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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

RuPaul

Actors CREATORS TELEVISION

Will RuPaul Save Us All?

June 2, 2020June 1, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments AJ and the Queen, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars

Or is the reign up for our longest-standing queen?

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COVID-19

The Crap I Watched While Sick with COVID-19

May 21, 2020May 26, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alex Guarnaschelliaschelli, Brady Bunch, Clinton Kelly, Food Network, Gilmore Girls, Spring Baking Championship, Supermarket Stakeout, The Masked Singer

The virus not only affects your sense of smell, it affects your cultural taste

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Never Have I Ever

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Never Have I Ever’ Flips the Teen-Sex Comedy Script

May 13, 2020May 15, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Andy Samberg, John McEnroe, Lang Fisher, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Mindy Kaling, Never Have I Ever

Mindy Kaling celebrates horny girl power

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Book series

Book Series for the Housebound Citizen

March 30, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Brandon Sanderson, Chief Inspector Gamache, Crazy Rich Asians, Elizabeth Chadwick, Jim Butcher, Kevin Kwan, Louise Penny, Mistborn, The Dresden Files, The Greatest Knight

Lose yourself in a vast fictional world for a while

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Virgin River

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Virgin River’: a Relaxing, Warm TV Bath

March 4, 2020April 17, 2020 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Alexandra Breckinridge, Annette O'Toole, Martin Henderson, Netflix, Robyn Carr, Tim Matheson, Virgin River

Good old traditional down-home programming

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Netflix TELEVISION

Alexa & Katie, BFFs

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alexa & Katie, Dan Schneider, Isabel May, John Green, Paris Barely

Despite Laugh Track, Teen Cancer Sitcom Continues to Rise Above the Genre

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‘Why We Can’t Sleep’ Can’t Convince

January 15, 2020January 17, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Ada Calhoun, Enjoli, Enjoli commercial, Gen-X, Generation X, Meg Ryan, perimenopause, Sesame Street, Space Shuttle Challenger, Why We Can't Sleep

Ada Calhoun’s Mostly Disappointing Treatise About the Problems Of Gen-X Women

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Netflix TELEVISION

The Dolly Zone

December 19, 2019December 18, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments

Corny Down-Home Goodwill Abounds in ‘Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings’

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All That Glitters is Not Goldblum

December 9, 2019December 10, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Jeff Goldblum, The World According To Jeff Goldblum

‘The World According to Jeff Goldblum’ is Pretty Awkward

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Actors Biography CREATORS Netflix NON-FICTION TELEVISION Writers

The Jenny Slate

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments

A Standup Special, a Memoir, and a Career Spiraling Upwards

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Scene from Dickinson, Apple TV's surprise buzz hit.

Amherst 90210

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alena Smith, Anna Baryshnikov, Apple TV, CW, Dickinson, Ella Hunt, Emily Dickinson, Hailee Steinfeld, ilee Steinfeld, Jane Krakowski, Jenna Maroney, Jennifer Aniston, John Mulaney, mama's boy Henry David Thoreau, Reese Witherspoon, Reign, Steve Carell, The Morning Show, Toby Huss, Wiz Khalifa

The Surreally Comic Teen World of ‘Dickinson,’ Apple TV’s Surprise Hit

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‘Atypical’ is Actually Pretty Typical

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Atypical, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Rappaport

In Season 3, Our Autistic Protagonist Heads Off to College

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