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more about #hbo more comments → MissNormaDesmond: Why is anyone giving the guy shit over this? He in fact didn't whine, he made good-natured fun of himself the whole time, including characterizing hi... more » BowlingForDollars: Seriously? The man creates and sells a TV show to HBO, and it never occurred to him to go buy a TV so that he might actually watch it? What a moron. ... more » SanjivaniChrysippus: Who is that handsome 19th century Jewish man? more » JacquesPaysan: Just FYI, Ames totally has a TV. I have a friend who housesat for him once. Fucking, precious, oversharing douche. #jonathanames more » ms_priestypants: I'm going to get a twitter account and start hinting about a pony. And a new mac. #jonathanames more » SpyMagician: Dear Mr. Ames, Your TV show needs snappier pacing and editing. The wit is there and the jokes are there but they shockingly fall flat. Us #jonathanames more » snugbug: Ames, you're a writer. Words are your sacred weapon. Why do you abuse your weapon as such? Does it save you that much precious time to lower-case "i" ... more » MrInBetween: He seems tortured by the sudden prickly suspicion that there are millions of thoughtful people such as himself who will refuse to watch his quirky li... more » m4ximusprim3: He looks very woodsy and thoughtful. My guess is that he is not. #jonathanames more » SpyMagician: The cast is good, and the writing is good, but the whole show has this air of twee preciousness I have never ever associated with Jonathan Ames work. ... more » moralkiosk000: "HBO has been in a major rut when it comes to new original comedies since Sex and the City went off the air. " What about Flight of the Conchords? more » snugbug: Isn't calling a show "Bored to Death" tempting fate in a most flippant manner? If I were HBO I'd watch my back. The gods on Mount Nielsen don't apprec... more » MrInBetween: Ted Danson is terrific in Bored to Death. He lights up every scene he's in, and I find him totally believable as a megalomaniacal big-city magazine ed... more » The Sneak: Curb is having one of the best seasons to date provided you haven't watched any of the previous seasons. #boredtodeath more » Cunning_Linguist: I think that apart from Galifianakis, Dandon is the best part of this show. His explanation of his renewed love of women's armpit hair was freaking de... more » -
#urbananthropology
Jonathan Ames Learns What Twitter's Good For
Twitter's not all narcissistic minutiae and celebrity retweets: Jonathan Ames used it to obtain a TV, from his employer, via "whining." More » -
#almostboring
"Bored To Death" Is Annoyingly Cute
Do you want to have Zach Galifianakis' babies? If you're the lesbian couple at the open of tonight's HBO series "Bored to Death" well, then you're in luck. More » -
#fakery
This Video of Matt Damon 'Flipping Out' on Adrian Grenier Is Fake
Oh my, look at Matt Damon go nuts on Adrian Grenier during the filming of a PSA for Damon's charity, OneXOne.org. Hey, what's Jeremy Piven doing there? Anyway, this behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood egos is sure to get attention online. More » -
#feuds
Never Piss Off David Letterman
John Michael Higgins isn't a household name, but you've probably seen him acting in Christopher Guest films and/or as Wayne Jarvis on Arrested Development. He also portrayed Letterman in The Late Shift, something he says Letterman still hates him for.
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#printisdead
David Simon Still Dead-Wrong, Now Encouraging Newspapers to Commit Federal Crimes
Back in May David Simon, creator of The Wire, asked lawmakers to relax the nation's anti-trust laws so newspaper owners could get away with collusion. Now he's telling the New York Times and Washington Post to flout the laws completely. More » -
#firstimpressions
Hung and Nurse Jackie: Shows We'll Warily Watch
So who watched Hung last night? HBO's latest installment in its string of series depicting lives lived on the fringes of America is about a well-endowed gym teacher who becomes a gigolo to earn some extra cash. It was... good? More » -
#dirtywords
How The NY Times Writes An Article About Big Dicks
The Times profiled the writers of HBO's latest foray into originally programming, Hung, today. It stars Thomas Jane as a gym teacher with a huge dick who becomes a gigolo. But how does the infamously stiff (heh) Times write it? More » -
#television
You Will Probably Watch Bored to Death
The trailer for HBO's Bored to Death, a show created by Jonathan Ames starring Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis about a Brooklyn writer living out his dream to be a character in a Raymond Chandler novel, is now online. [HBO.com] More » -
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#iwanttobelieve
Nevada Brothel Offers Blago an Internship
Sadly, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich cannot participate in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, because "here," for him, could be a penitentiary. But his reality tv dreams are not yet dead! More » -
#thecinema
Movie Deal for Staggeringly Wrong Political Journalist
He said Matt Drudge and Karl Rove held the key to the presidency. His last book was embarrassingly wrong. Barack Obama won by studiously ignoring his advice. Someone put Mark Halperin in pictures! More » -
#excitement
Sopranos Genius Returns with Tale of Old Hollywood
David Chase, the creator/writer mastermind behind The Sopranos, is journeying back in time for his next HBO project. He's developing a miniseries about the early days of Hollywood, when the West was still sorta wild. More » -
#liberalmedia
Racist Republican Hicks in Documentaries: Still Important?
Alexandra Pelosi—daughter of Fancy Nancy Pelosi, Democratic big shot—has a new documentary out today about why Republicans feel so hurt, by Obama. Point: it reportedly sucks. Counterpoint: but it shows funny Republican hicks! More » -
#eastbounddown
Review: 'Eastbound & Down'
We usually leave the sports stuff for Deadspin, but HBO's new series Eastbound & Down has very little to do with sports, and even less to do with compassionate human interaction. We're cool with that. More » -
#traderoundup
The Blart Pack
· Kevin James and Adam Sandler will join Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and David Spade in a Columbia comedy about "five best friends from high school who reunite 30 years later on July 4th weekend." More » -
#pleas
You Should Give Big Love Another Chance
Many people watched the first couple episodes of Big Love and decided it wasn't for them. But, based especially on the third season's first four episodes, those folks should rent the DVDs and play catch-up. More » -
#traderoundup
Universal Revisiting The 'Thing' Thing
· Universal's remaking The Thing, with Battlestar Galactica EP Ron Moore to write the script and commercials director Matthijs Van Heijningen set to direct. If you've forgotten how amazing John Carpenter's version was, watch this. More » -
#tedhaggard
Pastor's Gay Slip Comes At Perfect Time For HBO
Ted Haggard became a "complete heterosexual" following a meth-fueled gay-prostitute romp in 2006. But the former Colorado Springs pastor can't quit homosexual scandal, which means HBO's new documentary is suddenly timely. More » -
#airrage
HBO Exec Angry, Litigious Over Missing Obama's Speech
Sheila Nevins, HBO documentary films president and overall entertainment industry big shot, was very mad she couldn't watch Obama's inauguration live from her first class airplane seat. But were the cops and lawyers necessary? More » -
#traderoundup
In Tonight's Performance, Jeremy Piven Will Look A Lot Like William H. Macy
· Broadway and Dan in Real Life star Norbert Leo Butz and William H. Macy have swooped in to save Speed-the-Plow, following Jeremy Piven's abrupt departure due to an acute case of eight-shows-a-week-is-really-putting-a-damper-on-my-skank-banging-schedule-itis. [Variety]
