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Feeling like a champion: Hip-hop's chemical romance with Ecstasy
'Dexter' tries to move beyond sudden death in the family
'Emily the Strange' creator 'blown away' by Hit-Girl Chloe Moretz
On the Media: Stephen Colbert heads to Washington, and Congress and media play the jokester
Zack Snyder: 'Legend of the Guardians' is an 'Avatar' for kids
Football's total blitz on cable and network TV
Television review: 'Sister Wives'
Television review: 'Hachi: A Dog's Tale'
Lauren Conrad to star in her third MTV reality show

Feeling like a champion: Hip-hop's chemical romance with Ecstasy

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:15 PM PDT

From ODB to DMX, Kanye to 'Pac, hip-hop performers have a chronic habit of getting busted for stupid stuff.

From ODB to DMX, Kanye to 'Pac, hip-hop performers have a chronic habit of getting busted for stupid stuff.

'Dexter' tries to move beyond sudden death in the family

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The new season features Julia Stiles and a group of shadowy figures whom Michael C. Hall deals with in the wake of his character's wife's murder.

"I thought I could change what I am. Keep my family safe. But it doesn't matter what I do, what I choose. I'm what's wrong. This is fate."

'Emily the Strange' creator 'blown away' by Hit-Girl Chloe Moretz

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:47 PM PDT

Emily will be brought to life on stage as well as on screen; the Universal announcement comes as Emily's creative managers at Cosmic Debris are teaming up with Virgin Records to give the music-loving rebel child a voice.

On the Media: Stephen Colbert heads to Washington, and Congress and media play the jokester

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

There's a serious message in the Comedy Central host's satire, one lost on some conservative pundits.

Leading up to Friday morning's hearing of the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on immigration, the question had to be asked: What could be sillier than comedian Stephen Colbert testifying on farm labor and immigration?

Zack Snyder: 'Legend of the Guardians' is an 'Avatar' for kids

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:09 PM PDT

"It's not an animated movie in the classic sense of what you would consider an animated movie because of the depth and reality of the images..."

Football's total blitz on cable and network TV

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Pro and college games have a huge following on Saturdays and Sundays.

Pro and college games have a huge following on Saturdays and Sundays.

Television review: 'Sister Wives'

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

TLC show examines a real-life polygamous family.

TLC show examines a real-life polygamous family.

Television review: 'Hachi: A Dog's Tale'

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The tear-jerker tells of a loyal dog who awaits his master at the train station for years after the master's death.

The tear-jerker tells of a loyal dog who awaits his master at the train station for years after the master's death.