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  1. Oscar Movies That Would Have Been Better with Female Leads

    2/23/12 2:13pm by Megan Smith
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    Oscar

    The Academy Awards are on Sunday and while we’re all wondering if Viola Davis and The Help or George Clooney and The Descendants will take home big prizes, the approach of Oscar night got me to thinking about the need for more leading roles for women in big movies.  Read more >

  2. Emerge! Fashion Show Honors Vogue’s Andre Leon Talley as Part of New York's Fashion Week

    2/17/12 12:32pm by Megan Smith
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    There's nothing like Fashion Week in New York and getting the chance to see designs from veteran couturiers or up and coming fashion mavens. This week, my girlfriend Judy and I got all dolled up and strutted our own stuff to the Broad Street Ballroom downtown and the Emerge! Fashion Show  Read more >

  3. From HBO to PBS: What's Coming Up on TV this Spring

    1/10/12 4:53pm by Megan Smith
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    Game of Thrones (HBO)

    The holidays are over and that means so are the doldrums of television. Finally, we TV addicts will get new episodes of favorite shows and premieres of a whole crop of new shows. And as your intrepid TV watcher, I'm here to tell you about the shows I'll be excited to see debut on my flat screen.  Read more >

  4. A Thanksgiving Treat: Macy's Parade Balloons Up Close

    11/24/11 10:59am by Megan Smith
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    Macy's Thanksgiving parade - Julius Monkey balloon

    Last night I did something I’ve always wanted to do. That’s head over to Central Park West around 79th Street the night before Thanksgiving and watch as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are inflated. I’d never done it before and I felt like a kid seeing Kermit the Frog and all the rest of my favorites.  Read more >

  5. In Wake Of Brett Ratners Resignation, Eddie Murphy Drops Oscar Hosting Gig

    11/10/11 11:45am by Megan Smith
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    Like many movie fans, I was pretty jazzed when the Academy announced that Eddie Murphy was going to host the 84th annual Oscar telecast in 2012.  Let's face it Eddie deserved the gig 'cause:1. He's made Hollywood a fortune with movies like, "Beverly Hills Cop," "48 Hours," and "Shrek."2. He was robbed, cheated, and rooked with a capital "R" out of that Best Supporting Actor statue for his first class turn in the film "Dreamgirls."3.  He can be incredibly funny.  Read more >

  6. "Revenge" and "Ringer": Similar Shows, Solid Entertainment

    10/24/11 1:00pm by Megan Smith
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    Sarah Michelle Gellar: Ringer

    Two new fall TV dramas, Revenge and Ringer, have become regular fixtures in my TV viewing calendar. And since both have been landing solid ratings each week, I was glad to hear they've each been picked up for full seasons.Image Courtesy: CW  Read more >

  7. NBC's "The Playboy Club:" Save Your Outrage

    9/22/11 10:00am by Megan Smith
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    The Playboy Club

    Before it even premiered to lukewarm ratings earlier this week, the buzz about NBC's The Playboy Club was deafening.  Read more >

  8. "The Addams Family" Musical: A Ghoulish Hoot

    8/18/11 1:00pm by Megan Smith
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    Brooke Shields and Roger Rees in The Addams Family on Broadway

    I won’t lie to you, the Broadway musical The Addams Family wasn’t at the top of my list of shows to see.I was a Munsters fan.But after seeing the show last week, with its first rate cast and “let’s not take ourselves too seriously” attitude, I have to say, I had a ghoulishly good time.  Read more >

  9. The Beach Trees: Secrets and Lies in Post-Katrina NOLA

    7/29/11 3:00pm by Megan Smith
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    The Beach Trees by Karen White begins with these marvelous two sentences: “Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories.” With those few words, White had my attention. She then kept it as she introduced Julie Holt, a woman with a tragic past and an uncertain future. I loved this book. It works as a mystery, it works as a love story and it also works as the story of a people and a culture, still trying to rebuild after the devastation that was Hurricane Katrina.  Read more >

  10. Big Emmy Nominees: "Mildred Pierce," "Game of Thrones" and "Mad Men"

    7/14/11 7:48am by Megan Smith
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    Mare Winningham in Mildred Pierce

    Mildred Pierce, Boardwalk Empire and my personal favorite, Game of Thrones, did very well when the primetime Emmy nominations were announced this morning. So did Mad Men, The Good Wife, Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory. Mildred Pierce Courtesy of HBO Here are the top categories: Best Drama Dexter  Read more >

Megan Smith

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Megan Smith
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I'm a single black woman living in the NYC area. I work in the media and love tennis, movies, television and pop culture. I get fired up about politics, racial issues and the media's influence on our everyday lives. I try to reflect all that at my blog Megan's Minute.

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