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The creators of "All-American Muslim" could have chosen families who better fit our stereotypes. But that wouldn't be a reality show.
Amid the sea of lousy reality TV programming that has come to dominate the television landscape, All-American Muslim sheds light on a population Americans should learn more about.
By framing everything as a fight, media encourages all of us to be combative in our interactions. To gain press coverage and political advantage, candidates take the bait. The result of this downward spiral is evident in the divisive politics of today.
Watching all this is lurid in a rubbernecking way. It engages a part of my brain that seems to like the base stimulation without much thinking. No lousy plots to follow. No bad acting. Just a fun-house mirror version of life.
The first season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was grand, opulent, and ostentatious. In the second season, though, the once-innocent fun is clouded by reports of abuse and suicide.
In this way, the producers of So You Think You Can Govern? assert, they will be presenting a more accurate representation of the down-home criteria most American voters already use when selecting a president.
Thanks to social media and talent competition shows like Super Star, Star Academy and now, Arabs' Got Talent, many young Palestinians are getting prime time exposure and introducing the Arab world to their voices and their art.
Nominees have just been announced for the third annual Taste Awards, and it looks like Gordon Ramsay Alton Brown, and Jamie Oliver might have to slug it out.
The women on many reality shows actually scare me. They seem determined to remain consistently angry at someone about something. There is almost nothing that would make me proud to have them as daughters, sisters or mothers in my own family.
Reading the New York Times reorganizes my daily thoughts, and often shifts my morning's priorities. Though it does not feed my work, (like Richard Pr...
Dear Kim, How are you? I am fine. You likely don't know much about such an old school, pedestrian, and arguably, juvenile way of opening a lette...
During the last two decades, we have witnessed the emergence of a phenomenon that has become known as reality television. Reality shows have become a ...
The ninth season of Bravo's culinary competition show, Top Chef, premieres Wednesday, November 2, in Texas. This time aroun...
Since 9/11 (and long before, actually), the world and our nation have been obsessed with a collective hatred of individuals who threaten our ways of l...
Below Cortney talks about popped collars, haters and becoming a race car driver.
Was it telling that Kim appeared solo on the cover of People magazine, beaming about her "dream wedding?" Is it a coincidence that Kim filed divorce papers the day before her mother's book hits stores?
