The Drama Queen: Angela DiCarlo’s Mad World

Written by NY Press on December 20, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Our downtown diva with a love for all things theatre introduces us to the realm of plays, musicals and thespians who make magic happen on stage By Kiara Downey This week I had the splendid opportunity to chat with the multi-talented East Village marvel, Angela DiCarlo. DiCarlo, whose gift for makeup design led her from Des
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‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five Premiere Breaks Records

Written by NYPress on July 16, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Blog, TV

AMC continues to gain viewership and momentum Just a month after the conclusion of Mad Men’s most-watched season to date, AMC released that yesterday’s season 5 premiere of Breaking Bad, a show about a drug chef and his drug-dealing business, was the most-watched episode in the show’s history, marking “unprecedented growth” in viewership. According to the release, the
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What to Make of Mad Men’s Season Five

Written by Doug Strassler on June 13, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Neither money nor women nor a house in the suburbs nor a seemingly endless supply of hard liquor can bring you happiness. That’s been the emotional refrain of Mad Men, Matthew Weiner’s stylishly colorized period shrink session since the first time we saw Don Draper (Jon Hamm) take a drag off of a Lucky Strike
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Mad Men Snags Record Viewership With Season Five

Written by NYPress on June 12, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film

At least that’s what season five’s viewership would suggest. Season five of AMC’s provocative drama, Mad Men, is the most watched season to date, and last night’s season finale was the most watched season finale in series history. Season five averaged 2.6 million viewers, a 15% increase from season four. The finale drew 2.7
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Mad Mania

Written by admin on April 4, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film

“Smart” TV and the Gray Flannel Ego By Ben Kessler Mad Men, like The Sopranos and The Wire before it, now enjoys a singular cultural status. Neither pop nor art, it is smart TV. And smart TV, we’re told, is not for analysis or even entertainment; it is to be dutifully let into our lives,
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