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...outside world, Bountiful may seem to be a titillating sect, a real-life version of the HBO series Big Love. But to many locals, the Blackmores are simply folks with whom they've lived, worked and done business for as long as anyone can remember. "I think you have a smaller subsection of the community that is really offended by this notion of polygamy," says Lorne Eckersley, 54, publisher of the newspaper The Advance, based in the nearby town of Creston. "But I think in the broader community, they are just our neighbors, and the attitude has been...
...Wire I don't subscribe to HBO, but after the umpteenth friend insisted that I just had to watch this police drama set in Baltimore, I bought the first season on DVD. I was hooked within the first 10 minutes, and now I'm on Season 2. In a world of predictable and hackneyed story lines, The Wire is fresh, nuanced and raw. You will find no black and white here, only a million shades of gray...
...Though the movie is no more than agreeable, it does provide a swell showcase for New Zealand wundercomic Rhys Darby (Murray, the hapless agent on HBO's Flight of the Conchords) and gives the astrally adorable Zooey Deschanel a rare shot at a lead role in a big Hollywood movie. Casting directors, please take note...
...public, decide which count and declare a winner before Christmas, well before the U.S. Senate is seated on Jan. 6. The five-member board was chosen by Democratic secretary of state Ritchie, but both sides are satisfied with his appointments. To prepare himself, Ritchie not only watched HBO's movie about the Florida recount, but he watched it in a particularly Minnesotan way. "I was especially interested in the bonus features of the disc," he says. Meantime, reviewing the wacky ballots - available to the public as PDF files - is by far the most popular activity on the Minneapolis - St. Paul...
...think I can do network. It was a great lesson for me to know that it's not really my thing. My favorite mediums are theater and independent films. Maybe cable is the next thing that's close. I think FX or Showtime or something on HBO. I love Californication. I love Weeds. I love Rescue Me and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. There's an edge to these shows. You feel like it's artist-driven, not company driven...