Earlier today, NBC Universal president Jeff Zucker sent out a 'team update' memo about the upcoming transition... but as it's in that same gooblety gook speak that the corporate suits like to talk in, I've gone ahead and de-coded it for you.. Enjoy! (thanks to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood for posting the original letter)
With Conan's last Tonight Show now a memory, I thought I'd do a quick run down of the winners and losers in the latest edition of the late night wars.
I’ve had a few days to digest the Golden Globes and these are the things that have stayed with me (even though I tried intense therapy to remove them from my consciousness)
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Just came upon this job posting and couldn't resist penning my own fantasy query letter.
AGENCY X is looking for a candidate to work as an assistant to the co-head of the literary department. The position requires a passion for great writing and for the business of books, impeccable organizational skills, the ability to prioritize and juggle numerous projects, excellent phone manner, outgoing personality, and top-notch editorial and writing skills. Responsibilities range from answering phones and tracking contracts and material, to preparing submissions, drafting correspondence, and evaluating and editing manuscripts. At least a year of prior book publishing experience a plus.
Dear X:
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Truth to tell I never quite understood that old Peanuts saw of it being "sydney or the bush" but the meaning isn't hard to fathom - put up or shut up, do or die, succeed or fail and tonight MELROSE PLACE's success or failure hinges on how well or poorly Heather Locklear is received and how well or poorly they've written her in the reboot. Known for saving the Dynasty and then the Melrose Place franchises, Locklear has a unique reputation among viewers (and probably the folks in LA who hire and fire) for being a never miss actress. She saves everything she's in from being absolute dreck - and usually everything she's in is absolutely dreck - but there's something about her that elevates the material to campy dreck - and a lot of times that's all that people really want.
Continue reading ""Sydney or the bush" time for Melrose Place" »
Ever since my parents took me to see "Angel in my
Pocket" starring Andy Griffith back when I was, oh, about four years old
at the Mosinee Theatre in my hometown, I've been a fan of being in a theatre
with a group of people with only popcorn in my hands and a soda to keep me
company. I even have had a lifelong ritual: buy the popcorn, lightly salt it,
shake the bag and close it up (to keep the popcorn hot) and sit down and not
eat any until the movie starts... not the previews, but when the actual title
of the movie comes up THEN I can start eating.
Having a theatre in my hometown was a joy because it was easy for me to go, even when my friends weren't interested in going with me. Even when the Mosinee Theatre closed down and I started going in earnest to the Grand Theatre in Wausau, about twenty minutes away, I wasn't deterred. The Grand Theatre was cool because it was a large old style theatre and even had an intermission during the movie - something I took for normal (and still miss).
I am a huge Mary Tyler Moore fan. So yes when I went to college in Minneapolis I
had lunch in the IDS Tower at "Mary's Table" (I will not reveal whether
or not I spun my heels and tossed my hat on the Nicollet Mall tho...
some things should remain private). :)
Anyway, for those of you who love Mary with the same devotion that I do, season five is coming out on October 8th according to TVShowsonDVD.com
Earlier this year there was a report that all three of the remaining seasons of the Mary Tyler Moore Show would come out at the same time in a 'complete series' box set... meaning if you had already bought the first four seasons, well, you'd have to buy them again in the "complete set" in order to get the three seasons you didn't have. But this seems to contradict that. Hope it's true.... once I have the complete series: marathon!
Not only has ABC announced that it’s moving production of “All My Children” from New York to Los Angeles saying that LA has the advantage of having larger storage spaces for sets and the space to build permanent pieces, but also Nina Tassler, President of CBS, announced today in the New York Post that the 53 year old “As The World Turns” is in jeopardy of being the next show on the chopping block (“Guiding Light” is off the air in mid September after 72 years on the air).
It’s not surprising also that I’ve heard from my writer friends who write about the soaps online that ABC is in production for “The Aisha Tyler Show” a talk show starring the comic (known to most of America as that girl that nearly stole Ross away from Rachel towards the end of the “Friends” run).
Continue reading "To Be Continued... Whoops! Actually, No. (or: Not a Good Day for Soaps)" »
My favorite new series has only had one outing so far but I cannot wait for the real season to begin in just a few weeks.. yes GLEE was fantastic on it's initial one shot showing this past May but there's always that worry that they did what they could but that the rest couldn't possibly live up to expectations.. well, in this clip from the upcoming season, I think there's a reassurance that this is going to be something special. The last line of this clip just slays me.....
Beautiful?
The drip drip drip of drops on the outside provide rhythm and insistence, the curlique breeze that wends it ways through the barely cracked open window brings refreshment and even the general gloom casts the city in a pale that softens and shades the often harsh corners and edges of a city that must move at lightning speed if for no other reason than because it can.
So this past week I’ve been working my way through the first season and after eight episodes including her big wedding episode, I think I can safely say that it’s just about as good as I remember it overall and very funny in many places.
A few weeks ago Rolando, Robert and David and I all met for lunch and as we're a movie-savvy bunch the conversation naturally turned to our favorites. And one by one we each agreed that Martin Scorsese's After Hours was one we really liked. But after seeing it a couple times in late 1986, would it still hold up 23 years later?
Initially I was drawn to the movie because Teri Garr was in it. I enjoyed Garr as the Disbelieving Wife in Close Encounters and then as the Disbelieving Girlfriend in Tootsie. I always felt Garr's pain in these movies, she's always kind of outside the extraordinary events going on around her and her characters are like us, doing the best we can in trying times.
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