Jon Stewart Uses Muppets for RNC Sex ScandalMarch 31, 2010Robin Williams might have been the guest on last night's Daily Show with Jon Stewart, but it was a gag involving Muppets that stole the show, especially for all of the political gurus watching Comedy Central's program...
Big Bucks for Ad on ABC's 'Lost' FinaleMarch 30, 2010Media buyers told Ad Age that a 30-second spot during the Lost series finale will cost approximately $900,000, a number ABC is refusing to comment on...
MTV Posts 'The Hills' Final Season TrailerMarch 30, 2010A new trailer has been posted online promoting the sixth and final season of MTV's pop culture hit The Hills, the spinoff of the networks earlier hit, Laguna Beach...
Women & Hollywood: Liz Lemoning of TVMarch 30, 2010It's that time of the year when spring is in the air and we all shed our dreaded winter coats and look into out closets and check out the spring/summer apparel with a fit of excitement and dread. (Will that one fit after this particularly cold winter?)...
Zombies Set to Invade AMCMarch 29, 2010Zombies are getting ready to invade AMC after the cable network ordered six one-hour episodes of The Walking Dead, a sci-fi series based on the Robert Kirkman comic book, reports The Wrap...
Jamie Foxx Returns to TV with Sketch ComedyMarch 29, 2010Jamie Foxx is a hard working man of showbusiness, with Hollywood blockbusters under his belt and chart topping songs to his name, and now the star is set to return to his television roots with a new sketch-comedy show on Fox, according to the Hollywood Reporter...
Chloe Sevigny Apologizes for 'Big Love' BashingMarch 29, 2010As for Sevigny's relationship with HBO moving forward, according to the actress, things seem to be patched up. 'They accepted my apology. We have a great mutual respect for one another.'
3D TV Gets Tiger Woods TreatmentMarch 29, 2010Should 3-D not be your game, perhaps the other big selling point of this year's Masters Tournament is. Tiger Woods will make his grand return to professional golf, and broadcasters are salivating over the prospects...
'Times Stands Still,' a Play for All JournalistsFebruary 1, 2010As if the reality of media layoffs and non-existant newspaper readerships wasn't enough of a reason for journalists to take up drinking, along comes Broadway's Time Stands Still, a play focusing on the emotional breakdown of a war correspondent...
Diane Paulus Directs Opera for American Museum of Natural HistoryJanuary 19, 2010It's not often that my work as an entertainment and Broadway reporter crosses paths with my day job as the New Media Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, so when I heard that an opera was going to be staged in the Museum's Hayden Planetarium, I was excited to check it out...
Ragtime Closes ProudlyDecember 29, 2009Ragtime's lack of celebrity is one of many reasons why the musical failed to set box office records, as was pointed out by Patrick Healy in The New York Times last week. While that ultimately led to an early demise -- the production closes on January 3rd -- Ragtime should wear that as a badge of honor...
SOFA SNARK: Season of BushDecember 24, 2009With a new season of Showtime's The Tudors coming up and Barack Obama now bogged down by controversial plans for Afghanistan, it seems appropriate to reflect on a recent trend that graced the Broadway stage over the past couple years...
Viral Directors December 17, 2009The Golden Globe nominations were announced this week, placing a handful of Hollywood directors on a pedestal for all others to admire. Martin Scorsese will be bestowed with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award while James Cameron has returned from his post-Titanic absence to join Clint Eastwood, Quentein Tarantino, Jason Reitman and Kathryn Bigelow in the Best Director category...
Muppets vs QueenNovember 25, 2009Queen, the iconic rock band led by the equally iconic singer Freddie Mercury, has found its way into the world of Jim Henson's Muppets...
Wonderettes ClosesNovember 7, 2009Off-Broadway's The Marvelous Wonderettes has been playing to enthusiastic crowds at The Westside Theatre since it settled in New York City following an extended run in Los Angeles - where I first saw the show and fell in love. Word has now come down that the quaint musical will close on January 3 after having played 545 performances...
Eric Millegan BipolarOctober 28, 2009Fans of Fox's hit show 'Bones' probably remember Eric Millegan as the awkward Zack Addy, a co-worker of Dr. Brennan with a penchant for serial killing. Millegan's character turned out to be working for a cannibal before getting caught in the act...