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Amazon finds its books aren't welcome at many bookstores Oct 30th 2012, 23:55 "Care of Wooden Floors," by Will Wiles, is the kind of novel you'd expect to see on a "staff picks" shelf at an independent bookstore. A slim but sophisticated farce by a relatively unknown author, the book is full of witty asides and snappy comments about modern life; its wry, endearingly hapless narrator feels like he might have stepped out of a Nick Hornby story. Read full article >> Hurricane Sandy drives viewers to 'Dancing with Stars' Oct 30th 2012, 23:06 Due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy – power outages, pre-emptions, blah, blah, blah --  ratings for all broadcast TV network programming for Monday, October 29, 2012 will be labeled as "breakouts" and tossed out of those programs season averages, Nielsen informed clients Tuesday afternoon. Read full article >> NBC will re-air 'The Voice' on Thursday, bump comedies back a week Oct 30th 2012, 22:56 Given that Monday's episode of "The Voice" was pre-empted for storm coverage in major markets including New York and Washington, the network announced that it will re-air the episode on Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. Read full article >> NBC lays in plans to try to stay No. 1 after NFL season ends Oct 30th 2012, 22:53 NBC, which has surprised the TV industry — including its own executives — by jumping from fourth place to first in the ratings this fall, on Tuesday unveiled its post-football plans to stay there. Headlining Tuesday's announcement was that the network will replace ratings-behemoth football on Sundays with dating "reality" series "Ready for Love" once the NFL's regular season is over. Read full article >> Networks change programming in wake of Hurricane Sandy, morning shows skipping Halloween Oct 30th 2012, 22:35 TV networks continued to stagger back to "normal" in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, albeit in a subdued manner. Tuesday morning, "Today" show Supreme Co-Host Matt Lauer announced that the show's annual Halloween festivities, in which the "Today" gang dresses in ridiculous costumes, had been scrubbed. Read full article >> Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender showed up by surprise at a charity event Oct 30th 2012, 22:22 It's only Tuesday, and, for many people on the East Coast, it's already been a terribly long week. What we all need right now — aside from electricity, restored transportation options and a return to normalcy, of course — is a pick-me-up type of story designed to restore our faith in all that is altruistic and good in this world. Preferably, that story should involve Ryan Gosling and, if it's not asking too much, also Michael Fassbender. Read full article >> 'Community' has a return date, and other NBC midseason news: 'Smash,' 'Biggest Loser' return Oct 30th 2012, 22:01 NBC, which has surprised the TV industry — including its own executives — by jumping from fourth place to first in the ratings this fall, on Tuesday unveiled its post-football plans to stay there. Headlining Tuesday's announcement was that the network will replace ratings-behemoth football on Sundays with dating "reality" series "Ready for Love" once the NFL's regular season is over. Read full article >> Disney buys Lucasfilm, vows to make more 'Stars Wars' movies and makes Twitter go berserk Oct 30th 2012, 21:20 The Walt Disney Co. confirmed Tuesday that it is purchasing Lucasfilm for $4.5 billion and, courtesy of this acquisition, will release three new "Stars Wars" movies, beginning with a seventh episode in 2015. Read full article >> Hey, isn't that . . . : Kris Allen as a Ghostbuster (video) Oct 30th 2012, 21:13 • Kris Allen dancing in the middle of storm-drenched 15th Street NW around 1 a.m. Tuesday, wearing a Ghostbusters jumpsuit. No, you guys, really, it sounds like a dream, but it happened! The 2009 "American Idol" winner — who played the Hamilton in D.C. Sunday but had an Annapolis gig canceled by the weather — was dining with bandmates and associates at the Madison (looking totally normal: hipster-chic, black-rimmed specs, etc.) when a Post reporter asked for a photo. . . which somehow prompted the guys to get their Halloween started early, putting on the costumes they had on hand and running out to see if any bars had weathered the storm. He was last seen chasing the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man down the street. Well, of course there's video — check it out. . . Read full article >> Book World: Barbara Kingsolver's novel approach in 'Flight Behavior' Oct 30th 2012, 20:10 Earlier this month, a writer in the Guardian lamented the scarcity of novels about "the most pressing and complex problem of our time": climate change. "We don't want to have this conversation," complained Daniel Kramb, "and neither do most characters in most novels being published." Read full article >> Quoted: Wendy Rieger on Hurricane Sandy Oct 30th 2012, 17:59 . "Just when it starts getting me all excited. . . it goes all flat. And it starts lookin' like nothing much. Kinda like my dating life!" Read full article >> How to build the best 'Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror marathon Oct 30th 2012, 17:49 It's Halloween Eve, and those who are safely sequestered in their homes post-Hurricane Sandy may find themselves with a lot of time on their hands. Which means this is an ideal day to indulge in a "Simpsons Treehouse of Horror" marathon. Read full article >> Read this: A rookie's protective family; a congressman's woman problem; a century-old Washington sex scandal Oct 30th 2012, 16:55 Other interesting stories in The Washington Post: Don't worry about 19-year-old Wizards rookie Bradley Beal: His parents have sent his protective older brothers to live with him here. (But are they feeding him enough? His tweets make you wonder.) Read full article >> Watch Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman, audience-free [VIDEO] Oct 30th 2012, 14:56 Despite the massive storm that swept across New York City yesterday and wiped out multiple late night talk shows, both NBC's Jimmy Fallon and CBS's David Letterman decided to keep their shows on air — though without audiences. Read full article >> John C. Reilly talks 'Wreck-It Ralph,' Sarah Silverman and Space Invaders Oct 30th 2012, 13:53 John C. Reilly — the Academy Award-nominated actor, musician and one-time on-screen "Step Brother" of Will Ferrell — surely knows something about video games. He provides the voice of the main character in Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph," a movie steeped heavily in arcade culture that opens in theaters on Friday. He was a teenage boy when the digital toys of the Atari era were first unleashed on the joystick-obsessed youth of America. Yes, he seems like the kind of guy who would do well on a retro-video-game-trivia quiz, which is why this writer attempted to give him one during a recent phone interview and the affable Reilly agreed to participate ... until he heard some of the questions. Read full article >> Green Day cancels tour dates; Emma Roberts dresses like Julia Roberts for Halloween Oct 30th 2012, 12:55 A morning mix of entertainment headlines... Green Day has canceled the rest of its 2012 tour dates and postponed some early 2013 shows as frontman Billie Joe Armstrong continues his treatment for substance abuse. The third album in its trio of consecutive releases — "¡Tre!" — has been bumped up from January to December to compensate for the lack of concerts. (Vulture) Read full article >>

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