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Critics Choice Awards Nominees Reactions

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The movie nominees for The 22nd Annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced. “LA LA LAND” leads all nominees with 12, followed by “ARRIVAL” and “MOONLIGHT” with 10 each.: DOUBLE NOMINEES: Denzel Washington (Best Director, Best Actor – “Fences”), Hailee Steinfeld (Best Actress in a Comedy, Best Young Actor/Actress, “The Edge of Seventeen”), Ryan Reynolds […]
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Powerhouse Producers

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One of George Clooney’s two Academy Awards is for co-producing “Argo” – a film he didn’t star in, write or direct. And when that movie swept the Best Picture race in the 2012-13 season, he was up on stage to accept with partner Grant Heslov and director Ben Affleck. This year, more than ever, several big-time […]
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The Host with the Most…Attention

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The Academy Awards is one of the most prestigious, and highest-rated, events annually broadcast on television. And the announcement of who will host the show is often much more anticipated, and controversial, than the motion picture nominees. We should know who (or whom) will be hosting the 2017 show any day now – and the […]
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Mickey Revved Up for New Series

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To celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 88th Birthday (this Friday, Nov. 18th) Fathom Events held a sneak preview this past Saturday of the upcoming Disney Junior animated series “Mickey and the Roadster Racers”. The show debuts in January and centers on Mickey and pals Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, Pluto and Pete as racecar drivers, with the most […]
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It’s ‘Talk Tonight with Mindy & Emma’!

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I’ve always been interested in the world of late night TV, from Johnny Carson & Joey Bishop (obviously way before my time) to the final years of Letterman and the Leno/O’Brien & Leno/Fallon escapades (I was on with Jay a couple of times in between). Currently, I’m watching episodes of the late Garry Shandling’s 90s […]
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What You Can Watch For Your Country

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The elevator pitch: “Jack Bauer is the President.” And with that, ABC executives were instantly hooked. The most anticipated (and promoted) new show of the Fall 2016 TV season was the network’s political drama “Designated Survivor”, starring Kiefer Sutherland as a low-level cabinet member who, following a bombing of the U.S. Capitol building during the State of […]
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Moviegoers Not Bridging the Franchise Gap

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Tom Hanks and Ron Howard’s “Da Vinci Code” threequel, “Inferno”, stunningly lost at the box office to “Boo! A Madea Halloween” (in its 2nd week) over the weekend. “Inferno” becomes this year’s latest unsuccessful attempt to bring a fading or forgotten movie franchise back to life: “ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE” Previous Installment: “Ice Age: Continental […]
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