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Thursday, January 17, 2013

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Chicken With Gatorade: The Oddball Pleasures Of 'Chopped'

Ted Allen addresses the chefs competing on the Chopped Holiday Special.

January 17, 2013 Believe it or not, Food Network's crazy-ingredient competition has more relevance to the home cook than a lot of higher-profile shows.

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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Fans Gather To Remember Huell Howser

Seen here in 2005, Huell Howser was remembered by hundreds of fans on Tuesday.

January 16, 2013 California public television host Huell Howser earned the affection of many fans, hundreds of whom turned out for a memorial Tuesday night.

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Monkey See

What Music Makes A Distilled Good Mood?

A woman listening to music.

January 16, 2013 We've crowdsourced a good-mood playlist before; now we made another one. Or rather, you made another one.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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Lance Armstrong And The Cheapening Of Indignation

Cyclist Lance Armstrong addresses participants at a Livestrong event in October.

January 15, 2013 With Lance Armstrong set to confess to Oprah Winfrey, what comes into stark relief isn't just that he has apparently said a lot of things that weren't true, but that he has said them very forcefully.

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

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Watch The Golden Globes With Us, Where The Drinks Are Optional

Seen here in January 2012, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are the hosts of Sunday night's Golden Globes.

January 13, 2013 Tonight, we'll be live-blogging the Golden Globes and hoping for great things from hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.

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Friday, January 11, 2013

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Downton Abbey' And The Right Of Redemption

A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

January 11, 2013 This week: the British import with some of the best hats on TV, and the question of how to get back a disgruntled audience.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

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Oscar Nominations: 'Lincoln' Leads The Pack, But Where Is Kathryn Bigelow?

Daniel Day-Lewis stars as President Abraham Lincoln in director Steven Spielberg's drama Lincoln.

January 10, 2013 The director of Zero Dark Thirty is perhaps the biggest non-nomination to emerge from this morning's announcements, but a fantasy about life in the bayou and a French love story had strong showings.

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Monday, January 07, 2013

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Why 'Amour' Is Sad, But Not Depressing

Emmanuelle Riva in Michael Haneke's Amour.

January 7, 2013 Michael Haneke's Amour, which has grabbed all sorts of awards this year, has a reputation for being devastating and sad, which it is. But depressing? Not really.

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Friday, January 04, 2013

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: In Which We Make New Resolutions And Face Old Ones

A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

January 4, 2013 On this week's show, we look back at our successes and not-so-much-successes in our resolutions for 2012, and we move forward to 2013.

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In NFL Football, As In Hollywood, Does Anybody Know Anything?

Head coach Andy Reid of the Philadelphia Eagles looks on during a game against the Washington Redskins on Dec. 23, 2012 in Philadelphia.

January 4, 2013 When coaches are getting fired left and right based on fewer games in a whole season than a baseball team plays in the playoffs, how much does anybody really know in the NFL?

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Thursday, January 03, 2013

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Morning Shots: Anthony Bourdain Live-Tweets 'iCarly,' And Your Day Is Complete

A cup of coffee.

January 3, 2013 This morning: Bourdain on tween television, Andrew Sullivan on independence, and a guide to Kanye West.

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Wednesday, January 02, 2013

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Bonus Q&A Session!

A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

January 2, 2013 Our live show concluded with an audience Q&A that you can now enjoy — just like you were there!

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Morning Shots: Please, Please, Take All This Free Junk And Put It Somewhere

A cup of coffee.

January 2, 2013 In this morning's roundup: the upcoming films, the literary resolutions, the predictions, and more for the New Year.

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Tuesday, January 01, 2013

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2012 In Review: 50 Wonderful Things From The Year In Pop Culture

Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) in the pivotal Mad Men episode, "The Other Woman."

January 1, 2013 We run down 50 favorite pop culture moments of last year, from television to film to books.

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