Archive for 'Television'
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 Henry-K.
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 [...]
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Wonder Woman Lives!
Posted on22. Jan, 2011 by Henry-K.
After passing on the project the first time around, due to executives coming and going, NBC has picked up David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman. In a report by Vulture, Kelley was optimistic about the future of the project, and said NBC would be a good home for it: “I like to think of it as [...]
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Is ‘Borat’ coming to Mystic Falls?
Posted on19. Jan, 2011 by Henry-K.
Is Borat coming to Mystic Falls? If you asked Nina Dobrev, she would tell you that the British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen (“Borat”) would be a superb choice as Klaus, reports E! Online. “I think it’d be awesome if it was Sacha Baron Cohen using his Austrian accent,” Nina says mimicking Borat’s eastern European accent, with [...]
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New blood entering the arena: actor Liam McIntyre
Posted on17. Jan, 2011 by Henry-K.
Months of talent search are finally over. A new ‘Spartacus’ will lead Starz’ hit series, announced by the network today. Aussie actor Liam McIntyre will pick up the sword and fill in the sandals of exiting actor Andy Whitfield. McIntyre will take over the lead role in season two after Whitfield dropped out of the show [...]
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The History Channel refuses to air The Kennedys
Posted on13. Jan, 2011 by Henry-K.
Jon Cassar the Canadian director of The Kennedys could not believe it when he, discovering that his miniseries will not air at all. The director says he made the necessary changes to the project anytime History Channel demanded them. But a decision to not air the series just left him stunned. “We were very surprised,” said the [...]
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Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin are CNN’s Sonny & Cher
Posted on01. Jan, 2011 by Henry-K.
Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper made it through another New Year’s Eve celebration on CNN. This has been the craziest pairing since Sonny and Cher and in its own ways it is working just like Sonny and Cher did. Kathy had her wagging tongue under control during the live broadcast, but the thought of her [...]
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BNH picks: ‘The Take’ starring Tom Hardy (crime drama)
Posted on22. Dec, 2010 by Henry-K.
Great find (BNH recommends): ITV’s “THE TAKE”, a 2009 miniseries event (now condensed into 176 minutes on one DVD), starring: Tom Hardy, Brian Cox, Shaun Evans and Charlotte Riley. In this U.K. made TV mini-series adaptation of Martina Cole’s novel Tom Hardy (‘Inception’) plays Freddie Jackson who is leaving prison in 1984 after serving 4 [...]
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The scariest thing Oprah has done
Posted on08. Dec, 2010 by Henry-K.
The queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey says when it came to launching, her own cable TV network in 2011, she realized it has been the scariest thing she has ever done. “I have never felt such fear in all my life…I was afraid of failing…I was afraid it wouldn’t be what ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ [...]
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