just reported that Ciarán Hinds will be playing the role of Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall. A wildling raised by the Night’s Watch, he … Continue reading

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Jon Hamm on Bob’s Burgers. Be still my beating heart. (updated)

EW has the skinny on Jon Hamm’s role in this upcoming season of Bob’s Burgers: a talking toilet. The show’s creator Loren Bouchard told EW: “It’s a kind of E.T. homage, but instead of an alien, it’s this high-end talking electronic toilet that … Continue reading

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So You Think You Can Dance Returns Tonight

After a 2-week hiatus to avoid clashing with ratings quasi-juggernaut the “Olympics”, SYTYCD is back. With a tribute to … Mia Michaels? According to Entertainment Weekly tonight’s SYTYCD will be all about Ms. Michaels, the emotional contemporary dance choreographer, showcasing 7 of … Continue reading

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SNL Classics: Red Ships of Spain

For so so many tangible reasons and many that are intangible, this is one of my absolute favorite SNL sketches. It has all the necessary components: Will Ferrell, Chris Parnell, Alec Baldwin, and wonderful, terrible songs. But yet, I feel … Continue reading

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New Trailer Alert: Great Expectations

Confession time: I don’t particularly care for Charles Dickens. As a former English major, I know that is close to sacrilege for some, but I find the man just too darned wordy. I could barely make it through A Tale of Two … Continue reading

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Adventure Time: My New Cartoon Obsession

Finding myself watching almost every single show on Adult Swim is one thing, but I didn’t really expect to find my newest animated obsession on the kid’s version of Cartoon Network. And yet, here I am. I had seen this … Continue reading

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Just how clueless is Mel Gibson?

The answer is: very. In an interview on Comingsoon.net, Gibson basically says he didn’t do anything wrong: CS: Robert Downey went out of his way to publicly support you as you did him when he was going through personal crises. … Continue reading

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The Bourne Legacy: Almost But Not Quite

There was a lot of talk about how the Bourne movies based on the novels by Robert Ludlum re-engerized the action movie genre. We got a main character played by Matt Damon who didn’t automatically come to mind as an … Continue reading

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