Several human rights organizations have called the war-caused levels of famine and illness in Yemen the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Why, then, is the suffering of the country and its people so rarely discussed in America?
Thomas Sadoski, the actor best known for starring as Don Keefer in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom,” has a few ideas about that.
“I became aware of what was going on in Yemen shortly after the most recent Civil War began back in 2014,” he says. “And as the humanitarian crisis continued to get worse and worse, I saw it move further and further towards back pages of the newspaper, if at all mentioned. There were only a small handful of journalists who were even talking about it — largely because a lot of people couldn’t get access. I, for whatever reason, was able to get that access.”
Sadoski is a founding ambassador of War Child USA,...
Thomas Sadoski, the actor best known for starring as Don Keefer in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom,” has a few ideas about that.
“I became aware of what was going on in Yemen shortly after the most recent Civil War began back in 2014,” he says. “And as the humanitarian crisis continued to get worse and worse, I saw it move further and further towards back pages of the newspaper, if at all mentioned. There were only a small handful of journalists who were even talking about it — largely because a lot of people couldn’t get access. I, for whatever reason, was able to get that access.”
Sadoski is a founding ambassador of War Child USA,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
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Thomas Sadoski has signed with Verve.
The veteran actor is best known for playing Don Keefer in HBO’s The Newsroom and film roles in the John Wick franchise and in Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild, where he appeared opposite Reese Witherspoon. Sadoski also starred in the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces.
He will next be seen in the war epic Devotion, set for a Thanksgiving Day release by Sony after a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Sadoski will play squadron leader Dick Cevoli.
And he is currently in production on The Crowded Room, an Apple TV+ anthology series from Akiva Goldsman. Sadoski will star alongside Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried in the first season thriller about Billy Milligan, played by Holland, who was acquitted of a crime because of multiple personality disorder, now known as dissociative identity disorder.
Sadoski is also...
Thomas Sadoski has signed with Verve.
The veteran actor is best known for playing Don Keefer in HBO’s The Newsroom and film roles in the John Wick franchise and in Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild, where he appeared opposite Reese Witherspoon. Sadoski also starred in the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces.
He will next be seen in the war epic Devotion, set for a Thanksgiving Day release by Sony after a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Sadoski will play squadron leader Dick Cevoli.
And he is currently in production on The Crowded Room, an Apple TV+ anthology series from Akiva Goldsman. Sadoski will star alongside Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried in the first season thriller about Billy Milligan, played by Holland, who was acquitted of a crime because of multiple personality disorder, now known as dissociative identity disorder.
Sadoski is also...
- 7/28/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I’ve wanted to sit down with Thomas Sadoski since the inception of Back To One. I had a “who is that guy?” experience while seeing him in Neil Labute’s play Reasons to Be Pretty and was positively delighted by his portrayal of the quick-witted Don Keefer in The Newsroom. He’s now part of an incredible ensemble of actors in Life In Pieces, one of the few network comedies worthy of your time. He talks about where he’s at one day before the first official performance of Suzan-Lori Park’s new play White Noise, which he stars in at the Public Theater […]...
- 3/12/2019
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
I’ve wanted to sit down with Thomas Sadoski since the inception of Back To One. I had a “who is that guy?” experience while seeing him in Neil Labute’s play Reasons to Be Pretty and was positively delighted by his portrayal of the quick-witted Don Keefer in The Newsroom. He’s now part of an incredible ensemble of actors in Life In Pieces, one of the few network comedies worthy of your time. He talks about where he’s at one day before the first official performance of Suzan-Lori Park’s new play White Noise, which he stars in at the Public Theater […]...
- 3/12/2019
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Exclusive: Lucy Liu and Thomas Sadoski (Life in Pieces) have signed on to lead the cast for director Matthew Lillard’s upcoming romance/drama, The Last Weekend in May. The project mark’s the helmer’s feature directorial follow-up to Fat Kid Rules the World which took home the SXSW Audience Award in 2012.
Producing the feature film is Gabriela Revilla Lugo (The Tribes of Palos Verdes) of Revek Entertainment and Andrew Carlberg (Sun Dogs). Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International will handle financing and worldwide rights to the film.
The film will start production early next year in Liu’s hiatus from the popular CBS TV series Elementary.
Scripted by Jeffrey W. Ruggles, The Last Weekend in May tells the story of Paul and Leah, two people caught in the throes of an extramarital affair. Knowing that the situation is untenable, they decide to rent a house and turn their...
Producing the feature film is Gabriela Revilla Lugo (The Tribes of Palos Verdes) of Revek Entertainment and Andrew Carlberg (Sun Dogs). Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International will handle financing and worldwide rights to the film.
The film will start production early next year in Liu’s hiatus from the popular CBS TV series Elementary.
Scripted by Jeffrey W. Ruggles, The Last Weekend in May tells the story of Paul and Leah, two people caught in the throes of an extramarital affair. Knowing that the situation is untenable, they decide to rent a house and turn their...
- 6/14/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Submarine movie evening: Underwater war waged in TCM's Memorial Day films In the U.S., Turner Classic Movies has gone all red, white, and blue this 2017 Memorial Day weekend, presenting a few dozen Hollywood movies set during some of the numerous wars in which the U.S. has been involved around the globe during the last century or so. On Memorial Day proper, TCM is offering a submarine movie evening. More on that further below. But first it's good to remember that although war has, to put it mildly, serious consequences for all involved, it can be particularly brutal on civilians – whether male or female; young or old; saintly or devilish; no matter the nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other label used in order to, figuratively or literally, split apart human beings. Just this past Sunday, the Pentagon chief announced that civilian deaths should be anticipated as “a...
- 5/30/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Leave it to Don Keefer to document the major moments! Right after the New Year, actress Alison Pill announced her engagement to actor Joshua Leonard, flashing her ring on Instagram. But behind the scenes (as always) was Pill’s Newsroom costar and on-screen ex Tom Sadoski, who played producer Don Keefer on the HBO journalism drama. “I had been on a rocky mountain top in Joshua Tree, and Tommy Sadoski, who is like my older brother, who plays Don [Keefer] on The Newsroom, documented with his camera the [...]...
- 1/11/2015
- Us Weekly
Robert Redford movies: TCM shows 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' 'The Sting' They don't make movie stars like they used to, back in the days of Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Harry Cohn. That's what nostalgists have been bitching about for the last four or five decades; never mind the fact that movie stars have remained as big as ever despite the demise of the old studio system and the spectacular rise of television more than sixty years ago. This month of January 2015, Turner Classic Movies will be honoring one such post-studio era superstar: Robert Redford. Beginning this Monday evening, January 6, TCM will be presenting 15 Robert Redford movies. Tonight's entries include Redford's two biggest blockbusters, both directed by George Roy Hill and co-starring Paul Newman: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which turned Redford, already in his early 30s, into a major film star to rival Rudolph Valentino,...
- 1/7/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
On Sunday night, "The Newsroom" comes to an end — and with it, apparently, Aaron Sorkin's time in television. Sorkin has created four TV series over the last 16 years: one little-viewed but fondly-remembered comedy ("Sports Night"), one beloved, award-winning drama ("The West Wing"), one utter mess ("Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"), and most recently "The Newsroom," which has very vocal defenders and detractors, who always seem to be talking past each other in the same uncivil way that the show's characters lament about modern discourse. I've generally fallen into the detractor camp, pleased with what he's shown Olivia Munn can do as a comedienne, and enjoying a few isolated moments, but otherwise taking great issue with much of what Sorkin was doing from the first season all the way until this last one. But if Sorkin sticks to his promise to never return return to series television — "never" being...
- 12/12/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Here we are, supposedly living in the new Golden Age of Television, and yet we're still whining all over the Internet about what we're watching.
Just look at this past week. People whined about NBC's live "Peter Pan." Some whined because it wasn't that great, while those who were determined to hate-watch it whined because it wasn't that terrible.
Viewers also whined about this week's "Sons of Anarchy" series finale -- did Jax's final act make sense? Did it provide a satisfying catharsis after seven long seasons? Or was it alternately gripping and frustrating, like the rest of the series had been?
People complained about the campus-rape episode on "Newsroom," the one that showrunner Aaron Sorkin called his finest episode yet. Given this week's controversy over the now in-dispute Rolling Stone article about an alleged rape victim at the University of Virginia, Sunday's "Newsroom" couldn't have been timelier, but a...
Just look at this past week. People whined about NBC's live "Peter Pan." Some whined because it wasn't that great, while those who were determined to hate-watch it whined because it wasn't that terrible.
Viewers also whined about this week's "Sons of Anarchy" series finale -- did Jax's final act make sense? Did it provide a satisfying catharsis after seven long seasons? Or was it alternately gripping and frustrating, like the rest of the series had been?
People complained about the campus-rape episode on "Newsroom," the one that showrunner Aaron Sorkin called his finest episode yet. Given this week's controversy over the now in-dispute Rolling Stone article about an alleged rape victim at the University of Virginia, Sunday's "Newsroom" couldn't have been timelier, but a...
- 12/12/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
In his wildest fantasies, Aaron Sorkin could not have imagined that his fictional campus rape subplot on The Newsroom could have coincided so perfectly with the controversy over Rolling Stone's factually-challenged report on a very similar incident at the University of Virginia. But there is was in last night's penultimate episode of the series, with Acn prodder Don Keefer visiting Princeton University to interview a student who started a website to out her accusers after she said campus and local authorities did nothing to prosecute them for their alleged crimes.
- 12/8/2014
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
The Newsroom is getting close to going black. The HBO series will end with it last episode of the third season airing on Dec. 14. "It's so hard to say goodbye," Thomas Sadoski, who plays Don Keefer on the show, told me at the premiere of his new movie, Wild (in theaters in NY and L.A. on Dec. 3 and nationwide on Dec. 5). How so? "How do you say goodbye to Sam Waterston?" Sadoski asked, referring the his TV legend co-star. "You know what I mean? You hug him and you say, 'Thank you,' and you move on." #sadface! "You can't even put into words what those guys meant to me," Sadoski continued. "It's sad. It's sad....
- 11/22/2014
- E! Online
Don Keefer left an indelible mark on the minds of horror and sci-fi fans with his crucial and courageous role in a classic episode of The Twilight Zone and his memorable turn in “The Crate” segment of George A. Romero and Stephen King’s Creepshow. Though his impressive onscreen personalities will last forever, we’re sad to report that Don Keefer has passed away at the age of 98.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Don Keefer passed away of natural causes on September 7th. In the 1961 “It’s a Good Life” episode of The Twilight Zone, Don played Dan Hollis, a man celebrating his birthday with his wife, a few friends, and the six-year-old mind-reading malevolent mutant, Anthony Fremont. Don turned in a powerful performance, standing up to the young telepathic murderer and challenging his friends to put an end to the madness. His desperate speech was a spine-tingler and helped...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Don Keefer passed away of natural causes on September 7th. In the 1961 “It’s a Good Life” episode of The Twilight Zone, Don played Dan Hollis, a man celebrating his birthday with his wife, a few friends, and the six-year-old mind-reading malevolent mutant, Anthony Fremont. Don turned in a powerful performance, standing up to the young telepathic murderer and challenging his friends to put an end to the madness. His desperate speech was a spine-tingler and helped...
- 9/25/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Don Keefer, a versatile character actor for six decades who starred in the original 1949 Broadway production of Death of a Salesman and made an indelible impression as “a bad man, a very bad man” on The Twilight Zone, has died. He was 98. Keefer, a founding member of the legendary Actors Studio in New York, died Sept. 7 of natural causes in his Sherman Oaks home, his son, Don M. Keefer, told The Hollywood Reporter. Keefer is perhaps best known to audiences as the terrorized, Perry Como-starved man who can't help but think “bad thoughts” during his birthday
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- 9/25/2014
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Operation Genoa evidently didn't derail Atlantis Cable News entirely.
HBO finally confirmed Monday (Jan. 13) what Emmy winner Jeff Daniels signaled in a tweet several months ago: The Aaron Sorkin-created TV-news drama "The Newsroom" will get a third season, though it also will be the final one. It's expected to begin its run this fall.
Cast members clearly were hoping for the renewal. "This is rich ground, and there's a lot of stuff to get into," co-star Sam Waterston -- alias Acn president Charlie Skinner -- told Zap2it earlier. "These circumstances are rare, so I hope and long for a third season."
Thomas Sadoski, who plays news producer Don Keefer, also indicated to Zap2it he was anticipating the pickup from HBO: "To every question I've asked of them [about being renewed], they've said, 'Yes.'"
A multiple Emmy winner for "The West Wing" and an Oscar winner for "The Social Network,...
HBO finally confirmed Monday (Jan. 13) what Emmy winner Jeff Daniels signaled in a tweet several months ago: The Aaron Sorkin-created TV-news drama "The Newsroom" will get a third season, though it also will be the final one. It's expected to begin its run this fall.
Cast members clearly were hoping for the renewal. "This is rich ground, and there's a lot of stuff to get into," co-star Sam Waterston -- alias Acn president Charlie Skinner -- told Zap2it earlier. "These circumstances are rare, so I hope and long for a third season."
Thomas Sadoski, who plays news producer Don Keefer, also indicated to Zap2it he was anticipating the pickup from HBO: "To every question I've asked of them [about being renewed], they've said, 'Yes.'"
A multiple Emmy winner for "The West Wing" and an Oscar winner for "The Social Network,...
- 1/13/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
It's "Election Night, Part II" and although we all know how the election turned out, The Newsroom season 2 finale left me giddy in a way I never expected.
(And if you haven't watched the episode yet…Massive Spoiler Alert Ahead!)
Okay. You've been warned.
There was so much angst going into this episode. Almost everyone on the staff was begging to be fired, literally. They'd all but given up on their future at Acn... but then Jane, an anchor in the DC office gunning for Will's job, took a jab at MacKenzie in this The Newsroom quote…
We'll try not to drop Sarin gas on anyone while we do it. | permalink
Thank you, Jane ,for being such a b*tch because that mean girl moment seemed to turn the tide from defeatism to determination. And it wasn't just about the job.
Will and Mac. Talk about a roller coaster ride.
(And if you haven't watched the episode yet…Massive Spoiler Alert Ahead!)
Okay. You've been warned.
There was so much angst going into this episode. Almost everyone on the staff was begging to be fired, literally. They'd all but given up on their future at Acn... but then Jane, an anchor in the DC office gunning for Will's job, took a jab at MacKenzie in this The Newsroom quote…
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Thank you, Jane ,for being such a b*tch because that mean girl moment seemed to turn the tide from defeatism to determination. And it wasn't just about the job.
Will and Mac. Talk about a roller coaster ride.
- 9/16/2013
- by christine@tvfanatic.com (Christine Orlando)
- TVfanatic
‘Election Night: Part II,’ the season two finale of ‘The Newsroom’ was full of emotional resignations, a shocking kiss and an even more shocking proposal. Warning: spoilers ahead!
With relationships brewing in the Acn office on The Newsroom, the staff were trying to focus on the 2012 election, but were distracted by Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston) and MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer) trying to resign — leaving the whole senior staff ready to also leave the company.
To start, I’ve got to say that after a season of ups and downs and a great deal of dialogue, this was by far the best episode I’ve seen yet — and one of the best finales ever.
Will, Mac & Charlie Debate Resignation
Starting off the episode, we learn that Will, Charlie and Mac will be able to resign like they want — since Acn president, Leona Lansing (Jane Fonda) was...
With relationships brewing in the Acn office on The Newsroom, the staff were trying to focus on the 2012 election, but were distracted by Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston) and MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer) trying to resign — leaving the whole senior staff ready to also leave the company.
To start, I’ve got to say that after a season of ups and downs and a great deal of dialogue, this was by far the best episode I’ve seen yet — and one of the best finales ever.
Will, Mac & Charlie Debate Resignation
Starting off the episode, we learn that Will, Charlie and Mac will be able to resign like they want — since Acn president, Leona Lansing (Jane Fonda) was...
- 9/15/2013
- by Emily Longeretta
- HollywoodLife
Actor Thomas Sadoski, who plays producer Don Keefer at Atlantis Cable News, is piling onto Jeff Daniels's word that The Newsroom will return. "My understanding is that we're doing a third season," Sadoski tells Zap2it. "That's what I've been told. I don't know what the holdup is on their end [in announcing it], but to every question I've asked of them, they've said, 'Yes.'" There you have it. Almost. We'll see.
- 9/12/2013
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
HBO hasn't given the official word yet on Season 3 of "The Newsroom," but some of its stars are confirming they've gotten the green light.
Current Emmy nominee Jeff Daniels recently tweeted that the show was "coming back," and Thomas Sadoski -- who plays Atlantis Cable News producer Don Keefer -- is backing that up in advance of the Aaron Sorkin-created drama's Season 2 finale Sunday (Sept. 15).
"My understanding is that we're doing a third season," Sadoski tells Zap2it. "That's what I've been told. I don't know what the holdup is on their end [in announcing it], but to every question I've asked of them, they've said, 'Yes.'"
In this weekend's wrap-up to the show's current year, set on Election Night 2012, Don remains furious over lawsuits filed against Acn by a producer fired over the Operation Genoa controversy.
"I don't know that I have specific hopes and dreams for the character," Sadoski says.
Current Emmy nominee Jeff Daniels recently tweeted that the show was "coming back," and Thomas Sadoski -- who plays Atlantis Cable News producer Don Keefer -- is backing that up in advance of the Aaron Sorkin-created drama's Season 2 finale Sunday (Sept. 15).
"My understanding is that we're doing a third season," Sadoski tells Zap2it. "That's what I've been told. I don't know what the holdup is on their end [in announcing it], but to every question I've asked of them, they've said, 'Yes.'"
In this weekend's wrap-up to the show's current year, set on Election Night 2012, Don remains furious over lawsuits filed against Acn by a producer fired over the Operation Genoa controversy.
"I don't know that I have specific hopes and dreams for the character," Sadoski says.
- 9/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I'll admit it. Last year about this time I was watching The Newsroom just waiting for the season to end. As much as I'm an Aaron Sorkin fan and I loved the cast, the stories just weren't clicking for me.
Fast forward, though, and as I'm watching "Election Night, Part I" I can't get enough of The Newsroom season 2. My only true disappointment is that there's just one episode left.
The aftermath of Operation Genoa is the gift that keeps on giving. As Charlie Skinner lamented last week that Acn had lost the public trust, Leona's order to get it back won't be so easy. Charlie even feels for Will in this The Newsroom quote as he's about to anchor six hours of election night coverage...
Someone has to endure the soul swallowing humiliation of having their name and face broadcast next to the Acn logo for the next six hours.
Fast forward, though, and as I'm watching "Election Night, Part I" I can't get enough of The Newsroom season 2. My only true disappointment is that there's just one episode left.
The aftermath of Operation Genoa is the gift that keeps on giving. As Charlie Skinner lamented last week that Acn had lost the public trust, Leona's order to get it back won't be so easy. Charlie even feels for Will in this The Newsroom quote as he's about to anchor six hours of election night coverage...
Someone has to endure the soul swallowing humiliation of having their name and face broadcast next to the Acn logo for the next six hours.
- 9/9/2013
- by christine@tvfanatic.com (Christine Orlando)
- TVfanatic
'The West Wing' fans have been gazing at an empty space on their TV screen, ever since Josiah Bartlett (Martin Sheen) vacated the Oval Office in 2006, taking his bunch of clumsy, clutzy but oh-so-clever political prodigies with him.
The fact that fabled series creator Aaron Sorkin did not disappear in the same puff of smoke, in fact when on to big screen triumph with 'Moneyball' and 'The Social Network', winning an Oscar for the latter, has come as but small solace for those wanting the regular nitty-gritty of a TV series. We've been waiting for more people to pepper Sorkin's unique, aspirational world - and the good news is, they've come.
Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston lead the cast in 'The Newsroom'
'The Newsroom', whose first season comes to Blu-Ray and DVD release this week, just as the second...
The fact that fabled series creator Aaron Sorkin did not disappear in the same puff of smoke, in fact when on to big screen triumph with 'Moneyball' and 'The Social Network', winning an Oscar for the latter, has come as but small solace for those wanting the regular nitty-gritty of a TV series. We've been waiting for more people to pepper Sorkin's unique, aspirational world - and the good news is, they've come.
Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston lead the cast in 'The Newsroom'
'The Newsroom', whose first season comes to Blu-Ray and DVD release this week, just as the second...
- 7/26/2013
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
Now that "The Newsroom" is open again, it's business as usual ... meaning relatively little is usual business.
The point was reinforced abundantly by creator Aaron Sorkin's script (from a story he devised with Ian Reichbach) for "First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers," Sunday's (July 14) Season 2 premiere of the HBO drama. Though set a year after Season 1, it still was about two years behind real time, being August 2011 on the "Newsroom" calendar.
One of those lawyers is destined to stick around, and new cast member Marcia Gay Harden was evident right from the first new scene as an attorney for Atlantis Cable News, deposing staff members about the network's report alleging the U.S. government used nerve gas during a black-ops mission code-named "Genoa."
Her work was cut out for her from the get-go, since her first interviewee was ever-obstinate Acn senior anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels,...
The point was reinforced abundantly by creator Aaron Sorkin's script (from a story he devised with Ian Reichbach) for "First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers," Sunday's (July 14) Season 2 premiere of the HBO drama. Though set a year after Season 1, it still was about two years behind real time, being August 2011 on the "Newsroom" calendar.
One of those lawyers is destined to stick around, and new cast member Marcia Gay Harden was evident right from the first new scene as an attorney for Atlantis Cable News, deposing staff members about the network's report alleging the U.S. government used nerve gas during a black-ops mission code-named "Genoa."
Her work was cut out for her from the get-go, since her first interviewee was ever-obstinate Acn senior anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels,...
- 7/15/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Aaron Sorkin needs to be as satisfied with his work as anyone, confirmed by how he's launching Season 2 of "The Newsroom."
The Emmy-winning creator, producer and frequent writer of "The West Wing" and Oscar-winning writer of "The Social Network" literally went back to the drawing board after filming had started on his current HBO series' sophomore round, which begins Sunday, July 14.
He restructured the first two episodes -- which meant considerable reshooting and cost -- and rewrote the third, as many employees of the fictional Atlantis Cable News are deposed by a network lawyer (played by new cast member Marcia Gay Harden) over an aired report, a framing device that runs throughout the new stories.
"It was a very comfortable structure for me," Sorkin, whose play-turned-movie "A Few Good Men" is echoed by its use now, tells Zap2it. "With the courtroom dynamic, it's clear what the stakes are and...
The Emmy-winning creator, producer and frequent writer of "The West Wing" and Oscar-winning writer of "The Social Network" literally went back to the drawing board after filming had started on his current HBO series' sophomore round, which begins Sunday, July 14.
He restructured the first two episodes -- which meant considerable reshooting and cost -- and rewrote the third, as many employees of the fictional Atlantis Cable News are deposed by a network lawyer (played by new cast member Marcia Gay Harden) over an aired report, a framing device that runs throughout the new stories.
"It was a very comfortable structure for me," Sorkin, whose play-turned-movie "A Few Good Men" is echoed by its use now, tells Zap2it. "With the courtroom dynamic, it's clear what the stakes are and...
- 7/14/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
For a show entitled The Newsroom, this HBO drama series is really more about the behind-the-scenes issues and relationships about those who try to broadcast the news than the news itself. As was hotly debated in the first season, what constitutes “news” is a slippery-slope between tabloid journalism, politics and personal opinions. But regardless of what qualifies, this series is at its best when it focuses on the stories in the lives of those who determine what is the news and the struggles they deal with day in and out to bring those stories to the airwaves.
The Newsroom introduced us to the rich characters of Will McAvoy, MacKenzie McHale, Jim Harper, Maggie Jordan, Don Keefer, Neal Sampat, Sloan Sabbith, and Charlie Skinner. In a remarkable glimpse at how news becomes news, we learned that personal preferences, political alliances, and much more are involved in determining what is broadcast on a news network.
The Newsroom introduced us to the rich characters of Will McAvoy, MacKenzie McHale, Jim Harper, Maggie Jordan, Don Keefer, Neal Sampat, Sloan Sabbith, and Charlie Skinner. In a remarkable glimpse at how news becomes news, we learned that personal preferences, political alliances, and much more are involved in determining what is broadcast on a news network.
- 7/14/2013
- by Tiffany Vogt
- The TV Addict
The Newsroom seemed to be the love it or, well, not love it show of last season, with critics split over the world of the fictional Acn television news network.
Accolades for the talented cast (Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, Dev Patel) abounded, but so did gripes about the portrayal of woman and creator Aaron Sorkin’s own ego.
The second season kicks off tonight and while anchor Will McAvoy (Daniels) works on getting himself out of some hot water, viewers will undoubtedly be looking to the love triangle of Don (Thomas Sadoski), Maggie (Alison Pill) and Jim (John Gallagher, Jr.) to see where it’s heading this year.
I jumped on the phone with Sadoski to chat about where we find Don on The Newsroom Season 2 premiere as well as who, if Maggie – or Sloan (Olivia Munn) for that matter – doesn’t work out, who he’d like...
Accolades for the talented cast (Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, Dev Patel) abounded, but so did gripes about the portrayal of woman and creator Aaron Sorkin’s own ego.
The second season kicks off tonight and while anchor Will McAvoy (Daniels) works on getting himself out of some hot water, viewers will undoubtedly be looking to the love triangle of Don (Thomas Sadoski), Maggie (Alison Pill) and Jim (John Gallagher, Jr.) to see where it’s heading this year.
I jumped on the phone with Sadoski to chat about where we find Don on The Newsroom Season 2 premiere as well as who, if Maggie – or Sloan (Olivia Munn) for that matter – doesn’t work out, who he’d like...
- 7/14/2013
- by jimhalterman@gmail.com (Jim Halterman)
- TVfanatic
Thomas Sadoski owes a lot to a fictional warehouse worker with relationship problems. The 36-year-old actor may now be known to millions of television viewers as the irascible producer Don Keefer on HBO's "The Newsroom." But it was his work on the stage that "introduced" him to "Newsroom" creator Aaron Sorkin. Sadoski started his career as the understudy to a then-unknown Mark Ruffalo in Kenneth Lonergan's 1998 off-Broadway breakout success, "This Is Our Youth." But his big break came 10 years later when he was cast in Neil Labute's off-Broadway play, "reasons to...
- 10/20/2012
- by James C. Taylor
- The Wrap
Thomas Sadoski, who plays producer Don Keefer on Aaron Sorkin's HBO series "The Newsroom," is returning to his stage roots, appearing in the world premiere of Michael Golamco's "Build" at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Sadoski, a Tony nominee for Best Actor in the 2009 production of Neil Labute's "reasons to be pretty," will lead a cast that includes Laura Heisler and Peter Katona. Also read: 'Newsroom' Stars Take on Neil Labute for Jon Avnet, Rodrigo Garcia's Wigs Channel The play revolves around Kip (Sadoski) and Will (Katona), who became Silicon Valley...
- 9/12/2012
- by Lisa Fung
- The Wrap
They may be the two most buzzworthy shows of the summer: HBO's The Newsroom and USA's Political Animals.
Both focus on the world of politics and both base many storylines on our very recent history, but each has a unique take on just how to do so. In the end, however, doesn't it always come down to the characters?
Therefore, in the spirit of Olympic competition, let's face journalists against Secretaries of State, anchors against Presidents, and see who takes home the Gold... and who just goes home.
The Woman Running the Show: Elaine Barrish Hammond vs. MacKenzie MacHale
Elaine Barrish Hammond: This Former First Lady is the current Secretary of State and possible future President of the United States. She keeps her cool while handling handsy foreign dignitaries, condescending white house staff, and nosey reporters. But have Elaine's political aspirations come at the cost of her family's well being...
Both focus on the world of politics and both base many storylines on our very recent history, but each has a unique take on just how to do so. In the end, however, doesn't it always come down to the characters?
Therefore, in the spirit of Olympic competition, let's face journalists against Secretaries of State, anchors against Presidents, and see who takes home the Gold... and who just goes home.
The Woman Running the Show: Elaine Barrish Hammond vs. MacKenzie MacHale
Elaine Barrish Hammond: This Former First Lady is the current Secretary of State and possible future President of the United States. She keeps her cool while handling handsy foreign dignitaries, condescending white house staff, and nosey reporters. But have Elaine's political aspirations come at the cost of her family's well being...
- 8/9/2012
- by christine@tvfanatic.com (Christine Orlando)
- TVfanatic
While Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama "The Newsroom" continues to polarize audiences and madden many critics with an attitude toward the world of journalism that might gently be described as high-handed, one character has emerged as a complex and surprisingly sympathetic counterpoint to the fantastical idealism of Will McAvoy's (Jeff Daniels) "News Night." Isn't it time to start rooting for Team Don? Don Keefer, played by Thomas Sadoski, was introduced as a sort of antagonist, the executive producer who, in the pilot episode, leaves Will's show for a better, later slot, taking much of the staff with him. Compounding that disloyalty, he also appears to be a neglectful boyfriend to Alison Pill's peppy associate producer Maggie, who seems destined to eventually end up with her kinder coworker Jim (John Gallagher, Jr.). But Don's become a richer and far more likable figure as the show's progressed -- unlike the "News...
- 8/7/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The word "misunderstood" is thrown around a lot regarding The Newsroom -- according to creator Aaron Sorkin, it applies to the critic's perception of his show and the audience's perception of his characters.
But according to Thomas Sadowski, Don Keefer isn't misunderstood by the audience; they simply have been biased by the show positioning Jim and Maggie as the couple to root for because when you look at things from Don's perspective, he's actually the one getting a raw deal.
Chatting with Thomas provided an interesting expectation recalibration as he not only detailed the myriad of ways Don has been done wrong, but revealed a charmingly laid-back attitude about it. Although I'm sure Thomas wishes his parents weren't on Jim's side so much...
TheInsider.com: What initially attracted you to Don?
Thomas Sadowski: Well, Don was originally three different characters. And after our first table read, Aaron compressed them into one and gave it to me, saying...
But according to Thomas Sadowski, Don Keefer isn't misunderstood by the audience; they simply have been biased by the show positioning Jim and Maggie as the couple to root for because when you look at things from Don's perspective, he's actually the one getting a raw deal.
Chatting with Thomas provided an interesting expectation recalibration as he not only detailed the myriad of ways Don has been done wrong, but revealed a charmingly laid-back attitude about it. Although I'm sure Thomas wishes his parents weren't on Jim's side so much...
TheInsider.com: What initially attracted you to Don?
Thomas Sadowski: Well, Don was originally three different characters. And after our first table read, Aaron compressed them into one and gave it to me, saying...
- 8/5/2012
- TheInsider.com
The Newsroom is a damn good show. There I said it. Despite critics' seemingly obnoxious opinions about Aaron Sorkin's latest project, I enjoy it. Like every show, it has its flaws, but there's no denying it's an entertaining hour of television, weighty dialogue and all.
I caught up with Thomas Sadoski who plays Don Keefer, the former News Night producer who's now in charge of raking in ratings on another (softer) Acn program. Not to mention, his girlfriend Maggie is crushing on someone else in the newsroom, a fact Don has only recently realized.
Thomas gives us the dirt on Don and Maggie's relationship, the rumors regarding Aaron Sorkin, and of course, what's coming up for the rest of this season.
So I'll be honest here, I’ve warmed up to Don a bit. I wasn't his biggest fan, but I'm starting to come around. Do you get that a lot?...
I caught up with Thomas Sadoski who plays Don Keefer, the former News Night producer who's now in charge of raking in ratings on another (softer) Acn program. Not to mention, his girlfriend Maggie is crushing on someone else in the newsroom, a fact Don has only recently realized.
Thomas gives us the dirt on Don and Maggie's relationship, the rumors regarding Aaron Sorkin, and of course, what's coming up for the rest of this season.
So I'll be honest here, I’ve warmed up to Don a bit. I wasn't his biggest fan, but I'm starting to come around. Do you get that a lot?...
- 8/3/2012
- by Sharon Tharp
- TVology
Regrettably, I've never seen The West Wing. It's unfortunate, really, that there's an entire generation of folks like me who never got into such a highly acclaimed series (26 Emmys total, four consecutive Outstanding Drama Series wins), so these recaps will—again, unfortunately—come from a guy whose focal point on Aaron Sorkin, the creator of The Newsroom (as well as Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip), is what he did for the Facebook generation in the also critically gloried The Social Network. There. You are more than welcome to stop reading now. But I'll keep going!
But even Social Network alone oozes the voice and essence of a very specific and incredibly enticing director, a very specific writer with a knack of making one intense feeling last a lifetime. The brilliance of it all doesn't exist in the real-life story itself as much as the way in...
But even Social Network alone oozes the voice and essence of a very specific and incredibly enticing director, a very specific writer with a knack of making one intense feeling last a lifetime. The brilliance of it all doesn't exist in the real-life story itself as much as the way in...
- 6/25/2012
- by Terron R. Moore
- TVology
Season 1, Episode 1: "We Just Decided To"
The longer Aaron Sorkin’s deeply-nostalgic-for-the-golden-age-of-news show “The Newsroom” goes on for, the more improbable the workplace drama (and dramedy), set at a fictional cable-news show, becomes. A complacent and apathetic news anchor known as the Mor Jay Leno of news anchor suddenly explodes with outrage and opinion. An old school news division president orchestrates a brilliant subterfuge in order get back to “real” journalism and an executive news producer genuinely believes that if you build it will they will come -- that the American public is starved for authenticity and will tune in for honest to goodness reporting instead of sensational TV journalism.
Quaint notions? Sure. But such is the stuff of drama and a confluence of events that sets narrative in motion. And as idealistic, even sometimes hopelessly naive the HBO newsroom show is (executive produced by Sorkin, Scott Rudin and...
The longer Aaron Sorkin’s deeply-nostalgic-for-the-golden-age-of-news show “The Newsroom” goes on for, the more improbable the workplace drama (and dramedy), set at a fictional cable-news show, becomes. A complacent and apathetic news anchor known as the Mor Jay Leno of news anchor suddenly explodes with outrage and opinion. An old school news division president orchestrates a brilliant subterfuge in order get back to “real” journalism and an executive news producer genuinely believes that if you build it will they will come -- that the American public is starved for authenticity and will tune in for honest to goodness reporting instead of sensational TV journalism.
Quaint notions? Sure. But such is the stuff of drama and a confluence of events that sets narrative in motion. And as idealistic, even sometimes hopelessly naive the HBO newsroom show is (executive produced by Sorkin, Scott Rudin and...
- 6/25/2012
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
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