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A&E Returns to Drama After Long Absence

The new series The Cleaner represents the A&E network's long-overdue return to fiction...

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Hellboy Hot at Box Office

Adventure fantasies with conservative values are maintaining their grip on American movie ...

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‘Closer, ‘Saving Grace’ Return

Two superb TV series, The Closer and Saving Grace, both return this evening, on Turner Net...

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New Episodes of ‘Top Gear’ Coming to United States

The best nonfiction comedy program now on television is back with new episodes tonight.&nb...

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‘Burn Notice’ Returns

USA Network's Burn Notice returns tonight.  (more…)

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Chinese Artists Call for More Freedom, Citing ‘Kung Fu Panda’

Chinese artists are calling for less govenment control over culture—thanks to a cart...

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Smith’s ‘Hancock’ Dominates U.S. Box Office

The new Will Smith movie, Hancock, is a big success at the box office, despite derision fr...

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‘WALL-E’ Leads Big Weekend for Hollywood

Pixar's WALL-E led a strong slate at the U.S. box office that resulted in the biggest-gros...

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Imus Puts Foot in It Again

Radio talk show host Don Imus has offended black Americans again—but says he was mis...

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Making the Case for Censorship

Arguments over censorship tend to concentrate on it as a national issue, when there's real...

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Downey to Lead Genre-Bender

Robert Downey Jr., star of the megahit movie Iron Man, has signed on for a new film that c...

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Better Characters Welcome at USA Network

Recent improvements to the USA Network TV series In Plain Sight show the value of characte...

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Would You Believe . . . Steve Carell, Box-Office Champ?

Get Smart, the spy spoof starring Steve Carell, led the weekend U.S. box office by a good ...

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The Legacy of George Carlin

The comedian George Carlin should be remembered for his silly humor, not his politics.&nbs...

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A Book with Answers to Everything

TAC correspondent Mike Gray discovers a very unusual, interesting, and enlightening book.&...

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‘Pacific Ocean Blue’ Finally Returns

Pacific Ocean Blue, the great solo album by the former Beach Boy the late Dennis Wilson, i...

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American Girl Empire Teaches Better Values Than Schools

The first theatrical film based on the American Girl doll series is about to hit U.S. thea...

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A Small Good Deed by a Big Movie Star

Demonstrating that there are some good celebrities around, actor Johnny Depp kept a promis...

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USA Network Series ‘In Plain Sight’ Works Best When Not ‘Transcending Genre’

USA Network's In Plain Sight is a formula show that's intended to be more than a formula s...

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‘Hulk,’ ‘Happening’ Drive Strong Weekend Movie Box Office

New action-adventure and horror releases lead unexpectedly big weekend for movies, proving...

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Possible Hollywood Performers Strike Could Hurt Industry, Coworkers

The Screen Actors Guild is preparing to go on strike after its current contract with Holly...

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Hollywood’s Treatment of Communism—We Must Not Forget the Past

Hollywood's treatment of communism has historically been performed with kid gloves—w...

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Not All Hollywood Dads Are Bad

Although Hollywood movies and television shows tend to show American fathers as irresponsi...

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Advertisers Seek Teens on Cell Phones

As telephones steadily evolve into miniature computers, becoming mobile, personal entertai...

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Flabby Action Hero Wins Big at Weekend Box Office

Kung Fu Panda won the box-office race in its opening weekend. Here's a clue why.  (...

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CBSs’ ‘Swingtown’ Shouts Joys of Adultery

Great song, dubious show, so far.  (more…)

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Introducing The Culture Project

The Culture Project is a much-needed endeavor intended to help set the groundwork for a tr...

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Real Guru Has No Objections to ‘Love Guru’

In response to complaints from Hindu organizations about the forthcoming comedy film The L...

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Good Sense in ‘Sex and the City’?

Kathryn Lopez says you can find good messages in Sex and the  City. (more…)

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Green TV

The Discovery Network officially goes green today with the launch of its Planet Green chan...

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‘Sex and the City’ Attracts Big Crowds on Opening Weekend

Sex and the City opened strong at the U.S. movie box office this past weekend.  (mo...

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Ouija Board to Star in New Movie

Filmmaker Michael Bay will make a new thriller centering on use of a Ouija board. This is ...