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Mmmmm...mmmmm
Dining@LargeHave you noticed how certain words are so appropriate (as opposed to something like 'confit') that the blog embraces them? The most obvious example is 'gack.'But now we are all using 'mmmmm,' as in 'mmmmm...bacon,' and I got to wondering...... -
Charlie Sheen is Top $$$...Or Is She?
The TV ZoneFinally finally finally gotta chance to read TV Guide's "Who Earns What" list, and it is fascinating. Charlie Sheen is at the top for you-know-which-show, at $825,000 per ep, but since most of this goes to Denise Richards, wouldn't......Tags: Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Jeff Goldblum, Denise Richards
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"The Simpsons": No plans for exit
The TV ZoneCould "The Simpsons" go another three seasons beyond the one that starts this weekend? It's a possibility, and Al Jean, show czar who's been at the show since day one, suggested as much in a reporter call this ayem.......Tags: Entertainment, Television
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"Simpsons": 21, 22; "Survivor," 19, 20
The TV ZoneWelcome to the department of "D'Oh": Fox has finally officially said "The Simpsons" will go through seasons 21 and 22. The network/studio had already signed the cast for four years, which would take the classic through 23 and into......Tags: Matt Groening, Primetime Emmy Awards, Survivor (tv program), Sales, Primetime (tv program)
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The season of our discontent
The envelope holding the ticket for the show stated, "Awards Season Starts Here."
For many in the room there was the distinctly uncomfortable feeling that it just may end "Here" as well.
With breaking news spreading like wildfire through the Santa...Tags: Matt Groening, Sean Penn, Diablo Cody, Julie Christie, Labor Disputes
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Oscar gets in 'toon
Today is 'toon day at the Academy.
Final entries are due today to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to qualify for this year's best animated feature film Oscar.
But the real question is not necessarily: "What will make the final cut?"...Tags: Roberto Benigni, Services and Shopping, Pixar Animation, Religion and Belief, Luc Besson
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"The Simpsons": Could The End (Gulp) be Near?
The TV ZoneCould the 20th season of "The Simpsons" be the last? Don't look now, but that's this morning's Holy &%$#& question. And it's a valid one. On Monday, Fox announced that the classic had been re-upped for an "historic" 20th......Tags: Hank Azaria
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Dump TV and still see your favorite shows
Sentinel ColumnistNow that all of the TV networks (and some cable channels) are fully embracing online video, you can keep up with many of your favorite shows -- and discover new ones -- without ever turning on the TV. Although streaming video on network Web sites isn't...Tags: Joint Ventures, Economy, Business and Finance, Computer Networking and Internet, Networking, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Why 'Friends' mattered
Tribune television criticNeither of the shows, way back in their infancies, seemed likely to survive one TV season, never mind make it to the next millennium and the comedy pantheon. "Friends" was an aggregation of attractive twentysomethings in a fantasy Manhattan, exactly what...Tags: Primetime Emmy Awards, Sociology, Matt LeBlanc, Steve Johnson, Jennifer Aniston
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Super Bowl Advertisers Fine-Tune Plays
Chicago Tribune staff reporterRobert Lachky, vice president of brand management for beer giant Anheuser-Busch and keeper of the King of Beers' advertising, has one goal Monday morning. He wants to hear that his advertising is king with viewers when they are called by media outlets...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Chicago Tribune, Travel, Alcoholic Beverages, Dining and Drinking
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The real first family
Times Staff WriterIf life were a journey -- oh, wait, life is a journey. OK, start over. In the journey that we call life, it would be swell to be able to take two or three steps without tripping over a certain animated show that -- ouch! -- has embedded itself so deeply...Tags: Matt Groening, David Letterman, Colleges and Universities, Bill Clinton, James Lipton
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Actor comes home. . .alone
How is it that America has been enamored with clueless cartoon character Homer Simpson for so many years? The patriarch of Fox's long-running animated series "The Simpsons" has blithered and blundered and "D'oh-ed!" his way into heart and home for 12...Tags: Vehicles, Cartoons, Dan Castellaneta, Chicago Tribune, Tracey Ullman
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