I’ve watched J.J. Abrams’s “Lost” from the very beginning just as faithfully as other devotees. But I have to call it like I see it: the show has deteriorated into a mess of too many plotlines, too many time zones, and too many wrong turns. It’s lost its compass, so to speak. One thing that…

Scottish heartthrob actor James McAvoy has quickly become one of Hollywood’s biggest rising stars, with roles in “The Last King of Scotland,” “Atonement,” and “The Chronicles of Narnia.” However, had he made a different career choice, the screen might have been robbed of his talents. As a teenager, McAvoy considered becoming a priest. He tells…

Aww, shucks! Why is it that I am such a sucker (ha!) for all things vampire, no matter how kitschy they get? CBS’s “Moonlight” gets more melodramatic by the episode–as does its star vampire Mick St. Johns–but it only makes me love it more. CBS spent a good deal of advertising dollars on promoting the…

I still don’t get the NFL draft as a TV event. But apparently I’m in the minority! “According to the NFL, more people will be watching the draft than the NBA playoffs when the two events are being aired at the same time,” said an L.A. Times story this past weekend. Imagine that: if we…

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