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SNL Recap: Jim Carrey Goes Even Dumber
14 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Perhaps you have no idea what the schedule at Saturday Night Live is like, but it's 100% bonkers. The writers and performers have less than 24 hours to bask in the glory of an episode, or self-flagellate over its failure, before beginning to prep for the follow-up. A day of pitching is next, and then a writing all-nighter, and after that comes the actual logistics of putting on a live show — the staging, rehearsals, and working out of various kinks. It's a tightrope walk where the tightrope itself is soaked in kerosene and set on fire. After three rounds of this craziness, though, there's a reprieve. The cast and crew get every fourth week off. You might think that after a short break, everyone would come back rejuvenated, with ideas percolating beyond first-draft level and all unfunny sketch-concepts exorcised. Somehow, though, the episode after a week off tends to »
- Joe Berkowitz
Jill Soloway: How a Detour Into Indie Filmmaking Led to Amazon's 'Transparent'
25 October 2014 5:30 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
While Jill Soloway had built up an impressive resume as a writer/producer of TV series like Six Feet Under and Unites States of Tara, when it came to selling her new series Transparent to Amazon, she used the fact that she’d directed an independent film to clinch the deal. Delivering the Filmmaker Keynote today at Film Independent’s annual Forum, held at the Directors Guild of America, Soloway offered up a very personal account of how she bounced back from a low point in her career, when she was desperate to get a job in TV, by temporarily turning away from
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- Gregg Kilday
'The Wire': Read THR's Original 2002 Review
13 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
In 2002 HBO premiered David Simon’s The Wire. The Baltimore-set crime drama ended up spanning five seasons, and to this day is considered by many to be one of the best television shows ever created. On May 30, 2002 The Hollywood Reporter published its review of the show's debut, with critic Barry Garron highlighting The Wire's aggressive use of language and calling its violence so brutal that “viewers may be reluctant to return.” You can read the review in full below. Cable’s (and particularly HBO’s) fascination with gritty crime drama continues with a 13-episode Baltimore-based series from
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- THR Staff
TV Review: ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Finale Good To the Last Drop (Spoilers)
26 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Terence Winter has professed his love for “The Sopranos” finale, but the “Boardwalk Empire” creator certainly didn’t choose to emulate his former show’s cryptic conclusion in crafting a fifth season that steadfastly built toward its final, revelatory sequences. And that’s to his and the program’s credit, as the HBO drama methodically detailed the history of its central character, Nucky Thompson, while tying up loose ends (or most of them, anyway) with a ruthless efficiency that would have made Michael Corleone proud.
Sunday’s closing hour (and Spoiler Alert if you haven’t watched) saw Nucky become the embodiment of fellow mobster Johnny Torrio’s rueful admonition that there’s little point to being the richest man in the graveyard. In that, he joined a rather lengthy roster of key players who had bitten the dust in this fast-moving final flight of episodes, to the point where »
- Brian Lowry
Marcia Strassman: 12 Things You Didn’t Know About Her Career
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Marcia Strassman made her mark as the 1970s version of Alice Kramden, playing the (mostly) understanding wife of Gabe Kaplan on ABC’s “Welcome Back, Kotter.”
But Strassman, who died Friday at 66, was in showbiz for more than 10 years before she wound up on the sitcom that became a pop culture touchstone, in part because it made a star of John Travolta.
Lithe and raspy-voiced, Strassman began her showbiz career on stage and pursued a career as a pop singer in the mid-1960s before her thesping work took off. After she got her break on “Kotter,” she became active in the Screen Actors Guild.
Here are 12 things you didn’t know about Strassman’s early career:
She got off to a good start in the pages of Variety. Her first reference came in the Sept. 11, 1963 edition of, in an item noting that she would replace Liza Minnelli in Off Broadway’s “Best Foot Forward, »
- Cynthia Littleton
Revenge Recap: Public Relations
1 hour ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Sunday’s episode of People Staring Longingly on Porches Revenge staged yet another non-Emily reunion for David Clarke, one which led him to make a revenge speech of his own — albeit a completely misguided one.
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During his late-night meeting with Nolan — whose puppy-esque reaction upon seeing his long-lost father figure was actually pretty adorable — David asked why, if Nolan really gave “Amanda” the infinity box, had she apparently been living in squalor above the Stowaway with Jack? (Clearly, David didn’t see Jack’s locker-room scene earlier in the episode. »
The Good Wife Recap: Whatsoever You Do to the Lease of My Brothers...
2 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
An hour of TV built around the lyrics of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” and the sexual fetishization of baby lotion isn’t supposed to end with the tugging of the heartstrings/the dabbing of one’s eyes with Kleenex.
But this isn’t just TV, it’s The Good Wife. And the beauty of CBS’ legal drama is that no single act happens in a vacuum.
Showrunners Robert and Michelle King possess an institutional knowledge of plot lines and characters that ensures the death of a beloved hero (Josh Charles’ Will Gardner, in this instance) still resonates »
‘The Walking Dead’ Recap: ‘Four Walls and a Roof’
3 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Spoiler Warning: Do not read on unless you’ve seen “The Walking Dead” season five, episode three, titled “Four Walls and a Roof.”
If you’re still reeling from last week’s gruesome denouement — which gave the Internet a welcome opportunity to coin the phrase “Bob-b-Que” — this week’s “Walking Dead” doesn’t offer much reprieve, picking up right where the last installment left off: with Gareth gloating over the apparent tastiness of Bob’s leg.
To further emphasize the nonexistent line between Gareth’s group and the walkers in the opening minutes, director Jeffrey F. January intercuts shots of the undead, mouths agape in insatiable hunger, with equally animalistic images of the hunters tearing into Bob’s flesh, before pointedly focusing on Gareth’s face, reflected in the glass behind which dozens of walkers are trapped, hungry for his flesh. “The Walking Dead” isn’t being particularly subtle with its imagery this season, »
- Laura Prudom
'The Walking Dead': Who is that hiding in the woods with Daryl?
3 hours ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Spoiler Alert: Read on only if you have already watched Sunday night’s episode of The Walking Dead. It was a shocking episode all around on Sunday’s The Walking Dead, but it ended with one last touch that has us scratching our heads a bit. Even with all the mayhem of “Four Walls and a Roof,” things appeared ready to end on a quiet note as Michonne and Father Gabriel sat on the church steps after ridding themselves of the Terminus cannibals. But then some noise from the woods led Michonne and her newly recovered katana to investigate. Daryl »
- Dalton Ross
'The Walking Dead' star Andrew J. West talks Gareth and that shocking scene
3 hours ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Spoiler Alert: Read on only if you have already watched Sunday’s episode of The Walking Dead. Rick Grimes my be many things, but a liar is not among them. He promised Gareth back in the season 5 premiere of The Walking Dead that he would kill him using a machete with a red handle, and he followed through on that promise at the end of Sunday’ s episode. It was a brutal end for Gareth, but the man who played him is still around to tell the tale. We caught up with Andrew J. West to ask him all about tainted meat, »
- Dalton Ross
Boardwalk Empire Finale Post Mortem: Ep Terrence Winter Talks [Spoiler]'s Death, That Big Twist and More
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
If you have yet to watch Sunday’s series finale of Boardwalk Empire, hit the nearest exit. Everyone else, read on…
I knew something was off about that kid!
In the shocking closing moments of Sunday’s Boardwalk Empire series finale, Joe Harper — the club worker Nucky had taken a special interest in — revealed himself to be none other than Tommy Darmody. The interloper dropped that little bombshell on Nucky right before gunning him down in the middle of the crowded Atlantic City boardwalk. (Those of you who figured out the Joe-Tommy twist weeks ago, go ahead and pat yourselves on the back. »
The Walking Dead Postmortem: Andrew Lincoln Breaks Down Rick's Brutal "Watershed Moment"
3 hours ago | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
[Warning: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead. Read at your own risk.]
The Walking Dead's Rick Grimes is a man of his word.
On Sunday's episode, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the rest of the group learned that Gareth (Andrew J. West) and the remaining survivors of Terminus were still nearby when the Terminans returned Bob (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) — minus most of his left leg — to Father Gabriel's church. Rick quickly assembled a search party to hunt for The Hunters, but as soon as they left the church, Gareth & Co. came calling.
The Walking Dead Postmortem: Andrew J. West on his "meaty" monologue and that final scene
After a tense stand-off between the Terminans and those left behind at the church...
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- Adam Bryant
The Walking Dead Recap: Slayed to Rest
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Picking up right where last week’s episode of The Walking Dead left off, “Four Walls and a Roof” not only revealed whether poor shish ke-Bob got a reprieve, it also let us know the fate of Gareth and his blood-thirsty supper club, and brought Daryl back to the fold with…
Um, where’s Carol?
Read on, and we’ll investigate together.
Worst Case Of Food Poisoning Ever | As the hour opened, Gareth was still mouthing off to his meal, saying horrifying things like “I think pretty people taste better” when at last Bob’s tears turned to laughter, and »
Once Upon a Time Recap: When #SwanQueen Met the Snow Queen
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
This Sunday on ABC’s Once Upon a Time, Emma and Regina briefly set aside their personal cold war in order to wage battle against the Snow Queen, while a flashback to Emma’s childhood set the stage for a curious revelation.
During Emma’S Childhood Circa 1998…. | Young foster system vet Emma is caught pickpocketing Pop-Tarts, but a new pal named Lily (played by Nicole Munoz aka Defiance‘s Christie Tarr) covers for her. After splurging on some snacks (using Lily’s pinched credit card) and eluding a strange man, the two bust into a vacant home, where Emma shares »
Marcia Strassman, ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ Actress, Dies at 66
5 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Actress Marcia Strassman, known for her roles in such hits as “Welcome Back, Kotter” and “Mash,” died Friday after a long fight with breast cancer, her sister Julie Strassman confirmed. She was 66.
Along with her many TV credits, Strassman co-starred opposite Rick Moranis in the 1989 Disney live-action hit “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” and 1992 sequel “Honey I Blew Up the Kid.” She was also a longstanding member of the national board of the Screen Actors Guild.
The news of her death broke online when her friend, director Bob Weide, sent a tweet about her passing. Strassman died at her home in Sherman Oaks.
So sad that a sweet friend, kind person & wonderful actress Marcia Strassman lost her brave battle with cancer today. pic.twitter.com/4gQ4MEvEal
— Bob Weide (@BobWeide) October 26, 2014
Strassman’s first major TV role came in 1964, when she appeared in “The Patty Duke Show.” She would go »
- Alex Stedman
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