Last week we posted a piece about the research that showed that women created 26% of the TV shows during the 2011-2012 season. But, based on the lack of women visible onstage at last night's Emmy Awards in any category but acting, you could have gotten the impression that women are b...
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel was a perfectly smooth host for the Emmys, though not a perfect fit. One of his trademarks, prankish humor – he asked viewers to Tweet that Tracy Morgan had passed out – didn’t translate to an awards show. His other trademark, irreverently taking swipes at the sel...
Read More »Nicole Holofcener’s untitled new project began principal photography on Monday in Los Angeles. The film will be distributed by Fox Searchlight.
Read More »The Critics Choice Television Awards and the Televisions Critics Association have both released their list of nominees. It is clear that the critics in both organizations love Downtown Abbey, Homeland, Breaking Bad, New Girl and Girls.
Read More »So, what do Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini have in common? Well, they're both graduates of the Armando Iannucci school of comedy with the former currently starring in his HBO series "Veep" and the latter featuring in "In The Loop." Now both will take those comi...
Read More »For anyone doing without premium cable, last night's premiere of "Veep" -- the new show from "In The Loop" director Armando Iannucci starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a hapless vice president fighting to stay politically relevant -- the first episode is now online, for fre...
Read More »“We live in a culture now where it’s almost like we are used to being lied to,” Julia Louis-Dreyfuss said in a recent New York Times Magazine piece about her HBO series Veep – to which any thinking person can only respond, “ALMOST?” (Or hope that she de...
Read More »Bring it on. Series premiere on April 22.
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