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Review: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Stoppard and HBO's Dreamy 'Parade's End'

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  • February 26, 2013 9:07 AM
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Television
In Part 3 of HBO’s lyrical, nuanced, romantic and tough-minded World War I era series, Parade’s End, the aloof Sylvia Tietjens says of her aristocratic husband, “Christopher is the last decent man in England. How dare they put their knives into him – he’s mine.” By then we know that she is not simply complaining that Christopher’s colleagues in the British government have turned on him; she is saying the he is hers to manipulate and torture in an endless dance of love and hate. This is the most fun we’ve had with Edwardians since Downton Abbey.
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More: Television, Parade's End, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Tom Stoppard, Stephen Graham, Anne-Marie Duff, Janet McTeer, Susanna White, HBO

Oscar Review: Seth MacFarlane's Badness Explained

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  • February 25, 2013 2:39 AM
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Television
Was Seth MacFarlane the victim of some terrible time-travel accident that caused him – and all his Oscar-show material – to be trapped in the 1950’s (and not in a successfully ironic way)? That’s the most generous explanation I have for his pathetically unfunny job as Oscar host.  
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More: Television, Oscars, Seth MacFarlane, Adele, Skyfall, Kathryn Bigelow, Helen Hunt, Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Ted (film), Mark Wahlberg, Zero Dark Thirty, Jessica Chastain

'Downton Abbey' Ends Season 3: What Will We Do Without You-Know-Who?

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  • February 17, 2013 10:45 PM
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Television
Oh dear, just when things were looking better. . . . If you haven’t watched the game-changing final episode of Downton Abbey, Season 3, you might want to turn back now, because all will be revealed.
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More: Downton Abbey Season 3 Finale, Television, Dan Stevens, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Allen Leech, Julian Fellowes, Jessica Brown Findlay, Shirley MacLaine, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern

Preview the "Downton Abbey" Season Finale

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  • February 16, 2013 9:30 AM
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Television
Because the current season of Downton Abbey ended in the U.K. before it had even begun here on PBS – well the series’ worst-kept secret probably would have leaked out even if there hadn’t been all that rumbling about a certain lead who had decided not to return. But just in case, PBS has cooked up this spoiler-free preview,  with no hint of how the drama will sneak up on you.
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Justin Bieber Hosts SNL; Watch the Unaired Non-Bieber Sketch Instead

  • By Caryn James
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  • February 10, 2013 10:53 AM
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Television
Last night’s 'SNL' host was Justin .. . oh, how I wish I could say Timberlake, but No. It was Bieber, set loose among squealing audience members and a flood of predictable Bieber jokes. He wasn’t much as a comic, but he did go along wih a lot of Bieber-Playing-A-Dumb-Guy sketches. None of them mentioned the unfortunate Instagram he had posted the day before of himself with SNL's all-powerful Lorne Michaels, which Bieber spelled Lauren. (Some generous people on Twitter blamed Autocorrect; maybe.)
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More: Justin Bieber, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Television, Jason Sudeikis, Lorne Michaels, Bill Hader, Kenan Thompson, Fred Armisen, Chuck Hagel

The 'Girls' Episode That Leaves the 'Girls' Behind

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  • February 8, 2013 9:31 AM
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Television
Every now and then on ‘Girls,’ Hannah leaves her girlfriends and her search for success and rent behind, and we see deeper aspects of her character – revelations for both Hannah and for us. Last season it was a road trip to her parents and the hometown she has outgrown.  This season it arrives with the next episode, called “One Man’s Trash,” as she steps into an upscale Brooklyn brownstone at the off-handed invitation of a neighbor, played by Patrick Wilson.
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More: Television, Lena Dunham, Girls, Patrick Wilson, Richard Shepard, HBO

Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Downton Sixbey’: Lady Hedith’s Answer

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  • February 7, 2013 9:07 AM
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Television
Last night in Part 2 of Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Downton Abbey’ parody, ‘Downton Sixbey,’  Lady Hedith – the incomparable and lovely Fred Armisen --  repsonded to a declaration of love and a marriage proposal from Downton’s heir, Lord Questlove. Their parents, including Fallon as the Earl of Downton Sixbey and Whoopi Goldberg as Lady Whoopi  had something to say about that.
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More: Television, Jimmy Fallon, Downton Abbey, Downton Sixbey, Fred Armisen, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Downton Abbey parody, Whoopi Goldberg, Questlove

Jimmy Fallon Returns to 'Downton Sixbey' (Video)

  • By Caryn James
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  • February 6, 2013 11:04 AM
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Television
Jimmy Fallon calls it 'Downton Sixbey' (in honor of his studio, 6B). I think of it as'Keeping Up With The Granthams' (hoping for the spinoff,' Lady Hedith and the Dowager Take Miami'). But whatever you call it, the 'Late Night' satire is a howling spoof of 'Downton Abbey'. Picking up on this season’s Downton plot, here the Earl of Sixbey reveals how he has lost the family fortune (it was not investing in a railroad).
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More: Television, Jimmy Fallon, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey parody, Downton Sixbey, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Fred Armisen, Questlove, Whoopi Goldberg, Brooke Shields

'Downton Abbey' Shocker: They Killed Who? And Why?

  • By Caryn James
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  • January 27, 2013 10:18 PM
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Television
If you have not yet watched the stunning latest episode of 'Downton Abbey,' don’t read on. If you have (or just want to find out who died) go to the next page for my review of the understandable but I think wrong-headed shocker. To paraphrase 'South Park':
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More: Downton Abbey, Dan Stevens, Television, who died on Downton Abbey, Allen Leech, Julian Fellowes, Lady Sybil, Jessica Brown Findlay

'Downton Abbey' Preview: This Week's Jaw-Dropping Episode

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  • January 27, 2013 9:30 AM
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Television
If there is one episode of 'Downton Abbey' you won’t want to miss, it’s this week’s. I won’t give anything away, except to say that the video preview here doesn’t begin to prepare you for the high drama of the most tension-filled episode so far -- in fact, until the season finale. (DVR the Screen Actors Guild Awards; all those actors will still be there babbling about their SAG cards when you’re ready.)
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More: Television, Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith, Jim Carter, Downton Abbey Season 3, Downton Abbey preview, Masterpiece Classic

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