A look at some noteworthy television this week: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Series 6: Natural Causes (Sunday, 9:00 p.m., WNET 13; Tuesday, 9:00 p.m., WLIW 21) The first part of series 6 of this contemporary British police series finds Inspector Lynley and his new boss searching for a killer in the English countryside. 2007 MTV Video Music Awards (Sunday, 9:00 p.m., MTV) Yet another useless awards show this time it is from MTV, which according......

I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With (directed by Jeff Garlin) While there's quite a few new releases coming out that are worth checking out this weekend (like the western and the spacemen documentary), we wanted to reserve our pick for a charming little movie you might have otherwise ignored. Written, directed and starring comedian Jeff Garlin (who we interviewed earlier this week), it's the kind of modest, looking-for-love-in-all-the-wrong-places story you don't often see these......

For one night only, Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin is bringing his popular LA show Combo Platter to NYC's UCB Theater. Every installment of CP begins with Garlin asking the audience for a topic that inspires a freewheeling conversation between he and his high-profile guests, in this case Curb Your Enthusiasm co-star Susie Essman and comedian Jim Gaffigan. A true gourmet comedy treat! Your film, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, is opening on......

MUSIC: Not long ago we saw the movie Once, and absolutely loved it. Busker meets girl, deep connection through music...you get the idea. Now the two main characters are touring and singing the songs from the soundtrack. The male lead was of course the singer of The Frames, Glen Hansard, and his female counterpoint is Marketa Irglova. Tonight they take the stage at Gramercy, so it's your chance to see them off the big screen......

We've got a few pairs of passes to give away to the following Tribeca Film Festival events, and we want to give them to you... DOCUMENTARY • Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is a documentary (with a blog) that explores the life, music and career of its subject. From bass player on the Sunset Strip, "to mega-stardom in Britain’s swinging 60’s pop scene as lead singer of The Walker Brothers, to his evolution into one......

Andy Borowitz's talent transcends mediums. He's conquered TV with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the Internet with The Borowitz Report, the stage with his stand up and regular host of The Moth, a story telling series, and books with his tomes The Republican Playbook and Who Moved My Soap: The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison. What's next for this master of humor: the future! Tell me about Next Week's News. Next Week’s News......

Yes, yes, last night was the Golden Globes. And boy, that Warren Beatty NEVER SHUTS UP. People looked pretty (but Jennifer Love Hewitt, what the hell were you wearing?), and it was nice to see Helen Mirren rack up the awards, even though it got a little boring and we think more people saw Prime Suspect than Elizabeth I. Sure, Dreamgirls won big (Jennifer Hudson is a star - here's more and more confirmation......

This is almost as uncomfortable as a scenario from Curb Your Enthusiasm! TMZ.com has footage of Michael Richards, aka the actor who played Cosmo Kramer, going crazy at two black audience members who were heckling him at a comedy club. From TMZ:The camera started rolling just as Richards began his attack, screaming at one of the men, "Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f***ing fork up your ass." Richards continued, "You......

Hybrid car owners driving on the Long Island Expressway got a nice gift from the Pataki administration yesterday. Starting on March 1, "hybrid-power cars will be allowed to use high-occupancy-vehicle lanes" on the LIE. The incentive isn't anything new nationally, but it is new to New York. And interestingly it only apply to the "highest-mileage hybrids" (that's hybrids with a minimum of 45 miles per gallon in highway driving). And since the LIE is......

Comedy Legends Live: The inimitable Carl Reiner speaks with Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Susie Essman. Reiner—comedian, actor, novelist and director— was a creator, writer and producer for The Dick Van Dyke Show. In 1999, he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the Kennedy Center and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Come check out a legend. Tonight // 8:15pm // Kaufmann Concert Hall [ Lexington Avenue at 92nd St] //......

There's nothing better than a Larry David NY Times opinion piece about Brokeback Mountain to make Gothamist snap out of our hangover. In true Larry David fashion, David writes about why he refuses to see the critically acclaimed film:If two cowboys, male icons who are 100 percent all-man, can succumb, what chance to do I have, half- to a quarter of a man, depending on whom I'm with at the time? I'm a very......

As mentioned last week, we're having a comedy show! Tickets are now on sale... Details: May 17th @ Tonic, 8:30pm Hosted by Paul Scheer (Best Week Ever) and Rob Huebel (Curb Your Enthusiasm/Inconsiderate Cell Phone Guy) Comedians: Aziz Ansari, Chelsea Peretti, Nick Kroll, Jessi Klein BUY YOUR TICKET NOW, for only $7......

When Gothamist hears the stories of George Steinbrenner going nuts about the players on the Yankees (and their agents), it makes us appreciate our "normal" bosses that much more. Over the weekend, Steinbrenner, the principle owner of the Yankees, expressed his dislike of Arn Tellem, the agent for Jason Giambi and Hideki Matsui, "We'd like to have the player - bleep the agent." Steinbrenner is upset at Tellem for his role in directing Giambi's press......

Tonight, Gothamist strongly recommends you to watch The Office Christmas Special on BBC America. A kind of "where are they now" for The Office characters, it reminds you why The Office is so good and manages to answer a couple questions - like "Does Keith get ladies?" Gothamist was able to see the special at the Museum of Television & Radio screening that co-creator and star Ricky Gervais also spoke at, thanks to reader......

New York City has announced a new incentive program for producers to shoot their films and TV shows in NYC with panache: Announcing that the second film version of The Producers, based on the Broadway musical (which was based on the film), would be shot at the new Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Some of the big features of the Empire State Film Production Credit Program:- A Tax Credit (5% refundable tax......

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Updated: Reader Meatstreets emails a photo of the Beasties performing (well, it's Mike D and MCA) for tonight's Letterman. Tuesday is the big album release day, and the Beastie Boys are celebrating their new album, To the Five Boroughs, with a live performance at 53rd and Broadway this afternoon. The performance will air on the Late Show with David Letterman, but since the show is taped, BeastieBoys.com suggests getting there around 5PM to "Check It......

A cartoon making fun of the Holocaust that appeared in a Rutgers student newspaper is causing unrest at the school. The Times describes the cartoon as such: The publication, The Medium - a journal of news and opinion that features humor, cultural items and sexual and scatological references - ran a cartoon depicting a bearded man wearing a hat and sitting on the edge of an open kitchen stove in a carnival setting. Under the......

In the land of media moguls, stars, and hangers on, most seem to sway towards wanting to get President Bush out of the White House. The Times looks at how recent television shows have criticized Bush. Of course, the best example is from Law & Order:One of the wise-cracking detectives on the NBC show "Law & Order," played by Jesse L. Martin, referred to the president as the "dude that lied to us." The character......

Eh. The Grammys are on tonight. People will be watching to see if Janet Jackson does appear and does apologize, and even though Gothamist wastes a lot of time watching awards show, we have another game plan: We will watch Fox's excellent Sunday night lineup of King of the Hill, Oliver Beene, The Simpsons, Bernie Mac, Malcolm in the Middle, and Arrested Development. Seriously, this is the best comedy lineup that any channel has. We'll......

It almost seems fitting that greed would screw over production of Seinfeld DVDs. The NY Times reports that Jason Alexander, Julia Louis–Dreyfus, and Michael Richards have refused to participate in "Making of" featurettes for the upcoming Seinfeld DVD because they've been unhappy with their profit particpation from syndication; Alexander, Louis–Dreyfus and Richards have only been receiving $100,000 year since the show ended. The "Making of" and any other interviews would have made a Seinfeld......

Even more of a reason not to do anything on cold, winter Sunday nights: Sex and the City and Curb Your Enthusiasm will premiere on January 4, 2004.......

As if Mayor Bloomberg didn't have enough problems, New Yorkers are doubting his loyalty to the New York Yankees, as he is a Massachusetts native. Gothamist would like to see his poll numbers broken down by Yankees fans, Mets fans, Giants fans, Jets fans, Knicks fans, and disaffected sports ignorami from this point forward. [Actually, we'd really like to see voter breakdowns between those who watch Law & Order, Sex and the City, and......

Gothamist is seriously disappointed in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for not nominating Law & Order for a record breaking 12th consecutive nomination (always a bridesmaid, never a bride, but that's okay, as it's the longest running scripted drama today). Nominating C.S.I. over Law & Order? This is but one reason why the Emmys are never taken very seriously. We are, however, pleased with the attention you've given Curb Your Enthusiasm, with......

There are two lenses into the life of a business person today. The Times looks at business travelers and their secret: watching too much television. CNN, being maybe a month or two behind the curve, examines the BBC show, The Office, that is making people wince at recognition of their own sad offices and the people that inhabit them for good chunks of their lives. Gothamist especially liked the Times article, because it was......

The curmudgeon Gothamist would like to be, Larry David, speaks with Bob Costas tonight on On the Record with Bob Costas. David doesn't often give interviews (mainly because he doesn't have to), so it should be interesting to hear him riff. He'll tell the infamous story about quitting-Saturday-Night-Live but-returning-to -work-after-freaking-out -about-the-ramifications story that became the basis for The Revenge episode of Seinfeld where George does the same thing. Apparently, the real Kramer told David......

To millions, she's the foul-mouthed, tough cookie Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm. But in real life, Susie Essman is only slightly less salty, as this Times Dining article by Alex Witchel reveals. It takes place in Aspen, during the HBO U.S. Comedy Festival. Susie sees a man in a mink, and says, "To me, there is nothing more repulsive than a man in a mink. A straight man, I'm talking about." Love to......

Hmm. "Chicago" director Rob Marshall won Directors Guild of America award for best direction of a film. Considering that Martin Scorsese, Oscar frontrunner, was scheduled to get the booby prize - a "Lifetime Achievement Award" - the site's press photo of Marty makes him look sad - maybe the DGA wanted to share the wealth. Who knows, it's not like any of this matters, as previously discussed on Gothamist. In great news, Bryan Gordon won......

The Writers' Guild of America announced the nominations for TV and film work in 2002. Three nominations for The Simpsons in the animated category and three for Sex and the City in the comedy series category. Nice to see Resurrection Boulevard get noticed in the drama area; I don't watch it, but at least it means that people are not only watching HBO. On the film side, the oddest thing is Bowling for Columbine getting......

Yay! Curb Your Enthusiasm won Best Television Comedy at the Golden Globes. Here is part of Larry David's speech: "This is a sad day for the Golden Globes. It is, however, quite a good day for Larry David. I suspect the wife will be a little forthcoming tonight. This is what I have to do for sex. Thank you Hollywood Foreign Press for what I hope will be a memorable evening...And my parents, who taught......