TIME WARNER CABLE OFFERING INSTANT REPEATS Time Warner Cable has begun rolling out in New York a new service called “Start Over” that allows viewers who tune in late to a TV show to start over from the beginning. (Once restarted, the program can only be paused or rewound; it cannot be fast-forwarded, thus preventing viewers from skipping commercials.) The feature is only available while a show is on the air....
SPORTS VS. PIRATES (PITTSBURG EXCLUDED) Responding to the growing incidents of online piracy of pay-TV, blacked-out, and out-of-area sports telecasts, some of the leading sports organizations including the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NCAA, as well as Disney, News Corp, and NBC Universal have formed The Sports Coalition to lobby government officials for a more stringent response to piracy, Sports Business Journalreported Tuesday. Members of the group maintain that current regulations are inadequate....
MAY SWEEPS SWOOP Network television is not recovering at the expected pace from the effects of the writers’ strike, ratings during the May sweeps reveal. According to TVWeek, overall ratings for the crucial period, which ends on Wednesday, are down 10 percent – but, more importantly, ratings for adults 18-49, the demographic targeted by advertisers, is down a whopping 17 percent, with several shows performing near or at their all-time lows....
LAWMAKER BLASTS CNN FOR AIRING INSURGENT VIDEO The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has urged the Pentagon to bar CNN from embedded positions with U.S. forces in Iraq following the cable news network’s decision to air enemy footage of a U.S. soldier being shot in a crowd in Baghdad. Appearing on CNN’s The Situation Room Monday night, Congressman Duncan Hunter asked, “Does CNN want America to win this thing?...
Sunset Boulevard (or Sunset Blvd.) is a classic movie still taught in film classes today, 72 years after its release. The film was written and directed by the legendary Billy Wilder and starred William Holden as struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis, Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former star of silent films who desperately wants to transition into talking pictures, and Erich von Stroheim as Max von Maylerling, her loyal butler. Director Cecil B....
District 9 screenwriter Terri Tatchell will be adapting The Trylle Trilogy of novels, written by Amanda Hocking. The trilogy is comprised of the books Switched, Torn and Ascend. Here’s the announcement the author made on her blog earlier today. The series centers on Wendy Everly, a young girl who starts to discover that the isn’t exactly human and, with the help of a young man named Finn Holmes, enters the mysterious world of Trylle....
The hit sitcom That ’70s Show is getting a new spinoff, bringing the story forward to the 1990s, and original series star Laura Prepon couldn’t be more excited. It was recently announced that That ’90s Show will reunite Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp as Red and Kitty Forman, one of television history’s most popular couples. Following the announcement, Prepon posted a recent photo of herself with Smith to celebrate the news, noting her anticipation....
In all its depictions, the Star Wars Galactic Empire always maintains an iron fist grip on the galaxy. The Empire is brutal and merciless and, from what we learned in Andor, has eyes everywhere. In this galaxy, you fall in line or get a boot on your neck, literally and figuratively. But they can’t control everything or everyone, as evidenced by the Rebels, and can’t even keep all of their own in line....
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Batman. The Batman franchise is most known for its long list of villains from the Joker to Poison Ivy. Evidently, there’s no shortage of mutated humans and just straight-up bad guys to serve as formidable foes to Batman. Among them is the ever famous Oswald Cobblepot AKA the Penguin, a wealthy businessman turned villain, known for his tuxedo and trick umbrellas. Making his TV debut on the original Batman series, portrayed by Burgess Meredith, the Penguin was an immediate smash and became a regular villain to appear alongside the Joker....
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, otherwise known as H.P. Lovecraft, is arguably one of the most influential writers in American history to date. Focusing on work that’s largely related to science, fantasy, and horror fiction, his very distinct writing is still transforming modern music, film, video games, and novels decades later. Two of Lovecraft’s major influences consisted of Lord Dunsany, an Irish author of fantasy tales, in addition to the beloved works of Edgar Allan Poe....
Musicals are among the most popular forms of visual entertainment. From elaborate sets to professional singing, musicals appeal to a wide variety of audiences, from small children who like the flashy costumes to full-grown adults who tear up at the soul in the songs. Along with being fun, musicals can cover content ranging from revenge (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) to LGBTQ+ struggles (RENT). Updated: November 2022: To keep this article fresh and relevant by adding more information and entries, this article has been updated by Olivia Martello....
With more than 250 million copies of his classic books sold, Roald Dahl is a literary icon. Dahl is often referred to as one of the greatest voices of children’s literature, and with good reason. Also, a genuinely good person, Roald Dahl’s legacy lives on through his charity, Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity, which according to the website, provides care for seriously sick children by providing nurses who travel to them, instead of the kids having to come to the hospital....
The Boys is a part of this anti-superhero phenomenon, viciously ridiculing modern comics, superhero movies, and corporate culture, and decidedly standing out due to its nuanced writing. Among the parade of gory spectacles and mockery, there is a place for sincerity and compassion. The TV adaptation outshines the source material by transcending the nihilism of the anti-superhero genre, mostly because its characters are never one-dimensional, their relationships consistently complex and intriguing....
According to Kripke, the plan is to start shooting The Boys Season 3 this coming January, with the first four scripts having already been written. He also confirms that all of the scripts will be finished before shooting begins, and that the plan is to film Season 3 using “block shooting”, meaning that they would shoot episodes one and two at the same time and the future episodes would be filmed in the same two episode blocks....
“Before genre took over the world, there was the OG Saturn Awards,” Kripke said in a tweet. “A room full on stone-cold passionate nerds: my tribe. Best room to win in. This award goes to the cast & crew, they’re the real heroes. THANK YOU, Saturns!” Winning Best Superhero Adaptation TV Series meant beating out several other popular shows. The other nominees were The CW’s Batwoman, The CW’s The Flash, DC Universe’s Stargirl, The CW’s Supergirl, Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, and HBO’s Watchmen....
WARNING: There are some SPOILERS in this story for Thor: Love and Thunder. The new Marvel movie Thor: Love and Thunder is now playing in theaters and some fans aren’t quite sure how to take the film’s portrayal of Zeus. Played by veteran actor Russell Crowe, Zeus is the leader of the gods whom Thor approaches for help with Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale). Presented as much more cowardly and sleazy than other versions of Zeus we’ve seen in fiction, the film’s Zeus serves as an antagonist to the heroes....
News has slowly been coming out about Marvel’s plans to link their upcoming films, in what might be the groundwork for a future Avengers movie. The first link in that chain is supposed to occur this summer in The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, but no one knew what that link would be. Well now, Ain’t It Cool News has a report about that crucial cross-over scene. Their source says:...
Want to be among the first to watch HBO’s new drama series, His Dark Materials, an adaptation of Philip Pullman’s award-winning book trilogy of the same name? HBO is hosting free, advance screenings as part of special pop-up events at select public libraries in Philadelphia (10/26), Santa Monica (10/26) and San Jose (11/2), ahead of the series’ HBO debut on Monday, November 4 at 9pm ET/PT. Pop-up events are free and open to the public, and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis....
We last left off right after our chat with Danielle Panabaker, but there was much more to behold at Austin Studios. We had people to interview and glorious Chicago hot dogs, actually flown in from Chicago for the producers, and gourmet ice cream to eat. That wasn’t even lunch, folks. Just high-class movie set snackage. God, I love the movies. Anyway, where was I… Since they were still on set-ups, we went right into another interview with Scott Stoddard, the special makeup effects artist on the film....
Shannyn Sossamon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Lara Flynn Boyle, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mark Webber and Tony Plana are joining the cast of the indie drama, Life Is Hot in Cracktown. Written and directed by Buddy Giovinazzo, the urban drug-addiction film is based on his 1993 collection of short stories. The Hollywood Reporter notes Sossamon will play a woman faced with the challenges of raising her sick child and supporting a husband (Victor Rasuk) who runs a drug-infested tenement building....
