Morning Meme: "Dredd" Bombs, Billie Joe Armstrong Heads To Rehab, and We Head To "BreakBad Mountain"
It was a bad weekend at the box office, with a three way tie at $13 million betweenHouse At the End of the Street, The Trouble With the Curve, and End of Watch. But nothing was quite as bad as the opening for Dredd 3D, which only took in $6.3 million, and half of that was probably from AfterElton members.
Fox has revived a reality show concept set in dysfunctional workplaces where the employees get to vote on whether an employee gets fired. I wonder how this got cleared through legal?
Green Day has apologized to fans for Billie Joe Armstrong's outburst, and said specifically that Clear Channel didn't cut their set, but they didn't say it wasn't cut. It was also announced that Armstrong was entering rehab for unspecified reasons.
You can't keep Sharon Stone down when there's money to be raised for amfAR. After being taken to the hospital complaining of migraine symptoms,...
Fox has revived a reality show concept set in dysfunctional workplaces where the employees get to vote on whether an employee gets fired. I wonder how this got cleared through legal?
Green Day has apologized to fans for Billie Joe Armstrong's outburst, and said specifically that Clear Channel didn't cut their set, but they didn't say it wasn't cut. It was also announced that Armstrong was entering rehab for unspecified reasons.
You can't keep Sharon Stone down when there's money to be raised for amfAR. After being taken to the hospital complaining of migraine symptoms,...
- 9/24/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
It’s looks like Lara Logan and Steve Kroft are coming to cable. Showtime announced today that it would premiere 60 Minutes Of Sports in November. The new show will feature contributions from 60 Minutes reporters and CBS Sports broadcasters. The show will mark the first time new segments from CBS News’ 60 Minutes brand will appear on cable; Showtime is owned by CBS Corp. Old 60 Minutes segments have appeared on CNBC and Viacom’s VH1. Cable rival HBO has been broadcasting the monthly Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel, which has a newsmagazine format, since 1995. 60 Minutes Of Sports will feature two new segments and an updated sports-related 60 Minutes story from the newsmagazine’s past. It will also feature a studio-based interview with a newsmaker. The show will be co-executive produced by 60 Minutes executive producer and CBS News chairman Jeff Fager and 60 Minutes’ executive editor Bill Owens. “Today is a seminal moment in the 25-year history of Showtime Sports,...
- 9/13/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Unlike his Republican rival and vice president, President Obama did not speak before the NAACP this week due to campaign scheduling conflicts, but a pretaped video of the president was played during the convention. However, Megyn Kelly asked if Obama's scheduling was just a convenient excuse, and her guest, Reverend William Owens told Kelly that he believes during this election cycle, the president is taking the African-American vote for granted.
- 7/12/2012
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Greeted with derision in some corners and perplexity in others, the movement's new magazine launches at Cpac today. Editor Steven Allen tells David A. Graham how he'll stand out in a crowded field of right-wing media properties.
As the Tea Party surged in popularity and helped Republicans to a record victory in Congress last fall, Steven Allen surveyed the movement and worried about its long-term viability. Could the excitement last beyond a single election cycle? He looked back on previous protest movements. The abolitionists had William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Chicago Defender was an important clearinghouse for news about civil rights. What the Tea Party needed was its own periodical, he concluded.
Related story on The Daily Beast: This Week's Must-Read Journalism
And Thursday, at the Conservative Political Action Conference, that periodical, a monthly magazine called the Tea Party Review, is being unveiled, and Allen has grand ambitions for it.
As the Tea Party surged in popularity and helped Republicans to a record victory in Congress last fall, Steven Allen surveyed the movement and worried about its long-term viability. Could the excitement last beyond a single election cycle? He looked back on previous protest movements. The abolitionists had William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Chicago Defender was an important clearinghouse for news about civil rights. What the Tea Party needed was its own periodical, he concluded.
Related story on The Daily Beast: This Week's Must-Read Journalism
And Thursday, at the Conservative Political Action Conference, that periodical, a monthly magazine called the Tea Party Review, is being unveiled, and Allen has grand ambitions for it.
- 2/10/2011
- by David A. Graham
- The Daily Beast
I think it’s safe to assume that we all love what Criterion is putting out these days, especially those deemed worthy to receive a high definition release on Blu-ray. It’s a given that we also love spreading the good word of Criterion, being that we went so far as to start a podcast and website, to keep the discussion of quality home video releases alive and well.
We also love using our Disc 2 episodes to feature other DVD’s and Blu-ray’s that we find exceptional, and over the past year there have certainly been a lot to talk about.
The fine folks over at Home Media Magazine have unveiled their annual HD Awards, and they want you to weigh in on the best Blu-ray releases from the past year. While I’m sure we’d all like to see that list completely full of discs from the Criterion Collection,...
We also love using our Disc 2 episodes to feature other DVD’s and Blu-ray’s that we find exceptional, and over the past year there have certainly been a lot to talk about.
The fine folks over at Home Media Magazine have unveiled their annual HD Awards, and they want you to weigh in on the best Blu-ray releases from the past year. While I’m sure we’d all like to see that list completely full of discs from the Criterion Collection,...
- 6/29/2010
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Chicago – If the 1969 U.S. tour of The Rolling Stones had gone smoothly, David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin’s “Gimme Shelter” would still be one of the best music documentaries ever made. Of course, as everyone who knows anything about music or pop culture history knows, the tour did not go smoothly, ending in the infamous concert at Altamont Speedway that’s often pointed to as the end of the era of love.
The Criterion Collection, continuing a pattern of releasing their music documentaries on Blu-Ray before other selections, brings this riveting document of the end of an era through a band in its prime to the world of HD.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Gimme Shelter” opens with a photo shoot and one of the best live performances of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” ever put on film (and probably ever recorded). Clearly, this is a band at the top of the rock ‘n’ roll game.
The Criterion Collection, continuing a pattern of releasing their music documentaries on Blu-Ray before other selections, brings this riveting document of the end of an era through a band in its prime to the world of HD.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Gimme Shelter” opens with a photo shoot and one of the best live performances of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” ever put on film (and probably ever recorded). Clearly, this is a band at the top of the rock ‘n’ roll game.
- 12/4/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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