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• Bryan Cranston's 'Breaking Bad' breakout
• Drama on 'Dancing With the Stars'
• VIDEO: Idol Confessions with Kevin Covais
• High school junior's extracurricular activities: DJ company, reality TV development
• Eclecticism is music to Big Ears
• Contest enables teens to make a film with a real-life movie star
• Dum Dum Girls go all 'Wild One' for 'Jail La La'
• 'Chuck': Love and happiness -- possibly not in that order
• '24': 'This is beyond madness'
• 'Life Unexpected': It's raining feelings

Bryan Cranston's 'Breaking Bad' breakout Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT His turn on the AMC drama as drug dealer Walter H. White has been darkly rewarding, as two Emmys attest. His turn on the AMC drama as drug dealer Walter H. White has been darkly rewarding, as two Emmys attest.

Drama on 'Dancing With the Stars' Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:49 AM PDT We've only reached the second night of the first round, and already it appears the "DWTS" Season 10 honeymoon period is over.

VIDEO: Idol Confessions with Kevin Covais Posted: 30 Mar 2010 07:36 AM PDT The Long Island, N.Y., native filled us in on his favorite memories from the show, an entire episode he'd like to forget and his life since "Idol," starring... Lindsay Lohan?

High school junior's extracurricular activities: DJ company, reality TV development Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT Oliver Bogner, 17, balances making grades with making deals. Like a seasoned television honcho, Oliver Bogner swivels in his plush office chair and reaches for a blank CD in a nearby cabinet. He just finished editing a video showcasing his latest reality show idea and it's ready to be copied and shipped to television networks. Now it's time for . . . homework?

Eclecticism is music to Big Ears Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT The three-day festival in Tennessee has gained traction in its second year by featuring genre-jumping sounds that might include art-rock, jazzy ragas and classical-pop hybrids. "I like this . . . rococo," said Abe Vigoda guitarist Michael Vidal from the stage of the Tennessee Theatre, an ornately gilded movie palace turned concert hall, during his band's Saturday set at the Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tenn., which ran Friday through Sunday. Vidal had paused a beat to find the word; hitting on it, he put a perfect descriptive on a gathering virtually unlike any other in the busy pop-festival season.

Contest enables teens to make a film with a real-life movie star Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT Dominic Monaghan and Bobb'e J. Thompson star in shorts written by teenagers and with teen crews. Dominic Monaghan and Bobb'e J. Thompson star in shorts written by teenagers and with teen crews.

Dum Dum Girls go all 'Wild One' for 'Jail La La' Posted: 29 Mar 2010 06:13 PM PDT The music of the Dum Dum Girls has always seemed built for black and white. The music of the Dum Dum Girls has always seemed built for black and white.

'Chuck': Love and happiness -- possibly not in that order Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:01 AM PDT Due to the show's dwindling funds, the big action payoff to the Ring storyline couldn't be as big and action-y as we fans might have liked.

'24': 'This is beyond madness' Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:02 AM PDT As night slowly turns to day in New York, Jack Bauer and the gang have let the IRK terrorists escape Brooklyn...

'Life Unexpected': It's raining feelings Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:03 AM PDT Get out your Snuggies and flashlights because there's a storm in Portland.

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