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Seven Songs Playing in the Lobby of My Own Personal Hell

[Above: Bucky Dent. Us Red Sox fans have another name for him.]Sitting in the bleak, strobing-florescent-light-lit lobby of my own personal hell, waiting around on backbreaking IKEA furniture for eternal damnation to begin, I glance around. Posters of Paris Hilton, Richard Nixon and New York Yankees shortstop Bucky Dent line the unfinished concrete walls. There are a few TVs, too, which are looping Dancing with the Stars, Nancy Grace, the standup comedy of Kathy Griffin, all the Rob Schneider scenes from Judge Dredd, and the last 30 seconds of Game 6 of the 1986 Mets/Red Sox World Series.And to make matters...  read more

Veronica Mars movie in the works

When Veronica Mars was on its game, it had banter like Bogart, youthful sleuthing like Encyclopedia Brown, catty teen politics like My So Called Life, California beachfront snobbery like The O.C. Compulsively watchable for two seasons, its third go-round then slid into that what-to-do-when-the-characters-go-to-college rut of so many teen shows. Still, fans were so dismayed by Mars' cancellation in 2007 that a YouTube meme emerged with user-generated fourth season promos—until creator Rob Thomas and producer Joel Silver released an official promo outlining a potential new season (or movie) storyline: Veronica Mars as a rookie FBI agent....  read more

New comedy series Party Down hits Starz in 2009

[Above: Show creator/producer Rob Thomas with his Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell]Starz is really getting into this whole original programming thing. The network's first drama series, Crash, premiered on Friday and it already has one half-hour comedy planned for 2009 entitled Head Case. Now, the cable channel is announcing plans for an additional comedy, Party Down, to premiere alongside it....  read more

Rob Thomas - ...something to be

Matchbox frontman expands his musical range but strikes few real sparks...  read more