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2011
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As American Idol dwindles down to its final five finalists, it seems to lose momentum week by week. Gone is the promise that the Top 13 (well, at least the Top 11) contestants held. Fortunately, as my interest wanes in that chestnut, a new show debuted last week that looks as if it might present Idol's first real competition in the vocal talent genre. If you missed the premiere of NBC's "The Voice," check it out. I consider it a return to must-see TV on NBC...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
May
2
 
 
Michael Phelps hasn't done it. Mark Spitz didn't do it. But Esther Williams turned swimming talent into movie superstardom at the height of the Hollywood studio system. This month, Turner Classic Movies revisits that singular achievement...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
May
2
 
 
UPDATE: Our good friend Jaime Weinman notes that both "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" are in originals and doubtless writing about this topic as I type...TV networks are playing catchup Monday on the big news that broke late Sunday night, extending nightly newscasts to further report on the killing of Osama bin Laden...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
May
2
 
 
The news came suddenly Sunday night, and still dominated newscasts and news channels Monday morning: The FBI's #1 Most Wanted fugitive, Osama bin Laden, had been found and killed in a U.S. Navy SEALs raid on a secret compound in urban Pakistan. The mood of most reports was unabashedly, sometimes even uncomfortably, jubilant...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2011
May
2
 
 
Have you ever contemplated a stack of Tupperware and suddenly seen the genius of the modern movement? No? Well, the 2010 BBC series The Genius of Design is now out on DVD with five episodes spanning the bulk of the modern movement in design. It's a fun, educational romp through the marketplace, mass production, consumerism -- and yes, the invention of the once revolutionary and now uber-dull plastic Tupperware. This series (broadcast last year on the Smithsonian Channel and now available on