Linda Holmes

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Linda Holmes writes and edits NPR's entertainment and pop-culture blog, Monkey See. She has several elaborate theories involving pop culture and monkeys, all of which are available on request.

Holmes began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living-room space to DVD sets of The Wire and never looked back.

Holmes was a writer and editor at Television Without Pity, where she recapped several hundred hours of programming — including both High School Musical movies, for which she did not receive hazard pay. Since 2003, she has been a contributor to MSNBC.com, where she has written about books, movies, television and pop-culture miscellany.

Holmes' work has also appeared on Vulture (New York magazine's entertainment blog), in TV Guide and in many, many legal documents.

7:35am

Mon February 25, 2013
Arts and Culture

The Oscars Broadcast, Zooming Past Cheeky to Land on Crass

Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 3:36 pm

If you like Argo (which won Best Picture), the movie Chicago (which made a couple of appearances) and jokes about women (which just kept coming), you probably had a substantially better night than the average viewer, who was subjected to Seth MacFarlane's delivery of one of the worst hosting performances in Oscar history.

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8:22am

Fri March 23, 2012
Arts and Culture

'Mad Men' Returns On Sunday, To The Delight Of Its Excitable Fans

Originally published on Thu March 22, 2012 11:01 pm

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On Friday's Morning Edition, Elizabeth Blair investigates one of television's pressing questions: Why has Mad Men been off the air so long? It's returning this Sunday night with a two-hour season premiere, but it's still puzzled some viewers that it has been off for such a long time.

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11:15am

Wed March 14, 2012
SXSW

The Question Of SXSW Interactive: What Are We Going To Do?

Originally published on Wed March 14, 2012 9:24 am

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Tuesday was Changeover Day at South By Southwest. The people from the Interactive conference packed up and headed out, and the people from the Music festival rolled into town.

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12:34pm

Sat March 10, 2012
SXSW

SXSW Film: 'The Cabin In The Woods'

Originally published on Sat March 10, 2012 7:13 am

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When Joss Whedon introduced The Cabin In The Woods to a rowdy, friendly, huge crowd at the Paramount Theater on the opening night of the South By Southwest Film Festival, he explained that one of the challenges of marketing the film is that you really can't say anything about what happens in it. And he begged everyone in the audience not to say anything about what happens in it, either.

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