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NBC Looks to Climb Out of Ratings Hole with J.J. Abrams’ “Revolution”

NBC Looks to Climb Out of Ratings Hole with J.J. Abrams’ “Revolution”

When you think about it: J.J. Abrams, TV’s (and now film’s) golden boy, doesn’t have that spectacular of a track record when it comes to getting series picked up for second seasons. Of the ten shows he has produced, only six have made it to…

Best Coast’s “The Only Place” aims for change while staying the same

Best Coast’s “The Only Place” aims for change while staying the same

For months, Bethany Cosentino has been saying that The Best Place, her follow-up to her great 2010 debut, Crazy For You, would be different but the same. Featuring producer Jon Brion and what Cosentino calls “grown up” and “seriously emo” themes—as well as country western…

Mistakes GIRLS Make: “Hard Being Easy” Recap

Mistakes GIRLS Make: “Hard Being Easy” Recap

Of all the complaints aimed toward Girls, the one thing you’ll never hear is that it doesn’t move fast enough. The show has fallen into a fairly steady rhythm of conflict/resolution/conflict, and “Hard Being Easy” is no different. This week opens on Hannah/Marnie/Charlie immediately after…

The 121-megapixel Elektro-L Earth Image is unlike any other

The 121-megapixel Elektro-L Earth Image is unlike any other

With all the crazy technology out there, it’s easy to capture the lovely images space and our own Earth have to offer (black holes, not so much; you might need a telescope with a mirror the size of Earth to see a real black hole…

Game of Thrones: “A Man Without Honor” review

Game of Thrones: “A Man Without Honor” review

“The more people you love, the weaker you are,” Cersei Lannister The citizens of Westeros and Qarth talk a lot about themselves in “A Man without Honor.” The wildling Ygritte talks to Jon Snow about her people and how they are truly “free” rather than…

Baking Obsession’s Elder Scrolls Skyrim cake

Baking Obsession’s Elder Scrolls Skyrim cake

If you thought all of the fuss about Skyrim was over, you were wrong. And though it seems like a long time since the initial release back in November—nearly 6 months—this cake has us just as excited as we were when the game first came…

Mad Men star Jon Hamm gets his first lead role in Disney’s ‘Million Dollar Arm’

Mad Men star Jon Hamm gets his first lead role in Disney’s ‘Million Dollar Arm’

Known as Don Draper on AMC’s Mad Men, Jon Hamm will take on his first lead role in Disney’s production Million Dollar Arm as J.B. Bernstein. Thomas McCarthy’s script is based on a true story about Bernstein’s travels to India and how he discovered two professional pitchers Rinku Singh and…

Who is “Lady Lazarus?” Sylvia Plath and Mad Men

Who is “Lady Lazarus?” Sylvia Plath and Mad Men

Sunday night’s Mad Men episode “Lady Lazarus” evoked a lot of emotion from each character, as they all seem to have been going through their own sort of personal life dilemma: whether Megan being unable to tell Don her true feelings about the advertising world…

How Felix Baumgartner withstood a 120,000 foot free fall from space

How Felix Baumgartner withstood a 120,000 foot free fall from space

A lot of us put skydiving at the top of our bucket lists as something we’d like to accomplish before we die. And for some daring enough, they want to set the bar a little higher, jumping from more extreme heights. Consider the previously held…

Game of Thrones: “The Old Gods and the New” review

Game of Thrones: “The Old Gods and the New” review

“Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy. Now you are truly lost.” Rodrik Cassel One thing I didn’t really pick up about this season of Game of Thrones until I looked at it with a more critical eye, is just how fragmented it is. I suppose fragmented…