Greg Mitchell | Posted May 9, 2008 | Media
We know you can't wait for the upcoming HBO film on the 2000 Bush-Gore finish, aptly titled Recount, but here's a preview - coming in The New York Times Magazine this Sunday.
Director Jay Roach (previously known for Meet the Parents and Austin Powers films) says Democrats who hear...
Giles Slade | Posted May 2, 2008 | Politics
Superdelegates are defecting. Maybe I know how Hillary feels.
The "critical success" of my last book left my family broke and tired. My publisher made me pay for my own author tour, my shipping charges, and thousands of dollars of photos they never used. They held onto my royalties months...
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted April 22, 2008 | Entertainment
A picket line will be in place at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue at the Manhattan headquarters of HBO (1100 Sixth Avenue) on Thursday, April 24th between 12:30pm and 2:30pm. The reason for the protest is the HBO reality show Cathouse - The Series, which is set in a...
Greg Mitchell | Posted April 12, 2008 | Politics
There was an interesting, if brief, moment of zen on last night's Bill Maher HBO show, when Maher raised the question of Condi Rice supposedly testing the waters to be picked as John McCain's running mate.
Jason Alexander chortled but then Dana Priest of The Washington Post -- who...
Marvin Kitman | Posted April 10, 2008 | Entertainment
A quintessential commentary on the state of historical literacy in the nation today was heard the other morning on the show that replaced Don Imus, "Boomer and Carton In the Morning" on Sports Radio 66 WFAN. The episode on the station, which through syndication spread Imus across the nation, featured...
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted March 31, 2008 | Politics
Stop-Loss is Hollywood's latest attempt to define the Iraq War and the American troops who have fought in it. And is it the latest to fail.
I'm not a film critic, so I'll skip over the weak script, melodramatic music, and atrocious "southern" accents. But I feel an...
Michael Giltz | Posted March 31, 2008 | Entertainment
Director Tim Burton is one of the most successful artists in Hollywood. He's a "brand name" director who sells tickets a la Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock and other iconic figures. You know what to expect: quirky projects, a strong visual flair, black humor and excellent actors. His movies are often...
Sarah Seltzer | Posted March 31, 2008 | Living
Ah, teenagers. Every single person who makes public policy was one once, but the deep irony of our nation's attitude towards the entire adolescent age group is that we treat them like a strange species, and we have ever since rock 'n' roll and the baby boom created the teen...
David Kirby | Posted March 25, 2008 | Entertainment
A lot of adults (myself among them) are arguing very vocally right now over the scope, cause, and impact of autism in America. Acrid debates over mercury, vaccines, special diets, alternative therapies and conceded court cases are flooding the media almost daily.
It's enough to give autism a bad...
Jacqueline Colette Prosper | Posted March 23, 2008 | Entertainment
HBO documentary AUTISM: THE MUSICAL, premiering Tuesday March 28 at 8pm (and available through April 2 on hbo.com), follows the lives of five autistic children in Los Angeles, and the dynamic woman named Elaine Hall who leads the children to defy expectations by writing, rehearsing and performing their own...
Steven Waldman | Posted March 20, 2008 | Politics
As I alternate between reruns of Jeremiah Wrights "God Damn America" tirade and first-runs of the HBO's John Adams series, I see a surprising connection. Like many of the Revolutionary era, Adams believed that if we weren't careful, God would damn us or at least withdraw his support.
At some...
Erik Lundegaard | Posted March 18, 2008 | Entertainment
I've been meaning to write about HBO's The Wire since the final episode aired nine days ago and now it seems the show's creator David Simon has beaten me to the punch. My bad.
Even so, while Simon's defense of the show's final season is dead-on, and carries unfortunate...
Jordan Michael Smith | Posted March 17, 2008 | Off The Bus
Unlike the critics, apparently, I liked the debut episode of the John Adams miniseries on HBO. I'm a sucker for American history, though, and I will be the first to admit I'm not very discriminating in my tastes.
But even I balked at having Adams portrayed by Paul Giamatti....
Jamie Malanowski | Posted March 17, 2008 | Entertainment
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Ashleigh Banfield | Posted March 13, 2008 | Entertainment
Set your TiVo, America! This country's original heroes are about to stampede through your family rooms with a drum beat that is sure to electrify your patriotic senses. HBO is rolling out its latest historical masterpiece John Adams, and from the looks of the premiere episode, it is sure to...
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Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted March 4, 2008 | Entertainment
Last night I dreamed that my shrink ordered me to parade in the park while wearing a tee shirt and a bikini bottom and leading an elephant.
Never mind that I don't have an elephant. Or a bikini. Or even, in real life, a shrink.
I'm in treatment...
On Tuesday night's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert had fun with...
From the AP: Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a...
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Utterly insane goings-on tonight on...
It's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women -...
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two...
Tonight, Keith Olbermann unleashed what may well have been his...
The AP reports on Obama's swift and forceful response to Bush and McCain's criticism of...
The Tennessee GOP hasn't yet had their fill of Obama dirty tricks. A few months ago,...
The Democratic Party has finally decided who's going to break it to Hillary that it's time...
Sixteen tips for getting good sleep. There's a lot of advice out there about getting good...
Alley Insider | MIchael Learmonth | May 12, 2008 01:38 PM