30 Rock Review: "Generalissimo" (Episode 310) and "St. Valentine's Day" (Episode 311)

By Jeremy Medina at 11:00 AM on February 13, 2009

As a longtime fan of 30 Rock (IE: since the beginning, IE: old school), I cannot tell you how exciting it is when the show gets on a roll. This season has been pretty good and fits and spells, but the last three or four episodes of the show have been firing on all cylinders—especially "Generalissimo," which might be one for the ages in the already illustrious 30 Rock oeuvre. ...  read more

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30 Rock Review: "Generalissimo" (Episode 310) and "St. Valentine's Day" (Episode 311)

By Jeremy Medina at 11:00 AM on February 13, 2009

As a longtime fan of 30 Rock (IE: since the beginning, IE: old school), I cannot tell you how exciting it is when the show gets on a roll. This season has been pretty good and fits and spells, but the last three or four episodes of the show have been firing on all cylinders—especially "Generalissimo," which might be one for the ages in the already illustrious 30 Rock oeuvre. ...  read more

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Mad Men creator in for two more seasons

By Muriel Vega at 3:07 PM on January 20, 2009

Matthew Weiner, executive producer and creator of Mad Men, signed a deal with Lionsgate TV and AMC on Friday. The deal includes two more seasons of the Golden Globe-winning series, a development deal, and feature project for Lionsgate. ...  read more

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Zach Galifianakis and Jon Hamm make hilarious new video

By Nick Marino at 3:27 PM on December 15, 2008

As loyal Paste readers know, our September issue featured stupendous profile of comic Zach Galifianakis, a "touching story" that is almost certainly the best piece of profile writing in the history of magazine journalism. ...  read more

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Mad Men review. Season 2 Finale—"Meditations in an Emergency"

By Mary Kate Varnau at 11:00 AM on October 29, 2008

The Season 2 finale of Mad Men is set at the most imminently threatening moment of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The panic, rather than serving as the impetus for each brewing confrontation, invades the episode quietly, the characters behaving with a sort of eerie calm. It’s the moment before the bomb falls and they’re in search of redemption....  read more

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Mad Men review. Season 2 Finale—"Meditations in an Emergency"

By Mary Kate Varnau at 11:00 AM on October 29, 2008

The Season 2 finale of Mad Men is set at the most imminently threatening moment of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The panic, rather than serving as the impetus for each brewing confrontation, invades the episode quietly, the characters behaving with a sort of eerie calm. It’s the moment before the bomb falls and they’re in search of redemption....  read more

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Mad Men review. Episode 2.12—“"The Mountain King""

By Mary Kate Varnau at 12:00 PM on October 28, 2008

"Meditations in an Emergency," this past weekend's much-anticipated Season 2 closer of Mad Men, was rumored to be action-packed...inasmuch as the roguishly scrupulous AMC series could be. (Look for Paste's review of the episode later today.) The finale sneak peek on AMC.com casually drew taught of strings of season 2's many repressed conflicts—Don’s infidelity, Betty's mysterious health problem, the corporate future of Sterling Cooper, Pete's marital discord—while the ad men threw around optimistic suggestions about the expansion of the business, futures burgeoning with corvettes and financial independence. But the boyish banter cut short when Paul joked, "Why am I feeling...  read more

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Mad Men review. Episode 2.12—“"The Mountain King""

By Mary Kate Varnau at 12:00 PM on October 28, 2008

"Meditations in an Emergency," this past weekend's much-anticipated Season 2 closer of Mad Men, was rumored to be action-packed...inasmuch as the roguishly scrupulous AMC series could be. (Look for Paste's review of the episode later today.) The finale sneak peek on AMC.com casually drew taught of strings of season 2's many repressed conflicts—Don’s infidelity, Betty's mysterious health problem, the corporate future of Sterling Cooper, Pete's marital discord—while the ad men threw around optimistic suggestions about the expansion of the business, futures burgeoning with corvettes and financial independence. But the boyish banter cut short when Paul joked, "Why am I feeling...  read more

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