Articles by Jon Caramanica

75 articles since 2003

So dark it’s almost criminal

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | September 21, 2008
ONE SUSPECTS, in the current climate, that the actor Adoni Maropis views the particulars of his visage as both blessing and curse. Read more
 

Toughest Jobs’ is a grind

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | August 24, 2008
DEADLIEST Catch,” “Ice Road Truckers,” “Black Gold,” “Ax Men”: They’re like snuff films in a way. Read more
 

Don’t blame it all on Lo

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | August 17, 2008
LET’S GET it out of the way up front: Of course it’s Lo’s fault. Read more
 

Black class, as ‘reality’ would have it

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | August 10, 2008
LATE last month, Bravo aired a half-hour preview of its forthcoming “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” and with clinical precision, it lived down to expectations. Read more
 

Secret Life’: But what’s their motivation?

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | August 3, 2008
IN THE first few scenes of the 1994 pilot episode of “My So-Called Life,” the short-lived series against which all subsequent teen shows will forever be judged, Angela Chase (Claire Danes) stares down her future as a sexual being. Read more
 

Time to give underdogs their day

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | July 27, 2008
THIS MONTH has been a big one for critical consensus. Read more
 

Turn up the heat on ‘Burn Notice’

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | July 20, 2008
FIFTEEN minutes and 47 seconds into the second-season premiere of “Burn Notice” (USA, 10 p.m. Read more
 

Getting behind the nasty sting of ‘Queen Bees’

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | July 13, 2008
I’M NOT the smartest person in the world,” avers Michelle, 18, one of the participants in the N’s new reality competition “Queen Bees” (8:30 p.m. Read more
 

A host still looking for himself

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | June 29, 2008
THE QUALITY of an interview has, naturally, a great deal to do with the quality of the interviewer. Read more
 

Tila Tequila and ‘The Bachelorette’s’ DeAnna Pappas meet Mom and Dad

Entertainment | By Jon Caramanica | June 22, 2008
THE HOMETOWN visit has become a staple of the dating-competition reality show. Read more
 
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