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How the Golden Globes became cool
To get noticed these days, you’ve got to have a host.
TIFF announces first batch of 2014 films
Barry Hertz on the notable picks and omissions
Breaking the grass ceiling
Broad City levels the lowbrow-comedy playing field with a new archetype: the female stoner dude
Girls season finale: The Greek chorus speaks, but Hannah’s hubris goes unpunished
He said, she said: talking points on season 2 of the hit HBO show
Tina Fey blasts mommy chat rooms and tells Taylor Swift to lighten up
Life imitates art this week for the 30 Rock star
30 Tweets for 30 Rock
With the series finalé of 30 Rock set to air, Tweeps remember the good times with Liz, Tracy and Jack
Review: We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy
Some questions are inherently annoying: are we there yet? Is that seat taken? Are women funny? But is it better to ignore or engage with the children/moviegoers/magazine columnists who ask them? Marie Claire’s Kohen could not resist the urge to take on that last one, infamously explored by Christopher Hitchens in a 2007 Vanity Fair essay. Or rather, Kohen lets the women (and their male colleagues) answer.
Newsmakers of the week
Glenn Beck’s new shill, a star turn for a senator’s spouse, and an MP stands up for shark fin soup
Bossypants
John Intini reviews Tina Fey’s new book