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2013
May
9
 
 
SEASON FINALE: The “evil timeline” is back – perhaps for the last time, as it’s not yet known whether NBC is giving Community a reprieve or a pink slip. But for now, revel in this: evil Kevin (or evil Chang, if you prefer), as well as evil Jeff, warped Annie, and a lot more.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
9
 
 
Last night’s competition show was, indeed, competitive. Jimmy Iovine, who was backstage (or, at the end, on stage) to evaluate the three rounds of singing from the three remaining contestants, awarded one round to each – but gave the overall night to Candice Glover, who ended and stopped the show with a dynamic version of “Somewhere” from West Side Story. It’s the voters who, tonight, will determine the final two. I’d retain Candice for sure, and go with Angie
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
9
 
 
Though I recommended this episode of Doctor Who when it premiered on BBC America, I didn’t push its biggest selling point. Now I can, just in time for tonight’s repeat: It features, as guest stars, Diana Rigg as the week’s villain, and her real-life daughter, actress Rachael Stirling, who plays Rigg’s daughter here, too. What a duo. And, set in Yorkshire in 1893, it’s so much fun.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
9
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Glee hasn’t done much of consequence this season, other than find various ways to go off the rails even more than before – but tonight’s season finale offers closure, at least partially, on two long-running plot lines. One, the New Directions club competes, once again, at Regionals, at which they bombed last year when Marley collapsed on stage. And two, Rachel (Lea Michele) goes to her callback audition for a Broadway revival of Funny Girl. Hello, gorgeous.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
9
 
 
I don’t like this show, at least not yet, but I do like tonight’s guest star: Gillian Anderson, making a rare stateside TV appearance since leaving The X-Files and moving overseas. She plays Hannibal’s therapist — which, considering what we know of him, ought to be a full-time job. But, in this case, it isn’t.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
9
 
 
There’s almost a sense of completion to Marian Marzynski's new film, Never Forget to Lie, as if he might feel that time will preclude another piece of work...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
8
 
 
The twin stories of the dominant Miami Heat player LeBron James and the relatively small Chicago Bulls guard Nate Robinson made Game 1 of this Eastern Conference semifinal exceptionally interesting. Robinson is 5 feet 9 inches, yet he led the Bulls to a first-game 93-86 victory against the powerhouse Heat. Tonight is Game 2, taking place, once again, in Miami.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
8
 
 
There were plenty of strong performances in the past two days, but I was most impressed by the judges, who successfully presented the impression that they liked sharing air time with one another (and even the same stage, performing). That may not sound difficult – but have you seen American Idol lately? And if you haven’t, that may be the reason why.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
8
 
 
This is the two-hour installment in which the final three female contestants will sing, repeatedly, for a shot at participating in next week’s final. One of them will not be back next week. And as for the female judges, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj, it’s fair to say that one of them, most probably, will not be back next season. Perhaps both.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
May
8
 
 
This new TCM profile of Richard D. Zanuck profiles the prolific and feisty movie producer, who helped redefine cinema with the idea of a blockbuster movie, courtesy of Jaws in 1975. Before that, he’d already produced such films as The Sting, The Sound of Music and Compulsion. After that, his film productions included Driving Miss Daisy, Big Fish and the recent remake of Alice in Wonderland. Zanuck died last year. This, as they say, is his story.