Monday, November 14, 2011
Exclusive Photos from the ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS Hollywood Handprint and Footprint Ceremony
In 1984 Donald Duck was honored in an official Handprint and Footprint Ceremony at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Alvin, Simon and Theodore of ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS fame, the World Famous Chipmunks now join Donald.
It was such a fun...
Exclusive Photos from the J. EDGAR World Premiere Opening Night Gala of the AFI FEST 2011
Exclusive Photos from the A VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS Los Angeles Premiere
Christmas came a little early this year in Hollywood! New Line Cinema in association with Mandate Pictures, a Kingsgate Film Production held the Los Angeles Premiere of A VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS, November 2nd at the Grauman’s Chinese Th...
TV Review: THE WALKING DEAD – Season 2 – “Chupacabra”
Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Melissa Suzanne McBride, Lauren Cohan, Madison Lintz, IronE Singleton, James Allen McCune, Scott Wilson, Emily Kin...
CD Review: 1941 soundtrack (limited 3,500 edition)
It almost never fails that a filmmaker who thinks he’s King of the World will produce at least one box office disaster (if not two) in an otherwise hugely profitable, and sometimes critically distinguished career. Sometimes, said films are of the ...
Sunday, November 13, 2011
TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 7 – “Season 7, Time for a Wedding!”
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, D.J. Qualls, Emily Perkins, Mark A. Sheppard, Leslie Odom Jr.
Writers: Andrew Dabb Daniel Loflin, series created by Eric Kripke
Director: Tim Andrew
Network: The CW, Fridays @ 9 PM
Original Telecast: Novembe...
CD Review: THE BLACK HOLE soundtrack
Where Disney turned to Jules Verne for their trailblazing sci-fi magnum opus in 1953 with 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, THE BLACK HOLE sought to tap into the renewed space craze brought on by George Lucas’ STAR WARS. But instead of battling starsh...
CD Review: YOUNG GUNS 2 soundtrack
Hollywood’s revisionist youthquake movement really hit dead center when a “Brat Pack” gang headed by Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Philips took up the mantle of Billy the Kid and his regulators for 1988′s YOUNG GUNS
Saturday, November 12, 2011
TV Review: FRINGE – Season 4 – “And Those We Left Behind”
Cast: Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Anna Torv, Seth Gabel, Lance Reddick, Jasika Nicole
Writer: Robert Chiappetta Glen Whitman
Director: Brad Anderson
Network: Fox, airs Friday nights
Original Telecast: November 12, 2011
Outside of FUTURAMA, the FR...
TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. The Frosted Tips”
Joshua Gomez and Zachary Levi in CHUCK - Season 5 - Vs. the Frosted Tips | ©2011 NBC/Jordin Althaus
Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPartlin
Writer: Phi...
TV Review: BONES – Season 7 – “The Hot Dog in the Competition”
Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in BONES - Season 7 - The Hot Dog in the Competition | ©2011 Fox/Patrick McElhenney
Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Patricia Belcher, Luke K...
CD Review: TAKE SHELTER soundtrack
It’s the end of the world as we know it, but one with more of a tantalizing musical whisper than an overwrought bang. For while TAKE SHELTER’s stormy doom might promise an orchestral apocalypse, its catastrophe is filtered through...
CD Review: THE THREE MUSKETEERS soundtrack
Whether you’re a composer doing a new take on pirates from the Caribbean or England’s most famous detective, it seems impossible now to play it straight for movies determined to hip up the look, and sound of historically iconic characters. Hence, ...
Friday, November 11, 2011
The year of living musically at the 36th TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Toronto beefed its celebrity profile in 2011 at the 36th Annual Toronto International Film Festival by having a slew of music documentaries. Interestingly they were all about musicians who have heavily dabbled in film in the past. Heres a quick lo...
An introduction to the 36th TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Picture this: the Toronto International Film Festival just two years ago. Venues and events spread out all over the biggest city in Canada. Picture this; Toronto today. After moving last year a great majority of the events and screenings into the...
Exclusive Interview: GRIMM executive producer Todd Milliner on NBC’s new fairy tale procedural
Claire Coffee in GRIMM - Season 1 | ©2011 NBC/Eric Ogden
In NBC’s new supernatural procedural GRIMM, which airs Fridays at 9 PM, David Giuntoli plays Nick Burkhardt, who assumes he’s an ordinary police officer until he discovers that he’s actually...
Exclusive Interview: CHUCK co-creator Chris Fedak and co-star Joshua Gomez on the secrets of the final season – Part 2
Joshua Gomez and Zachary Levi in CHUCK - Season 5 - Vs. the Frosted Tips | ©2011 NBC/Jordin Althaus
NBC’s CHUCK, now in its fifth season in its new timeslot on Fridays at 8 PM, is the brainchild of creators/executive producers Chris Fedak and Josh...
THE X FACTOR Season 1 Recap: The Stereo Hogzz are turned off during latest elimination
The Top 11 went down to 10 last night on THE X FACTOR which saw the second “group” eliminated from the talent competition. Last week, Intensity went home, and this week two groups landed in the bottom two – The Stereo Hogzz and La...
Blu-ray and DVD Picks of the Week Including HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2
Thursday, November 10, 2011
TV Review: AMERICAN HORROR STORY – Season 1 – “Piggy, Piggy”
Stars: Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Jessica Lange, Taissa Farmiga, Evan Peters, Denis O’Hare, Frances Conroy, Eric Stonestreet, Morris Chestnut, Sarah Paulson, Alessandra Torresani
Writer: Jessica Sharzer, series created by Ryan Murphy Brad F...
TV Review: AMERICAN HORROR STORY – Season 1 – “Halloween Part 2”
Stars: Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Jessica Lange, Taissa Farmiga, Evan Peters, Denis O’Hare, Frances Conroy, Jamie Brewer, Kate Mara, Lily Rabe, Zachary Quinto, Teddy Sears, Morris Chestnut, Alessandra Torresani
Writer: Tim Minear, series cre...
Blu-ray and DVD Picks of the Week Including HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2
Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab...
TV Review: THE X FACTOR – Season 1 – “The Final 11 Perform”
TV Review: SOUTH PARK – Season 15 – “A History Channel Thanksgiving”
Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Cartman are schooled in the truth about Thanksgiving by hero Myles Standish on SOUTH PARK - Season 15 - A History Channel Thanksgiving | ©2011 Comedy Central
Writer: Trey Parker
Director: Trey Parker
Network: Comedy Central, ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Exclusive Photos from the Mickey Rourke Hand and Footprint Ceremony
Mickey Rourke was immortalized in Hollywood on October 31st with a Hand and Footprint Ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theater joining stars from today and yesteryear who have put their hands, feet and signature into cement, which over the years have...
Movie Review: J. EDGAR
Rating: R
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench
Writer: Dustin Lance Black
Director: Clint Eastwood
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: November 9, 2011 special engagements; November 11, 2011 wider release
Trying to c...
TV Review: GLEE – Season 3 – “The First Time”
Darren Criss and Grant Gustin in GLEE - Season 3 - The First Time | ©2011 Fox/Beth Dubber
Stars: Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Amber Ri...
TV Review: CASTLE – Season 4 – “Heartbreak Hotel”
Nathan Fillion in CASTLE - Season 4 - Heartbreak Hotel | ©2011 ABC/Eric McCandless
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Tamala Jones, Seamus Deaver, Jon Huertas, Penny Johnson Jerald
Writer: Elizabeth Davis
Director: Bi...
TV Review: BONES – Season 7 premiere – “The Memories in the Shallow Grave”
DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 13 Recap: Justice is Served as Nancy Grace is out
Stars: Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Hope Solo
Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays
Original Telecast: Nov. 8th, 2011
Sheeee’ssss outta there! Nancy Grace is finally eliminated from DANCING WITH THE STARS: Seas...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
TV Review: DANCING WITH THE STARS – Season 13 – Week 8 – “Instant Jive Night”
Stars: Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Hope Solo
Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays
Original Telecast: November 7th, 2011
It’s Instant Jive night on DANCING WITH THE STARS and all the couples had two dances to learn....
Monday, November 7, 2011
TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. The Bearded Bandit”
Adam Baldwin, Yvonne Strahovski and Zachary Levi in CHUCK - Season 5 - Vs. The Bearded Bandit | ©2011 NBC/Danny Feld
Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPa...
TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 7 – “The Mentalists”
Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles in SUPERNATURAL - Season 7 - The Mentalists | ©2011 The CW/Michael Courtney
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Dorian Brown, Johnny Sneed, Rukiya Bernard
Writers: Ben Acker Ben Blacker, series created by Eric...
TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “Snow Falls”
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared Gilmore, Josh Dallas, Raphael Sbarge
Writer: Liz Tigelaar
Director:
TV Review: THE WALKING DEAD – Season 2 – “Cherokee Rose”
Lauren Cohan and Steven Yeun in THE WALKING DEAD - Season 2 - Cherokee Rose | ©2011 AMC/Gene Page
Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Melissa Suzanne ...
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Exclusive Photos from THE TWILIGHT SAGA handprint and footprint ceremony
November 3rd was a very crowded day on Hollywood Blvd. as Twilight fans took over the street to be at THE TWILIGHT SAGA HANDPRINT AND CEREMONY at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. I heard that fans were camped out the night before to get a good spot to s...
Friday, November 4, 2011
Exclusive Interview: CHUCK co-creator Chris Fedak and co-star Joshua Gomez on the final season – Part 1
Joshua Gomez, Zachary Levi and Yvette Nicole Brown at the World Premiere of TANGLED | ©2010 Sue Schneider
NBC’s CHUCK, now in its fifth season in its new timeslot on Fridays at 8 PM, is the brainchild of creators/executive producers Chris Fedak an...
Movie Review: A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS
Rating: R
Stars: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Paula Garces, Danneel Harris, Danny Trejo, Elias Koteas, Thomas Lennon, Amir Blumenfeld
Writers: Jon Hurwitz Hayden Schlossberg, based on characters created by Hurwitz Schlossberg
Directo...
Exclusive Photos from the TRUE STRENGTH Kevin Sorbo book signing and discussion
Barnes and Noble at The Grove held a book signing and discussion with Kevin Sorbo for his new book TRUE STRENGTH: MY JOURNEY FROM HERCULES TO MERE MORTAL AND HOW NEARLY DYING SAVED MY LIFE on October 25th. The host for the night was Sam Rubin, Ent...
Exclusive Photos from the AIM HIGH Premiere Celebration
Cambio and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, Dolphin Entertainment and McG celebrated the premiere of the First ‘Social Series’ AIM HIGH, on October 18th, at Trousdale in West Hollywood.
AIM HIGH is a six-episode series surrounding the life of hi...
Movie Review: ANONYMOUS
Rating: PG-13
Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, Edward Hogg, Jamie Campbell Bower, Derek Jacobi
Writer: John Orloff
Director: Roland Emmerich
Distributor: Columbia P...
Thursday, November 3, 2011
TV Review: REVENGE – Season 1 – “Charade”
Margarita Levieva in REVENGE - Season 1 - Charade | ©2011 ABC/Colleen Hayes
Stars: Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe, Henry Czerny, Josh Bowman, Nick Wechsler, Gabriel Mann, Ashley Madekwe, Christa B. Allen, Connor Paolo
Writer: Mark B. Perry and Joe...
Exclusive Interview: Daniel Gillies gets a taste of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Daniel Gillies in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Season 2 - Klaus | ©2011 The CW/Bob Mahoney
The vampires on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, now in its third season Thursdays at 8 PM on the CW, have a lot to write about in their journals, particularly when it comes t...
AFM 2011 News: RUSH helmer Ron Howard attends Day 1 of the AMERICAN FILM MARKET
AMERICAN FILM MARKET 2011 kicked off in Santa Monica, CA yesterday for Day 1 of the annual market where foreign and domestic buyers and sellers convene to make deals on past, present and future films.
The star wattage though has gotten even bigger...
TV Recap: THE X FACTOR – Season 1 – “The Top 12 Compete”
Cast: Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Antonio Reid, Nicole Scherzinger
Network: Fox, airs on Wednesdays and Thursdays
Original Telecast: Nov. 2, 2011
Not surprisingly, the world’s second, third, fourth, fifth greatest karaoke competition, THE X FACTOR,...
TV Review: SOUTH PARK – Season 15 – “1 Percent”
Writer: Trey Parker
Director: Trey Parker
Network: Comedy Central, airs Wednesday nights
Original Telecast: November 2, 2011
One of the best reasons for Trey Parker, Matt Stone and the entire production team at SOUTH PARK to put themselves through...
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
CD Review: Erasure – TOMORROW’S WORLD
Distributor: Mute
Suggested Retail Price: $13.88
It’s amazing that Vince Clarke has been a part of not one, but three ground-breaking bands and all within the span of five years in the early 1980s.
First, he jump-started Depeche Mode being one of ...
Profile: Topher Grace sees THE DOUBLE
Topher Grace and Richard Gere in THE DOUBLE | ©2011 Image Entertainment
In the new thriller THE DOUBLE, Topher Grace plays Ben Geary, a young FBI agent who is assigned to his dream case, tracking down the Russian assassin known only as Cassius. Be...
DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 13 Recap: Don’t Scream – David Arquette axed
Stars: David Arquette, Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Hope Solo
Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays
Original Telecast: Nov. 1st, 2011
Who would of thought that Nancy Grace had more fans than David Arquette? But, alas, ...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Exclusive Photos from the IN TIME Los Angeles Premiere
Regency Enterprises celebrated the Los Angeles Premiere of IN TIME, October 20th at the Regency Village Theater in Westwood.
The concept makes me think of the 1976 film LOGAN’S RUN, which starred Michael York and Jenny Agutter where life ended at ...
TV Review: CASTLE – Season 4 – “Cops and Robbers”
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Tamala Jones, Seamus Deaver, Jon Huertas, Penny Johnson Jerald
Writer: Terence Paul Winter
Director: Bryan Spicer
Network: ABC, Monday nights, 10 p.m.
Original Telecast: October 31, ...
Exclusive Photos from the PUSS IN BOOTS Los Angeles Premiere
DreamWorks Animation held the Los Angeles Premiere of PUSS IN BOOTS on October 23rd at the Regency Theater in Westwood.
Closing the street where the theater is located, the “beige” carpet, had backdrops that looked like sets from the film. Costume...
TV Review: TERRA NOVA – Season 1 – “Bylaw”
Cast: Jason O’Mara, Christine Adams, Byron Brockmann, Shelly Conn, Stephan Lang, Simone Kessell, Landon Liborion, Allison Miller
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writers: Paul Grellong
Network: Airs on Fox, Mondays @ 8pm
Original Telecast: Oct. 31, 201
...
TV Review: DEXTER – Season 6 – “The Angel of Death”
Colin Hanks and Edward James Olmos in DEXTER - Season 6 - The Angel of Death | ©2011 Showtime/Randy Tepper
Rating: TV-MA
Stars:Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia,...
TV Review: DANCING WITH THE STARS – Season 13 – Week 7 Recap – “Halloween Celebration”
Stars: David Arquette, Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Hope Solo
Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays
Original Telecast: October 31, 2011
It was a spooky night on DANCING WITH THE STARS. Point in case, J. R. Martinez, be...