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• Television review: 'Hot in Cleveland' on TVLand
• Artful feast at Hollywood Fringe Festival
• Classic Hollywood: William Link on 'Columbo'
• The bestselling 'Freakonomics' loses its freak on the screen
• Smashing Pumpkins to headline the Sunset Strip Music Festival
• ESPN's 'June 17, 1994' recalls a fateful day in sports
• Carmen Cusack's is some enchanted ensign in 'South Pacific'
• 'Room 222' could teach 'Glee' and '90210' a thing or two
• Financial Times charges into future
• E3: Nintendo strikes deals with three studios for 3-D movies on upcoming 3DS hand-held console

Television review: 'Hot in Cleveland' on TVLand Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT The cable network ventures into new territory: the original scripted series. This one, itself peopled with sitcom staples, is predictable, yet appealing. Kinda like the classic reruns on the network. The cable network ventures into new territory: the original scripted series. This one, itself peopled with sitcom staples, is predictable, yet appealing. Kinda like the classic reruns on the network.

Artful feast at Hollywood Fringe Festival Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT Hollywood's inaugural event features 10 days of theater, dance and other performances meant to showcase L.A.'s widespread arts scene. A dance program performed at the CHOPCHOP beauty salon and gallery. A comic play drawn from bad screenplays. A dialogue-free dramatic performance set to music by the indie pop band the Postal Service. And an evening of drinking songs by the Poxy Boggards.

Classic Hollywood: William Link on 'Columbo' Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT The series' co-creator discusses Peter Falk's raincoat and his late writing partner Richard Levinson. Considering he's one of the most iconic of TV characters, the brilliant, rumpled bed of a detective Lt. Columbo had quite an inauspicious start.

The bestselling 'Freakonomics' loses its freak on the screen Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:50 AM PDT "Freakonomics" shows why certain kinds of books probably shouldn't travel to the movie theater.

Smashing Pumpkins to headline the Sunset Strip Music Festival Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:55 AM PDT Excepting a Lohan domestic spat at Chateau Marmont, it takes a lot to shut down the Sunset Strip for a weekend.

ESPN's 'June 17, 1994' recalls a fateful day in sports Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT The documentary, part of ESPN's '30 for 30' series, presents the events of the day — Arnold Palmer at the U.S. Open, O.J. Simpson in a white SUV — on a raw, meditative platform. The documentary, part of ESPN's '30 for 30' series, presents the events of the day — Arnold Palmer at the U.S. Open, O.J. Simpson in a white SUV — on a raw, meditative platform.

Carmen Cusack's is some enchanted ensign in 'South Pacific' Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT The singer, who once worked on a cruise ship, seems born to play feisty Nellie Forbush. Carmen Cusack's showbiz career did not begin in the South Pacific, but there were definitely oceans involved.

'Room 222' could teach 'Glee' and '90210' a thing or two Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT The 1969-74 TV series took on issues of the day with humor, drama and a diverse cast. It will be saluted Wednesday. The 1969-74 TV series took on issues of the day with humor, drama and a diverse cast. It will be saluted Wednesday.

Financial Times charges into future Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT Its strategy, including charging for online access, seems to be working. At Bar Marmont late Monday and into Tuesday's wee hours, the Chivas flowed, tuxedo ties came loose and conversation burbled. Executives for some of the world's top luxury brands made the scene, along with guests of … what's that? … a newspaper?

E3: Nintendo strikes deals with three studios for 3-D movies on upcoming 3DS hand-held console Posted: 15 Jun 2010 12:27 PM PDT Nintendo gave Sony Corp. a poke in the eye Tuesday morning by announcing an agreement with Warner Bros., Walt Disney Co. and DreamWorks to deliver stereoscopic 3-D movies to Nintendo's upcoming 3DS hand-held console.

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