The media rolls out the accoutrement of current modern social life, introducing every new version of hand-held social technology as a definitive, unquestioned fait acompli. They are in effect sales reps for our growing virtual lifestyle.
The media rolls out the accoutrement of current modern social life, introducing every new version of hand-held social technology as a definitive, unquestioned fait acompli. They are in effect sales reps for our growing virtual lifestyle.
To combat new technologies Hollywood could try a tactic it's used before by vastly improving the "movie-going experience," perhaps with such a quantum leap in visual quality as to keep people streaming to the multiplex.
'Anybody can be a TV critic for a month. After that you need stamina.' - Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian With four episodes left in Treme's second se...
How can we in the wealthy nations be expected to consume less when the media that dominates our consciousness continuously tells us to buy ever more?
With musicians and other locals often playing themselves, Treme runs through real-life New Orleans, splashing onto everyone eventually.
In any career, you have to love what you're doing.If you have qualms about killing off high-profile political figures, stop being a drug lord.
Frankly, I wasn't sure what to expect. I thought that maybe now that she'd made it relatively intact emotionally throughout her final season, Oprah would allow herself to fall apart -- at least a little -- on her final show.
The tornado in Missouri is just a horrible event, no doubt about it. The crazy weather in the world and the possible connection to a global warming c...
In the winter of 2007, beloved New Orleans residents filmmaker Helen Hill and drummer Dinerral Shavers were among the victims lost to violence. Treme'...
Oprah, it seems to me that you are your own best example of how to live your best life. I don't begrudge you your success; watching you live your best life has inspired me to dream big. Like, Oprah big. Or just a fraction of Oprah big would do, too.
What of Boreanaz? Well, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone of Italian heritage who tracks to more extreme edges of the country.
"Thousands of homes sacrificed to save New Orleans" is this week's headline, with a 1927 level Mississippi River placing Louisiana levees in the line ...
It's enough that Durbin had the chops to make the cut on über hit American Idol, quite another that he's actually proven he has creativity and -- this is good -- longevity.
It's impossible to decide which was the biggest love-in of the day: 99-year-old Lionel Ferbos singing "When You're Smiling" or John Boutte who wrote HBO's Treme theme song.
Just as Kurt and Karofsky finally make amends, someone else is wreaking havoc at McKinley High. This time, it's not a homophobic high school football player, but anti-gay culture critic Dan Gainor.
Treme series co-creator Eric Overmyer is a longtime New Orleans resident, and a big enough fan of New Orleans music to make the city's musicians the cornerstone of the show.
This is going to be a somewhat surprising column introduction, for I am about to talk about something I've been absolutely ridiculing all week long -- the royal wedding. And how the American media missed a joke (not to mention a kiss).
As long as media have created content for children, there have been debates about what defines "quality."
The international press community was stunned last week to hear of the deaths of Chris Hondros of Getty and filmmaker Tim Hetherington, killed in Misu...
Treme is back for a second season, and Times Picayune television critic Dave Walker suggested at the HBO premiere that I review Treme from a different...