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Updated: Friday, November 6, 2009 4:05 p.m.

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One size fits yall

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.

Five reasons why Paul Rudd is sill cool

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:

TV on the TV

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

Brangelina: adopt a Yalie now!

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...

Mental toll of this ‘Road’ far too high

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.

Jack: never a dull boy

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...

Season 3: Auf Wiedersehen taste, style, reason

“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.”

scene’s Superlative World Cup

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?

'8th & Ocean' pouts, purges

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...

2006 Olympics luge in Kwan-esque oblivion

"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...

The OC: the odious cyst on primetime TV

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...

Small screen '05 gems

"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...

For cartoon gore, pick Itchy

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...

The outsider's guide to colleges

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...