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'American Idol': Inspiration comes hard to most of the Idols
New Jersey: It’s reality hot
Critic's Notebook: Emmy status threatened, TV themes still play on
Behind the scenes at ‘Top Chef Masters’
Siobhan's butterflies, Crystal's tears, an 'Idol' prom for Aaron? Your burning 'Idol' questions answered
Crystal Bowersox and Ryan Seacrest hug it out
'Lost' cast ponders the ending of the ABC series
'Idol': Guest blogger Constantine Maroulis compares Casey to Daughtry, explains the female vote
Robert Downey, Jr. as the Wizard of Oz?
'Glee': Come on, 'Vogue'

'American Idol': Inspiration comes hard to most of the Idols

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Ann Powers: Crystal Bowersox' tears could be the kind of occurrence that leads to more looseness throughout the cast, and if so, more inspiration.

New Jersey: It’s reality hot

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

TV production companies – and viewers – are flocking to series about the state’s brassy residents. One says the shows are ‘flaunting things we used to be ashamed of.’

The action starts early at Diane & Co., an unassuming dress shop lodged in a strip mall on a busy stretch of highway in central New Jersey. The doors had barely opened on a recent spring morning, and a gaggle of customers was already on hand to sample the store's exhaustive inventory of formal gowns.

Critic's Notebook: Emmy status threatened, TV themes still play on

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 08:21 PM PDT

You are no longer loved, TV Theme Music, at least not by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

You are no longer loved, TV Theme Music, at least not by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Behind the scenes at ‘Top Chef Masters’

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Ovens aren’t hot enough, some dishes are strange and the chefs nearly come to blows.

There's a reason the contestants on "Top Chef" are given beer — or in the case of series spin-off "Top Chef Masters," wine or liquor — while they await their fate at Judges Table.