Charlie’s Angels

Thursday, 8 p.m. (ABC)

You know you’re in trouble when you start yearning for the high quality of the 1970s-1980s Charlie’s Angels. No one ever mistook that tale of babelicious detectives for a masterpiece, but give it this much: The damn thing was memorable, thanks to actresses (Farrah…

So, uh, hey, did anyone else notice it last Friday when President Obama had two U.S. citizens assassinated in Yemen? Anyone catch that?

I have to ask, because I feel like the only one I heard a peep from about it was Ron Paul, who took the bold stand…

In the 6/22/11 submission of this space, “The Courtship Of Chris Christie,” I referred to several members of the New Jersey governor’s staff emphatically repeating the same thing: Under no circumstances would Christie be running for President of the United States next year. Period. In fact, the further the…

Last Wednesday, the Obama administration went to the Supreme Court with the request that they hear United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitioners V. State of Florida, et al., one of many cases regarding challenges to the 2010 health care reform provisions and the constitutionality of…

The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, recently presented his case for recognition of Palestine as the United Nation’s 194th member state. It is currently being discussed by an admissions committee of the United Nations Security Council. President Obama has already said the U.S. will veto any Security…

There’s a fascinating interview with Jimi Hendrix as the last track of the last of four CDs of the new Winterland boxed set (Experience Hendrix/Legacy Recordings) in which Jimi seems at odds with both Jeff Beck and Frank Zappa, defending his right to turn the blues inside-out. “It’s my…

Moneyball

Columbia Pictures

Rated PG-13 for profanity.

Brad Pitt Delivers Oscar-Quality Performance In Baseball Biopic

Despite this delightful biopic’s arriving in theaters prior to the onset of Oscar season, you can already pencil in Brad Pitt as a serious contender for an Academy Award. For he is simply…

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WALK PROUDLY, CARRY A HUGE HAMMER—One of the most recent Marvel Comics adaptations, Thor brings the Americanized version of the Norse Thunder God to life with lavish sets and eye-popping effects. Chris Hemsworth boldly embodies the battle hungry title character who defies the…

As much good and bad as there is in the world, and just as much as there is in the world, these are fascinating times to be alive. Watching the premiere this past weekend of the HBO prohibition-era historical drama Boardwalk Empire, a scene in which the wife of…

Living In The Material World: George Harrison

Wednesday & Thursday, 9 p.m. (HBO)

When you tick off George Harrison’s achievements, he sounds like a titanic figure in rock history: The Beatles’ brilliant lead guitarist, the writer of classic songs like “Something” and “Here Comes The Sun,” the creator of…