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Guest: ‘Grimsburg’ Showrunner Chadd Gindin

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Murder mystery detective comedy “Grimsburg” joins FOX’s Animation Domination lineup this Sunday January 7th at 8pm. Showrunner Chadd Gindin clues me in on all facets of the entertaining series, including working with star and EP Jon Hamm. Since the podcast began in 2011, Jackson has welcomed-in more than 250 entertainment industry figures. Jackson’s first guest […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Grimsburg’ and NYCC Panel Preview

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Chadd Gindin is the showrunner of FOX animated series “Grimsburg”, starring Jon Hamm, which premieres in 2024. Gindin previews “Grimsburg”, and what attenddees can expect at Saturday’s NYCC panel, in this Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Season 3 Review

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I watched the first three episodes of “The Morning Show” shortly before they debuted in November 2019. I then caught-up with the rest of Season 1 during the early days of the COVID Pandemic in Spring 2020. AppleTV+’s flagship series, an over-the-top, at times outlandish drama about the workings of a fictional morning television program, […]
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Jon Hamm is Better Than Ever

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Sure, he played Don Draper for seven seasons on “Mad Men” from 2007-2015. And during that period of time, he was also nominated for a total of 16 Emmys (finally winning at the end of “Mad Men”’s run). He’s appeared on “30 Rock” & “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”. He’s starred in movies such as “Million Dollar […]
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‘The Report’ Review

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9/11 docudramas have been met with both praise and controversy. “The Report” focuses on the highly controversial issue of the torturing of prisoners in the name of national security. And it deserves praise for its gripping and raw depiction of a true-life, U.S. political battle between the top agencies in the land. Adam Driver gives […]
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‘Lucy in the Sky’ Review

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Picture yourself in a chair in a theater…with popcorn, candy and a cold drink. The movie begins, and you watch quite intently, a girl who can’t straightly think. Natalie Portman’s “Lucy in the Sky” character, Lucy Cola, is inspired by real-life, former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak. She made headlines back in 2007 when she was […]
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‘Million Dollar Arm’ Review

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“Show me the fastball!” The most famous film about the life of a sports agent is 1996’s Oscar-winning football dramedy, “Jerry Maguire”. The last sports movie to win the Best Picture Oscar was the 2004 Clint Eastwood boxing drama, “Million Dollar Baby”. 10 years later, Disney uses 2/3 of that title for their newest “Based […]
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