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"The Simpsons": Could The End (Gulp) be Near?
The TV ZoneCould the 20th season of "The Simpsons" be the last? Don't look now, but that's this morning's Holy &%$#& question. And it's a valid one. On Monday, Fox announced that the classic had been re-upped for an "historic" 20th......Tags: Homer Simpson (fictional character)
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Is 'Spamalot' digestible?
Tribune theater criticA good time for Monty Python obsessives as well as the Python-indifferent, "Monty Python's Spamalot" shares much in common with Hormel's mysterious canned product, the one packed with chopped pork shoulder meat and a few other things. You're not...Tags: Entertainment, Les Miserables (musical), Andrew Lloyd Webber, Music Theater, Eric Idle
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'Simpsons' looks beyond 350th episode
AP Television WriterWhen a show reaches an impressive 350 episodes, it's fair to reflect on its mortality. So how long can "The Simpsons," which hits the milestone Sunday, keep going? "I don't see any end in sight," creator and executive producer Matt Groening told The...Tags: Matt Groening, Tracey Ullman, Mary Tyler Moore, Entertainment, Nancy Cartwright
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What to watch?
What are you watching on television this Tuesday? It's a simple question, but there's nothing simple about what has become the most competitive night of the week. It's not the most-watched night of the week. That would be Sunday, with an average of 116.3...Tags: ABC (tv network), Literature, Smallville (tv program), Entertainment, Drama (genre)
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New shows...or are they?
The best news about NBC's Hank Azaria show is that it's no longer known as "The Hank Azaria Show." Shedding the vanity title, the moderately appealing new sitcom will go before the public Tuesday as "Imagine That," as in, "NBC realized that nobody...Tags: Cher, Documentary (genre), ABC (tv network), Literature, Jayne Brook
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'Spamalot' Leads Tony Nominations With 14
AP Drama Writer"Monty Python's Spamalot," an offbeat musical spoof inspired by those quirky British cutups and their film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," grabbed 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, including a nod for best musical. Close behind -- with 11 nominations...Tags: Radio City Music Hall, Brian F. O'Byrne, Gordon Clapp, David Mamet, Kathleen Turner
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'DodgeBall'
Times Staff WriterSome years back, New Yorker critic Terrence Rafferty condemned the flashy, enjoyably trashy action flick "La Femme Nikita" with a single memorable sentence: "The end of French cinema as we know it." I filed the judgment away with a laugh, chalking up...Tags: Alexander Payne, Rip Torn, Vince Vaughn, Entertainment, Ben Stiller
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'Shattered Glass'
Times Staff WriterWe take you now to the weekly staff meeting at the New Republic, a major player in American political journalism, a publication that likes to think of itself as "the in-flight magazine of Air Force One." Associate editor and resident wunderkind Stephen...Tags: Peter Sarsgaard, Star Wars (movie), Entertainment, Journalism, Drama (genre)
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Movie review: 'Along Came Polly'
Chicago Tribune Movie Writer2 stars (out of 4) Comedies have ways of tipping you off as to whether they have the goods or are bluffing. When the laughs spring from characters' behavior in funny situations, you're usually in good hands. Filmmakers lacking confidence in their...Tags: Sandy Lyle, Entertainment, Alec Baldwin, Danny DeVito, Friends (tv program)
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'America's Sweethearts'
Times Film CriticCompared to them, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were poseurs, Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher flashes in the pan. Truly, madly, deeply, Gwen Harrison (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie Thomas (John Cusack) are "America's Sweethearts." Hollywood's...Tags: Entertainment, Hal Ashby, Health, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eddie Fisher
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'Eulogy'
Times Staff Writer"Eulogy" is one of those movies that seems to have everything going for it: an intriguing premise, great jokes, a nice personality and the kind of cast directors would trade in their own relatives for. So you want to love it. You feel it deserves to be...Tags: Rip Torn, Famke Janssen, Entertainment, Family, Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation
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'The Simpsons' Set to Start 16th Season
AP Television WriterLOS ANGELES - Bart Simpson is acting like himself, which is to say naughty. And he sounds like himself, with that familiar mischievous lilt. But Bart's voice is coming out of a petite blonde wearing a fluffy, bright-pink wrap. Dumpy Homer has morphed...Tags: Matt Groening, Tracey Ullman, Entertainment, Flanders, Elvis Costello
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