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Heidi Klum turns off the glamour, turns on the goofy

Heidi Klum turns off the glamour, turns on the goofy

Towering above her pint-sized cohort in blue suede heels, Heidi Klum was doing what she does best: seducing the camera.

Charlie Sheen too valuable to let go — for now

Charlie Sheen too valuable to let go — for now

Conventional wisdom holds that in a time of budget rollbacks and a glut of media, Hollywood's A-list talent pool is operating with...

Charlie Sheen's legal and personal troubles

Charlie Sheen's legal and personal troubles

A look at actor Charlie Sheen's legal and personal troubles:

For the birds? 'Portlandia' lovingly pokes fun at Portland, Ore.

For the birds? 'Portlandia' lovingly pokes fun at Portland, Ore.

Reporting from New York —

State of the Union: Obama delivers a 'let's get to work' speech

State of the Union: Obama delivers a 'let's get to work' speech

The excitement with which journalists and political pundits anticipated Tuesday's State of the Union address was so unexpectedly poignant it...

Critic's Notebook: A democratic solution to the Golden Globes

Critic's Notebook: A democratic solution to the Golden Globes

There is nothing more democratic in this country than network television. Regardless of taste, artistic merit or critical response, the...

The reality is that we love mean judges

The reality is that we love mean judges

— Do you have to be bad to be a good TV talent show judge? Up until now, that's been the thinking behind "American Idol," home of...

Comcast-NBC deal gets OK from FCC, Justice Department

Comcast-NBC deal gets OK from FCC, Justice Department

The federal government approved Comcast Corp.'s bid to take control of NBC Universal, creating a new media behemoth that puts under one roof...

For Hollywood, it was a tough 2010

For Hollywood, it was a tough 2010

To paraphrase Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert, "Hollywood, we have a problem."

'James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons' takes light look at grim L.A. crime

'James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons' takes light look at grim L.A. crime

Clad in a blue plaid suit and bow tie, his bald pate nearly scraping the ceiling, whippet-thin crime novelist James Ellroy is launching into...

Golden Globes: Host Ricky Gervais was just too nasty.

Golden Globes: Host Ricky Gervais was just too nasty.

The opposite of dull and deferential is not snotty and abusive.

Television review: 'Pioneers of Television'

Television review: 'Pioneers of Television'

Television has been around so long now — more than 60 years in the commercial form we know today — that to many of its viewers...

Piers Morgan promises to stir things up on CNN

Piers Morgan promises to stir things up on CNN

—"Piers Makes Enemy of Madonna." That's the newspaper headline that's pinned above Piers Morgan's desk, as if it were an inspirational...

Bates does justice to 'Harry's Law'

Bates does justice to 'Harry's Law'

The wonderful Kathy Bates, lately seen around NBC in a recurring role on "The Office," settles into an office of her own Monday as the...

Television review: 'Skins' on MTV features lots of teen sex and drug use

Television review: 'Skins' on MTV features lots of teen sex and drug use

From the beginning, which is to say Charles Dickens, stories revolving around the lives of children and adolescents often shared a similar...

Golden Globes: Winner Katey Sagal is 'shocked' but prepared

Golden Globes: Winner Katey Sagal is 'shocked' but prepared

Mommie-Not-So-Dearest triumphed over "The Good Wife."

Critic's Notebook: Television's wider, sharper, distorted view

Critic's Notebook: Television's wider, sharper, distorted view

I watch TV on a 20-year-old, 21-inch Panasonic television set with a single RF input into which I run a DVD player, a VHS machine and a...

Midseason TV Preview: 'American Idol'

Midseason TV Preview: 'American Idol'

When "American Idol" returns for its 10th season on Fox Jan. 19, it will have two fresh (and very famous) faces at the judges' table. And it...