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Posted Jul 23rd 2008 9:02AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Video, Celebrities, 30 Rock, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free
With seven separate nominations in the Guest Actor and Actress categories, it's hard to believe that any
30 Rock guest stars were left off this year's list. The men nearly swept the nominees list for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, earning four of the five available spots. The ladies made up half of the Guest Actress category; not bad!
Still, a few brilliant and hilarious performances were left out. You can't argue with
nominations for Will Arnett and Elaine Stritch, but I'd swap one or two of the nominees with a few of my own favorites. Check out my list of overlooked
30 Rock guest stars after the jump. And yes, I left out
Jerry Seinfeld. Emmy got that one right.
Continue reading Eight 30 Rock guest stars that Emmy forgot - VIDEOS
Posted Jun 24th 2008 11:41AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free
I went to see
Get Smart the other day.
Judging by the box office numbers, I wasn't alone. Of course, I was curious about how one of my favorite TV shows from the '60s would be translated to the big screen. Would it be an inventive retelling in the tradition of
The Fugitive, Maverick and The Addam's Family, or would it make me want to weep in horror like the dreadful
I Spy, Bewitched, The Wild, Wild West and
The Avengers? (And that's only the tip of the awful iceberg).
Would you believe it if I told you
Get Smart falls somewhere in between? I could use the line many other reviewers have copped; you know, "The new
Get Smart missed it by
that much." Yes, well, it's true.
Get Smart is not great on the big screen. It's okay. Nothing too shameful, but neither is it that inspired or wickedly built on the premise of the original situation comedy.
Continue reading Get Smart on the big screen - a movie review
Posted Sep 25th 2007 10:24AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
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AhmadineMinute": Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a visit to New York City, home to some of his biggest fans. There's nothing quite as warm and fuzzy as forced hospitality. Actually, I take that back. The graphic joke of a Holocaust deniers carpool lane made my insides all warm and fuzzy.
"Clusterfuck to the White House": 2008 candidates continue to get all the support they can muster, either by reaching out to the old folks ("grey cred") or showing their "average Joe" side by letting a fly buzz and crawl all over them throughout debates. In other news, "Okay, shoot you later. 9/11" is my new favorite sign-off.
Continue reading The Daily Show: September 24, 2007
Posted Aug 9th 2007 12:38AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
Barry Bonds finally hit
that 756. The media has already milked that coverage cow dry. Even Daily Show couldn't do anything exciting with the news. Senior Correspondent Rob Riggle then talked about his random adventure, full of coyotes and stuff. I didn't really know what he was talking about, actually. Riggle, you're a crazy one.
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Mess O' Potamia": The US can't find nearly 200,000 weapons given to Iraqi security. Loads of oil, weapons, and money have simply "vanished" in the past few years. Well, this goodness just writes itself, doesn't it?
Continue reading The Daily Show: August 8, 2007
Posted Jul 27th 2007 3:14PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities
Friday at Comic-Con got underway with the Warner Brothers presentation. The swag bag included a
Get Smart t-shirt with "KAOS" written on one side and "CONTROL" on the other. Not so surprisingly, no one under the age of 20 seemed to know what this meant, but Warner Brothers needn't worry because the kids love The Rock. And, because this is Comic-Con, The Rock (Agent 23) put in an appearance along with his
Get Smart co-stars Steve Carrell, Masi "unofficial Comic-Con poster boy" Oka,
Studio 60's Nate Torrence and
Borat's Ken Davitian mercifully wearing pants.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Warner Bros. Panel Report
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