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'Glee' Recap: Victory at Sectionals | ARTICLE
It's time for another high school singing competition and we are astounded by how Mr. Schuester has again failed to pick a set list ahead of time. There have been weeks of pretense about...
December 7, 2011 10:25 AM ET -
'Glee' Recap: 'I Kissed a Girl' and It Was Just OK | ARTICLE
As expected, "I Kissed a Girl" wasn't able to reach the season high Glee hit with "Mash Off" two weeks ago. Finn saves Santana from suspension by saying that she merely stage-slapped him,...
November 30, 2011 11:50 AM ET -
'Glee' Recap: Adele Makes 'Mash Off' a Resounding Success | ARTICLE
Glee was back on track in a big way with this week's "Mash Off" after two horrible episodes that followed a three-week hiatus. While there were some glaring issues (though we're glad it was the...
November 16, 2011 10:55 AM ET -
'Glee' Recap: 'The First Time' Tries Too Hard | ARTICLE
Does anyone remember the season one Madonna episode of Glee, which featured a "will they or won't they?" sex montage set to "Like a Virgin"? We know Rachel Berry does, because she referred to it during last...
November 9, 2011 1:30 PM ET -
'Glee' Recap: 'Glee Project' Winner Debuts in a Flatline Episode | ARTICLE
Glee returned last night after a three week hiatus (thanks, MLB!), with "Pot O' Gold," premised on reaching one's goals. While the characters achieved varying degrees of success in that endeavor by the hour's end, the stale...
November 2, 2011 12:35 PM ET -
Green Day Preview Stadium-Ready New Songs at New York Halloween Show | ARTICLE
"We're playing a lot of new songs," Billie Joe Armstrong acknowledged about a third of the way through Green Day's intimate New York City show last night. "People hang onto that shit like it's a sacred...
October 28, 2011 11:40 AM ET -
'Glee' Recap: Rachel and Mercedes' Diva Showdown | ARTICLE
After a ton of hype, consensus among various outlets and the show itself was that last night's Glee was the best episode yet this season – and "Asian F" was, in fact, the best season three has...
October 5, 2011 11:25 AM ET -
Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz Goes Culinary on 'Top Chef: Just Desserts' | ARTICLE
In last night's episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts, Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz showed up to test the chefs' abilities to incorporate savory ingredients into sweet treats. The eight contestants had to pick two ingredients...
September 29, 2011 11:45 AM ET -
'Glee' Recap: 'West Side Story' Auditions and the Return of Shelby Corcoran | ARTICLE
The follow-up to last week's strong season three premiere is "I Am Unicorn," an episode light on pop and whimsy and heavy on drama and Broadway. Points to Team Glee for plot continuity, a problem point in...
September 28, 2011 4:05 PM ET -
The Sheepdogs Play First-Ever 'Project Runway' Rock Concert | ARTICLE
Last night on Project Runway, Rolling Stone cover contest winners The Sheepdogs got custom looks created for them in the design competition's often-feared menswear challenge. Host Heidi Klum teased the task by saying, "Image is everything," and...
September 23, 2011 12:55 PM ET -
'Glee' Recap: Season Three Off to a Strong Start | ARTICLE
After a summer of drama over who will – or won't – graduate, plus a box office flop and concerns that the second season had gotten too off course, Ryan Murphy knew he had...
September 21, 2011 12:45 PM ET -
'True Blood' Recap: Sookie to the Rescue | ARTICLE
In "Burning Down the House," the third-to-last episode of the season, we finally get the sense that things are beginning to wrap up. In a bit of an anti-climatic turn, Sookie undoes Antonia's spell on Eric, but...
August 29, 2011 3:50 PM ET -
Watch the First Clip of 'The Hunger Games' Movie | ARTICLE
The first footage of the hotly anticipated The Hunger Games movie premiered during the MTV Video Music Awards tonight, one of the final segments in a show that included...
August 28, 2011 11:50 PM ET -
'True Blood' Recap: Sookie's Stand-Out Performance | ARTICLE
In "Let's Get Out of Here," emotions are running high, and more dream sequences help us dive deeper into everyone's inner psyche. While a jarring reminder of the differences between reality and subconscious desires, the dreams have...
August 21, 2011 10:15 PM ET -
Taylor Swift Will Soundtrack Next 'True Blood' Episode | ARTICLE
In a shift away from the rock and blues sounds that normally soundtrack the Louisiana-based show, True Blood music supervisor Gary Calamar confirms to Rolling Stone that this Sunday's episode will feature Taylor Swift's "Haunted." Calamar declined to...
August 18, 2011 3:00 PM ET -
'True Blood' Recap: Bill and Antonia Try to Negotiate Peace | ARTICLE
"Spellbound?" deals with the aftereffects of the mortal danger that last week's "Cold Grey Light of Dawn" found the vampires in. It seems that the threat of their immortal lives coming to an unexpected end pushed...
August 14, 2011 10:15 PM ET -
'True Blood' Recap: Marnie's Power Increase Means Mortal Trouble for the Vampires | ARTICLE
"Cold Grey Light of Dawn" finds everyone reacting to close calls, largely at the hand of Marnie/Antonia's (Arnie? Mantonia?) increasing power. Both the witches and the vampires independently claim their humanity as the one thing that can...
August 7, 2011 10:15 PM ET -
'True Blood' Recap: Vampires, Witches, Werewolves - And Skinwalkers | ARTICLE
The full moon has all sorts of tricks up its sleeves in "I Wish I Was the Moon," an episode that means unpredictable behaviors for all of the Bon Temps-area supernaturals. But the common thread appears to...
July 31, 2011 10:50 PM ET -
'True Blood' Recap: Sookie and Eric Get Closer, the Witches Get More Powerful and It's Time for a Vampire History Lesson | ARTICLE
The "me" in this week's episode title, "Me and the Devil," could be just about anyone in Bon Temps as everyone grapples with their current state and finds all roads leading to religion. The only highlights are...
July 24, 2011 10:10 PM ET -
'True Blood' Recap: Eric Samples Daylight, Jason Escapes Hot Shot and Bill is Conflicted | ARTICLE
While the title of this week's episode, "I'm Alive and On Fire," literally refers to the effects the sun has on Eric's skin after he gets drunk on fairy blood and tries to stay awake during the...
July 18, 2011 11:05 AM ET
