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The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell The Death Of Meta

4:57AM Brian Moylan | Seinfeld was a revolutionary sitcom, so its reunion had to be equally brilliant. As witnessed on Curb Your Enthusiasm, the non-reunion reunion about the making of a reunion on a different show will make blood pour out of your ears. More »
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The TV Reunion Career Success Index

3:05AM Brian Moylan | There is a simple formula to determine how successful the stars of hit television shows go on to become: how long it takes before the reunion special. Seinfeld held out for 11 years, how long did everyone else last? More »

Catching Up With Michael Richards

4:50AM Defamer Hollywood | When last we encountered Michael Richards, he was preparing for the last leg of his Apology Tour of late 2006, where he would meet with the individuals he famously threatened with a racially motivated, inverted forking in an attempt to finally extinguish the stubborn flames of his career immolation. But where is Richards right now? The LAT has tracked the now-retired stand-up to the very ends of the earth – to a place so remote, in fact, that Angelina Jolie has collected one of its souvenir orphans – to catch up as he tries to enjoy some head-clearing time in Cambodia: Richards, born in Culver City, spoke candidly about the Nov. 17 racist rant, which ended up on the Internet after an audience member recorded video on a mobile phone. He said his Cambodia trip was not any kind of “karmic rehab.” “No, I’ve been doing other personal work since [the incident],” he said. “I’m trying to learn to enjoy myself.” More »