Best Anti-Hero
Dci John Luther – Luther (BBC)
–Idris Elba
Dexter Morgan – Dexter (Showtime)
–Michael C. Hall
Gemma Teller Morrow – Sons of Anarchy (FX)
–Katey Sagal
Jackie Peyton – Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
–Edie Falco
Jax Teller – Sons of Anarchy (FX)
–Charlie Hunnam
Walter White – Breaking Bad (AMC)
–Bryan Cranston
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Best Sidekick
Amy Pond – Doctor Who (BBC)
–Karen Gillan
Fiona Glenanne – Burn Notice (USA Network)
–Gabrielle Anwar
Lois Lane – Smallville (CW)
–Erica Durance
Mozzie – White Collar (USA Network)
–Willie Garson
Sam Axe – Burn Notice (USA Network)
–Bruce Campbell
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Best Villain
Agent June Stahl – Sons of Anarchy (FX)
–Ally Walker
Alice Morgan – Luther (BBC)
–Ruth Wilson
Anna – V (ABC)
–Morena Baccarin
Jimmy O’Phelan...
Dci John Luther – Luther (BBC)
–Idris Elba
Dexter Morgan – Dexter (Showtime)
–Michael C. Hall
Gemma Teller Morrow – Sons of Anarchy (FX)
–Katey Sagal
Jackie Peyton – Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
–Edie Falco
Jax Teller – Sons of Anarchy (FX)
–Charlie Hunnam
Walter White – Breaking Bad (AMC)
–Bryan Cranston
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Best Sidekick
Amy Pond – Doctor Who (BBC)
–Karen Gillan
Fiona Glenanne – Burn Notice (USA Network)
–Gabrielle Anwar
Lois Lane – Smallville (CW)
–Erica Durance
Mozzie – White Collar (USA Network)
–Willie Garson
Sam Axe – Burn Notice (USA Network)
–Bruce Campbell
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Best Villain
Agent June Stahl – Sons of Anarchy (FX)
–Ally Walker
Alice Morgan – Luther (BBC)
–Ruth Wilson
Anna – V (ABC)
–Morena Baccarin
Jimmy O’Phelan...
- 12/19/2010
- by Editorials
- BuzzFocus.com
"Dexter" has given its first hints of the bigger villain's arc for Season 5 (which you may have read about in this spoilery post).
Spoilers! Before reading further, watch Episode 504, "Beauty and the Beast."
It took some doing and even allowing Lumen (Julia Stiles) to stab Dexter (Michael C. Hall) to finally win her trust. Her history is still a bit hazy, but this is what we've gathered:
She's Lumen Ann Pierce from MinnesotaThere was some falling-out with her family, and her mother wrote her a letter to try and make amends for what her dad had said/done.Lumen had planned on being gone for a while and had an extended stay reserved at small hotel/motel.At some point, she was captured by Boyd (Shawn Hatosy) and "others" who kept her imprisoned for an indeterminate period of time and did unspecified horrible things to her, including lacerating her back.
Spoilers! Before reading further, watch Episode 504, "Beauty and the Beast."
It took some doing and even allowing Lumen (Julia Stiles) to stab Dexter (Michael C. Hall) to finally win her trust. Her history is still a bit hazy, but this is what we've gathered:
She's Lumen Ann Pierce from MinnesotaThere was some falling-out with her family, and her mother wrote her a letter to try and make amends for what her dad had said/done.Lumen had planned on being gone for a while and had an extended stay reserved at small hotel/motel.At some point, she was captured by Boyd (Shawn Hatosy) and "others" who kept her imprisoned for an indeterminate period of time and did unspecified horrible things to her, including lacerating her back.
- 10/18/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
A lot people are saying Dexter punched through it’s slow start yesterday, particularly in the final scene where one of Boyd’s intended victims caught Dexter doing the bad guy in. Where the heck do things go from here? For starters, if you think you’ve seen the last of Boyd, you’re probably right – But, it turns out he kicks off a larger arc aside from the fragile Ms. Stiles. Here come the spoilers:
The name of Julia Stiles’s character is Lumen Ann Pierce. Lumen is Latin for “Light,” wonder what aspect of Dexter‘s universe Lumen will illuminate. (Sorry, i couldn’t resist.) Director Tony Goldwyn tells zap2it that “Where we go for the season is that guilt leads to atonement, and atonement finds its expression in the relationship with Lumen who comes into Dexter‘s life, and the way that relationship unfolds is the...
The name of Julia Stiles’s character is Lumen Ann Pierce. Lumen is Latin for “Light,” wonder what aspect of Dexter‘s universe Lumen will illuminate. (Sorry, i couldn’t resist.) Director Tony Goldwyn tells zap2it that “Where we go for the season is that guilt leads to atonement, and atonement finds its expression in the relationship with Lumen who comes into Dexter‘s life, and the way that relationship unfolds is the...
- 10/11/2010
- by Jon Lachonis
- TVovermind.com
Julia Stiles' character on "Dexter" will start to play out in next week's episode which is called "Beauty and the Beast". We find out this week [Spoiler Alert] that one of Boyd's unkilled victims has witnessed Dexter taking the serial killer's life. She, who is none other than Stiles' character, is strangely named Lumen.
Exec producer John Goldwyn explained the choice of name in an interview with Zap2It, saying "That's just her name. I think it's Lumen Ann Pierce. I think 'lumen' is the Latin word for light. Maybe that was [writer/prod Chip Johannessen's] metaphorical thing going on with her name. It's an unusual name. The significance of that can't be lost on what's going on with her character. It's never referenced on the show. No one ever makes a point of saying anything about that."
Revealing more the significance of Lumen, Goldwyn added, "Where we go for the season is that guilt leads to atonement,...
Exec producer John Goldwyn explained the choice of name in an interview with Zap2It, saying "That's just her name. I think it's Lumen Ann Pierce. I think 'lumen' is the Latin word for light. Maybe that was [writer/prod Chip Johannessen's] metaphorical thing going on with her name. It's an unusual name. The significance of that can't be lost on what's going on with her character. It's never referenced on the show. No one ever makes a point of saying anything about that."
Revealing more the significance of Lumen, Goldwyn added, "Where we go for the season is that guilt leads to atonement,...
- 10/11/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
"Dexter" has made his first ritual kill of the season on Sunday (Oct. 10), even if things didn't go quite according to plan.
Spoilers: Watch the episode "Practically Perfect" before reading further.
Roadkill janitor Boyd Fowler (Shawn Hatosy) is Dexter Morgan's (Michael C. Hall) first official prey of the season. Unfortunately, even though Dexter set up his usual kill room complete with plastic and photos, Boyd gets away temporarily and goes back to his home, where Dexter lies in wait. This means of course not having access to his usual tools and setup.
"It's not his typical room from what I heard because it wasn't his table," Hatosy tells Zap2it. "It was a makeshift room. He kind of wallpapered the place with newspaper."
The "Southland" star shares his experience on the kill table:
"It was tough. It was a good six hours of lying there," says Hatosy. "I think I got up once or twice.
Spoilers: Watch the episode "Practically Perfect" before reading further.
Roadkill janitor Boyd Fowler (Shawn Hatosy) is Dexter Morgan's (Michael C. Hall) first official prey of the season. Unfortunately, even though Dexter set up his usual kill room complete with plastic and photos, Boyd gets away temporarily and goes back to his home, where Dexter lies in wait. This means of course not having access to his usual tools and setup.
"It's not his typical room from what I heard because it wasn't his table," Hatosy tells Zap2it. "It was a makeshift room. He kind of wallpapered the place with newspaper."
The "Southland" star shares his experience on the kill table:
"It was tough. It was a good six hours of lying there," says Hatosy. "I think I got up once or twice.
- 10/11/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
PARK CITY, Utah -- The 1960s graduates in producer Michael Shamberg's ''The Big Chill'' found it was ''cold out there'' in the real world, while the 1990s graduates in ''Reality Bites'' (produced by Danny DeVito and Shamberg) find it's a void out there.
Centering on four twentysomething roommates suffering post-graduation uncertainty, 1994-style, ''Reality Bites'' should be a big commercial winner for Universal. The Jersey Films production premiered to an enthusiastic reception Friday night here at the Sundance Film Festival.
College valedictorian Lelaina (Winona Ryder) finds that being head of her class means going straight to the bottom of the heap in real life. Slogging away as an intern-level assistant on a dopey morning TV show, Lelaina finds her only personal outlet is in the videos she shoots of her closest friends -- ''reality bites, '' as she calls them.
The bites mirror their frustrations and uncertainties: For roommate Gap worker Vickie (Janeane Garofalo), it's romantic self-esteem problems exacerbated by the malaise of toiling for a chain store; for Troy (Ethan Hawke), it's the fear of committing to anything or anyone for fear of failure; and for Sammy (Steve Zahn), it's the trauma of admitting his sexuality. Like most 22-to-23-year-olds, they haven't got a toehold on anything and the only certainties they find are in the old, consoling TV shows of their youth -- namely, ''The Brady Bunch.'' Alas, small comfort -- the real-life head of that snug household died of AIDS.
Alternately downbeat and chipper, ''Reality Bites'' is an appealing narrative document of twentysomething fear. Helen Childress' screenplay smartly intertwines a representative set of generational impediments, professional and personal, that today's college grads face.
Ben Stiller's direction, while respectful of the gnawing dilemmas each character encounters, is nevertheless appropriately spunky, reflective of the resilient energies of the characters' age group.
As the prickly and talented Lelaina, Ryder embodies the energetic but conflicted exuberance of a young woman who frantically seeks to define herself.
Hawke is terrific as the gifted poet-singer whose own abilities frighten him, wallowing in a constant state of avoidance. Garofalo is well-cast as the 1970s clinging roomie, while Stiller nicely reeks of unexamined conformity in his role as aspiring Yuppie.
Tech credits are tops, with a particular nod to music supervisor Karyn Rachtman for the telling soundtrack selections, best represented by the Talking Heads' ''Road to Nowhere.''
REALITY BITES
Universal Pictures
A Jersey Films Prod.
Producers Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg
Director Ben Stiller
Screenwriter Helen Childress
Executive producers Stacey Sher, Wm. Barclay Malcolm
Director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki
Supervising producers William Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk
Production designer Sharon Seymour
Editor Lisa Churgin
Costume designer Eugenie Bafaloukos
Music supervisor Karyn Rachtman
Music Karl Wallinger
Casting Francine Maisler
Sound mixer Stephen Halbert
Color/Stereo
Lelaina Pierce Winona Ryder
Troy Dyer Ethan Hawke
Vickie Miner Janeane Garofalo
Sammy Gray Steve Zahn
Michael Grates Ben Stiller
Charlane McGregor Swoosie Kurtz
Wes McGregor Harry O'Reilly
Helen Ann Pierce Susan Norfleet
Tom Pierce Joe Don Baker
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Centering on four twentysomething roommates suffering post-graduation uncertainty, 1994-style, ''Reality Bites'' should be a big commercial winner for Universal. The Jersey Films production premiered to an enthusiastic reception Friday night here at the Sundance Film Festival.
College valedictorian Lelaina (Winona Ryder) finds that being head of her class means going straight to the bottom of the heap in real life. Slogging away as an intern-level assistant on a dopey morning TV show, Lelaina finds her only personal outlet is in the videos she shoots of her closest friends -- ''reality bites, '' as she calls them.
The bites mirror their frustrations and uncertainties: For roommate Gap worker Vickie (Janeane Garofalo), it's romantic self-esteem problems exacerbated by the malaise of toiling for a chain store; for Troy (Ethan Hawke), it's the fear of committing to anything or anyone for fear of failure; and for Sammy (Steve Zahn), it's the trauma of admitting his sexuality. Like most 22-to-23-year-olds, they haven't got a toehold on anything and the only certainties they find are in the old, consoling TV shows of their youth -- namely, ''The Brady Bunch.'' Alas, small comfort -- the real-life head of that snug household died of AIDS.
Alternately downbeat and chipper, ''Reality Bites'' is an appealing narrative document of twentysomething fear. Helen Childress' screenplay smartly intertwines a representative set of generational impediments, professional and personal, that today's college grads face.
Ben Stiller's direction, while respectful of the gnawing dilemmas each character encounters, is nevertheless appropriately spunky, reflective of the resilient energies of the characters' age group.
As the prickly and talented Lelaina, Ryder embodies the energetic but conflicted exuberance of a young woman who frantically seeks to define herself.
Hawke is terrific as the gifted poet-singer whose own abilities frighten him, wallowing in a constant state of avoidance. Garofalo is well-cast as the 1970s clinging roomie, while Stiller nicely reeks of unexamined conformity in his role as aspiring Yuppie.
Tech credits are tops, with a particular nod to music supervisor Karyn Rachtman for the telling soundtrack selections, best represented by the Talking Heads' ''Road to Nowhere.''
REALITY BITES
Universal Pictures
A Jersey Films Prod.
Producers Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg
Director Ben Stiller
Screenwriter Helen Childress
Executive producers Stacey Sher, Wm. Barclay Malcolm
Director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki
Supervising producers William Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk
Production designer Sharon Seymour
Editor Lisa Churgin
Costume designer Eugenie Bafaloukos
Music supervisor Karyn Rachtman
Music Karl Wallinger
Casting Francine Maisler
Sound mixer Stephen Halbert
Color/Stereo
Lelaina Pierce Winona Ryder
Troy Dyer Ethan Hawke
Vickie Miner Janeane Garofalo
Sammy Gray Steve Zahn
Michael Grates Ben Stiller
Charlane McGregor Swoosie Kurtz
Wes McGregor Harry O'Reilly
Helen Ann Pierce Susan Norfleet
Tom Pierce Joe Don Baker
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 1/31/1994
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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