http://dir.salon.com/topics/carina_chocano/?source=rss&aim=carina_chocano en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/28/public_shame/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/28/public_shame/index.html?source=rss From Kate Gosselin to Elizabeth Edwards to Facebook users, the scorned are flaunting humiliation like never before. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/29/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/10/29/roundup/index.html?source=rss You just knew that the "Noah's Arc" movie was going to be huge. Right? Also, "Synecdoche" opens strong and "Rachel" hums along, in a week tinged with sadness. By Rebecca Traister Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/13/chick_flicks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/13/chick_flicks/index.html?source=rss An L.A. Times story tackles the problematic labeling of "chick flicks." By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/04/kingpin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/02/04/kingpin/index.html?source=rss NBC's drug-lord miniseries "Kingpin" isn't really a crude Latino rip-off of "The Sopranos," say its creators, it's ... Shakespearean! Plus: "Dragnet" -- it's about a cop. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/30/kimmel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/30/kimmel/index.html?source=rss Helpless, alone, rejected by female guests except Tammy Faye Bakker, Jimmy Kimmel drifts toward the ninth circle of talk-show hell. By Heather Havrilesky Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/01/28/chocano_book/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/01/28/chocano_book/index.html?source=rss Salon columnist Carina Chocano talks about her new book, "Do You Love Me, or Am I Just Paranoid?" By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/01/28/chocano_excerpt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/01/28/chocano_excerpt/index.html?source=rss The thinking girl's guide to serial monogamy. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/27/super_ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/27/super_ads/index.html?source=rss This year's Super Bowl ads reflect a depressed nation: We need jobs, our animals don't talk anymore and we're terrified of big butts and bad drugs. How 'bout a beer? By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/23/alias/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/23/alias/index.html?source=rss ABC's "Alias" features a butt-kicking espionage babe, awesome costumes and settings and possibly the most convoluted family drama in TV history. So why isn't it huge yet? By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/22/rivers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/22/rivers/index.html?source=rss Joan Rivers is unbelievably vile and crude -- she and daughter Melissa must get their own reality show! Plus: Kelly Osbourne gives a clinic on dealing with Dad. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/15/joe_mill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/15/joe_mill/index.html?source=rss In "Joe Millionaire," with its lumpen-wacky TV vision of the rich, pop culture finally faces inequality in "classless" America. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/11/bachette/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/11/bachette/index.html?source=rss Yeah, "The Bachelorette" and the rest of the next-gen reality shows are the mutant offspring of deformed parents. Sometimes that's better. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/06/loud/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/06/loud/index.html?source=rss With "Lance Loud! A Death in an American Family," PBS closes the circle on the legendary 1973 series that mesmerized the nation and prefigured reality TV. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/12/richter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/12/richter/index.html?source=rss Fox's absurd-yet-true office comedy "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" makes other sitcoms look as if they're die-stamped by robots. (Which they are.) By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/10/sopranos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/10/sopranos/index.html?source=rss No major characters got whacked in the season finale of "The Sopranos." The destruction was way bigger than that. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/04/attell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/04/attell/index.html?source=rss On Comedy Central's "Insomniac," join stand-up comic Dave Attell on his boozy journey through a late-night world of drunks, strippers, cops, sewage workers and just plain folks. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/02/dr_phil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/12/02/dr_phil/index.html?source=rss No-nonsense "Dr. Phil" has struck a national nerve with his bootstrap psychology. But can he escape the shadow of his famous patron? By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/11/27/osbournes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/11/27/osbournes/index.html?source=rss America's fave TV family is back -- and ready to prove they can survive George W. Bush, Greta Van Susteren and whatever other horrors fate may bring them. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/11/16/moth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/11/16/moth/index.html?source=rss Manhattan's hit nightclub storytelling series comes to TV, minus the cocktails but with its intimate front-porch spirit intact. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/29/24/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/29/24/index.html?source=rss Sen. Palmer is now the president, Jack has facial hair, and North Koreans are planning to nuke L.A. Hey, and where's Nina? Tick, tick, tick. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/24/other_network/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/24/other_network/index.html?source=rss The Hollywood renegades at the Other Network are bringing legendary failed TV pilots to a comedy club near you. And they're better than what got on the air. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/22/bonnie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/22/bonnie/index.html?source=rss Bonnie Hunt discovers an unconventional path to good comedy on her extremely funny new sitcom "Life With Bonnie." By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/19/royals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/19/royals/index.html?source=rss Hot for Prince Harry or Prince Felipe? Better learn to race cars and sail yachts, advises "Young, Sexy & Royal." And whatever you do -- don't curtsy! By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/17/girls_club/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/17/girls_club/index.html?source=rss David E. Kelley's ditsy new "girls club" is a great step backward for the legal profession, women in the workplace, San Francisco and decent TV. By Carina Chocano Thu, 28 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/14/birds_of_prey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2002/10/14/birds_of_prey/index.html?source=rss In the WB's bizarrely entertaining "Birds of Prey," Batman has skipped town -- but his illegitimate daughter and a reshaped Batgirl are kickin' butt in New Gotham.