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...also offered the pertinent observation that "I've in my long career played so many extraordinary women that basically I'm getting mistaken for one." The winner for Most Incoherent Speech would have to go to Drew Barrymore, whose thank-you - in recognition for her work in the HBO mini-series Grey Gardens - was a ditsy dither that seemed to channel both Sarah and Michael Palin...
...Mayweather is one of the smartest boxers around. "He is brilliant at draining the drama from a fight, but he also wins," says Larry Merchant, the HBO boxing analyst. By making a request that he expected Pacquiao to turn down, he may have proven that he is just as good a tactician outside the ring as in it. Or as Pacquiao enthusiasts may add, Mayweather is good at getting out of the ring as well...
...character-types who populate Jersey Shore who may be aggravating the offense many Italian-American take at the show's use of the G word. For example,a similar controversy arose over portrayals of Italian-Americans with The Sopranos. But while many were assuaged because they felt HBO's award-winning series was artful, they see Jersey Shore as just ugly. Says Gina Barreca, an English professor at the University of Connecticut who edited a collection of essays called A Sitdown with The Sopranos: Watching Italian American Culture on T.V.'s Most Talked About Series: "The Sopranos is like Shakespeare...
...generated by subsequent film adaptations, it seems like everyone’s jumping on the bandwagon. This year saw not only the opening of the second “Twilight” installment, “New Moon,” but also the second season of the popular HBO television series “True Blood” and the premiere of the more PG-rated “Vampire Diaries” on the CW channel. Of course, these modern vampire hunks bear little resemblance to Count Dracula—there’s none of that cape...
...Radiohead, while Bono famously counts, "Uno, dos, tres, catorce." So why expect better from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Founded in 1983, the Hall celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2009 with two all-star concerts at Madison Square Garden. An edited version will be televised on HBO on Nov. 29. Cutting shouldn't be a challenge...