Posted in Appearances, Breaking News, Contest/Sweepstakes, News, Television on September 13, 2011| 2 Comments »
Psych
Get in on the USA Network’s “Fan Appreciation Day” contest for their hit series Psych that has been running since September 8 by going here for all the details.
You and a guest could be jetting off to New York City (Updated: which will be at your expense) to attend a special Psych-centric event (Updated: which is on USA’s dime) at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on October 6 along with 500 other winners.
Make sure you follow the rules. You can only enter once though. Good luck!
Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on September 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Charlie’s Angels alum Cheryl Ladd will guest star as a love interest for Ducky aka Dr. Mallard (David McCallum) on NCIS. Her cameo will occur in late October. The series returns to CBS on September 20 at 8 PM. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
TNT is in development on a new procedural tentatively called Tom Clancy’s Homeland Security, which pits a select team of domestic intelligence operatives against all enemies, within and outside the country. (Stuart Levine at Variety)
FOX has bought a family dramedy from Silvio Horta (creator of Ugly Betty) and American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez. The project is about a Latino family, centering on three sisters and their interlinked lives. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Executive Producer and Director McG and his Wonderland production company have sold FIVE drama projects to various networks. Those projects include: 1) House Calls (ABC) which centers on a doctor who quits his successful hospital practice after a scandal rocks his family and starts making house calls; 2) An as-yet titled series (NBC) described as a contemporary take on the Casablanca love triangle that blends romance, action, suspense and comedy; 3) Convergence (FOX) that centers on a brilliant but undisciplined mythology professor who, in the wake of a personal and professional scandal, moves his family from New York City to Charlevoix, the small Michigan hometown of his family practitioner wife; 4) Game On (FOX) that is touted as a sexy action comedy about two best friends who are secretly working as spies for rival agencies and 5) Hustle (The CW) that centers on five highly skilled people in their mid-twenties who come together when asked by the FBI to go undercover in order to combat youth-oriented crimes in Los Angeles. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
It looks like another Patrick Swayze film is about to remade. Word has it that the 1991 thriller Point Break that starred the later actor alongside Keanu Reeves will get the revisionist take with the new version being set in the world of international extreme sports infusing the story and characters with new twists and settings. (Dark Horizons)
Actors Stanley Tucci and Chris Cooper have joined the cast of The Company You Keep based on the Neil Gordon novel. The story follows a former Weather Underground member (Robert Redford) who is pursued by a reporter (Shia LaBeouf) hell-bent on exposing his identity as a former political radical and his involvement in a botched robbery. Tucci will play the reporter’s editor and Cooper plays the brother of Redford’s character. The cast also includes Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte and newcomer Brit Marling. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Posted in Movies, Reminder, Television, Video on September 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Love Begins
The made-for-TV movie Love Begins (part of the long-running Love Comes Softly series of movies based on the Janette Oke book series) will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 9 PM on September 17.
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Clark Davis’ (Wes Brown from True Blood) adventurous dreams of seeing the world are put into jeopardy after he and a friend start a fight which damages a local cafe. Through a plea deal with the Sheriff (Jere Burns from Dear John) and café owner Millie (Nancy McKeon), Clark works off his sentence as a farmhand for the Barlow sisters, Ellen (Julie Mond from General Hospital) and Cassie (Abigail Mavity from Summerland). Older sister Ellen doesn’t understand Cassie’s open and friendly nature with Clark; she is much more reserved and cautious and only agreed to the Sheriff’s offer because the farm has become too much for two young women to maintain alone. Clark is slow in winning Ellen over, but suddenly suffers a traumatic head injury in a fall. As he is nursed back to health by Ellen, Clark recognizes his feelings for her as something much more than gratitude. Clark decides to surprise Ellen in town and express his feelings, but he is devastated to learn her former fiancé has just returned and hopes to win her back. Will Clark travel on? Or will he stay and make his life where love begins?
Here is a video of Love Begins.
Posted in Recommendations, Television, TV Calendar on September 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
6:30 PM:
Minority Report movie on HBO2
7 PM:
Courage Under Fire movie on Fox Movie Channel
Iron Man movie on FX
7:15 PM:
Tangled (animated) movie on Starz
8 PM:
Rizzoli & Isles on TNT (Reair)
Glee on FOX (Reair)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie on Encore
9 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
Ringer on The CW (DEBUT)
Unstoppable movie on HBO2
Easy A movie on Starz
The Bourne Ultimatum movie on Syfy
9:30 PM:
The Big C on Showtime (Reair)
10 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
10:30 PM:
The Big C on Showtime (Reair)
Enjoy!
Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on September 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actress Annie Wersching will guest star in the (slated for) October 24 episode of Hawaii Five-0, playing Samantha Martel, the sister of a murder victim whose death Five-0 is investigating. The show is back with a new season starting on September 19 at 10 PM on CBS. (Adam Bryant at TV Guide)
Happy Days alum Don Most and Northern Exposure alum Valerie Mahaffey will play Rusty and Rose Pillsbury, the parents of guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), who are coming to visit on Glee. The show is back on September 20 at 8 PM on FOX. (Hanh Nguyen at TV Guide)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
ABC is developing a new version of the classic fairy tale romance Beauty and the Beast as visualized by Human Target and Jericho writer-producer Jonathan E. Steinberg. The one-hour fantasy drama is described as an epic re-imagining of the tale. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)
Shonda Rhimes (the brains behind Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice) has another new project in the works with ABC. The one-hour project centers on a young, idealistic and recently fired defense lawyer struggling to start his own firm with an eclectic group of lawyer misfits, while starting to realize that he may have been fired from his old job because he got too close to a deadly cover-up. (Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter)
The production company of John Wells (the guy behind Shameless, The West Wing and Southland) is developing two projects; both based on books. NBC has picked up the project called Easy Rawlins, which is based on the Walter Mosley best-selling novels about Black P.I. Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, who finds himself solving crimes and dealing with the changing world around him in 1960s Los Angeles. The books are set from 1940s to 1960s. Meanwhile, CBS has bought the drama based on the Alice Woo novels by Leslie Glass, primarily the book Ann of Hollywood, which comes out in January. The book is described as a contemporary reinvention of The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. This story would give Henry the Eighth’s second wife Anne Boleyn a modern frame as a woman in her late twenties who is smart, witty, and just a cut above her contemporaries. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Pushing Daisies and Dead Like Me show creator Bryan Fuller is bringing the twisted mind of Hannibal Lecter to the small screen, developing Hannibal, a one-hour drama that would explore the early relationship between the famed psychiatrist and his young patient, an FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers. (Deadline and Vlada Gelman at TV Line)
CONDOLENCES
Actor Andy Whitfield, who was the lead in the Starz series Spartacus: Blood and Sand passed away over the weekend in his home country of Australia after a battle with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He was only 39 years old. (The Wrap)
Oscar-winning actor Cliff Robertson passed away over the weekend at the age of 88. He is best known to modern day audiences as Uncle Ben Parker in Spider-Man and the film’s two sequels. (E! Online)
ME: Rest in Peace, Mr. Whitfield and Mr. Robertson! Deepest sympathies are extended to both of their families, their friends and families.
MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE…
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend according to Exhibitor Relations:
1. Contagion, $23.1 million
2. The Help, $8.7 million
3. Warrior, $5.6 million
4. The Debt, $4.9 million
5. Colombiana, $4 million
6. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, $3.9 million
7. Shark Night 3D, $3.5 million
8. Apollo 18, $2.9 million
9. Our Idiot Brother, $2.8 million
10. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D, $2.5 million
Actor Colin Firth has joined the cast of the film adaptation of The Railway Man, which is based on the story of former British army officer Eric Lomax’s real-life best-selling account of his torture by the Japanese during the construction of the “death railway” during World War II and his mission decades later to seek revenge on his tormentor. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)
Actress Kelly Reilly (Pride & Prejudice) has landed the female lead alongside Denzel Washington in the new thriller called Flight that follows the redemption of “Whip” (Washington), a commercial airline pilot who pulls off a heroic feat of flying in a damaged plane, saving 98 lives on a flight carrying 106 people. Reilly is negotiating to take the role of Nicole Devlin, a drug addict who is at rock bottom when she meets Whip. The two become friends as each of them try to get their respective demons under control. (Deadline and First Showing)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Posted in Bloggers, Spotlight, Television on September 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »
In this ongoing article series, I will be highlighting fellow bloggers who are working hard to provide news, reviews and coverage on entertainment and television.
This month’s spotlight is on Hollywood Jane aka Megan Christopher, who – when she first started blogging – originally intended to share what she learned about writing and the entertainment industry with those who were interested. But, over time she has evolved into a blogger who reviews TV, covers events, writes opinion pieces and doles out advice on avoiding mistakes that she has already made as well as anything else that comes to her mind. In essence, it is her, on a blog – writing about a little bit of everything.
She loves serialized television, sci-fi and fantasy. She also has a weakness for procedurals as long as they have likeable casts. Some of her current favorite shows are Leverage, Castle, Warehouse 13, Haven, Doctor Who and Community. She loves to laugh so that means that dark dramas are not for her unless there is a supernatural element interlaced within the story. She also likes complicated conspiracies such as Lost and she enjoys television that makes her feel clever.
She freely admits to being a total geek as well as a hopeless romantic. If you would like to find out more about Megan and her views on TV, please visit her at Hollywood Jane. You can also visit her “geek-oriented” online shops for jewelry here and designing t-shirts here.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, TV Calendar on September 12, 2011| 2 Comments »
The 2011-2012 Fall TV season will officially begin on Tuesday (September 13) and while there are, as usual, a lot of new shows to be introduced, the following are perhaps the most anticipated new shows of the season:
Ringer
Ringer – The new CW series will debut on Tuesday (September 13 at 9 PM) and will see the return of Sarah Michelle Gellar to the network that essentially made her a household name. She will play identical twin sisters who are complete opposites; Bridget is an exotic dancer who witnessed a murder while Siobhan is the trophy wife of a wealthy New Yorker. Rather than testify to what she saw, Bridget goes on the run, hiding out in her twin’s life after Siobhan disappears out at sea, with Bridget as the only witness. The cast includes Kristoffer Polaha, Ioan Gruffudd, Tara Summers and Nestor Carbonell.
Revenge
Revenge – The new ABC series will premiere on September 21 at 10 PM and stars Emily Van Camp (from Brothers & Sisters and Everwood) as Emily Thorne, who is new to the Hamptons. She’s met some of her wealthy neighbors, has made a few new friends and seemingly blends into the town. But something is a little odd about a young girl living in a wealthy town all on her own, and the truth is that Emily isn’t exactly new to the neighborhood. In fact, this was once her old neighborhood, until something bad happened that ruined her family and their reputation. Now Emily is back, and she’s returned to right some of those wrongs in the best way she knows how – with a vengeance. The rest of the cast includes Madeleine Stowe, Gabriel Mann, Henry Czerny, Nick Wechsler, Ashley Madekwe, Josh Bowman, Christa B. Allen and Connor Paolo.
Terra Nova
Terra Nova – The new FOX series will debut on September 26 at 8 PM. The series follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with the majority of plant and animal life extinct. The future of mankind is in doubt, and its only hope for survival is in the distant past. When scientists unexpectedly discover a fracture in time that made it possible to construct a portal into primeval history, the bold notion is born to resettle humanity in the past – a second chance to rebuild civilization and get it right this time. The cast includes Shelley Conn, Christine Adams, Stephen Lang, Landon Liboiron, Allison Miller, Jason O’Mara and Naomi Scott.
Homeland
Homeland – The new Showtime series will premiere on October 2 at 10 PM and chronicles the discovery and return of MIA Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) after eight years in enemy confinement; but brilliant yet volatile CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) isn’t buying his story. She believes that Brody has been turned and is now working for Al Qaeda. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse with nothing short of American national security at stake. Mandy Patankin and Morena Baccarin co-star.
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon A Time – The new ABC drama will debut on October 23 at 8 PM. Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who’s been on her own ever since she was abandoned as a baby. But when the son (Jared Gilmore) she gave up years ago finds her, everything starts to change. Henry is now 10 years old and in desperate need of Emma’s help. He believes that Emma actually comes from an alternate world and is Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming’s (Josh Dallas) missing daughter. According to his book of fairytales, they sent her away to protect her from the Evil Queen’s (Lana Parrilla) curse, which trapped the fairytale world forever, frozen in time, and brought them into our modern world. Of course Emma doesn’t believe a word, but when she brings Henry back to his home in Storybrooke (Maine), she finds herself drawn to this unusual boy and his strange New England town. The cast includes Robert Carlyle, Jamie Dornan and Raphael Sbarge.
Again, there are many news show from which to choose this fall; but these are my suggestions for the best new shows to tune in and enjoy. Please share the shows that you are most looking forward to this fall.
Posted in News, Reminder, Video, Web Series on September 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The new online series Wendy, starring actor Tyler Blackburn from Pretty Little Liars and actress Meaghan Martin from the TV version of 10 Things I Hate About You and Camp Rock, will debut this Thursday, September 15. There will be new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday for 5 weeks after its debut.
Wendy
The web series is an updated version of the classic tale of Peter Pan; this story tells the story a girl (Martin) who must choose between the boy she loves and the boy of her dreams.
You can see the video to the theme song “Save Me” as sung by Blackburn, see interviews with Blackburn and Martin and watch the new webisodes as they are released here. You can also keep up with news and updates via the Wendy Facebook page here.
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