Zach Galifianakis and Jon Hamm make hilarious new video
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
Found in: NewsGolden Globe nominations announced
After the awkward press conference that became of last year’s Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association rolled out the expected nominees this morning for a show that is now guaranteed to draw all the names who shunned it last year.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSigns of Life 2008: Best TV Shows
Check out Paste's top 10 television shows of 2008... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesMad Men review. Season 2 Finale—"Meditations in an Emergency"
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
Found in: TV DetailMad Men review. Season 2 Finale—"Meditations in an Emergency"
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
Found in: TV, ReviewsMad Men review. Episode 2.12—“"The Mountain King""
"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
Found in: TV DetailMad Men review. Episode 2.12—“"The Mountain King""
"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
Found in: TV, ReviewsCharles Barasch
Barasch has made a frame for the November-election... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsEmmy award winners include 30 Rock and Mad Men
The best part of the rather stiff 60th anniversary Emmy awards show may very well have been Ricky Gervais reclaiming his statue from a stone-faced Steve Carell, but many an award was given out nevertheless. And to some of Paste's favorites too, including 30 Rock, Mad Men, The Daily Show, Entourage and John Adams. Peruse an extensive list after the jump.... read more
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