January 2011
“We would do well to consider a question even more complicated than ‘what...”
– Meghan Daum on MTV’s ‘Skins’ and ‘Jersey Shore’: Sex, drugs and drama vs. reality - latimes.com
“It’s very important to me to bring people up, to get more women and minorities...”
– Ryan Murphy for the obvious yet appreciated win.
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Hot Business of ‘Glee’ - The Hollywood Reporter
“At the end of the interview, I put on a dressing gown and he put on his clothes,...”
– Tom Ford is Never Clothed at Home - Towleroad
Aaron Sorkin Heading to HBO with New TV Series |... →
The new series seems like a perfect median between his two previous TV offerings. It will take place behind the scenes at a cable news show, under the wing of a pundit of sorts, apparently modeled after former MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann.
this should be extra funny for any of you who read my “west wing-meets-CNN” pilot that i wrote in 2005-ish.
“He has a lot of problems; being gay is not one of them.”
– Michael Cudlitz, from this semi-spoilery interview about tomorrow night’s SouthLAnd. THIS SHOW, you guys. It kills me.
“Of course, there can be artistry in blogging, but it is a different kind of...”
– TNR Introduces ‘Online Cover Stories’: A Home For Long-Form Journalism | The New Republic
…and proves an editor’s letter can succinctly define and even teach you the difference in one sentence.
Entrepreneur to Lead New York City's Digital... →
i am simultaneously intrigued, jealous and skeptical. don’t lie - you are too.
The Forger's Story →
givemesomethingtoread:
For nearly three decades, Landis has visited museums across the US in various guises and tried to donate paintings he has forged. As well as Father Scott, he has posed as “Steven Gardiner” among other aliases. He never asks for money, although museums have often hosted meals for him and made small gifts. His only stipulation is that he is donating in his parents’ names –...
Watch“Rose’s Turn,” with Kurt & Burt Hummel.
I have a very simple criteria for whether an episode of Glee - a show that like all others can be at times uneven - has been good, or even great: Does it work as a musical?
Which means: Do the song choices and performances surprise and delight me? Do they move the story forward? And do they reveal something about the character -...
“Why don’t you grow a pair and vote for Lisa Cholodenko as well!”
– Mark Ruffalo Chastises Hollywood for Shutting Out Female Directors - The Hollywood Reporter
Mark, I promise to never, ever, ever even THINK of ruining you on the internet.
(Also, from Annette Bening: “Very often, good directors aren’t calling attention to themselves in their...
“Thank you to public school teachers. I know you don’t get paid like it, but...”
– —Ian Brennan, one of writers/producers of Glee, accepting the best comedy Golden Globe. (via girlwithalessonplan)
this show is improbably, impeccably written by people with actual hearts. and that’s why.
“I’ll sleep with it. Because when I get this is when I usually wake up.”
– Chris Colfer on where he’ll keep his Golden Globe (via themoonsunandme)
women's work
tylercoates:
meth:
Yeah, I don’t think this one is very fair. He puts a ton of smart women in his work, but The Social Network had to follow the court transcripts and the book to a great extent, and there weren’t a lot of women involved in the creation of Facebook.
Go watch pretty much any of the first four seasons of the West Wing. Crazy smart women. CJ, Amy, Mrs. Barlett, just off the...
“Most importantly, to all those amazing kids who watch our show and the kids that...”
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CHRIS COLFER, accepting his Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor on a TV series for Glee.
Excellent.
(via inothernews)
(via popeater)
girls being girls
yayponies:
my dash has lesbian tendencies
notorious egg slut: Korean Short Ribs from Susan... →
notoriouseggslut:
Glorious leftovers today from Street. Braised beef short ribs in spicy Korean miso glaze, with scallion ginger cream.
Lovely arugula on the side that was dressed very lightly, but became coated with the miso glaze and and cream in the take-home box. This was not a bad thing.
Cutting…