 | Oct 29th 2012, 22:27 As Hurricane Sandy hammered New York, Dave Letterman taped his Monday show at the Ed Sullivan Theater, without an audience: Read full article >>   | | TV Column: Sandy washes out late-night shows Oct 29th 2012, 21:20 Late-night TV shows succumbed to Hurricane Sandy on Monday, joining scores of prime-time series that shut down shooting on the East Coast because, duh, it's TV, not the race to cure cancer. Comedy Central announced Monday afternoon it had pulled the plug on its two faux newscasts, "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report." Read full article >> | | Album review: Calvin Harris's '18 Months' Oct 29th 2012, 21:10 Scottish DJ Calvin Harris isn't exactly an innovator. He's more like a craftsman — one with a deep Rolodex and an egalitarian streak. Harris, like his only real compatriots, Deadmau5 and David Guetta, is in great part responsible for the recent mainstreaming of electronic dance music. His collaboration with Rihanna, the behemoth hit "We Found Love," (included here, in all its mopey/ecstatic awesomeness) is to EDM crossover songs what T-Rex was to dinosaurs. Read full article >> | | In other news: Tom Cruise's neighbor gets tasered Oct 29th 2012, 18:35 •Well, this will be a hot topic at the next Beverly Hills neighborhood association meeting. A security guard stopped an intruder he found climbing a gate at Tom Cruise's mansion by shooting him with a taser late Sunday. But! It turned out to be a neighbor who, police told the AP, had too much to drink and may have stumbled into the yard accidentally. Awkward. Maybe we should have the security guards to the next block party, let everyone get to know each other? Cruise was not home at the time. Read full article >>   | | Jimmy Kimmel cancels first Brooklyn show because of hurricane Oct 29th 2012, 17:13 The first of Jimmy Kimmel's late night shows from Brooklyn have been canceled because of the hurricane barrelling down the East Coast. As of yesterday, Kimmel had been tweeting about going full-steam ahead with his week of shows in his hometown of Brooklyn, which is scheduled to include guests including David Letterman and Jon Stewart. But Monday afternoon, Kimmel threw in the towel. Read full article >> | | Horse Mask Guy gains fame, distracts from Hurricane Sandy Oct 29th 2012, 17:07 Until Sandy unleashes its full fury on us, there's still time to laugh and enjoy a good meme while we can. Early this morning Jimmy Kruyne was just a dude. By late this morning he was nationally-known as Horse Mask Guy. And by this evening he'll probably be forgotten. That's how the meme world works. The hyper-cycle was on display this morning on Twitter as I watched Horse Mask Guy hysteria sweep my timeline. Read full article >> | | Levi Johnston weds Sunny Oglesby, leans towards voting for Obama Oct 29th 2012, 16:53 Married: Levi Johnston, 22, and Sunny Oglesby, 20, in Wasilla, Alaska, on Sunday, reports the TV show "Inside Edition." Wait, Levi Johnston? You mean, the guy who didn't become the son-in-law of the woman who didn't become vice president — that Levi Johnston? Yes, indeed, still managing to make news despite ourselves. Read full article >>   | | Our favorite rainy day songs # HurricanePlaylist Oct 29th 2012, 15:59 It's a little before noon on Monday, and here in Washington the prelude to Hurricane Sandy looks like a regular old rainy day. So instead of a lashing, thrashing hurricane playlist, how about a simple rainy day playlist? Here are five of my favorite songs about rain. Read full article >>   | | Hurricane Sandy and the entertainment world's response Oct 29th 2012, 15:12 If you're among the East Coasters waiting for Hurricane Sandy to swoop in and essentially punch your life in the face, several questions are likely racing through your mind. Will the wind gust hard enough to make squirrels fly? Do I have enough batteries to last through an 18-day power outage? Oh, also: How are the rich and famous coping with all this?? Read full article >>   | |
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