Gabourey Sidibe, Academy Award® Best Actress nominee for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, is joining the cast of Showtime’s upcoming half-hour series The Big C in a recurring role. The Big C stars multiple-award winner Laura Linney as a repressed wife and mother named Cathy who begins to reclaim her life after […]
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MOVIES/TELEVISION: Oscar® History Is Made – Bigelow Wins!
Movie history has just been made. First, Kathryn Bigelow won the Academy Award® for Directing and moments later, another Oscar® for Best Film – she was a producer on The Hurt Locker, not just the director. Fellow nominee, James Cameron, was one of the first to stand – leading to a full on standing ovation […]
MOVIES: If I Picked The Oscars®!
It’s that wonderful time of the year when The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hands out the most famous awards in the world [yes, even more well-known than the Nobel Prize]. Despite a drop-off in indie film production, it’s been a pretty good year for movies and the box office reflects that – […]
TELEVISION: You Can Kiss My Shiny Metal A$$! Futurama Is Back!
Remember how Futurama got cancelled back in 2006 and Comedy Central bought the rights to air the original seventy-two episodes, beginning in 2008? Remember how the show’s ratings on CC were little short of magical? And how the show’s DVD sales were way up there? And how news was that there would be new eps? […]
TELEVISION: Rejoice Skiffy Fans! FRINGE Renewed For Third Season!
Fox TV has given TV’s second-best sci fi series [behind only Lost] the thumbs up for a third season, according to Entertainment Weekly’s Lynette Rice. The series which averages under eight million viewers per week has still managed to give Fox a presence its new timeslot on Thursdays – and the network is showing its […]
TELEVISION: NBC’s Thursday Night Comedy Block Intact For 2010-2011!
NBC announced today that Thursday night comedies 30 Rock, The Office and Community will be back for the 2010-2011 season beginning this fall. In combination with the announcement earlier that Parks & Recreation had been renewed, this means that NBC’s Thursday night comedy block will be intact for next season. “We are happy to give […]
TELEVISION: American Idol Recap (03.04.10)
It’s another results night. 27 million votes this week, plus former Idol finalist Danny Gokey (pictured) performs to promote his new album. Who will be going home and who will be sticking around to battle it out for another week? To recap my predictions: Guys: John Park and Jermaine Sellers. Gals: Lacey Brown and Haeley […]
TELEVISION: Smallville Gets 10th!
Despite lower rates than last season, The CW has renewed Smallville for a tenth season – tying it with Stargate SG-1 as America’s longest-running sci-fi/fantasy series. The news, which is being reported by Brian Hibberd’s Live Feed blog and the folks at Airlock Alpha, is, no doubt, a reward for giving the network a steady […]
TELEVISION: American Idol Recap (03.03.10)
It’s Ladies Night and contestant Crystal Bowersox (pictured) who’s fate was up in the air due to complications with diabetes will indeed perform tonight. Let’s hope the women will not be as nervous or jittery as the men were last night. We should see some great performances tonight since just about everyone agrees the women […]
TELEVISION: American Idol Recap (03.02.10)
There is a change of plans tonight. The guys will be performing instead of the ladies. It seems contestant Crystal Bowersox (pictured) was sent to the hospital for complications with diabetes. That would have put her out of the competition tonight and she is clearly one of the favorites of the judges. Instead, Idol producers […]
Trauma Returns to NBC
With little fanfare and even less promotion, Trauma is set to return to the schedule on NBC starting Monday, March 8. Especially now that the late-night fiasco has played itself out and five more slots traditionally meant for hard-hitting, mature-content dramas open up in the ten o’clock hour. With five hours to fill, NBC is […]