Watercooler: TV shows only part of the TV experience (Miami Herald) Remember the dark days before we had the Internet and writers' strikes and all this multimedia synergy? Television viewing was so straightforward. So anticlimactic. You knew that "Dallas" came on at 8 p.m. on Friday, and if you wanted to watch it, you had one simple option: Get yourself in front of the television at 8 p.m. on Friday.
WEAK DISGUISE (New York Post) LEIGHTON Meester might think dressing down in ratty jeans, eyeglasses and a T-shirt would make her unrecognizable. But Page Six easily spotted her paired next to co-star Ed Westwick Wednesday night at Hiro Ballroom. The "Gossip Girl" star was...
Mid-season awards feature 30-way tie (Orange County Register) Major league GMs should be praised for keeping Barry Bonds at home. There is no better time than the All-Star break, the pause that refreshes, for Top of the 2nd to present its first-half awards in Major League Baseball.