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TV networks look to pilots to help them ascend in ratings
There are monsters and vampires, science fiction, trips back and forward through time, supernatural themes and other out-of-this-world scenarios in the television pilots vying for space on the networks' fall schedules. The five major networks,...Tags: Lorne Michaels, Once Upon a Time (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company, Allison Janney, Jerry Bruckheimer
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Jodi Arias: How would you cast the movie?
Staff writerLifetime is planning a movie on the Jodi Arias case. Watching the Arias coverage, with its many breaks, gives you a lot of time to ponder casting. In my opinion, the focus should be on the courtroom duels between Arias and prosecutor Juan Martinez....Tags: Parks and Recreation (tv program), ER (tv program), Nestor Carbonell, Abraham Benrubi, Rob Lowe
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'Croods,' 'Olympus' rise at box office. CBS eyes TV Guide Network.
After the coffee. Before the matzo ball soup. The Skinny: I'm in D.C. for Passover, and it snowed here. So much for seeing some cherry blossoms, lunching at an outdoor cafe near the Capitol and taking a nice long jog. Monday's headlines include a...Tags: Matt Lauer, Christina Aguilera, Admission (movie), Religion and Belief, The Voice (tv program)
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'Life of Pi,' 'Argo' win big at Oscars. NBC takes big fall.
After the coffee. Before getting the tuxedo to the cleaners. The Skinny: I kept my tweeting to a minimum during the Oscars. Just as New Year's Eve and St. Patrick's Day are amateur night to drinkers, the Oscars is amateur night for tweeters. Monday's...
Tags: Argo (movie), Family Guy (tv program), The New York Times, News Media, Lincoln (movie, 2012)
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Survivalist themes in TV shows, movies tap into fear of the big fall
Frankly, it sounded pretty stupid. For reasons unknown, electricity fails worldwide, sending humanity into a post-technological free-fall. Weeds grow in the Capitol (very "Logan's Run"), young women defend their families with bows and arrows (very "Hunger...Tags: Flu, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Television Industry, Mining, Les Miserables (musical)
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'Identity Thief' to steal top spot. An Oscar list to die for!
After the coffee. Before seeing who took my Grammy Award tickets. The Skinny: Hope my East Coast peeps find shelter from the snowstorm. Friday's headlines include a preview of the weekend box office, how NBC fell so fast and a look at the jockeying that...
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Nora Ephron, The New York Times, Human Interest, Academy Awards
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Highs, lows — and a graceful exit
It's my final column of the year and, for that matter, the new millennium — not to mention of all time. Unless it isn't. I'm so confused. Anyhow, let's look at the highs and lows of 2012 — not that you have much choice if you're going to...
Tags: Argo (movie), The Amazing Spider-Man (movie), The Master (movie), The Deep Blue Sea (movie), Homeland (tv program)
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Before 'Les Miserables,' there was 'La Revolution Francaise'
The new movie version of "Les Misérables," which opened on Christmas, has given fans of the original stage musical a reason to revisit their old cast albums and reminisce about the Broadway show. Songwriters Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil hit...Tags: Alain Boublil, France, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Music
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Movie awards, TV spoilers, local theater
Well, it'll be a while before we get to see the film that was voted best picture of 2012 by the New York Film Critics Circle on Monday: Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," which deals with the hunt for O. bin Laden. It doesn't open in wide circulation...
Tags: Argo (movie), Anjelica Huston, Boardwalk Empire (tv program), The Walking Dead (tv program), There Will Be Blood (movie)
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'Iron Man 3' among films giving North Carolina a boost
'Iron Man 3' gave North Carolina's film industry a big lift in 2012. The upcoming release from Walt Disney Co.'s Marvel Studios filmed throughout North Carolina, helping to produce a record level of production activity in the state this year. The...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Drama (genre), Politics, Cinema Industry
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Counting down till Sunday and beyond
It's fall, a good time for countdowns. •Countdown: 53 days till Christmas. •Countdown: 20 days till Thanksgiving. •Countdown: 14 days until I put up Christmas decorations. •Countdown: Seven columns to go. •Backward countdown:...
Tags: Doubt (movie), The Walking Dead (tv program), Brian D'Arcy James, Music, Peter Krause
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Jake Eberts dies at 71; film producer for 'Gandhi,' 'Chariots of Fire,' 'Driving Miss Daisy'
Jake Eberts, the Canadian independent producer and founder of Britain's Goldcrest Films, which revived the British cinema industry in the 1980s with a string of Oscar-winning movies, including "Gandhi" and "Chariots of Fire," died Thursday in Montreal. He...
Tags: The New York Times, Documentary (genre), Human Interest, Canada, Academy Awards
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