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Hillary Atkin

Cable TV’s Blockbuster Summer Gets Two Hot New Entries Tonight

Long gone, it seems, are the days when summer was a television wasteland filled with repeats. In fact, the small screen is beginning to rival the big screen with one potential blockbuster after another hitting the airwaves. Just this month…

A Nod to the Changing TV Landscape From the Critics’ Choice Awards

What a difference a year makes for the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, the 4th annual edition of which was held June 19 at the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. It was the first time in its…

Billy Bob Thornton: The Whole Bloody Truth About FX’s ‘Fargo’

The 1996 Coen brothers film “Fargo” made about $60 million at the box office — its production budget was $7 million — and won two Academy Awards, for best original screenplay and best actress for its star, Frances McDormand. Over…

TV Actress Who ‘Blew the Box Wide Open’ Honored for Her Achievements, Along With Other Exceptional Women

Exceptional. That was the theme of the Women in Film 2014 Crystal + Lucy Awards on June 11, held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza’s California Ballroom. Hosted by actress Tracee Ellis Ross, the gala event raised funds for WIF’s…

Doing Reality Right: Experts in the Genre Check In at Realscreen West 2014

Two days of panels, pitch sessions, parties and a poolside awards show marked the sixth annual Realscreen West 2014 conference, which set up shop at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel June 4 and 5. Nearly 1,100 attendees — a…

Hollywood Turns Out in Force to Honor Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda has been called many things. The daughter of Hollywood royalty. A complete sexpot. A trailblazer, an activist, an award-winning actress and, gulp, a traitor. The breadth and depth of Fonda’s career was vividly outlined as the American Film…

TV Academy Honors Programs That Inspire

Television, in its finer moments, seeks to entertain, inform and educate. But when programs also serve to inspire, they reach an entirely new level of audience engagement. Those are exactly the kinds of shows that the Television Academy — recently…

Spike TV’s All-Star Don Rickles Tribute: Turning Up the Heat on ‘Mr. Warmth’

Remember the old Dean Martin celebrity roasts that ran for 10 years on NBC starting 40 years ago, where Martin skewered the top names of the day like Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, Phyllis Diller, Jack Klugman and even…

All You Can Eat — and More: Feasting From Television’s Upfront Buffet

Attending upfronts is a bit like partaking in an all-you-can-eat buffet: something you do once a year — in which some of the offerings are pretty tasty, some inedible, several of which that are incredibly delicious and leave you hungering…

Sex and Nudity Take Center Stage as Creators Behind TV’s Watercooler Shows Tell All

It’s not often outside of awards season that creators of some of television’s most riveting and successful dramas get together in one room for a deep dive into what goes into making their hit programs. That was the agenda for…