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Last week’s episode was bloody even by Dexter standards, and claimed the life of one of this season’s significant antagonists. But Yvonne Strahovski, as Hannah, is still around – though what she’ll do next, with Dexter hovering protectively, is anyone’s guess. And what George (Jason Gedrick) will do next, now that he’s taken a shot at his own boss, is anyone’s guess too.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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Last week’s episode provided the most drama-packed Thanksgiving TV dinner of the season, with the respective mothers of Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Peter (Chris Noth) going at it – while ironically, in an adjoining room, their children did the same thing. Wow. Can’t wait to see the after-effects of that impulsive liaison.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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Last week’s episode revealed this show’s 24 lineage, as the investigative agency was discovered to have someone working on the inside who actually was a double agent against the CIA. On 24, the CTU had more moles than my own backyard – and now, on Homeland, the CIA may be following suit. But we can trust Carrie (Claire Danes), even though few of her colleagues do.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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Tom Hanks stars in this 1995 movie, directed by Ron Howard, that manages to be a real thriller, even though the outcome of the 1970 lunar mission is well known. Fabulous supporting cast, and a fantastic story – which, in this case, is true.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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It was November, 2004 when I met Larry Hagman for coffee at a rather nice Manhattan hotel. It was probably the most intimate moment I ever had interviewing a celebrity...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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On this day in 2004, the fashion-themed reality competition show Project Runway made its debut on Bravo...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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Few Christmas TV traditions remain, but here’s one of them. This 1946 Frank Capra holiday classic used to be shown by a ridiculous number of local stations and cable networks each year – until the film’s rights were rescued from public domain, and NBC landed a contract to televise the film exclusively, twice each year. This is the first of this month’s two prime-time NBC telecasts, with James Stewart and Donna Reed starring in a story of a small-town banker. Events of rec
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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When this 2003 comedy was released in theaters, Will Ferrell, as a human raised by elves, was the big star. His female co-star, Zooey Deschanel, was relatively unknown at the time – as was the strength of her singing voice, now on fine display as the distaff half of She & Him. But in this movie, Ferrell hears her singing in the shower, and is enchanted. Understandably, and, in retrospect, a few years ahead of the national curve.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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Aaron Sorkin wrote the play on which this 1992 movie was based, and wrote the screenplay, too. Presto: Before the decade was out, he was writing The West Wing. But here’s his big starting break, a little movie starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson. I guess everyone has to start somewhere.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
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Preston Sturges is the man behind this inspired satire and love letter to Hollywood moviemaking, a 1941 film that somehow seems more modern all the time. Joel McCrea stars as a movie director who decides to make more meaningful films, and Veronica Lake plays the woman who accompanies him on his journeys to experience hardship firsthand.