Archive for 'Television'
“Pan Am” and “The Playboy Club”: The swagger of the 60′s done right
Posted on24. Sep, 2011 by Annee Pfau.
If anyone tells you the 60’s aren’t sexy again, they must be stuck in the 90’s. Seems everyone’s pointing their tie-dyed fingers at Mad Men as the culprit (and we don’t hear AMC complaining), but really, people; have you so soon forgotten filmdom’s feeble forays down the path first (hello, Bewitched, Addams Family, Get Smart [...]
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In Memoriam: Andy Whitfield
Posted on12. Sep, 2011 by Ben Scuglia.
Andy Whitfield, the Welsh-born actor who rose to fame last year as the title character in “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” and was forced to withdraw from the role due to a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, succumbed to the disease on Sunday, Sept. 11. He was 39 years old. Whitfield died at his home in [...]
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DALLAS returns: new series on TNT
Posted on11. Jul, 2011 by Henrick Vartanian.
ALL NEW: based on one of the most popular television drama of all time, the ongoing bitter rivalries between two families, and their struggle to hold on to power made DALLAS a worldwide phenomenon. The stories of a Texas oil tycoon and the family of a cattle rancher gained massive fame for its ratings-grabbing cliffhangers. [...]
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MTV Movie Awards (and a new category) announced
Posted on03. May, 2011 by Henrick Vartanian.
It’s time for that Golden Popcorn to go home with a new bunch of tweeny fave’d stars, as the MTV MOVIE AWARDS were announced today. MTV allows you, the ticket-paying, box-office-ringing fans to vote in the Best Movie categories online. The show will air on Sunday June 5, and is hosted by Jason Sudeikis. Don’t [...]
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‘Supernatural’ may get musical
Posted on19. Apr, 2011 by Ben Scuglia.
Cult-fave drama “Supernatural” hasn’t officially been picked up for a seventh season, but its producers are nevertheless looking ahead to future storylines. In the meantime, hot on the heels of its much-buzzed-about “meta” episode, the show this Friday rolls out a story with a Western twist. The meta episode sent hunky leading men Jensen Ackles [...]
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Once Bitten: MTV unleashes the wolves
Posted on01. Apr, 2011 by Henrick Vartanian.
Here, here Twihards! With the Twilight Saga wrapping up its final chapter, this summer, MTV‘s “Teen Wolf” is aiming to take a “bite” (no, we didn’t) out of TV’s wolfpacked, supernatural shows. Set to premiere on Sunday, June 5, right after the MTV Movie Awards, the show, based on the 80′s movies of the same [...]
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Wonder Woman gets a makeover before fighting crime
Posted on31. Mar, 2011 by Ben Scuglia.
It’s pilot season in Hollywood. Sample episodes of television shows are now filming which will then be presented to the networks for a final determination before going into production. Before that happens, the more buzz a show can generate, the better its chances at going to series. And one of the buzziest right now is [...]
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Diva Smackdown: Winslet Remakes Crawford’s Oscar-Winning Star Turn in “Mildred Pierce”
Posted on24. Feb, 2011 by Ben Scuglia.
By: Benjamin Scuglia — On screen, Kate Winslet survived the sinking of the Titanic and has tackled hot-button topics ranging from the horrors of the Holocaust to middle-class suburban ennui. But soon she will embrace perhaps her toughest challenge—remaking a character made iconic by none other than Joan Crawford. screen icon won an Academy Award for [...]
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Liam McIntyre 101: “I am Spartacus!”
Posted on22. Feb, 2011 by Henrick Vartanian.
By: Benjamin Scuglia – What is it about Australia? They seem to grow hunky actors on trees Down Under. But they aren’t all pecs and masculine bravado; most Aussie actors can actually, y’know, act. The latest to make his play for stardom on U.S. television is Liam McIntyre. The handsome 29-year-old performer from Adelaide was [...]







