That was almost good enough to make us forget about the gorilla. Almost. Not only did Sunday’s Season 4 premiere of Masters of Sex reunite Bill and Virginia, at least professionally, it also strongly suggested that the Showtime drama was, following that wobbly third season, once again on solid footing. Was it good for you, too? Let’s review the hour’s salient points, then you can grade the episode and hit the comments with your critique.
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- 9/12/2016
- TVLine.com
I still get nervous about certain interviews. It's human. I love movies dearly, and have since I was young, and when I talk to filmmakers who I respect enormously, I tend to either talk waaaaaaay too fast or just overcomplicate my questions. Once things start, though, a good conversation is a good conversation, and I relax into things. That's particularly easy when you're talking to someone who give back as good as they get, and that's the Coen Brothers in spades. Three quick points before we dig in. First, enjoy Backstory, a new video series we're doing here at HitFix in which I pull back the curtain a bit on the stories that went unreported or untold over the last 25 years while I've been working here in La. While I spoke to the Coens about To The White Sea during our interview, we didn't get into the impact that the film's implosion had on them,...
- 2/8/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Ebertfest had an emotional start this year, kicking off with Steve James’ documentary Life Itself. This film, more of a memorial to Roger Ebert than a biography, examines the life and work of Ebert, along with the handful of decisions and relationships that most significantly shaped his life. It was a lovely way to begin the festival and, as James noted during the Q&A after the film, seeing it with this audience, in this theatre (Champaign, Il’s gorgeous Virginia Theatre), was a truly special experience. The Ebertfest crowd is always a warm one- they laugh louder, hold their breath longer, and applaud the crew along with the cast. They’re also passionate and canny, and it was great to see this film with an audience of people who could watch Life Itself and start chuckling right away when the outtakes of Siskel & Ebert start up, not needing the punchline to understand the dynamic.
- 4/24/2014
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Roger Ebert, who died on Thursday, was more than just a legendary film critic. He was also a newspaperman who loved the journalism industry, and fiercely criticized those he thought were sullying it.
Ebert got his first newspaper job when he was sixteen, working for a local paper in Illinois
"To be hired as a real writer at a real newspaper was such good fortune that I could barely sleep," he wrote in his 2011 memoir, "Life Itself."
When Ebert went to college, he worked on the newspaper there, the Daily Illini. But it was his nearly 50-year tenure at the Chicago Sun-Times that would make him an icon. Ebert started as a general writer before being offered the film critic's job relatively out of the blue. In "Life Itself," he wrote about the atmosphere of the Sun-Times in those early days:
The city room was a noisy place to work.
Ebert got his first newspaper job when he was sixteen, working for a local paper in Illinois
"To be hired as a real writer at a real newspaper was such good fortune that I could barely sleep," he wrote in his 2011 memoir, "Life Itself."
When Ebert went to college, he worked on the newspaper there, the Daily Illini. But it was his nearly 50-year tenure at the Chicago Sun-Times that would make him an icon. Ebert started as a general writer before being offered the film critic's job relatively out of the blue. In "Life Itself," he wrote about the atmosphere of the Sun-Times in those early days:
The city room was a noisy place to work.
- 4/4/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Dear Abby -- the advice columnist who was credited with dispensing "uncommon common sense" to millions of readers throughout the world -- has died at age 94 after a decade-long bout with Alzheimer's. Generations grew up taking advice from Pauline Friedman Phillips, who wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" column under the pen name of Abigail Van Buren.
Described by the New York Times in its obituary as "flinty," Phillips -- twin sister of advice columnist Ann Landers -- was a California housewife who said she wanted to do something more meaningful than just play mah-jongg; she wrote her way into the lives of millions, dispensing advice about everything from relationships, raising kids and dealing with in-laws.
Her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, took over the column "unofficially in 1987 and officially in 2000," according to The Times. Dear Abby appears in approximately 1,400 newspapers worldwide and has a daily readership of more than 110 million, which includes its website.
Described by the New York Times in its obituary as "flinty," Phillips -- twin sister of advice columnist Ann Landers -- was a California housewife who said she wanted to do something more meaningful than just play mah-jongg; she wrote her way into the lives of millions, dispensing advice about everything from relationships, raising kids and dealing with in-laws.
Her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, took over the column "unofficially in 1987 and officially in 2000," according to The Times. Dear Abby appears in approximately 1,400 newspapers worldwide and has a daily readership of more than 110 million, which includes its website.
- 1/17/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Longtime newspaper advice columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips -- who wrote Dear Abby under the name Abigail Van Buren -- has died at age 94.
Her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press that Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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Since her family revealed in 2002 that Phillips had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her daughter, Jeanne Phillips (pictured above), has been the sole author for the syndicated Dear Abby column.
Phillips' column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, which was written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer, who died in June 2002. ...
Her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press that Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Pics: Star Sightings
Since her family revealed in 2002 that Phillips had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her daughter, Jeanne Phillips (pictured above), has been the sole author for the syndicated Dear Abby column.
Phillips' column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, which was written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer, who died in June 2002. ...
- 1/17/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Longtime newspaper advice columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips -- who wrote Dear Abby under the name Abigail Van Buren -- has died at age 94.
Her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press that Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Since her family revealed in 2002 that Phillips had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her daughter, Jeanne Phillips (pictured above), has been the sole author for the syndicated Dear Abby column.
Phillips' column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, which was written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer, who died in June 2002. ...
Her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press that Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Since her family revealed in 2002 that Phillips had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her daughter, Jeanne Phillips (pictured above), has been the sole author for the syndicated Dear Abby column.
Phillips' column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, which was written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer, who died in June 2002. ...
- 1/17/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
So sad. Pauline Phillips, who founded the ‘Dear Abby’ advice column, died on Jan. 16.
Pauline Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren to her millions of fans, left a legacy behind when she died on Jan. 16, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, a rep for the advice columnist told TMZ.
Pauline’s daughter, Jeanne, who took over the column, said, ”I have lost my mother, my mentor and my best friend.”
She added, “My mother leaves very big high heels to fill with a legacy of compassion, commitment and positive social change. I will honor her memory every day by continuing this legacy.”
The “Dear Abby” column first appeared in print in 1956, when Pauline was 37, and eventually grew to a daily audience of 100 million readers!
Throughout her career, Pauline used the pen name Abigail Van Buren. “Abigail” was derived from the wise woman in the Old Testament and...
Pauline Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren to her millions of fans, left a legacy behind when she died on Jan. 16, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, a rep for the advice columnist told TMZ.
Pauline’s daughter, Jeanne, who took over the column, said, ”I have lost my mother, my mentor and my best friend.”
She added, “My mother leaves very big high heels to fill with a legacy of compassion, commitment and positive social change. I will honor her memory every day by continuing this legacy.”
The “Dear Abby” column first appeared in print in 1956, when Pauline was 37, and eventually grew to a daily audience of 100 million readers!
Throughout her career, Pauline used the pen name Abigail Van Buren. “Abigail” was derived from the wise woman in the Old Testament and...
- 1/17/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
Minneapolis (AP) — Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.
Publicist Gene Willis of Universal Uclick said Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Phillips' column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer. Their relationship was stormy in their early adult years, but later they regained the close relationship they had growing up in Sioux City, Iowa.
The two columns differed in style. Ann Landers responded to questioners with homey, detailed advice. Abby's replies were often flippant one-liners.
Phillips admitted that her advice changed over the years. When she started writing the column, she was reluctant to advocate divorce:
"I always thought that marriage should be forever," she explained. "I found...
Publicist Gene Willis of Universal Uclick said Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Phillips' column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer. Their relationship was stormy in their early adult years, but later they regained the close relationship they had growing up in Sioux City, Iowa.
The two columns differed in style. Ann Landers responded to questioners with homey, detailed advice. Abby's replies were often flippant one-liners.
Phillips admitted that her advice changed over the years. When she started writing the column, she was reluctant to advocate divorce:
"I always thought that marriage should be forever," she explained. "I found...
- 1/17/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
"Dear Abby" columnist Pauline Phillips, who starting in 1956 under the pen name Abigail Van Buren began giving some 90 million newspaper readers advice on everything from Civil Rights to dating, died Wednesday in Minneapolis, said a family spokesperson. She was 94. "She'll be terribly missed by the people who love her. She'll always be in my heart. She had an irreverent sense of humor. She left an amazing legacy," daughter Jeanne Phillips tells People. "I'm honored that she trusted me enough to let me continue her column for her. I feel very empty today. It's a very sad day." For years Phillips had suffered with Alzheimer's disease,...
- 1/17/2013
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Pauline Phillips --the woman who founded the "Dear Abby" advice column -- died yesterday at the age of 94. A rep for Phillips tells TMZ ... Pauline had been battling Alzheimer's disease. Pauline's daughter, Jeanne -- who took over the "Dear Abby" column -- says ... "I have lost my mother, my mentor and my best friend."She adds, "My mother leaves very big high heels to fill with a legacy of compassion,commitment and positive social change.
- 1/17/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
By Kate Phillips
They grocery shop, the clean up after dinner, they shave. Us Weekly did not invent the desire to see famous people doing everyday things. For decades great photographers have been capturing the way “stars are just like us!” with far more interesting results than what we see on the pages of tabloids. Magnum’s archive teems with images of iconic celebrities doing endearingly everyday things. Below, you’ll find eight of the best.
Jane Fonda cooking in her kitchen in France in 1967.
David Hurn/Magnum Photos.
Marilyn Monroe cleans up after dinner during the filming of The Misfits in Hollywood in 1960.
Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos.
Andy Warhol shops at Gristedes supermarket near his 47th street Silver Factory in New York City in 1965.
Bob Adelman/Magnum Photos.
Actress Julie Christie arranges flowers in her London flat in 1965.
David Hurn/Magnum Photos.
American actress Joan Crawford cleans her house...
They grocery shop, the clean up after dinner, they shave. Us Weekly did not invent the desire to see famous people doing everyday things. For decades great photographers have been capturing the way “stars are just like us!” with far more interesting results than what we see on the pages of tabloids. Magnum’s archive teems with images of iconic celebrities doing endearingly everyday things. Below, you’ll find eight of the best.
Jane Fonda cooking in her kitchen in France in 1967.
David Hurn/Magnum Photos.
Marilyn Monroe cleans up after dinner during the filming of The Misfits in Hollywood in 1960.
Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos.
Andy Warhol shops at Gristedes supermarket near his 47th street Silver Factory in New York City in 1965.
Bob Adelman/Magnum Photos.
Actress Julie Christie arranges flowers in her London flat in 1965.
David Hurn/Magnum Photos.
American actress Joan Crawford cleans her house...
- 10/12/2012
- by Mallika Rao
- Huffington Post
“Asking a writer what he thinks of critics is like asking what a fire hydrant feels about dogs.” No one has portrayed that Ann Landers quote better (or more directly) than Mel Brooks in History of the World: Part 1 in the sketch where a caveman critic pisses all over a newly envisioned cave drawing. Not only is the relationship between creator and critic as old as man, it’s also always involved urination. On the most recent edition of the Scriptnotes podcast, screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss the looming spectre that is The Critic – a terrifying boogeyman for some, a knock-kneed weakling to others, and a complete non-entity to more. “Well this isn’t going to endear me with many critics,” begins Mazin (who recently explained the depressing state of screenwriting as a career to Reject Radio listeners). “I don’t care. I do not care. I don’t write movies for critics; I write...
- 8/14/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Wednesday, July 18, is the 20th anniversary of our marriage. How can I begin to tell you about Chaz? She fills my horizon, she is the great fact of my life, she has my love, she saved me from the fate of living out my life alone, which is where I seemed to be heading. If my cancer had come, and it would have, and Chaz had not been there with me, I can imagine a descent into lonely decrepitude. I was very sick. I might have vegetated in hopelessness. This woman never lost her love, and when it was necessary she forced me to want to live. She was always there believing I could do it, and her love was like a wind forcing me back from the grave. Does that sound too dramatic? You were not there. She was there every day, visiting me in the hospital whether I knew it or not,...
- 7/18/2012
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
For over 20 years, Dan Savage has been dishing out sex and relationship advice to anyone that cares to listen. So when MTV asked him to hit the road and take his hard-hitting advice to college campuses across the U.S., it seemed like a natural fit for the outspoken columnist.
From learning how to build a committed relationship to safely navigating online dating and one night stands, to kinks and fetishes, no topic was off-limits for Savage during the filming of "Savage U." However, that doesn't mean he wasn't shocked by some of the questions he received. University of California, Irvine was especially memorable for the It Gets Better co-creator.
"The questions there blew my mind -- not because they were so crazy or dirty, but because they were so innocent," Savage told HuffPost TV via phone. "It was like getting questions for Archie and Jughead."
On Tuesday night's "Savage U" season finale,...
From learning how to build a committed relationship to safely navigating online dating and one night stands, to kinks and fetishes, no topic was off-limits for Savage during the filming of "Savage U." However, that doesn't mean he wasn't shocked by some of the questions he received. University of California, Irvine was especially memorable for the It Gets Better co-creator.
"The questions there blew my mind -- not because they were so crazy or dirty, but because they were so innocent," Savage told HuffPost TV via phone. "It was like getting questions for Archie and Jughead."
On Tuesday night's "Savage U" season finale,...
- 6/19/2012
- by Crystal Bell
- Huffington Post
"Letters to Joan" is a new advice column penned by the wise office manager at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, who needed something to occupy her time while on maternity leave (you know, other than the kid). Like a sassier Ann Landers, she has decided to take up answering letters from those in need of guidance.
Dear Joan,
My daughter has recently given birth to a lovely baby boy, but her attention always seems to be on her work. She.s not a neglectful mother or anything, but all she talks about is how badly she wants to return to her office job. I recently spent some time helping her out because her husband... More >>...
Dear Joan,
My daughter has recently given birth to a lovely baby boy, but her attention always seems to be on her work. She.s not a neglectful mother or anything, but all she talks about is how badly she wants to return to her office job. I recently spent some time helping her out because her husband... More >>...
- 4/6/2012
- by MaryAnn Sleasman
- TV.com
Dan Savage is taking it to the streets.
The journalist's uber-popular sex and relationship advice column "Savage Love" brings in millions of readers, and his epic It Gets Better movement has raised awareness of the bullying epidemic plaguing school-aged children across the nation.
Savage has been one of the most outspoken voices for gay youth over the last few years, and is an unequivocal advocate for same-sex marriage and equal rights. Now, MTV is giving him another outlet: his own sex and relationship advice show, "Savage U," which is set to premiere on April 3. The show features Savage going to several American colleges and speaking to students about sex and relationships. (He even answered some of the HuffPost audience's questions!)
HuffPost TV spoke to Savage about the show, what he hopes to achieve and the one thing that has shocked him on this nationwide tour.
You don't just stumble into...
The journalist's uber-popular sex and relationship advice column "Savage Love" brings in millions of readers, and his epic It Gets Better movement has raised awareness of the bullying epidemic plaguing school-aged children across the nation.
Savage has been one of the most outspoken voices for gay youth over the last few years, and is an unequivocal advocate for same-sex marriage and equal rights. Now, MTV is giving him another outlet: his own sex and relationship advice show, "Savage U," which is set to premiere on April 3. The show features Savage going to several American colleges and speaking to students about sex and relationships. (He even answered some of the HuffPost audience's questions!)
HuffPost TV spoke to Savage about the show, what he hopes to achieve and the one thing that has shocked him on this nationwide tour.
You don't just stumble into...
- 4/2/2012
- by Chris Jancelewicz
- Huffington Post
Dan Savage is taking it to the streets.
The journalist's uber-popular sex and relationship advice column "Savage Love" brings in millions of readers, and his epic It Gets Better movement has raised awareness of the bullying epidemic plaguing school-aged children across the nation.
Savage has been one of the most outspoken voices for gay youth over the last few years, and is an unequivocal advocate for same-sex marriage and equal rights. Now, MTV is giving him another outlet: his own sex and relationship advice show, "Savage U," which is set to premiere on April 3. The show features Savage going to several American colleges and speaking to students about sex and relationships. (He even answered some of the HuffPost audience's questions!)
HuffPost TV spoke to Savage about the show, what he hopes to achieve and the one thing that has shocked him on this nationwide tour.
You don't just stumble into...
The journalist's uber-popular sex and relationship advice column "Savage Love" brings in millions of readers, and his epic It Gets Better movement has raised awareness of the bullying epidemic plaguing school-aged children across the nation.
Savage has been one of the most outspoken voices for gay youth over the last few years, and is an unequivocal advocate for same-sex marriage and equal rights. Now, MTV is giving him another outlet: his own sex and relationship advice show, "Savage U," which is set to premiere on April 3. The show features Savage going to several American colleges and speaking to students about sex and relationships. (He even answered some of the HuffPost audience's questions!)
HuffPost TV spoke to Savage about the show, what he hopes to achieve and the one thing that has shocked him on this nationwide tour.
You don't just stumble into...
- 4/2/2012
- by Chris Jancelewicz
- Aol TV.
We’ve never had a stepchild, so maybe we shouldn’t judge Ashton Kutcher‘s decision to stop by Rumer Willis‘s concert last night in Hollywood. Then again, we’ve never had our famous ex Demi Moore go to rehab following our divorce amid rumors of rampant infidelity either, and yet we still know it would be an awkward situation if we were to take photos and loudly cheer on her adult kid in public, just days after she returned to L.A. Of course, that’s exactly what the Two and a Half Men star went and did at Rumer’s Sayers Club Sessions performance on Tuesday. We seriously need some kind of etiquette column for this kind of situation. No, wait…we need to write some kind of etiquette column for this kind of situation. More over, Dear Abby! Get your face out of our face, Ann Landers!
- 3/7/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
Mindy Kaling hosted friends and costars at the Roosevelt Hotel in La last night for a party to celebrate her book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, thrown by Glamour magazine. She was joined by The Office's B.J. Novak and Jenna Fischer, who were out showing support along with Nicole Richie, Busy Philipps, and Anna Faris. Handsome Men's club members Jon Hamm and Jimmy Kimmel also stopped by the celebration to toast Mindy, who looked lovely in a black and silver Hervé Leger cocktail dress. Mindy took a few minutes to chat with us about her memoir, dating, and how the men in her life have reacted to her advice. She said: Mindy on giving relationship advice: "I think I'm always nervous, because I'm just a comedian and I've had like three boyfriends in my life. So when I dispense advice about relationships it's always like mostly tongue and cheek.
- 11/15/2011
- by Katie Henry
- Popsugar.com
I've been on Twitter for about two years. It's a part of my life. A small part, but a nice diversion for someone who publicly claimed, "I will never be a twit!"
My purpose today is not to issue generalizations about Twitter, or to persuade you to take part. You may well have better ways to spend your time. What I want to do is make some observations about successful tweeting.
I feel I'm qualified, since I currently have 532,782 followers, and that's not bad for an ordinary mortal not named Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber. I don't claim you will have my success. Let's face it; I have the advantage of being, for my sins, a celebrity. But if you offer good value for time, people will retweet you, and gradually you will build up a readership.
I give you as an example my friend of many years, Margo Howard.
My purpose today is not to issue generalizations about Twitter, or to persuade you to take part. You may well have better ways to spend your time. What I want to do is make some observations about successful tweeting.
I feel I'm qualified, since I currently have 532,782 followers, and that's not bad for an ordinary mortal not named Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber. I don't claim you will have my success. Let's face it; I have the advantage of being, for my sins, a celebrity. But if you offer good value for time, people will retweet you, and gradually you will build up a readership.
I give you as an example my friend of many years, Margo Howard.
- 9/24/2011
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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