How much do we love NPR's Car Talk? We wish that public radio's weekly advice/amusement hour had its own channel, 24/7, so we could listen to Tom and Ray Magliozzi chortle whenever we need a laugh, too...

2008

Jul

HOT SPOT: 'BIG LOVE' IS BACK By Diane Werts

Now there's something to watch on Saturday nights through the summer. HBO is re-airing all of Big Love, starting with the polygamy drama-comedy hour's 2006 pilot (Saturday, July 5 at 8 p.m. ET, HBO2)...

2008

Jul

FLICK PICKS: BIG BAND MOVIES ON TCM By Diane Werts

Well, beat me daddy, eight to the bar -- Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Artie Shaw, Kay Kyser and Cab Calloway [pictured at left] are just a few of the varied big band leaders being showcased on Wednesday nights throughout July by Turner Classic Movies...

2008

Jun

FLICK PICKS: ROSALIND RUSSELL MONTH STARTS WITH 'HIS GIRL FRIDAY' By Diane Werts

It's great enough seeing a prime-time screening of the 1940 Cary Grant-Rosalind Russell screwball delight His Girl Friday. But this zippy newspaper tale/knockabout romance is only the first of 36 Russell films airing Wednesdays throughout July in TCM's Star of the Month salute...

2008

Jun

TRIBUTE: GEORGE CARLIN FOR KIDS By Diane Werts

While everybody's tributes to the influential comic who died last weekend mentioned his "seven dirty words" (including mine), most of us forgot about a different side of this "adult" performer...

2008

Jun

WEIRD & WILD: 55,000 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL ... By Diane Werts

Give me 55,000 cans of beer and I'm there. That's what's promised by the premiere of Hillbilly Deluxe, a look at the dee-lux lifestyles of rich and famous hicks...

2008

Jun

TRIBUTE: SEVEN WORDS ABOUT THE LATE GEORGE CARLIN By Diane Werts

I could joke that those are the seven right there. (And they're not even dirty!) But why should somebody like me try joking while invoking one of the smartest comic minds (and mouths) of all time?...

2008

Jun

HOT SPOT: COLDPLAY PLAYS STEWART By Diane Werts

That's not Rod, either. It's Jon...

2008

Jun

BET AWARDS: LET'S STAY TOGETHER? (OR MAYBE NOT) By Diane Werts

Any awards show that gives Al Green a lifetime achievement award is good-to-go in my book. But for how long beyond this week's Green bash should the BET Awards continue?...

2008

Jun

WEIRD & WILD: 'ROLLER BOOGIE' By Diane Werts

Xanadu comes out with a special-edition DVD Tuesday, and now Roller Boogieairs commercial free! What more does a disco baby need?...

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