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NBC Goes Green in Prime Time...Again

By Emily Riemer on 2:34 PM on November 16, 2009

Starting yesterday, NBC made its biggest push to date in its three-year long commitment to the Green is Universal initiative. The network is bringing the green theme into five of its prime time shows, right in the middle of November sweeps.... read more

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The Office: Season 5

By Sean Gandert on 2:35 PM on September 9, 2009

Engagements and other vaguely soap-operatic plotlines play... read more

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Rainn Wilson Signs Soul Pancake Book Deal

By Christina Lee on 5:20 PM on August 27, 2009

Although 1990s America had the Chicken Soup for the Soul series as solace, the 2000s have lacked such literary consumable comforts. Until now. We may soon have one Pancake serving as comfort food.... read more

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Rainn Wilson collaborates with Rivers Cuomo, geeks out over Manchester Orchestra

By Michael Saba on 11:30 AM on April 3, 2009

As you may remember from Paste's Sasquatch interview with Rainn Wilson last year, the dude has opinions and he's not afraid to share them. He apparently came around on the whole heart-on-sleeve earnestness thing, because he's moved on from trashing The National to collaborating with head Weezer man, Rivers Cuomo.... read more

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Manchester Orchestra producing 11-part concept video

By Gray Chapman on 3:15 PM on April 2, 2009

Although they first caught our eye long ago, Manchester Orchestra have been gathering national steam ever since releasing their debut full-length album, I'm Like A Virgin Losing a Child. Since then, the Atlanta-native indie rock outfit has quickly grown in popularity (you know you've arrived when Rainn Wilson gives you a Twitter shout-out). After staying busy in 2008, the band has recently finished up its sophomore album, Mean Everything to Nothing, and is now working on an 11-part concept video corresponding to each track on the new record.... read more

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Rainn Wilson and James Gunn shopping anti-hero script

By Matt Goodlett on 3:15 PM on March 24, 2009

If you're not all burned out on movies about super heroes that are quirky and bad at their jobs (Mystery Men, The Specials, Hancock, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Watchmen, etc.), Rainn Wilson announced recently via Twitter that he and James Gunn (The Specials, Slither) were shopping around an "f 'd up low rent Watchmen" to indie producers.... read more

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The Office's Jenna Fischer gets A Little Help

By Jeremy Medina on 1:09 PM on November 6, 2008

Many of the actors on beloved hit show The Office can... read more

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20 Best TV Characters of the Past 20 Years (#4-#1)

By Paste Staff on 7:00 AM on October 31, 2008

Today, we present the final four characters... read more

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Rainn Wilson: My First...

By Jason Killingsworth on 10:26 AM on September 2, 2008

The veteran actor—best known for playing geeky megalomaniac Dwight Schrute on NBC’s The  Office—moves out of his perennial supporting-actor niche with new big-screen comedy  The Rocker. It’s his first starring role, a natural  opportunity to inquire about some of his other firsts... read more

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