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NEWS ABOUT: Weeds

Weeds stories: 5 news summaries
emmy awards

 Family Guy Scores Nod; 
 30 Rock Leads With 22 Noms 

Mad Men also rakes them in

Jul 16, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The list of Emmy nominations, out today, is full of familiar names. One surprise: Family Guy is nominated for best comedy series—it's only the second animated show to get a nod in the category, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Fox stalwart is up against Entourage, 30 Rock, The ... More »

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entertainment • television • The Office • comedy • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Weeds • Family Guy • How I Met Your Mother • Battlestar Galactica • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Grey Gardens • True Blood • Flight of the Conchords

Bitter Parker:
'I Was Goaded Into Nude
Weeds Scene'

Producer insists it showed 'vulnerability'

May 20, 09 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Annoyed Weeds star Mary Louise Parker was "goaded" into a nude bathtub scene in the Showtime series about a pot-selling mom, she tells More. "I don't think I needed to be naked," she said. "I fought with the director about it, and now I am bitter.... More »

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entertainment • television • Showtime • Weeds • nude photo • nude • actress • Mary Louise Parker

analysis

 Hollywood, Lay Off the 'Burbs 

Hating on the suburbs is the cheapest, easiest move in art

Dec 28, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Revolutionary Road, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, “is the latest entry in a long stream of art that portrays the American suburbs as the physical correlative to spiritual and mental death,” Lee Siegel writes in the Washington Post. Everyone from Allen Ginsberg to Sylvia Plath has given... More »

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Hollywood • Leonardo DiCaprio • film • art • literature • Weeds • suburbs • Allen Ginsberg • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road

 Mary-Louise Parker
 Dumps Fiancé 

She and 'Weeds' co-star have 'different lifestyles'

Apr 9, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - On-again "Weeds" couple Mary-Louise Parker and Jeffrey Dean Morgan is off-again, reports People, citing differing lifestyles and a source close to the couple. The 2-year relationship endured a similar breakup last June, but was soon after headed down the aisle. And of course, says the source, Parker hopes the... More »

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Weeds • celebrity divorces • Mary-Louise Parker • Jeffrey Dean Morgan • Billy Crudup

It's not HBO—
It's Showtime

For programming
that turns television
on its head, it's the new destination

Aug 25, 07 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - HBO was the network that was going to transcend television—and it did. But if you canceled your HBO subscription after the "Sopranos' " annoyingly ambiguous conclusion, Esquire has a suggestion to full the gap in your premium cable lineup. Showtime has been pushing the envelope with shows like... More »

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television • HBO • Showtime • Weeds • Dexter

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