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Inspired: Vibrant Stripes

CasaSugar — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:00:48 PDT

I've been a fan of Jill Scott's music for years, and now I'm happy to see her every week playing detective Precious Ramotswe on HBO's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. While I love watching Jill onscreen, I'm also equally enamored with the beauty of Botswana's wildlife and savannas. Interspersed with shots of the natural landscape are the vibrant colors of the Kgale Hill Shopping Center, Gabarone, and its residents. One of my favorite examples of this mix of color is this shot of a striped wall, which is contrasted with Precious's patterned dress.

Inspired, I decided to look for some equally vibrant striped home goods that could add an oomph of color and pattern to your Spring home. I love these felted wool plant cozies ($54) from Papaver Vert. Want to see my other favorite vibrant stripes? Then

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First Look: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency on HBO

BuzzSugar — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:30:13 PST

A project I've been curious about for a while now is the television adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith's book series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. We first heard about it when it was planned as a movie directed by Anthony Minghella; now, almost two years later, it's been turned into a seven-episode series for the small screen that will premiere March 29 on HBO.

Before his death, Minghella directed the first two hours of the series, which centers on Precious Ramotswe, the woman in charge of Botswana's only female-run detective agency who not only investigates cases but serves as a kind of makeshift therapist to all who come to see her. Jill Scott stars as Ramostwe, with Anika Noni Rose and The Wire's Idris Elba in supporting roles.

This project apparently went through quite a lot to make it to the screen, and I'm curious to check out the finished product (which also aired in the UK last year). To check out a trailer for the series, just

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HBO Has Female-Driven Programming On Deck

BuzzSugar — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:31:11 PDT

This year we've seen two network TV shows, Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle, that have tried to recreate the magic of HBO's Sex and the City, with mixed results. By contrast, HBO itself is moving on, leaving SATC for the big screen and once again developing interesting and unexpected female-driven projects.

Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose will star in Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's adaptation of the popular book series the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. The project, about an all-female private detective agency in Botswana, was originally developed as a movie. Variety reports that this story will now be told on the small screen as HBO has ordered 13 episodes of it. If this sounds confusingly similar to another recent female detective project, never fear, I've broken down the differences between the two. As for the other female-led show HBO has on deck, it's a little quirky, so

Actually, "quirky" is probably a generous way to describe this other HBO project, though I think it will end up being quirky-awesome, not quirky-awkward. Apparently, The comedy is titled Driving Around With Joni and follows "a woman who spends her days driving around Los Angeles with her French bulldog, looking for meaning in her life after the sudden death of her husband." No word on who will star as the widow. Got suggestions?

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What to TiVo: Monday

Maggie Pehanick — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:59:00 PDT

8:00 Dancing With the Stars (new)
9:00 The Bachelorette (new)
11:35 Nightline (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (new, with guests Kathy Griffin and Emily Maynard)

8:00 How I Met Your Mother (repeat)
8:30 2 Broke Girls (repeat)
9:00 Two and a Half Men (repeat)
9:30 Mike & Molly (repeat)
10:00 Clash of the Commercials: USA vs. the World (new)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guest Lea Michele)
12:27 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Jeffrey Dean Morgan)

8:00 House (new, series finale)

8:00 America's Got Talent (new)
9:00 American Ninja Warrior (new)
11:34 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guest Kevin Costner)
12:37 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guests John Lithgow and Miranda Cosgrove)

8:00 One Tree Hill (repeat)
9:00 One Tree Hill (repeat

Buzz In: What TV Series Have You Watched More Than Once?

OnSugar Blog — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 06:00:00 PDT

In the following post from OnSugar blog Screen Time, gtettey shared the TV series she's rewatching. Read her post and then share the shows that you have revisited in the comments!

While most shows have taken yet another midseason break until April, I've taken the time to get reacquainted with old friends. No, I haven't been looking through old yearbooks and calling the numbers left under "K.I.T." or facebooking my old college roommates. I've been watching old TV shows that have been replaced by all the shows that are now on break. Swap Buffy with The Vampire Diaries, ER with Grey's Anatomy, and Beverly Hills, 90210 with, well, 90210 and you get what I mean. You don't have to have a huge collection of TV on DVD box sets to watch some of your favorite shows; thanks to the Internet most of them are just a click away.

I usually take slow times, like these, in my TV lineup to re-watch some of my favorite defunct shows. For some reason, Roswell always makes a comeback during the Summer, My So-Called Life makes an appearance as often as possible (because who doesn't love an excuse to watch Jordan Catalano), and Freaks and Geeks gets sprinkled somewhere in between. But these aren't the only shows that I love to see make a comeback on the small screen. After a failed attempt to watch Jack & Jill on YouTube (there's only a couple episodes posted), I moved on to another NYC-based WB show: Felicity. Did the urge to watch Felicity have anything to do with Scott Foley's role on Grey's Anatomy? Of course! Now that I'm on the last three episodes of the series, I'm sad to see to old friends leave, but glad to see the new ones return. Although most shows, namely those on The CW, return the week of April 18, a couple start back up a few weeks early. Thankfully, The Vampire Diaries returns, along with Isobel, on April 7 and Grey's Anatomy begins the week earlier. Let's hope Noel (Scott Foley) is made a regular on Grey's, because without him I have no use for Teddy. He's the only thing keeping her storyline interesting.

Now, your turn: what TV series do you go back to, or is there an old show you want to give a chance to now?