The American Cinema Editors have announced their nominees for the best in TV editing in 2014.
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Actor Edward Herrmann: 1943 – 2014
Edward Herrmann, the prolific, Emmy-winning character actor best remembered for is portrayals of upper-class characters, especially his 7-season run as Richard Gilmore on The Gilmore Girls, has died of brain cancer at age 71. Born in Washington, D.C and raised in wealthy Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Hermann graduated from private liberal arts college Bucknell University. He …
Damian Lewis is Henry VIII in ‘Wolf Hall’ Trailer
BBC Two’s six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s award-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, which fictionalize the rise of Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance, The Other Boleyn Girl) in the court of King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis, Homeland, Band of Brothers), debuts in the UK in January and will hit US PBS stations sometime in …
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CNN: We’re Number Two!
No time for meaningful self-reflection at the once-proud news channel which stooped to appalling new lows in 2014. Instead, it lords its ratings victory over MSNBC in a weird press release.
‘Babe,’ ‘Rugrats’ Voice Actress Christine Cavanaugh: 1963 – 2014
According to the Los Angeles Times (via Animation Scoop), Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of Babe the pig in the 1995 film and of several 90s cartoon characters including Chuckie Finster (Rugrats), Goslyn (Darkwing Duck), and Dexter (Dexter’s Laboratory), died of unspecified causes on December 22 at the age of 51. She will also be remembered for providing the voices of …
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TV News: Rudd Returns to ‘Rec’, Clara Will Return to ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Sopranos’ meets ‘Hawaii Five-O’, more
Returning Series Doctor Who. If you watched the Last Christmas special, you already know that Jenna Coleman will be returning to the series as Clara Oswald when it returns this summer. (THR) Parks and Recreation. Paul Rudd will return for two episodes of the final season of Amy Poehler’s NBC comedy. The show begins it’s final bow …
The Marvel/Netflix ‘Daredevil’ Series is Taking Shape
EW spoke to Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb about Netflix’s upcoming Daredevil series and reports back with a few details that help give you an idea of what to expect from the show. I pulled out the salient details as a non-Marvel obsessive, but head over to EW for the full scoop. Neighborhood-scope as opposed …
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2015 Midseason Preview
The New Year is right around the corner which means all your favorite midseason shows are coming back and they’ll be joined by a pant-load of new ones vying for your affections. Check out the complete list of new and returning shows with premiere dates.
One-year Anniversary of Al Jazeera Staff Imprisonment Brings Appeal
On December 29, 2013, Australian Al Jazeera reporter Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed were arrested in Cairo and charged – falsely according to their employer Al Jazeera – with spreading false news and aiding the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The journalists were in Egypt reporting on the aftermath of …
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Video: John Oliver’s New Year’s Eve Advice
Last Week Tonight host John Oliver takes a few minutes of his hiatus to share some tips on how to survive the New Year. The show returns to HBO on February 8, 2015.