An Icon, a ‘Freak’ and a ‘Geek’–It’s Judd Apatow’s Time at Paley Fest
Nearly every television producer working today has a sad story about the one that got away – the passion project that made it to air but after usually a very short period of time was axed, justifiably or not, by the network. This scenario is one that can rankle creators years, or even decades later. For Judd Apatow, that show was “Freaks and Geeks,” which ran on NBC in the 1999- 2000 season and was canceled after 18 episodes, but has...
Hollywood Film Awards an Early Harbinger of Oscar Season
Coming several months before even the earliest film critics awards, the 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards billed itself as the first big event and official launch of awards season. Not only that, it spotlighted talent and films that are likely to be frontrunners as the season progresses this coming winter. In a real art imitates life moment, “Argo” director and star Ben Affleck took the stage with his castmates to pick up the...
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