Realm, the industry-leading podcast studio and one of the world's fastest-growing independent podcast networks, proudly announced the addition of Tim Ditlow, a distinguished figure in children's audiobook publishing, to its Board of Advisors. Ditlow, with over four decades of experience in the children’s audio industry, will bring invaluable insights to Realm's new leadership in the Kids and Family sector.
Tim Ditlow's deep roots in the recording industry, coupled with a lifelong passion for stories, make him an unparalleled authority in children's audio and book publishing. His impressive career includes leadership roles at Listening Library, Random House, Brilliance Audio, and Amazon Children's Publishing, where he played pivotal roles in acquiring, producing, and overseeing a multitude of iconic audio titles, including the internationally acclaimed Harry Potter series. His contributions to the industry have been recognized with multiple Grammy nominations and awards, as well as commendation from the White House for his...
Tim Ditlow's deep roots in the recording industry, coupled with a lifelong passion for stories, make him an unparalleled authority in children's audio and book publishing. His impressive career includes leadership roles at Listening Library, Random House, Brilliance Audio, and Amazon Children's Publishing, where he played pivotal roles in acquiring, producing, and overseeing a multitude of iconic audio titles, including the internationally acclaimed Harry Potter series. His contributions to the industry have been recognized with multiple Grammy nominations and awards, as well as commendation from the White House for his...
- 2/12/2024
- Podnews.net
Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on the television classic The Honeymooners, died Saturday at her home in New York City, according to multiple reports. She was in hospice care at the time of her death, which was from natural causes.
Randolph played the wife of sewer worker Ed Norton, played by Art Carney. The couple were the best friends and neighbors of Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), and Alice Kramden (Audrey Meadows).
Randolph was tabbed for the role after Gleason saw her on a chewing gum commercial.
Trixie was married to a sewer worker, and I guess she considered herself a little better than the character of Ed Norton,” Randolph said in a 1999 interview with the Television Academy Foundation. “But she was just a housewife — she and Alice didn’t have jobs. They stayed home all the time, which was kind of amazing, but the husbands didn’t want them to work.
Randolph played the wife of sewer worker Ed Norton, played by Art Carney. The couple were the best friends and neighbors of Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), and Alice Kramden (Audrey Meadows).
Randolph was tabbed for the role after Gleason saw her on a chewing gum commercial.
Trixie was married to a sewer worker, and I guess she considered herself a little better than the character of Ed Norton,” Randolph said in a 1999 interview with the Television Academy Foundation. “But she was just a housewife — she and Alice didn’t have jobs. They stayed home all the time, which was kind of amazing, but the husbands didn’t want them to work.
- 1/14/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Brutal and violent, Mike Hammer is a no-holds-barred private investigator created by Mickey Spillane and featured in novels, movies, TV shows, comics, and more. Mike Hammer is set to return to the big screen as Skydance has acquired the rights to the franchise and is planning to develop a movie based on the iconic character.
No writers, directors, or actors attached to the new Mike Hammer movie at this time, which is hardly a surprise given the ongoing WGA and SAG strikes. The rights to the character have been in dispute for quite some time. Mickey Spillane died in 2006, just one month after the death of his manager. The manager’s estate tried to claim ownership of Mike Hammer, but following years in court, those rights reverted to Spillane’s estate.
Starting with the novel I, the Jury, Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer novels have sold over 250 million copies worldwide.
No writers, directors, or actors attached to the new Mike Hammer movie at this time, which is hardly a surprise given the ongoing WGA and SAG strikes. The rights to the character have been in dispute for quite some time. Mickey Spillane died in 2006, just one month after the death of his manager. The manager’s estate tried to claim ownership of Mike Hammer, but following years in court, those rights reverted to Spillane’s estate.
Starting with the novel I, the Jury, Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer novels have sold over 250 million copies worldwide.
- 8/3/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
This fresh take on the satirical comedy slot will feature new programmes from the likes of Rachel Parris, who will kick off the series with a range of comic characters including digital stars Rosie Holt and Michael Spicer; Dom Joly, who will take a mischievous approach to investigating the week’s biggest stories; Ria Lina, bringing a global perspective to the news with comedians from around the world sharing news from their countries; Catherine Bohart, who will take a deep dive into the roots of a news story; Rhys James, bringing his trademark quick wit to interrogate the news; and Andrew Hunter Murray hosts the latest creation from The Skewer’s Jon Holmes, which takes aim at the way the news is packaged and presented.
The specials will be broadcast in Radio 4’s popular Friday Night Comedy slot this summer, between series of Dead Ringers and The News Quiz. Friday...
The specials will be broadcast in Radio 4’s popular Friday Night Comedy slot this summer, between series of Dead Ringers and The News Quiz. Friday...
- 7/5/2023
- Podnews.net
Barry Humphries, the Australian entertainer whose gladioli-waving alter ego Dame Edna charmed and roasted celebrities, all with a Cheshire grin, outrageous eyewear, a “Hello, Possums!” greeting and a flurry of caustic wit, died Saturday. He was 89.
Humphries died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney of complications from hip surgery, his family announced.
“He was completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind, his unique wit and generosity of spirit,” they said. “With over 70 years on the stage, he was an entertainer to his core, touring up until the last year of his life and planning more shows that will sadly never be.”
He portrayed Dame Edna Everage — whom he called a “gauche, garrulous Melbourne housewife with a very shrill voice who was obsessed with interior decoration” — for more than six decades across cabarets, clubs, stage and screen as one of the world’s oldest continual comic creations.
Humphries died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney of complications from hip surgery, his family announced.
“He was completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind, his unique wit and generosity of spirit,” they said. “With over 70 years on the stage, he was an entertainer to his core, touring up until the last year of his life and planning more shows that will sadly never be.”
He portrayed Dame Edna Everage — whom he called a “gauche, garrulous Melbourne housewife with a very shrill voice who was obsessed with interior decoration” — for more than six decades across cabarets, clubs, stage and screen as one of the world’s oldest continual comic creations.
- 4/22/2023
- by Rhett Bartlett
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran actress Barbara Bosson, best known for her Emmy-nominated role in the NBC police drama Hill Street Blues, has died. She was 83. In an Instagram post, Bosson’s son, Jesse Bochco, confirmed her passing on Sunday, February 19. “More spirit and zest than you could shake a stick at,” he wrote alongside a photo of his mother holding him when he was a child. “When she loved you, you felt it without a doubt. If she didn’t, you may well have also known that too. Forever in our hearts. I love you Mama.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by @jessebochco Born on November 1, 1939, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Bosson got her first taste of acting in the 1969 crime thriller Bullitt in an uncredited role. From there, she went on to appear in several TV shows throughout the 1970s, including Mannix, Longstreet, Alias Smith and Jones, McMillan & Wife, Griff, and Richie Brockelman,...
- 2/21/2023
- TV Insider
Sad news today as it has been reported that Barbara Basson died on Saturday at the age of 83. The actress is best known for playing Fay Furillo on Hill Street Blues, which was co-created by her then-husband, Steven Bochco. Basson’s son, Jesse Bochco, announced her death on social media. “More spirit and zest than you could shake a stick at,” Bochco wrote. “When she loved you, you felt it without a doubt. If she didn’t, you may well have also known that too. Forever in our hearts. I love you Mama.“
Barbara Basson appeared in many of her husband’s productions, including Capt. Celeste “C.Z.” Stern, the divorced boss of John Ritter’s police inspector, in Hooperman, as Los Angeles mayor Louise Plank in Cop Rock, and as prosecutor Miriam Grasso in Murder One. Basson also appeared in TV shows such as Mannix, Emergency!, McMillan & Wife,...
Barbara Basson appeared in many of her husband’s productions, including Capt. Celeste “C.Z.” Stern, the divorced boss of John Ritter’s police inspector, in Hooperman, as Los Angeles mayor Louise Plank in Cop Rock, and as prosecutor Miriam Grasso in Murder One. Basson also appeared in TV shows such as Mannix, Emergency!, McMillan & Wife,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Barbara Bosson, an Emmy-nominated actor known for her role as Fay Furillo on “Hill Street Blues,” died Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 83 years old.
Bosson’s death was confirmed by her son, Jesse Bochco.
“More spirit and zest than you could shake a stick at. When she loved you, you felt it without a doubt,” Bochco said in an Instagram tribute. “If she didn’t, you may well have also known that too. Forever in our hearts. I love you Mama.”
From 1981 to 1986, Bosson was a main cast member on “Hill Street Blues,” portraying Fay Furillo, the ex-wife to police captain Frank Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti). She received five Emmy nominations for best supporting actress in a drama series throughout her tenure on the series. She was nominated in the same category in 1995 for “Murder One,” which shows the life of prominent attorney Theodore Hoffman at a Los Angeles firm,...
Bosson’s death was confirmed by her son, Jesse Bochco.
“More spirit and zest than you could shake a stick at. When she loved you, you felt it without a doubt,” Bochco said in an Instagram tribute. “If she didn’t, you may well have also known that too. Forever in our hearts. I love you Mama.”
From 1981 to 1986, Bosson was a main cast member on “Hill Street Blues,” portraying Fay Furillo, the ex-wife to police captain Frank Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti). She received five Emmy nominations for best supporting actress in a drama series throughout her tenure on the series. She was nominated in the same category in 1995 for “Murder One,” which shows the life of prominent attorney Theodore Hoffman at a Los Angeles firm,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Julia MacCary
- Variety Film + TV
Barbara Bosson, the Emmy-nominated actor best known for her work on the acclaimed police drama “Hill Street Blues,” died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 83.
Bosson’s son, director and producer Jesse Bochco, confirmed the news via a tribute on Instagram.
“More spirit and zest than you could shake a stick at. When she loved you, you felt it without a doubt. If she didn’t, you may well have also known that too,” Boncho wrote in his post. “Forever in our hearts. I love you Mama. Barbara “Babs” Bosson Bochco 1939-2023.”
Bosson married “Hill Street Blues” co-creator Steven Bochco in 1970, after the two met while attending Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Over the course of her career, Bosson starred in multiple series created by Bochco, including “Hooperman,” “Cop Rock,” and “Murder One.” The two divorced in 1997, and Bochco died in 2018 at age 74 from leukemia.
Born in 1939 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania,...
Bosson’s son, director and producer Jesse Bochco, confirmed the news via a tribute on Instagram.
“More spirit and zest than you could shake a stick at. When she loved you, you felt it without a doubt. If she didn’t, you may well have also known that too,” Boncho wrote in his post. “Forever in our hearts. I love you Mama. Barbara “Babs” Bosson Bochco 1939-2023.”
Bosson married “Hill Street Blues” co-creator Steven Bochco in 1970, after the two met while attending Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Over the course of her career, Bosson starred in multiple series created by Bochco, including “Hooperman,” “Cop Rock,” and “Murder One.” The two divorced in 1997, and Bochco died in 2018 at age 74 from leukemia.
Born in 1939 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Barbara Bosson, who was nominated for five Emmys for her role as Fay Furrillo on Hill Street Blues, died February 18 at 83.
Her death was announced by her director son, Jesse Bochco, on social media.
She is best known as starring as Fay Furillo during the first six seasons of NBC’s Hill Street Blues, which was created by her then husband Steven Bochco.
Bosson was also Emmy nominated for her role as prosecutor Miriam Grasso on ABC’s Murder One.
Related: Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries
“More spirit and zest than you could shake a stick at. When she loved you, you felt it without a doubt. If she didn’t, you may well have also known that too. Forever in our hearts. I love you Mama,” wrote Jesse Bochco.
Bosson got her start in Steve McQueen film Bullitt and CBS detective series Mannix before becoming one...
Her death was announced by her director son, Jesse Bochco, on social media.
She is best known as starring as Fay Furillo during the first six seasons of NBC’s Hill Street Blues, which was created by her then husband Steven Bochco.
Bosson was also Emmy nominated for her role as prosecutor Miriam Grasso on ABC’s Murder One.
Related: Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries
“More spirit and zest than you could shake a stick at. When she loved you, you felt it without a doubt. If she didn’t, you may well have also known that too. Forever in our hearts. I love you Mama,” wrote Jesse Bochco.
Bosson got her start in Steve McQueen film Bullitt and CBS detective series Mannix before becoming one...
- 2/20/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Barbara Bosson, who received Emmy nominations in five consecutive years for her turn as the divorcee Fay Furillo on the acclaimed NBC drama Hill Street Blues, co-created by her then-husband Steven Bochco, has died. She was 83.
Bosson died Saturday in Los Angeles, her son, director-producer Jesse Bochco, announced.
The actress also was known for her work on three ABC series: as the divorced boss of John Ritter’s San Francisco police inspector on the 1987-89 comedy-drama Hooperman, as the mayor of Los Angeles on the 1990 musical drama Cop Rock and as prosecutor Miriam Grasso on the 1995-97 legal drama Murder One. All three shows were co-created by Bochco, too.
She and Bochco first met when they attended Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the 1960s, and they were married from 1970 until their 1997 divorce. He died in April 2018 at age 74 after a battle with leukemia.
Bosson sparked as the needy Fay, the ex-wife of Capt.
Bosson died Saturday in Los Angeles, her son, director-producer Jesse Bochco, announced.
The actress also was known for her work on three ABC series: as the divorced boss of John Ritter’s San Francisco police inspector on the 1987-89 comedy-drama Hooperman, as the mayor of Los Angeles on the 1990 musical drama Cop Rock and as prosecutor Miriam Grasso on the 1995-97 legal drama Murder One. All three shows were co-created by Bochco, too.
She and Bochco first met when they attended Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the 1960s, and they were married from 1970 until their 1997 divorce. He died in April 2018 at age 74 after a battle with leukemia.
Bosson sparked as the needy Fay, the ex-wife of Capt.
- 2/20/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although he was on his best way to become an architect and had even completed his studies, eventually his passion for cinema and making movies was too strong to resist so that Pak Dae-min became a director. When asked about his main sources for inspiration, he talks at length about his love for the works of such directors as Takeshi Kitano or Bong Joon-ho, but also his aim to make a Hollywood-like blockbuster in the veins of Steven Spielberg. After “Private Eye” and “Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River”, “Special Delivery” (also known as “Special Cargo”) is his third feature and already screened at film festivals such as Rotterdam International Film Festival and Fantasy Filmfest Nights. Considering his aforementioned goal, “Special Delivery” is certainly a step in the right direction, combining fast-paced action with drama and a great central performance by Park So-dam, an actress popular since her role...
- 4/23/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Chicago – Dennis Dugan, in directing Adam Sandler (“Happy Gilmore”), Chris Farley (“Beverly Hills Ninja”) and John Ritter (“Problem Child”), can rightly be considered a comedy director icon. He also for his latest film, “Love, Weddings & Other Disasters,” developed the story and wrote the screenplay for the first time.
An impending wedding is the backdrop for the film, as it weaves multiple storylines regarding the search for love by a colorful group of characters. They include an inexperienced wedding planner nicknamed “The Wedding Trasher” (Maggie Grace), a fussy celebrity caterer (Jeremy Irons) negotiating a “blind date” (Diane Keaton) and a Duck Boat tour guide (Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor) looking for his Cinderella. It all comes together, connecting the love encounters and the nuptials. The film also features Melinda Hill, Jesse McCartney and even director Dugan takes a role.
Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor in ‘Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, Directed by Dennis...
An impending wedding is the backdrop for the film, as it weaves multiple storylines regarding the search for love by a colorful group of characters. They include an inexperienced wedding planner nicknamed “The Wedding Trasher” (Maggie Grace), a fussy celebrity caterer (Jeremy Irons) negotiating a “blind date” (Diane Keaton) and a Duck Boat tour guide (Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor) looking for his Cinderella. It all comes together, connecting the love encounters and the nuptials. The film also features Melinda Hill, Jesse McCartney and even director Dugan takes a role.
Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor in ‘Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, Directed by Dennis...
- 12/3/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Melding together genres seldom works. It’s a delicate balancing act; tone is key, and when either (or both) are off the whole thing can come crashing down. By 1991, HBO was already offering up original programming and decided to create a whole new sub genre – horror noir. The result was Cast a Deadly Spell, a very entertaining and perfectly concocted mixture of 1940s detective story and supernatural terror. And when the balance is right, like it is here, the results are sublime.
Originally airing on HBO on Saturday, September 7th, CaDS was met with critical acclaim as a riotous mashup of Bogart and the Dark Arts, treating audiences to a unique blend of murder and magic.
Let’s open up our sacred book of incantations, TV Guide, and see what we’re in for:
Cast A Deadly Spell (HBO, Sept. 7th)
L.A., 1948. Private eye Harry Philip Lovecraft is hired...
Originally airing on HBO on Saturday, September 7th, CaDS was met with critical acclaim as a riotous mashup of Bogart and the Dark Arts, treating audiences to a unique blend of murder and magic.
Let’s open up our sacred book of incantations, TV Guide, and see what we’re in for:
Cast A Deadly Spell (HBO, Sept. 7th)
L.A., 1948. Private eye Harry Philip Lovecraft is hired...
- 3/12/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
P. T. Anderson faithfully adapts Thomas Pynchon's most accessible novel, the zaniest surf noir, Inherent Vice. It is also the first time he's worked with a large ensemble cast since Magnolia. The result is often hilarious, a laborious snapshot of the end of the groovy 60s.The film centers around Larry 'Doc' Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix), a dope smoking Private Eye, as he helplessly gets mired into what seems to be an unsolvable case. It all begins with the visit from his ex-girl friend Shasta Fay Hapworth (Katherine Waterston) whom he still carries the torch for. She tells him that her new fling, a billionaire construction tycoon Mickey Wolfmann (Eric Roberts), who inexplicably hangs out with Aryan Brotherhood, is about to get kidnapped by his wife and...
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- 10/5/2014
- Screen Anarchy
★★★☆☆ We head to bat country this week for Charlie Paul's new documentary For No Good Reason (2012), detailing the life and work of Ralph Steadman - the illustrator and cartoonist best known for his work with Hunter S. Thompson on the novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Before the Gonzo years, Steadman worked on Private Eye, The Telegraph and Punch. Then, through a twist of fate whilst travelling in America, he encountered the iconic doctor of journalism, Hunter S. Thompson. When the pair joined forces writing for Rolling Stone Magazine in the 1970s, Steadman found the perfect (if antithetical in personality) partner, finally finding an equally riling voice with which to buck against the system.
- 5/30/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Ian Hislop has mocked Noel Edmonds's attempts to launch a takeover of the BBC, claiming that the Deal or No Deal host's views on the institution were 'not really worth contesting'.
Edmonds has claimed that the licence fee needs to be scrapped and has made several public appearances dropping hints about a secret 'Project Reith' takeover of the broadcasting corporation.
When asked about Edmonds's recent comments, Hislop told Digital Spy: "I thought April 1st had come early. I don't think I want to be working for Noel. Shall we be honest here? If it's Deal or No Deal, then it's a 'no deal' from me.
"I'm not sure Noel's views are really worth contesting."
The Have I Got News For You star and Private Eye editor said that people might accuse him of having a vested interest in the BBC and its method of licence fee funding, but joked...
Edmonds has claimed that the licence fee needs to be scrapped and has made several public appearances dropping hints about a secret 'Project Reith' takeover of the broadcasting corporation.
When asked about Edmonds's recent comments, Hislop told Digital Spy: "I thought April 1st had come early. I don't think I want to be working for Noel. Shall we be honest here? If it's Deal or No Deal, then it's a 'no deal' from me.
"I'm not sure Noel's views are really worth contesting."
The Have I Got News For You star and Private Eye editor said that people might accuse him of having a vested interest in the BBC and its method of licence fee funding, but joked...
- 4/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Ian Hislop returns to BBC Two tonight for the first part in a new documentary series, Olden Days: The Power of the Past in Britain.
We caught up with the broadcaster to ask about the show, the future of the BBC and why he's refused to join the Twitterati.
What do you mean when you refer to 'the Olden Days' in your new show.
"The interesting thing about the olden days is that they are the history we would have liked to have been true, but often wasn't.
"One of the shows is about two of our great national heroes, one of whom probably didn't exist and the other for whom we constantly make up what we think is important at the time.
"The second one is about the British love of traditions. And Britain's best tradition is making up traditions. If we haven't got one, we make it up.
We caught up with the broadcaster to ask about the show, the future of the BBC and why he's refused to join the Twitterati.
What do you mean when you refer to 'the Olden Days' in your new show.
"The interesting thing about the olden days is that they are the history we would have liked to have been true, but often wasn't.
"One of the shows is about two of our great national heroes, one of whom probably didn't exist and the other for whom we constantly make up what we think is important at the time.
"The second one is about the British love of traditions. And Britain's best tradition is making up traditions. If we haven't got one, we make it up.
- 4/9/2014
- Digital Spy
Ian Hislop's Olden Days: The Power of the Past in Britain: BBC Two, 9pm
This new historical documentary series examines what the Private Eye editor sees as a deep British obsession with the past. He begins by trying to understand the peculiar devotion to the mythology of kings, going right back to the legends of King Alfred and King Arthur.
Hislop undertakes a thorough tour of Britain, journeying from Tintagel to Glastonbury and Winchester. Much like the Have I Got News For You regular's other history documentaries, it focuses very much on the narrative of our history, as he holds up a mirror to the audience.
Law & Order: UK: ITV, 9pm
The team are thrust into deep water. First, Ronnie and Joe conclude an elderly woman's suicide at a notorious hotspot was in fact murder, and Ronnie is alerted to signs of terrorism. Then, the lawyers take on a...
This new historical documentary series examines what the Private Eye editor sees as a deep British obsession with the past. He begins by trying to understand the peculiar devotion to the mythology of kings, going right back to the legends of King Alfred and King Arthur.
Hislop undertakes a thorough tour of Britain, journeying from Tintagel to Glastonbury and Winchester. Much like the Have I Got News For You regular's other history documentaries, it focuses very much on the narrative of our history, as he holds up a mirror to the audience.
Law & Order: UK: ITV, 9pm
The team are thrust into deep water. First, Ronnie and Joe conclude an elderly woman's suicide at a notorious hotspot was in fact murder, and Ronnie is alerted to signs of terrorism. Then, the lawyers take on a...
- 4/9/2014
- Digital Spy
Feature Alex Westthorp 28 Mar 2014 - 07:00
In a new series, Alex talks us through the film roles of the actors who've played the Doctor. First up, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee...
We know them best as the twelve very different incarnations of the Doctor. But all the actors who've been the star of Doctor Who, being such good all-rounders in the first place, have also had film careers. Admittedly, some CVs are more impressive than others, but this retrospective attempts to pick out some of the many worthwhile films which have starred, featured or seen a fleeting cameo by the actors who would become (or had been) the Doctor.
William Hartnell was, above all else, a film star. He is by far the most prolific film actor of the main twelve to play the Time Lord. With over 70 films to his name, summarising Hartnell's film career is difficult at best.
In a new series, Alex talks us through the film roles of the actors who've played the Doctor. First up, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee...
We know them best as the twelve very different incarnations of the Doctor. But all the actors who've been the star of Doctor Who, being such good all-rounders in the first place, have also had film careers. Admittedly, some CVs are more impressive than others, but this retrospective attempts to pick out some of the many worthwhile films which have starred, featured or seen a fleeting cameo by the actors who would become (or had been) the Doctor.
William Hartnell was, above all else, a film star. He is by far the most prolific film actor of the main twelve to play the Time Lord. With over 70 films to his name, summarising Hartnell's film career is difficult at best.
- 3/26/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Doctor Who writer and actor Mark Gatiss has described this week how new Time Lord Peter Capaldi will appear in a thrilling Series 8 opener. Talking to Digital Spy with a quote that may well make Private Eye‘s ‘Pseud’s Corner’, he made mention of the difference in the “energy” of Peter Capaldi as opposed to
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Doctor Who writer and actor Mark Gatiss has described this week how new Time Lord Peter Capaldi will appear in a thrilling Series 8 opener. Talking to Digital Spy with a quote that may well make Private Eye‘s ‘Pseud’s Corner’, he made mention of the difference in the “energy” of Peter Capaldi as opposed to
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- 3/8/2014
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
Ian Hislop's opening line last night when announcing the annual Paul Foot awards won loud laughs and applause.
"We are here to remember sacked and persecuted journalists across the world," he said. "I am thinking, of course, of Piers Morgan".
There was a lot of funny follow-up Morgan material from the Private Eye editor before he referred to Hugh Grant's post-Leveson inquiry organisation as "Knocked Up", offering due apologies to Hacked Off's amused director, Brian Cathcart.
On the serious business of the awards themselves, the top prize went to David Cohen, the London Evening Standard reporter who has distinguished himself and his paper over the past couple of years with two brilliant campaigns, one about the dispossessed and the other about criminal gangs in the capital.
It was the gang campaign that won him the award. Cohen not only managed to win the trust of gang members to...
"We are here to remember sacked and persecuted journalists across the world," he said. "I am thinking, of course, of Piers Morgan".
There was a lot of funny follow-up Morgan material from the Private Eye editor before he referred to Hugh Grant's post-Leveson inquiry organisation as "Knocked Up", offering due apologies to Hacked Off's amused director, Brian Cathcart.
On the serious business of the awards themselves, the top prize went to David Cohen, the London Evening Standard reporter who has distinguished himself and his paper over the past couple of years with two brilliant campaigns, one about the dispossessed and the other about criminal gangs in the capital.
It was the gang campaign that won him the award. Cohen not only managed to win the trust of gang members to...
- 2/26/2014
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
Azio - The Bogan Spy Agency, Crazy Bastards, I'm With Stupid, Fancy Boy, Food for Peasants and Pet Quarantine..judging by some of the titles and synopses , the ABC TV/Screen Australia Fresh Blood initiative will spawn some weird and wonderful comedies.
A mix of puppetry, animation, parodies, improv and absurdist humour, the 25 projects selected will each receive $10,000 to produce three short-form sketches.
The shows will air on ABC.s iView platform this year. ABC controller Brendan Dahill tells If that some may later screen on ABC2 after they premiere on the catch-up service.
The initiative is designed to unearth the next generation of comedy performers and producers. There were 492 applications, many of such a high calibre that the ABC and Screen Australia decided to commission 25, one more than originally planned.
Here are the recipients: Aunty Donna Mark Samual Bonanno, Adrian Dean, Broden Kelly, Zachary Ruane
Mentored by Tim Minchin,...
A mix of puppetry, animation, parodies, improv and absurdist humour, the 25 projects selected will each receive $10,000 to produce three short-form sketches.
The shows will air on ABC.s iView platform this year. ABC controller Brendan Dahill tells If that some may later screen on ABC2 after they premiere on the catch-up service.
The initiative is designed to unearth the next generation of comedy performers and producers. There were 492 applications, many of such a high calibre that the ABC and Screen Australia decided to commission 25, one more than originally planned.
Here are the recipients: Aunty Donna Mark Samual Bonanno, Adrian Dean, Broden Kelly, Zachary Ruane
Mentored by Tim Minchin,...
- 2/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
“Every winning streak will have to end sometime.”
Jahinger Khan
In recognition of the job HBO CEO Michael Fuchs had done growing HBO and diversifying its business, he was invited uptown in 1995 to take over Warner Music while still keeping HBO as part of his new, expanded dominion. Assuming Fuchs’ top exec slot at HBO was Jeff Bewkes.
Not long after Fuchs had been given command of HBO in 1984 after the ouster of Frank Biondi, it had been clear that Fuchs’ strengths were not universal. Programming and long-term strategic vision were his fortes. Some of the more mundane and, for Fuchs, onerous tasks, such as kissing up to officers of the major cable MSOs, was something for which the often high-handed Fuchs didn’t have much of an affinity. The solution had been to divvy the company up, putting those non-Fuchsian — but critically important — responsibilities under a newly-created office of President.
Jahinger Khan
In recognition of the job HBO CEO Michael Fuchs had done growing HBO and diversifying its business, he was invited uptown in 1995 to take over Warner Music while still keeping HBO as part of his new, expanded dominion. Assuming Fuchs’ top exec slot at HBO was Jeff Bewkes.
Not long after Fuchs had been given command of HBO in 1984 after the ouster of Frank Biondi, it had been clear that Fuchs’ strengths were not universal. Programming and long-term strategic vision were his fortes. Some of the more mundane and, for Fuchs, onerous tasks, such as kissing up to officers of the major cable MSOs, was something for which the often high-handed Fuchs didn’t have much of an affinity. The solution had been to divvy the company up, putting those non-Fuchsian — but critically important — responsibilities under a newly-created office of President.
- 11/28/2013
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Review Simon Brew 31 Oct 2013 - 06:25
We take a look at Mark Kermode's latest book, Hatchet Job, where he takes issue with the modern movie critic....
I find myself in a nice, rare position with Mark Kermode's latest book, Hatchet Job. Ostensibly the third part of his four-part trilogy of 'radio voice' film titles (as opposed to his more academic tomes; a book on pop music's intersection with film is next), the conundrum for this site is that he says nice things about Den Of Geek in the book. As such, in the interests of transparency, I felt we should highlight that from the off. So whilst this is a review, and whilst this is impartial, it'd be remiss that you didn't know we come out of it rather well. If that bothers you, as the man himself might say, "other opinions are available". Will Self didn't like it,...
We take a look at Mark Kermode's latest book, Hatchet Job, where he takes issue with the modern movie critic....
I find myself in a nice, rare position with Mark Kermode's latest book, Hatchet Job. Ostensibly the third part of his four-part trilogy of 'radio voice' film titles (as opposed to his more academic tomes; a book on pop music's intersection with film is next), the conundrum for this site is that he says nice things about Den Of Geek in the book. As such, in the interests of transparency, I felt we should highlight that from the off. So whilst this is a review, and whilst this is impartial, it'd be remiss that you didn't know we come out of it rather well. If that bothers you, as the man himself might say, "other opinions are available". Will Self didn't like it,...
- 10/30/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
What’s your favourite action movie? Die Hard? Predator? The Hunt for Red October? John McTiernan, their director, is unarguably a true master of Western action cinema, and this writer is a huge fan of his work. Sure, there’s been a few missteps, your Last Action Heroes and your Rollerballs, but he’s an incredibly talented filmmaker beloved the world over.
And like many people, you may be wondering what happened to John? Why hasn’t he made a movie in so long?
Well, it’s because he’s been imprisoned for the last six months after a lengthy legal battle which prevented him from working- it’s a labyrinthine set of events to explain, and was perhaps best done so by Buzzfeed’s Michael Hastings. Hastings was the first major journalist in America to investigate the affair, before his untimely and tragic death earlier this year.
Gail Sistrunk Mctiernan is John’s wife,...
And like many people, you may be wondering what happened to John? Why hasn’t he made a movie in so long?
Well, it’s because he’s been imprisoned for the last six months after a lengthy legal battle which prevented him from working- it’s a labyrinthine set of events to explain, and was perhaps best done so by Buzzfeed’s Michael Hastings. Hastings was the first major journalist in America to investigate the affair, before his untimely and tragic death earlier this year.
Gail Sistrunk Mctiernan is John’s wife,...
- 10/22/2013
- by Oscar Harding
- Obsessed with Film
The creator of "Castle," Andrew Marlowe, is developing another detective show for ABC -- this one not about a writer but a famous literary character.
Marlowe and his wife, "Castle" writer-producer Terri Edda Miller, are developing a show together based on Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe. Producer Michael De Luca ("Captain Phillips") is also involved.
The new project would bring Marlowe into the 21st century while retaining Chandler's world-weary edge. Andrew Marlowe and Miller will have plenty of source material on which to draw -- Chandler wrote nine novels and several short stories featuring the character.
ABC developed a Marlowe series in 2006-07 that starred Jason O'Mara, but the pilot didn't make it to series. The character has been featured in numerous movies, most famously "The Big Sleep" with Humphrey Bogart, and a couple of TV series as well. The most recent one was "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye,...
Marlowe and his wife, "Castle" writer-producer Terri Edda Miller, are developing a show together based on Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe. Producer Michael De Luca ("Captain Phillips") is also involved.
The new project would bring Marlowe into the 21st century while retaining Chandler's world-weary edge. Andrew Marlowe and Miller will have plenty of source material on which to draw -- Chandler wrote nine novels and several short stories featuring the character.
ABC developed a Marlowe series in 2006-07 that starred Jason O'Mara, but the pilot didn't make it to series. The character has been featured in numerous movies, most famously "The Big Sleep" with Humphrey Bogart, and a couple of TV series as well. The most recent one was "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye,...
- 10/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Castle creator Andrew Marlowe is expanding his detective empire.
Marlowe and wife/Castle writer and consulting producer Terri Edda Miller, along with Michael De Luca (Mob City), are working on an hour-long drama featuring Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe character for ABC.
Related | Sneak Peek: Can Castle Solve the Mystery of Pi?
Described as “sexy” and “stylish,” the new project follows the wisecracking, private eye in modern-day Los Angeles, “where true love can be more difficult to find than justice.”
The character appears in several of Chandler’s novels, including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, and has previously appeared on the small screen.
Marlowe and wife/Castle writer and consulting producer Terri Edda Miller, along with Michael De Luca (Mob City), are working on an hour-long drama featuring Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe character for ABC.
Related | Sneak Peek: Can Castle Solve the Mystery of Pi?
Described as “sexy” and “stylish,” the new project follows the wisecracking, private eye in modern-day Los Angeles, “where true love can be more difficult to find than justice.”
The character appears in several of Chandler’s novels, including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, and has previously appeared on the small screen.
- 10/18/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
If you missed yesterday’s Very VH1 Spreecast with Wire and Treme vet Wendell Pierce, you must have very warm legs right now — the rest of us got the pants charmed off of us. (Sorry!) We could basically listen to his voice for hours, which is why we’re thrilled that he co-stars as Michael J. Fox’s newsroom boss Harris Green on The Michael J. Fox Show, which premieres tonight with two episodes tonight at 9 pm Et on NBC. And that’s also why we were thrilled when a fan (Ok, it was me) asked: What would “The Wendell Pierce Show” be?
“It would definitely have some music in it,” the New Orleans native said after some thought. “It would probably be set in New Orleans … I would be a private eye. I’m actually working on a script similar to it, ‘Luke Jacobs, Private Eye.’ … Wendell Pierce as...
“It would definitely have some music in it,” the New Orleans native said after some thought. “It would probably be set in New Orleans … I would be a private eye. I’m actually working on a script similar to it, ‘Luke Jacobs, Private Eye.’ … Wendell Pierce as...
- 9/26/2013
- by Sabrina Rojas Weiss
- TheFabLife - Movies
★☆☆☆☆ Eyebrows were raised when German filmmaker Oliver Hirschbiegel - best-known for depicting the final days of Adolf Hitler in 2004's acclaimed Downfall - was announced as the director of a new feature focusing on the last two years in the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. Undeterred by his naysayers, Hirschbiegel pressed on with production, and next week unleashes his Diana (2013) onto the unsuspecting general public. Yet, few could have predicted the bizarre, staccato rendering of the "People's Princess" Hirschbiegel offers, with Stephen Jeffreys' ripe screenplay more suited to pantomime theatre than serious cinema.
Bookended by the fatal Parisian car crash that claimed the Princess' life on 31 August, 1997, Hirschbiegel's Mills & Boon-esque misfire centres on the romance between Diana (Naomi Watts) and Pakistani surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews) following her separation from the Prince of Wales. Distraught by her treatment at the hands of the Windsors, Diana throws herself...
Bookended by the fatal Parisian car crash that claimed the Princess' life on 31 August, 1997, Hirschbiegel's Mills & Boon-esque misfire centres on the romance between Diana (Naomi Watts) and Pakistani surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews) following her separation from the Prince of Wales. Distraught by her treatment at the hands of the Windsors, Diana throws herself...
- 9/18/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Before British cop drama Harrigan hits our cinema screens on September 20, we had the great pleasure of speaking to the lead role, Detective Harrigan himself, Stephen Tompkinson.
Harrigan – which is director Vince Woods debut feature film, is set in a bleak, 1970s North East, where a close-to-retirement cop Barry Harrigan returns to his hometown with a score to settle. Tompkinson, who has made a name for himself in films such as Brassed Off and TV shows such as In Deep, speaks of his own experience in Britain from the time this film is set, and what attracted him to the role – while he reflects on what has been a triumphant, and certainly expansive career.
So what first attracted you to the role of Harrigan?
Vincent Woods, the film’s director, came to see me the year before we started shooting. I was doing live theatre in Newcastle in a play by my friend Shaun Prendergast,...
Harrigan – which is director Vince Woods debut feature film, is set in a bleak, 1970s North East, where a close-to-retirement cop Barry Harrigan returns to his hometown with a score to settle. Tompkinson, who has made a name for himself in films such as Brassed Off and TV shows such as In Deep, speaks of his own experience in Britain from the time this film is set, and what attracted him to the role – while he reflects on what has been a triumphant, and certainly expansive career.
So what first attracted you to the role of Harrigan?
Vincent Woods, the film’s director, came to see me the year before we started shooting. I was doing live theatre in Newcastle in a play by my friend Shaun Prendergast,...
- 9/16/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Friday's surprise, as critically panned "Grown Ups 2," starring Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James and David Spade ended up an easy number one for the day, with $16.3 million, isn't quite the shock you might think. Dennis Dugan's initial Sony film three years ago grossed $40 million its first weekend, propelled by good word of mouth to a $161 million total (with $100 million more worldwide). Dugan's name doesn't often come to mind when thinking of A-list commercial American directors. But the one-time actor (whose lead role in ABC's short-lived 1970s "Richie Brockelman, Private Eye" was his acting high point) has over the last two decades made 17 films that have amassed a domestic gross higher than those of some of the most acclaimed filmmakers over a span of the last several decades. Dugan's hits, which include six previous $100 million successes (led by "Big Daddy") have been closely associated with both Adam Sandler (though not exclusively) and with Sony.
- 7/13/2013
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Thompson on Hollywood
London -- British comedian, actor, writer and presenter Michael Palin will star in The Wipers Times, a Wwi drama set to air on BBC2. The movie details the story of how a squad of British soldiers in the trenches produced and published their own satirical magazine during the World War I. The movie is co-written by Ian Hislop, a regular on satirical British TV show Have I Got News For You and also the editor of Private Eye, the U.K.'s coruscating weekly paper that takes a humorous and often barbed look at the political scene and the media. Story: 'Monty Python'
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- 7/2/2013
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Feature Rob Smedley 2 Jul 2013 - 07:00
Rob traces the evolution of the TV detective via their choice of outerwear. Enter macs, leather jackets, and posh flappy numbers...
Luther's back tonight on BBC One, and ooh, doesn't he look cool as he stalks around London's streets like a man with a grudge against a bus? That's not just because he's played by Idris Elba, and your mind has subconsciously associated him with the cool job of piloting giant robots in Pacific Rim, oh no. It's because, like all the best detectives, he's wearing a cool coat.
The coat has become the shorthand for the detective, not only telling you a lot about the copper wearing it, but about the era they're wearing it in. So, in a not at all blatant rip-off of the BBC's A History of the World in 100 Objects let's chart the TV detective's beat across our...
Rob traces the evolution of the TV detective via their choice of outerwear. Enter macs, leather jackets, and posh flappy numbers...
Luther's back tonight on BBC One, and ooh, doesn't he look cool as he stalks around London's streets like a man with a grudge against a bus? That's not just because he's played by Idris Elba, and your mind has subconsciously associated him with the cool job of piloting giant robots in Pacific Rim, oh no. It's because, like all the best detectives, he's wearing a cool coat.
The coat has become the shorthand for the detective, not only telling you a lot about the copper wearing it, but about the era they're wearing it in. So, in a not at all blatant rip-off of the BBC's A History of the World in 100 Objects let's chart the TV detective's beat across our...
- 7/1/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Filmmaker Mark Donne took to the stage of the East End Film Festival Opening Gala to reassert an unabashed love for his country, inadvertently echoing author Jk Rowling’s previous definition of a patriot as someone who gives back to their nation, invests in its potential and favours those less fortunate. The villains of his documentary and opening film The UK Gold do not abide by this compassionate idiom, nor do they care to defend or justify their actions. Rejected outright by the tax avoiders whom he deigned to document, Donne instead took his camera to the likes of Channel 4’s Jon Snow, Private Eye’s Richard Books and UK Uncut’s Danielle Paffard, to have them chronologically chart the spiralling calamity of tax avoidance and its far-reaching consequences.
The UK press wrongfully demonises the unemployed and working class, yet as Donne helpfully reminds us, it is in fact...
The UK press wrongfully demonises the unemployed and working class, yet as Donne helpfully reminds us, it is in fact...
- 6/26/2013
- by Ed Doyle
- SoundOnSight
Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
The current issue of Private Eye has summed up the recent disasters faced by the Who production team of late. The issue, dated 14th- 27th June, politely notes several ‘balls...
The post Private Eye On Who Problems appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
The current issue of Private Eye has summed up the recent disasters faced by the Who production team of late. The issue, dated 14th- 27th June, politely notes several ‘balls...
The post Private Eye On Who Problems appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 6/14/2013
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
Disclaimer: Alan Moore is not found or mentioned in this article. (Except for now)
Wizard magazine used to be both a blessing and a curse to comics fans. It had exclusive interviews with creators and fun features, like “Casting Call” and “Top Ten Writers and Artists”, but it was also criticized for mainly focusing on Marvel and DC and for pandering to a “mainstream” audience. In this column, I will revive the “Top Ten Writers and Artists” for a new generation of comic book fans. Every few months, I will evaluate the current comics writers and artists that are innovating in their field, find success in multiple genres, or just putting out interesting stories on a monthly basis. These creators will range from Marvel to DC to Image and other independent publishers and will be listed in no particular order.
Brian Michael Bendis Age of Ultron, All-New X-Men, Daredevil: End of Days,...
Wizard magazine used to be both a blessing and a curse to comics fans. It had exclusive interviews with creators and fun features, like “Casting Call” and “Top Ten Writers and Artists”, but it was also criticized for mainly focusing on Marvel and DC and for pandering to a “mainstream” audience. In this column, I will revive the “Top Ten Writers and Artists” for a new generation of comic book fans. Every few months, I will evaluate the current comics writers and artists that are innovating in their field, find success in multiple genres, or just putting out interesting stories on a monthly basis. These creators will range from Marvel to DC to Image and other independent publishers and will be listed in no particular order.
Brian Michael Bendis Age of Ultron, All-New X-Men, Daredevil: End of Days,...
- 5/13/2013
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Introducing our look at the year that defined the modern era, the veteran writer recalls the extraordinary collision of politics, culture and social upheaval that he witnessed as a student
Was it a prefigurative year? I think so. Not that one thought of it as such at the time or even a few years later, when it was totally forgotten in the turbulence that engulfed the world. I am trying to recall that year, to find deep down some memories, even a few impressions on the basis of which I could reconstruct a misted-up past without too many distortions.
When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months. The Cuban missile crisis had temporarily boosted...
Was it a prefigurative year? I think so. Not that one thought of it as such at the time or even a few years later, when it was totally forgotten in the turbulence that engulfed the world. I am trying to recall that year, to find deep down some memories, even a few impressions on the basis of which I could reconstruct a misted-up past without too many distortions.
When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months. The Cuban missile crisis had temporarily boosted...
- 5/7/2013
- by Tariq Ali
- The Guardian - Film News
From Meryl Streep's Iron Lady to Spitting Image and the Spice Girls, Observer writers and critics pick the films, books, art, music and TV that show Thatcher's lasting influence
Art, chosen by Laura Cumming
Treatment Room (1983)
In Richard Hamilton's installation, Thatcher administered her own harsh medicine from a video above the operating table with the viewer as helpless patient: a case of kill or cure.
Taking Stock (1984)
Hans Haacke portrayed Thatcher enthroned, nose in the air like a gun-dog, surrounded by images of Queen Victoria, the Saatchi brothers and, ominously, Pandora. Caused national furore.
In the Sleep of Reason (1982)
Mark Wallinger edited Thatcher's 1982 Falklands speech from blink to blink, fading to black in between, emphasising her solipsistic tendency to close her eyes when speaking as if nobody else existed.
The Battle of Orgreave (2001)
Jeremy Deller's restaged the worst conflict of the miners' strike from multiple viewpoints, uniting...
Art, chosen by Laura Cumming
Treatment Room (1983)
In Richard Hamilton's installation, Thatcher administered her own harsh medicine from a video above the operating table with the viewer as helpless patient: a case of kill or cure.
Taking Stock (1984)
Hans Haacke portrayed Thatcher enthroned, nose in the air like a gun-dog, surrounded by images of Queen Victoria, the Saatchi brothers and, ominously, Pandora. Caused national furore.
In the Sleep of Reason (1982)
Mark Wallinger edited Thatcher's 1982 Falklands speech from blink to blink, fading to black in between, emphasising her solipsistic tendency to close her eyes when speaking as if nobody else existed.
The Battle of Orgreave (2001)
Jeremy Deller's restaged the worst conflict of the miners' strike from multiple viewpoints, uniting...
- 4/13/2013
- by Robert McCrum, Kitty Empire, Philip French, Andrew Rawnsley, Euan Ferguson
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Brian K. Vaughan, known for such critically acclaimed series as Y The Last Man, Ex-Mechina and Saga has just started a new series with artist Marcos Martin, known for his work on Robin: Year One and Daredevil. The first issue of the series has been released not in print or even on Comixology, but offered through a pay-what-you-want basis on their own site Panel Syndicate.
Set in a future where absolutely nothing is what it seams, Private Eye takes a look at our culture and imagines where we may be heading. In the comic, physical alterations have been taken to an extreme level. Whether by surgery, holograms or just latex masks, everyone hides their true identity. Want to look like another gender or race? You got it. Extra eyes and green skin? Sure. Fish face? Why the hell not?*
This is a book where not everything is explained,...
Brian K. Vaughan, known for such critically acclaimed series as Y The Last Man, Ex-Mechina and Saga has just started a new series with artist Marcos Martin, known for his work on Robin: Year One and Daredevil. The first issue of the series has been released not in print or even on Comixology, but offered through a pay-what-you-want basis on their own site Panel Syndicate.
Set in a future where absolutely nothing is what it seams, Private Eye takes a look at our culture and imagines where we may be heading. In the comic, physical alterations have been taken to an extreme level. Whether by surgery, holograms or just latex masks, everyone hides their true identity. Want to look like another gender or race? You got it. Extra eyes and green skin? Sure. Fish face? Why the hell not?*
This is a book where not everything is explained,...
- 3/23/2013
- by David Ochart
- Obsessed with Film
MPs who vote to regulate the press tomorrow are siding against the principles they're meant to uphold
We are in the middle of a liberal berserker, one of those demented moments when "progressives" run riot and smash the liberties they are meant to defend. Inspired by Lord Justice Leveson, they are prepared in Parliament tomorrow to sacrifice freedom of speech, freedom of the press and fair trials. They are prepared to allow every oppressive dictatorship on the planet to say: "We're only following the British example" when outsiders and their own wretched citizens protest.
Try warning them that one day they and this country will regret their hooliganism and they reply in the sing-song voice of a child in a playground: "Well, that's what Murdoch and Dacre want you to say." It's no good pointing out that Murdoch and Dacre are tired old men from a dying newspaper industry and...
We are in the middle of a liberal berserker, one of those demented moments when "progressives" run riot and smash the liberties they are meant to defend. Inspired by Lord Justice Leveson, they are prepared in Parliament tomorrow to sacrifice freedom of speech, freedom of the press and fair trials. They are prepared to allow every oppressive dictatorship on the planet to say: "We're only following the British example" when outsiders and their own wretched citizens protest.
Try warning them that one day they and this country will regret their hooliganism and they reply in the sing-song voice of a child in a playground: "Well, that's what Murdoch and Dacre want you to say." It's no good pointing out that Murdoch and Dacre are tired old men from a dying newspaper industry and...
- 3/18/2013
- by Nick Cohen
- The Guardian - Film News
We've previously brought you word about the Korean language teaser and full Korean trailer for Park Hoon-jeong's New World. Well Go USA has picked up the film for Us distribution and those fine folks are wasting no time bringing out materials ahead of the March 22 release date. We are happy to bring you now, the exclusive debut of the English language teaser trailer, the poster, and two stills from the flick. With an incredible cast that includes Choi Min-sik (Oldboy, Crying Fist), Hwang Jeong-min (The Unjust, Private Eye), and Lee Jeong-jae (The Thieves, The Housemaid), it sounds like this is a film not to be missed. Check out the official description from Well Go, followed by the goods. The head of the Goldmoon crime...
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- 2/28/2013
- Screen Anarchy
'Girls' has taken the entertainment world by storm, with its creator Lena Dunham scooping up a catalogue of awards after just one season. As the first series appears on DVD today, HuffPost UK has an exclusive clip (Watch Above), plus Evening Standard columnist Rosamund Irwin explores below what it means to be a female role model in this day and age...
What do the 'Girls' say about females today?
Lena Dunham already has enough slashes in her job title to make almost anyone feel inadequate. But the 26-year-old actress/ writer/ director/ producer who dreamt up the hit series Girls seems happy to add another one: role model. At the end of last month, in a podcast interview with Alec Baldwin, Dunham said she was aware of the responsibility that comes from younger women looking up to her: “It’s an amazing thing and... a platform that you have to take seriously.
What do the 'Girls' say about females today?
Lena Dunham already has enough slashes in her job title to make almost anyone feel inadequate. But the 26-year-old actress/ writer/ director/ producer who dreamt up the hit series Girls seems happy to add another one: role model. At the end of last month, in a podcast interview with Alec Baldwin, Dunham said she was aware of the responsibility that comes from younger women looking up to her: “It’s an amazing thing and... a platform that you have to take seriously.
- 2/4/2013
- by The Huffington Post UK
- Huffington Post
2013 will not see a finer cast assembled in Korea than director Park Hoon-jeong has gathered for upcoming crime drama The New World. How do I feel confident saying this of a film that releases in February, with most of the year yet to come? Simple: A better cast doesn't exist.Park has gathered three of Korea's finest character actors to anchor his action thriller with Choi Min-sik (Oldboy, Crying Fist), Hwang Jeong-min (The Unjust, Private Eye) and Lee Jeong-jae (The Thieves, The Housemaid) front and center. A detective infiltrates into one of the biggest gang organizations in the country and gets involved in a fight for the heir to the gang after the boss dies and in between the second in charge who trusts him...
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- 1/19/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Franklin & Bash, meet your new boss.
Melrose Place alumna Heather Locklear has joined the TNT dramedy for Season 3 as a series regular, a rep for the network confirms.
Related | TNT Greenlights Private Eye Series Starring Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn
Per Deadline, the actress will play Rachel King, a stunning trial lawyer with stiletto heels and impeccably tailored clothes. She comes in as a new partner at Franklin and Bash’s law firm.
Locklear fills the void left by Garcelle Beauvais, whose option was not picked up for the upcoming season.
Melrose Place alumna Heather Locklear has joined the TNT dramedy for Season 3 as a series regular, a rep for the network confirms.
Related | TNT Greenlights Private Eye Series Starring Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn
Per Deadline, the actress will play Rachel King, a stunning trial lawyer with stiletto heels and impeccably tailored clothes. She comes in as a new partner at Franklin and Bash’s law firm.
Locklear fills the void left by Garcelle Beauvais, whose option was not picked up for the upcoming season.
- 1/18/2013
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Fresh off of her Golden Globes win, Jennifer Lawrence is set to take the Saturday Night Live stage — and we have a sneak peek at what the Silver Linings Playbook starlet will bring to this weekend’s show.
Related | Justin Bieber to Host Saturday Night Live
Press Play below to watch Lawrence channel her inner Hunger Games gal Katniss Everdeen, poke fun at SNL vet Jason Sudeikis and tackle the most annoying thing an award-winner can encounter: being played off the stage.
Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…
• Michael J. Fox’s buzzy new NBC comedy is rounding out its cast.
Related | Justin Bieber to Host Saturday Night Live
Press Play below to watch Lawrence channel her inner Hunger Games gal Katniss Everdeen, poke fun at SNL vet Jason Sudeikis and tackle the most annoying thing an award-winner can encounter: being played off the stage.
Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…
• Michael J. Fox’s buzzy new NBC comedy is rounding out its cast.
- 1/16/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Country Ass-Whuppin A Tornado Relief Anthology (One Shot)(resolicited), $5.99
47North
Buffy The Making Of A Slayer Deluxe Hc (not verified by Diamond), $50.00
Aam Markosia
Christmas Carol Gn (not verified by Diamond), $12.99
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #13, $3.99
AC Comics
Golden Age Greats Spotlight Volume 11 Superheroes And Others From Charlie Brio And Friends Sc, $29.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Private Eye (One Shot), $3.99
Princeless Short Stories For Warrior Women #2 (Of 2), $3.99
Alternative Comics
Magic Whistle #12, $3.99
Amaze Ink (Slave Labor Graphics)
Malleus Maleficarum A Guide To Catching Witches Gn (not verified by Diamond), $12.95
Antarctic Press
Airboy Deadeye #5 (of 5), $3.50
Ape Entertainment
Strawberry Shortcake Digest Field Day And Other Stories Gn (not verified by Diamond), $6.99
Arcana Studio
Inventor Gn, $18.95
Archaia Entertainment
Cursed Pirate Girl Volume 1 Hc,...
12-gauge Comics
Country Ass-Whuppin A Tornado Relief Anthology (One Shot)(resolicited), $5.99
47North
Buffy The Making Of A Slayer Deluxe Hc (not verified by Diamond), $50.00
Aam Markosia
Christmas Carol Gn (not verified by Diamond), $12.99
Abstract Studios
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- 12/17/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
All in all, this isn't a bad year for artist documentaries. The Drew Struzan film is out there somewhere, and now here's the trailer for For No Good Reason, chronicling the last decade-and-a-half in the life of gonzo cartoonist Ralph Steadman.Steadman's immediately recognisable, chaotic ink work has graced the pages of Rolling Stone, Private Eye, Punch, The New York Times, and countless books and ads. He used to illustrate Will Self's column in The Independent, but perhaps his most famous long-running collaborations are with William Burroughs and, especially, Hunter S Thompson. Johnny Depp's performance in Terry Gilliam's Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas is arguably as much based on Steadman's signature caricature of Thompson as it is on Thompson himself.Speaking of Depp, he's on-hand here to guide the audience through the World of Steadman. The doc examines Steadman's influences, and the impact he himself has made on the cultural landscape,...
- 9/14/2012
- EmpireOnline
As if the news that The Descendants director Alexander Payne was going back to his filmmaking roots and making a low-key road trip movie set in Nebraska wasn’t exciting enough, when the news broke that he had cast Bruce Dern and Will Forte as his main characters, a curmudgeonly old man and his estranged son, suddenly Nebraska really started to get interesting. Which is probably the first time anyone has ever expressed that sentiment, ever. And now that some further casting news regarding the film has come out, suddenly Payne’s home state has just started to look even more glamorous. According to local reports Omaha.com covering Payne and his production arriving to shoot in a town called Norfolk, the director has added Breaking Bad and Mr. Show vet Bob Odenkirk to the cast as the Dern character’s eldest son, and Mike Hammer, Private Eye himself, Stacy Keach, as...
- 9/5/2012
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Inch High (Lennie Weinrib) is a diminutive operative of the Finkerton Detective Agency but stands tall against the forces of evil. Ably aided by his niece Lori (Kathy Gori), her hulking boyfriend Gator (Bob Lutell), and his loyal dog Braveheart (Don Messick), Inch High uses his pint-sized stature to foil the most complex and nefarious of schemes. Whether battling Spumoni the Great, Mr. Midas, or King Ra, or teaming up with the likes of Super Flea and Goldie (the world's greatest goldfish), Inch High's stalwart heart always shines through despite his picayune stature and sometimes less-than-stellar mental gymnastics.
Inch High Private Eye ran for just one season of 13 episodes on NBC in 1973. The Warner Archive has now released this animated TV series and I have a copy for giveaway. You can also purchase a copy
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Inch High Private Eye ran for just one season of 13 episodes on NBC in 1973. The Warner Archive has now released this animated TV series and I have a copy for giveaway. You can also purchase a copy
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- 8/16/2012
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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