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CBS’s late night comedy star David Letterman has continued the apologies he began last week: Letterman is continuing to use his late night talk show as a platform to discuss how he “has his work cut out for him” in dealing with the fallout from his on-air confession that he was the alleged victim of extortion. Joe Halderman, 51, an Emmy-award-winning producer for CBS News’ “48...

And so it continues. If you thought some in Hollywood’s defense of Roman Polanski for raping a 13 year old girl hit rock bottom when Whoppie Goldberg seemingly decided to redefine the meaning of rape — a statement so dismaying that it sparked pointed SNL bit — it has now sunk to another level….in the blogosphere. An associate producer of the highly touted Polanski documentary has been...

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Sen. John McCain’s, has blasted Glenn Beck. First, on Fox: And then on CNN, former Dick Cheney advisor Mary Matalin responds (claiming Beck is actually nonpartisan) to Graham’s comments — as does her husband, Democratic strategist warhorse James Carville (who does not mince words): Beck is now one of the hottest political personalities on Fox News, getting...

I came across this E.B. White quote in a magazine, and decided it was too wonderful to keep to myself. White wrote it in response to a reader:

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Saturday Night Live skewered President Barack Obama last night. Satire is often a barometer of emerging conventional wisdom — so Obama & Co should not view this one as welcome news:

Was the reason behind Chicago’s flop really anti-Americanism? And will Obama now face political consequences due to his unsuccessful efforts? The cartoon by Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner, is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved.

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I don’t know about you but I am a hypocrite. Everyday without fail I complain about things that other people do and in the next action do those very same things. Let me give you an example. In my time I have been know to look down on smokers. Why? Well, it is a dirty habit for one and it is also a habit that kills – why would you do that to yourself. I make smokers feel uncomfortable if they are standing...

When an American city loses out on the 2016 Olympics, it’s nirvana to some.

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In last night’s monologue, David Letterman makes a joke about avoiding award ceremonies for fear of being nabbed for sexual misconduct (as Roman Polanski was in Switzerland) and then gives a no-laughs account of being blackmailed over having affairs with women who work on his show. We are deep into media-outdoes-real-life here, in the terrain of the 1976 “Network” movie that posited a TV anchorman...

I think Ed Morrissey is right, more or less, that a “Left-Right consensus” is “building on Polanski.” I say “more or less” because I think that formulation oversimplifies the situation somewhat. It isn’t so much that both liberals and conservatives are coming out against Polanski and his apologists, it’s that pretty much everyone with a modicum of common decency...

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Here’s Part 1 and Part II of Fox News video now up on You Tube of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama making their pitch to the Olympic committee for Chicago as the 2016 Olympics city: Here’s the text of Obama’s comments. Here’s the text of Michelle Obama’s comments. FOOTNOTE: My satellite radio (the device that lets me escape regular talk radio) was on the blink...

Today – October 2 – is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s (or Mahatma Gandhi’s) birth anniversary . Gandhi once said that if we are not careful then seven “deadly sins” will destroy us. They are: a) “Wealth Without Work”; b) “Pleasure Without Conscience”; c) “Knowledge Without Character; d) Commerce (Business) Without Morality (Ethics); e) Science...

We don’t always cover the entertainment world here at TMV but it’s the start of a new TV season and I like to try and find one show each year that is truly worth watching. For me this year that show is the Fox Series Glee. If you aren’t familiar with the program, it is set in a typical High school and focuses on the Glee club. In addition to having the typical school tv show stuff (hard working...

Rick Sanchez says it well: Embedded video from CNN Video I blogged about this at my personal blog, too.

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Ken Burns just announced a follow-up to The National Parks:  America’s Best Idea.  The film is tentatively titled, “The Baldwin Brothers:  Not So Much.”  Ironically, the Wayans brothers will be doing the voice-overs.   “In the late 1900s a boisterous band of Baldwin brothers headed for southern California, packing their Ford Pinto full of hopes, dreams, and hair products.  Their enigmatic leading...

Continuing our foreign press coverage of the Roman Polanski saga, this news item from Switzerland’s Le Temps reports that an embarrassed Swiss foreign ministry is denying any deal related to the UBS scandal and that the people of Switzerland ‘can be proud’ that Polanski has been nabbed by Swiss authorities. The article also offers a description of how Polanski’s arrest was set in motion. By...

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Yesterday, I posted on the truth about Roman Polanski, and this was my conclusion: Whatever you think of the cinema and celebrity of Roman Polanski, it is the truth that should matter most, including the truth about what happened over three decades ago. What is that truth? That he drugged and raped a minor, a 13-year old girl (read the sordid details here). That is disturbing — and criminal — but...

As you may know, famed Polish-French director Roman Polanski was recently arrested in Switzerland. In 1977, he was convicted in the U.S. of “unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor” (a disturbing euphemism). He has been on the run ever since, avoiding extradition in Europe while continuing with his career. Polanski has many fans and admirers, of course. I especially like Chinatown and The Pianist,...