WGA Awards Play The Imitation Game, Check Into Grand Budapest Hotel

Nic Pizzolatto made something very clear during his two trips to the podium at the WGA Awards. The writer of HBO’s “True Detective ”– honored for both outstanding drama series and new series – is still worried about keeping his job. Both of Pizzolatto’s acceptance speeches were part of a thread of self-deprecating humor that ran through the West Coast edition of the 2015 Writers Guild Awards, which honor outstanding achievement...

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This Just In: The Newsroom and The Comeback Premiere on HBO
Nov07

This Just In: The Newsroom and The Comeback Premiere on HBO

With the departure of “Boardwalk Empire” and Nucky Thompson’s brutal passage into the iconography of a television character for the ages, Sunday nights are about to get very interesting again on HBO. The pay cabler is about to launch the third and final season of its drama “The Newsroom,” followed by the comedy comeback of “The Comeback,” which ran for one season nearly ten years ago. The first episodes of both shows were premiered in...

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It’s Time for Another Session of Web Therapy with Lisa Kudrow
Jul23

It’s Time for Another Session of Web Therapy with Lisa Kudrow

Fans of the Showtime series got a special in-person treatment session at the Paley Center as Lisa Kudrow, Lily Tomlin, Don Roos, Dan Bucatinsky and Gary Levine were “grilled” by moderator Sarah Gilbert before a sold-out crowd.   The new season of the show, which started out as a web series, premieres July 23 on the pay cabler.   Kudrow plays Fiona Wallice, a therapist who espouses the idea that the traditional 50 minute talk...

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