Oh, Harry Potter–your Quidditch games, your friendships with Hermione and Ron, your crush on Cho Chang, and who could forget “wingardium leviosa” (that’s the spell that helps you float objects)! You’ve inspired the imagination of so many…including, apparently, Iranian TV, which aired a special about Western cinema– and Harry Potter specifically–in December. According to the…

Last night’s finale of the hit TLC reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” was pretty much a snore–aside from the last few minutes. Commercial teasers for the finale made it seem like we’d eventually witness a blowout between the Gosselin couple culminating in a possible marital separation or at the very least, some kind…

The season finale of “Battlestar Galactica” aired Friday, March 20. Please note, this review contains spoilers. Several weeks ago I told a friend of mine, half-joking, that it was a good thing “Battlestar Galactica” was coming to an end because I didn’t see the show could survive in the Obama era. The re-imagining of the…

Okay! Two days down. Three weeks to go. And our national holiday rolls on: March Madness! I don’t remember when the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament became a national holiday season. I don’t remember when employers decreed that taking time away from professional tasks to fill out brackets was approved within Human Resource policy. I don’t…

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