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Two more Variety articles by me arrive this morning: a companion piece of sorts (to last week's Ellen Pompeo story) on Grey's Anatomy ...
Is it possible that one of the breakout hits from last season reminds us that high school never really ends?and a longer piece, on the success that new one-hour shows from last season found in breaking away from tired formulas ...ABC drama "Grey's Anatomy" takes place in a world of surgical interns requiring as much grown-up responsibility as any other. Yet its principal insight might be that you don't forsake juvenile insecurity, pettiness, dreams or desires just because you can put a "Dr." ahead of your name. ...
Like its feline siblings, the copycat TV series seems to have nine lives. But the 2004-05 television season might have shown the copycat a sneak preview of its mortality.No fewer than six one-hour programs debuted to some combination of critical and popular triumph last season, and if there was one unifying reason among the group, it was that they each offered something altogether new.
Originality alone doesn't guarantee success, but among the dramas and dramedies, it is a refreshingly good bet. ...
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Meanwhile, we did indeed celebrate the opening of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at LACMA on Wednesday. I walked through the exhibition during the press preview and it really was quite something.
I say this with no standing as a King Tut buff - that's why you don't see me blogging Tut Thoughts anywhere. But the exhibition is really striking, aesthetically, historically and culturally. I hope you can come see it. It's well worth the extra price of admission - which is going to support preservation of these treasures in Egypt, isn't much relative to other events in Los Angeles, and is discounted on weekdays and for children, seniors and LACMA members. (There is also a complementary interactive children's exhibition, Pharaoh's World, which is free.)
in other words a complimentary complementary exhibition
I enjoyed "Numb3rs" more (and I use the forced spelling), but a few of the billed actors should just have underneat their name "Mr. X as Exposition Reciter #1" "Ms. Y as Exposition Reciter #2".
One thing, I think that any time an article about TV shows is written, it must be mentioned that Arrested Development is the best show on TV. ;-)
Bunting - I love Arrested Development. I didn't get comedies to write about this time around.
6 days, 9 hours, 49 min
How about a Dodger Thoughts field trip to LACMA? As we stroll the halls we can discuss the mummified Dodger offense.
#6 - I miss GOB...only a few more months. Luckily I have all of Season 2 taped!
"A second-degree sprain doesn't sound so bad, but for the Dodgers, it's the worst possible thing they could hear. No, I guess there's worse; a third-degree--complete--tear of the UCL would be more problematic, but with that, at least there would be less uncertainty. Eric Gagne will know more next week after Frank Jobe gets a look at him. The hope is that the sprain--a "partial tear" in common parlance--is not so severe to necessitate a re-do of his Tommy John surgery, but indications are that everyone is prepping for that. Gagne was put on the DL; a best-case scenario is that he'll be back in six to eight weeks, much as he was after a similar but less severe injury during spring training."
Since Lost is filmed out here there's a thriving group of folks looking for local spots in the show (the Convention Center is the Sydney airport).
I was lucky enough to see the first Tut exhibit back in 1975. Drove all night from Tucson to Santa Monica, crashed for three hours, then, carrying our precious tickets in our slightly grubby hands, we went through the line (if you've seen the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London, the experience was similar...move along, move along). I hope there's more time for the viewers to really look this time.
"Born in Arizona,
Moved to Babylonia...king Tut!"
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