Third Annual Carney Awards Honor Macy, Malick, Fichtner, Kind and Berkeley
Oct31

Third Annual Carney Awards Honor Macy, Malick, Fichtner, Kind and Berkeley

You’ve seen their faces, but you may or may not know their names, much less how to spell them. They are generally known as character actors, some of the finest thespians around on television and in film. Five of these actors were honored Sunday night for their outstanding achievements at the third annual Carney Awards. Art Carney is generally recognized as one of entertainment’s greatest character actors on the big and small screens,...

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A (Trick or) Treat for Michael Jackson Fans This Halloween
Oct27

A (Trick or) Treat for Michael Jackson Fans This Halloween

Fans of Michael Jackson are in for a huge treat in advance of Halloween. CBS is airing a one hour animated special with Michael’s music as the soundtrack in the story. A preview of the show was not available but images of Jackson’s infamous “Thriller” are certainly coming to mind. The plot goes something like this: follows a twentysomething guy and a girl, Vincent (Lucas Till) and Victoria (Kiersey Clemons), who happened to me on...

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Paley Center Honors Countless Achievements of Women on Television
Oct16

Paley Center Honors Countless Achievements of Women on Television

It would be a challenge in the best of times—honoring the contributions of women in television over multiple decades and across the spectrum in comedy, drama, news, talk, sports and music in just one evening, and not an overly long one at that. But “The Paley Honors: Celebrating Women in Television” just happened to be scheduled right in the middle of a week during which explosive charges of sexual harassment against men in the media...

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‘The Menendez Murders’ Expands ‘L&O’ Franchise to True Crime
Sep26

‘The Menendez Murders’ Expands ‘L&O’ Franchise to True Crime

It was the other trial of the century in the 1990s, before that of O.J. Simpson. Actually, two of them. Broadcast live on Court TV, millions of viewers nationwide could not look away from the grisly spectacle of two handsome, young, rich brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, being tried for gunning down their mother and their father as the couple watched TV in their Beverly Hills home on a warm August night in 1989. The trials, which...

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‘The Voice’ Kicks Off New Season with New Coach Jennifer Hudson
Sep23

‘The Voice’ Kicks Off New Season with New Coach Jennifer Hudson

Fresh off its fourth Emmy award win for outstanding reality competition program, “The Voice” returns to NBC Monday night with a new powerhouse coach firmly ensconced in one of its swiveling red chairs. Jennifer Hudson– who first shot to fame as a contestant on “American Idol” in 2004 before going on to an acclaimed career which, among many other awards, garnered her an Oscar for 2006’s “Dreamgirls,” joins “Voice” OGs Adam Levine...

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