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'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Oedipus Wrecks | ARTICLE

For all the jokes that Steve Buscemi made during his Saturday Night Live hosting gig about his move from character actor to leading man, he still couldn't avoid playing the supporting role this weekend. But it...
December 5, 2011 11:20 AM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Collateral Damage | ARTICLE

In "Georgia Peaches," Nucky is back in the U.S., and thanks to Sleater's IRA connections, flush with alcohol, giving Jimmy and his cronies some serious competition. But the idea that Nucky could go to jail for election-rigging...
November 27, 2011 10:05 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Whiskey Is a Go-Go | ARTICLE

There's no such thing as a smooth business deal in the world of Boardwalk Empire – and in the case of Nucky's Irish enterprise, it came at a very high price. By the end of "Battle of...
November 20, 2011 10:05 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Marshal Your Resources | ARTICLE

"Two Boats and a Lifeguard" brought Boardwalk Empire's protagonist back to the forefront after he spent several episodes as the victim of a tiresome plot line. Nucky may not be back on top, but he's more on...
November 13, 2011 10:15 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Welcome Back, Peggy | ARTICLE

Margaret returns to her roots in the aptly named "Peg of Old" – so much so that by the end of the episode, she's engaging in the very same act that caused her to abandon her life...
November 6, 2011 10:05 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: The Student Becomes the Teacher | ARTICLE

With all due respect to Steve Buscemi, Nucky Thompson is probably the last reason anyone tunes in to Boardwalk Empire anymore (make that second-to-last – I'm looking at you, Paz de la Huerta). His election-fraud story line...
October 30, 2011 10:05 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Savage Justice | ARTICLE

Thank heaven for gratuitous violence – otherwise "Gimcrack and Bunkum" would've been a pretty forgettable episode. In a development that surprised no one, the Commodore's scheme to take down Nucky is rapidly unraveling now that a stroke...
October 23, 2011 10:05 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Women on Top | ARTICLE

It's a good thing the men who run Atlantic City have a penchant for kinky sex – because their illicit activities are putting Nucky right back in charge. After publicly humiliating the Commodore in last week's episode,...
October 16, 2011 10:05 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: How Nucky Got His Groove Back | ARTICLE

"A Dangerous Maid" could have been a terrific episode if so much time hadn't been wasted on a tedious plot line: Lucy Danziger's pregnancy by FBI agent Nelson Van Alden. Those scenes aside, the focus remained on...
October 9, 2011 10:05 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: From Friends to Foes | ARTICLE

Between his brief incarceration and the Commodore's storming of his cronies, Nucky Thompson is humbled in "Ourselves Alone," with few friends to turn to. But by the end of the episode, he accepts that his greatest ally...
October 2, 2011 10:05 PM ET
‘Boardwalk Empire’ Recap: After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It | ARTICLE

At the close of the first season of Boardwalk Empire, HBO's Emmy-winning Prohibition-era drama, County Treasurer/gangster Enoch "Nucky" Thompson had much to celebrate. He succeeded in getting a construction tycoon elected mayor of Atlantic City and welcomed...
September 25, 2011 10:05 PM ET
Emmys Honor 'Modern Family,' 'Mad Men' and 'Wack Excellence' | ARTICLE

Leave it to the Lonely Island guys to turn an Emmy loss into one of the most entertaining moments of the evening. Even though Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer were beaten by their good friend Justin...
September 19, 2011 12:35 PM ET
'True Blood' Season Finale Recap: Night of the Living Dead | ARTICLE

In its four seasons, the only thing that's remained predictable about True Blood is that nothing is ever as it seems. Alan Ball, a master of twists and turns, has succeeded in leaving his audience salivating for...
September 12, 2011 2:30 PM ET
'True Blood' Recap: Showdown at the Moon Goddess Emporium | ARTICLE

The residents of Bon Temps are pissed off in "Soul of Fire," Season Four's penultimate episode. Be they vampire, witch, werewolf, shape-shifter, human or telepathic part-faerie, they're mad as hell and they're not going to take it...
September 5, 2011 10:55 AM ET
The 7 Best Musical Moments of 'Mad Men' | ARTICLE

Now that Season Five of Mad Men might not see the light of day until early 2012, fans can at least take solace in reliving the intense drama of life thus...
March 24, 2011 11:50 AM ET
'Treme' Star Wendell Pierce Talks the Next Season, Music in New Orleans and Learning to Play Trombone | ARTICLE

Watch exclusive clips on the music of Treme from the Treme: Season One DVD below. Treme, the HBO drama created by Wire executive producer David Simon and producer Eric Overmyer about post-Katrina life in New Orleans, returns for...
March 23, 2011 12:00 PM ET
Dharohar Project, Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons (EP) | ALBUM REVIEW

On their debut, Sigh No More, English quartet Mumford and Sons cooked up rousing, romantic folk rock perfect for sloshed barroom singalongs, earning two Grammy nominations in the process. For this EP, they took a page from...
December 7, 2010 12:40 AM ET
Miranda Lambert: 'I Still Don't Think of Myself as Famous' | ARTICLE

"To say that 2010 has been an exciting and amazing year seems like an understatement," says country music's latest darling, Miranda Lambert. She's not kidding. This year alone, the 26-year-old has gotten engaged to country singer and...
October 18, 2010 6:02 PM ET
"Push That Knot Away" | SONG REVIEW

On the first single from her third studio LP Tiger Suit, the Scottish songstress ditches coffee-shop-flavored folk for a big dose of booming beats, electro textures and fuzzed-out bass. It's nice to hear Tunstall stepping out of...
July 15, 2010 9:30 PM ET
KT Tunstall Previews New Tunes at Intimate New York Gig | ARTICLE

KT Tunstall may be ready to embrace her inner Lady Gaga. Last night, during what she called her "first real, proper gig" in anticipation of her third LP, Tiger Suit (out September 28th), at New York's Hiro...
July 14, 2010 5:09 PM ET