Lear and Lorre: An Iconic Television Tag Team
They are both undisputed kings of comedy on CBS, with years of number one shows between them. And although Norman Lear and Chuck Lorre came up in the business during different generations, many of their core values are very similar – especially when it comes to making people laugh. Lear and Lorre were interviewed onstage at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills by journalist Pete Hammond June 2 as part of programming by the...
TV Upfronts Overview: It’s All About the Hamiltons!
It was just last week that the 2016 TV upfronts drew to a close and the music– and the spoofs– of “Hamilton” are still ringing in our ears. The smash hit Broadway show was omnipresent during the week of May 16 with cast members performing at a number of network presentations, including some unexpected ones, like ESPN. Amid all the talk of catering to millennials, who have surpassed baby boomers as the nation’s...
The 60s Psychedelic Rock Music Era Comes to Life in Bill Graham Exhibit at CJM
Rock & roll history comes to vivid life in an incredible exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. “Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution” chronicles the life and times of rock’s most influential promoter, a man whose work with legendary bands including the Grateful Dead, The Who, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, The Doors and the Rolling Stones cemented his place in music...
Ralph Fiennes As You’ve Never Seen Him in ‘A Bigger Splash’
An ailing rock star and her supportive yet mysterious boyfriend make love in a sumptuous home on an Italian island. But their sun-dappled idyll is abruptly interrupted when the star’s old record producer – an old flame – arrives with his daughter in tow, forcibly ushering in a blast from the past from which there can be no return. That is the scenario for director Luca Guadagnino’s “A Bigger Splash,” which features the enigmatic Tilda...
Rising Up: WGN America Goes ‘Underground’ to Explore a Troubled Time in History
With the pulse-pounding pace of its very first episode, WGN America’s “Underground” transported viewers to the antebellum world of 1857 Georgia, a dangerous and desperate place where slaves on plantations plotted their escapes via the Underground Railroad from their existences of degrading captivity. The 10-episode drama, which completes its first season tonight, May 11, has drawn the highest ratings ever for an original scripted...
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