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By Rebecca Ford, Metromix
For TV, November means it’s sweeps time, which means all of the broadcast networks are trying to entice us into watching their very best shows (sorry “Dollhouse”). The best way to buy our affection? Stunt casting with major celebs! November is packed with visiting stars, from Lady Gaga on “Gossip Girl” to Elizabeth Banks on “Modern Family.”
We’ve made a list of the biggest stars shaking things up this November. You’re welcome!
This song makes me all sorts of nostalgic.
“Cuz when you’re fifteen, somebody tells you they love you
You’re gonna believe them
And when you’re fifteen
Don’t forget to look before you fall
I’ve found time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you’re supposed to be
I didn’t know who I was supposed to be
at fifteen .”
By Rebecca Ford, Metromix
With nearly every state reporting swine flu activity, it’s clear that the H1N1 viral strain is not picky about who it infects. This means that even the actors, athletes and—gasp!—news anchors of the world are not immune. And if a nation can’t protect its celebs against catching the flu, haven’t the terrorists won?
While some celebrities have had serious cases of swine flu, others have used their celebrity knowledge to diagnose themselves (we’re looking at you, Lisa Rinna).
Click ahead to meet the famous-ish faces of the swine flu. Just make sure to wash your hands after clicking.
See the article at Metromix
“You’re so gangsta, I’m so thug, you’re the only one I’m dreaming of
You see, I can be myself now finally, in fact there’s nothing I can’t be
I want the world to see you be with me.”
And a ukulele…yes
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The Cirque Du Soleil show, Kooza, is coming to Santa Monica from mid-October to mid-November. We’re going. You should too. If you’ve nevre seen a show, it will blow your mind.
Become a Cirque Du Soleil member (for free) to get 40 percent off tickets!
Here’s the trailer for the show:
I stumbled upon this article yesterday… It’s clearly written by a guy who lives in New York, trying to write about Hollywood, but interesting enough.
On February 5th, Universal Studios and Imagine Entertainment threw a cocktail party for their film “Frost/Nixon,” hoping to stir up buzz for its Oscars prospects. The event, at Nobu Los Angeles, drew many of the town’s entertainment journalists—a contentious bunch. As the guests snacked on yellowtail sashimi, Sharon Waxman, who the previous week had launched an entertainment-business Web site called The Wrap, fell into conversation with a group that included Brian Grazer, Imagine’s co-chairman. Waxman covered Hollywood for the Times from 2003 to 2007; though her reporting occasioned a number of corrections, she is aggressively self-confident. Turning to Grazer, Waxman made a provocative remark about the reporting of her former close friend and now bitter rival Nikki Finke. “She’s always been nice to me,” Grazer replied, before moving away at warp speed. When Finke later demanded that Waxman explain this exchange—Finke seems to have a Google Alert that pings whenever her work is discussed—Waxman denied that she’d been disparaging, and claimed that Grazer had turned white at the mention of Finke’s name: “Fear in the hearts of giants!”
Finke is fifty-five, and a longtime entertainment-business reporter. She runs the Web site Deadline Hollywood Daily out of her apartment in west Los Angeles; in three and a half years she has made D.H.D. Hollywood’s most dreaded news source. Marrying tabloid instincts to a strong Puritan streak, Finke portrays many of the town’s leaders as jackasses who golf at exclusive preserves, elbow underlings aside to hog the spotlight, downsize those underlings while lining their own pockets, and generally besmirch the fabric of civilization. Jeff Zucker, the C.E.O. and president of NBC Universal, is “one of the most kiss-ass incompetents to run an entertainment company”; Charles and James Dolan, who own Cablevision, are a “clown parade”; and Sumner Redstone, the chairman of Viacom, is a “crazy old coot.”
See the rest at The New Yorker.
By Rebecca Ford
Socal.com
Robert Feinberg is some people’s worst nightmare. The 59-year-old was once a 22-year-old with the world at his feet, working on a movie that could have made him the next big director.
But he never finished the movie. And perhaps, he believes, never really fulfilled his destiny.
HBO Documentary Films’ Finishing Heaven follows the director as he tries to finally finish his film Heaven, a very ’70s psychedelic film with no real story line, just a lot of heavy eye shadow and dramatic scenes.
As unique as Feinberg’s tale may seem, however, this film is just another story about another dream that died in the process. There are plenty of people in this world who dreamed of being an astronaut or a film star and instead ended up as a grocery store clerk, a bank teller or (in Feinberg’s case) a cruise greeter…
Check out LA-based Fools Gold. Here’s their music video (dogs and old dancing dudes included):
This Tuesday, MTV’s duo of non-reality reality shows return to the tube, bringing with them new faces, new drama and, of course, new boy trouble. But, perhaps not so surprisingly, the biggest problems in the new seasons seem to be between the ladies, who bring the term “frenemies” to a whole new level…
See the rest here…
Don’t know if I’ve actually mentioned this before, but I write about weekend TV for metromix every week. Here’s this week’s article:
Metromix
September 24, 2009
We’re sending a thank you prayer up to the TV gods because weekends are back! “Dollhouse” returns to Fridays, and “SNL” swoops in to save Saturday nights. Not to mention that the two bad boys of Sunday nights on Showtime are also back with a vengence…
Friday, September 25
What: “Dollhouse”
When: 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fox
Why: Joss Whedon’s baby about “Dolls” who go on dangerous missions was off to a slow start last year, but looks much more promising this season now that Echo’s tapped into her multiple personalities. In the season premiere, Echo marries a wealthy British businessman connected to one of Ballard’s open cases.
See the rest here.
Rebecca M Ford 