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Watch: Ricky Gervais Brings Back David Brent From 'The Office' For New 10-Minute Short

  • By Joe Cunningham
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  • March 19, 2013 11:22 AM
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Television
In Britain, the biannual charity extravaganza that is Comic Relief has a great track record for creating one-off comedy sketches, many based around established British shows and comedy characters. Past classics have included skits based around the likes of "Doctor Who," "Blackadder," "Gavin and Stacey," "One Foot in the Grave," "Da Ali G Show," "I'm Alan Partridge" and "Father Ted." Ricky Gervais has been involved many times before, perhaps most notably for the time he created an extremely funny sketch in which he appeared to be recording an appeal for aid from Africa. Well, Gervais returned with a new sketch at this year's Comic Relief, and this time he brought back David Brent.
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More: Ricky Gervais, The Office, Television, TV News

Review: ‘American Winter’ A Devastating Portrait Of The Erosion Of The Middle Class

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 18, 2013 6:54 PM
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Reviews
With the nation’s economy continually on a knife’s edge, the past few years has seen the political discourse take a marked shift. Conservative politicians have started to lure voters with an image that they will tighten the wasteful spending in Washington, but for the most part, that has meant targeting social services. Indeed, healthcare, social security and other measures that are seen as bloated programs that will sink the country into financial ruin if they aren’t severely overhauled. And all of this is being done in the name of supposedly preserving the middle class, but as the documentary “American Winter” argues, the entire approach is not only wrong headed, it’s only making things worse for the people these policies are supposed to protect.
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More: Documentary, HBO , Television, Review

'Wings Of Desire' & 'Downfall' Star Bruno Ganz Is The Pope...In Ridley Scott's Pilot 'The Vatican'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 18, 2013 4:33 PM
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Television
Over a storied and celebrated career, actor Bruno Ganz has logged time with a handful of famed filmmakers including Eric Rohmer, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders and more, and is perhaps best known for his roles in international hits like "Wings Of Desire" (directed by the latter) and "Downfall." And now, it looks like he's found another role that could gain him all kinds of attention thanks to nothing more than some good timing.
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More: Bruno Ganz, The Vatican, Anna Friel, Television, TV News, Matthew Goode, Sebastian Koch

Watch: First Teaser Trailer For Christopher Guest's New HBO Comedy Series 'Family Tree'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 18, 2013 1:20 PM
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News
Last night, "Girls" closed out its second season with a rather lacklustre finale, and while "Game Of Thrones" is HBO's next big series out the gate, later this spring they'll be returning with more laughs. The second season of "Veep" will kick off in April, with a new trailer recently arriving, and then in May, Christopher Guest will make a long awaited return with "Family Tree." And the first teaser promises a lot of familiar faces from his usual collective...
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More: Family Tree, Christopher Guest, Chris O'Dowd, Television, TV News, Film Trailers

"This Is Why China Regulates The Internet": Watch The Trailer For The Second Season Of 'Veep'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • March 18, 2013 12:28 PM
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Television
"Girls" and "Enlightened" might be over for now, but we don't have too long to wait for another quality HBO sitcom to start up, as we're four weeks from the start of the second season of "Veep," the Emmy-award winning political comedy starring Julia-Louis-Dreyfus. Created by Armando Iannucci, the man behind "The Thick Of It," and "In The Loop," the first season might not have quite hit the peaks of brilliance of the earlier show and movie, but it's still one of the most consistent and enjoyable sitcoms on TV.
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More: Veep, HBO , Television, TV News, Film Trailers

Recap: After An Adventurous Season 2, 'Girls' Finale Plays It Safe & Conventional

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 18, 2013 9:56 AM
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Television
It has been a pretty adventurous second season for "Girls," and one has to look no further than the experimental, format-breaking mid-season episodes. The nearly standalone short film "One Man's Trash," the Staten Island-set "Boys" and Jessa one-off "Video Games" were all fascinating detours from the show's more traditional HBO comedy format, and often delivered bigger dramatic and emotional payoffs. But as the series wound down, the return to a more conventional approach has been less satisfying, and this weekend's finale is certainly a let down for anyone hoping that Lena Dunham might regularly be taking "Girls" into bolder waters structurally.
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More: Television, TV Reviews, Girls

Watch: Seven Kingdoms Are United In Fear In Brand New Trailer For 'Game Of Thrones' Season 3

  • By Cain Rodriguez
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  • March 18, 2013 9:00 AM
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Television
If you caught the “Girls” season finale last night, odds are you saw a new trailer for season three of everyone’s favorite show, “Game of Thrones.” If you missed it, or just want to rewatch Westeros scored by Daft Punk, then head down below to watch.
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More: Television, TV News, HBO's Game of Thrones, Film Trailers, HBO

Ang Lee Could Take Over 'Gods And Kings' From Steven Spielberg; Lines Up TV Debut At FX With 'Tyrant'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 14, 2013 11:02 PM
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News
The last we heard about Steven Spielberg's potential Moses movie "Gods And Kings" was well over a year ago, when word circulated that he might be eyeing a start date this spring. But obviously, a lot of things have happened since then. The director's "Robopocalypse" started moving to follow "Lincoln" until he delayed it, essentially freeing up his summer, part of which he'll spend as the Cannes Film Festival as the jury president, while also looking over newly tasked director Colin Trevorrow's work on "Jurassic Park IV." And oh yeah, he's also developing Stanley Kubrick's lost "Napolean" project as a TV miniseries on top of the many other big and small screen efforts he has his hands in. And it appears that he won't be parting the Red Sea any more.
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More: Gods And Kings, Ang Lee, Steven Spielberg, Television, TV News, Tyrant, Ridley Scott, Moses

Karl Urban & Minka Kelly Join J.J. Abrams' Robot Cops TV Show 'Human'

  • By Joe Cunningham
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  • March 13, 2013 1:39 PM
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Karl Urban Minka Kelly JJ Abrams TV Robot Cops
Television
We’ll never be able to comprehend just how he finds the time, but every week it sounds like we’re reading about another J.J Abrams project, so it's very easy to lose track of them all. One of his TV projects -- which formerly went by the title of “Inhuman,” but is now going simply by “Human” – is busy casting its pilot for Fox at the moment, and it looks like Karl Urban will be joining the already-cast Michael Ealy as one of the leads.
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More: Karl Urban, Minka Kelly, J. J. Abrams, Television, TV News, Human, Michael Ealy, Lili Taylor, Brad Anderson

Warner Bros. Agrees To 'Veronica Mars' Movie For 2014 If Fans Can Raise $2 Million In 30 Days

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 13, 2013 11:01 AM
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Television
Ever since being taken off the air in 2006, fans of "Veronica Mars" have been clamoring, calling and pleading for its return. A couple of years back, Warner Bros. even went so far as to set up an email address to handle the requests they were getting, and now it looks like the one shot that devotees of the program has been asking for is here.
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More: Television, TV News, Veronica Mars

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