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Critics Choice Doc Awards Nominee Highlights

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The nominations for the 3rd Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards have been announced. The ceremony will take place on Saturday November 10th in Brooklyn, NY, hosted by iconic TV personality and science educator Bill Nye. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson will receive the Critics Choice Impact Award and Oscar winner Michael Moore is this year’s Lifetime Achievement […]
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‘Live PD’ Trio Thrilled with Show’s Success

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It’s the No. 1 cable show on Friday and Saturday nights. It even tops some network programming in total viewers and the coveted 18-49 demo. It’s a social media phenomenon, trending during every broadcast. It’s the “COPS” of this generation with couple of a big twists. This… is “Live PD”. A&E’s hit reality/crime series debuted […]
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2018 Woodstock Film Festival Preview

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The 19th Annual Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, NY kicks-off this Wednesday October 10th and runs through Sunday the 14th. It is one of the premiere film festivals in Upstate New York and, according to their official press release, “will showcase 9 World Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 1 US Premiere, 12 East Coast Premieres […]
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Why Didn’t These Movies Make More Money?

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Last weekend’s box office saw new releases “Night School”($27 million) and “Smallfoot” ($23 million) lead the way. However, their box office openings were underwhelming. Using Box Office Mojo as a guide, I ask this question about 14 other recent films: Why didn’t these movies make more money? “The A-Team” (2010) You could argue that this […]
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New Philbin Making Waves with “Single Parents”

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One of the Fall TV Season’s big new shows is the comedy “Single Parents”, which debuted to nearly 5 million viewers Wednesday night on ABC. The single-camera sitcom stars Taran Killam (“Saturday Night Live”, “Night School”), Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) and three-time Emmy-winning “Everybody Loves Raymond” actor Brad Garrett. They’re three of five single parents […]
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‘Dragon 3’ Will Fly Into Oscar Weekend

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Universal has moved-up the release date of DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” one week. The third (and reportedly final) installment in this blockbuster and critically acclaimed franchise will now open on March 1. Yes, ‘Dragon 3’ will take wing two days before the Academy Awards.  Typically, films released on Oscar […]
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Winning a Box Office Day, but Not a Weekend

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A number of movies released so far in 2018 have succeeded in winning a Box Office day, but not a weekend. Here’s how it’s happened: “INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY” These days, new movies tend to open on Thursday nights. Since this trend began about six years ago, all the studios decided that money a film […]
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Celebrity Documentaries are on the Rise

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2018 is proving that a new category has emerged in the documentary genre: the high profile celebrity biography documentary. Celebrity documentaries are on the rise thanks to a few key films. With $22.6 million in the U.S. to date, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is the 12th highest-grossing doc of all-time, and the biggest moneymaker […]
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Major Studios Want Best Picture Oscar

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Over the previous 10 years, only ONE Best Picture Academy Award winner was distributed by a major movie studio. It was 2012’s “Argo” (Warner Bros.). Of the other winners, four came from Fox Searchlight (“Slumdog Millionaire”, “12 Years a Slave”, “Birdman” and “The Shape of Water”). The Weinstein Company was responsible for two (“The King’s Speech” […]
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2018 Primetime Emmy Awards Predictions

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Each of the four major networks (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC) airs the Primetime Emmy Awards every four years. For the second time in a row that NBC has had it this year. And the peacock has decided to air the show on a Monday. “SNL” Weekend Update anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost are […]
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Top-Grossing Original Movies of 2018 So Far

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In another year of sequels, prequels, threequels, reboots, remakes, book adaptations, TV adaptations, true story adaptations, video game adaptations and more – you might ask: Where’s the Originality? According to Box Office Mojo, 10 completely original films are among the Top 42 highest grossing movies of 2018 so far, though only one is in the […]
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It’s a New Day for ‘GMA Day’

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Starting Monday, Michael Strahan and Sara Haines will be co-hosting/co-anchoring a new hour of “Good Morning America”… in the afternoon. The news of “GMA Day” in May coincided with ABC canceling their lifestyle show “The Chew” after 7 years. Will “Good Morning America” at 1pmET work? Actually, this isn’t the first time the network tried […]
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‘God Friended Me’ TV REVIEW

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Every few years, a network airs a show with some kind of premise involving religion. CBS has been at the top of this list, with the excellent “Joan of Arcadia” and the recently cancelled, short-lived “Living Biblically”. Now, they’re trying it again. “God Friended Me” stars Brandon Michael Hall (ABC’s “The Mayor”) as Miles. He’s got […]
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10 Favorite Scenes of Summer ’18

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Out of all my favorite scenes of Summer ’18, these are the 10 that stand out. (There are Mild Spoilers): 1. “My Love, My Life” – “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” This final sequence in the musical prequel and sequel is a touching love letter to family members past and present. 2. Dad Speech […]
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Playing the Career Achievement Card

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Glenn Close’s performance in the new drama “The Wife” is one of the first, serious awards contenders of the year. But it’s a long, six-month road ahead between now and the Academy Awards. Close has been nominated six times. She’s never won. In order for her to get a nom, she may have to play […]
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Are We Ready for James Franco’s Comeback?

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Next Friday, August 31st, Lionsgate is releasing the new sci-fi action drama “Kin”. The cast is pretty solid: Carrie Coon, Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz and one of the most underrated actors of our time, Dennis Quaid. And James Franco. “Kin” marks Franco’s first major film appearance since his sexual harassment scandal rocked Hollywood back in […]
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Three Addicting TV Shows

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Here are three TV shows I’m currently addicted to: “AMERICA SAYS” It’s the new GSN game show that’s sorta like “Family Feud” but is its own animal. John Michael Higgins, from “Best in Show”, “Pitch Perfect” and the recent NBC comedy series “Great News”, is master of ceremonies as two teams face-off in a fill […]
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TV REVIEW: ‘Betty White: First Lady of Television’

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“Betty White: First Lady of Television” is a new PBS documentary special on the life and career of, arguably, the most prolific person in the history of TV. Three separate PBS interviews with White over the course of ten years are incorporated into this 55-minute doc. Sections from one of them were previously used on […]
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