Monthly Archives: June 2008

Media Maven’s Music Wednesday: “Help!” by Lil Wayne

Haven’t written one of these babies in a while, but as its summer and film/tv are scarce, be on the look out for more music postings than usual, just like last summer.  This summer, we kick off the Music Wednesday’s … Continue reading

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Mongol

It is a matter of public record that there are those out there among you who have described Mongol, the story of (spoiler alert!) GENGHIS KAHN’s rise to greatness, as the Mongolian version of Braveheart.   Let’s get one thing perfectly clear: … Continue reading

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Weeds – Season 4, Episode 1 – “Mother Thinks the Birds are After Her” & Secret Diary of a Call Girl – Season 1, Episode 1

Season premiere night is always exciting, especially when you’ve got two premieres back to back.  I think Showtime has found a great natural pairing for its Monday night hour of female driven dramedies: At 10, we’ve got Weeds, the show … Continue reading

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Media Maven’s Official Emmy’s Ballot

Hey kids– After a trip to Israel and a crazy week in Philadelphia, Media Maven is settled for good back in sunny Los Angeles, and I am ready to get back to work here. So let’s pretend that this morning, … Continue reading

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Filed under Emmy Awards, HBO, television, Top Chef