Archive for June 2008

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Jun

2008

Much Ado about Katherine Heigl

Posted by Erin Steiner

I would be lying if I tried to say that Isaiah Washington's real world actions didn't affect the way I felt about his Grey's Anatomy character, Preston Burke. After reading about Isaiah Washington running around bad mouthing the Grey's Anatomy producers, it made it very hard for me to feel any sort of warm feelings for Preston Burke at all.

The same is not holding true for Katherine Heigl. Everybody is up in arms about her saying that the material she was given this last season wasn't Emmy worthy.

People, there was a writer's strike. Was anything that...

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Jun

2008

Fear Itself

Posted by Erin Steiner

Last night while I was laughing myself off the couch during Last Comic Standing, I became intrigued by a new version of summer television: Fear Itself.

Fear Itself is a series that has been put together by the powers that be at NBC. It spans thirteen "episodes," and each episode serves as homage to the suspense/horror genre and attempts to push its boundaries. Each episode is put together by a different filmmaker and has a different cast, and each episode is designed to, well, give you the shivers, which is so cliché but also true.

While the horror...

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