“Caprica” is alive. The long-simmering SCI FI Channel series has officially been greenlit as the network has ordered 20 hours of the drama including the two-hour pilot, it was announced today by Dave Howe, President, SCI FI. “Caprica” is the prequel to “Battlestar Galactica” and stars Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson and Golden Globe
This Wednesday night sees the return of the three ladies of author Candace Bushnell’s imagined “Lipstick Jungle” world as they continue their woven stories of love, loss and career power struggles splayed against a fashionable Manhattan cocoon of privileged luxury. The series is based on the best-selling book by Bushnell about three powerful best friends
“Dogtown” is ratings gold for National Geographic Channel. The premiere that featured the rescued dogs of Michael Vick’s Bad Newz Kennels was a ratings bonanza, and the premiere ranked seventh among all ad-supported cable networks with a demo target of P25-54. That’s a really big coup for any cable network. National Geographic Channel’s (Nat Geo,
Ledger was on the mind of his Dark Knight co-stars at last night’s New York premiere. The event was star-studded as Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart, Heath Ledger’s “Dark Knight” co-stars each raved about the late actor’s jaw-dropping performance. Christian Bale, who plays the caped crusader, told “Extra” – “He [Ledger] was great. He’s a
If you are around Phoenixville, PA. on July 11-13th, you can celebrate one of the great American sci-fi thrillers, “The Blob.” The ninth annual BlobFest is set for July 11, 12, and 13th. “The Blob” turns 50. The Colonial Theatre’s 9th annual BlobFest, is described as a “kitschy, family-friendly event” celebrating the famous film which
F. Gary Gray is set to direct “Marvin” – a biopic of iconic singer Marvin Gaye with C. Gaby Mitchell signed on to write the script. Variety reports the film will be produced by David Foster with Duncan McGillivray. The duo are planning to shop the film to studios and financiers next week and the
“Eureka” may have some love in the air for the new season. Speaking at the NBCU summer press preview today, star of “Eureka” Colin Ferguson joined VP of Programming for Sci Fi, Mark Stern, along with show exectuve producers Jaime Paglia and Charlie Craig. “I’ve been pitching this girlfriend idea for three years,” quipped Ferguson,
In the D-Listed world of quasi-celebrityhood, where the price of admission appears to be a rich set of parents, good genetics and a “leaked” sex tape to grease the reality development wheels; the queens of this heap are Paris Hilton and her once BFF, Kim Kardashian. The step-sister of reality regular Brody Jenner, Kardashian started
David Cronenberg’s most recent film, “Eastern Promises” showcases London’s Russian vory v zakone, or “thieves in law,” – a shady underworld of criminals who are bound by an 18-point code of conduct, and etch their histories and deeds in their flesh with elaborate tattoos that cover their entire bodies. Creating those tattoos for the film’s
Dorothy Lucey of Good Morning LA dished of a brutal brawl that happened between comedians Jon Lovitz and Andy Dick last week at an L.A. comedy club, The Laugh Factory over deceased Phil Hartman. The fight was over the allegations of Dick’s cocaine offers to a then sober Brynn Hartman at a party that happened