As I was just telling editor Becca every time I see an actor on a cable show complain about how exhausting their work is I think of Julianna Margulies, who stars in a show of cable quality that does 22 episodes a season, and she’s in nearly every scene, and she produces the show (and [...]

  And then there was the time Claire Danes won an Emmy and went “Mandy Patinktin, holla” and in one shining moment completely erased the memory of her trilling “It’s my squeezing machine!” from our collective minds forever. Oh Jo, I wish I could be brave like you. [Gawker] Dina Lohan went on Dr. Phil [...]

When I was somewhere between the ages of ten and thirteen I read an article in an otherwise unmemorable ladies’ mag on how to attract and keep male attention. In addition to doing stuff like giving the best blow job of all time (this still amuses me, because I’m pretty sure no matter the quality [...]

Homeland Season 2 is nearly upon us which means more of Damian Lewis and Claire Danes hating and loving each other in a beautiful symphony of obsession, romance and understanding. More Mandy Patinkin being annoyed. More Morena Baccarin feeling ashamed. And generally more brilliance all around. If you’re like me you feel the need to [...]

Showtime just announced something that has some us breathing a deep sigh of relief: Homeland will return in September – let the rejoicing begin! Don’t know the show? Need some incentive to gorge yourself on season one while waiting for the fall to come with new riches? Happy to be of service! 1.) Because You [...]

Forgive me if I sound like a teenage girl, but Oh My God, You Guys.  Episode 4 of MSCL is the most boring episode ever.  Why? Jordan Catalano is in only ONE scene. I’ve now realized that my whole reason for watching this series was due completely mostly to the Catalano fan service. And Father [...]

The third episode of My So-Called Life is about… well… guns.  And Gossip.  Obviously. It’s also possibly the most dramatic and memorable of the series. I grew up in the age of Columbine.  I wore trench coats to class.  Me and my buds were dubbed as part of the “mafia.” I’m pretty sure I saw [...]

The second episode of My So-Called Life is all about kissing.  It begins with Angela re-capping three of her first kisses, two of which aren’t even “real” kisses. I can still tell you exactly who I have kissed in my life, and what I was feeling at the time, and where we were.  All of [...]

Every time I sit down to watch an episode of My So-Called Life (hereafter MSCL), I get this overwhelming sense of nostalgia.  It’s so overwhelming that it’s like… a gaping hole in my heart that like, cries out when I breathe.  Or something. The cheesy teenager-stylization of the dialogue.  The 90’s mismatched, baggy clothing.  Jared [...]

Paranoia and the root of it pervade every scene in Homeland. Questions are asked and never answered but justifications are illuminated. In Baghdad an informant whispers an idea into Carrie Mathison’s (Claire Danes) ear. An American POW has been turned. Years later Nicholas Brody (Damien Lewis) comes crawling out of a whole looking dirtier and [...]