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    • 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' vs. 'The X-Files': Vote for the Best TV Theme Songs

      Spunky Mary Richards or cynical Fox Mulder? You decide in Round 1 of Yahoo! TV's Theme Song Thunderdome.

      With March Madness in full swing, we decided to do a TV-themed bracket of our own: a no-holds-barred tournament to determine the best TV theme song of all time. After lots of heated debate, we've selected and ranked 32 of the most memorable TV theme songs ever, pitting them against each other in a winner-takes-all bracket. Over the next few weeks, we're asking you to vote for your favorite theme songs until we get a winner -- and a few songs stuck in your heads.


      (7) "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" ("Love Is All Around")

      Mary had to throw her hat to something, right? Much has been written about this beloved opening -- down to the detail of its Peignot font, natch -- and rightfully so. The images, which varied from season to season, clearly inspired credits sequences down the road, including "Sex and the City." The theme's lyrics specifically told the tale of its main character, Mary Richards, surviving the end of a relationship and starting from scratch. Needless to say, affirming words

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    • 'Taxi' vs. 'The Monkees': Vote for the Best TV Theme Songs

      Reverend Jim takes on Davy Jones in Round 1 of Yahoo! TV's Theme Song Thunderdome.

      With March Madness in full swing, we decided to do a TV-themed bracket of our own: a no-holds-barred tournament to determine the best TV theme song of all time. After lots of heated debate, we've selected and ranked 32 of the most memorable TV theme songs ever, pitting them against each other in a winner-takes-all bracket. Over the next few weeks, we're asking you to vote for your favorite theme songs until we get a winner -- and a few songs stuck in your heads.


      (6) "Taxi" ("Angela")

      The jazzy, mellow stylings of Bob James weren't the original intended theme for the hit show starring Danny DeVito, Tony Danza, and Andy Kaufman. In fact, the original title sequence was decidedly more upbeat, but the producers preferred the more melancholy vibe of this composition, initially meant for the third episode. It's especially fortuitous that the track is so memorable, as it distracts from the almost GIF-like repetition of the short footage of the Sunshine Cab Company car going over the

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    • Busy Philipps on 'Veronica Mars': Could a 'Freaks and Geeks' Campaign Be Next?

      Regardless of your personal interest in "Veronica Mars," there's no question that this week's Kickstarter campaign for the movie -- which managed to hit its 30-day goal of raising $2 million in a matter of hours -- may change the landscape of the entertainment world and the ever-evolving role of the fans. If "Mars," which went off the air in 2007, could be resurrected, what shows are next?

      Needless to say, the fans are ecstatic, but so are the actors … and not just the ones who appeared on the Kristen Bell starmaker. Busy Philipps, for one, is in awe about it.

      "How amazing is that?! They're going to make a $20 million 'Veronica Mars' movie by the end of this thing. It's so cool," she gushed to Yahoo! TV while promoting Bacardi Classic Cocktails Light (which she hasn't been drinking lately since she's pregnant). "I think it's really awesome and it's such a testament to the power of how much people love their TV shows."

      [Related: Spotty History of Cult TV-to-Film Adaptations Makes

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    • 'Pretty Little Liars' Post-Mortem Poll: Is Spencer Really Joining the 'A' Team?

      We're still picking up our jaws from the floor after watching Tuesday night's episode of "Pretty Little Liars." There's no question -- next week's mid-season finale is going to be major!

      Still, even amidst more daddy drama for Caleb, bloody Alison flashbacks, and missing person discoveries by Emily's mom, there are really only two questions that are blowing our minds: Are Aria and Ezra done for good (no, no, say it ain't so!)? And, more importantly, has Spencer gone to the dark side?

      We were teased a bit last week when Mona paid Miss Hastings a visit at Radley Sanitarium. Spencer seemed as if she was starting to see the world from a new light.

      Now, after a little more bonding time with the (handsome) orderly, Spencer discovers a map Mona made or was using -- which is it? Argh! -- that leads her to some hidden treasure clues, including a visitor's pass from the über-suspicious Cece. Of course, Wren cuts her off at the pass, and who knows if she actually was able to keep and study

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    • TLC's 'The Little Couple' Adopts a Little Boy

      Families on TLC are always growing (see also: The Duggar clan), and "The Little Couple" is no exception.

      The stars of the show, Dr. Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein, who are both little people, have adopted a son, People reports. The three-year-old Chinese boy also has a form of dwarfism.

      "We are thrilled to announce that we have adopted a beautiful young boy from China," the couple told the magazine. "We are so proud to welcome William to our family and look forward to bringing him home."

      This is especially exciting news because the past three seasons of the reality show has documented the pair's attempts at expanding their family, from fertility tests to finding a surrogate, followed by a devastating miscarriage.

      "My entire life, even before I met Bill, I always thought, 'Oh, I'd love to adopt a child who is another little person,' " Arnold, a neonatologist, said on the show. "And Bill and I talked about it after we got married, and I think we both realized we both would like

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    • Liberace and lipstick: Matt Damon and Michael Douglas cover Entertainment Weekly covered in makeup

      Sparkle, razzle-dazzle, and lipstick: Three words you wouldn’t necessarily associate with such masculine actors as Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. But, here they are, looking oh-so-fabulous and in character for their Liberace HBO movie, “Behind the Candelabra,” on the cover of Entertainment Weekly.

      The made-for-TV biopic, airing May 26, is directed by Steven Soderbergh and based on Scott Thorson’s 1988 memoir. This pic is certainly the most flamboyant image of the stars we’ve seen -- just look at Damon’s face full of makeup. He’s wearing blush, mascara, and all!

      Douglas and Damon talked to the magazine about playing Liberace and his young lover Thorson, respectively, and all the metallic thongs that went along with it. Damon, for one, confessed that he spends a good portion of the movie in a teeny bathing suit and had to have his backside spray-tanned to do so, something he felt a bit sheepish about even around his wife.

      “We’ve been through three childbirths, we’ve been in the

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    • Pretty Little Liars Post-Mortem Poll: Is Spencer Really Cray-Cray?

      Spencer may be stuck in an asylum, but something tells us she's totally sane.

      On Tuesday night's episode of "Pretty Little Liars," we got a good look at the inner-workings of Radley Sanitarium, thanks to Miss Hastings's mid-breakdown decision to feign amnesia and try to be someone else for as long as she could get away with it.

      Sadly for her -- but certainly not her very worried friends and family -- she only managed to stay Jane Doe for less than 24 hours. But that's not to say it wasn't a productive 24 hours.

      During that time, she managed to befriend the real E. Lamb (and he's one seriously charming orderly) and eventually learned that she was staying in Mona's former room. Between the piano playing and the Spencer-licious sarcasm, we were doubting if she was really losing it or on a mission to find "it."

      Spencer's vision during therapy where she started to believe she was telling her friends they didn't know her anymore and Mona's creepy visit only served to confuse us

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    • Valerie Harper, TV icon, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer

      “The Mary Tyler Moore” show was known for its humor, but one of its stars is facing a situation that’s far from funny.

      Valerie Harper, 73, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, People reports.

      The erstwhile Rhoda Morgenstern explained that a slew of tests showed that she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, “a rare condition that occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain.”

      The television icon received the word from her doctors on Jan. 15 that she has as little as three months to live.

      "I was stunned," she told the magazine of first hearing the news. "And in the next minute I thought, 'This could draw more attention to cancer research.' I think there's an opportunity to help people."

      Now that it's sunk in, “I don’t think of dying,” she said. “I think of being here now.”

      Harper appeared on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” from 1970 until 1974, when she landed a spin-off show called “Rhoda,” which aired from 1974-1978. She’s appeared on

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    • Brody Jenner joins 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' full time

      Reality television has many things going for it, but, over the past few years, it's been missing something. This week, we figured out what that is: Brody Jenner.

      Thankfully, that's about to be remedied, as the 29-year-old will be joining the rest of his family on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," E! announced Monday.

      Since "The Hills" bid us adieu in 2010, not much has been seen of Lauren Conrad's ex-boyfriend. In the first decade of this millennium, he was basically the head hottie of reality television, starting with "The Princes of Malibu" in 2005 and following it up with MTV's "The Hills" and his own guy-friend search party contest show, "Bromance."

      In between those gigs, Brody has stopped by "Kardashians" here and there to see his father, Bruce Jenner, and the rest of his family, including half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner and step-siblings Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, and Rob Kardashian.

      "I'm looking forward to the upcoming season and getting to know my extended family a little

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    • 'Switched at Birth' goes silent with a message that rings loud and clear

      Just this Sunday, a 12-year-old boy died after being attacked on the school playground by a pair of classmates. With yet another tragic case of bullying, we're again reminded just how necessary it is to be teaching tolerance.

      Monday night's episode of ABC Family's "Switched at Birth" took a chance at teaching just that. The episode, called "Uprising," forced its viewers to understand what its deaf characters -- and many people throughout the world with hearing impairments -- experience everyday. But they weren't the only ones remembering that we're all outcasts in different circumstances, and we all need to be a little more willing to listen and see varying points of view.

      [Related: 'Switched at Birth' creator on the challenges of filming the groundbreaking episode]

      As the show began, its two stars, Vanessa Marano and Katie Leclerc (who is hard of hearing herself), warned that viewers' TVs didn't need fixing and, after the first scene, the rest of the episode would be done

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