Category Archives: Arts and Entertainment
Tiger Woods: Were You A) Cheating on Your Wife, or B) Shopping for Early Bird Deals?
This past weekend, Tiger Woods made headlines when he got into an accident outside his home at 2:30 AM Friday morning. In the aftermath, Tiger’s reticence has fueled rumors ranging from infidelity (meeting up with his alleged mistress for Thanksgiving … Continue reading
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Muppets and Threesomes
Last week, Gossip Girl sparked a national controversy with its highly publicized threesome episode. The ménage a trois between Dan, Vanessa, and Lizzy McGuire wasn’t rated NC-17, but it did prompt the Parents’ Television Council to release the following statement: … Continue reading
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No Pity For Old Men
In 2006, I did an internship at a now-dead investment bank in New York. During my first week in orientation, I remember sitting in a large auditorium with the rest of my summer analyst class. We had just endured several … Continue reading
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When Television Gets Bad, It Gets Ugly
I think TV is like Thai food – it’s either really good, or horrendously bad. However, unlike pad thai dripped with e.coli, sometimes I can’t tell when a show is bad. I keep on tuning in, watching week after week, until … Continue reading
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Worldly Lessons in Politics From The Hills
On Tuesday night, we welcomed the return of an American institution, The Hills, to primetime television. The Hills is MTV’s long-running reality show featuring the glamorous side of Hollywood life. We follow a handful of attractive trust fund babies as they … Continue reading
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Trying to Find People Who Look Like Me in Network Television
In February, I wrote a post about the lack of diversity on TV: Do We Still Need a Color Television? Here is my assessment of this fall’s new TV lineup. It looks like we’ve made some improvements over the winter … Continue reading
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Channeling Jay Leno…
On Friday, Derek Jeter passed Lou Gehrig as the Yankees’ all-time hits leader. However, Jeter is still chasing the record for most hits in one night, held by Chris Brown. Thousands gathered in DC on Saturday to protest what they … Continue reading
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The Six Degrees of Barack Obama Brainwashing America’s Children
As Labor Day Weekend has passed, it’s officially the end of summer. College football season has begun, Congress will be back in session soon, and I have retired all my white clothes. So now it’s back to politics as usual. … Continue reading
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They Won’t Stop ‘Til They Get Enough
Yesterday, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar announced on the Today Show that they will be expecting their 19th child. Nineteen. TLC, which airs the Duggars’ reality series, can’t keep up. The series was titled “17 Kids and Counting” just last … Continue reading
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Michael Jackson’s Death Confirmed a Homicide
It looks like it’s Dr. Murray, at the Neverland Ranch, with the propofol.
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