Gary Susman
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Gary Susman

Gary Susman has been covering movies and TV for more than 25 years and has been a Moviefone columnist since 2009. He is a former senior writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he helped launch the award-winning PopWatch blog. He has written about entertainment for such outlets as Time, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, People, CNN, MSNBC, Life, The Village Voice, The Guardian, The Chicago Sun-Times, and The Boston Phoenix. He has been a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics since 1993. He is one of the authors of the 2011 book "LIFE 75 Years: The Very Best of LIFE."

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In Memoriam: Don Draper, Enigmatic Advertising Legend

In Memoriam: Don Draper, Enigmatic Advertising Legend

Donald Francis Draper, a legendary ad man and a creative director at several top New York advertising agencies throughou...

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8 Reasons Why We Still Love 'I Love Lucy'

8 Reasons Why We Still Love 'I Love Lucy'

This Sunday's "I Love Lucy Superstar Special" on CBS may just be an elaborate repackaging of two 60-year-old black-and-w...

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6 Things You Won't See Anymore on Network TV

6 Things You Won't See Anymore on Network TV

This week's "upfront" presentations, where the TV networks touted their 2015-16 slates to advertisers, told us a lot abo...

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George Lucas: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the 'Star Wars' Guru

George Lucas: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the 'Star Wars' Guru

George Lucas didn't just create the "Star Wars" universe. The filmmaker, who turns 71 on May 14, pretty much created the...

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​Why Was Reese Witherspoon's 'Hot Pursuit' So Chilly at the Box Office?

​Why Was Reese Witherspoon's 'Hot Pursuit' So Chilly at the Box Office?

Not that anyone expected huge numbers from Reese Witherspoon's new comedy "Hot Pursuit," especially with "Avengers: Age...

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The 21 Best Horror Movie Villains Ever, Ranked

The 21 Best Horror Movie Villains Ever, Ranked

%Slideshow-285373% Jason Voorhees didn't start out as much of a horror villain; after all, in the initial "Friday the 13...

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Are Streaming Shows Really That Different From Network and Cable Shows?

Are Streaming Shows Really That Different From Network and Cable Shows?

To many viewers, streaming is just TV on a different screen. After all, you can watch "Seinfeld" reruns as easily on Net...

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Every Best Picture Oscar Winner, Ranked From Worst to Best

Every Best Picture Oscar Winner, Ranked From Worst to Best

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the release of "Crash" (on May 6, 2005), an all-star movie whose controversy cam...

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Why Didn't 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Open Bigger at the Box Office?

Why Didn't 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Open Bigger at the Box Office?

Before this weekend, the only question about "Avengers: Age of Ultron" was how big it was going to be. Would it break th...

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Can Hulu Catch Up to Netflix and Amazon Prime?

Can Hulu Catch Up to Netflix and Amazon Prime?

At its annual "upfront" presentation to advertisers on Wednesday, streaming service Hulu unveiled its secret weapon, aim...

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Batman Facts: 25 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Dark Knight

Batman Facts: 25 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Dark Knight

Happy Batman Day, everyone! Around the world, May 1st may mark a spring holiday, but here, it marks the first appearance...

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U.S. Box Office Twiddles Its Thumbs, Waits for 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'

U.S. Box Office Twiddles Its Thumbs, Waits for 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'

Nothing happened at the domestic box office this weekend. Well, almost nothing. The biggest news came from overseas, whe...

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10 Ways YouTube Has Changed the Way We Watch TV

10 Ways YouTube Has Changed the Way We Watch TV

It's hard to believe that YouTube is just 10 years old. It seems like it's been around forever, and it's difficult to re...

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The 21 Most Un-Fur-Gettable Disney Movie Cats

The 21 Most Un-Fur-Gettable Disney Movie Cats

%Slideshow-282451% Is it already Hairball Awareness Day again? April 25th always rolls around so fast. It hardly seems l...

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The 19 Best Horror Movie Sequels Ever Made

The 19 Best Horror Movie Sequels Ever Made

%Slideshow-281711% Horror sequels have long seemed, like weeds or mosquitoes, something we just have to put up with, par...

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Jack Nicholson Facts: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Iconic Actor

Jack Nicholson Facts: 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Iconic Actor

Let's hope Jack Nicholson has a pleasant birthday on Wednesday, or at least a less disturbing one than the birthday when...

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​Why Can't Any Movie Beat 'Furious 7'?

​Why Can't Any Movie Beat 'Furious 7'?

Everyone knew "Furious 7" would be big. But $300 million in less than three weeks big? This weekend, the car-chase seque...

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The 27 Best Las Vegas Movies

The 27 Best Las Vegas Movies

%Slideshow-281158% If you thought the only thing that could have made 2009's "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" better was if it too...

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10 Sitcom Pilots Inspired by Real People: Which Will You Watch?

10 Sitcom Pilots Inspired by Real People: Which Will You Watch?

Last week, in the wake of Eddie Huang's complaints that he felt ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat" was distorting and softening...

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The 19 Biggest Box Office Bombs in Movie History

The 19 Biggest Box Office Bombs in Movie History

%Slideshow-280881% Think your accountant gets creative at tax time? Consider the accountants who keep the books for the...

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The 22 Coolest TV Nerds: An Evolutionary History

The 22 Coolest TV Nerds: An Evolutionary History

%Slideshow-280872% It seems quaint that there was a 1984 movie called "Revenge of the Nerds." Thirty-one years later, it...

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