Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
TV News: Group acquires rights to Canadian TV drama -- Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired distribution rights to upcoming TV series "The Line."
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
As the GOP prepares to gather in the Twin Cities, we can't help but think of the greatest TV show that was set in that locale. Here are five things you may not have known about "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Tom Arnold has an interesting perspective on the current impasse between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood producers. That's because his experience with unions goes beyond just SAG.
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Golden Girl Betty White was honored by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, CA last night in order to pay tribute to her 60 year career in television. Here are a few pics of Betty (one with former co-star Mary Tyler Moore) at last [...]
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
This weekend at Comic-Con, Pixar previewed footage from their next film, Up, directed by Pete Docter. They’ve also just released the first teaser trailer for the film: FirstShowing.net offers this description of the plot: Our hero is the 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Edward Asner), a short and square little man who walks with a cane. When [...]
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Earlier today Disney presented a panel at Comic-Con on their two big upcoming animated movies: Bolt and Pixar's Up. We've already seen the trailer for Bolt, which looks absolutely hilarious, but so far we haven't heard a single peep about Up! In fact, the most we've seen is a logo, but no one even knows what it's about. Since Disney decided to break the tradition of attaching the newest trailer in...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
TV News: Her career spanned theater and television -- Theater and TV producer Gladys Nederlander died Monday in New York. She was 83.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Theater and TV producer Gladys Nederlander has died. She was 83.
AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
James Cagney, who served as SAG president from 1942-1944, forced producers to change inhumane working conditions. Their names are a who’s who of Hollywood history: Eddie Cantor, Robert Montgomery, James Cagney, Walter Pidgeon, Kathleen Nolan, Ronald Reagan, Edward Asner, Patty Duke, Charlton Heston, Melissa Gilbert. Besides being stars on the big screen, they all have been union presidents, leading...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Edward Asner doesn't think the actors are going to go on strike. He thinks they should, but he doesn't think they will.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
A spokesman for the semi-official group that coordinates the issuance of production permits for location shooting in Los Angeles has taken issue with the Alliance of ...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Animation wizard John Lasseter has seen the future and it's 3D. All of Disney's future animated features will be in 3D, Lasseter said in New York last week when he introduced footage from the studio's line-up for the next four years.
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
By David Lambert - It's been almost three years since fans of the '90s 'Fox Kids' Spider-Man animated series saw a DVD release, and closer to five years since the X-Men cartoon from the same era got treated... (more)
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
By Gord Lacey - Warner Bros has just announced the 9th season of ER for release on June 17. Details are a little light right now, but we can tell you this will be a 6 disc set with all 22 episodes: Chaos... (more)
A Day In the Life (Free subscription) | 01/15/2008
When my son was very young he fell in love with watching two videos, The Snowman and Our Friend Martin. Both were daily repertoire pieces. I thought the Martin Luther King Jr. video was over his head. Luca spoke very, very late. At four. So I called him over and asked him to "talk" to me about Martin, his friend. This is one of my favorite Martin Luther King Jr. poems in the world. So subtle. For years,...
