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Complete list of Emmy nominees for 2008
Outstanding Animated Program for less than an hour Creature Comforts America "Don't Choke To Death, Please" on CBS King Of The Hill's "Death Picks Cotton" on FOX Robot Chicken "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" on Cartoon Network The Simpsons "Eternal...Tags: Poetry, Carrie Fisher, Culture, John Adams, Rachel Griffiths
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Emmy Award nominees
Nominees in major categories for the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: DRAMA SERIES: "Boston Legal," ABC "Damages," FX "Dexter," Showtime "House," Fox "Lost," ABC "Mad Men," AMC...Tags: Poetry, Carrie Fisher, Culture, John Adams, Rachel Griffiths
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Justin Townes Earle takes us on a tour of his tiny Nashville apartment
Chicago Tribune reporterIf you stumble into an attic apartment in East Nashville and find a 6-foot-6-inch guy crouching under its sloping ceiling, a big photo of the late great songwriter Townes Van Zandt hanging on the wall, and a bunch of guitars huddled together, you'll...Tags: Rogers Park, Western Medicines, History, Music, Maine
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TODAY'S PICKS
FEAR ITSELF (10 p.m., NBC/4) - Nothing is as it seems when a rookie cop ("Mad Men's" Elisabeth Moss, above) is assigned to watch over a serial killer known as The Eater. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (8 p.m., AMC) (Comedy, 1978) - Bluto (John...Tags: Tim Matheson, Heavy Engineering, John Belushi, National Lampoon Incorporated, Richard Belzer
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TV Critics Love 'The Wire,' 'Mad Men'
Zap2It.comThe closing chapters of "The Wire" and the stylish first season of "Mad Men" lead the nominees for the 2008 Television Critics Association Awards. Each show earned four nominations, the most of any program, and both are up for the top honor of program of...Tags: CBS Corp., Alec Baldwin, Glenn Close, Miley Cyrus, Tina Fey
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ESPN airs 'National Spelling Bee' semifinals
wertstv@gmail.comOff the Wall knows how to spell it. (I-T.) BEES, BEES EVERYWHERE. Where in the world is San Diego? The kids know that and more at the "National Geographic Bee" (today at 3 p.m., WLIW/21), hosted once again by Alex Trebek. Another group of smart...Tags: Denis Leary, John Cleese, Anthony Michael Hall, Geography, Long Island
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'Nanking' (doc about Japan's 1937 attack on China's capital city) -- 3 stars
Tribune arts criticAmong its other accomplishments, Ken Burns' recent series on public television reminded a lot of us that our knowledge of World War II history is sadly sketchy. In a more modest vein, but with similar eye-opening importance, the much shorter "Nanking"...Tags: Stephen Dorff, Mariel Hemingway, Movies, Rape, Woody Harrelson
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Letters to the editor
Anti-gang steps are predictable Re "Politics clouds anti-gang fight," March 10 The picture of smiling politicians along with the headlines regarding the continuing stalemate over what to do about gang violence is so L.A. The same faces appear as they...Tags: Whittier, Marketing, Hillary Clinton, Democracy, National Government
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Standing up for public television
It is that time of year again, when attacks on PBS remind those of us who labor in its besieged vineyards how much we must be prepared to defend our unique but vulnerable institution. With wearying frequency, we are forced to justify our existence to...Tags: Movies, Frontline Limited, George Bush, New York Times, Government
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