Television
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Latest 'Batman' reduces the Caped Crusader to mindless self-parodyNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Batman is a myth for all times and, it turns out, all media. Yet, let's be honest, some manifestations of the myth are better than others. Bob Kane's comic-book hero fir...
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'Idol' gives $64 million to charities
Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "American Idol" has allocated more than $64 million in grants to six U.S. and international charities from contributions to its "Idol Gives Back" fundrais...
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MSNBC on 7-second delay after F-bomb
Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- After an F-bomb dropped on "Morning Joe," the MSNBC news-talk show has installed an early-warning system. A seven-second delay was added with Tuesday's broad...
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Greene run off 'Dancing with the Stars'
Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Maurice Greene won't be running around the "Dancing with the Stars" ballroom anymore. The former sprinter and his professional partner, Cheryl Burke, were...
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TV presidents led way for Obama - no, reallyNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama stands on the shoulders of giants. No, not Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois, silly, but David Palmer, Mackenzie ...
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Nation's comics sadly bid bye-bye to Bush
Nov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Where's the funny in Barack Obama? That question, which dogged TV humorists throughout the presidential race, has gained new urgency now that Obama is headed for the Whi...
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4 more years for MSNBC's Olbermann
Nov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK _ Barack Obama, the presidential candidate Keith Olbermann championed this fall, just won a four-year term. So, too, has Olbermann. MSNBC announced Monday that ...
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Now what'll cable news talk about?
Nov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Chris Matthews refused to be drawn in to a debate last week when fellow MSNBC host Joe Scarborough talked on "Morning Joe" about whether President-elect Obam...
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Heroes dominate People's Choice movie noms
Nov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- How heroic. "Iron Man" will battle "The Dark Knight" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" for favorite movie at the 35th annual People...
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McCain set for Veteran's Day visit to 'Tonight'
Nov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES _ Sen. John McCain will make his first post-election TV appearance on the "Tonight" show next week, NBC said Friday. The Republican presidential candidate i...