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Daily Archives : Jan 30, 2012

Falling in Love With, and At, the Movies. What I Said to an Oscar-Nominated Actress. To Which Your Reaction Will Be — I Promise You — No, He Didn’t Really Say That. But Yes, I Really Did

If you click here you can read today’s Open Mic entry by TVWeek’s Chuck Ross, wherein he talks about falling in love … at the movies.

Outrageous ‘Fear Factor’ Stunt Angers Advocacy Group — but the News Here May Be That Such a Group Exists

An unusual advocacy group has expressed outrage over a boundary-pushing stunt that is scheduled for tonight’s episode of NBC’s “Fear Factor,” TMZ.com reports. As we reported previously, the episode had NBC executives debating whether to pull the stunt — in…

Former Top NBC Executive Testifies He Warned Network About Golden Globes Deal

Marc Graboff, who until recently worked as NBC’s president of West Coast business operations, testified Friday that he warned his network bosses that NBC was paying too much for the Golden Globes, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog….

What — or Whom — Are Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters Fighting Over?

Talk show heavyweights Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters are battling it out in a high-stakes scramble to snag the first U.S. interview with Pippa Middleton, the London Sunday Mirror reports. Winfrey and Walters are in a 300,000-pound ($471,810) bidding war…

Emmy-Winning TV Director Dies; Work Included ‘Dick Van Dyke Show,’ ‘All in the Family,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island’

A veteran television director and producer whose work on classic sitcoms goes back to the early days of TV has died, Deadline.com reports. John Rich died Sunday of heart failure at 86, the story reports. Rich was known for his…

‘Boardwalk Empire’ Tops SAG Awards

HBO’s "Boardwalk Empire" topped the television side of the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which were held Sunday evening in Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The prohibition-era drama took two honors, including winning the key category of…

Falling in Love With, and At, the Movies. What I Said to an Oscar-Nominated Actress. To Which Your Reaction Will Be — I Promise You — No, He Didn’t Really Say That. But Yes, I Really Did

I’m in love with the movies. I like TV, but I’m in love with the movies. Ever since I was a kid, the experience of being in a theater when the lights go down and the 20th Century Fox logo…

Funny Video: Jon Stewart’s Shock that CNN’s John King Folded Like a House of Cards When Attacked by Newt Gingrich During Recent Debate

Showtime Entertainment Chief Says ‘Homeland’s’ Winning of Golden Globe Marks a Milestone for the Pay Service

"Showtime has long been second to HBO among premium cable channels, but on the strength of its critically acclaimed drama ‘Homeland,’ it has seized a coveted title from its larger rival: the channel with the most discussed, praised and award-festooned…

‘Office’ Star Says Spinoff Is ‘Even More Far Out and Weirder’

"The Office" star Rainn Wilson described the spinoff featuring his character as "even more far out and weirder than ‘The Office,’" according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. "It could be really cool because it would be on…