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 How to Dress 
 Like a Mad Man 

Opt for trimmer suits, skip the Borsalino

Nov 5, 09 2:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Want to look like Don Draper without being a dufus? Have no fear. New men's suits are sporting some of the same designs worn by the golden boys of the fictional ad agency on TV's hysterically popular Mad Men. "Men's suit styles have dramatically changed, and the styling of... More »

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fashion • advertising • Mad Men • Jon Hamm • advertising agency • men's suits

 Relationships 
 That Wouldn't 
 Work in Reality 

Hollywood cooks up some screwed up matches

Nov 4, 09 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood’s great at making us root for relationships that shouldn’t work. But some of them really shouldn’t work. The Nerve imagines if the following couples moved in next-door:
  • Beauty and the Beast: No, I’m not kissing a dog … he’s really a
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entertainment • television • Beauty and the Beast • Arrested Development • Dexter • movies • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • Mad Men

TRENDS

 Dress Like a Mad Man for $998 

Mad Men's Don Draper, John Slattery inspire real-life Brooks Brothers suits

Oct 14, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Need an excuse to chain smoke and drink excessively in true 1960s style? No problem: Come Monday, you can dress up like Mad Men’s Don Draper for a mere $998. Brooks Brothers, which has collaborated on the show’s costumes, is rolling out 250 of the “ More »

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entertainment • fashion • celebrity • clothing • trend • Mad Men • Don Draper

slideshow

 Most Influential 
 Man of 2009 Is... 
 Don Draper? 

The winner isn't even real, and Usain Bolt leaves Obama in his dust

Oct 8, 09 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The most influential man of 2009—at least in the eyes of AskMen.com readers—isn't actually a man. He's a fictional creation, none other than Don Draper of Mad Men. "In a turbulent 2009, men are seeking the stability of tradition in the masculine qualities that they imagine... More »

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Barack Obama • Steve Jobs • Simon Cowell • Roger Federer • Mark Zuckerberg • Peyton Manning • Michael Jackson • Ultimate Fighting Championship • Usain Bolt • Mad Men • Jon Hamm • Don Draper • Dana White

OPINION

 Mad Men Goes Mad on Purpose 


Sep 28, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics have begun to worry about Mad Men. Gory lawnmower accidents? Unexpected death? Grueling, drugged-up childbirth? “Where have all the snifters of brandy and jaunty shrimp cocktails gone?” asks Heather Havrilesky of Salon. She’s kidding, of course. Mad Men has spun into insanity so quickly because... More »

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television • critic • Mad Men • Matthew Weiner

emmy awards

 Mad Men, 30 Rock Clean Up 

Close, Cranston snag back-to-back drama awards for leading roles; Collette, Baldwin top comedy winners

Sep 20, 09 10:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Emmy Awards ended with a spell of deja vu as Mad Men won its second consecutive best drama trophy and 30 Rock captured its third straight best comedy award tonight in Los Angeles. Glenn Close of Damages and Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad, last year's winners for lead roles... More »

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Saturday Night Live • 24 • Alec Baldwin • The Office • Tina Fey • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Mad Men • Pushing Daisies • Toni Collette • United States of Tara • Kristin Chenoweth • Jon Cryer • Two and a Half Men

Harris, Other New Faces Rule Emmys Tonight

First-time nominees Family Guy, Hamm, Morgan could win big

Sep 20, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh faces are all the rage at tonight’s Emmys, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting and a host of first-time nominees up for top awards, People reports. Family Guy is the first cartoon to be nominated for best comedy series in nearly 50 years, and Jeremy Piven’s snub for... More »

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entertainment • television • Tracy Morgan • Entourage • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Family Guy • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss • Jack McBrayer • Jon Hamm • Jeremy Piven • Emmy nomination

 Mad Men Gets 4th Season 


Sep 1, 09 8:23 PM CDT
(AP) - AMC television is advertising the good news for Mad Men—the 1960s Madison Avenue drama will return for a fourth season. The series debuted as a low-rated, critical darling but has seen its audience grow at the start of its third season. The early renewal lets viewers know the retro... More »

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entertainment • advertising • AMC • Emmy Awards • Madison Avenue • Mad Men • drama

OPINION



 How to Sell 
 Health Reform 
 Like Don Draper 

Obama needs to tap his inner Mad Man

Aug 29, 09 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Barack Obama’s going to sell the masses on health care reform, he’s going to need to hire a consultant: Don Draper. If the Sterling Cooper impresario of Mad Men were running this campaign, he wouldn’t bother talking about low premiums or subsidies. That's too mundane. “... More »

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Barack Obama • advertising • health care reform • Mad Men • political strategy

 8 Ways Hollywood 
 Changed Fashion 

Before there was Sarah Jessica Parker, there was Jennifer Beals

Aug 16, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fashionistas rejoice: Mad Men returns tonight! To celebrate the show's influence on fashion—yes, thin-lapelled suits and Peter Pan collars are back—CNN remembers other Hollywood offerings that dominated the fashion zeitgeist:
  • Some say Clarke Gable's bare chest in It Happened One Night caused undershirt sales to plummet by
... More »

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Hollywood • fashion • John Travolta • Sex and the City • Regis Philbin • Saturday Night Fever • Carrie Bradshaw • Mad Men • Clark Gable

FASHION

 How to Dress Like 
 a Mad (Wo)Man 

Tips from sexpot to buttoned-up

Aug 11, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mad Men fever is sweeping the nation—if you want to copy the looks of the women behind the Mad Men, heed these tips offered by Raakhee Mirchandani in the New York Post:
  • Curve-hugging styles like “fitted blouses tucked into tight pencil skirts under snug sweaters”
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entertainment • fashion • style • trend • Mad Men • Jay-ZTV

 Behind Mad Men Are...Women 

Women directed five of this season's 13 episodes

Aug 7, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The misogynists who populate Mad Men's character ranks might make you think otherwise, but seven of the show's nine writers are women—a rarity in Hollywood, where 80% of primetime programs in 2007-08 had no female writers. “A lot of people think women can only do women shows,... More »

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entertainment • television • writer • screenwriters • scriptwriters • TV series • Mad Men • writers • women's issues • television program

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

(Newser) - As the American Idol dust clears and you resign yourself to never understanding Lost, TV's fallow season looms, just begging you to catch up on some excellent viewing you might have missed. NPR blogger Linda Holmes has some suggestions:
  • Mad Men: "Works very well when you can
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television • American Idol • Lost • DVD • Netflix • Arrested Development • Hulu • Chuck • Mad Men • Starz • DVDs • Friday Night Lights • NewsRadio • Party Down

 Mad Men 
 Snags BAFTA 




Branagh also among top winners

Apr 27, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mad Men was the big US winner at last night’s BAFTA television awards, beating The Wire and The Daily Show to win best international show, notes the Hollywood Reporter. X Factor, another Simon Cowell-produced talent competition, won best entertainment show, while Kenneth Branagh picked up best drama series for... More »

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entertainment • television • Simon Cowell • award show • BAFTA • Mad Men

Mad Men's
Moss to Wed SNL's Armisen

Couple engaged less than a week after news of courtship breaks

Jan 23, 09 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Elisabeth Moss is apparently luckier in love than her Mad Men character Peggy. Less than a week after news broke that Moss was dating Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen, the couple is engaged, E! reports. “It happened just a few days ago,” says Moss. “It’s... More »

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Saturday Night Live • engagement • Fred Armisen • celebrity engagements • Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss

(Newser) - The creator of the AMC hit Mad Men will stay on at the show after strained negotiations with the network yielded him a seven-figure deal, Variety reports. Matthew Weiner's two-year commitment, covering the third and fourth seasons of the '60s-era drama, is said to include a commitment to... More »

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television • AMC • negotiations • Lionsgate • Mad Men • Matthew Weiner

OPINION

 What's In and Out for 2009 

A new year, a new inane list of trends that are sure to look dumb by December

Jan 1, 09 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - The New Year is here, and that means it’s time to clean out the cultural wardrobe. Hank Stuever of the Washington Post offers his annual take on things that are so last year, and others sure to be cool in the next 12 months:
  • Out:
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fashion • iPhone • Michelle Obama • Alec Baldwin • culture • LOLcats • Mad Men • Garfield • Mickey Rourke • New Year

 Liz Lemon 
 Dates a 
 Mad Man 

Jon Hamm to guest on 30 Rock

Dec 4, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Tina Fey will finally get a decent boyfriend this season on 30 Rock, Vanity Fair reports. Jon Hamm, who plays ad exec Don Draper on Mad Men, guest stars as a pediatrician with a fondness for pie-making documentaries and ice-cream makers. Hamm has filmed "a couple of episodes" and... More »

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television • Tina Fey • celebrity • 30 Rock • guest appearance • Mad Men • Jon Hamm

opinion

 Obama Will Make 
 Adults 'Cool' on TV 

Prez-elect's calmness reflects rising popularity of adulthood

Nov 30, 08 9:14 PM CST
(Newser) - 60 Minutes is killing the competition, Mad Men is grittier by the episode, and even Gossip Girl's bimbos are growing up—thanks mostly to the adult air of Barack Obama, Mary McNamara writes in the Los Angeles Times. After 8 years of President Bush, whose folksiness and privilege inspired reality... More »

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television • Barack Obama • 60 Minutes • Gossip Girl • Mad Men • President Obama

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