Latest articles by Kevin Fallon
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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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Lena Dunham confronts the Girls racism controversy: Is she convincing?
feature The writer and star of HBO's breakout series says it primarily features white characters because that's the only experience she knows. Critics are split on her rationale
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Are Oscar voters too 'old, white, and male'?
feature A new study breaks down the demographics of Academy Awards voters, revealing that they are far more homogeneous than previously thought
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Does HBO's Girls actually appeal more to old men?
feature Many fans assume the hit show about female twenty-somethings ropes in an audience of female twenty-somethings. Instead, most viewers look like the characters' dads
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The Artist: Does a dog deserve an Oscar?
feature Man's best friend arguably delivers Hollywood's best performance this year — but Academy rules prevent him from taking home a trophy
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The frustrating Glee graduation saga
feature Gleeks are grappling with uncertainty over whether their favorite actors will be written off the show. What are fans supposed to believe?
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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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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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Mad Men without Peggy: Still worth watching?
opinion Rumor has it that Elisabeth Moss, who plays proto-feminist copywriter Peggy Olsen, is leaving the hit AMC drama for good, sending fans and critics into mourning
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The 'incredibly impressive' Dark Knight Rises trailer: 5 talking points
feature Catwoman channels the 99 percent in an official preview clip that has critics buzzing with glee
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Mad Men's quiet finale: A disappointing end to season five?
opinion Critics are split on the moody, choppy final episode of the AMC drama's action-packed season, which leaves Don Draper pondering the question "Are you alone?"
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WATCH: The best and worst speeches in Oscar history
feature Take a video trip down memory lane...
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22 workplace tips we learned from The Office
feature The Office ends its nine-year run tonight. But the sage advice of Michael Scott — that will live forever.
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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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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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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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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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Is HBO's Girls really a 'once in a decade' masterpiece?
feature The gritty new comedy has critics competing for superlatives. Are they crazy — or just excited?
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