6 Things You Won't See Anymore on Network TV
This week's "upfront" presentations, where the TV networks touted their 2015-16 slates to advertisers, told us a lot about what we''ll be seeing this fall -- and in the next couple of years, for that...
View Article8 Reasons Why We Still Love 'I Love Lucy'
This Sunday's "I Love Lucy Superstar Special" on CBS may just be an elaborate repackaging of two 60-year-old black-and-white sitcom episodes, now meticulously colorized and shown back-to-back without a...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Don Draper, Enigmatic Advertising Legend
[SPOILER ALERT: This article contains references to plot points in the series finale of "Mad Men," the May 17 episode "Person to Person."] Donald Francis Draper, a legendary ad man and a creative...
View ArticleWhy Was 'Pitch Perfect 2' Such a Shocking Box Office Smash?
It was supposed to be close. "Pitch Perfect 2" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" were both expected to open in the mid-40s, with the a cappella musical having a slight edge. In fact, "Mad Max" did open in line...
View ArticleTop 10 Things We'll Miss About David Letterman
David Letterman didn't invent the top 10 list, but it was his most durable comedy bit. Maybe we won't miss it after he airs his final episode of "The Late Show" on May 20, but there's so much we will...
View ArticleThe 35 Best Time Travel Movies Ever, Ranked
"The future isn't what it used to be," Yogi Berra reportedly said. George Clooney expresses a similar sentiment in Brad Bird's "Tomorrowland," the new sci-fi summer blockbuster opening this weekend....
View ArticleHow the Age of Antihero TV Has Ruined Us All
Sunday night, viewers had a choice: Watch Sansa Stark's horrifying wedding night on HBO's "Game of Thrones," or watch Don Draper and a host of other characters find some measure of tidy fulfillment on...
View Article'Braveheart': 25 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Mel Gibson's Epic
In retrospect, the popularity of "Braveheart" seems like a foregone conclusion. The movie, which opened 20 years ago this week (on May 24, 1995), won five Oscars, two of them for star Mel Gibson (in...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Disney's 'Tomorrowland' at the Box Office?
We're at a weird place in Hollywood history, one where an original idea, executed by some of the industry's most successful writers and directors, and starring an A-list leading man, is considered an...
View ArticleThe 57 Greatest Westerns Ever, Ranked
It's fitting that Clint Eastwood and John Wayne both have the same birthday week. (Wayne, who died in 1979, was born May 26, 1907, while Eastwood turns 85 on May 31). After all, these two all-American...
View ArticleMarilyn Monroe Facts: 25 Things You Don't Know About the Hollywood Icon
Lifetime's mini-series "The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe" debuts on May 30, prompting the question: What possible secrets can there still be about Marilyn Monroe? Quite a few, apparently, from the...
View ArticleHas Reality TV Reached the Tipping Point?
Remember when they used to call TLC "The Learning Channel"? Well, the scandal that's blown up during the last week surrounding TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" seems like it ought to be a teachable...
View Article'San Andreas' vs. 'Aloha': A Cautionary Box Office Tale
Everyone complains that Hollywood doesn't make original movies anymore, but when the studios actually do, they don't always know how to sell them. That was the lesson of "Tomorrowland" last weekend,...
View ArticleSummer of Darkness: When Did Summer TV Get So Grim?
Think of your summer leisure time -- beaches, baseball, barbecues, vacations, camping, fairs, fireworks, sunshine... What can the TV programmers offer to pull you away from all that? How about...
View ArticleIs Hollywood Heading for a Summer Box Office Disaster?
"Spy" should have been more of a sure thing at the box office. The film, which reunites Melissa McCarthy with her "Bridesmaids" and "The Heat" director, Paul Feig, entered the weekend with good buzz,...
View ArticleThe 7 Best Prison TV Shows Ever
The third season of the Emmy-winning "Orange Is the New Black" premieres June 12 on Netflix, prompting the question: why aren't there more memorable prison shows on TV? Granted, we haven't seen many...
View ArticleHere Are 15 Actors That Were Almost Cast as Superman
Did you know that June 12 every year is Superman Day? We're not sure how this particular day came to be dedicated to the Man of Steel, especially since he seems omnipresent in our lives every day. A...
View ArticleHas Political Correctness Killed TV Comedy?
Didja ever notice how politically correct all the kids are now? It's like you can't make jokes about anyone anymore. WHAT is the DEAL with that? No, Jerry Seinfeld didn't say that, but just wait. The...
View ArticleHere's How 'Jurassic World' Destroyed Box Office Expectations
Remember the handwringing over the past couple of weeks, when everyone was worried that May's weak box office meant we were in for a summer slump, one that would leave Hollywood's earnings trailing...
View Article'Psycho': 25 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Hitchcock's Classic
Besides making people forever afraid of motel-room showers, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" continues to have an incalculable impact on popular culture. Though it was released 55 years ago this week (on...
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