Archive for December, 2008

MTV Unveils 16 New Reality Shows

In the world of reality television, MTV is still the king. From essentially launching the genre in 1992 with the first season of The Real World to the hit “meta-scripted reality” of The Hills, the network has either saved TV or destroyed it, depending on your point of view. › Continue reading

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Friday, December 26th, 2008 Entertainment News No Comments

Desperately Seeking Sean

Sean Penn might just be other worldly.  I have decided he can’t just be an actor.  Maybe he’s the extra terrestrial Spielberg once imagined in his crazy little brain.  There it’s solved…or maybe he is really one of a set of sextuplets.  There you go, that explains it! Certainly, Penn is not in Milk. For nearly a week, I have been racking my brain to figure out where he went because he just isn’t in Milk as the credits suggest. › Continue reading

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Friday, December 26th, 2008 Entertainment News No Comments

‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘Waiting for Godot’ Broadway Casts Announced

Playbill reports today that the upcoming Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls will feature Titus Burgess (The Little Mermaid) as Nicely Nicely Johnson, Glenn Fleshler (Spring Awakening) as Big Jule, Adam Lefevre (Our Country’s Good) as Lt. Brannigan, Jim Ortlieb (Farnsworth Invention) as Arvide, Steve Rosen (Spamalot) as Benny Southstreet, and Mary Testa (Xanadu) as General Cartwright. › Continue reading

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Entertainment News No Comments

Soderbergh’s ‘Cleo’ Casting Update

A few all-star names have been added to the cast of Cleo, director Steven Soderbergh’s forthcoming 3D rock movie musical retelling of the Cleopatra story (with music by Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard). Yes, it is probably as weird as it sounds. › Continue reading

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Entertainment News No Comments

Reunited and It Feels So Good

Casting Director Denise Chamian (Hancock, The Great Debaters) is attached to cast Rango, an animated feature starring Johnny Depp as a household pet who goes on an adventure to discover his true self. › Continue reading

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Entertainment News No Comments