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2012
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SEASON FINALE: Just because Sam (Melissa George) has her back against the wall, and appears to be trapped and facing imminent death, doesn’t mean you should give up on this series, or on her. After all, that’s the way this series starting – and, quite literally, that was only the beginning.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
7
 
 
This high-concept 2012 documentary, by director Ronna Gradus, examines sexual identity by looking at how pop and music stars, and pornography and social media, are perceived by three very different representative female viewpoints. One’s a former porn star, another is a young adult with what she considers abnormal private parts, and the third is an impressionable 12-year-old girl.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
7
 
 
To accompany the special price Amazon has on A Charlie Brown Christmas, here's the opening song of the famous soundtrack album. So popular, and often synonymous with the Peanuts specials, it's known as "The Peanuts Theme", but the track is actually titled...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
6
 
 
On this day in 1964, one of television's most popular Christmas specials, Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, made its debut...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
6
 
 
Syfy sets reporters loose on the Toronto set of its upcoming science-fiction fantasy series, Defiance (and its current series, Warehouse 13)...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
6
 
 
When Sheldon (Jim Parsons) was sick, and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) was put in the unfortunate position of having to care for the highly needy patient, the result was a very funny episode showcasing both performers. Tonight, the shoe’s on the other foot, as Sheldon becomes the caregiver – to an even more demanding Amy (Mayim Bialik).
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
6
 
 
This classic of classics is now 70 years old. Think of that. I mean, really think about that – that a movie made during WWII, about WWII, could be so potent, and so revered, so many, many decades later. Give most of the credit to Humphrey Bogart, whose performance as Rick is the very definition of screen stardom.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
6
 
 
Last week, at Sectionals, the New Directions group wowed them “Gangnam Style,” but at the end of the number, Marley (Melissa Benoist) collapsed – a victim of Kitty’s campaign to make the new arrival so concerned about her weight that she became bulimic and ill. Dramatically, it’s overdone, but there’s an underlying message here that young viewers, and many are watching, would be smart to digest.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
6
 
 
Like the magazine that now has 120 years of history behind it, this HBO documentary about  Vogue is almost overwhelmingly glossy. It’s interesting, though, for some of the unexpected or forgotten turns the magazine has taken, editorially and visually. And, of course, for being able to see (and, more memorably, hear) the editors who make the decisions that shape women’s fashion, Anna Wintour included.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Dec
6
 
 
Tonight’s Christmas episode is almost ridiculously overloaded with guest stars. Megan Mullally, the real-life wife of Nick Offerman (who stars as Ron), returns yet again as Tammy 2, another of Ron’s easily excitable ex-wives. So does Lucy Lawless as Diane, his current significant other. And, in a first-time role as the formerly unseen wife of office buffoon Jerry Gergich (Jim O’Heir), look who shows up for Christmas: Christie Brinkley. God bless us, everyone. (And thanks for th