Columns
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Review: Demi Lovato Struggles With a Split Musical Personality in ‘Unbroken’
Eschewing her former rock leanings, the most talented starlet to come out of the Disney Channel stable now finds herself torn between silly rhythmic-pop fluff and honest, searing balladry
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Review: Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse Trump Tony Bennett’s ‘Duets’ Partners
Gaga is the octogenarian’s ideal trampy drinking buddy, and Winehouse his perfect foil in sorrow, even as the chemistry with other celebrity partners falters
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I’m Quitting Netflix
It’s clear you don’t care about keeping me happy, like you once did. And I don’t feel so proud being caught with that little red envelope anymore
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Review: Sensitive Gavin DeGraw Gets a Little Rascally in ‘Sweeter’
On his occasionally feisty new album, the recently battered piano man proves he can dish it out as well as take it, at least romantically
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Surprise … My Old Friend Albert Brooks Drives ‘Drive’
How Albert turned the playful, fun-loving comedy writer and director of the terrific film “Mother” into a terrifying hit man astounds me
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Spielberg’s ‘Amblin’ to Cameron’s ‘Xenogenesis’: The Promise of Short Films
Making short films is absolutely essential for every promising filmmaker with a movie career dream
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Another Steve Jobs Lookalike Hits Chinese TVs
The new TV spot is also giving away a free iPad to those who buy the junk food snack packs
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We Gave Meaning to the Word ‘Broadcast’
I disagree with Hollyblogger Arthur Axelman’s assertion that my tenure at NBC brought “a bewildering sameness … and C and D level casting and production values
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The Annals of the Interactive Emmy on its 10th Anniversary
Lost amid the old-school rituals of last Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmys was a tiny signpost of change, an Emmy for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media
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Charts: George Strait Takes Narrow Path to Billboard’s Top Debut, Edging Out Beatles
On the digital songs chart, Kelly Clarkson managed a so-so debut for “Mr. Know It All”
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My Ill-Fated Trip to Bill Cosby’s House
We were gathered to discuss the writing of a four-hour script about the life, career and sacrifices of Winnie Mandela. All I wanted to do was go to bed
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Review: Marsalis Gets Upper Hand on Slowhand in ‘Lincoln Center’
Eric Clapton defers to the celebrated jazzman in their collaboration
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Blues Velvet: David Lynch Shows Off His New Album
The auteur sounds a little like a schizophrenic Neil Young — and just as dreamy and disturbing as you’d expect — on his debut solo album
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Why’s a Huge Bollywood Star Playing an Ugly Stereotypical Jewish Gangster in ‘Gatsby’?
More importantly, will Indian newspapers and websites pick up on Fitzgerald’s genteel anti-Semitism of the period?
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Dan Bloom