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Every week, msnbc.com entertainment producers Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, Denise Hazlick, Paige Newman, Kurt Schlosser and Anna Chan weigh in on topics ranging from TV commercials to movie hype to the latest celebrity blunder. We're not ashamed to admit our love for bad TV or reveal what's on our iPods, and invite you to join the conversation via your comments.



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Meet MSNBC.com's new comic strips

Posted: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:00 AM by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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It was way back in January that we first started discussing updating MSNBC.com's comic-strip offerings. The much-beloved "Fox Trot" had moved to Sundays only, and "Boondocks" has been on hiatus for months, with no word as to when creator Aaron McGruder might bring the strip back. CONTINUED >>

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Comic relief

Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007 6:00 AM by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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More than 100 of you have registered comments about which comic strip MSNBC.com should choose to replace the now Sunday-only "FoxTrot." You've spread your choices far and wide, but a few favorites have emerged. CONTINUED >>

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Help us choose a new comic

Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:01 AM by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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It's obvious from our discussion of "For Better or For Worse" that I'm not the only comic-strip fan reading MSNBC.com. Another favorite strip of mine, "Fox Trot," retired to Sunday-only strips on New Year's Eve, and that left a hole in the MSNBC.com comic-strip lineup. (For now, "Fox Trot" is still up there, but in repeats.) CONTINUED >>

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For Better, For Worse, For Hybrid

Posted: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:44 PM by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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I know I'm not the only fan of Lynn Johnston's "For Better or For Worse" comic strip out there. We've talked here before about how the cartoonist had discussed ending the strip or at least cutting back, and now she's finally announced how she's going to do it -- and to my knowledge, it's a way that hasn't been tried by a cartoonist before.

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