Archive for September, 2007
Sopranos, 30 Rock win Emmy gold
The list of winners at this year’s Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Drama Series
“The Sopranos”
Outstanding Comedy Series
“30 Rock”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
James Spader for “Boston Legal”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
America Ferrera for “Ugly Betty”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Sally Field for “Brothers & Sisters”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a [...]
The 4400: actors urge fans to write to USA, series finale on Sunday?
In recent weeks, there has been a lot of speculation about the future of The 4400, with fans wondering if the series will return for a fifth season. Two days ago, there was a video chat with three members of cast, Megalyn Echikunwoke (Isabel Tyler), Jenni Baird (Meghan Doyle) and Chad Faust (Kyle Baldwin) on [...]
Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises gets top prize in Toronto
Canadian director David Cronenberg’s new film Eastern Promises won the main prize, the Cadillac People’s Choice Award, on the last day of the Toronto Film Festival. It is a suspenseful, bloody drama about the Russian mob, set in London, with several big names in the leading roles.
Viggo Mortensen, who previously worked with Cronenberg on A [...]
59th Emmy Awards – nominees
The winners of this year’s Emmy Awards will be known tomorrow, so here is the list of the nominees in the major categories:
Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage • HBO • Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
The Office • NBC • Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille, LLC, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio
30 [...]
The 4400: Tiny Machines, gearing up for the finale, chat reminder
The fourth season of The 4400 is coming close to its finale and, before Heroes takes over as chief supplier of characters with supernatural powers who must save the future or else the special effects team gets permanent employment drawing post-apocalyptic wastelands, let’s see where last week’s episode, Tiny Machines, left us hanging.
On the tame [...]
Author breaks gag order to tell his story about ABC’s Path to 9/11
Peter Lance, the author of 1000 Years of Revenge, one of the sources used for ABC’s Emmy nominated miniseries Path to 9/11, starring Harvey Keitel and Michael Benyaer, has decided to speak up about the television network’s spin on the facts presented in his book. You can read the full article here.
The article comes in [...]
3:10 to Yuma takes number one spot at the U.S. box office
James Mangold’s remake of the classic western 3:10 to Yuma, starring Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol and Alan Tudyk, took the number one spot at the North American box office this weekend, earning approximately $14.1 million.
The film is based on a short story by Elmore Leonard and tells the tale [...]
Daniel Radcliffe to get naked on Broadway
Peter Shaffer’s play Equus, which opened at London’s Gielgud Theatre in February, is scheduled to hit New York theatres late next year, with Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe playing a tortured teenager in the psychological drama. The play got a lot of hype because it contains a scene in which Radcliffe takes his clothes off. [...]
Weinstein Co. to remake Total Recall
Moviehole reports that 1990 science fiction hit Total Recall will soon get a remake. The Weinsteins had reportedly wanted to do a sequel for some time with Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising Douglas Quaid and joining the group of veterans who have resuscitated their roles in cult franchises recently, Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo), Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) [...]
ABC gives Cavemen series finale deadline
ABC President Steve McPherson says that the network’s new sitcom Cavemen, based on the Geico commercials, which premieres on October 2, will end on October 9. The decision to set the date for the series finale before the show even started airing was reportedly made because the first few episodes had a complex storyline which [...]
