May 04 2012
Placing a classic story in modern times is usually about as good an idea as velvet sweat pants. The two just don’t jibe.
If they do it in opera, Romeo is usually wearing some sort of tragic “Star Trek” paramilitary uniform.
When they do it on TV, it’s...
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May 02 2012
Ok, admit it. You still think Alicia Silverstone is almost the same age she was in “Clueless.”
Guess what? That movie was made — are you ready? — 17 years ago, and Silverstone is not just not a teen anymore, but is, in fact, a gorgeous 35-year-old grown-up.
But that doesn’t...
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May 01 2012
Susan Lucci has fallen for two men — and neither one is named Helmut.
No, Lucci didn’t pull an Erica Kane and fall for another guy. In fact, when I saw her the other night at the Friars Club, where she was the guest of honor/semi-roastee, the former “All...
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Apr 28 2012
Peyton Place, 1957
Sunday, 8 p.m., TCM
Oh, the shame! The 1950s blockbuster was nominated for nine Oscars including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, and Supporting Actress but received none. A young woman looks back on her life in a God-fearing small town. All good — well except for rape, incest...
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Apr 28 2012
Have you heard the one about the murder victim who kept backing into the knife?
Well, that’s almost Kenneth Minor’s story and he’s sticking to it — and, in a weird way, it may in fact be true. Because even though Minor is serving 20-years-to-life for the murder...
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Apr 27 2012
Have you heard the one about the murder victim who kept backing into the knife?
Well, that’s almost Kenneth Minor’s story and he’s sticking to it — and, in a weird way, it may in fact be true. Because even though Minor is serving 20-years-to-life for the murder...
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Apr 27 2012
I’m in love and the wedding is Sunday. Well, what I mean is that’s when TLC’s new reality show, “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding,” debuts.
And it’s one heckuva fascinating look into a world and a culture with which most of us have little or...
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Apr 26 2012
If you’re looking to not have sex tonight, then don’t take off something sexy and climb into bed — but instead stay dressed, stay on the couch and stave off your sex drive by watching Lifetime starting at 10.
Who knew a night of TV so focused on sex...
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Apr 25 2012
If you’re still having nightmares from the one and only time you saw “Midnight Express,” then maybe you don’t have the guts for something even more horrifying — and much more current.
I’m talking about the season premiere of Nat Geo’s “Locked Up Abroad,” called “From Hollywood...
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Apr 24 2012
Here’s the pitch: Suppose you combined “Melrose Place” and “Flashdance?” What would you get?
I know! “L.A. Complex,” that’s what.
Tonight’s new CW series is about 20-somethings all living in one apartment complex who are literally starving to make it in LA as actors, dancers and...
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