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Comedy

Family Guy Season 7 Episode 7: Ocean’s Three And A Half Recap

Just as the guys are heading out for a day of paintball, Joe rolls by and tells them he’s a no-go, since Bonnie could have her baby at any moment. Tired of Joe’s constant inability to hang out because of Bonnie’s eternally looming delivery, Peter decides to induce labor using Two and a Half Men as bait. Soon enough, Bonnie’s in the hospital, and Joe has a daughter (wheelchair first). As soon as little Susie comes home, Stewie falls head over heels in love with her, mid-twist-tie-rant, and starts writing a song to win her heart. It’s a lame song, […]

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Sports

MLS and David Beckham, A Reluctant Union?

David Beckham might be playing with the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy longer than he’d hoped. The English mid-fielder expressed an interest in remaining with AC Milan (Italy’s Serie A) after the two-month loan contract is up next month. However, the two clubs failed to reach an agreement before Galaxy’s transfer deadline on Friday. While some see the deadline as an arbitrary tactic and a mere part of the process, others wonder what would happen if the permanent transfer actually fell through. Beckham wants to stay with Milan, but Galaxy has a $250 million, five-year contract with Beckham, […]

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Comedy

“10 Items Or Less” Recap: The Milk Man

By Ryan Leslie’s having a problem with shipments of expired milk being delivered to the Greens & Grains, and he goes off on a tirade against milkmen. But unbeknownst to Leslie, milkman Nathan is behind the dairy case, and he overhears Leslie’s fightin’ words. Leslie tells Nathan that he refuses to pay for milk, and so begins the war between the G&G and the powerful Dairy Consortium. Leslie starts fearing for his life when some mysterious mold-ridden cheese ends up in his sandwich and a shelf full of feminine hygiene products collapses on him. He holes up in his bedroom […]

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Comedy

The Office: “Lecture Circuit, Part 2” Recap

Synopsis: At the end of last week’s episode, Michael decided to take a detour on his tour of Dunder Mifflin branches, hoping to get some closure in his relationship with Scranton’s former HR rep, Holly Flax. When he and Pam arrive at the Nashua branch, however, they find that Holly is not there — and her current boyfriend, a salesman named A.J., is. In the face of this emotionally devastating development, Michael decides to proceed with his sales lecture, which quickly devolves into a Q&A regarding A.J.’s relationship with Holly. After hearing that Holly never asks about him, Michael makes […]

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Comedy

“My Name Is Earl” Recap: Friends With Benefits

After many exciting adventures and a bout with alcoholism, Mr. Turtle returns to the trailer park to find Earl and Randy living there while Joy and Darnell are under witness protection. Earl finds a note that Darnell left in Mr. Turtle’s food with a phone number where Darnell can be reached. Earl calls Darnell’s hair phone, and Darnell gives Earl the address where he can ship Mr. Turtle. But Earl realizes he can’t really snail mail a turtle, and he’ll have to drive to Darnell’s address to deliver it personally. Earl finds that Joy is dealing with a little crisis. […]

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Magazine Archive

Joss Whedon’s Latest Creation Has Him Playing With Dolls

It’s not often that a show can attract an instant, rabid audience based simply on its creator. But that’s what happens whenever Joss Whedon attaches himself to a project. The mastermind behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and the recent web sensation Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog inspires devoted followers who pore over every moment of his quirky stories, which manage to remain character-driven despite being set in the world of vampires or outer space. The latest addition to the “Jossverse” is Dollhouse. Eliza Dushku, who played the enigmatic Faith on Buffy, stars as Echo, a young woman whose mind […]

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Reality TV

“Survivor: Tocantins”: Episode 1: Nothing Could Be Finer Than To Vote Out …

We start by seeing the sites of Brazil: Soccer. Beaches. Shaking hips. That big Jesus statue. And 16 Survivor contestants riding in a truck for a long time. The tribes have already been divided (Timbira, and something that sounds like “Jello-pow”), but no one has spoken to each other yet. Even so, they’ve reached some conclusions: * Erinn loves Tyson. Tyson thinks Erinn could be a bitch. * Stephen is happy to see Sandy — he knows he won’t be first to go, since his tribe has “the strung-out old lady.” She thinks he’s a geek she’ll be able to […]

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Sports

Will Digger Bury NASCAR On FOX?

By Ryan FOX announced that it is taking Digger, its NASCAR Gopher Cam mascot, to disturbing new levels beginning with this Sunday’s Daytona 500. The Adventures of Digger and Friends, a collaboration between FOX Sports chairman David Hill and country music star Keith Urban, will premiere during the race, with five two-minute vignettes featuring the furry characters that will be repeated throughout the NASCAR season, long after we’ve all stopped watching. Says Hill:

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Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Eliza Dushku talks “Dollhouse”

When Dollhouse premieres Friday night on FOX, it will mark the resumption of the fruitful relationship between Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku. She was Faith, the tough slayer who gave the heroine fits on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and she reprised the character for a stint on the spinoff, Angel. While Dushku went on to mainly sexpot roles in not-so-high-profile projects, Whedon always believed she was better than the opportunities she had been given. They had a lunch to discuss what her next step should be, and by the time the check came they had fleshed out the idea for […]

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Drama

Getting Lost: “This Place is Death” Review

Posted by johnnysweeptheleg and Mike The year is 1988. The Summer Olympics are being held in Seoul, South Korea. Super Mario Bros. 3 is released in Japan. And Jin is trying to figure out WTF he’s doing washed up on an island with a very pregnant and half-her-should-be-age Rousseau. So “This Place is Death” isn’t about Cleveland, after all, huh? The island is death. Ok, now we get the title. Man, we love this show! johnnysweeptheleg’s Lost in a Moment: Thanks to earlier seasons of Lost, we all know that Rousseau’s team is wiped out, leaving Rousseau alone and crazy, […]