Rue McClanahan, who played the iconic Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, died this morning after a stroke at age 76. McClanahan’s death is the third tragic blow to the Golden Girls legacy over the past two years: Estelle Getty (Sophia) died in 2008 and Bea Arthur (Dorothy) in 2009. That leaves only 88 year […]
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With the second season of my new favourite summer show, Drop Dead Diva, premiering Sunday on Lifetime, I thought I’d ask creator/showrunner Josh Berman what viewers have to look forward to this season. Here’s what he had to say: “1. More surprises – As Jane thinks she’s got a handle on her new life, there […]
Ali eliminated one of my favourites on The Bachelorette last night without ever speaking to him. The Vancouver cutie, Chris H, left without a rose at the end of an episode where he wasn’t featured at all. He went on the group date (one of 12, we never saw him), wasn’t interviewed, we saw no […]
The Last Five Years is one of my favourite things ever written for the stage. In it, composer Jason Robert Brown shares a uniquely personal story of the 5 year relationship between him and his wife that ended in broken vows, a broken marriage and broken hearts. Standing in for their real life counterparts are […]
EVERYONE IS WEIRD. Everyone is an outsider. No one feels comfortable in their skin. Everyone has someone who puts them down, beats them up or generally makes them feel small. EVERYONE. What Glee needs to realize is that being weird does not make their characters interesting or in any way deserving of an audience’s love. […]
I realize I have fallen behind on the many many things happening in the TV world right now. It’s finale time, which means it’s My TV Season Wrap-Up time so my plate is quite full of writing to be done. In the mean time, in case you haven’t been following @MyEntWorld on twitter (which you […]
I was joking recently that the only thing I feel qualified to blog about lately is shows on ABC family. But here’s the thing… I REALLY like ABC Family shows. Every time I start off liking one semi-ironically, it ends with… well, long indulgent blog posts on why the show is so amazing. So, […]
3) Death. We’ve been promised blood and I have no doubt we’ll get plenty tonight. Lost has never been afraid of killing off people audiences care about and breaking our hearts along the way. Some of the most poignant moments of TV in the past 6 years have been accompanied by Lost‘s signature “dum da […]