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BuzzSugar — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:30:45 PDT

Brand-new image from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! I found this one on the MTV Movies Blog.
The TV Addict has ideas for how Lost, House, One Tree Hill and Reaper should end their troubled, writers strike-y seasons.
Popwatch's Christine Fenno thinks Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey from The Office would make awesome, down-to-earth girlfriends. What other TV stars would you want as your pals?
The Music Slut has a great MP3 of Kimya Dawson (of Juno soundtrack fame) performing at South by Southwest.
TV Squad tells us why Fox might already be bailing on Canterbury's Law.
Aquarium Drunkard has a whole slew of MP3s of Cat Power playing live.

TV Tonight: Canterbury's Law

BuzzSugar — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:30:00 PDT

Julianna Margulies hasn't had a regular TV gig since she left ER in 2000, but tonight she returns to the small screen - and this time, she's in charge of her own ensemble. In Canterbury's Law, which premieres tonight on Fox, Margulies stars as Elizabeth Canterbury, a tough-talking defense attorney with her own sad past: Her young son was abducted, and the case has never been solved.

Canterbury's Law has a good pedigree - its executive producers are the folks behind Rescue Me - but in the couple of episodes Fox sent to critics (including tonight's premiere), it suffers from the problem of too many convenient twists. Canterbury is relieving the tension between her and her husband by sleeping with another man - who, naturally, just happens to be a private investigator who can do favors when Canterbury runs up against a rival prosecutor. And of course, most of the cases she works involve children who have somehow had their futures permanently harmed, just so viewers can be reminded at every turn that she, too, has lost a child.

That said, Canterbury's Law isn't boring - but it isn't terribly challenging, either. And while Margulies gives Canterbury some acerbic wit to go along with her courtroom cojones, she still can't hold a candle to Glenn Close playing Damages' Patty Hewes, this season's gold standard for ruthless, mysterious attorneys. Canterbury's a risk-taker, sure, but it's not always clear why the risks she's taking are even worth it - other than to manufacture some tension to keep the show going from week to week.

Still, fans of Margulies, or of legal dramas in general, might find something to like here. It may be mediocre at the moment, but it does show promise. To check out a promo and a clip with Margulies talking about her character, just

Emily Giffin Shares Her Top Moments From the Royal Wedding!

Guest Writer — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:15:05 PDT

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post written by Emily Giffin, author of Something Borrowed and four other best-selling novels. For more from Emily, like her on Facebook.

Just as I got up at the crack of dawn with my mother and sister to watch Di and Charles wed, I set my alarm for four this morning, donned my fanciest hat (purchased for Royal Ascot during my years in London), and gathered with my mother and own satisfyingly brainwashed-to-care children to watch this generation’s version of the royal wedding. As we sipped Earl Grey and munched on iced royal-nuptial sugar cookies, I tweeted the action, entranced by every detail of Kate and Will's magical day. Thirty years from now, here is what I will remember most:

A "people's wedding" with pomp and circumstance. Just as the guest list included celebrities, royals, and dignataries, as well as the butcher, grocer and postman of Kate's Berkshire village, the ceremony managed to be both formal and intimate at once, a tricky balancing act. Even the avenue of English field maple trees placed along the aisle (Kate's idea, natch) brightened the somber, thousand-year-old abbey doubling as a final resting place of 17 monarchs. Right out of the gate, Kate proves that she can respect tradition - yet do things her way - with warmth and style.
The dress, the dress! Kate looked positively stunning in her Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen ivory, hand-laced gown. While Diana's dress conjured an overdone child's drawing (no surprise, since she herself was a teenager!), Kate's gown was elegant and sophisticated, wonderfully reminiscent of Grace Kelly. A real, grown-up princess. (And, of course, I'd be remiss not to mention Kate's "something borrowed" - a 1936 Cartier tiara, on loan from the Queen herself, per royal wedding tradition. Beautiful.)
Picture-perfect Pippa and hot Harry. In contrast to the hideously comical, Dr. Seuss-esque selections of the Princesses of York, Eugenie and Beatrice. Oh, no they didn't.
Prince William’s one-liner to his soon-to-be father-in-law . . . “just a small family affair!” I love that he loves her family - another good sign.

See the rest and more pictures when you read more.