• The Crazy Career of Ben Silverman

    From big parties to white tigers, the man certainly knew how to get attention.

  • Lampooning Bush, His Lap Dog Blair

    A British mockumentary that takes satirical measure of the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Great Britain uncovers something culturally more striking than the movie itself: The Brits are still stuck on L’Affaire Lap Dog.  By that I mean Prime Minister Tony Blair’s lockstep support of George W. Bush before and throughout the war in…

  • Poehler Parties for ‘Parks,’ Keanu Brings It for Anvil

    At the premiere episode party for “Parks and Recreation” on Thursday night, Amy Poehler blew out the candles on a cake with the rest of the cast, including Rashida Jones, Chris Pratt, Nick Offerman, Aziz Ansari and Aubrey Plaza. Her wish? Emmys, perhaps, to match the ones her former "SNL" co-star Tina Fey seems to…

  • TV Marketing Fun on the Web

    They may not be as forward-thinking as “Harper’s Island,” but a number of regular series have online extensions worth checking out.