Archive: April 2010 (41-50 of 64)

Apr 12 2010 09:07 AM ET

'Undercover Boss' season finale recap: 1-800-Flowers wilts our sympathy

The season finale of Undercover Boss told us the thorny story of 1-800-Flowers. The show pumped up a rivalry between the two brothers who head up the company, Jim and Chris McCann. Jim (the CEO) asked Chris (the company president) to go undercover. Why? Because as founder of the company and Jim’s big brother, he likes READ FULL STORY »

Apr 12 2010 02:32 AM ET

'Treme' premiere review: Making music and history, pumpin' it up

From its opening moments, the opening episode of Treme captured a musical culture in a way that’s unlike anything that has ever been done on television or in the movies. Set in New Orleans three months after Hurricane Katrina. Treme – created by READ FULL STORY »

Apr 11 2010 07:27 AM ET

'Saturday Night Live' recap: Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and a nine-inch-tall prostitute

Tina Fey’s return to Saturday Night Live wasn’t a non-stop laugh-fest — it was something almost better: interestingly uneven, as though Fey wasn’t quite sure how to fold her sensibility (and her sitcom and movie stardom) back into the role she used to occupy as a writer and performer on SNL.

After a mildly awkward opening monologue/musical number that addressed how READ FULL STORY »

Apr 10 2010 10:14 AM ET

'Saturday Night Live' tonight: Tina Fey, Justin Bieber, and Fey-as-Palin. Are you looking forward to all three?

Usually actors hosting Saturday Night Live are there to promote a movie. But Tina Fey’s new film, Date Night, has already been overshadowed in the walk-up to her SNL stint tonight by the announcement that, yes, she’ll impersonate Sarah Palin once again (at least).

Fey’s Palin impersonation became one of the pop-culture flash-points of the last election.  Bieber told Jimmy Fallon earlier this week that he, too, would appear in sketches. I’m guessing they’re not going to cast him as John McCain.

For my full recap, go here; thanks.

Apr 9 2010 10:17 PM ET

'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' recap: Did Jamie really win over his worst critic?

If you’ve been reading my recaps, you know I’m a fan of Huntington, WV, disc jockey Rod Willis, the man whom Jamie Oliver describes as “the biggest enemy of the food revolution.” That’s because, based solely on what I’ve seen of Rod on this TV series, he’s READ FULL STORY »

Apr 9 2010 07:12 AM ET

'Fringe' recap: Olivia follows the clues

First of all, remember the list that Olivia looked at toward the end of last night’s Fringe, the one containing her Jacksonville classmates? The last name on that list was “Ken T.” I hope to heaven that that’s not me, because I don’t want to find out it’s the Cortexiphan that’s READ FULL STORY »

Apr 8 2010 03:06 PM ET

Chris Rock explodes 'Letterman': Making Dave squirm re his marriage, plus sex jokes about Tiger Woods

Chris Rock was in his glory on last night’s Late Show with David Letterman, making jokes about the host’s marriage and letting loose a savage sex-joke about Tiger Woods.

“You sound like an old-ass man,” was Chris Rock’s greeting to READ FULL STORY »

Apr 8 2010 01:10 PM ET

Exclusive: 'You Don't Know Jack' trailer: Al Pacino's moving, funny new Kevorkian HBO movie, making Dr. Death come alive

You Don’t Know Jack is a terrific new TV-movie about Jack Kevorkian, premiering Apr. 24 on HBO. Al Pacino plays Kevorkian in one of his best recent performances, making the crusader for physician-assisted suicide into READ FULL STORY »

Apr 8 2010 09:21 AM ET

Forest Whitaker on 'Criminal Minds' last night: So would you watch a spin-off starring his new character?

Last night was the back-door pilot for a spin-off of Criminal Minds, starring Forest Whitaker. As Agent Sam Cooper, Whitaker was lean (the show introduced him letting loose some post-Ghost Dog martial-arts exercising in a gym) and effectively terse. He led READ FULL STORY »

Apr 8 2010 07:32 AM ET

'South Park' Facebook episode: You've got zero friends

A lot of people are going to be thinking twice before they update their Facebook status after last night’s South Park.

The half-hour, called “You Have Zero Friends,” slammed social networking with joke-packed glee, and included a brisk slap at Chatroulette. While Cartman READ FULL STORY »

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