Orange is the New Black, Fargo Dominate Critics’ Choice for Best TV of the Year
What a difference a year makes for the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, the 4rd annual edition of which was held June 19 at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. It was the first time in its short history that the awardscast was televised, broadcast live on the East Coast on the CW Network and tape-delayed on the West at 8 p.m. That meant that instead of last year’s 2 ½...
Billy Bob Thornton Tells All About the Killer End of FX’s Fargo
The 1996 Coen brothers film “Fargo” made about $60 million at the box office — its production budget was $7 million — and won two Academy Awards, for best original screenplay and best actress for its star, Frances McDormand. Over the years, its cult status has become more and more entrenched. So much so that the film was used as the inspiration for FX’s just-concluded 10-part series using the same title, with the...
Blanchett, Washington, Longoria Make For an Exceptional Night at Women in Film Awards
Exceptional. That was the theme of the Women in Film 2014 Crystal + Lucy Awards on June 11, held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza’s California Ballroom. Hosted by actress Tracee Ellis Ross, the gala event raised funds for WIF’s educational and philanthropic programs and honored Cate Blanchett with the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film and Kerry Washington with the prestigious Lucy Award for Excellence in Television. ...
O.J. Simpson’s Trial of the Century, 20 Years Later
Where were you on the night of June 12, 1994 – the horrible night when Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were knifed to death outside her Brentwood home? If you don’t remember exactly, you’ll surely recall where you were during the infamous slow-motion white Bronco chase when O.J. Simpson was on the run after being charged with their murders. Twenty years later, the memories came flooding back as the Paley Center for Media and...
Leg Warmers and Laughter: Inside the AFI Tribute to Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda has been called many things. The daughter of Hollywood royalty. A complete sexpot. A trailblazer, an activist, an award-winning actress and, gulp, a traitor. The breath and depth of Fonda’s career was vividly outlined as the American Film Institute feted her with its 42nd Life Achievement Award in a gala ceremony June 5 at the Dolby Theatre, an edited version of which will air on TNT. And it will need editing, because the...
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