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Spoiler: the Mad Men maven's must-dos include four days of cooking and unlimited Scotch. More »
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With her Ice Princess demeanor and penchant for shaming her daughter, Betty Draper is one of Mad Men's most despised characters. But are viewers just failing to understand her complexity? More »
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The actress says: "I kind of undressed her a little bit… She had a cool corset on. I love playing with her. Bring over your Roger doll!" More »
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In a misguided attempt to get women to love their bodies, British Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone has suggested we all try to look like Christina Hendricks. We'll get right on that. More »
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To tantalize us for Mad Men's July 25 premiere, AMCtv.com gave us an exclusive clip in which Christina Hendricks and Elisabeth Moss get goofy while discussing '60s men and fashions, and January Jones is, well, more reserved and Betty-like. More »
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When Esquire asked its readers to vote for "The Best-Looking Woman In America," 30% of them reportedly voted for Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, who beat out Megan Fox and Adriana Lima to snag the May cover of the magazine. [ONTD] More »
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What would force someone to spend $8,600 taking out ads in major newspapers proclaiming "I Am A Bad Woman?" For Hwang Myoung-eun, the full page polemic the only way to vent her frustration as a working mother. More »
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In an interview with E!'s Jennifer Godwin, there's good news and bad news. The good news? Betty's coming back. Matt Weiner says: "I don't like spoilers, but you will find out that January's contract has been renewed." He adds: More »
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At Christina Hendricks' holiday party last weekend she served her guests, including Jon Hamm, shrimp skewers and a cocktail she invented. She's shared the recipe for her Corzo Pumpkin Spice Cocktail, which is served in a martini glass, naturally. [People] More »
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In this interview, Weiner talks about the disintegration of Betty and Don's marriage, the infamous lawn mower incident and Joan's husband joining the army: "What will happen to him and what will happen to them, who knows?" [The Daily Beast] More »
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But, come on: who could resist a Joan reference here?! [Vintage_Ads] More »
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Illustrator Dyna Moe has once again created Joan paper dolls, this time based on her wardrobe from season 3, including the John Deere massacre bloodstains! [Flickr] More »
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Watching Betty and Don's final fight on Sunday night, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with a sense of glee. Hasta La Vista, Betty! More »
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Mr. Whitman got kicked in the head by a horse, and Mr. Draper got kicked in the head by a "whore." Don's always been ambivalent about this life. Now that he's about to lose it, he wants it all back. More »
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Here we are at the end of the third season of Mad Men, and all hell has broken loose in the world of Sterling Cooper. What will become of the characters we know and sometimes love? Let's find out. More »
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Excited about the season finale of Mad Men tonight? So are we! Therefore, we're putting up an open thread tonight so you can watch the 60s explode all over Don Draper and Co. with your fellow commenters. Come join us! More »
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For genteel young career women moving to the big bad city, there's just one respectable option: women's residences, where it's apparently always 1950. And awesome. More »
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We've all been tensed, waiting for it, since the show started: the moment when everyone's world would be blown apart. And so November 22, 1963 came to Sterling Cooper. And, as Pete Campbell put it, "the whole country was drinking." More »
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— Abigail Spencer, aka Miss Farrell from Mad Men. In addition, she spills that creator Matt Weiner told her to listen to a Leonard Cohen song, "Suzanne": "If you read the lyrics, you'll get it." [ONTD via AMC] More »
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Christina Hendricks — Mad Men's Joan — was making cocktails on Martha Stewart's show today, which should have been fun. But the segment was a little strange. More »
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—Christina Hendricks on Joan being raped by her fiancé. Hendricks also says: "Joan likes to make things very tidy and clean… I think she justifies certain things and cleans them up in her mind." [NY Magazine] More »
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"We're seeing the decision [Joan] made to go with Dr. Greg... Like many women of that period, she's done what she's told... It's phony to say that this woman would not have left that job when she married." [USA Today] More »
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Things got downright confrontational on last night's episode, titled "The Hobo and the Gypsy." More »
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"That's what I love about playing her. These women weren't trying to change everyone's lives; they just wanted to get their chance to do their job, and in that way she's the ultimate feminist." — Elisabeth Moss [N.Y. Magazine] More »
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With Sterling Cooper for sale, Betty finding Dick in a box, and JFK's assassination and feminism's second wave on the horizon, people's worlds are going to change, and they will each see it differently…"but they don't really want to." More »
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Scott Buckwald says that even some Mad Men crew members have commented, "I didn't know they had ballpoint pens in 1960." He says, "I wanted to have T-shirts made that said, 'This is 1960, not 1860.'" [Collector's Weekly] More »
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Last night's episode, "Wee Small Hours," was full of high expectations and enormous letdowns. More »
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Mad Men props are selected with care! Slide show at the link. Also, if you have mail from the '60s, property master Gay Perello and set decorator Amy Wells will take it. [EW] More »
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Last night marked the second rape scene in Mad Men (and the third time a man on the show has forced himself on a woman in a sexual manner). But still, the question lingers - is this really rape? More »
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Last night's episode of Mad Men, "Souvenir," was a meditation on memory, duplicity, role-playing, and the male gaze. More »
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In a rare critique of Mad Men on NPR today, John Powers writes that Joan (Holloway) Harris is the show's biggest asset. "Caught between the past and the future, Joan is the show's most complex and compelling figure." Word! [NPR] More »
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If the actress who plays Mad Men's much-talked-about latest temptress, Miss Farrell, looks familiar, it might be because she plays the hot girl in that annoying "blogging" Twix commercial. Video proof after the jump. [LiveJournal] More »
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On this week's Mad Men, Betty indulged her latest Daddy issues, Don tried to stave off deals with devils, Peggy learned what she's worth to the men in her life, and Joan was tragically absent. Everyone is expendable. More »
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How quickly things change! More »
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Monday's episode of Oprah will be '60s theme, featuring Mad Men's Jon Hamm and January Jones, and Ms. Winfrey in an outfit by Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant. [NY Times] More »
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On last night's Mad Men, little Sally Draper - albeit briefly - got in touch with her inner Lord of the Flies. More »
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"My mom tells me a lot about the '60s. I studied a little bit of that in school. And chatting with some of my mom's friends, I've learned a lot too." — Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men's Sally Draper). [AMC] More »
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Sunday's episode dealt heavily with parenting, specifically fatherhood. More »
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Last week, Peggy went trolling in a bar for a lay. This week, she smoked dope. She's spinning out of control! Her self-destruction could ruin feminism and the chances for all women to get ahead in business! Or not. More »
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