– Wait, does giving Channing Tatum People‘s “Sexiest Man Alive” superlative mean that it’s not going to Ryan Gosling? Again? If not, why not, and why Channing Tatum? And are we talking about Magic Mike Tatum or Dear John Tatum or 21 Jump Street Tatum, because that guy is just so versatile we really don’t know? Read More
Though the city has disallowed exterior shooting until Friday at the earliest in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, at least one studio is back open. Kaufman Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens, is planning to welcome the crews of Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and Netflix’s Orange is the New Black tomorrow, though the studio was open today as well. Read More
The Wrap reports that Mayor Bloomberg will not issue permits for outdoor filming until Friday or later, affecting productions including NBC’s Smash and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and the CW’s Gossip Girl. Read More
– Maybe? Hopefully? Last week, the American Psycho author went on Twitter to vent about Lindsay Lohan missing her ADR (basically, redubbing tracks when the audio was unintelligible) for their upcoming film, The Canyons. He threatened to sic Patrick Bateman on her, which could only end one way: Read More
The Emmys, television’s slightly-less-glitzy answer to the Oscars, are this Sunday, and we have some relatively uneducated guesses as to which of the nominees will bring home an oddly spiky statuette. Read More
Beloved Olympian of few words Ryan Lochte told New York‘s The Cut blog that he was preparing for a 30 Rock shoot that’s happening… right… now! “I know I have the cameo for 30 Rock in the morning,” Mr. Lochte said last night, “and after that, E! And then Live With Kelly. So I’m all over the place.”
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If you had Downton Abbey or Girls mania this spring, you were in exalted company: both of those water-cooler-y series were among the ever-more-nichey Emmy nominations. PBS’s Downton Abbey joined a slew of cable shows (Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones on HBO, Mad Men and Breaking Bad on AMC, Homeland on Showtime) in the Best Read More
The Emmy nominations are set to be announced tomorrow, and all eyes in coffee shops and traffic-thirsty blogs will be on the fate of Girls. Let’s predict what other shows were widely regarded as good this past year! Read More
Yesterday, NBC announced that 30 Rock will air its final, shortened season this Fall, along with some big news about the other comedies on the network. (No, that’s not the lie. We aren’t playing yet!) Can you guess which one of these items was not on the agenda? Read More
Nikki Finke’s Deadline has a so-called “speculative” schedule for NBC’s fall season, in the run-up to the network’s upfront presentation on Monday. Included are 30 Rock, which is said to be moving to Wednesday night along with Parks and Recreation, and Smash, moving to Thursdays. Missing? Rock Center, the Brian Williams newsmagazine. This Read More
