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House's Jesse Spencer on Chase's Guilt, Cameron's Exit and the New Team
8 November 2009 7:00 PM, PST | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Most of the medical cases on House begin and end in a single episode, no matter how perplexing, complicated or rare. All that changed this season with the arrival — and death — of President Diabla (James Earl Jones), an African dictator accused of genocide and crimes against humanity. Dr. Chase's (Jesse Spencer) faith pushed him to choose to save a country rather than save a patient, and his role in the dictator's death has rocked his...
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- Kate Stanhope
How to Write a Mission Statement That Isn't Dumb
4 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »
Illustration by Patrick Leger
Why most mission statements are dumb -- and how to write one that isn't.
Here are four mission statements. Two are from real organizations. Two were created by Dilbert's Automatic Mission Statement Generator. Can you guess which ones are genuine?
1. It is our job to continually foster world-class infrastructures as well as to quickly create principle-centered sources to meet our customer's needs.
2. Our challenge is to assertively network economically sound methods of empowerment so that we may continually negotiate performance-based infrastructures.
3. To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities.
4. Respect, integrity, communication, and excellence.
Mission statements are like corporate Hallmark cards. Often written in a bland cursive font and plastered conspicuously at headquarters, these aspiring epigrams are pretty words in Air Supply -- like rhythm. Sometimes they're created at a retreat in the woods, between the trust fall and the passing of the speaking stick. »
- Nancy Lublin
Who's Going To Be The World Series Mvp? Forget A-Rod or A. J. Burnett, Give Me Willie Mays Hayes!
2 November 2009 3:30 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
So the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez was last night's World Series hero, knocking a ninth-inning double for the go-ahead run and a 3-1 series lead against the Phillies. In tonight's Game 5, A. J. Burnett looks to mirror his one-run gem from last week as he takes the mound at Citizens Bank Park. With the Yanks possibly locking up the Fall Classic in a matter of hours, either of these guys could end up nabbing the series' Mvp award. Or the Phils could stage a comeback powered by Game 1 gods, Chase Utley and Cliff Lee.
Whatever happens, though, I know one thing: I detest both these teams because I am a heart-broken Mets fan (is there any other kind?). That's why when I think about ballplayers these days, I tend to think about movies. Cinema has given us some of the best and silliest sluggers and hurlers imaginable, and it is these »
- Eric Ditzian
[DVD Review] Treasury of 100 Storybook Classics
30 October 2009 7:36 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Curious George. Harold and the Purple Crayon. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Classics each and every one. Call it a babysitter in a box or call it a great tool for educating your children, either way what we have on our hands here is 19 hours of story books new and old converted to a digital medium. Some of these genuinely are treasures reincarnated in an animated medium while others are newer stories that have yet to prove their heirloom mettle. However, your average tot won’t care as much about the legacy of a given story as they will about the presentation. A majority of the stories found on these 16 discs have received the full animation treatment from the humble illustration origins, but there are a few in the collection which are little more than scans of the pages being panned over by the camera. Depending on the age »
- Lex Walker
Alynda Wheat's Beat Cop: 'Law and Order' or high and mighty?
20 October 2009 1:34 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Law & Order is touchy. Maybe it’s age—after all the show is an admirably ancient 20 years old, which in TVworld means Willard Scott should’ve offered them congratulations about five seasons back. But this past episode had the reigning Queen Mum of procedurals wagging a bony finger in all sorts of directions, including—perhaps unwittingly—its own. The ripped headline was actually a hybrid, as they do more frequently these days, of Gosselin greed and Octomom blind ambition. (I suppose the Duggars were spared because they haven’t catapulted lawyers at each other…yet.) The “Jon” (Jim Gaffigan) of »
- Alynda Wheat
Japanese Trailer: A Christmas Carol
16 October 2009 7:25 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Disney have released a new trailer for upcoming 3d movie, A Christmas Carol which is based on the Charles Dickens’ book and stars Jim Carrey as the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge. The only slight issue with the trailer is that it’s the Japanese version! Don’t let that put you off though as most of it is in English with Japanese subtitles. Check out the Japanese voice-over though – I wonder if that guy is the Japanese version of James Earl Jones!
You’ll notice that there’s a couple of new scenes which we haven’t seen in the previous trailers. The movie is directed by movie legend Robert Zemeckis and also stars Robin Wright Penn, Gary Oldman, Michael J. Fox, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes and Molly C. Quinn.
A Christmas Carol is released in UK cinemas November 6th.
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- David Sztypuljak
Chris Pine to Become Jack Ryan?
14 October 2009 8:33 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The Tom Clancy books focusing on CIA agent, John Ryan that spawned movies, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears are all in my list of all-time favourite action movies. The books that Clancy has written were all be converted from the page to the screen brilliantly. They’ve also had excellent casts with high profile actors playing the lead role of Jack Ryan.
Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck have all played the part and today, Variety are reporting that next to take on the lead is Captain Kirk…. I mean Chris Pine!!
The movie has no name as yet but the two books that haven’t yet been made into movies are ‘Red Rabbit’, about a plot to kill the Pope; and ‘The Cardinal of the Kremlin’, where Ryan is still a CIA analyst working his way up the ranks. »
- David Sztypuljak
Alynda Wheat's Beat Cop: Having fun storming the 'Castle'
13 October 2009 11:55 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
There was a book? All this time there was an actual, buyable, readable Castle book and nobody told me? I mean sure, I could've read this post from Jeff, this one from Mandi, or this one here. But Jeff and Mandi are all the way across the country in the New York office! You and I are, we're right here. All I know is, if Beckett gets to read that book, then I'm getting my hands on it too. But—and let me know if this is a step too meta—what I really want is a book about Beckett »
- Alynda Wheat
What TV Shows Do You Want More Coverage Of?
12 October 2009 4:19 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
We here at Screen Rant are here to cater to you, the reader. Now, that doesn’t mean that I’m going to be bringing over any freshly baked ice cream cone cupcakes (remember those? Awesome.), but that does mean that we like to hear from you about what you like, what you don’t, what you watch and what you’d like to see more coverage about.
Over the past few weeks of the fall season premiere, we have played around with reviews and discussions on a variety of television shows - and while some received the expected responses (Stargate, Flashforward, Smallville), others did not (CSI, CSI:ny, Criminal Minds, MythBusters). And then there were some shows that nobody expected to receive the amount of response it did (Ghost Whisperer).
If we went with writing about the top rated shows, we’d be left with this…
NCIS
- Anthony Ocasio
House: Preview of Episode 6.5 "Instant Karma"
11 October 2009 5:31 PM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
On tonight's episode of House, Chase will feel the backlash of the questionable decision he made on last week's patient (James Earl Jones), but I'm not sure if the title of the episode is in reference to him. It can very well be about the patient of the week. But going back, Chase probably thought he can very well put it in his past, with Foreman burning the morgue sign-in sheet, he thought he was in the clear, but the dude's a president, so investigations may very well uncover what really took place.
Elsewhere on "Instant Karma" (a familiar title to Lennon fans, I'm sure), House still doesn't have his license back, so Foreman still heads operations, sort of. Complications arise though when the father of the patient wants House to be in charge of the case. Foreman sees the unfair set-up: House will get to call the shots, sans the liabilities just in case. »
- editor@buddytv.com
[TV] Television Snippets - Southland Tails and Simpsons Plays
9 October 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
This week in television brought us renewals, cancellations, casting, news, and everything else that indicates the television season is officially in swing (even if a couple late bloomers haven't begun yet). In ratings news, Tuesday's NCIS continued to dominate as the most watched TV show of the week, bringing in an impressive 19.8 million viewers. Fox's Glee stayed stable at 7.3 million viewers, while the rest of the Wednesday shows saw a slight dip in viewers. Monday's Castle, a show that I love, had slightly higher ratings than usual, bringing in a comfortable 11.3 million viewers. On the other end of the spectrum, Heroes continues its fantastic crash-and-burn from being a TV powerhouse into bringing in a wimpy 5.3 million viewers. Hopefully NBC will soon realize it is time to take Heroes out to pasture.
Indulging my favorite shows, I want to start with House. The Fox medical drama delved into remarkable ethical and »
- Max Alexis
Fantastic Fest 09: Another review of Solomon Kane
9 October 2009 1:29 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Year: 2009
Directors: Michael J. Bassett
Writers: Michael J. Bassett
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 6 out of 10
The 1600's don't get nearly enough love in cinema, and it's a real shame. The era of witch hunts, musketeers, and flintlock pistols is a ripe one, and has been the setting for such gems as "Captain Blood", "The Three Musketeers" (partial to the Oliver Reed one, of course; totally badass), and "The Conqueror Worm" (aka "Witchfinder General"). And as much money as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films have made, their success has led more to the greenlighting of franchises based on rides and brands than any real cinematic rediscovery of the 17th century. Anyway, there's something genuinely irresistible about this time frame, at least for me.
I don't know if it's the constant specter of religious strife in the pre- and post-Cromwell era, the fact that this part of »
Did James Earl Jones seem like an evil dictator in House?
8 October 2009 6:41 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
In this week's episode of House, James Earl Jones played an African dictator. Much of the plot centered on whether he should live or die, and whether the doctors should make that decision in order to save innocent Africans that he would kill if he survived.
Ok, here's the thing about this. Jones is undoubtedly a great actor, but he didn't seem like an evil dictator ready to wipe out half the population of his country. He seemed more like his character Terence Mann in Field of Dreams, a kindly old guy who needed to be shown the way.
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- Jane Boursaw
House: Treat a Dictator or Not?
6 October 2009 5:44 PM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
You know what, no matter how many times I see/hear someone ask the same question repeatedly without knowing they just did, it just doesn't get less creepy. On the recent episode of House, after several wrong diagnosis of the tyrant, James Earl Jones' character did so, and it still sent shivers down my spine.
The case of the week was an interesting one, regardless of House's side antics in trying to help but just stopping short of meddling (including, at one point, doing a game of charades). Here is an African dictator who was wanted for several crimes against humanity and may or may not be planning the next genocide. You even have someone who risked his life to get to his hospital bed and kill him. What do you do?
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- editor@buddytv.com
Lisa Edelstein Mourns the Loss of Jennifer Morrison
6 October 2009 9:42 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
Jennifer Morrison is not dead.
But her character of Allison Cameron will soon be exiting House. In an interview with E! News, co-star Lisa Edelstein shared her feelings on this shocking news:
"Jennifer is an incredibly gracious, professional, sweet, lovely woman and I hadn't the faintest idea until I said something really dumb on set because I didn't know. But I can't really tell you what I said, because it has to do with a storyline that hasn't come out yet. But essentially [it was] 'How come your character keeps leaving and coming back?' as a joke. I had no idea.
I was the last person to know. That's because she was just so incredibly professional and did her job and never let on to anyone what was going on. It was pretty impressive. She will be missed, I don't think she's going to have any trouble, so I'm not worried about her. »
- matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
House Recap: "The Tyrant"
6 October 2009 5:37 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
What an intense episode of House.
James Earl Jones guest-starred this week and the developments around his character (an abusive African dictator) are rumored to lead to the eventual exit of Jennifer Morrison as Cameron.
Last night, though, she was very much present, as Cameron and Chase struggled with how to treat Jones' character. Read all about it in our recap of "The Tyrant."
As usual, there were a few great House quotes from the episode. We've compiled our favorites below:
Wilson: It's easy to be nice to people you like. Being nice to people you hate, that's a skill. | permalink House [to Cameron]: I need you to spread your legs so I can make an H. | permalink Cuddy: No procedures. No patient contact.
House: I think I can probably deal with that one. | permalink House: Oh my God, it's three years ago! Does that mean I'm still crazy? | permalink »
- matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
'House' recap: Absolute power
6 October 2009 3:30 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Let's get the old band together one last time and play one more gig, you guys. This week's House brought back our original team of Foreman, Cameron, and Chase, but I have to say...the magic just wasn't there for me. Maybe it was a too-famous actor as the patient du jour, or the drawn-out Foreteen non-story that I don't like at all or care about, or maybe it was how removed from the action House seemed for most of the episode. "The Tyrant" had the same issues most recent episodes of House have had: The House parts? Good. Everything else? »
- Margaret Lyons
House: Preview of Episode 6.3 "The Tyrant"
4 October 2009 5:44 PM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
I'm sure a lot of people are waiting for this House episode - the one where James Earl Jones guest-stars as an African tyrant - a short pause for the gasps to subside. Jones (Luke, I am your father) will play controversial political leader President Dibala who falls ill and is brought to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. The team then struggles with whether or not they will help a merciless dictator being subpoenaed for crimes against humanity in his country (the promo fails to mention if House will be part of the team, but he most probably will).
Elsewhere on "The Tyrant" Wilson tries to make peace with a feuding neighbor and House's (Hugh Laurie) prying is said to only make the problem worse. So expect more House-Wilson in this episode. Yey!
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- editor@buddytv.com
House Preview: "The Tyrant"
1 October 2009 10:41 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
This week marks the beginning of the end for Jennifer Morrison on House.
On Monday's installment, "The Tyrant," James Earl Jones guest stars as a brutal African dictator. He'll receive a controversial treatment, which will lead to a failling out between Chase and Cameron; and the eventual exit of the latter on episode nine.
Watch a preview below:
Return of House We've also compiled a series of photos from "The Tyrant." Click on each for a larger version and remember to visit TV Fanatic each week for a detailed episode recap, complete with the latest House quotes and more!
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- matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
Preview of 'House M.D.' 6.04: The Tyrant
29 September 2009 2:25 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
One tough patient is coming to the Princeton Plainsboro hospital next week. In "House M.D." episode "The Tyrant", the team treats a controversial African politician who has fallen ill. He dares Cameron who is in charge of him to pull the trigger if she wants him dead.
The character played by James Earl Jones is a merciless dictator named President Dibala who is being subpoenaed for crimes against humanity in his country. The team faces a moral dilemma whether to save him or let him go.
Meanwhile, Wilson tries to make peace with a feuding neighbor, but House's prying exacerbates the problem. House himself is in the middle of his mission to get his job back.
"The Tyrant" is scheduled to air on Monday, October 5 on Fox. This would be the starting point episode that triggers Cameron's exit from the hospital. The character played by Jennifer Morrison reportedly is about »
- AceShowbiz.com
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