friends
Small Screen
There’s Nothing Worse Than Falling In Love With A Crappy Sitcom
2:32AM Brian Moylan | Last night I made the mistake of watching Modern Family in real time. The problem wasn’t that I couldn’t fast forward through the commercials (though it did suck) but that I got sucked into not one, but two episodes of the new sitcom Happy Endings that followed it. Even worse, I actually liked it. More »
Online
Female? You Probably Hate Your Facebook Friends
5:41AM Maureen OConnor | Coupon company Eversave surveyed 400 women about their Facebook friends. 83 per cent of respondents admitted to being annoyed with friends’ Facebook presences. 63 per cent of women said their friends “complain all the time”. 41 per cent hated their friends’ political views, and 32 per cent were sick of their stupid perfect friends bragging about stupid perfect lives. More »
Small Screen
Matthew Perry Wins Decisive Battle In The War Of The Friends
9:03AM Richard Lawson | Chandler’s new show premiered last night where Monica’s old-new show should have been, and it blew it out of the water. Also today: lots of pilot casting news including TV roles for movie people, an interesting idea for The Office‘s future, and a scintillating blind item. More »
Small Screen
The Decision That Changed Jennifer Aniston’s Life Forever
7:31AM Richard Lawson | No, nothing in her personal life. In her professional life. It was a big decision! Also today: news about The Avengers, a Vampire Diaries catastrophe is saved, and Julia Roberts is really really jealous of someone. More »
People
Jodie Foster Still Loves Mel Gibson
2:17PM Adrian Chen | Jodie Foster told MORE magazine that Gibson’s still a good friend. (They met filming 1994′s Maverick.) “When you love a friend, you don’t abandon them when they’re struggling.” Also when you’re starring in The Beaver with them. [Popeater]
Print
The Magazine Industry Is Terribly Insecure
2:13AM Hamilton Nolan | The magazine industry’s self-advertising effort continues, cringe-inducingly. “You read magazines,” the ad assures you. “Magazines are the ideal complement” to “instant media” like this here blog, it adds. Why not say you’re better than us, magazines? Ambition is contagious! [Copyranter]
Big Screen
Comedian David Schwimmer Made A Very Serious Movie About Internet Sex Predators
7:28AM Brian Moylan | Trust, the latest movie from Friends star David Schwimmer, is like the dramatic equivalent of watching a “To Catch a Predator” segment on Dateline, but with Clive Owen instead of Brian Ross. This thing sure looks like a turkey. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
What To Do During Television’s Off-Season
6:21AM Brian Moylan | Lost is (ugh) over. So is Gossip Girl. American Idol comes to an end this week. And Glee wraps up next week. There is now nothing to watch! What the hell are we supposed with all this free time? More »
Online
Nice Kills: The Favour Economy And The Constant Death Of The Media
3:29AM Hamilton Nolan | Meredith Bryan observes in the NYO today that – Hello! – niceness is back! On the internet. Goodbye to cynicism! This interesting and somewhat true phenomenon will destroy us all, if we let it. More »
Big Screen
