Category Archives: General

Will Be Back Very Soon…

Apologies for my blog absenteeism! A summer cold got me down, but I’ll be back early next week to check in, as I’m wont to do, on all things pop culture. The good thing about being sick was I got … Continue reading

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Review: Travis Wall and Nick Lazzarini’s Shaping Sound Perform in NYC

The girls and the gays (including Jesse Tyler Ferguson!) came out in droves last night to The Beacon Theater to see Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance and Kyle Robinson’s dance company Shaping Sound do their thing. I was there…and … Continue reading

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Spare Bites: Cher, Television Critics Association Nominations, Nigel Lythgoe and Julie White

Some thoughts on happenings from around the web today… CHER will be making her first live television appearance in more than a decade when she shows up on the season finale of The Voice to perform the first single from her new album. … Continue reading

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Spare Bites: Don Jon Trailer, Glenne Headly, Andy Roddick & More

Some thoughts on happenings from around the web today… THE TRAILER for the film Don Jon, written, directed and starring the incredibly charming Joseph Gordon-Levitt, was released online yesterday. (You can view it here.) The movie, about a young man obsessed with … Continue reading

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Spare Bites: Replacing Dancing with the Stars’ Judges, Homeland/Virginia Woolf Crossover, & More

Some thoughts on happenings from around the web today… COULD the Dancing with the Stars‘ judges be the next to go? Following the news that American Idol is considering fill its judging spots with former contestants from the show, the New York Post is reporting that … Continue reading

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Spare Bites: Bates Motel, Shaping Sound, Behind the Candelabra and Here Lies Love

Some thoughts on happenings from around the web today… BATES MOTEL finished out its debut season on a strong ratings note, averaging 2.7 million viewers in its first season, with 1.5 million viewers in both the 18-49 and 25-54 demos. Those results … Continue reading

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Spare Bites: X Factor, Smash, Taylor Swift and Michael Feingold

Some thoughts on happenings from around the web today… THOUGH Simon Cowell has declared his intention to overhaul The X Factor this year, I’m not feeling particularly inspired by the rumored choices of Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio as the … Continue reading

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Weekend Spare Time: Scandal, Downton Abbey, and The Strand Bookstore

Oh weekends, how I love thee. Since I spent Thursday night groovin’ at The Public Theater’s Here Lies Love and then catching up on the American Idol finale, I wasn’t able to watch the season finale of the hopelessly addictive Scandal the night it aired. … Continue reading

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Welcome to All In Spare Time

I am a pop culture addict. The first step in the recovery process from any addiction is admitting you have a problem. What happens, though, if you know you’re an addict, but aren’t actually at all interested in recovery? You … Continue reading

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