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Primetime Remix by Allison Takeda
September 07, 2010
10:14 AM
Allison Takeda
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Today is the day, Remixers--the day Chuck: Season 3 comes out on DVD. I've been waiting all summer for this, and if you've seen the show, you know why. If you haven't, well, you should. Here are 10 reasons to catch up on the super spy series before it returns on Sept. 20 for what's sure to be another stellar season.

1) You have an inner geek. We all do. Mine gets her kicks from grammar books and Renaissance literature, plays with a Rubik's cube on the subway, finished the entire Harry Potter series...
August 30, 2010
9:14 AM
Allison Takeda
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Fact: I do not care for awards shows. I like everything leading up to awards shows--the nominations, the predictions, the fashions--but I couldn't care less about the actual telecast. The speeches are too long, the jokes are too flat, and I'm nearly always disappointed with the results. Last night, however, I found myself actually enjoying the 2010 Primetime Emmys. The opening number (here, in case you missed it) was one of the best I can remember in recent history, and with the exception of one or two awards...
August 27, 2010
9:14 AM
Allison Takeda
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The 2010 Emmys are on Sunday, and after spending the last month and a half catching up on all the nominated shows--I basically didn't do anything else--I'm ready to revise my list of Emmy favorites from July. A reader commented that I was missing out on some good TV, and he/she was right. How did it take me this long to recognize the brilliance of Breaking Bad and Parks and Rec? (I still don't get all the fuss about Monk and Two and a Half Men, but I'll let it go since viewers and Emmy voters obviously...
August 19, 2010
10:14 AM
Allison Takeda
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It should come as no surprise to anyone who watched the latest season of The Bachelorette that producers are after runner-up Chris Lambton to be the next Bachelor. Chris was the hands-down fan favorite among Ali Fedotowsky's 25 eligible (well, mostly anyway) men: Viewers gushed about him in seemingly endless comment threads, bloggers (including yours truly) confessed to not-so-secret crushes, and recappers waxed shamelessly lyrical every time he appeared onscreen. (You could practically hear their sighs...
August 06, 2010
9:14 AM
Allison Takeda
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This is not technically TV-related--unless you count the fact that the guy who made it is an intern for Jimmy Kimmel Live--but it is technically awesome, so I'm going to go ahead and post it anyway. If you haven't seen the trailer for the new Facebook movie-- The Social Network , starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake-- watch it now, and then come back and watch this.

"This" is a spoof of the aforementioned trailer written and co-directed by Jeff Loveness, who also stars opposite my cramazingly...
August 03, 2010
9:14 AM
Allison Takeda
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I, like most other people with taste, love AMC's Mad Men. Love. You might even say I'm mad about it. If, you know, you're into really cheesy, not-that-clever wordplay. (Which I am.) Aside from providing us with regular, ample doses of Jon Hamm, who is basically the most handsome man ever to have lived anywhere in the universe--seriously, the dude is more dashing than a Disney prince-- Mad Men has given the TV-viewing public three of the best-written and most brilliantly acted, consistently awesome

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July 16, 2010
9:14 AM
Allison Takeda
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Love is in the air, Remixers. And by "in the air," I mean "all over Facebook." My news feed looks like the "Vows" section of The New York Times. Engagement notices outnumber Farmville requests. Wedding photos have replaced pictures of people playing beer pong. My prom date has a baby. And after next week, one of my dearest friends from high school will have a husband.

I'm apparently at the age now (25, in case you're wondering) when these things--marriage, kids, etc.--are normal. Even, dare I say, expected. (A few years ago, while watching a friend walk his daughter down the aisle, my...
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