Matthew Weiner

Mad Men: Women for Sale

Morgan Glennon | Posted 06.01.2012

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Just when you get complacent with the status quo, Weiner purposefully pulls the rug out from under you. It might not always be elegantly done, but it's usually effective.

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Mad Men: Controversy as Joan Lowers Herself to Rise and Peggy Exits Anticlimactically (as SCDP Gets Its Halo Client)

William Bradley | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Jaguar, Culture News, Prostitution, Matthew Weiner, Christina Hendricks, Joan Holloway, Peggy Olson, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Television News, Mad Men, The West Wing, Elisabeth Moss, Entertainment News

As soon as I saw what happened, I figured there would be a lot of controversy about the latest episode of Mad Men, "The Other Woman." And sure enough, there is.

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Mad Men Recap: "Little Murders"

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.29.2012

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Selling sex is a basic advertising concept that we see over and over, but it's much harder to swallow when the concept becomes a reality.

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Mad Men Recap: "Mad Money"

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.22.2012

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They stand on opposite ends of the show, as counterparts to one another -- the sexy, damaged powerhouses with perfectly crafted exteriors. When they finally come together, their chemistry is so explosive that we simultaneously want and fear their union.

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Mad Men: Danger! Slippery When Soapy (Especially in Dark Shadows)

William Bradley | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Culture News, 1960s, New York, Matthew Weiner, Nelson Rockefeller, Advertising, Betty Draper, Don Draper, Conrad Hilton, Television News, Mad Men, John Lindsay, Entertainment News

If there's one thing we know for sure about the latest episode of Mad Men, it's this: All this soapiness can mean only one thing. People are about to die.

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'Mad Men' Cast, Creator On 'Inside The Actors Studio'

Posted 05.15.2012

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James Lipton took several of the castmembers and "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner "Inside the Actors Studio" (7 p.m. ET on Bravo). It was the largest ...

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LEAKED 'Mad Men' Finale!

Posted 05.09.2012

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If you're gullible enough to believe that Matthew Weiner has written the series finale of "Mad Men," which will air in the summer of 2014 at the very ...

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Mad Men: Rejecting Advertising, Or, Don Draper Meets Acid Rock, Pop Buddhism, and an Independent Wife

William Bradley | Posted 05.08.2012

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Don't look now, but something important just happened on Mad Men. A major character, someone with real talent in the field, just rejected advertising. Someone who happens to be ad guru Don Draper's bright and shiny new wife.

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Mad Men Recap: 'It's Not Dying'

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.08.2012

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I loved this episode. It was fast-paced, it was funny, it was deep and it had the Beatles.

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PHOTOS: A Peek Inside Top Hollywood Offices

| Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Josh Schwartz, New Girl, Hart of Dixie, Elizabeth Meriwether, Matthew Weiner, Slideexpand, Mad Men, The Hollywood Reporter, Kurt Sutter, Sons of Anarchy, Hollywood Offices, Television Showrunners, Gossip Girl, Hollywood Showrunners, Best Offices in Hollywood, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter. You can learn a lot about people by browsing their coffee table books or by sneaking a peek in...

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Mad Men: To The Moon! (And Crashing Back Again)

William Bradley | Posted 05.01.2012

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After a few weeks of episodes dominated by stagey set pieces driven by forced plotting, entertaining though it was, Mad Men is back to its more customary approach of organic storytelling.

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Mad Men Recap: Meet The Parents

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Megan Draper, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Sally Draper, Peggy Olson, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Mad Men, Elizabeth Moss, Megan Calvet, Kiernan Shipka, American Cancer Society, Julia Ormond, Video, TV News

It's so sad (and Moss is so great) as you can see Peggy's hopes dashed across her face while she sits there smiling. She keeps herself together and says yes anyone to this second-rate proposal -- ironically getting to say 'I do,' only when asked if she'd like to eat.

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Mad Men Through the Boomer Lens: Sleeping with the Boss Makes Everything More Fun!

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 04.30.2012

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There are many perils inherent in the husband-wife workplace duo.

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The Boys Are Back in Town

Molly Fosco | Posted 04.26.2012

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The fifth season of AMC's Mad Men is in full swing. As is appropriate with the maturing of a series, the characters seem more mature as well, yet I'm happy to report they all still seem to be their same old selves.

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Mad Men Recap: Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 04.25.2012

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He expected her to wait for him, but she's a modern woman and she can get home on her own. It's telling that she doesn't expect him to come back for her, or does she just not want to be there when he does?

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Mad Men Through the Boomer Lens: Bring on Thelma & Louise

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 04.23.2012

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In retrospect, we could see Don and Megan's showdown at HoJos coming a mile away.

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WATCH: 'Mad Men' Goes Bowling... Against Weird Al?!

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 04.23.2012

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Ever wanted to know who'd win in a bowling match between Don Draper and Weird Al? If so, your very specific and highly unusual fantasy is now a realit...

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Mad Men Recap: "The Man With the Miniature Orchestra"

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 04.18.2012

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He finally has all the pieces in place; he should be able to make the music as loud as he wants but it's not working -- the sound of his symphony is not coming out. Something's wrong, a chord is loose. It's not Beethoven's 9th, it's the drops of the leaking faucet.

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'Mad Men': Lane Tries To Prove His Worth, Challenges Pete

Posted 04.16.2012

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Lane Pryce has been struggling to find where he belongs in the new firm for quite some time, and he decided he was going to assert himself on "Mad Men...

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Mad Men's Master Class in American Studies Rolls on to Some Mystery Dates

William Bradley | Posted 04.10.2012

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Well, that was one of the spookier Mad Men episodes, complete with not one but two dream sequences. As always, there be some spoilers ahead discussing this episode, the aptly titled "Mystery Date."

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Mad Men Recap: A Cinderella Story

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 04.10.2012

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"Mystery Date" is all about women and violence. It's the rumblings of the women's movement as they feel the need to protect each other.

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Boomer Lens: Mad Men Episode 4... Joan Takes Her First Steps on the Path to "True" Equality

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 04.09.2012

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If Weiner and company keep building on Joan's strengths as a lead character, she may well go down in the cultural record book as a quintessential American female role model.

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Mad Men Recap: "Eat First!"

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 04.03.2012

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This week's episode, "Tea Leaves," deals with the passing of time. The constant fear of death and change are both about the fear of being replaced, of the younger honchos taking over as time moves forward.

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Betty's Back ... And Looking Quite Different

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Janaury Jones, Fat Betty, January Jones Pregnancy, Betty Francis, Matthew Weiner, Mad Men Season 5, Mad Men, Betty Draper, Video, January Jones Weight Gain, Mad Men Season Five, Matt Weiner, Mad Men Betty Draper, Slidepollajax, Betty Draper Weight Gain, Entertainment News

Betty returned to "Mad Men" in Sunday night's episode, but she didn't look quite the same. SPOILER ALERT: If you do not wish details from the plot...

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Showrunners At The Movies: From Tina Fey To Matthew Weiner

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 03.29.2012

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"You Are Here" won't be Matthew Weiner's first feature film -- the "Mad Men" creator directed the little-seen 1996 indie "What Do You Do All Day?" -- ...

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