Latest articles by Kevin Fallon
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Hillary Clinton's 'coolness offensive': 4 highlights
feature Progressives and young Dems go gaga over the Secretary of State as she cheekily declines actor Jason Segel's offer to co-star in his next film, boozes in Cartagena, and more
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Oscars 2012: Is there any way The Artist could lose?
opinion The black-and-white silent film has been steamrolling through awards season, racking up nearly every trophy enroute to the Academy's Best Picture honor
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Glee's season premiere: Is the show back on track?
feature After a third season that repulsed critics and lost millions of viewers, Glee tries to woo back exasperated fans with a cast shake-up and a split storyline
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American Horror Story: The 'scariest thing on television'?
opinion Glee creator Ryan Murphy's new psycho-sexual thriller — packed with disturbing imagery and graphic spooks — seems to be the exact opposite of Glee
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Mad Men's ending revealed: Is Matthew Weiner's plan satisfying?
The Explainer The creator of the retro AMC drama confesses that he knows how the series will conclude — with a flashforward to modern day
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Why this year's Oscars will be the least snooty ever
The Explainer Finally, the Academy seems to realize that box-office success isn't a disqualifying factor
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Why TV networks should stop casting big-name stars
feature A well-known name just isn't a guarantee of small-screen glory
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Mad Men: The 'Fat Betty' backlash
feature Fans and critics were stunned by the famously svelte character's drastic weight gain — and they can't stop talking and griping about it
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'Zou Bisou Bisou': The scoop on the bizarre French song from the Mad Men premiere
feature Don Draper's new wife performs a competely unexpected burlesque routine, immediately earworming a '60s French song into fans' heads. What was that ditty, anyway?
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Why John Carter flopped: 6 theories
feature The bloated $250 million sci-fi epic tanked at the box office this weekend, grossing a meager $30.6 million and finishing behind The Lorax. What went wrong?
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The Mindy Project is the best TV show you're not watching
feature The often-overlooked Fox sitcom has quietly grown into one of the funniest, sharpest, and most self-assured series on TV
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Will Michelle Williams' 'sexy' GQ cover help her Oscar chances?
opinion The My Week With Marilyn star and Best Actress hopeful turns her demure "pixie-mom persona" on its head with an arguably strategic cover shoot
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Glee's Michael Jackson tribute: 'Unbelievably awful'?
The Explainer New Directions pays homage to the King of Pop, and critics seize the opportunity to quote one of the episode's many Jackson songs: It was "Bad"
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Forget Mad Men... is Louie TV's best show?
feature Admittedly, many Americans have never seen Louis C.K.'s edgy FX comedy. But the season three premiere has critics insisting that must change
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Did Glee do Whitney Houston's songs justice?
opinion The Fox musical series honored the late music icon by tackling her notoriously hard-to-sing hits, including "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
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Gwyneth, Beyonce, Cameron, and Reese: The 'craziest movie musical ever'?
feature In a move that's splitting critics, Glee's Ryan Murphy is assembling an all-star cast for an original musical comedy about former '90s one-hit wonders
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7 ways to fix the Oscars
The Explainer Another year, another Academy Awards telecast trashed by critics. From scrapping the host to serving cocktails to celebs, a collection of proposed Oscar improvements
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7 reasons Mad Men's season premiere is 'insanely riveting'
feature A long 17 months after its discombobulating season four finale, AMC's drama finally returns Sunday night. Here's why the new episode is worth the wait
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Glee's 'touching' sex episode
opinion Two teen couples — one of them gay — lose their virginity on the hit Fox series. Was it as controversial as advance hype led us to believe?
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'The Choom Gang': 9 juiciest details from Barack Obama's days as a pothead
feature Excerpts from an upcoming biography of the president make some interesting allegations about his innovative toking techniques, shady drug dealer, and more
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Is 2 Broke Girls really 'racist'?
feature Things get heated at a press conference for the hit sitcom when a critic asks if there are plans to make its stereotyped minority characters any less offensive
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Jaguar vs. Mad Men: How the company is dealing with the show's unflattering portrayal
feature AMC's drama has built much of its season around a Jaguar plotline — highlighting unreliable vehicles and lecherous car execs — and the automaker is feeling the pain
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Billy Crystal's Oscar hosting: A 'disaster'?
opinion For his ninth outing as Oscar host, the comedian dredged up his safe, classic bits — underwhelming critics who yearned for an edgier, funnier telecast
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How March Madness distracts workers: By the numbers
feature Companies could lose up to $175 million in the first two days of the NCAA tournament, as on-the-clock employees obsessively check for game updates
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