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Bill Murray Brings Joy To The World In 'Scrooged' For Today's Sick Day Stash
2 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.
My "Rosenberg" last name speaks to my Jewish heritage, but that's never stopped "Scrooged" from being one of my favorite holiday movies. I can't remember the first time I saw this one. I might've been in a theater, but it could just as easily have been on cable. Doesn't matter. It's a brilliant send-up of Charles Dickens' classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his ghostly pursuers, "A Christmas Carol." And it stars Bill Murray. So it's pretty much perfect. »
- Adam Rosenberg
Three Rivers: CBS Pulls Alex O'Loughlin Medical Drama; Cancelled?
1 December 2009 9:03 AM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
To little surprise, CBS has pulled Three Rivers from the Sunday night schedule, effective immediately. Will the show be back? Has it been cancelled?
Three Rivers follows a group of dedicated doctors and medical staffers who help those in need of organ transplants. The series stars Alex O'Loughlin, Katherine Moennig, Daniel Henney, Justina Machado, Christopher Hanke, Amber Clayton, and Alfre Woodard.
The medical drama got off to a slow start in the ratings back in early October. Unfortunately, the numbers only got worse as the weeks wore on and it became a likely candidate for early cancellation.
To CBS' credit, the network has been patient with the series and has kept it on the air. Two weeks ago, the network tried switching timeslots with Cold Case. While the veteran crime drama benefited from the time change and attracted more viewers, »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
CBS pulls "Three Rivers" from the schedule midstream
1 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
Oh, Three Rivers, we barely knew ya. And now, well, you’re gone — or, at the very least, gone for a while. CBS has put Kate Moennig’s new medical drama on hiatus and pulled indefinitely from its upcoming schedule.
Does this mean Three Rivers is headed for slow ride down the River Styx? (Too obscure? Whatever, the loss of Kate from TV is sort of mythological.) Well, maybe. While the show hasn’t been officially canceled, the ratings through its first eight episodes weren’t stellar. This all-too often leads to a permanent vacation (think Dollhouse being pulled for November sweeps and then canceled).
The series has gone through a lot of retooling and rescheduling during its short run. Julia Ormond was replaced by four-time Emmy winner Alfre Woodard as the show’s head of surgery. The pilot was swapped with its second episode as the show’s premiere. »
- dorothy snarker
Bollywood rebuffed at White House state dinner
29 November 2009 12:19 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Indo-Americans have applauded Us President Barack Obama for honouring India in his first state dinner held at White House in Washington DC (USA) on November 24.Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a presidential acknowledgement of appreciation of world.s largest democracy.It showcased the growing ties between two great nations, Zed, who is president of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, added.Although about 105 Indians or Americans of India descent and their relatives were on the 338-person guest list, Bollywood was totally rebuffed with not a single name from India.s film industry appearing on this list. On the other hand, many Hollywood names showed up on this list.Hollywood celebrities which appeared on the guest list included: Oscar winner producer-director Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan), Oscar nominated producer Jeffrey Katzenberg (Shrek) and his wife Marilyn Katzenberg, Oscar nominated filmmaker-screenwriter M. Night Shyamalan »
Official List Of Hollywood Attendees At Obama's 1st White House State Dinner
24 November 2009 5:45 PM, PST | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
5:45Pm: Hollywood VIP David Geffen was seated at President Obama's table. 3Pm: Below is a list of expected entertainment industry attendees at tonight’s first White House State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for guest of honor Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, & Ms. Gursharan Kaur: Ari Emanuel, David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jeff Immelt, Michael Lynton and wife Jamie, Gayle King, M. Night Shyamalan, Steven Spielberg, Alfre Woodard, Blair E Underwood. For background on why these Hollywood insiders invited, read my previous: Obama Thanks Hollywood With Invites To First White House State Dinner. »
- Nikki Finke
Three Rivers and Cold Case: Up in the Ratings; Enough to Save Them?
16 November 2009 7:32 PM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
Freshman medical drama Three Rivers and veteran Cold Case have been struggling since the start of the season. Last night, there was an increase in viewership. So, does that mean that they're safe?
Three Rivers revolves around a group of physicians and their support staff who help needy patients get life-saving organ transplants. The series stars Alex O'Loughlin, Katherine Moennig, Daniel Henney, Justina Machado, Christopher Hanke, Amber Clayton, and Alfre Woodard.
Cold Case follows a team of Philadelphia police detectives who work to solve long-unsolved murders. The venerable drama features Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford, Thom Barry, and Tracie Thoms.
As many fans of these shows are well aware, the series have been struggling in the ratings.
The first six installments of Three Rivers averaged a poor 1.8 in the 18-49 demographic and 7.93 »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Birthday Suits: Immortal Beloveds
8 November 2009 6:27 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Who needs holidays? Make your own with the birthdays of movie people.
Parker, Oleg and Vlad the Impaler (as interpreted by Gary Oldman)
Today's Birthdays 11/08
1431 Vlad the Impaler would have turned 578 years old today if not for that stake through the heart. To be accurate, his exact birthday is unknown but sometimes he's listed on this date which probably has something to do with...
1847 Bram Stoker who wrote the original Dracula, which gave Vlad the immortality that he had mythically already won as the original nosferatu... vampyr. The cinema loves him harder and deeper than Lucy Harker ever could.
1900 Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind. She didn't have to impale anyone or renounce heaven to achieve immortality. She just had to write one mammoth book. The movie based on her novel is still the highest grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation. One of only four films »
- NATHANIEL R
Obama Plumbs Hollywood for Arts Committee
2 November 2009 4:22 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Ira Teinowitz
President Obama is tapping some big names from Hollywood to serve on the President’s Committee on Arts and the Humanities.
Among the 25 members announced Monday by the White House were actors Edward Norton, Forest Whitaker, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and Alfre Woodard; CAA partner and managing director Bryan Lourd; independent film producer Liz Manne; and publicist Andy Spahn. They join a committee that will include Vogue editor Anna Wintour, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Teresa Heinz, a philanthropist and wife of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. President Obama previo... »
- Josh Dickey
Big names from Hollywood on Obama's arts committee
2 November 2009 12:59 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
"Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and agent Bryan Lourd were among big Hollywood names named on Monday as members of U.S. President Barack Obama's Committee on Arts and the Humanities.The panel focuses on arts and humanities education, cultural diplomacy, economic revitalization through the arts and humanities and special events.First lady Michelle Obama is its honorary chairwoman and film producer George Stevens Jr. and theater producer Margo Lion had already been named as its co-chairs.Besides Parker, Whitaker and Lourd, who is a partner and managing director of Creative Artists Agency, other Hollywood figures named to the group included actors Edward Norton, Kerry Washington and Alfre Woodard, director George Wolfe, independent filmmaker Liz Manne and publicist Andy Spahn.The list of 25 people from the worlds of arts and entertainment also included cellist Yo Yo Ma, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, »
Exclusive Video: New American Violet DVD Clip
11 October 2009 8:30 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
We have a brand new exclusive clip from the upcoming DVD American Violet, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 13. Click below for our exclusive clip, which features Alfre Woodard trying to protect her child during a police riot.
Inspired by a true story, American Violet follows the struggle of a young African-American mother to clear her name after being wrongly arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished Texas town. Realizing a conviction would ruin her life, she fights back. Suing the Da for racial discrimination, Dee battles impossible odds in a case that will not only change her life but the laws of Texas as well. The film stars touted newcomer Nicole Beharie, Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard, Will Patton, Academy Award nominee Michael O'Keefe, Tim Blake Nelson, Emmy Award winner Charles S. Dutton and Xzibit.
Special Features:
- Commentary by Director Tim Disney
- Telluride »
Good Morning, Oscar: October 7
7 October 2009 9:11 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Steve Pond
In today’s roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, more foreign films come to the Academy, Peter Sarsgaard faces a choice … and have we found the next Oscar host?
A couple of weeks after the last Oscar show, former Academy president Frank Pierson screened a classic film he wrote, “Cool Hand Luke,” for members of the creative community in Iran, as part of a trip to that country by an Academy delegation that also included then-president Sid Ganis and actresses Annette Bening and Alfre Woodard. In a couple of weeks, 10 Iranian filmmaker... »
- Steve Pond
Three Rivers: Poor Premiere Ratings; Cancel It or Keep It?
5 October 2009 4:37 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
Many Moonlight fans are still upset over the cancellation of CBS' Friday night vampire series. CBS is counting on viewers wanting more of the show's star, Alex O'Loughlin, and put him front and center in the new medical series, Three Rivers. So, will O'Loughlin's physician outlive his vampire character?
Three Rivers revolves around a team of elite surgeons who work in the high-pressure and emotional world of organ transplants. The leader is Dr. Andy Yablonski, (O'Loughlin) a workaholic with a quick wit.
His co-workers include rebellious Dr. Miranda Foster (Katherine Moennig), womanizing Dr. David Lee (Daniel Henney), inexperience coordinator Ryan Abbott (Christopher Hanke), dedicated head of surgery Dr. Sophia Jordan (Alfre Woodard), and Pam Acosta (Justina Machado), Andy's best friend.
Many have suspected that the drama was in trouble even before it got out of the starting gate. Amid some »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
TV Review: CBS’ Generic ‘Three Rivers’ Needs a Creativity Transplant
4 October 2009 12:31 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – “Three Rivers” takes its title from the Pittsburgh heart transplant hospital at which it is set but even the dull, “easy listening” name of the show should tell you something about the earnest, drab series debuting tonight on CBS. Generic, manipulative, and almost purposefully wasting the talented cast assembled, “Three Rivers” may satisfy viewers tired after a long weekend of football but only because it’s so safe and predictable - two words that never stopped a show, especially one on CBS, from becoming a hit.
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0
There is nothing overtly “wrong” with “Three Rivers”. The cast isn’t bad and the plot of the premiere is certainly about good people doing great things, but with such a glut of medical shows this year - “Nurse Jackie,” “HawthoRNe,” “Mercy,” “Trauma” - doing “nothing wrong” is the same as doing nothing at all.
Miranda (Katherine Moennig, left) and Sophia (Alfre Woodard, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Halle, Oprah, Beyonce, Mariah & More Rumored To Be In New Tyler Perry Film
25 September 2009 2:22 AM, PDT | The Humor Mill | See recent The Humor Mill news »
A couple of weeks ago it was reported that Lionsgate Films had tapped Tyler Perry to write, direct and produce an adaptation of the 1975 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." The film is slated to be the first project for Perry's 34th Street Films production company, housed at Lionsgate.
Well during that time we discovered that "For Colored Girls" will begin shooting in Atlanta in November, with Lionsgate planning a release next year. In case you hadn't heard the play is a series of 20 poems telling stories of love, abandonment, domestic abuse and other issues faced by black women.
Since the news broke about For Colored Girls, we have heard a rumor about the casting of the film, and rumor has it that Halle Berry, Oprah Winfrey, Cicely Tyson, Kimberly Elise, Ruby Dee, Maya Angelou, Angela Bassett, Thandie Newton, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, »
- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)
Three Rivers Premiere Episode Swap
22 September 2009 3:06 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
CBS has a great track record with their shows and they get some pretty decent ratings from their present collection of programming. On top of that, I know there are some shows that folks are eagerly waiting for.
For instance, I know many Alex O’Loughlin (The Shield, Moonlight) fans are probably looking forward to the October 4th premiere of CBS’s Three Rivers.
Today, CBS presented a few press releases where they announced the swapping of episodes. Specifically, the first two episodes. That means that now the episode originally scheduled to be 2nd is now showing as the premiere episode, and the original premiere will be following the week after.
If this were Fox, I’d be suspicious that they were doing what they usually do with promising shows, but I don’t know what to think about this move from CBS.
Maybe they know what they’re doing. »
- Bruce Simmons
2009 Fall TV pilot previews: Seven new shows to watch (or not)
21 September 2009 1:41 PM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
After a long summer of not much to watch on TV, there are several new shows starting this week and next on American TV. Add this to all the great returning shows, and you've got a DVR dilemma!
To aid you in your scheduling decisions, I've created this short rundown of seven new shows, with suggestions of why you might like the show, why you might not, and my opinion on whether it's worth watching. (Just keep in mind, some of the details may have changed from the pilot episode I saw, to the final version that airs.) The shows are listed in order of start date; click on the show's name to go to the official site and learn more about it.
If you've seen any of these pilots, feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments.
The Good Wife (CBS) — Sep. 22 What it is: A drama »
- sarahwarn
Kate Moennig goes long for "Three Rivers"
15 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
When is a new hairstyle not just a new hairstyle? When it’s the hairstyle for the most obsessed about former fictional lesbian hairstylist in all of the universe.
New promo shots of Kate Moennig were released with the artist formerly known as Shane is sporting long, lovely locks.
Kate’s new medical drama Three Rivers, about a team of elite surgeons who perform organ transplants and the patients they work with, has undergone several changes since its pilot.
Julia Ormond played Dr. Sophia Jordan, the head of surgery at Three Rivers Hospital, originally. But four-time Emmy winner Alfre Woodard has stepped into the role since the series was picked up. The first shots of her in the cast were also released.
Another noticeable change will be the doctors’ scrubs. In the pilot they were quite snug and form fitting. But for the series the clothing has become looser and more professional. »
- dorothy snarker
Kate Moennig plays doctor in the first promo pictures for "Three Rivers"
3 August 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
You know who is not looking very Shane today? Kate Moennig. The first cast promo shots for the former The L Word star’s new medical series, Three Rivers, were released recently. Can I just say, whoa.
Ok, before we can proceed we must discuss this image. First, I’m not sure Shane would approve of this haircut. Also, is it just me or did the marketing department find a “Femme-Up” tool in Photoshop and just go crazy? Though, I am happy to see Kate’s patented pout is still alive and well.
The show follows organ transplantation from three points of view: the doctors, the donors and the recipients. Kate plays Dr. Miranda Foster, a member of the elite surgical team who has a rebellious streak and fiery temper. She also happens to the daughter of the revered surgeon the medical wing is named after. I wonder how wardrobe »
- dorothy snarker
Three Rivers Cast Takes Organ Donation to Heart
31 July 2009 3:17 PM, PDT | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Three Rivers</i>" style="margin:0 5px 5px" />CBS' new organ transplant drama, Three Rivers, has made organ donors of its stars. Most of them, anyway.
Castmates Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlight), Alfre Woodard (St. Elsewhere), Justina Machado (Six Feet Under) and other series regulars addressed the issue during a set visit as part of the Television Critics Association fall press tour.
O'Loughlin said he's been a donor since his teenage years.
"It just seemed like the cool thing to do," he joked, before adding, "I don't need it anymore, and I don't have any religious beliefs or anything that keep me from doing it."
The show, debuting Sunday ...
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- Tim Molloy
'Three Rivers', 'Forgotten' cast leads
31 July 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Heather Stephens has joined the cast of ABC's The Forgotten, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She will take over the role of Lindsay, who is left to care for her baby after her husband is jailed for an unknown crime. The part was originally played by Lost's Reiko Aylesworth, before she dropped out earlier this year. Additionally, Alfre Woodard has been tapped (more) »
- By Dan French
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