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When we first meet Mary Whitehouse, the famous crusader against smut, she's pedaling her bike through a cozy British suburb in the early 1960s. The image immediately raises the question: Will "Filth," the new installment of PBS's "Masterpiece: Contemporary," portray this longtime thorn in the British media's side as an Elmira Gulch, a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West? Will ...

There is cocaine. There is a lot of cash. And there is the doctoring of financial books. Before the murders are explained in Lifetime's "The Two Mr. Kissels," tonight at 9, there is mucho decadence, set in glitzy mansions that are as bright and gilded as Nancy Grace's hair.

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Poor Father Christmas. We're loading up his sack with so many expectations that even his broad back won't be able to carry it.

Reuters - Dropped by her record label in the same month she split from her husband, U.K. urban star MC Harvey, the former member of hit-making R&B girl group Mis-Teeq suddenly found herself unemployed, with her private life splashed all over the tabloid press.

Reuters - From Bruce Springsteen to Stevie Wonder, plenty of musicians supported President-elect Barack Obama. Now music executives are wondering what kind of support they'll see from the Obama administration.

For all the news media outlets that set viewership records in recent months, the looming question after Senator Barack Obama's election is: What happens now?

In "Filth," a "Masterpiece Contemporary" presentation on PBS stations, a middle-aged Englishwoman creates the Clean Up TV campaign and fights for what she sees as common decency.

At the thrill-ride level, Gears of War 2, for the Xbox 360, is one of the most satisfying games of the year. But it suffers by taking itself far too seriously.

AP - The Los Angeles city attorney has charged Don Cornelius, former host of "Soul Train," in connection with two domestic incidents involving his wife last month.