Thursday, September 26, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
The Good Wife' Season 5 First Look
'the good wife' returns this sunday. if you're in the after football time zone like i am set your dvr to add at least an hour.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Jake Bugg: 'Broken'
i just discovered this song and was immediately taken by it. jake has a haunting early dylanesque sound on this song. hope you enjoy it as much as i did on first hearing.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Downton Abbey' Season 4 Quick Clip.
it's 6 months after matthew crawley died. mary is in mourning. this all begins to unravel tonight in the uk on itv. again, we the colonists have to wait until january. king george's revenge?
and with the emmy's tonight in the usa here is the emmy roundtable held this past june with the hollywood reporter.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
'The Hollow Crown' on PBS
"The Hollow Crown," the Sam Mendes-produced BBC series of four Shakespeare adaptations, "Richard II," "Henry IV Part 1" and "Part 2," and "Henry V," begins its stateside airings this weekend on PBS. It features a star-studded cast including Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart, Jeremy Irons and Michelle Dockery.
check your local listings for showtimes
'Great Expectations'
i feel in love with holliday grainger in 'the borgias'. glad to see her hitting the big screen 11/8 in this charles dickens remake.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
'Sleepy Hollow' Premier Gets an A
the pilot was great. now let's hope they can keep it going. the leads, tom mison and nicole beharie, are both charmers and have great chemistry.
if you missed the first episode fox is repeating it friday night, yes tomorrow, at 9pm. set your dvr's now if you missed it.
'Burton and Taylor' on BBC America Oct.16
i presume this may already be airing in the uk. thank the gods for bbc america. this summer they gave us the brilliant mystery 'broadchurch'. and this past winter and winter next the terrific 'orphan blaack. these are but two of many shows they have shipped across the pond.
now we have this taylor-burton film that can hopefully eradicate the lindsay lohan debacle this past year.
watching this clip i'd say helena bonham carter's taylor might be a great companion for ms taylor's martha in 'who's afraid of 'virginia wolff'.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Audra Mcdonald and Laura Benanti Join 'Sound of Music' Live NBC Production
audra mcdonald, laura benanti and christian borle, tony winners all, join carrie underwood and stephen moyer in the nbc live production of the original stage version of 'the sound of music' this coming december.
(the film tweaked the original production by cutting and rearranging musical numbers)
(the film tweaked the original production by cutting and rearranging musical numbers)
audra will play the mother abbess once again breaking the 'color barrier' that she first did in the lincoln center production of 'carousel' that sent her career soaring. bravo to the network and producers for this brave casting. i am almost certain there were no black abbesses in austria in 1939. she will get to sing 'climb every mountain' and 'my favorite things' with carrie underwood's maria. this is how it was originally played but changed for the film.
laura benanti and christian borle will get to perform two songs that were unfortunately cut from the 1965 oscar winner: 'no way to stop it' and 'how can love survive'. they are two of my favorites from the score.
i don't know much about carrie underwood except that she has huge shoes to fill taking on the julie andrews role. i wish her well.
but with audra and laura onboard there is no doubt i will be there.
stephen moyer will portray capt. von trapp and ms underwood the novice turned governess maria.
audra, laura and christian will portray the mother abbess, baroness schrader and uncle max respectively. they all fit these roles perfectly.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Mary-Louise Parker Is Back Where She Belongs
ms parker had a great run on the tv series 'weeds'. but now at long last she is back where she belongs. the theater. this is cause for celebration.
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