The Pacific

The Best TV of 2010: Mad Men, The Pacific, Glee and More

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Justified, The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Dexter, The Closer, Darren Criss, The Good Wife, The Pacific, Boardwalk Empire, Doctor Who, Modern Family, Glee, Entertainment News

The difficulty of compiling a Top 10 Best TV Shows of the Year list points to the fact that people who complain there is nothing worth watching on television don't know what they are talking about.

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DVDs: The Sound Of Music, Toy Story 3, The Pacific And More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry Sanders, Harry Nilsson, Highlander, The Pacific, Nip/Tuck, Tilda Swinton, Dvds, Tom Hanks, Toy Story 3, Steven Spielberg, The Goonies, The Bionic Woman, The Sound of Music, Harry Potter, Apocalypse Now, Garry Shandling, Entertainment News

A bumper crop of new releases so let's get to it. THE SOUND OF MUSIC 45TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BLURAY ($34.99; FOX) -- I've seen The Sound Of Music ...

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Emmy Awards Nominees 2010: 'Glee,' 'Pacific' Top Nominations

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — TV comedies aren't what they used to be, and viewers and the industry are signaling that's just fine with them. Of the six Emmy n...

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The Real Jersey Girl: Snooki vs. Margo

David Helvarg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guidos, Real Housewives, Ocean, Nicole Snooki Polizzi, Conservation, The Pacific, The View, Jersey Shore, Obama, Hooking Up, Mtv, Drinking, Gidget, Beach, Outrigger, Green News

While I haven't met Snooki, I do know a real housewife of New Jersey, 43-year old Medford Lakes mother of two, Margo Pellegrino. She's currently paddling an outrigger canoe down the Pacific Coast from Seattle to San Diego.

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The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards: I'm Dreaming of a White Betty

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Jack Kervorkian, Modern Family, Award Shows, Ricky Gervais, Betty White, Al Pacino, Lost Season 6, The Pacific, Jorge Garcia, Joel Mchale, Mad Men, Television Awards, The Emmys, Emmys Glee, Emmys Jimmy Fallon, Emmys George Clooney, Entertainment News

Bryan Cranston was "humbled" to win his third Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Winners, please stop using that cliche. The only thing less humbling than winning an award is winning the same award three times.

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Emmy Predictions: Another Big Night for Mad Men; Glee vs. Modern Family

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Julianna Margulies, Jon Hamm, Jane Lynch, Emmys, The Pacific, Lost, Glee, Modern Family, Entertainment News

It's time for the increasingly hazardous annual ritual of predicting the shows and performers that will win, while also indulging in one last opportunity to state who or what should win.

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TV Critics Award 'Glee'

deadline.com | Nikki Finke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pacific, Breaking Bad, 2010 Television Critics Association Awards, Glee, Television, Modern Family, The Good Wife, Lost, Entertainment News

Freshman shows on the broadcast networks ruled as the Television Critics Association (TCA), a media organization comprised of more than 200 profession...

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The Pacific: Messages From the Past

Cathy Whitlock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Hanks, Hbo, The Pacific, Steven Spielberg, Entertainment News

Like most baby boomers, I have been glued every Sunday night to HBO's The Pacific, the ten-part mini series that chronicles the Pacific Theater operations.

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The Greatest Generation, Minus One

Robert Mackey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Pacific, Greatest Generation, World War II Veterans, World War II, Politics News

One thing has always stuck in my mind about 'the Greatest Generation' -- and I do believe they were exceptional -- where are all the women at?

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HBO's The Pacific Is a Masterpiece

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rami Malek, Tom Hanks, Hbo, Joe Mazzello, Jon Seda, Steven Spielberg, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, James Badge Dale, Entertainment News

Simply put, "The Pacific" is one of the finest dramatic productions in the history of television. It may in fact be the best miniseries of all time.

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"Brothers In Arms": One Son's War & Peace Playlist as We Prepare to Enter "The Pacific"

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edwin Starr, Johnny Cash, Steve Earle, Dixie Chicks, Merle Haggard, The Ink Spots, The Pacific, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell, Tom Waits, Tommy Dorsey, Hbo, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Creedence Clearwater Revival, U2, The Andrews Sisters, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Band of Brothers, Ella Fitgerald, Frank Sinatra, World War II, Stanley Wild, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

To put myself in the proper mindset to enter The Pacific, I've come up with a playlist of great songs that speak powerfully to war and peace from a variety of perspectives and eras.

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Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg Join Obama For White House Movie Night

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, White House Movie Theater, The Pacific HBO, Hanks Spielberg White House, Obama Movie Night, The Pacific, Obama Movies, White House Movies, Jim Jones, Richard Plepler, Tom Hanks, White House Movie Night, White House Screening, Steven Spielberg, Politics News

The Obamas are hosting several Hollywood stars Thursday night for a movie night in the White House theater for a screening of the new HBO series "The ...

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Semper Fido

Rich Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iwo Jima, The Pacific, Guam, Dog, Pomeranian, World War II, Marine Corps, Los Angeles News

My decision to leave the corporate world and work at home has provided many rewards -- but none of them compare with the experience I had yesterday.

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HBO Sending Veterans To WWII Memorial In Washington

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — HBO is paying to send 250 veterans to Washington next week to visit the World War II memorial, coinciding with the networks' premiere...

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Tom Hanks On His JFK Assassination Project, War & Growing Up Navy

Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Hanks graces the cover of Time magazine in advance of his HBO miniseries "The Pacific." He is only the third actor to do so, but it's in his capac...

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Tom Hanks Premieres Miniseries "The Pacific" In New Orleans

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — The National World War II Museum rolled out the red carpet Tuesday for actor Tom Hanks and the stars of a new HBO miniseries set d...

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Old stars and new independents: A modest suggestion

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis, Lucky Number Slevin, Big Love, Woody Harrelson, Extraordinary Measures, Nicolas Cage, Fast Food Nation, Burt Reynolds, The Great Buck White, Boogie Nights, 1980s, Steven Spielberg, Larry McMurtry, James Cameron, Band of Brothers, Sundance, Marshall Fine Commentary, Barry Levinson, The Pacific, Boone's Lick, 1990s, Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, Where the Wild Things Are, Mel Gibson, Colin Hanks, Charlie Wilson's War, Harvey, National Endowment for the Arts, Edge of Darkness, Video on Demand, Michael Bay, Dan Brown, Dear John, Entertainment News

I've got an idea for how to change independent film and kick-start the kind of serious attention that video-on-demand seems to require. And it all s...

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