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Channel Surfing: "Dollhouse" Remains on Fridays in January, NBC Keeping "Trauma" Alive for Another Three Weeks, Kudrow Set for "Cougar Town," and More
Original at Televisionary
• Wed, Oct 28
By Jace(jace@televisionaryblog.com) Welcome to your Wednesday morning television briefing. Good news for Dollhouse fans. After double-booking Dollhouse episodes on Friday nights in December, FOX has indicated that it will continue to air the remainder of the second season of Dollhouse, with the series returning to its re...
Lisa Kudrow To Play A Dermatologist On 'Cougar Town'
Original at Starpulse.com
• Tue, Oct 27
Another mini-Friends reunion is planned - Lisa Kudrow is joining the cast of Courteney Cox's new TV series Cougar Town. The actresses will team up again on a 2010 episode of the show. Another mini-Friends reunion is planned - Lisa Kudrow is joining the cast of Courteney Cox's new TV series Co...
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Why breaking up is SO hard to do
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Oct 26
By Dr. Irene S. Levine Irene S. Levine, PhD is a freelance journalist and author. She holds an appointment as a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. Her new book about female friendships, Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend was recently published by O...
The CW Sees a Universe Ruled by Hotties
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Oct 14
By Richard Rushfield Everyone's going for a twist today. Friends stars are trying to edgy-it-up; Paramount wants to pull one over on the theater owners and The CW is seeing hotties fighting Bin Laden and going to Mars. It's all in the trades. • Former Friends star David Schwimmer will direct Clive Owen and Catheri...
Matt LeBlanc Joins ‘Episodes’ Showtime Sitcom
Original at Just Jared
• Wed, Sep 30
Former Friends actor Matt LeBlanc is set to star in a new Showtime comedy, Episodes. The sitcom is a single-camera comedy series about a British couple whose hit UK show is turned into a dumbed-down American sit-com starring LeBlanc (as himself). “[Creators David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik...
Breaking: Showtime and BBC Pact on Matt LeBlanc Comedy Series "Episodes"
Original at Televisionary
• Wed, Sep 30
By Jace(jace@televisionaryblog.com) Penance for Joey perhaps? Showtime and BBC Two have joined together to co-produce new comedy series Episodes, set to star Matt LeBlanc (Friends). The single-camera comedy series, which received a six-episode commitment from Showtime and BBC Two, revolves around a British couple whos...
Mike Ragogna: An Interview with Dan Zanes, Plus Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson, Smokey & Santana, and More
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Sep 25
By Mike Ragogna October 21 - New York, NY - CMJ Showcase--Le Poisson Rouge October 24 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex October 29 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge October 30 - Toronto, ON - Wrongbar November 1 - Boston, MA - Great Scott November 2 - Washington, D.C. - DC9 November 3 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
Donna Baranski-Walker: Will Egypt Allow Rachel Corrie's Parents and Friends to Enter Gaza?
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Sep 17
By Donna Baranski-Walker 2. Tell them you are calling to thank them for any help they may have lent in helping get the Rachel Corrie Foundation delegation into Gaza and tell them that you need their help now to lift the blockade to get getting gently worn soccer shoes to Gaza before the Rachel Corrie Ramadan Soccer Tou...
The Mentalist Season Two PromoOriginal at TheTvStop
• Wed, Sep 2
By Jack Check Out:The Mentalist Season Two – Promotional PhotosThe Mentalist Episode 1.12 “Red Rum” PromoThe Mentalist Episode – 1.11 “Red John’s Friends” Promo 2The Mentalist Episode – 1.11 “Red John’s Friends” PromoThe Mentalist Episode 1.09 “Flame Red” Promo The Mentalist season two is quic...
Jennifer Maguire: Suggested Summer Reading for the Obama Crowd
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Aug 20
By Jennifer Maguire Mortal Friends is what Bob Woodward calls, a "dazzling, wicked murder mystery that unmasks most of Washington, which may never be the same." But, read between the plot lines and you'll find a primer on how to survive and thrive in social D.C.
Kari Henley: Reviving the Dinner Party and "Serial Socializing" - Real Friends Over 30
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Aug 16
By Kari Henley How about this question: when is the last time you invited someone over to your house for dinner? According to Jeanne Martinet, author Life Is Friends - A Complete Guide to the Lost Art of Connecting in Person, reviving the dinner party is a key to putting our wheels back on track to a proper s...
Joanne Rendell: Best Friends Forever? Authors and their Readers on Twitter and Facebook
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, Jul 25
By Joanne Rendell Facebook Status. Jennifer Weiner. July 22nd 2009 5.15 pm. "Just got the call from my editor: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER is a number one New York... Facebook Status. Jennifer Weiner. July 22nd 2009 5.15 pm. "Just got the call from my editor: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER is a number one New York Times best seller! I am a...
Opinion: Jonathan Black: So Many Books, So Many Friends
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Jun 22
By Jonathan Black I knew how Charli felt. I, too, was stunned -- into exhaustion. I felt like the sorcerer's apprentice, caught up in a frenzy of sharing. Foolishly, I'd thought the whole idea of books was to provide a solitary pleasure, transport to a private realm inhabited only by myself and the author. Wasn'...
Christal Smith: Lisa Ling on her Sister's dentention in North Korea
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Jun 4
By Christal Smith Friends and family of the detained US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee--reporters who were detained in North Korea three months ago--are finally speaking out. The two women were on assignment for Current TV on the North Korea/China Border when they were detained by North Korean borde...
'Parks and Recreation': Less funny than 'Joey'?
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Thu, May 14
United States People bash "Friends" spinoff "Joey" as the worst example of NBC's tendency to extend its franchises well beyond what is desirable or logical. Yet "Parks and Recreation" is a more dispiriting example of the same trend because far more talent is going ...
Tonight on the Tube: Prison Break, Flashpoint & Numb3rs
Original at TVaholic.com
• Fri, May 1
By Jason the TVaholic Over on cable, Animal Planet has the first season finale of Stranger Among Bears and History has the first season finale of Battles BC. Cable Choices Unwrapped (Food Network): Repeats. It’s breakfast, breakfast and more breakfast in these two episodes. Both episodes play again later.
This Week In Tabloids: Shiloh & Suri Forced To Be Friends; Katie Forced To Diet
Original at Jezebel
• Wed, Mar 11
By Dodai Katie Holmes and Angelina Jolie are both in New York for films, but "the working moms' most important project while in Manhattan is coordinating a playdate for their two adorable toddlers!" Not that it has happened yet. Still, the mag pushes the kids together on the elaborately Photoshop...
Opinion: Friends - The Lion Sleeps TonightOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Feb 10
By rss@youtube.com (Ledg4u) Author: Ledg4u Keywords: Friends Jennifer Aniston Courteney Cox Arquette Lisa Kudrow Matt LeBlanc Matthew Perry David Schwimmer Joey Tribbiani Monica Geller Rachel Green Ross Chandler Bing Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan TV Television Comedy Entertainment Added: February 10, 2009
DVD Review: The All New Super Friends Hour - Season 1, Vol. 2
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Feb 5
OH - Feb 5, 2009 Commentators include comic creators Alex Ross and Paul Dini (who’s no stranger to the superhero cartoon) and co-hosts of G4's Attack of the Show whose hosts ...
Stiffed Warner Bros. Sues CBS Over 'Two and a Half Men' [Lawsuits]
Original at Defamer
• Wed, Dec 24
By STV The suit [...] alleges that as part of CBS' renegotiated license agreement to air Men for a fifth and sixth season, it agreed to pay WBTV a premium above the initial license fee schedule and reimburse the studio for costs associated with the production of TV's top-rated comedy. This "deficit r...
Super Friends #42 - May 1980
Original at The Aquaman Shrine
• Sat, Nov 22
By namtab29@comcast.net (rob!) Comics Weekend Aquaman and the rest of the Super Friends vs. that master of fear, The Scarecrow! The Super Friends, being trusting folk, agree. The photog uses an old camera, one with a flash bulb. When it goes off, though, suddenly all the Friends' plaques start to melt!
Scrubs - Season 8 Premiere Press Release
Original at Spoiler TV
• Sat, Nov 22
By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) Scrubs" has received a total of 16 Emmy nominations, including two consecutive nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2005 and 2006, and wins in 2007 for Outstanding Sound Mixing and 2005 for Multi-Camera Picture Editing. The series has also been recognized with a prestigious Hu...
Expect More From Paul Rudd On NBC This Time [Snl]Original at Gawker
• Sat, Nov 15
By Alex Carnevale If there ever was a case of the right actor in the wrong part, it was when the NBC overlords cast Paul Rudd as the boyfriend of Phoebe Buffet, Lisa Kudrow's character on Friends. By then the once-hilarious cash cow Friends had turned into a brightly colored satire of the original show, and Rud...
30 Rock, "The One With the Cast of 'Night Court'": With Friends like this...
Original at sepinwall (Blogspot)
• Fri, Nov 14
By Alan Sepinwall(asepinwall@starledger.com) Jennifer Aniston, on the other hand, almost did. I thought she was very funny and un-Rachel-like, but it felt her presence turned Liz Lemon into a bystander in her own show, in the same way that Tracy Jordan's arrival turned "The Girlie Show" into "TGS with Tracy Jordan." (Would this be "3R wi...
Podcast: CMJ '08: Tobacco Delivers, Looks Creepy @ Mercury Lounge
Original at stereogum
• Fri, Oct 24
Last year, Black Moth Super Rainbow's Tobacco issued a DVD titled Fucked Up Friends, suggesting what you should do (get fucked up) and who you should do it with while watching. This week Fucked Up Friends is out on record, without the visuals, although being at Merc in extreme darkness whil...
Andrew Jenks: Why Obama's Inevitable Presidential Win Proves That the Millenials' Time Has Come
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Oct 23
By Andrew Jenks Why Senator Obama Can Thank My 22 Year Old Friends And Me For Helping Him Win The Election and Why His Inevitable Presidential Win Proves... Why Senator Obama Can Thank My 22 Year Old Friends And Me For Helping Him Win The Election and Why His Inevitable Presidential Win Proves That The Milleni...
Elton John & Friends Return to the “Yellow Brick Road” in New York
Original at Rolling Stone
• Tue, Oct 21
By Andy Greene Towards the end of the second song of the night, a tepid version of “Candle In The Wind” by South Pacific actress Kelli O’Hara, the catcalls began. “Where’s Elton?” screamed a furious woman. “This is bullshit!” yelled an even angrier man. The event — a 35th anniversary celebration of Elton Jo...
Sitcom Sci Fi Spinoffs
Original at SCIFIPEDIA
• Sat, Oct 11
If Friends had ended in 1974 instead of 2004, Matt LeBlanc could have ended up voicing a cartoon version of his character in Joey on Jupiter. While the idea of Joey saying, "How you doin'?" to hot aliens may seem ridiculous, there is a mini-genre of characters from non-Sci Fi sitcoms finding...
Opinion: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Original at stomptokyo.com
• Sun, Oct 5
By noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) Despite being based on a true story, all the names in the film have been changed. As it opens, Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) is a writer for a struggling self-published independent magazine that takes a satiric and biting look at the world of celebrities. We see his tricks on the red carpet for get...
DVD Review: My Friends Tigger & Pooh - Hundred Acre Wood Haunt
Original at Blogcritics
• Wed, Sep 17
DVD Review: My Friends Tigger & Pooh - Hundred Acre Wood Haunt OH - On Friends Reunion? by Mary K. Williams: Ah ya made me laugh Rick - that was a good Chandler you did. Well, it's been two years since the . ...
Blu-ray REVIEW
Original at DVDTOWN.com
• Tue, Sep 16
- But as happened in "Friends," when Ross and Rachel were lifelong best buds and Rachel realizes feelings for him after he leaves for China, absence makes ...
Opinion: Just Friends (DVD)
Original at The DVD Report
• Sat, Sep 6
By Britt Gillette(noreply@blogger.com) Just Friends follows the life of Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds), a formerly obese New Jersey high school student in love with classmate Jamie Palamino (Amy Smart). However, Chris long ago fell into the “friend zone,” and although, he spent much of his adolescence bonding and building mem...
Friends pay tribute to child killed in accident
Original at The Northern Echo
• Sun, Jul 6
UK - FRIENDS have been paying tribute to a 12-year-old boy who died after being hit by a car only yards from his home. Joe Caven-Norris, from the village of ...
TV Review: Lily Allen And Friends, BBC Three, Tuesday 26 February ... - TV Scoop
Original at TV Scoop
• Wed, Feb 27
TV Review: Lily Allen And Friends, BBC Three, Tuesday 26 February ... UK - I don't want to jinx anything, but I have to say that Lily Allen And Friends last night didn't suck. Lily didn't read her interview questions off her cards, ... Britney on Lily's Show! The Sun all 2 news articles
Podcast: EAR FARM's Top 15 Albums Of 2007
Original at EAR FARM
• Fri, Dec 14
By Matt s Top 7 EPs Of 2007 Arizona - Frameseeker and the Mono British Sea Power - Krankenhaus? Dead Confederate - Dead Confederate Goes Cube - Beckon The Dagger God Grizzly Bear - Friend EP The Muggabears - Night Choreography Yeah Yeah Yeahs - IS IS
Project Runway: Season 4, Episode 2
Original at dangoldfinch (WordPress)
• Mon, Nov 26
Project Runway: Season 4, Episode 2 Posted on November 26, 2007 by dangoldfinch [IMG]Friends, I’m far behind all my writing projects due to the long Thanksgiving break we just came off of. I managed to write a little last week while on vacation, but not much. Anyhow, here’s my thoughts on Pro...
a mixed review of the new season from the LA Times
Original at THE OFFICE
• Mon, Oct 15
The U.S. version of "The Office," though, is now in its fourth season, and after three rounds of agonizing missed opportunities, Jim and Pam are finally together. So far, it's been a surprisingly seamless transition. Love them or hate them as a couple, Jim and Pam have been able to maintain the...
Matt Le Blanc as Joey.
Original at The Age
• Fri, Aug 31
Cerio contends she was entitled to receive a commission for as long as LeBlanc received income from Friends and its spin-off series Joey, but the payments stopped in 2000 and she is owed at least $1 million ($A1.23 million). Friends ended in 2004.
DVD Review: Super Friends - The Legendary Super Powers Show: The ... - Blogcritics.org
Original at blogcritics.org
• Fri, Aug 31
DVD Review: Super Friends - The Legendary Super Powers Show: The ... org, OH - The line-up may seem larger because more Super Friends are shown than actually appear in this particular set of episodes. The opening credits tease the ...
August 10, 2007: “Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians” DVD
Original at Superman Homepage
• Fri, Aug 10
1985 saw the final incarnation of the "Super Friends" cartoons, "The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" released on television. Now 22 years later the complete collection of 10 episodes is being released on DVD on October 23rd.
August 8, 2007: “The Legendary Super Powers Show” DVD & Video Clips
Original at Superman Homepage
• Wed, Aug 8
Alone they are heroes, together they are Super Friends. The World's Greatest Super Heroes combine their forces and create the ultimate weapon against evil in Hanna Barbera's classic animated shorts. Warner Home Video (WHV) and DC Comics bring the action-packed episodes back to life wit...
Podcast: Jimmy Moore’s Interview With Kimmer From Kimkins: Part 1 (Episode 70)
Original at The Livin La Vida Low
• Wed, Jul 18
By Kevin Kennedy-Spaien A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to the lady with the screen name RightNOW at Low-Carb Friends (sorry, I don’t know her real name) for taking the time to type out a full transcript of this podcast episode. Click on the link below to access it. ENJOY! Transcript of Episode 70
Washington Blade - ‘Friends’ co-star<strong> Lisa Kudrow </strong>plays monstrous sitcom star Valerie Cherish in the new HBO show ‘The Comeback,’ which debuts Sunday, June 5. (Photo courtesy of HBO)
Original at Washington Blade
• Fri, Jul 6
‘Friends’ co-star Lisa Kudrow plays monstrous sitcom star Valerie Cherish in the new HBO show ‘The Comeback,’ which debuts Sunday, June 5. (Photo courtesy of HBO) The Comeback Gay Lisa Kudrow stars in new HBO show which debuts Sunday, June 5 Brian Moylan Friday, June 03, 2005
Megan Fox Joins Cast Of How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
Original at The Movie Blog
• Fri, Jun 29
It looks like How To Lose Friends And Alienate People Needed to add some hotness to the cast, and Megan Fox has been tapped to bring the deliciousness. We get the scoop of this casting from our friends at JoBlo:Megan Fox has signed on to co-star in the upcoming comedy HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALI...
TV Review: NOGGIN's Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, May 15
By Jill Hart If your child loves Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, this episode will be no different. The episode teaches an important lesson about taking care of items that belong to others. My kids learn from each episode of Sunny Patch and I appreciate shows like this one that have good values and fam...
Happy Tree Friends: Happy Tree Friends Coming To XBLA
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, May 13
• Playable Happy Tree Friends characters: For the first time in 3D, play as the rescue squad of Flippy, Handy, and Lumpy to save other Happy Tree Friends such as Cuddles, Toothy and Flaky from life-threatening disasters! Happy Tree Friends website
DVD Review: Justice League Unlimited - Season Two
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Apr 26
By Blake Matthews Growing up, I loved Super Friends. Looking back, the animation and story lines were pretty bad, but hey, it was the '80s. I still get a kick out of watching episodes here and there, especially the Challenge of the Super Friends. The Legion of Doom rocked.
Opinion: Tony Hendra: An Open Letter To my French Friends: Don't let Sarkozy turn France into a red state!
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Apr 23
By Tony Hendra I'm worried. Really worried. How can you have made Nicolas Sarkozy, the pint-size tough guy of the hard-right the leading contender to be next President of France? Not that I want to meddle in your internal politics, but since he's gotten there in large part by claiming to be pro-American, I...
Opinion: Round Up Reference: The Best Apple TV Posts from Giz and Friends
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Apr 4
Of course, Giz aside, there's a whole lot of good Apple TV coverage out there. From blogs, to Mac sites, to PC rags, to the daily papers, here is the best of what our others have been saying about Apple TV. Wait. Then there's this Ars review. Apple TV [Gizmodo]
Opinion: Placing the Must See back in NBC.
Original at hollywoodjesus.com
• Tue, Sep 26
Conan Joked about the Glory day’s of NBC on the Emmy’s. Days when Seinfeld, Frasier and Friends were keeping NBC profitable. But ever since TiVo replaced sitcoms with week to week Drams, NBC has fallen short. 30 Rock Then the creators of the West Wing hired Matthew Perry to do Studio 60… 30 Rock