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Mindy Kaling on The Office, Parodying Taylor Swift and Her ‘Bossy’ New Book

If there is one person that could succeed Tina Fey as Hollywood’s Wonder Woman of Comedy, it’s Mindy Kaling. The Dartmouth graduate — who plays, of course, Kelly Kapoor on The Office — is an Emmy-nominated writer, with credits on 18 episodes of the NBC series, plus the writer/director and star of the show’s spin-off web series, Subtle Sexuality . Oh, and on top of that , Kaling co-stars in the upcoming Natalie Portman rom-com No Strings Attached , is searching for directors for her own romantic comedy (co-written by fellow Office scribe Brent Forrester) and is feverishly writing her first book The Contents of My Purse for Random House. Just a few things.

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2011 NFL playoff schedule

Saturday, January 8 NFC: 4:30 PM (ET) New Orleans at St. Louis/Seattle (NBC-TV) AFC: 8:00 PM (ET) New York Jets at Indianapolis (NBC-TV) Click here to find out more! Sunday, January 9 AFC: 1:00 PM (ET) Baltimore at Kansas City (CBS/WVLT) NFC: 4:30 PM (ET) Green Bay at Philadelphia (FOX-TV) NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS Saturday, January 15 AFC: 4:30 PM (ET) Indianapolis or Kansas City or Baltimore at Pittsburgh (CBS/WVLT) NFC: 8:00 PM (ET) St. Louis/Seattle or New Orleans or Green Bay at Atlanta (

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DVD: Futurama Holiday Spectacular (and Other Classic Christmas Home Viewing)

One of the most welcome resurrections in recent TV history has been the Futurama revival on Comedy Central, and if you missed the show’s brilliant comeback, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is stuffing your stocking with Futurama: Volume 5 just in time for the holidays. That timing is key, not only because the set makes a great gift for the animation/comedy/Groening fan in your life, but also because it features the three-part ” Futurama Holiday Spectacular,” in which the gang learns the true meaning of Xmas, Robanukah, and Kwanzaa. All of which got me to thinking about some other favorite sitcom viewing worth checking out at home this holiday weekend…

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DVD: Futurama Holiday Spectacular (and Other Classic Christmas Home Viewing)

Spider-Man Musical Mishaps are Adorable in Taiwanese Animation

Today Show Explores the Softer Side of Julian Assange

NBC's Peter Alexander, on Tuesday's Today show, decided to explore the softer side of WikiLeaks founder and purveyor of U.S. state secrets Julian Assange as he interviewed an investigative journalist from Oxford University who found him to be “funny, intelligent” and “not at all…rigid ” and also aired a clip of Assange's mother speaking up for her son as she demanded that the world “stand up for my brave son.” In fact Alexander never aired a clip or interviewed any one who had a negative word to say about Assange but he did reveal some postings Assange allegedly made to an Internet singles site as Alexander reported: “He writes, 'I am Danger.' And describes himself as 'passionate and often pig headed activist intellectual seeks siren for love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy.' That he's looking for a 'spirited, erotic non-conformist,' concluding 'Do not write to me if you are timid. Write to me if you are brave.'” read more

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Rachel Maddow and NBC News Producer Clueless on Lawmaking

Time for remedial “Schoolhouse Rock” at MSNBC. The network's Rachel Maddow engaged in one of the least illuminating discussions on legislation I can recall during her show Friday. Here she is talking with NBC News “Senate producer” Ken Strickland on machinations involving possible repeal of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy (video after page break) — read more

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John Wells on Directing The Company Men and Being Fired Because of Jay Leno

John Wells, the director of the recession drama The Company Men , knows very well what it’s like to be fired. In 2009, the creator/producer/director of TV institutions like ER and The West Wing lost his new prized show, the critically praised Southland , when NBC made the decision to remove five hours of prime-time per week in favor of Jay Leno.

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SNL Preview Pic: The Pauls Rudd and McCartney

SNL Preview Pic: The Pauls Rudd and McCartney

Vieira to Axelrod on Tax Cut Deal: ‘Why Shouldn’t Americans Look At This As a Disaster in the Making?’

NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Wednesday's Today show, hit David Axelrod repeatedly from the left as she lectured the White House senior adviser that the left is “furious” at Barack Obama for making a deal with the GOP on tax cuts as she