DAVID BIANCULLI

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2016
Feb
23
 
 
The Simpsons trundles along as history’s longest-running scripted series, 27 years... One of the reasons for the show’s success is that it stays up-to-the-minute...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
21
 
 
Sacha Baron Cohen’s new The Brothers Grimsby is now out in theaters, and we’ve been riffing on old clips from his HBO series Da Ali G Show for a couple of weeks now. (Booyakasha!)... Cohen is brilliant at maneuvering and improvising on the spot — and it’s no surprise he got himself in front of none other than the seeming next Republican presidential nominee to gleefully pitch a new business idea...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
18
 
 
Kanye West is apparently $53 million in debt so he’s looking for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to not only get him out of debt, but to also pony up $1 billion to back West’s startup, called Donda... Stephen Colbert runs down the whole story for you...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
12
 
 
We’re big fans of OK Go, the alt-rock group that seems to have made its stake not only with hit songs, but also with accompanying jaw-dropping videos that are art projects all by themselves...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
8
 
 
When my daughter, Kristin, was very young, one of the first (and then only) things we let her watch on TV was PBS’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, because it was so positive, safe, and lovingly interactive...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
7
 
 
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a much anticipated appearance this weekend on Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by his doppelganger, Larry David. It was the parody of David's HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm which stole the show. Entitled (of course) "Bern Your Enthusiasm," it melded the fictional David with Sanders after his narrow loss of the Iowa Caucus...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
7
 
 
Dame Helen Mirren is known for playing blunt-spoken women, up to and including the Queen of England. She doesn't play the Queen in this 60-second Super Bowl ad sponsored by Budweiser beer, but she does have some blunt words for people who drive drunk...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
5
 
 
We’ve mourned the demise of the variety show, but, in truth, it hasn’t gone anywhere. It has relocated to a non-traditional place -- late night television...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
4
 
 
Bob Elliott (left in photo with Ray Goulding), half of the legendary, semi-absurdist comedy duo of Bob & Ray, died Tuesday (2/2) at the age of 92...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Feb
3
 
 
Out for a drive, Late Night comic James Corden spots Chris Martin looking for a ride to San Francisco to perform with Coldplay in the Super Bowl 50 halftime show...