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All the TV Sucks This Summer [Gripes]

Watching last night’s ridiculously overstuffed, hamhanded True Blood , it became suddenly apparent: There is basically no good TV on this summer. And there are very few upcoming promising prospects. More

Jon Hamm’s Glorious Emmy Moment Tarnished By Gassy Pooch

Consider this a late entry to Louis’ “I was totally sleeping when Emmy nominations were announced !” round-up. Jon Hamm also claimed to be snoozing when he got his third nomination for Best Actor in a Drama — but, ever the pro, he added an extra kicker. Seems his dog, Cora, was in bed with him as well and was so overcome with excitement that she “farted in [his] face.” So, next time you think of Don Draper, all slick and smooth with his mid-century modern cool, just imagine him with a faceful of kibble farts. See how cool Don Draper is then. [ TV Guide ]

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Adjustment Bureau Lives Up to its Name, Moves Again to March 2011

Universal this afternoon passed along a new batch of release dates for its 2010-11 slate, and it looks… unfortunate. Not to be the eternal skeptic or anything, but how else should one respond to The Adjustment Bureau getting moved a second time in three months — and this time all the way to next March? Will this be 2011’s surprise off-season blockbuster, a la Shutter Island ? Or will it be its bloated, mistimed flop The Wolfman ?

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Adjustment Bureau Lives Up to its Name, Moves Again to March 2011

Buzz Break: The New Season of Mad Men Gets Its JCPenney Portrait

Is Doug Liman Off Musketeers?

With Summit having a 100-mile head start on its own, 3D Three Musketeers , director Doug Liman may step back from Warner’s planned adaptation in favor of All You Need is Kill . Based on novelist Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s sci-fi war thriller, it’s about a soldier forced to relive his death at the hands of an alien species until he finds clues and means to hopefully survive. Skeptics are already calling it a Groundhog Day ripoff, but it’s eerily closer to the Crook Brothers’ 2006 horror indie Salvage , which features a young woman confronting her brutal killer day after day after day. For what it’s worth. I guess we’ll see. [ Deadline ]

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Is Doug Liman Off Musketeers?

Watch Alison Brie Talk About the ‘Angry Pirate’ and Other Ridiculous Sex Acts

The summer of Mad Men rolls on! In the latest video from Funny or Die, Alison Brie, her Mad Men co-star Rich Sommer and Mrs. Landingham from West Wing — OK, fine, Kathryn Joosten — help bring to life a world where the U.S. Patents Office copyrights 57 sex acts per year. Naturally Brie — the self-described ” Queen of Copulation ” — plays a young lady who has found time to perfect a vast array of them with her husband while still finding time to come up with some of her own. Like “The Military-Style Execution” and “Bad Dog,” two sex acts which are way more disgusting than you’re even imagining right now. If you always wanted to hear Brie say “plastic penis,” here’s your chance. Barely NSFW video after the jump.

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The First Image from Mad Men’s Fourth Season Arrives

It isn’t officially online yet — cheeky Entertainment Weekly actually forcing people to buy the magazine to get their content — but in the latest issue of EW , there’s a surprise for fans of Mad Men : The first new image of season four. And — SPOILER — it looks exactly like any other image from Mad Men ! Though considering the show can only do so much with wardrobe — Don Draper won’t be caught wearing a suede vest until season seven at the earliest — what did you expect? After the jump, the photo and a few more non-reveals from Matthew Weiner about where the new season is headed.

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The First Image from Mad Men’s Fourth Season Arrives

UPDATE: January Jones Hit & Run Now Involves… Bobby Flay?

It took a whole week, but there’s finally something truly remarkable to write about. Word broke earlier that Mad Men star January Jones hit three parked cars with her Range Rover on Thursday night and fled the accident — only to return later and claim that she was being chased by paparazzi. Well, now get out your best plot thickeners. TMZ reports that following the accident, Jones called Bobby Flay — whom she had just met that night — and the celebrity chef told her to head home. Because, of course Bobby Flay would be the Peggy Olson in this scenario. And according to a “witness at the scene,” Jones had alcohol on her breath, and was seen chewing gum upon returning to the accident site. See what happens when you break up with Don Draper? Developing… [ TMZ ]

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UPDATE: January Jones Hit & Run Now Involves… Bobby Flay?

Mad Men Wins at BAFTAs

Mad Men dominated the Emmys for two straight seasons in America, and if the recent British Academy of Film and Television Association Awards are any indication, the third season will also win top honors. AMC’ s marquee series won the BAFTA for Best International Show yesterday over Nurse Jackie , Family Guy , and True Blood . No argument from me — but I hope when Mad Men does rack up Emmy noms again, Christina Hendricks wins her first nod and some damn credit for her towering vase-smash of a season. [ Zap2It ]

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Matthew Weiner Finds New Ways to Reveal Nothing About Mad Men

If only Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse were a little bit more like Matthew Weiner, then maybe the reaction to the Lost series finale would have been different. To wit: Darlton spent so much time building up expectations, that when certain aspects weren’t given satisfactory resolutions (see: infertility on the island), fans became enraged. Meanwhile, Weiner is the exact opposite — he seems to delight in revealing as little about Mad Men as possible. So what does he have to say about the upcoming fourth season?

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Matthew Weiner Finds New Ways to Reveal Nothing About Mad Men