10 Things We Learned This Week

May 12th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Lists | News - (0 Comments)

1. KISS opened its third Rock & Brews restaurant in Los Angeles with plans to open a 100 more in five years.

2. The Miss America song — “There she is, Miss America” — is being cut from the pageant over a contractual dispute.

3. Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello hope to create a musical based on the artists’ 1998 album Painted From Memory.

4. Dubai police say Justin Bieber was fined several times for speeding during his stop in the Gulf city.

5. An exclusive TODAY Moms survey of more than 7,000 U.S. mothers reveals that the average mom rates her stress level an 8.5 out of 10.

6. Prince Harry sang Happy Birthday to Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin (18) during his recent visit to Colorado.

7. Neil Patrick Harris will host the Tony Awards again.

8. A herd of about 25 goats will soon arrive at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and go to work munching weeds and invasive plants on about 120 acres of airport-owned land that is difficult to get to with traditional landscaping equipment.

9. Pringles has a seaweed flavor available in Asia.

10. Burn Notice will end after its upcoming seventh season.

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Highlights of Sunday’s Tony Awards:

  • Once won eight awards, including top musical.
  • Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about race and real estate, won best play.
  • The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess was named best musical revival.
  • Audra McDonald (Porgy and Bess) won her fifth Tony Award, tying the competitive record held by Angela Lansbury and Julie Harris.
  • Three-time host Neil Patrick Harris was charming as usual.

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The inaugural Critics’ Choice Television Awards were held Monday in Los Angeles, and there were the expected winners — “Mad Men” and “Modern Family” — as well as well-deserved honors for John Noble, Margo Martindale and Busy Philipps.

The critics all listed its Most Exciting New Series: Alcatraz, Apartment 23, Awake, Falling Skies, New Girl, Ringer, Smash, Terra Nova

The winners:

Best Drama Series: Mad Men

Best Actor in a Drama Series: Jon Hamm – Mad Men

Best Actress in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: John Noble – Fringe

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Tie): Christina Hendricks – Mad Men; Margo Martindale – Justified

Best Reality Series (Tie): Hoarders; The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Best Reality Series – Competition: American Idol

Best Reality Show Host: Mike Rowe – Dirty Jobs

Best Talk Show: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Best Comedy Series: Modern Family

Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey – 30 Rock

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Busy Philipps – Cougar Town

Big Win For Gamers: NPH To Host VGAs

December 6th, 2010 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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We’ll watch anything that Neil Patrick Harris hosts — even the 8th Annual Video Game Awards, Dec. 11 on Spike TV.

The details if you’re a gamer: The show will feature 13 world premieres of games from 2011 and beyond. Confirmed so far: Batman: Arkham City, Resistance 3, and Thor: God of Thunder, as well as the next game from Studio of the Year nominee BioWare, the debut of Guillermo del Toro’s video game, and a special Gears of War announcement.

Among the presenters, attendees, and nominees: Del Toro, Thor: God of Thunder video game star Chris Hemsworth, Halo: Reach star and VGA 2010 nominee Nathan Fillion, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia‘s” Danny DeVito, Kaitlin Olson, and Rob McElhenney, Olivia Munn, “90210‘s” Annalynne McCord, Dane Cook, Nick Swardson, Tony Hawk, and Denise Richards. My Chemical Romance will perform.

Emmys To White, NPH, Lithgow

August 22nd, 2010 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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They started handing out Emmys Saturday night — Creative Arts division and why doesn’t TV show it live ? — and  Betty White, Neil Patrick Harris, John Lithgow, and Ann-Margret were among the actors who heard their names called. White was the big story, winning for best guest actress in a comedy series for her turn as “Saturday Night Live” host. It was the fifth prime-time Emmy received by the 88-year-old White, who previously won for classic sitcoms including “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls.” Harris won best guest actor in a comedy series for his appearance on “Glee.” The guest acting trophies for drama series went to Lithgow for “Dexter” and Ann-Margret for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” which has won Emmy acting honors for six consecutive years.

Other notable winners:

  • Host, reality or reality-competition series: Jeff Probst, “Survivor,” CBS.
  • Voice-over performance: Anne Hathaway, “The Simpsons: Once Upon a Time in Springfield,” Fox.
  • Reality program: “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution,” ABC.
  • Commercial: “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like: Old Spice Body Wash.”
  • Animated Program: “Disney Prep & Landing,” ABC.
  • Nonfiction series: “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” PBS.
  • Writing for a variety, music or comedy series: “The Colbert Report: 5076 (in Iraq),” Comedy Central.
  • Music composition for a series (original dramatic score): “24: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.,” Fox.
  • Music composition for a miniseries, movie or special: “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
  • Choreography: “So You Think You Can Dance,” Fox.
  • Casting for a drama series: “Mad Men,” AMC.
  • Casting for a miniseries, movie or a special: “The Pacific,” HBO.
  • Casting for a comedy series: “Modern Family,” ABC.

Hog Quickies (March 5)

March 5th, 2010 | Posted by James K in Film | Music | News | Television - (0 Comments)

Evanescence Hog Quickies (March 5)

  • Evanescence goes electro. Amy Lee tells Rolling Stone that the band’s long-awaited third album, due this year, is going to be a mix of “sarcastic aggression” with a distinct electro influence.
  • Neil Patrick Harris has the lead in Smurfs: The Movie.
  • The CW has renewed Smallville, a success on Fridays, for a 10th season.
  • EW reports that Rome, the popular but short-lived HBO series, may be headed to the big screen.
  • Get ready for more sequins and spandex. BBC Worldwide Productions, the team behind Dancing with the Stars, is planning an ice dancing reality-competition series for ABC.
  • More 3D. Warner Bros. has upgraded The Green Lantern and Sucker Punch, an action fantasy from Zach Snyder.
  • Sade‘s Soldier of Love is Billboard’s No. 1 album for the third consecutive week.

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Those ‘How I Met Your Mother‘ kids sure know how to have fun. We now eagerly wait to see who will pick up that yellow umbrella…

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