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The mast of the decade
10 December 2009 2:38 AM, PST
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Sarah Dempster on her TV hits and misses of the noughties. What were yours?
Going up
HBO
Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, True Blood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire: world gasps under combined weight of balls, brilliance and extreme dramatic "chops"
BBC4
Repository of boffinry, curator of excellence, keeper of "the flame". Fact: when they're alone, Auntie gropes BBC4's bowtie and calls it Brian
The Naked Pilgrim
Brian Sewell's monumental Godyssey marked final spurt of neural activity before Five got "the shakes" and had to have a "sit down" . . . For Ever
Honorable Mentionables
The Office, Red Riding, TOTP2, the rise of the pockmarked man-volcano (from Gene Hunt to Malcolm Tucker to The League of Gentlemen's Geoff Tipps), Damages, Ramona Marquez (the girl in Outnumbered), Sir David Attenbrilliant
Going down
ITV2
Cackling digital hen party where it's always durr o'clock. Hobbies: bellowing "skillz" at passing Jack Osbourne vehicles,
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Six Feet Under To Release More 'Graveyard Classics'
9 December 2009 10:36 AM, PST
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Florida 'death-groove' legends Six Feet Under are once again honoring their influences with another installment of their Graveyard Classics covers series. Graveyard Classics 3, slated for release next month, is a tip of the axe to timeless hits from the greatest names in metal... and a few decidedly non-metal names as well. Hit the jump to find out more about this ten-track dose of skull-crushing nostalgia...
Produced by frontman Chris Barnes in the band's home-base of Tampa, Florida, this latest installment features inventive tributes to the artists who influenced Barnes and his bandmates – including Mercyful Fate, Anvil, Metallica, Slayer, Prong and Twisted Sister, plus a handful of less metal-edged entries,...
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Promo Videos for 'Parenthood'
9 December 2009 7:59 AM, PST
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March may seem like a long ways off, but its closer than you think, and it's when NBC will finally roll out their new dramedy Parenthood which stars Craig T Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Lauren Graham, and funnyman Dax Shepherd, just to name a few. Below is an overview of Parenthood as well as some new promotional clips of the show.
"Parenthood" is a one-hour drama inspired by the box-office comedy hit of the same name. This re-imagined and updated NBC Universal Media Studios/Imagine Television production introduces audiences to the very large, very colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
The dynamic star-studded cast includes Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Craig T. Nelson, Dax Shepard, Bonnie Bedelia, Monica Potter and Erika Christensen.
Sarah Braverman (Lauren Graham, "Gilmore Girls"), a financially strapped single mother, brings us into the fold of her parents and siblings who will make us laugh and cry, and on occasion,
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Where The Wild Things Are: a testament to the power of childhood
9 December 2009 6:53 AM, PST
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Dir: Spike Jonze Cast: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker
Maurice Sendak’s 1965 children’s classic ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ is one of those primal, infallible texts that have been around for long enough to inform the world-view of parents and children alike. Like Lewis Carroll’s poems and Aesop’s fables, it is a brutally simple tale reminding us of the Dionysian chaos and fury that lurks beneath the surface of our manicured lives. So who better to bring this warped and wonderful story to the big screen than the ‘realiseur’ of Charlie Kaufman’s most famous scripts, the possessor of a juvenile, ‘Jackass’ sense of fun, and the inventor of a raw and powerful aesthetic that defined a generation of skateboarding, Sonic Youth fans… Spike Jonze.
Jonze has already stamped his mark on the film before the first frame
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- Nicholas Deigman
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Shonda Rhimes explains why Arizona got the girl
8 December 2009 2:00 PM, PST
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Love it or hate it, Grey’s Anatomy changed television.
That may seem an overstatement, since Grey’s isn’t in the category of the dramas usually referred to as transformational — The Sopranos, Mad Men or Six Feet Under, for example. But in terms of pop culture, the influence of the show is obvious every time someone says, “Seriously?” or refers to an essential part of the body as the “va-jay-jay.”
Sure, Grey’s often is infuriating, but that’s just proof that we have an emotional investment in the characters and their stories. And for that, we have to thank Shonda Rhimes, who was chosen as one of TV Guide’s “Players” — the people who made the decade’s best TV.
Rhimes takes her place among J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost, Fringe), Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip), Dick Wolf (Law & Order, ad infinitum) and
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Five Questions with Patricia Clarkson
4 December 2009 6:02 PM, PST
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In an industry where actresses face fewer options as they get older, Patricia Clarkson has defied the odds. Years after making her debut in Brian de Palma's 1987 crime pic The Untouchables and landing a breakthrough role in 1998's High Art, she's hit her stride and become one of Hollywood's most popular character actresses. In the decade of the '00s alone, the plaudits and awards have come left and right: an Oscar nomination for Pieces of April, two Emmy wins for HBO's "Six Feet Under,"and critics' awards for Far From Heaven, The Station Agent, Good Night, and Good Luck. (In 2009, the Year of the Cougar, Clarkson was also handpicked to star in Saturday Night Live's "Motherlover," an honor of another kind.)
So when Cinematical met Clarkson during last month's Savannah Film Festival, we jumped at the chance to talk with the actress about her career - past,
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- Jen Yamato
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Film Independent's New Board Directors
4 December 2009 11:26 AM, PST
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Los Angeles (December 4, 2009) - Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, elected new officers Bill Condon, Rodrigo Garcia, Alan Poul and Stephanie Allain to its Board of Directors. Director/producer Bill Condon (Kinsey, Gods and Monsters) will serve as President. Writer/director Rodrigo Garcia (Mother and Child, In Treatment) will be the Vice President. Director/producer Alan Poul (The Backup Plan, Six Feet Under, Rome) serves as Secretary, and producer Stephanie Allain (Black Snake Moan, Hustle & Flow, Biker Boyz) will be the new Treasurer.
Condon and the team are joined by [...]
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- Nikki Finke
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‘True Blood’ Adds New Blood For Season 3
3 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST
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Shock Til You Drop may have been glamouring us, but it looks like HBO’s True Blood has added Marshall Allman , Theo Alexander and Grant Bowler into the fray for the coming third season of the deep-south vampire drama.
Allen, who played Lj Burrows in Prison Break and popped up in Mad Men and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia will appear as Sam Merlotte’s long-lost younger brother, Tommy Mickens. Is shapeshifting genetic? I guess we’ll find out.
Alexander, of CSI: NY and Chuck fame, will be playing Talbot, the beautiful, blood-sucking boyfriend of the vampire king of Mississippi (which must be a more impressive title than it sounds). How did kingdoms and wards get divided up by these folks anyway? Bowler, who we know from Ugly Betty and Lost, will play a biker gang-leading werewolf (obviously) named Coot.
Of course a lot of these roles were referenced
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Lauren Graham gives us a dose of "Parenthood"
2 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST
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In just 15 seconds, and without saying a word, Lauren Graham reminds us why the world is an infinitely better place when she is on our televisions. NBC as released its first Parenthood promo featuring the former Gilmore girl.
Lauren has stepped in for the ailing Maura Tierney in the central role of Sarah, a single mom raising two teens who moves back with her parents in Berkeley. And with one perfectly-timed look she has made me laugh louder than anything Jeff Dunham has ever done with a puppet. See for yourself.
The new comedy series, loosely based on the 1989 film follows the trials and tribulations of an extended family living in Northern California. The large ensemble also stars Six Feet Under alum Peter Krause, Coach star Craig T. Nelson, Punk’d veteran Dax Shepard, Bonnie Bedelia, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen and Sarah Ramos.
The series doesn’t start until March,
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- dorothy snarker
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Geek Gifts: All HBO DVDs and Blu-ray’s 50% Off
1 December 2009 3:39 PM, PST
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True Blood. Six Feet Under. The Sopranos. Sex and the City. John Adams. The Wire. Deadwood. Band of Brothers. Rome. In Treatment. Entourage. Flight of the Conchords. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Eastbound & Down. Extras. Oz. Big Love. From the Earth to the Moon.
If you or your loved ones enjoyed any of the shows I just listed, an amazing deal just went up at BarnesandNoble.com. They’ve got every HBO show on DVD and Blu-ray at 50% off! While discounts of 30% and 40% can be found if you wait around long enough, 50% is very rare and should be taken advantage of. Hit the link to check out what they’ve got!
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- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
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How Far Kellan Lutz Would Go for a Perfect Date
30 November 2009 10:17 PM, PST
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"Twilight Saga" star Kellan Lutz knows how to be romantic. In an interview with Twist magazine, the actor who is seen reprising his role as Emmett Cullen in "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" shares on what he would do to give his date one perfect date, which includes taking the girl to a small island to watch sunset.
"I took my ex-girlfriend to this little island in California called Catalina once," the 24-year-old recalls on a date he had once as cited by Just Jared Jr. "I had a buddy of mine go there earlier that day and lay rose petals down on this beautiful hillside, so when we got there it was waiting for us. We had a picnic by candlelight and watched the sun go down. It was nice!"
Most recently, the former Abercrombie & Fitch model has set thing straight on his rumored romance with AnnaLynne McCord. Asked
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Will Departures be this year's sleeper film hit?
30 November 2009 1:31 AM, PST
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A Japanese film about a Buddhist mortician is set to be an unlikely commercial success
There aren't many films about the Japanese art of corpse beautification. Still fewer made by a director who previously specialised in soft-core porn and starring an ex-boy band heart-throb. But Departures (Okuribito), which opens in Britain on Friday, is all these things. It won this year's best foreign language Oscar, beating two critically feted films, Waltz with Bashir and The Class.
But why? The film, after all, is hardly a Saturday night no-brainer. Loosely adapted from Aoki Simmons's autobiography Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician, it's about a redundant cellist who finds meaning in his life when he gets a job ceremonially washing bodies, preparing them for entry into the next life. Even in Japan, where films about death and funerals are not uncommon (see Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece Ikiru), the role of the
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Happy birthday Peter Facinelli!
25 November 2009 10:44 PM, PST
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Today, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and "Nurse Jackie" star Peter Facinelli turns thirty-six years young.
He has been in the acting business for nearly fifteen years, starting with a small role in Angela as Lucifer. Within a few years of beginning, Facinelli became a very recognizable face with his work in films like Can't Hardly Wait and Riding In Cars With Boys. He has since done over two dozen films as well as popular television series such as Damages, Six Feet Under, and Fastlane. In the Twilight series, Facinelli's art imitates life as he portrays the calm and r ...
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Blu-Ray Review: HBO’s Epic ‘Rome’ Released in HD Series Set
24 November 2009 8:53 PM, PST
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Chicago – Just in time for holiday shopping, HBO has released both seasons of the epic “Rome” in one gorgeously-packaged Blu-Ray set with all 22 episodes and bonus material including audio commentaries and behind-the-scenes featurettes. Whatever you may think of the show, “Rome” was one of the most beautifully designed programs of the decade and a perfect fit for 1080p.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
The winner of seven Emmy Awards takes place four hundred years after the founding of the Republic. Rome is brought vividly to life as an allegory for power struggles in any era. In the show, the days of shared power has come to an end and everyone is fighting for their part of the new structure - it’s the perfect backdrop for betrayal, excess, and corruption.
Blending historical figures like Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, and Cleopatra with their own narratives, “Rome” was a gorgeous blend of style and substance.
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Interview: Ben Foster Brings Humanity to ‘The Messenger’
19 November 2009 12:40 PM, PST
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Chicago – Ben Foster has stolen scenes in works as diverse as “Six Feet Under,” “Freaks and Geeks,” “3:10 to Yuma,” and “Alpha Dog,” but he truly shines in the spotlight of the lead role in “The Messenger,” giving the best performance of his career to date. The young actor was in town for the Chicago International Film Festival and took some time to speak to us about his research for the film, how one leaves such a dramatic work behind, and his love for co-star Woody Harrelson.
Foster stars in “The Messenger” as Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery, a young man returned home from his tour but with a few months of service left. To fill out his time, Will is assigned to the Casualty Notification Office (and partnered with Woody Harrelson’s Captain Tony Stone), the men who inform “Nok” (next of kin) when their loved one has been killed in the line of duty.
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Interview with Ben Foster, Star of The Messenger
19 November 2009 10:02 AM, PST
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Nov 19, 2009
Ben Foster first impressed viewers with roles on beloved programs like Freaks and Geeks and Six Feet Under. He went on to steal scenes in films like Alpha Dog and 3:10 to Yuma, but he does the best work of his career in Oren Moverman’s incredible drama The Messenger, co-starring Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton.
In the film, Foster plays a soldier who is forced to finish out his service as a Casualty Notification Officer, one of the men who informs next of kin when their loved one ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com
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Justin Theroux Sending Will Arnett Into Space
18 November 2009 7:08 AM, PST
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Justin Theroux's second-act career as a screenwriter has been incredibly entertaining to watch, both because you never expect that actors are paying enough attention on set to go behind the scenes, and hey, every time Variety runs a picture of him, it's never a bad thing. Theroux, once an actor known for roles on Six Feet Under and Charlie's Angels, parlayed his writing work on Tropic Thunder into a gig on Iron Man 2, and now the screenplay jobs just keep rolling in.
According to THR, Fox has hired Theroux to write another draft of Space Invader, which is blessedly not an adaptation of the classic arcade game. Instead it's being described as an "astronaut romantic comedy," with Will Arnett attached to play a man who travels to space when he suspects his astronaut girlfriend is cheating on him with another Nasa guy.
I really like everything I'm reading about this,
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Justin Theroux to Recur on Parks and Recreation
17 November 2009 8:05 AM, PST
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Are you ready for some Parks and Recreation... and love?
Entertainment Weekly reports that Justin Theroux has signed on for a recurring, upcoming role on Parks and Recreation.
The actor's most recent small screen credit was a run on Six Feet Under in 2004. He's actually best known as a screenwriter, having penned the scripts for Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2.
Therouxhas been cast as a friend of Ann’s and a potential love interest for Leslie. He'll debut in early 2010.
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Lady of Leisure
13 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST
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In the four years since she turned the brooding bohemian Claire Fisher of HBO's Six Feet Under into a hipster icon, Lauren Ambrose has been prolific on stage (as Juliet and Ophelia in two seasons at The Public Theater's Shakespeare In The Park, and more recently on Broadway with Ionesco's Exit The King) and on the big screen (Cold Souls, Where The Wild Things Are). But, this Sunday, with a group of musicians from the Blue Ribbon Boys, The Two Man Gentlemen Band, and other Berkshires-based players she's been jamming with for the past month, the operatically-trained Ambrose will make her NYC singing debut at Joe's Pub as Lauren Ambrose & The Leisure Class. "We'll play standards and covers of rock 'n roll songs in our style," says Ambrose, meaning Ragtime, Louis Armstrong-style jazz. If you can score a ticket to the already sold out show, be sure to listen
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Ben Foster: Shooting "The Messenger"
12 November 2009 2:07 AM, PST
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Few young actors are blessed with wildly eclectic bodies of work, but 29-year-old Ben Foster has utilized his trademark intensity to play a bisexual art-school student (TV's "Six Feet Under"), a drug-addicted hoodlum ("Alpha Dog"), a winged superhero ("X-Men: The Last Stand"), a Wild West sociopath ("3:10 to Yuma") and a wannabe vampire who steals the show in "30 Days of Night." In his juiciest role to date, the Boston-born actor stars in "I'm Not There" screenwriter Oren Moverman's terrific directorial debut, "The Messenger." Foster plays Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery, a jaded Army vet who has just returned to the homefront after being wounded in Iraq.
Paired up with the hard-nosed Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), Will is assigned to be a Casualty Notification Officer, a job that, in its own way, may be more difficult than combat. It's an emotionally authentic story of friendship and coping with unexpected jolts of humor,
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