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  1. What Are Your Favorite Games?

    5/30/12 9:31am by Jane Collins
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    It used to be that "games" were for kids, but somewhere over the past few decades that notion has changed. People who grew up playing board games like Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit have transitioned to online social games on Facebook, or the latest hot mobile games such as Angry Birds.  Read more >

  2. What Do You Do to Mark the Importance of Memorial Day?

    5/25/12 12:15pm by Jane Collins
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    Zuma Press: Flags at Arlington, Pete Marovich

    The last Monday of May is Memorial Day, a federal holiday created after the Civil War to commemorate fallen Union solidiers. When I was growing up, I was in the school marching band. Memorial Day often included a long, hot, two-mile slog down Main Street and over to the Memorial Park cemetery to honor the departed soldiers from our town. In the northeast, that included military heroes all the way back to the Revolutionary War.  Read more >

  3. Tell Us About Your Favorite Books!

    5/21/12 8:00am by Jane Collins
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    Are you a book lover? We know from our market research that the BlogHer community has a lot of women who are passionate about reading. We are looking for your favorite books in this week's poll.  Read more >

  4. Pick Your Favorite Romantic Comedies!

    5/14/12 8:00am by Jane Collins
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    Who has a favorite rom-com movie? Sometimes there is nothing better than a romance that keeps you in stitches and tears at the same time. Who can forget John Cusack holding his boombox aloft to prove his devotion in Say Anything? Or Meg Ryan faking it (I'll have what she's having) in a deli moment from When Harry Met Sally? I can watch Groundhog Day over and over again, and never get tired of seeing Bill Murray evolve from a shallow newscaster into a mensch who is worthy of love.  Read more >

  5. Who Are Your Favorite TV Talk Show Hosts?

    5/7/12 9:30am by Jane Collins
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    They keep us company in hotel rooms during business trips.  They keep us sane and laughing during a long election year.  They keep a million DVR boxes working overtime.  I'm talking about our nation's TV talk show hosts.  From the early days when Johnny Carson ruled the airwaves to current favorites and relative newcomers like Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert, they are among the funniest and most thoughtful television celebrities. Best of all, they get OTHER famous folks to say wonderfully tweetable things.  Read more >

  6. How Do You Know That Summer Is Coming Where You Live?

    4/30/12 8:00am by Jane Collins
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    Summer is almost here and the signs are everywhere. It prompts many memories of idyllic summers spent in my small rural town (Warwick) in upstate New York. My sisters and I would catch frogs and tadpoles down at the creek, and we didn't wear shoes from June through the end of August. I think we were channeling Tom Sawyer. Do kids still have summers like that, or have they all been packed off to science and musical theater camps?  Read more >

  7. Pick Your Favorite Crazy Reality TV Shows

    4/23/12 8:00am by Jane Collins
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    Toddlers and Tiaras (Image: © Bryan Smith/ZUMAPRESS.com)

    Have you ever seen the classic movie "Network"? If you have, you know that the brilliant writer Paddy Chayefsky predicted over thirty years ago that one day crazy reality TV shows would rule the airwaves. But even the prescient Mr. Chayefsky could not have foreseen the lunatic levels some of the current reality shows have reached.  Read more >

  8. "SMASH": The Return of the Blond Bombshell

    4/17/12 12:50pm by Jane Collins
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    Image Courtesy of NBC

    A few months ago, the new Broadway musical drama Smash premiered on NBC, causing me to immediately cycle through Jane's Sad Stages of a New Television Series.  These steps are similar to the famous Kubler-Ross stages of grief, except it's more like the stages a show goes through before the network cancels it.   Read more >

  9. Who Are Your Favorite Characters from "Game of Thrones?"

    4/16/12 9:32am by Jane Collins
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    Game of Thrones (image courtesy HBO)

    Winter is coming and we can hardly wait.  Those of you who have already joined the Game of Thrones party know this is one of the core phrases from HBO's wildly popular sci-fi fantasy series. Based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling series of books (Song of Fire and Ice), the second season debuted two weeks ago and airs at 9PM on Sundays. The ratings are so impressive, a third season has already been approved.  Read more >

  10. What Are You Doing for Spring Break?

    4/9/12 8:00am by Jane Collins
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    Over the next few weeks some of us will have a preview of summer vacation also known as "spring break." Judging by the light commuting traffic this week, I would imagine quite a few folks have already started this annual ritual. Do you have any special plans for the break? Are you traveling...cooking...or just taking the time to finally clean out the garage?  Read more >

Jane Collins

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Jane Collins
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October 2009
About Me: 

I am a media and marketing professional (and entertainment/TV blogger) living in the Bay area of California.  I work at BlogHer in their Belmont, CA office as Director of Market Research.  Prior to BlogHer, I worked as Director of Consumer Insights at MySpace in Beverly Hills, CA, and as VP Research for Nielsen Media Research in Los Angeles and NY.  I also have an extensive background in television, having worked for both ABC network, and Fox. I have one son (Tommy!), two cats, three sisters and many lovely friends.

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