DAVID BIANCULLI

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This 1949 movie, featuring one of the most sinister femmes fatale in film noir (ooh la la, what French!), stars Peggy Cummins as a woman with a tiny voice, a tight wardrobe, and an obsession with guns and gunplay. John Dall plays the guy who gets snared in her web, and taken on a murder spree – in a script co-written by Dalton Trumbo, who worked through a front to get around the Communist witch hunters of that era.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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On tonight’s second episode of the show’s week in Scotland, Ferguson lands a genuinely important and newsworthy interview – with Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland. The interview was recorded at Arbroath Abbey, where the Declaration of Arbroath – an early model for the U.S. Constitution – was signed by Scottish nobles in 1320. All this, and Secretariat, too? No wonder I'm watching!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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SEASON FINALE: Expect another piece of the puzzle to be revealed in this one-hour season finale, as we return to Barney’s wedding and, presumably, learn the identity of the woman he’s marrying. And perhaps, as a bonus, we’ll get some hint about the future bride of Ted’s as well. His poor kids have been waiting for years for him to wrap up that story – and, unlike us, they already know the identity of their mom.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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SEASON PREMIERE: Normally, I wouldn’t highlight or recommend the return of this talent series as anything worth noting – but this is different, and this is exactly why NBC has made room for a new judge at its center. Piers Morgan is out, Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne remain, but this franchise will propel forward, or stall ignominiously, based on the reception viewers afford new judge Howard Stern, diving aggressively into mainstream pop culture. My guess? He’ll do just fi
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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He’s been gone from late night, and from the center of pop culture, for two decades now, yet Johnny Carson has not been, and will never be, dethroned as the King of Late Night. This new two-hour documentary explains why – and gets close to explaining the man himself. For a full review, see Bianculli’s Blog HERE. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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SEASON FINALE: In tonight’s Season 1 finale, do we get the answer to the question posed way back in the season premiere? (Namely, who will win the role of Marilyn Monroe in a new Broadway musical based on her life?) Yes, we do. And as we begin this final episode of the season, it’s back to the beginning, with the same two young singers in contention.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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SPECIAL THEME WEEK PREMIERE: Expanding upon its special theme week last year visiting Paris, this show once again takes to the road, with a few invited guests. This time the destination is Scotland, Ferguson’s home country, and those along for the bon voyage include Mila Kunis, Rashida Jones, David Sedaris, Michael Clarke Duncan and others, including Late Late Show featured regulars Geoff Peterson and Secretariat. For a full review, see Bianculli’s Blog HERE.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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On this day in 1998, NBC's "show about nothing" came to an end. More than 76 million people tuned in to see the Seinfeld finale, making it the third most-watched series finale in TV history...The two-part event — during which Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer were put on trial for failing to come to the aid of a crime victim — featured cameo appearances by many of the most memorable characters from the series' nine-season run...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson takes a wonderfully unpredictable tour of Ferguson’s home country of Scotland. Here's a fast photo-tour of Monday's show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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Fox was secure enough to announce only three new series for fall — one drama, two comedies. We have first-glimpse videos of all three, including the new series starring, and created by, Mindy Kaling of NBC’s The Office…