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'House I Live In' explores war on drugs and its toll on America ★★★
Taking on a hellacious societal problem, a documentary filmmaker benefits from finding a narrow path leading to the heart of that problem — a specific angle, an image, a detail, that opens up to the wider world and a host of provocations. Eugene...
Tags: The House I Live In (movie), Heroin, Crime, Law and Justice, Richard Nixon, Drugs and Medicines
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James Gandolfini's 'Criminal Justice' gets limited series order from HBO
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After all those years of being mobbed up for HBO, "The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini is tackling the justice system from another angle. HBO has given the greenlight to the pilot "Criminal Justice," which will air as a seven-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Television, Riz Ahmed, The Sopranos (tv program), New York City
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Martin O'Malley makes it to the Oval Office -- But it's not the one in Washington
The Baltimore SunI saw it with my own eyes -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley standing centerstage Tuesday in the Oval Office. Only it wasn't the one in Washington. It did, though, make for a light but fascinating kind of political-pop-culture-meta moment. O'Malley...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Government, Veep (tv program), Elections, Politics
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2013 TV upfronts: Watch trailers for two more new Fox shows
After releasing most of the trailers teasing its new shows on Monday, Fox rolled out two more trailers for a new drama called "Gang Related" and a comedy called "Surviving Jack." The former stars Ramon Rodriguez ("Battle Los Angeles," "The Wire") and...
Tags: Christopher Meloni, Fox Broadcasting Company, Californication (tv program), NBC (tv network), Lost (tv program)
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ABC Renews 'Revenge,' 'Grey's,' 'Scandal,' 'OUAT' and 'Nashville,' Among Others
ReutersMay 11 (TheWrap.com) - ABC has just renewed "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal," "Once Upon a Time," "Revenge," "The Middle," "Last Man Standing," and "Nashville," an ABC spokeswoman told TheWrap. Additionally, it has picked up new series, the "Once Upon a...Tags: Ming-Na, Matt Long, ER (tv program), Nicholas Gonzalez, The O.C. (tv program)
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CNN to air unscripted series 'Chicagoland' from Redford's Sundance
"The Wire" as a reality show? That appears to be what the cable news channel CNN is thinking with "Chicagoland," a new unscripted series about the Windy City from Robert Redford's Sundance Productions. "Chicagoland," which is set to premiere on CNN...
Tags: Television Industry, Fox News Channel (tv network), Television, CNN (tv network), Sundance Film Festival
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'Slow moving holocaust' keeps prisons full
The first thing you notice about the 1905 mug shot of Laura Scott is her Sunday-go-to-meeting hat, large with wayward bows. Then, you take in the information surrounding the photograph that reveals her physical measurements and describes her as a 40-year-...
Tags: Richard Nixon, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Amazon pilots (Part 3): The comedies
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn two previous posts, I discussed the Amazon pilots, a slate of proposed series by the cyberspace bookseller turned virtual moving-picture studio, now streaming online for viewer comment and ratings. (Thousands have already chimed in.) The first post was...Tags: Heroin, Zombieland (movie), Washington, DC, Veep (tv program), Riki Lindhome
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Kevin Spacey brings star power to 'House of Cards'
It was a steamy weeknight in July on Centre Street, and the extras in black tie were flagging. The $100 million series "House of Cards" was prepping a crowd scene outside the Peabody Institute, across from the Midtown BBQ & Brew. For more than two hours,...
Tags: Celebrities, Leonard Bernstein, L.A. Confidential (movie), The Usual Suspects (movie), The Social Network (movie)
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'Joe Turner's' actors share August Wilson's gift of gab
Among the pleasures of seeing an August Wilson play, it's often said, is just listening to the people talk. As Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty has noted, Wilson stocks his scripts with "natural raconteurs" and lets them soar in...
Tags: Celebrities, Yale Repertory Theatre, Ken Burns, Fences (music group), New York City
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Alex Trebek about to retire from 'Jeopardy?' Not necessarily
Speculation has been swirling recently that when Alex Trebek's contract is up in 2016, the long-running host of "Jeopardy" will finally retire. But don't say that to Alex Trebek. "Everybody's speculating on my retirement and I don't know why,"...
Tags: The CW (tv network)
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Awards this week: Edgars, Ellies
Just when you thought literary awards season was over, there were not one but two occasions to get dressed up and applaud great writers and their publications Thursday. They both took place in New York -- meaning we didn't have to hit the dry cleaner --...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Human Interest, Google+, Literature, Newspaper and Magazine
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