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Jerry Seinfeld’s New Web Series: Java, Jalopies and Jokes
Just because Jerry Seinfeld doesn't need the web doesn't mean he can't have fun with it
Jerry Seinfeld: I ‘Never Felt Great’ About Television Success
More than a decade after its finale, Seinfeid remains one of America’s most adored television series, yet the show’s namesake admits he found reaching stardom a...
How the Middle East Conflict Could Look Like "Seinfeld"
Some days reality defies improvement. Tuesday may have been such a day in Jerusalem, where the actor Jason Alexander of "Seinfeld" fame paid a call on Shimon...
The Fed’s First Press Conference: Ben Bernanke Channels Jerry Seinfeld
In the Federal Reserve’s first press conference in 32 years, Chairman Ben Bernanke today announced…nothing. He didn’t exactly say nothing. But he basically said...
Seinfeld: The Right Man for Microsoft
Perhaps I'm crazy, but I think Jerry Seinfeld might well be the perfect pitch man for Microsoft's Vista. Quit smirking and look at the evidence: twenty-four...
Movies: Jerry Seinfeld Goes Back to Work.
He is immortalized--in syndication and on DVD--standing in his kitchen, eating sugary cereal for dinner, in jeans and sneakers and an untucked shirt. But on a...
Jerry Seinfeld Goes Back to Work
He is immortalized—in syndication and on DVD—standing in his kitchen, eating sugary cereal for dinner, in jeans and sneakers and an untucked shirt. But on a...
Bee-ing Jerry Seinfeld
A couple hundred journalists milled this morning at Carlton Beach, an outdoor restaurant with a pier that juts into the Mediterranean. They looked across the...
Show Business: Very Jerry Seinfeld
You might ask why a man who helped create one of the most successful sitcoms in TV history, who dropped $35 million for his weekend house, a man with a lovely...
Television: It's All About Timing
Visiting Jerry Seinfeld's home in the Hollywood Hills, one finds that the benefits of being a top television performer are readily apparent: even the three...
Television: Can Anybody Fill Seinfeld's Shoes?
Imagine that Coke Classic told Coca-Cola it wanted to finish its run on top and was quitting, or that Windows announced to Microsoft that after looking deep into...
Television: Goodbye Already
Over the centuries, many madmen have foretold the precise time that the world would end, only to be disappointed. It happened again just a couple of months ago,...
The Fed Finally Does Something About Unemployment. And It’s Big.
After three years of doing a wonderful job of maintaining stable prices while doing a terrible job of maximizing employment, the Fed finally seems determined to...
Philadelphians Wear More Sweatpants Than Anybody, Says Study
As Jerry Seinfeld might say, Philadelphia is telling the world, "I give up."
Really, New York Times? Jerry Seinfeld Writes Rebuttal to TV Column
A New York Times column lamenting the use of the expression “Really?” as a sarcastic quip on TV has incited the ire of none other than the king of “Really?”,...
Reading While Eating for June 1: Summertime
Top 10 Lil’ Villains: Like Game of Thrones’ Joffrey Baratheon, horrible, horrible things come in small packages. (TIME.com) Best News of the Week: Jerry Seinfeld...
Acura Apologizes over Casting Request for “Not Too Dark” Black Actor
Carmaker Acura issued an apology Wednesday for a casting sheet published on TMZ that requested an African-American actor who was “not too dark” for a Super Bowl...
TV Weekend: Curb Your Enthusiasm Lives to Kvetch Again
Spoiler alert: in this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, a lot of people get really mad at Larry David. All right, the spoiler alert is probably not necessary...
Oprah Watch: O's Happy Day
The United Center sendoff for Oprah Winfrey has been the most moving celebration of good works and selflessness since the star-studded two-part televised special...
The Science of Partying: Why Having Fun Makes You Forgetful
So you're having fun at a party, and you see a cute possibility across the room. The next day, you remember precisely what that person looks like. But you just...
