By Drew Grant 6/04 3:52pm

girls

Jennifer Westfeldt and Michael Zegen (Getty Images)

Dream Cast for Season 3 of GIRLS: Boardwalk Empire‘s Bugsy, Jon Hamm’s Lady Friend

Even though the third season of HBO’s polarizing portrayal of 20-something shaudenfreude won’t air until next January, don’t despair. GIRLS (which, fun fact, was actually shortened from the original title No, Don’t You Get it, She’s Making a Commentary ABOUT the Awfulness of this Generation’s GIRLS) has already started leaking some of their casting choices, and they look fabulous. We might already have a replacement Charlie, and Jennifer Westfeldt of Kissing Jessica Stein and Friends With Kids fame* will be making a cameo. Let the guessing games begin! Read More

By Drew Grant 5/21/12 4:41pm

Mad Men

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Next week on 'Mad Men': Roger sits in a chair. (AMC)

Man Men Advertising Not Even Trying to Appeal to New Viewers (Video)

The biggest complaint about the newest season of Mad Men is that it’s not interesting to people who haven’t seen the entire series. Actually, the biggest complaint is probably Megan…not that she’s terrible or anything, but Don Draper has definitely taken a backseat this year to his wife’s story lines about wanting to be an actress, being very French, and singing “Zou Bisou Bisou.” (The real sign that the times are a-changing? New York Magazine running with a cover of Jessica Pare to promote the show.)

But we can see how Mad Men‘s fifth season–which is very good–is a little inaccessible to first-time viewers. We’re surprised that no one has made a parody of the Mad Men promos this year, because they are essentially designed to contain no information about the upcoming episode, and make the show look very, very boring. Read More

By Drew Grant 5/09/12 5:47pm

Comedy

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Jon Hamm, the man (RookieMag.com)

Jon Hamm Gives Girls Love Advice for Tavi Gevinson’s Rookie Mag; Is Like A Real Life, Messy Don Draper (Video)

Jon Hamm is a curious leading man. After the success of Mad Men, Mr. Hamm made a conscious effort to differentiate himself from Don Draper by appearing almost exclusively in funny roles–everything from multiple SNL appearances to Bridesmaids to 30 Rock to the alt-comedy of Comedy Bang Bang! and Between Two Ferns.

But being a funny dude is taking its toll on Mr. Hamm, as evidenced by his recent appearance on RookieMag.com– that teen girl blog edited by Tavi Gevinson–where he just phoned (vlogged?) in the answers to relationship questions written by high school-aged girls. Read More