TV's changing and growing at a marked pace right now, and last night's 64th Primetime Emmy Awards were an example of how the industry image of itself is not quite keeping up.
Read More »Television's most meta night -- where TV stars gather on TV to give each other TV awards -- went down on Sunday evening, and the biggest story of the Emmys wasn't who won, but who didn't win. AMC's "Mad Men," which went into the show with 17 nominations -- the most of any s...
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 »After watching the first season of "Homeland," it can be surreal to speak to Navid Negahban over the phone. His performance as Osama Bin Ladin archetype Abu Nazir is both memorably ominous while embodying the shifting sense the Showtime drama gives viewers of complicated villains that coul...
Read More »Showtime's justifiably acclaimed thriller "Homeland" returns for a second season on Sunday, September 30th at 10pm, but the network's put the first 20 minutes of the season premiere online and On Demand now to taunt us or, perhaps more likely, to lure in new subscribers.
Read More »If the haunting chorus of voices singing The Police's "Every Breath You Take" in the new trailer for Showtime's "Homeland" sounds familiar, it's because it belongs to Belgian women's choir Scala & Kolacny Brothers, who are also responsible for the co...
Read More »For many viewers out there in TV land, “Homeland” is the series they often refer to as the quintessential example of how television is currently offering a more nuanced, mature, and satisfying entertainment diversion than what’s being shown at your local multiplex this weekend. The...
Read More »When Showtime's excellent thriller "Homeland" ended its first season, it was with bipolar CIA operations officer Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) in the hospital and about to undergo electroconvulsive therapy, her confidence and sanity a wreck thanks to her investigation into return...
Read More »The best part of the Emmy nominations? Jimmy Kimmel appearing in his pj’s, speaking truth to power. “This could be just as good at noon, really,” he said at the insane hour of 5:40 AM Pacific time. Kimmel, who will host the awards show on Sept 23., stepped in to announce the n...
Read More »Gideon Raff grew up in Israel but studied film in Los Angeles, a stay that was intended to be for two years but turned into nine after he got a job as Doug Liman’s assistant on "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." He made two features in the US -- 2007's "The Killing Floor" and...
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