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It's a Very, Very Mad World

0 Comments · Wednesday, April 3, 2013
With this sixth and penultimate season of Mad Men comes a new work space, an updated group of partners and a fresh start for SCDP, the people who work there, and, likely, the other “mad” characters that make this show so captivating.  
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Your Weekend To Do List: 3/29-3/31

{CommentsCant} · Friday, March 29, 2013
Whether or not the weather wants to cooperate, it’s spring, dammit. So, this weekend, grab a popsicle, throw on your Easter best, go play in a park and celebrate the season — even if you have to do it while wearing a sweater. Local small-batch gourmet popsiclery streetpops opens for the season this Final Friday. Swing by the storefront at 1437 Main Street begin...  

The Calm Before the Storm (of Swords)

0 Comments · Wednesday, March 27, 2013
After a season of wildfire and wildlings, black magic and back-stabbing, Game of Thrones (9 p.m. Sundays, HBO) returns and the quest for the Iron Throne continues.  
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Beardwatch 2013

Weekly 'Survivor' recap featuring Cincy's Matt Bischoff (and sometimes Reynold Toepfer)

{CommentsCant} · Thursday, March 21, 2013

Watch this week’s episode of Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites, "Operation Thunder Dome" here. It’s been two weeks since the survivors first stepped foot on the island, and after the elimination of a c...  
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I Just Can't Get Enough

{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The remaking and re-imagining of classic films and TV shows is often met with high expectations and harsh reviews. Despite this, I was really looking forward to A&E’s new horror-drama, Bates Motel. Something of a warped prequel to Psycho, the thriller places a young Norman Bates and his mother Norma in charge...  

I Never Learned How to Make Friends

0 Comments · Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The neighbors I have now are no doubt the friendliest, most interesting and, well, neighborly street-mates I’ve ever encountered. So why do I sometimes find myself avoiding them, or any potential friends for that matter? The concept of neighborhood etiquette (and previously, dorm life) is totally lost on me.  

'Bates Motel': Check in with Caution

0 Comments · Wednesday, March 20, 2013
When A&E first announced its newest scripted drama, a Psycho prequel set in modern day (Bates Motel, 10 p.m. Mondays), I was intrigued. But for a couple of characters audiences already know turn out to be incredibly messed up, this Norma/Norman duo falls flat.  
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Your Weekend To Do List: 3/15-3/17

{CommentsCant} · Friday, March 15, 2013
Top o’ the weekend to ya! Whether you’re as Irish as the Blarney Stone or just enjoy a good excuse to day-drink, there are plenty of St. Patrick’s Day weekend activities for all ye lads and lassies. Kick off the holiday Saturday with the 47th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which starts at Eggleston Avenue and Reedy Street, ...  
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Beardwatch 2013

Weekly 'Survivor' recap featuring Cincy’s Matt Bischoff (and sometimes Reynold Toepfer)

{CommentsCant} · Thursday, March 14, 2013
Watch this week’s episode of Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites, "Persona Non Grata" here. Warning: It's almost week two on an island for these guys and watching this episode made me really itchy. (Skip to the last minute to ...  
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I Just Can't Get Enough

Jac's roundup of pop culture news and Internet findings

{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, March 13, 2013
A Parisian bridge covered in padlocks was featured on two reality shows in the last week or so — Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Kourtney and Kim Take Miami (1. Don’t judge me. 2. Isn’t it weird that both shows ventured outside their titular cities to the same destination?). Kyle and Mauricio (RHOBH) and Kourtney and Scott (KKTM) visited the Pont des Arts in their respective (but not respected!) shows to take part in what appeared to be a romantic tradition of signing a lock, attaching it to the bridge’s chain-link structure and tossing the key into the Seine below. Ah, c’est l’amour!
I had never heard of this tradition, but I've never been to Paris, so what does my uncultured ass know? Apparently this is just another annoying tourist attraction trampling over French culture. What started as a private, inconspicuous act of love done at night has become nothing more than a photo op that is starting to endanger Parisian architecture.                                                                                              Américains stupides! Good news: a Machete sequel is coming this summer! Bad news: my arch nemesis Sofia Vergara is in it and it looks like she took Katy Perry’s discarded firework-shootin’ boobs and souped ‘em up.This has not been a good year for Saturday Night Live. Kristen Wiig, arguably the show’s strongest player, stepped down after last season along with the awesome Andy Samberg. The non-topical skits have been just off ever since and even hyped-up hosts like Jennifer Lawrence and Christoph Waltz fell flat. But this 38th season just may have been saved by Justin Timberlake’s recent episode.From the throwback skits (JT’s now-famous food mascot and the “Dick in a Box” bit with Samberg) to his performances (Jay-Z made an appearance during “Suit and Tie!”), the entire episode was wholly entertaining. I’m going to stop blaming the writers now and assume Justin agreed to host for the fifth time in exchange for every good skit idea for an entire season, plus at least five cameos. The monologue featured a skit about the Five-Timers Club — an exclusive group of guests that have hosted at least five times. Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd (he’s only a bartender because he actually has only hosted once), Martin Short (just a waiter; only hosted three times), Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen, Tom Hanks and Chevy Chase all swung by. Did you want a ‘Wild and Crazy Guys’ reprise? Done. How about a Three Amigos reunion? Got it. Go More -->