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    Real World Cancun: Please Don't Spit In My Taco

    Oh, Mexico. Land of sand and ruins. Place of history and blood. Of vines and mountains. Mexico: where you can get drunk at a laser lightshow nightclub and then spit in your roommate's taco and no one bats an eyelash. More »
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    By Richard Lawson
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    NYC Prep: Embarrassment of the Riches

    There was a moment on NYC Prep last night that was just so brutal, so true-to-life, that I feel I just have to get it out of my system and talk about it right now. Camille and her teeth. More »
    07/01/09
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by thatonegirlsays: It is cruel to give us these awesome recaps with the knowledge that THEY ARE CEASING AT THE END OF... 12 Responses | Other threads

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    Real World Cancun: The Y'alls of Montezuma

    Like an ocean breeze mingling with the scent of cheap fajitas, last night the Real World: Cancun swept into our lives. Not with a bang or a whimper, but some strange harmony in between. Yes, I said harmony! More »
    06/25/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    NYC Prep: You Don't Know How It Feels to Be Me

    Well, great TV spirits be thanked/damned, it finally arrived. NYC Prep! The show about Real Life rich kids who are real life Girls who sometimes Gossip. Even the two boys, Sebastian and PC, are Girls. Who Gossip. Let's talk. More »
    06/24/09
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by CeCeF1: I started watching and for the first time for something like this, I had to stop. I remember how awful... 6 Responses | Other threads

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    Real Housewives of New Jersey: You Wouldn't Like Teresa When She's Angry

    Things disappear so quickly these days. They just fleet past, like car lights out on the Turnpike. I'm speaking, of course, of the premature end of Real Housewives of New Jersey, a show that we'd only just gotten to know. More »
    06/17/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Top Chef: Masters Spies on Girl Scouts, Snoops In Dorm Rooms

    Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein. I think we should probably talk about what happened last night on Bravo's Top Chef: Masters. It was at once heartwarming and a little creepy. More »
    06/11/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by The Lone Scout: Kelly Choi started out on public television in the Gotham City, but even then she aimed big. She hosted "Eat... 2 Responses | Other threads

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    Real Housewives of New Jersey: The Gorge Between Tasteful and Tacky

    What does one do with bubbies? Does one shake them and quake them and hopefully not break them? Or do they just dangle and bulge, like boats or balloons? We sought to find the answers to these questions last night. More »
    06/10/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Real Housewives of New Jersey: A Criminal's Guide to the Garden State

    Martha Graham once said that "dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain." Last night's New Jersey deep dive proved her sage point. There was joy and there was pain, but also there was dancing. More »
    06/03/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    The Hills: The Death and Birth of Lauren Conrad

    Well that, I guess, is it. The last we'll see of old Lauren "LC" Conrad on The Hills, the reality dynasty that she helped build with her own two well-groomed hands. How did it all go down? Well, like any good comedy, it ended with a wedding. More »
    06/01/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Real Housewives of New Jersey: We're Talking About Blowjobs

    I can't with this show. I really just can't. I mean, these are people? These are people? Last night an alien was murdered while her friends watched, two teenage girls fell off a cliff, and then everyone died. I mean, that's basically what happened. More »
    05/27/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    The Hills: Love Means Having to Grudgingly Say You're Sorry

    The pen is indeed mightier! In fact, the pen is ultimate. Which is to say, last night was the second-to-last episode of The Hills this season, calloo callay. As any good second-to-last episode is, it was all setup for the dramatic finale next week. So let's sift through the setup. More »
    05/26/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    The American Idol Finale: Everybody Loves Kris

    Well, that's it. After all this tumbling and mumbling and Kara bumbling, the eighth and most bespangled season of American Idol yet has come to a screeching, crooning end. How'd it end for you? Are you satisfied? Surprised? Gassy? To work through all these emotions and sensations, let's discuss. More »
    05/21/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    American Idol: Guy Next Door vs. Guyliner

    Oh Ryan, you master of the turn of phrase. Clever little frosted minx. I'm gonna miss you when they pack you back up into your E! radio locker and I don't get any of you until next January. Sigh. The last competition night of the year! It was... just aight. More »
    05/20/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Real Housewives of New Jersey: A Palace Made of Marble and Makeup

    You guys? I think I have to confess something here right at the start. No offense to my beloved O.C. harpies and my bankable New York climbers, but the New Jersey broads might be my favorite of all the Housewives. More »
    05/20/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    The Hills: Steve Martin Shoots Spencer Pratt In the Face

    The Hills has fallen victim to the recession. Yes, a single job loss has swept the dusty mounds, and, presumably, has blown over the actual hills as well. We weep for Handbags, deprived of employ. More »
    05/19/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Gossip Girl: The Five People You Meet in High School Hell

    Graduation is kind of the most anticlimactic day of high school. There it is just sorta... there. You don't feel different, you just feel bored and pandered to. At least I did last night. More »
    05/19/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    The Real Housewives Reunion: The Time of Our Lives

    Last night was Part Two of The War of the Grosses, alternately titled the Real Housewives of New York City reunion special. It was: ladies yelling in an echoing room while a gay dude sighed. More »
    05/15/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    American Idol: Victory Over the Dan

    Have you ever had an angel burp on you? Ever felt the soothing hand of God as He gives you a purple nurple? If not, then you didn't watch American Idol last night. More »
    05/14/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    American Idol: The Unholy Trinity

    Three is a number steeped in magic and myth—the three fates spinning our doom, the three versions of Jesus (dad, son, creepy ghost), the three bears. And now, the three Idol men. Heroes all. More »
    05/13/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Real Housewives of New Jersey: Make Our Garden State Grow

    We took that turn! Whistling through tunnels, sailing o'er the bridge. We blinked our eyes, suddenly out of the city, in a new, strange place that the Indians named New Jersey, a thousand years ago. More »
    05/13/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    The Hills: The Trip to Satan's Dungeon

    That wisp dancing up into the azure sky isn't smoke from the Fire of Santa Barbara. No, it's bits of the dearly departed soul of Spencerina, fleeting up to heaven to make handbags with God. More »
    05/12/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    OMG House Last Night!!

    Last night on tv's Dr House, MD, House finally slept with Cuddy!! But it turned out that he didn't. SPOILER ALERT: this made the internet, and Times critic Gina Bellafante, feel very :( More »
    05/12/09
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    By Pareene

    Comment by allyzay: I WAS GOING TO WATCH THIS ON TIVO TONIGHT, AND I DIDN'T KNOW, THANKS FOR RUINING MY ENTIRE LIFE ASSHOLE 10 Responses | Other threads

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    Gossip Girl: The 80's Were Just Like Today, Only Much Worse

    Oh look. The CW built us a time machine. And, hey, a date's already programmed in. It says "sometime in the 1980's." Huh. That's sorta vague and unfocused. Oh well. Let's step in. More »
    05/12/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    God Damn American Idol

    Are you happy with yourselves, America? Satisfied yet? This is what you wanted, right? A bunch of thick, charmless white guys for your Top 3? Well you got it! More »
    05/07/09
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    By Pareene
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    American Idol: YAAAAAAGGGHAHGH!!!

    Richard is... dead, maybe? Richard is in heaven, with Barack Obama's mom and Danny Gokey's wife. Either that or France. Regardless, he did not watch American Idol last night. But we did! More »
    05/06/09
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    By Pareene
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    The Real Housewives of New York Meet Their Ends

    Your beloved recapper Richard Lawson was in Paris for the finale of the Real Housewives of New York City which aired last night. I, Joshua David Stein am filling, the best I can, that void. More »
    05/06/09
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by pmarble: It's not Richard, but kudos for the effort -- or as Ramona said last night, kha-doos. Man oh Manischewitz. 10 Responses | Other threads

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    Gossip Girl: Sooty Sextopia

    In our continuing series of guest recappers, we present a mysterious woman known only as Octavia Thundersnatch who braved one hour of insipid TV so you didn't have to. More »
    05/05/09
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    By Octavia Thundersnatch
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    The Hills: The Week 'Skankily' Entered the Lexicon

    Richard is off tra-la-la-ing through Paris this week and for some reason MTV still decided to air an episode of The Hills. Guest recapping the MTV abomination is hero Megan Kustra. Be nice to her. More »
    05/05/09
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    By Megan Kustra
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    The Most Dramatic Rose Ceremony in American Idol History

    That's how you do Idol! I mean, that's how you do it. Manufacture "surprises" so people will keep watching a full hour of television that should only take five minutes. Did your jaw drop? More »
    04/30/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Real Housewives: The Brooklyn Sex Dungeon and Other Adventures

    The penultimate Housewives! With tales of rejuvenation and renewal, discord and disharmony. But mostly tales of women on the verge—about to pop or explode, to shit or get off the pot. How'd it go? More »
    04/29/09
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by Excusado: A few great moments in the show last night that you didn't mention so I will: *Marty Markowitz attended Silex's party! *Lunz... 7 Responses | Other threads

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    The Hills: Each and Every One a Virgin

    Go tell Isabella Rossellini that we've found the saddest music in the world. It's the sound of a dozen idiots chirping on The Hills. Last night, there was bible study. On The Hills. Religion! More »
    04/28/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Gossip Girl: No One Ever Leaves New York

    Gossip Girl!! What did you doooo??? Last night's episode definitely stepped on some toes, what with its swift plotting and actual things happening. Josh Schizzy must be pissed, yo. Queller, was this your doing? More »
    04/28/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    American Idol: Disco Ain't the Only Thing That's Dead

    Oh American Idol Season Eight. You're showing your age. Two more dreamers were sent packing last night, they were—just by coincidence probably!—the two most conspicuously brown of the bunch. Obama Era nothing, huh? More »
    04/23/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    American Idol: Disco? Balls.

    So Disco Night happened on American Idol. Everyone still with us? Ten toes, ten fingers? All right, good. We made it. That wasn't so bad, was it? I mean, it could have been much worse. More »
    04/22/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Real Housewives: The Scariest Halloween Of Your Life

    A Halloween episode of Real Housewives of New York City is awfully redundant, isn't it? Costumery, scary skeleton people, the ache in your tooth from too much junk? That's every week on this miserable show! More »
    04/22/09
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by somethingsfishy: kelly's boobs....anyone?? i know this has been done before....but these were the worst....ever 10 Responses | Other threads

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    The Hills: Working Hard to Make a Better World for None of Us

    In 1974, the great Studs Terkel published Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. In 2009, Handbags Pratt, an idiot gypsy, finally went to work. More »
    04/21/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Gossip Girl: Serena and Dan Hate the Jews

    What is Gossip Girl? Is it shadow? Is it light? Is it some dusky energy in between, full of whispers and haunts and newborn ghosts? Maybe. But it's also just a silly TV show. OK: More »
    04/21/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    The Most Important American Idol In History

    The fuck? The long-threatened veto was finally exercised last night. On Lil! Wait, no. On Gokey! Oh, hm, not that either. On Matt Giraud. Really, Irdol? A season's worth of build-up for... Matt Giraud. More »
    04/16/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    American Idol: Sit Back and Relax, Enjoy the Schmo

    Forget you, Sasha Frere-Jones. The hip hipster face of music appreciation is now Quentin Tarantino. The onetime Idol guest judge was a Mentor to the kids last night. With, you know, predicatably disastrous results. More »
    04/15/09
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    By Richard Lawson
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    Real Housewives: Fake It 'Til You Fake It Some More

    If you're not selling something, you oughta be. That seems to be the ethos for the Real Houseladies of New York City, who spent an hour last night peddling their sad wares to lonely souls. More »
    04/15/09
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by LittleLolly: I was loving J.Zee's purse shopping expedition. You know, when she purchased a 16,000 bag because she was sensitive about... 11 Responses | Other threads

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