Between President Obama's struggle and sort-of triumph to keep his BlackBerry and the West Wing's faltering email system — yesterday Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said it was down — it's a hardly a surprise to learn the White House is mired in cords and cables and 6-year-old computers. Staff has traded in campaign MacBooks for desktops fitted with outdated Windows software, and the few Read more

Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar T-shirt! Last week, in light of all the election hubbub, I thought it would be fun to recast the White House staff that was so entertaining on The West Wing. Some of you couldn't bear to think of any other actors Read more

Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt! Since the air is still crackling with exciting presidential news, I thought it would be fun to recast one of the most presidential TV shows ever: The West Wing! And the timing is kind of perfect because Read more

Oh, wish no longer! With all the squabbling around the delegates and the big convention in Denver looming, don't you wish you could just cozy up and watch the drama unfold, just like the good ol' days on West Wing? This is almost as good! It's a full screen play of the the imaginings of the plot. It's good! The leadership considers going to Hillary and telling her it’s time to drop out. They Read more

There's a new, full-length trailer out for Get Smart with Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway and the dreamiest of men, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson up on /Film. Check out Mollygood for new images from The Incredible Hulk, starring Edward Norton. I'm not sure how I feel about this one, but The TV Addict is challenging NBC's remake-obsessed Ben Silverman to take on The West Wing: The Santos Years. You Read more

This article Buzz pointed out yesterday about Barack Obama being the real-life inspiration for Jimmy Smits' character, Matt Santos, got me all shades of nostalgic for The West Wing. Now granted, by the time that story line rolled around, I daresay the show had, ahem, Jumped the proverbial Shark, but the article is a good read and a nice blend of Ballot Bowl '08 and the Boob-tube. Writer and Read more

It's no coincidence: The West Wing character Matt Santos actually was based on Barack Obama, writes The Guardian. Variety reports that Amazon.com will produce its first movie, The Stolen Child, based on the fantasy novel by Keith Donahue. Zap2It writes about a new Lifetime movie titled Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal which will star Tatum O'Neal and Jenna Dewan. TV Guide reports that Read more