The Clash Between Two Cops and Two Cultures: FX’s The Bridge Explores a String of Murders
There was not an empty seat in the house—the main theater of the Directors Guild of America—as cast, crew, supporters, friends and various industry-ites crowded in to see FX’s latest buzzworthy entry in hour-long drama at its Los Angeles premiere Monday night. The elements include two cops from two countries and two vastly different cultures, and a prolific, mysterious killer responsible for a string of unsolved murders with a...
Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards Encompass Mad Women, Star Wars and the Bling Ring
Although it is their male counterparts who get title billing, it was the women of “Mad Men” who took center stage at the Women in Film 2013 Crystal + Lucy Awards in Beverly Hills on June 12, which also marked the landmark occasion of WIF’s 40th anniversary. Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Jessica Paré and Kiernan Shipka were honored with the Lucy Award for Excellence in Television, which since...
From Affleck to Vaughn and Eastwood to Foxx and Kimmel, It’s a Man’s World at The Guys Choice Awards
Walking into a rain forest-themed soundstage at Sony Pictures Studios for the taping of the 2013 Spike TV Guys Choice Awards, several things were immediately apparent. The level of testosterone in the room was off the charts– and when you threw in a dancing bow-tied giraffe, a bevy of leopard print dress-clad beauties and a sizable contingent of American service people in uniform into the mix, you just knew this was not...
The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Mad Men, MASH Top TV’s Best Written Series List
When you have Norman Lear and Carl Reiner in the house – two of television’s most brilliant, legendary creators who go back to the original golden age of the medium – it’s assuredly going to be a night to remember. Hearing from those two giants was the shot across the bow as the Writers Guild of America revealed its 101 Best Written TV Series in a two-hour event at the WGA Theater in Beverly Hills on June 2, sponsored by...
Lupus LA & Sweet Relief Musicians Fund Sponsor A Night for Jolie
It’s not often that an event resonates on so many levels, but that was the case as a group of talented musicians played their hearts out to benefit Jolie Levine on the stage that was the site of the historic 1985 recording of “We Are the World.” Ms. Levine, who was Michael Jackson’s assistant and has been a music coordinator for more than 30 years, has been disabled by lupus, a disease without a cure...
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