Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth star as Gomez and Morticia in The Addams Family, a new musical about the famously creepy family (now in Chicago until Jan. 10, then opening on Broadway April 8.) To develop his own take on the character of Gomez (famously played by Raul Julia in the 90s movies and John
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Filed under: OpEd , Casting , Reality-Free The Addams Family is coming back. No, this times it's not a TV series, nor a motion picture. No, this time Broadway is taking Charles Addams' amazing dysfunctional gothic family and putting their antics to music. That's right, The Addams Family is becoming a Broadway musical . One of the things that sounds really promising about the musical is the casting....
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows , Programming , OpEd , Video , Reality-Free Since we're in a Halloween mood tonight, let's talk about Night Gallery , one of the scariest shows I remember from my childhood. Conceived and hosted by The Twilight Zone 's Rod Serling, the series ran from 1970 to 1973 and featured some well known actors, including William Windom, Burgess Meredith, John Astin...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Starring Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Ewan McGregor, Benecio Del Toro, Terry O'Quinn, Titus Welliver, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Brad Dourif, Esai Morales, Alan Ruck, Anthony Michael Hall, Martin Sheen, Billy Zane, Demi Moore, Ally Walker, Kelly Preston, Robert Patrick, Clancy Brown, Don Rickles, Michael Ironside, Miguel Ferrer, Paul Gleason, James Remar, William...
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
By David Lambert - After the 2005 release of Season 1 and this past February 2009's release of Season 2, fans of 'Judge Harry' have been wondering if we'll see more Night Court on DVD. I'm one of those... (more)
The Independent (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Vic Mizzy, the American composer and king of TV sitcom themes, was fond of saying: "Two finger-snaps and you live in Bel Air", a reference to the success of the infernally catchy one-minute song he wrote for the opening credits of the spoof horror series The Addams Family.
Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
(Hat tip to Jennie Rigg ) Sadly there is more sad news, not only have we lost Ludo but we have also lost Vic Mizzy who was slightly older at 93. As Jennie says who he? Well without him there'd be less finger snapping in the world, because he gave us this... Interesting aside is that one Addams adopted a Hobbit. Yeah when John Astin married Patty Duke he adopted her infant son who still bears his name...
tabloid baby (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Vic Mizzy has died at home in Bel Air at 93. Amid the glut of celebrity and pop culture deaths in 2009, we've of late been relegating notable passings to our Death of The Day section at the right of the page, but Vic Mizzy deserves special mention.He wrote the theme songs to Green Acres and The Addams Family.The LA Times:"Then came an offbeat assignment: 'The Addams Family,' the 1964-66 TV
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
By David Lambert - Here's something that got by us! This coming Tuesday, October 20th, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing The William Castle Film Collection. It's a 5-DVD set filled with... (more)
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newslett (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Edgar Alan Poe, the inventor of the detective story and creator of horror writing, is one of the most influential American writers ever. After a tumultuous career, in 1849 Poe was found, delirious and in distress, outside a Baltimore tavern. He was never coherent enough to explain what had befallen him since leaving Richmond, Virginia, a week earlier. He spent four days in a hospital before he died...
Always On Watch Two (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Time for a non-political posting.... When Edgar Allan Poe, American author and father of the modern detective story , died at the age of forty in 1849, fewer than ten people attended his funeral, in part because his cousin didn't announce his funeral and in part because of the circumstances of his death, even including the possibility of rabies. On Sunday, October 12, Poe will get a proper sendoff...
io9 (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Edgar Allan Poe's original funeral was a disaster — it was never announced publicly, almost nobody attended, and a trainwreck destroyed his tombstone before it could be placed. So on his 200th... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
New Source: WiredPR News.com The celebrated writer is set to get a grand funeral 160 years after his death. Press Release Service Wired PR News One of the most celebrated writers of the 19th century, Edgar Allen Poe, is set to receive a grand funeral 160 years after his death. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the event will be far more extravagant than the rushed funeral with few attendees...
The Existence Machine (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
Over the last several months, I've been very slowly making my way through the Beckett on Film series. Slowly because, frankly, the films are, on the whole, disappointing. They are too cinematic. They too often miss the point. They treat Beckett's plays as content to be filmed . The accompanying documentary is terrible, borderline unwatchable, primarily because the producers boast about being given...
Ferdy on Films, etc. (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Evil Roy Slade (1972) Director: Jerry Paris Writers: Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall By Marilyn Ferdinand When I started writing this post two days ago, Henry Gibson was alive. Now he’s not. What started as an appreciation of a...
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