Michael Lee
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Your Move, Nathan Fillion: Choose Wisely
Picking the right project will take the “Castle” star from a geek god to bankable star
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An Open Letter to David E. Kelley RE: Wonder Woman
It doesn’t matter if you assemble a brilliant cast and dodge all the network pitfalls if the end product sucks — so I’ve got some suggestions
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A Different Way to Do the Academy Awards
Instead of having past associates recreate “This is Your Life,” why not have somebody like Judi Dench talk about the performances, or Quentin Tarantino chat writing; give us some real insight into the craft
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Why It Doesn’t Matter If ‘The King’s Speech’ Is Historically Accurate
The heart of the story is the relationship between a would-be king and his speech pathologist
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The 10 Worst Best Picture Winners Ever (Part 2)
Meet the Milli Vanilli of top Oscar winners past — two of which star Russell Crowe
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The 10 Worst Best Picture Winners Ever (Part 1)
From “Rebecca” to “Sound of Music,” here are the first five award winners who weren’t worth their weight in Oscar gold
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Adding an Actual Social Aspect to Social Media
With just a a digital projector, a screen and a Twitter hashtag, social media can truly be something we enjoy together
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Don’t Throw a Tea Party for Ricky Gervais Just Yet
Why conservatives should think twice before making the Golden Globes host their hero
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The Best Film of 2010 — It’s Yogi Bear
No, not that thing in theaters — it’s this animated spoof of “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
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Hollyblog: What I Hope HBO Gets Right on ‘Game of Thrones’
The network has to go into George R. R. Martin’s still unfinished mammoth project without fully knowing where it will all end up
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After Harry — What ‘Potter’ Kids Should Do Next
For Daniel, Emma, Rupert and Tom, their next choices could make all the career difference in the world — ask Harrison Ford
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Yeah, It’s Too Bad Joss Whedon Has No Studio Cred
A Whedon-less “Buffy” is already pissing off the legions of Whedon fans, the very people this movie needs to court
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‘Continuity’ Can Be the Death of a TV Show
The longer a show’s continuity the greater the risk that the producers and writers will take a turn that disappoints or angers a sizeable portion of the base
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Forget ‘Horror,’ Hollywood Has Invented a Whole New Genre
Vampires are the new heartthrobs, zombies are the new action villains
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Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Syndrome’ Scribes Spill Their Secrets, Part 2
The writers discuss moving on to independent graphic novels