 | IT’S A TEST OF SURVIVAL WHEN THE ILL-FATED CREW IS PLAGUED WITH SYSTEM FAILURES THAT THREATEN TO INCAPACITATE THE ANTARES, ON ABC’S DEFYING GRAVITY |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
“H2IK” – The crew navigates a series of system failures, on ABC’s “Defying Gravity,” SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET). The crew of the Antares face their first major crisis when the ship inexplicably begins to shut down all of its operating systems, causing the sudden failure of power, heat and gravity controls and plunging everyone aboard into chaos during the desperate search for a solution.
“H2IK” was directed by Fred Gerber and written by Brett Conrad.
“Defying Gravity” stars Ron Livingston as Maddux Donner, Laura Harris as Zoe Barnes, Malik Yoba as Ted Shaw, Christina Cox as Jen Crane, Florentine Lahme as Nadia Schilling, Paula Garces as Paula Morales, Eyal Podell as Evram Mintz, Dylan Taylor as Steve Wassenfelder, Andrew Airlie as Mike Goss, Karen LeBlanc as Eve Shaw, Zahf Paroo as Ajay Sharma and Maxim Roy as Claire Dereux.
“Defying Gravity” is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish audio via SAP. This program carries a TV-14,D,L,S parental guideline.
For more information on “Defying Gravity,” visit ABC.com.
Tags: ABC, American Entertainment News, Defying Gravity
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| UPCOMING GUESTS ON “THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON” ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
(Monday through Friday, 12:37-1:37 AM, ET/PT,
Following Broadcasts of the “Late Show with David Letterman”)
(*Denotes changes and/or additions to previous schedule)
Thursday, July 30 Actor James Spader; actress Rose Byrne;
Friday, July 31 Actress Saffron Burrows
Monday, August 3 Actress Edie Falco; Survivorman Les Stroud; comedian Lisa Landry
Tuesday, August 4 Actor Tony Shalhoub; actress Minka Kelly
Wednesday, August 5 News anchor Wolf Blitzer
Thursday, August 6 Actress Sigourney Weaver; music by Glasvegas
Friday, August 7 Comedian Don Rickles; music by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
*Monday, August 10 Comedian Carrot Top; actress Alexis Bledel
*Tuesday, August 11 Author Mitch Albom; performance by Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal
*Wednesday, August 12 Actor Eric Bana; music by Holly Williams
*Thursday, August 13 Actor Jon Cryer from the CBS comedy series “Two and a Half Men”
On the Web: www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/
Tags: American Entertainment News, CBS, THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON
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| BRAVO’S “THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA” GARNERS BIGGEST SERIES PREMIERE AMONG ENTIRE HOUSEWIVES FRANCHISE |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
BAM! BRAVO’S “THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA” GARNERS BIGGEST SERIES PREMIERE AMONG ENTIRE HOUSEWIVES FRANCHISE WITH NEARLY FOUR MILLION CUMULATIVE VIEWERS
“Top Chef Masters” Posts Series High Across All Demos
NEW YORK – July 31, 2009 – Kicking-off season two with a bang, the premiere of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” attracted over four million viewers across its 10PM and 11PM telecasts, making it the highest rated series premiere in “Real Housewives” franchise history, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 10PM premiere scored an unprecedented 1.72 million adults 18-49 and 2.66 million total viewers, with an additional 929,000 adults 18-49 and 1.32 million total viewers tuning in for the 11PM encore, for a cum of 2.65 total viewers and 3.98 million total viewers, making it the highest rated Thursday in primetime in network history.
Versus the season one premiere, the series shot up triple-digits, with a 289 percent increase among adults 18-49 (vs. 441,000) and a 305 percent increase among total viewers (vs. 656,000), making it Bravo’s highest rated Thursday telecast in network history. The explosive season two opener topped its sister franchises, marking a 40 percent increase among adults 18-49 (vs. 1.23 million) and an 62 percent increase among total viewers (vs. 1.64 million) versus the “The Real Housewives of New York City” season two premiere. Versus the season two premiere of “Orange County,” Atlanta was up 107 percent among adults18-49 (vs. 830,000) and up 138 percent among total viewers (vs. 1,120,000).
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” posted historic gains online, generating the best premiere day video performance for any Bravo series in the history of the network. Clips of the season two premiere garnered 318,000 video streams on premiere day alone, up an astounding 434 percent versus the “Project Runway” season four premiere day. The series also made up 50 percent of BravoTV.com’s traffic yesterday, with 1.04 million page views, up a whopping 591 percent versus season one. Additionally, the show’s site generated the best day of premiere traffic for any “Real Housewives” series ever, up 114 percent in pageviews, 29 percent in daily uniques, and an unprecedented 1,070 percent in video streams versus the previous record holder, “Real Housewives of Orange County” season three. Source: Omniture SiteCatalyst.
Continuing Thursday’s ratings success, this week’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live” scored its highest rated episode to-date, delivering 592,000 adults 18-49 and 850,000 total viewers, up a whopping 195 percent (592,000 vs. 201,000) and 157 percent (850,000 vs. 331,000) respectively versus the prior week.
Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters” continues to perform in its freshman season with its seventh episode delivering series highs across all demographics with 1.08 million adults 18-49 and 1.66 million total viewers. Versus the prior week’s episode, “Top Chef Masters” was up nine percent among adults 18-49 and up seven percent among total viewers, and is averaging 1.5 million total viewers season-to-date. In next week’s episode, it’s down to the top final chefs with Morgan Spurlock and actress-singer Zooey Deschanel as guest stars.
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live + Same Day through 7/30/09. Four million viewers is an aggregate of the RHATL 10p and 11p P2+ impressions.
Tags: American Entertainment News, Bravo, The Real Housewives of Atlanta
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| VIZ Pictures releases Live Action feature film DEATH NOTE: L, change the WorLd |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
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VIZ Pictures has announced the upcoming release of the live action feature film – DEATH NOTE: L, change the WorLd on DVD!
The DVD will be distributed by VIZ Media and will be available August 18th.
DEATH NOTE: L, change the WorLd is inspired by the immensely popular DEATH NOTE feature films, which are based on the best-selling supernatural action manga series.
This spin-off follows a new original storyline and introduces the unwritten chapter of DEATH NOTE and reveals how the legendary detective “L” (Kenichi Matsuyama) spends the final 23 days of his life. The story begins as L takes on the “Kira” case, in which countless criminals are dying under mysterious circumstances. L successfully solves the case and stops Kira, but only after sacrificing his life, leaving himself with only 23 days left to live. For his final case L faces down a bio-terrorist group trying to wipe out humanity with a deadly virus ten times more potent than Ebola. As L tries to formulate an antidote with a scientist, he must also save the lives of two children who have no one else to turn to. DEATH NOTE: L, change the WorLd features what happened before and after the two earlier DEATH NOTE events and shows DEATH NOTE fans the more human side of L that could not be seen previously. The movie stars Kenichi Matsuyama (Linda Linda Linda, NANA and Detroit Metal City) as ‘L’, and for dubbed version, L’s voice is played by Alessandro Juliani from the anime series.
Tags: change the WorLd, DEATH NOTE: L, Japanese Entertainment News
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| Roseanne Barr poses as Adolf Hitler |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
Roseanne has always had a unique sense of humor but this latest one for Jewish humor publication Heeb Magazine may be going a bit far. In an interview with the Heeb magazine, a picture of Roseanne Barr sporting a Hitler mustache and cookies that are burnt.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
As we wrap up the shoot, Barr puts her Swastika armband, one of the gingerbread victims and a Polaroid of herself in the costume in a Ziploc bag, making it look like evidence from some bizarre crime scene. She plans on bringing it to her 13-year-old son when she picks him up from school. “Maybe this will make my kid like me,” she says with a sigh.
Granted, Heeb Magazine is known to push the button but obviously this is one hot topic that has generated news worldwide. And to make it clear, according to FOX News:
At her request, Heeb photographed Barr wearing the infamous Hitler moustache and a swastika, holding and preparing to take a bite of what the article refers to as “burnt Jew cookies.
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| SNEAK PEEK OF TARANTINO’S ‘INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS’ TO AIR DURING BURN NOTICE FINALE |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
Tarantino To Present Extended Sneak Peek During August 6 Finale of Hit USA Network Series
NEW YORK – July 31, 2009 – USA Network will air an extended sixty-second sneak peek for the new Quentin Tarantino feature film INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS during the BURN NOTICE season three summer finale on Thursday, August 6th between 9-10pm ET.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, directed by Tarantino, opens in theatres Friday, August 21st starring Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Kruger and Mike Myers.
BURN NOTICE continues to dominate the television landscape in its third season as the #1 scripted cable series in both P18-49 & P25-54 in 2009, delivering series highs week after week. Last week BURN NOTICE brought in 6.8 million total viewers as series high and the third most watched original episode EVER on USA as well delivering 4.76 million households, a series high and second highest household delivery ever for a USA Network original series. To date BURN NOTICE is averaging 5.9 million total viewers, 2.7 million in P25-54, 2.4 million in P18-49 and a household rating of 4.25.
Tags: American Entertainment News, Burn Notice, Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarentino
 | PARIS 36 (a J!-ENT DVD Review) |
July 31, 2009 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment
“Absolutely fantastic! ‘Paris 36′ is well-produced, well-acted and absolutely irresistible! You will be drawn by the film’s beautiful music! Wonderful performances by the talent, especially newcomer Nora Arnezeder, who is definitely an actress to watch for in the near future! This DVD is highly recommended!”
DVD TITLE: PARIS 36 (aka Faubourg 36)
DURATION: 120 Minutes
DVD INFORMATION: French 5.1 Dolby Digital, 2:40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, English Subtitles
COMPANY: Sony Pictures Classics/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
RATED: PG-13 (For some sexuality, nudity, violence and brief language)
RELEASE DATE: August 11, 2009
Directed by Christophe Barratier
Written by Christophe Barratier and Julien Rappenau
Dialogue by Pierre Philippe
Produced by Nicolas Mauvernay and Jacques Perrin
Associate Produced by Romain Le Grand
Music by Reinhardt Wagner
Director of Photography: Tom Stern
Editing by Annette Davey, Danny Rafic
Casting by Sylvie Brochere
Editing by Yves Deschamps
Production Design by Jean Rabasse
Art Direction by Jean-Yves Rabier
Starring:
Gerard Jugnot as Pigoil
Clovis Cornillac as Milou
Kad Merad as Jacky
Nora Arnezeder as Douce
Pierre Richard as Monsieur TSF
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Galapiat
Maxence Perrin as Jojo
Francois Morel as Celestin
Elisabeth Vitali as Viviane
Christophe Kourotchkine as Lebeaupin
Eric Naggar as Grevoul
Eric Prat as Comissaire Tortil
The musical film from France that has received critical acclaim worldwide.
“Paris 36″ (Faubourg 36) is a wonderful and enchanting film directed and written by Christophe Barratier (Producer of “Winged Migration” and “As Life Goes By”). The film is co-written by Julien Rappeneau (“Have Mercy on Us All” and “A Ticket to Space”) and Pierre Phillippe (“We Forget Everything!” and “A Rare Bird”). Joining Christophe with the film is cinematographer Tom Stern (“Gran Torino”, “Changeling”, “Things We Lost in the Fire”, “Million Dollar Baby” and “Letters from Iwo Jima”) and composer Reinhardt Wagner (“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”, “Towards Zero” etc.).
The film would feature an outstanding soundtrack but also would introduce the world to a new star named Nora Arnezeder who can act and sing and just shines along with her castmates in this irresistible film.
“Paris 36″ begins in the Paris suburb, Faubourg in 1936. A man named Pigoil (Gerard Jugnot) is being questioned by the police for something tragic that had happen that night. Pigoil then begins his story.
Pigoil is the stage manager for the theater known as Chansonia. His life was thought to be OK while working with hard in the theater with lighting operator Milou (Clovis Cornillac) and performer/worker Jacky (Kad Merad) until his wife became unfaithful (with several men) and has left him. Also, the fascist and ruthless businessman Galapiat (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) wants his payment for the theater but the owner of the theater is not making enough money to pay right away. As the actors at the Chansonia try to celebrate New Year’s Eve, the owner of the Chansonia knowing that he doesn’t have the money to keep the theater afloat, commits suicide.
Fast forward four months later, Pigoil is left to take care of his son Jojo (Maxence Perrin) after his wife has run out on him with another man and to make things worse, France is in political turmoil and people are broke and all hell has broken lose. The Chansonia has been bought and shut down by Galapiat and everyone seems to be unemployed and Milou seems to have joined the Red Army. But things continue to get worse with Pigoil when his son is caught peddling on the street with his friend (playing the accordion for money) and ends up losing his son, who now moves in with his mother.
Pigoil has hit bottom. With nothing to lose, he approaches his former staff to occupy and re-open the Chansonia and through hiring new talent, finding a way to keep the theater open but also for people to get paid. Immediately, all the former workers at the theater decide to help Pigoil, including Jacky and Milou and they work hard to restore the theater, hire new talent and hopes to get a loan to keep the theater afloat.
Meanwhile, Douce (Nora Arnezeder) comes to Faubourg in search of the former owner of the Chansonia. She meets up with Galapiat who starts to fance the beautiful young woman who is trying to start her singing career. He then has her audition at the Chansonia. Of course, because it’s a woman sent by Galapiat, the three men – Pigoil, Jacky and Milou are a bit standoffish of hiring her. But Douce is not only beautiful but she has a wonderful voice and body that Pigoil knows will attract the audience.
The story of “Paris 36″ starts to focus on these characters as Pigoil tries to restart the Chansonia but missing his son so much, he does what he can to contact him to no avail. Jacky wants to become a theater star but his comedy is quite terrible but he is hired by Galapiat to relay any information about Douce and what is going on with the Chansonia (and thus betraying his comrades) while Milou shows disdain towards Douce because of her association with Galapiat, but for Douce…she thinks that Milou behaves that way towards her because he is attracted to her.
The show must go on to bring the Chansonia back but will the talent be enough for the audience to come daily and pay? Will Pigoil succeed in bringing the theater back to becoming financially successful but most of all, getting in touch with his son? Will Jacky’s comrades find out that he’s spying on them? What of Milou and Douce?
Needless to say that this is only a summary of just a small part of “Paris 36″. There is more to the story of these individuals but also the magic of their performances which the company must go through imaginable rough spots before success but for that success, why is Pigoil being questioned by the police at the beginning of the film? What tragedy awaits for any of these individuals?
VIDEO & AUDIO:
I was quite impressed by the look of “Paris 36″. The film is presented in 2:40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen and this suburb captures the city around the Chansonia. Everything looks so real but you often wonder if its a real studio set, CG-based or what? There is a lot of grit and grime on the buildings, details from the handwritten letters on the buildings. I thought that a lot of the film (around the Chansonia) was shot in Paris and had utilization of CG but what was more surprising was to find out that a village was actually created in an open field (there is a wonderful featurette that goes into detail about this). Very impressive.
This is one of the films that I really wish would get a Blu-ray release because there are so many details within the buildings and interiors, especially the vibrant colors that would benefit from High Definition but for the DVD, picture quality is fine. One scene includes a wonderful Busby Berkeley style of performance that is just vibrant and beautiful to watch. For France, this type of filmmaking is rare to see but Christophe Barratier and Tom Stern capture the look and beauty of the theater performances quite extraordinarily well. This is a beautiful film to watch!
As for the audio, the film is presented in French 5.1 (Dolby Digital) and for the most part, the film is driven by its dialogue and music. Once Nora Arnezeder took the stage, just hearing her vocals just captured my attention. And from that point, her character brings life into the other characters and the music turns from campy and humorous to a wonderful and beautiful music. Suffice to say, immediately after watching this film, I started looking for the movie soundtrack. That is how much I loved the music of this film.
As for the subtitles, optional English subtitles are provided.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“PARIS 36″ comes with the following special features:
I absolutely loved “Paris 36″.
After watching this film, I wanted the soundtrack and I wanted to know more about the talent and also know who this actress Nora Arnezeder was. Needless to say, this film was beautiful to watch. At first, finding out this film was about the political and economic turmoil of the 1930’s, I was wondering if it would be similar to the 1980 Francois Truffaut film “Le Dernier Metro” (The Last Metro).
But this film is a hybrid film that it manages to feature a romantic drama and a musical all in one. Unlike “The Last Metro” in which the political turmoil and German invasion was a big part of the film, “Paris 36″ captured the initial feeling of division amongst the French but focus on the primary characters who wanted the show to go on and despite not making any money at first, really believed in their theater and their hopes and dreams in making sure that they give the best performance they can but overcoming difficult challenges during the darkest era for the people in France.
The pacing of the film is wonderful and as challenging as I can imagine of balancing the dramatic segments of the film with its musical segments, everything works from beginning to end.
I know that I’m gushing about the film and how beautiful, how well-produced and well-acted the film is but if I had to find one nitpicky situation, it’s how the film ends with one ending. As the film does focus on a variety of characters, you wonder what happens to each of the characters at the end. And I was hoping for that. But director Christophe Barratier does explain in the commentary that scenes were shot for the other characters but during the testing with the additional scenes with the audience, French viewers felt it was too heavy and thus he limited it to one subtle ending. Overall, the ending does work quite fine and so, for those who wonder what happens to other characters, it’s definitely worth listening to the commentary.
“PARIS 36″ is such a wonderful film, even though many of us who do not understand French may not understand what the lyrics of the songs are about, it’s no different from listening to opera or international music. You can hear the passion in the vocals and the music does reach your soul. It’s that effective, it’s that addictive and most of all, the whole entire film is just irresistible!
“PARIS 36″ is highly recommended!
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| Seth Rogen and the kiss with Megan Fox that never happened… |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
Seth Rogen was on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and the actor talked about his and Megan Fox’s first appearance on the talk show and how he tried to kiss her when she entered the stage for a greeting. Absolutely hilarious! And Jimmy….great job in putting salt on the wound!
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| “SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE” TOP 4 FINALISTS REVEALED |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
BRANDON BRYANT, EVAN KASPRZAK, JEANINE MASON AND KAYLA RADOMSKI TO COMPETE ON TWO-HOUR FINAL PERFORMANCE SHOW WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, ON FOX
MELISSA SANDVIG AND ADE OBAYOMI ARE ELIMINATED FROM COMPETITION
America’s Favorite Dancer Will Waltz Off with $250,000
During Live Season Finale Thursday, August 6
Brandon Bryant, Evan Kasprzak, Jeanine Mason and Kayla Radomski were named SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE’s Top 4 finalists after host Cat Deeley revealed that Melissa Sandvig, 29, a Ballet dancer from Los Alamitos, CA and Ade Obayomi, 20, a Contemporary dancer from Orange County, CA were eliminated from the competition.
The two-night, four-hour season finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE promises to be the series’ most spectacular showdown ever! The Top 4 will compete one last time in the hopes of winning America’s vote and the title of America’s Favorite Dancer, a $250,000 cash prize and a featured spot on the cover of the November issue of Dance Spirit magazine. Judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy, as well as guest judges Mia Michaels, Tyce Diorio, Adam Shankman and Debbie Allen, will offer critiques on the final performances of the season. Broadcast for the first time from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, the finale will air Wednesday, Aug. 5 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, Aug. 6 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.
In addition to naming America’s Favorite Dancer, the two-hour live finale will feature performances by this season’s Top 20 dancers, Hip Hop dance team The Rage Boyz Crew and Talia Fowler, winner of Season Two of “So You Think You Can Dance Australia.” The celebration will also showcase encore performances of the Judges’ favorite routines from Season Five.
Tags: American Entertainment News, FOX, So You Think You Can Dance
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| USA NETWORK GREENLIGHTS PILOT ‘COVERT AFFAIRS’ |
July 31, 2009 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – July 30, 2009 – USA Network has given a green light to the pilot COVERT AFFAIRS. A Universal Cable Productions original, COVERT AFFAIRS is executive produced by Dave Bartis and Doug Liman through Dutch Oven and written and co-executive produced by Matt Corman and Chris Ord. The announcement was made today by Jackie de Crinis, USA’s senior program executive.
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with Dutch Oven on COVERT AFFAIRS, a show with an exciting backdrop of action-packed suspense and an entertaining, character-driven premise that fits so perfectly into the USA brand,” said de Crinis.
Covert Affairs centers on a young CIA trainee, Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as field operative. While Annie believes she’s been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Christopher Gorham plays Auggie Anderson, a CIA military intelligence agent who was blinded while on assignment and is Annie’s guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue.
From Universal Cable Productions, COVERT AFFAIRS stars Piper Perabo (“Coyote Ugly,” “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”). Written and co-executive produced by Matt Corman (“Deck the Halls”) and Chris Ord (“Deck the Halls”). Dave Bartis (“Knight Rider”) and Doug Liman (“Knight Rider,” the “Bourne” trilogy, “Heist”) are Executive Producers through their company, Dutch Oven.
USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 98.5 million U.S. homes. A division of NBC Universal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series and entertainment events. The award-winning USA website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.
USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.
