July 26, 2008

Fringe pilot review - J.J. Abrams’ latest

Filed under: Television Reviews - 26 Jul 2008

J.J. Abrams’ new television series Fringe had an official press screening at Comic Con.

The pilot for the new show, which a Horizon Media report recently said would be the highest rated new series alongside CBS’ SF procedural …

July 22, 2008

Weekend box office, July 18 – 20

Filed under: Film Industry News - 22 Jul 2008

Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:

1. The Dark Knight - $158,411,483 – 94%, fresh

2. Mamma Mia! - $27,751,240 – 54%, rotten

3. Hancock - $14,040,178 – 38%, rotten

4. Journey to the Center of …

July 20, 2008

Mad Men take top honors at Television Critics Awards

Filed under: Television Awards, Television News - 20 Jul 2008

The AMC drama Mad Men, which earned 16 Primetime Emmy nominations earlier this week, took home three Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards this weekend at the 24th annual TCA Awards.

It won awards for Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in …

Imagen Foundation to present top honours to Tony Plana, Rodrigo Garcia and Ligiah Villalobos

The Imagen Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging positive and accurate portrayal of Latino characters and production storylines in film and television, will present special awards to three prominent industry insiders this year.

Actor Tony Plana will be honoured …

July 19, 2008

Showtime orders 12 episodes of Nurse Jackie

Filed under: Television News - 19 Jul 2008

Three-time Emmy(R) Award winner Edie Falco is coming to a New York City hospital for SHOWTIME’s new half-hour single camera dark comedy series NURSE JACKIE (working title), it was jointly announced today by Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment for Showtime, …

MGM to reinvent Valley Girl as a musical

Filed under: Film Industry News - 19 Jul 2008

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures is putting into development a musical remake of MGM’s classic 1983 comedy VALLEY GIRL as a feature film based on an idea by Idealogy, Inc.’s Sean Bailey and Matt Smith. The announcement was made today by Mary Parent, …

The Dark Knight breaks midnight showings record

Filed under: Film Industry News - 19 Jul 2008

The Dark Knight is off to a great start. The Batman sequel premiered yesterday and immediately broke its first record, the one for a 12:01 a.m. film opening. The movie earned $18,489,000 at the box office from midnight showings alone, …

July 17, 2008

2008 Primetime Emmy nominations are out

Filed under: Television Awards, Television News - 17 Jul 2008

The nominees for the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced earlier today.

Notably absent on the list of best dramas is Battlestar Galactica. This, along with the failure to include Mary McDonnell on the list of best actresses, is probably the …

The X-Files movie premiere celebrates fans

Filed under: Film Industry News - 17 Jul 2008

They’ve long wanted to believe…and now the truth – and a new The X-Files movie – is finally out there for the legions of fans eagerly awaiting the debut of the next feature film based on the legendary television series. …

July 15, 2008

Weekend box office, July 11-13

Filed under: Film Industry News - 15 Jul 2008

Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:

1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army - $34,539,115 – 88%, fresh

2. Hancock - $32,080,560 – 37%, rotten

3. Journey to the Center of the Earth - $21,018,141 …

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