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There is no school tomorrow. Normally, since my husband and I both work, and our after-school sitter is just that, these occasional days off send my husband and me into a tailspin: Who will watch the… kids?? (And, yes, if you're scratching your head: New York City public schools are in session until the end of June.) But tomorrow will be different, folks. Tomorrow, I will not have to worry about how to do my job and keep the kiddos entertained. Tomorrow, I get to employ a secret weapon, one that's… >> Read More

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What I Didn’t Get About ‘Sex and the City’

Haley Longman

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Ask any mom, new or experienced, and she’ll tell you a lot of things have changed since she had her children: her body, her sleep schedule, her marriage. But for me, motherhood has also changed how… I watch TV, and I don’t mean just the depressingly decreasing frequency at which I do it. Sex and the City — which celebrates its 20th anniversary today — is an entirely different show to me now than it was two decades ago. In 1998, when the series began, I was a pre-teen at a private… >> Read More

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Everything I Learned About Pregnancy I Learned On TV

Haley Longman

Spoiler alert: Pregnancy isn't always enjoyable. And I don't mean the actual nine-plus months you're growing a baby inside you — with all the back pains and swollen ankles and whatnot. (And that's… if you're lucky enough to have an easy pregnancy!) I'm also talking about the lead-up to actually being pregnant, especially when the media teaches us that getting knocked up is so easy. After all, if MTV has not one but several seasons and series about 16-year-olds who get unexpectedly knocked up and then raise their… >> Read More

ABC (Finally) Cancels ‘Roseanne’ After Roseanne Barr Continues to be Racist and Anti-Semitic

Emily Burack

After Roseanne Barr's recent racist and oddly anti-Semitic tweets — not her first, probably not her last — ABC decided to cancel the second season of buzzy reboot of her sitcom,… Roseanne. "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said in a statement on Tuesday. The latest tweet that seems to have pushed ABC over the edge: Barr compared Valerie Jarrett, a former Obama advisor, to "muslim brotherhood &… >> Read More

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‘Arrested Development’ Actress Jessica Walter Deserves Better

Emily Burack

Ahead of Arrested Development's fifth season, the cast members — including Jeffrey Tambor, who has been accused of sexual harassment and fired from Transparent — are on a press tour. This… included a roundtable at the New York Times, with all the cast members (with the exception of Portia de Rossi and Michael Cera) participating. The conversation turned to Tambor and his harassing behavior on set. Jessica Walter — who plays Lucille Booth, the wife of Tambor's character — spoke of the time Tambor verbally assaulted her. She says,… >> Read More

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