Warming Up for the Emmy Awards with Nominated Performers
If you’re one of the nominees for Emmy’s highest-profile categories, it’s hard to relax 48 hours before the big night. That doesn’t mean you can’t let your hair down, tip a glass or two and have a good old time. After all, that’s the tradition at the Television Academy’s Performer Nominees reception held on Friday night before the Primetime Emmy Awards – again this year at Wolfgang...
Early Emmy Award Winners Set Trends for Television’s Biggest Night
Here’s some advice that might seem odd to give to both male and female awards show nominees: wear running shoes on the night of the ceremony. That’s right. Fast footwear is optimal for all of those nominated in 75 categories handed out during the 65th Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, for which an abbreviated version of the ceremonies held Sept. 15 will air on cable network FXX Sept. 21 at 9...
Homeland Puts on a Show in the Corridors of Power and the CIA is Watching
Much goes on inside the Beltway, but it’s not often that a high-profile premiere of a movie or television show takes place within Wi-Fi range of the nation’s capitol. But Washington, DC was indeed the perfect location that pay cabler Showtime chose to screen the first episode of its highly anticipated third season of “Homeland,” which is largely set in its environs– although mainly shot in North...
James Franco Gets Ripped, Burned and Trashed at His Comedy Central Roast..
…but there’s a good chance he’s getting the last laugh. There may not have been any twerking—or foam fingers—but there were a lot of jokes about kissing Judd Apatow, and we are not talking about on the lips. It was part of the brand of humor that Comedy Central has become known for during its infamous roasts, the dirty and defaming-but-all-in-good-fun type that appeals to Hollywood insiders as well as millions of...
Summer TV Press Tour Broadcast Highlights, From Gothic Queens to Goofy Dads and Secret Agents
For fourteen straight days – 15 if you include the opening night party thrown by Nat Geo, the Television Critics Association summer press tour took over the Beverly Hilton for its semi-annual look at participating networks’ programming. The nearly nonstop series of panels and parties give those who cover television multiple opportunities to have access to executives and talent, who field a wide array of questions from media members....
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