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Review: 'The Girl' zeros in on an obsessive Alfred Hitchcock 20 Oct 2012 | 12:21 am
The tale about the dark side of director Alfred Hitchcock turns into a not-quite persuasive thriller, though Toby Jones and 'The Girl' Sienna Miller are well cast. There are two Alfred Hitchcock biop...
Wage gap? Gender gap? Answers from Obama and Romney fall through the cracks 18 Oct 2012 | 04:00 am
During the second presidential debate, the candidates dance around a question about workplace inequalities and fail to connect with a key constituency. American women may have gotten a fabulous idea ...
The Golden Globes grab the headlines with choice of hosts 17 Oct 2012 | 06:00 pm
Picking Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as hosts can be seen as a poke at the film academy for moving up its Oscar nods to before the Globes. The conventional wisdom is that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were pi...
Democracy in action at Obama-Romney town hall 17 Oct 2012 | 04:00 pm
President Obama and Mitt Romney work their inner gladiators in their second debate, going literally and figuratively toe-to-toe. Based on Tuesday night's presidential debate at Hofstra University in ...
Review: College grads meet the real world — sorta — in 'Underemployed' 16 Oct 2012 | 06:30 pm
Five pretty people face life after college in "Underemployed," debuting Tuesday on MTV. And surprise, it is not what they expected. Neither is the show. In "Underemployed," which commences Tuesday on...
AMC's 'The Walking Dead' takes a big chunk of prime-time ratings 16 Oct 2012 | 06:00 pm
The Season 3 premiere of 'The Walking Dead' on AMC scores 7.3 million viewers, topping the new fall shows on broadcast TV.
Review: 'Emily Owens, M.D.' — love it or hate it, it's up to the viewer 16 Oct 2012 | 05:30 pm
"Emily Owens, M.D.," the CW's new medical comedy/drama starring Mamie Gummer, is smartly written and well played, with the flavor of a young adult novel. I happen to like "Emily Owens, M.D.," the CW'...
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler to host Golden Globes 16 Oct 2012 | 05:37 am
NBC funnywomen Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the Golden Globes next year.
Mamie Gummer is forging her own path 15 Oct 2012 | 07:05 am
Yes, she is Meryl Streep's daughter, but she's also an actress in her own right. After stage and TV work, she's starring in her first series, 'Emily Owens, M.D.' Mamie Gummer is her mother's daughter...
Analysis: DVR viewing gives fall TV shows a critical ratings boost 12 Oct 2012 | 04:00 pm
Some of the new season's shows have seen viewership jump 25% or more when the devices are added in. TV executives used to look at DVRs as assassins that could kill their business. But this fall, the ...
