In season two of “Mad Men,” the ad men of Sterling Cooper come up with a brilliant campaign for Playtex bras: all women emulate either Jackie Kennedy or Marilyn Monroe, so the ads claim the bra fits both.

Paul Rudd — a 40-year-old! — takes a lot of crap. “The next big thing” two years ago, he was never really able to enjoy being “big.” He just got … hated on a lot. At least one scene writer, though, will not waver in his love for this bro. Here, straight
from his freshman heart, are Austin
Bernhardt’s five reasons to stay
bromantic with Rudd:

Catie Gliwa tells you what to Tivo and what to veto.

What do you do when you’re stuck on a plane with nothing to read? You ask somebody else for a magazine. When that magazine is “People” and your name is Max Lanman ’10, something comes of that.
The front page article on “Brangelina” amused Lanman so much that he was compelled to write a song, and after that, direct a music video.
“Brangelina” is Lanman’s R’n B tribute to celebrity culture and the trend of which Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been at the forefont: adopting kids. The chorus is catchy as hell, and after hearing it once, you’ll be humming it for days.

Much of the new ABC TV series “October Road” is original and looks cool. Unfortunately, it’s also pretending to be something it’s not — in this case, a hip, character-driven drama. Most damning, it’s just plain-old stupid.

The sight is a familiar one for “24” fans: Counterterrorist agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) sits panting, handcuffed to a chair as he’s tortured by non-descript Middle-Eastern men. How will he get out of it this time? After a phone call prevents the leader from cutting off Jack’s fingers, only one guard is left. With a vicious plunge and menacing eyes, Bauer digs his teeth into the guard’s neck. The guard falls, and Jack spits out a chunk of flesh, blood dripping down his chin. So

“Oh, Jesus!” exclaims the monotone Tim Gunn to Kayne Gellespie about his strange bag-like, business-in-the-front-party-in-the-back garment on Wednesday night’s episode — but it really seems to sum up “Project Runway 3.”

Best What The F-ck Moment — The Zidane Headbutt
Is there anyone else utterly obsessed with French soccer god Zinedine Zidane’s rage-induced headbutting of Italian opponent Marco Matterazzi in the 83rd minute of the World Cup finals?

Move over, "Laguna Beach." There's a new pseudo-reality show in town that you can't afford to miss: YTV's student-produced "Ivy U." I hope you didn't think I was serious. Zing! Take two: Move over, "Laguna Beach." There's a new pseudo-reality show in...

"Passion lives here." In Torino, that is. With this motto in mind, the saccharine Feb. 9 opening ceremony wowed audiences with skating "Sparks of Passion" -- a cross between a blowtorch and an extraterrestrial speed skater -- and a maudlin...

It began with a bang, literally, when Orange County's heroine Marissa Cooper shot Trey, Ryan's ex-con brother and the latest beneficiary of the Cohen family outreach program. Marissa's plummet from adolescent alcoholic to resident gunslinger typifies...

"Taradise" may have induced vomiting, and Freddie Prinze Jr.'s comedy was truly pathetic, but here are seven shows that prove television was more worthwhile than Thucydides reading in 2005. 7. My Name is Earl (NBC, Thursday 9 p.m.) A new show about...

Other than a gummy pair of shower flip-flops, few objects obtain such iconic dorm status as the cartoon DVD box set. You've seen its shiny box on renovated fireplace sills, watched its shiny disks on glowing laptop screens, and used it on Friday nights...

It was bound to happen: in the wake of the American Pie and Road Trip "naughty co-ed" movie genre, a syndicated series shooting for the same explosive mix of post-pubescent wit and wackiness was sure to appear. Leave it up to Fox, the channel that...