Oscar Countdown: The Supporting Actors
For all the Rayons of the world – and just about everyone else – Jared Leto can do no wrong this awards season. Returning back to the big screen after years of focusing on his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, Leto’s gender-bending role alongside Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club” has gripped the hearts of awards voters. He’s racked up a glittering stash of hardware from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG– as well as a...
Oscar Countdown: The Supporting Actresses
There are just 10 days to go before the Academy Awards are handed out in this awards season bifurcated by the Olympics. We will be taking a look at all the top categories as the last-minute campaigning goes down to the finish line for moviedom’s most coveted honor. For supporting actress, the contenders’ characters range from a blue-collar single mom to a feisty, bitter older daughter and an elderly yet extremely outspoken wife and...
Here’s Jimmy! Fallon’s Tonight Show Debut in NYC Scores Ratings Gold
Goodbye Jay, hello Jimmy. Even though losing “The Tonight Show” was a blow to the LA economy, it was a thrill to see the debut of Jimmy Fallon’s version of the leading late-night variety program at its ancestral home – back in New York City after 42 years– in a meticulously renovated studio at NBC’s 30 Rock. We been a long-time Fallon fan going back to his days at “Saturday Night Live” when he hosted Weekend Update...
Atlanta Hosts aTVfest With Top Shows and Stars Including Hometown Heroes The Goodie Mob
It turned out to be the calm before Winter Storm Pax threatened Atlanta, but instead of calm, there were three days and nights of excitement as the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) presented its second aTVfest: A Digital Media Experience with screenings, panels, Q&As and parties at venues throughout the Midtown area. Even during the winter season, there is certainly no shortage of media and film festivals, most of them...
Pimp. Lover. Killer. Father Figure. Jimmy Smits Cements His Place on ‘Sons of Anarchy’
It’s been 27 years since Jimmy Smits burst onto the scene as one of television’s most memorable characters, attorney Victor Sifuentes on “LA Law.” In many of his award-winning roles, including those on “The West Wing,” “NYPD Blue” and “Dexter,” Smits has operated on the enforcement side of the law, as a cop, a legislator and an assistant district attorney. Even in one of his very first roles, on “Miami Vice,” he played a vice...