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Costume Designers Guild Honors ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Glee,’ ‘Grey Gardens’

It was the glamour of the Camelot era versus the costumes worn in the steamy environs of fictional Bon Temps, La.—and the royal finery of King Henry VIII’s era. All are beautifully authentic costumes, many of which come off their…

Humor the Highlight of the Writers Guild Awards Ceremonies

You probably had to be there, but Larry David said the Writers Guild issued him a death sentence in handing him the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television. It was the culmination of a hilarious acceptance speech at the WGA…

NAACP Image Awards: A Tough Race for TV Nominees

Could it be? Having a little bit of momentary awards show withdrawal in the midst of the season, after the boom-boom-boom of the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards and the Grammys. The next televised extravaganza (after the non-broadcast yet very…

Grammy Awards: Highs or Lows, a Tough Year to Top

Where was Kanye West when you needed him? Perhaps he could have mitigated some of the Taylor-phoria at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, which many people are complaining was more like the Country Music Awards, what with the Zac Brown…

Reflections on the Golden Globes

Move over “30 Rock.” Here comes “Glee.” Fox’s freshman comedy series about a high school glee club took critics and viewers by storm this season, and now it can add a Golden Globe award to its songbook. Two of its…

Funny or Wrong: ‘SNL’ Takes on Tiger

Just about when I got done chuckling about "Saturday Night Live’s" opening sketch spoofing the Salahis continually interrupting a presidential speech to take even more photos of themselves, a mini controversy breaks out on the heels of a major scandal. Seems…

How Much Is Fear of the Internet is Driving Comcast Deal?

Is fear of the Internet one of the drivers of the Comcast-NBCU deal? For those who have a vested interest in the way video is currently delivered to consumers, one of the things that keeps them up at night is…

ABC News Interview of Janet Jackson Enough to Make You Cringe

It was Janet Jackson’s turn to shine, and the pop megastar obviously put a lot of thought into who she would spill to in her first televised interview since the tragic death of her brother Michael nearly five months ago….