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James Gandolfini 1961â€“2013

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 20th June 2013

The Sopranos seems like such a long time ago. Most of the shows this website discusses could be termed part of television's "golden age", and so much success and acclaim has been found in their anti-heroic lead characters, it's easy to forget where this era all started. Don Draper, Walter White, Dexter, Nucky Thompson: none of these could have existed in the same way without Tony Soprano. James Gandolfini's performance, brutally masculine with a childlike vulnerability, paved the way for all of them, and set the tone for audiences to accept, and even root for, lead characters who do terrible things. He died yesterday at 51, which is far too young.

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Taking a literal approach to the Behind The Candelabra poster

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 24th April 2013

WARNING: no gay jokes within.

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Behind the Candelabra: YouTube has its say

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 9th April 2013

A trailer for an HBO film in which Michael Douglas and Matt Damon play Liberace and his boyfriend, exposed to the reasoned comments of the YouTube community. What could possibly go wrong?

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This guy leaves Girls

TV News | Ed Williamson | 4th April 2013

Synopsis of his time on the show: turns up, is good looking. Shaves head on basis that he knows he'll still look amazing. Suddenly and inexplicably is tech millionaire after developing an app despite displaying no previous experience of, or interest in, app development. Leaves to pursue career as Michael Ballack impersonator. Cheers then.

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Game of Thrones debuts blue and white minstrel show

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 3rd March 2013

This is offensive to blue people everywhere.

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Lena Dunham nepotism rumours true, confirms HBO

TV News | Ed Williamson | 15th February 2013

An HBO executive has answered allegations that Girls was only greenlit because of who Lena Dunham's parents are, confirming: "Yes, that's obviously true. Her mother and father bestride the entertainment industry like colossi."

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Pacino Phil Spector HBO biopic to be totally serious thing

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 29th January 2013

"No Al, we know the hair's consistent with Spector's. And ... yes, no, we know it's an outward indicator of his fractured psyche, and ... yes, we ... uh-huh, but we ... no, but the thing ... no, but Al? You know LittleBigPicture? And you know how their standard banner images are 145 pixels high? It's just ... I mean, how are they going to fit the ... Hello? Al?"

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Three Girls, one cup

TV News | Ed Williamson | 14th January 2013

Obviously this joke would work a lot better if the Golden Globe award looked anything like a cup. Congratulations to the excellent Girls and Lena Dunham for their awards. Could you maybe all enter the Ryder Cup this year so I can make the joke work?

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This email from YouTube says 'new Girls videos'

TV News | Ed Williamson | 29th December 2012

Thought the Babestation ones were caught by the spam filter these days? Oh no, wait, it's just these trailers.

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Snooker tips with Arnold Rothstein

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 27th November 2012

Arnold Rothstein, racketeer and crime kingpin, gives the first in an almost-certainly-not-regular series of tips on snooker. Jointly sponsored by Highland Spring mineral water and the Jewish Mob.

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