Peggy Noonan writes in the WSJ what she’s thankful for--the usual--friends, health, surviving. And then gets to this: “And after that, after gratitude for friends and family, and for those who protect us, after that something small. I love TV, and the other day it occurred to me again that we are in the middle of a second golden age of television. I feel gratitude to the largely unheralded...
By David Lambert - Today we had the pleasure of speaking with the head of Fabulous Films USA, who filled us in on some of their upcoming DVD plans. One of the highlights of our conversation was the revelation... (more)
Late STAR TREK creator GENE RODDENBERRY is to be inducted into the U.S. Television Academy's Hall of Fame to mark his work on the sci-fi franchise.The producer, who died...
• The eagerly anticipated December release "Invictus" was screened today for the first time to people not employed by Warner Bros. Viewers were hand-picked by director Clint Eastwood -- "people he has long-term relationships with," says a rep. • Rebecca Leffler reports, "Clint Eastwood will add Commander of the French Legion of Honor to his many awards and accolades...
Leslie Jordan has always made me laugh ever since I first saw him on a 1989 episode of Murphy Brown , in which he played one of Candice Bergen's secretaries. I also enjoyed him on the John Ritter sitcom, Hearts Afire , back in 1993-95, but the actor is now best known for two of his more recent--and hilarious--characters: Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram, the cross-dressing Tammy Wynette-impersonating...
I love edgy celebrity kids. Some of my faves are Kingston Rossdale, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, and of course Shiloh aka John Jolie-Pitt. Melanie Brown's daughter is a new addition to that list. Angel Iris is the daughter of Spice Girl, Mel B and Eddie Murphy. Angel's fierce hairstyle is not the only reason I love her. The other reason is that her last name is Murphy-Brown. What I would give to have the same...
…Nay, the decade. That’s right, because 2009 is almost over, people all over the world are making up their best-of-the-decade lists. (These are sometimes an excuse to subtly bash the decade that we just lived through, as when the majority of critics picked Raging Bull, released in 1980, as the best movie of the ’80s [...]
Spice Girl Mel B and her adorable 2 1/2-year-old daughter Angel Iris Murphy Brown were spotted in Beverly Hills on Saturday (November 7). Angel continues to sport her funky mohawk. Big sister, 10-year-old Phoenix Chi , was not with the pair. We just spotted Melanie and her two girls, along with hubby Stephen Belafonte, celebrating Halloween in Malibu. What do you think about Angel's mohawk? Love it...
the newest "fictional character" to raise the republicans ire is oscar the grouch, reporter for the grouch news network. apparently "pox news" is real...real trashy. thursday night on fox news, host bill o’reilly picked up on big hollywood’s rant and couldn’t resist defending his network against the smear merchants at sesame street. “say it ain’t so....
On this morning’s edition of THE EARLY SHOW, MURPHY BROWN star Candice Bergen revealed that Heather Locklear was in fact the network’s first choice to play the show’s titular character. This Thursday, WILL & GRACE alum Megan Mullally will drop by PARKS AND RECREATION to play the ex-wife of Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), who according [...]
Why are we having flashback week on morning shows? First, Ally McBeal’s cast reunited on GMA, then Murphy Brown’s cast got togeths on The Early Show. Whelp, now I feel like I’m a day older than God. For two shows I rarely think about, Ally and Murphy both occupy places of total fondness in my heart. What
Former According to Jim star Jim Belushi is moving to a drama series. He's been tapped to star in a legal drama created by Murphy Brown mastermind Diane English and Homicide and Oz exec-producer Barry Levinson. The show is loosely based on the memoir "How Can You Defend These People?" by TV commentator and lawyer Mickey Sherman. This is an excellent way for Belushi to wash the stench of...
Jim Belushi is teaming up with Diane English and Barry Levinson to create a show about a defense attorney based on the lawyer and television commentator Mickey Sherman, according to Variety . Belushi is coming off of eight seasons of his, for lack of a better term, hit sitcom, According to Jim . English created the respectable Murphy Brown , and Levinson's got quite a few notches in his belt; he executive...
The Early Show The cast of "Murphy Brown" reunites; Vanilla Ice performs. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Author John Grisham ("Ford County"). (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA Good Morning America Carrie Underwood performs; author...
Telco 2.0 is delighted to be working with GroupM , the parent company to WPP’ s media agencies, with billings of $60billion. Rupert Day, their COO, will be a panellist on the ‘Media 2.0’ session at our EMEA event next . We’ll be running an intimate workshop on ‘what’s wrong with mobile marketing and how to fix it’ with his colleagues from Joule and Mediacom...