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Disney’s ‘Beast’: Re-imagined For A New Generation
March 24, 2017 in ANIMATION, MOVIES & FILM, NEWS
At the top of the Box Office for this week is “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” starring: Emma Watson as Belle; Dan Stevens as the Beast and Luke Evans as Gaston. It is the live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs.
“Beauty and the Beast” is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within. The film stars: Emma Watson as Belle; Dan Stevens as the Beast; Luke Evans as Gaston, the handsome, but shallow villager who woos Belle;
Oscar® winner Kevin Kline as Maurice, Belle’s eccentric, but lovable father; Josh Gad as Lefou, Gaston’s long-suffering aide-de-camp; Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, the candelabra; Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as Maestro Cadenza, the harpsichord; Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette, the feather duster; six-time Tony Award® winner Audra McDonald as Madame Garderobe, the wardrobe; Oscar nominee Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, the mantel clock; and two-time Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson as the teapot, Mrs. Potts.
Directed by Oscar® winner Bill Condon and based on the 1991 animated film, the film is produced by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with eight-time Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards® (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three-time Oscar winner Tim Rice. “Beauty and the Beast” will be released in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2017.
Written by: Disney Publicity
Images Courtesy: Walt Disney Pictures
HBO Renews CRASHING for 2nd Season
March 19, 2017 in TV/INTERNET
Here’s a new comedy you may enjoy. It’s called CRASHING. And HBO has recently announced they will renewed the comedy series created by and starring Pete Holmes for a second season. Holmes and Judd Apatow executive produce the show, which currently debuts on Sunday nights (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.
Lauren Lapkus & Pete Holmes in CRASHING on HBO
The eight-episode first season of CRASHING, which began Feb. 19, tells the story of Pete, a sheltered suburbanite who married his childhood sweetheart and dreams of making it as a stand-up comedian. But when he finds out his wife is cheating on him, Pete’s world unravels, forcing him to reevaluate his priorities and plunging him into the deep end of the rough-and-tumble New York comedy scene.
Among the critical raves, TIME said that Holmes “delights at every turn,” while the St. Louis Post-Dispatch hailed the show as “poignant and also genuinely funny,” and Entertainment Weekly noted, “Holmes is terrific as the show’s emotional core.”
Drawing on Holmes’ own experiences as a comedian, CRASHING also features Lauren Lapkus and George Basil; among the notables appearing as versions of themselves in the first season are Dave Attell, Hannibal Burress, Artie Lange, T.J. Miller, Jim Norton, Rachael Ray and Sarah Silverman.
Written By: HBO
Images Courtesy: HBO Productions
Video Courtesy: Youtube/HBO
Additional Text: DeAlan Wilson for ComedyE.com
NYC Gotham Welcomes SHAWN WAYANS
March 15, 2017 in NEWS
If you’ll be in NYC March 23-26 you can catch SHAWN WAYANS at Gotham Comedy Club. Wayans made his acting debut in 1989 in the feature film “I’m Gonna Get You Sucka”. Immediately following his feature film debut, he joined the cast of the Emmy Award winning comedy series, “In Living Color.”
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Lenny Clark at TreeHouse Comedy CT.
March 12, 2017 in COMEDY CLUBS, NEWS
Performing live at TreeHouse comedy this coming Saturday, March 18, 2017 is Lenny Clark. Boston Comedy Legend, star of Comedy Central, seen on Rescue Me, Sirens, ‘Til Death, 7th Heaven, The Job, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmell Live! and the movies Ted 2, Here Comes The Boom, Fever Pitch, Rounders and more. For tickets to this show visit TREEHOUSE Comedy.
MAKERS: WOMEN IN COMEDY
March 9, 2017 in NEWS, TV/INTERNET
MAKERS: WOMEN IN COMEDY Originally Aired: on PBS and is now being rebroadcast by the network. With the ongoing and now heightened attention to Women’s Rights Movement and recent march on Washington, D.C. It will air, once again, on your local PBS Station this coming Friday March 10, 2017. Check your local PBS Station for the exact time in your area.
Makers: Women in Comedy tracks the rise of women in the world of comedy, from the “dangerous” comedy of 70s sitcoms like Maude to the groundbreaking women of the 1980s and beyond. It showcases the American comedy club boom building to today’s multifaceted landscape and tells the inspiring stories of the female pioneers of the comedy business, like Joan Rivers, Sarah Silverman, Mo’Nique, Joy Behar and Kathy Griffin.
HBO /SXSW
March 6, 2017 in MOVIES & FILM, NEWS, TV/INTERNET
South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals presents HBO: The Escape. Attendees will have a chance to test their knowledge of all things HBO® at this year’s festival, thanks to an interactive experience that challenges fans to escape from three HBO-themed experiences.
HBO: The Escape is an immersive escape-the-room style experience featuring rooms themed to different HBO shows (Silicon Valley, Veep and Game of Thrones). Participants solve a series of clues in each room to unlock the door to the following room and complete all three. In each room, teams will have the opportunity to complete a challenge, locate the door and escape to the next room. Once they’ve made their way through all three rooms, each team will have a chance to take their photo on the Iron Throne, to purchase merchandise from their favorite HBO shows from the online HBO Shop, and to be among the first to sample the brand new Game of Thrones wines, created in partnership between Vintage Wine Estates and HBO Global Licensing.
HBO: The Escape, located at 800 Congress Ave. in Downtown Austin, will be open daily from Saturday, March 11 through Monday, March 13 from 10:00am CT to 8:00pm CT, except for Saturday, March 11, when it will close early to the public at 5:15pm CT. SXSW attendees can reserve a slot by visiting HBOTheEscape.com. A limited number of slots are available each day and will be confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Iron Throne room section of HBO: The Escape will also be open to the general public during operating hours for fan photo opportunities. The Game of Thrones wine tasting, which includes an exclusive sampling of the Game of Thrones Red Blend and Game of Thrones Chardonnay, will only be available to those who make it through HBO: The Escape. The two wines, along with the Game of Thrones Cabernet, will be available nationwide this spring.
In support of the new season of Silicon Valley and the Silicon Valley-themed escape room, new teaser art for the series will be featured throughout SXSW.
In addition to HBO: The Escape, HBO is making a big splash at SXSW this year, presenting panels for three of its hits series throughout the weekend.
Talking Animals.: The HBO Show Made in an Apartment
Saturday, March 11 – 12:30-1:30pm
Austin Convention Center, Room 16AB
Join Animals. creators Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano, along with co-executive producer Jen Roskind, for an in-depth conversation on the show’s DIY roots, independently created TV and why rats’ mouths don’t move. HBO’s Animals., which premiered February 2016, focuses on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least-habitable environment: New York City. Whether it’s lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own. The panel will also feature a look ahead at Season Two, screening a never-before-seen episode featuring the voice talents of Emilia Clarke, Jason Alexander, Harmony Korine and Michael Rapaport.
VEEP: A Conversation with the Cast and Showrunner
Monday, March 13 – 3:30-4:30pm
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
HBO’s award-winning comedy VEEP follows the day-to-day existence of former vice president and onetime president Selina Meyer, who looks to secure her legacy. VEEP is acclaimed for its satirical look at the insular world of Washington politics. In a time when the real life political headlines seem stranger than fiction, the cast of VEEP looks ahead to the sixth season. Join writer/executive producer David Mandel, executive producer/star Julia Louis-Dreyfus and cast members Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott, Gary Cole, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh and Sam Richardson for VEEP’s first panel at SXSW.
Featured Session: Game of Thrones Showrunners
Sunday, March 12 – 3:30-4:30pm
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
Join Game of Thrones creators and executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss in conversation with series stars Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) about the Emmy® Award-winning hit HBO drama.
About SXSW
SXSW dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, TX, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film and music industries. The event, an essential destination for global professionals, features conference programming, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. SXSW 2017 will take place March 10-19, 2017.
Courtesy: HBO
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Teachers – TvLand Comedy
March 4, 2017 in NEWS, TV/INTERNET
TEACHERS – Now in its second season, this TvLand original comedy, six elementary school teachers try to mold young minds, even though their own lives aren’t really together. Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, Cate Freedman, Kate Lambert, Katie O’Brien and athryn Renée Thomas all show their hilariously warped perspectives as they take us on various journeys in and out of the classroom. Catch new episodes on TvLand Tuesdays 10/9c.
TEACHERS stars improv group The Katydids
(Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, Cate Freedman, Kate Lambert, Katie O’Brien, and Kathryn Renee Thomas)
Image: TvLand
CNN’s New ‘The History of Comedy’
March 4, 2017 in NEWS, TV/INTERNET
THE HISTORY OF COMEDY is the new CNN Network show which takes a documentary style look at various aspects of comedy throughout history. From Executive Producers Sean Hayes (Will & Grace, The Bucket List) and Christopher G. Cowen (Killing Lincoln, Apollo 13) the new show uses
Subject matter of the show includes episodes like: “What Comedy Taught Us About Parenting,” “Women Having the Last Laugh”, ” Comedy Filthy Words – Change America”, “Comedy Too Scandalous for The Store” and “50 People Who Changed American Comedy” The History Of Comedy – Airs every Thursday At 10 ET/PT on CNN.
OSCARS Blunder While Moonlight & Viola Soar
March 1, 2017 in MOVIES & FILM, NEWS
Viola Davis gave what will probably be long remembered as one of the most moving, meaningful and memorable acceptance speeches in Oscar history as she graciously accepted her Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role OSCAR AWARD for her work in the movie FENCES.
Other OSCAR winners included LA LA LAND which walked away with 6 Oscars including Emma Stone (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role), Damien Chazelle (Best Achievement in Directing), Justin Hurwitz (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures – Original Score).
However the biggest excitement of the night occurred at the very end of the show, when presenters were the given the wrong envelope and announced LA LA LAND as winner of the most prestigious award of the night, Best Motion Picture of The Year when in reality the actual winner was MOONLIGHT. The error was quickly corrected live and on-the-air in front of millions of confused television views and the audience at the show. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who presents the OSCARS annually has posted the following apology to the viewers and MOONLIGHT on its website,
“We sincerely apologize to “Moonlight,” “La La Land,” Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for Best Picture. The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope…”.
MOONLIGHT won other OSCAR AWARDS for – Mahershala Ali “Best Supporting Actor” as well as “Best Written Adapted Screenplay “ OSCAR AWARD for Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney .
Written By: DeAlan Wilson
Moonlight Image Courtesy: A24 Productions
Kaitlin Olson: The Mick
March 1, 2017 in NEWS, TV/INTERNET
THE MICK is a no-holds-barred single-camera comedy that gives new meaning to the phrase “dysfunctional family.”
MACKENZIE aka “MICKEY” (Kaitlin Olson, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is an unapologetic degenerate, who suddenly finds herself stuck in affluent Greenwich, CT, raising her spoiled niece and nephews: SABRINA (Sofia Black-D’Elia, “The Night Of”), an ambitious, 18-going-on-30-year-old who is a worthy adversary to Mickey; CHIP (Thomas Barbusca, “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life”), 13, an arrogant, entitled neo-con-in-the-making with an extremely punchable face; and BEN (newcomer Jack Stanton), seven, an adorably fragile nerd.
It’s pretty much everything Mickey has never wanted. Regardless, she’s determined to rise to the occasion and transform these little monsters into honest, hard-working, decent members of society – something she knows absolutely nothing about. Being a mother was never in Mickey’s game plan, but these kids desperately need a parent. And as irresponsible as Mickey has been her entire life, she may discover that responsibility and motherhood aren’t the buzzkill she always thought they would be. The series also stars Carla Jimenez (“Raising Hope”) and Scott MacArthur (“Angie Tribeca”).
THE MICK is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was created/written by John Chernin and Dave Chernin. The Chernin brothers, Nicholas Frenkel and Oly Obst, along with Randall Einhorn, who directed the pilot episode, are executive producers. Kaitlin Olson is a co-executive producer on the series.
Images & Story Courtesy: Fox Publicity