On September 24, 1993, “Boy Meets World” premiered on ABC.
If that sentence made you feel old, take a quick moment to use your retinol and also maybe start exploring how to make a will.
Done? Welcome back. The family sitcom starred Ben Savage as Cory Matthews, an average American boy just trying to make it through the day with the help of mischievous best friend Shawn (Rider Strong), childhood sweetheart Topanga (Danielle Fishel), sweet if slightly insane older brother Eric (Will Friedle), and wise mentor George Feeny (William Daniels). “Boy Meets World” ran for seven seasons on ABC and enjoyed exuberant reruns in syndication on Disney Channel and ABC Family.
30 years since its debut, the show created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly might be more popular than ever, thanks to Strong, Fishel, and Friedle recapping the series on “Pod Meets World,” which recently hit 20 million downloads across platforms. An iHeart...
If that sentence made you feel old, take a quick moment to use your retinol and also maybe start exploring how to make a will.
Done? Welcome back. The family sitcom starred Ben Savage as Cory Matthews, an average American boy just trying to make it through the day with the help of mischievous best friend Shawn (Rider Strong), childhood sweetheart Topanga (Danielle Fishel), sweet if slightly insane older brother Eric (Will Friedle), and wise mentor George Feeny (William Daniels). “Boy Meets World” ran for seven seasons on ABC and enjoyed exuberant reruns in syndication on Disney Channel and ABC Family.
30 years since its debut, the show created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly might be more popular than ever, thanks to Strong, Fishel, and Friedle recapping the series on “Pod Meets World,” which recently hit 20 million downloads across platforms. An iHeart...
- 9/23/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
David Lander, the comic actor best known for playing “Squiggy” on Laverne & Shirley, has died at the age of 73 following a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis.
The actor’s family confirmed to Variety that Lander died Friday evening at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife Kathy by his side.
From 1976 to 1983, over the stretch of over 150 episodes, Lander played the role of Andrew “Squiggy” Squiggman on Laverne & Shirley, opposite actor Michael McKean’s Lenny; the two actors began collaborating together when they were both students at Carnegie Mellon University,...
The actor’s family confirmed to Variety that Lander died Friday evening at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife Kathy by his side.
From 1976 to 1983, over the stretch of over 150 episodes, Lander played the role of Andrew “Squiggy” Squiggman on Laverne & Shirley, opposite actor Michael McKean’s Lenny; the two actors began collaborating together when they were both students at Carnegie Mellon University,...
- 12/5/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
David Lander, who is best known to TV audiences for playing the latter half of Laverne & Shirley‘s irrepressible Lenny and Squiggy, died on Friday after living for 37 years with multiple sclerosis. He was 73.
As reported by TMZ, Lander’s wife of 41 years, Kathy, along with their daughter Natalie and her husband, were at his side when he passed.
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As reported by TMZ, Lander’s wife of 41 years, Kathy, along with their daughter Natalie and her husband, were at his side when he passed.
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Penny Marshall, who played the Happy Days...
- 12/5/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Strike Up The Band is currently available on Blu-ray From Warner Archive. Ordering information can be found Here
Among cinema’s many treasures, few are as delightfully entertaining as the musical pairings of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. Strike Up the Band is one of the brightest results of that talented collaboration. Brimming with youthful high spirits, Mickey and Judy are effervescent as high school kids who are ready and eager to climb the long ladder of success. He’s an energetic bandleader, she’s his lovelorn singer. Together, they sing and dance their way to the top, with a few bumps along the way! Of course, the film abounds in musical riches, from a rousing “Drummer Boy,” performed by Mickey and Judy, to Judy’s plaintive rendition of “(I Ain’t Got) Nobody.” There’s an all-out musical tribute to that forties dance craze,...
Among cinema’s many treasures, few are as delightfully entertaining as the musical pairings of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. Strike Up the Band is one of the brightest results of that talented collaboration. Brimming with youthful high spirits, Mickey and Judy are effervescent as high school kids who are ready and eager to climb the long ladder of success. He’s an energetic bandleader, she’s his lovelorn singer. Together, they sing and dance their way to the top, with a few bumps along the way! Of course, the film abounds in musical riches, from a rousing “Drummer Boy,” performed by Mickey and Judy, to Judy’s plaintive rendition of “(I Ain’t Got) Nobody.” There’s an all-out musical tribute to that forties dance craze,...
- 7/8/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hear the words “Twin Peaks” and a few names immediately come to mind: David Lynch, Mark Frost, Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Cera, etc. Less mentioned is executive producer Sabrina S. Sutherland, a longtime Lynch associate whose presence and input was no less an absolute necessity in the series’ conception, creation, completion, and, now, home-video release. Charting the show’s production — inasmuch as one can get access to what, even after its completion, remains a secretive process — will make clear that, when all’s said and done, she’s perhaps second only to the beloved auteur as an authority.
It was thus my great pleasure to speak with her at this year’s Camerimage International Film Festival, where I also managed to see the two-hour premiere and attend an hour-long Q & A with Lynch. (Needless to say, their extended history with the man has paid off splendidly.) I think most interviews, being...
It was thus my great pleasure to speak with her at this year’s Camerimage International Film Festival, where I also managed to see the two-hour premiere and attend an hour-long Q & A with Lynch. (Needless to say, their extended history with the man has paid off splendidly.) I think most interviews, being...
- 11/27/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The return to Twin Peaks did not begin with this summer’s third, possibly final season of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s medium-shaking television project — despite what almost everything, from general public perception to the kind-of-sort-of-but-not-really subtitle, would have you believe — but through last year’s The Secret History of Twin Peaks, a visually dense, textually opaque epistolary novel penned by Frost. Though initially perplexing in scope (it begins with Lewis and Clark, folds the likes of Richard Nixon and L. Rob Hubbard into the Peaks mythos, and only hits the original series’ events at book’s end), it proved a more-or-less-perfect tee-up: plenty was said, seemingly nothing revealed — perhaps the most notable exception being the existence of Agent Tamara Preston, played in the new series by Chrysta Bell — and its tethers to events we’d eventually follow (or at least observe) week after week proved, in hindsight, rather deep.
- 11/7/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Robin Bell Jul 24, 2017
We take a look back at David Lynch and Mark Frost's next TV move after Twin Peaks, the undeniably odd On The Air...
You're probably currently either immersed in the intense, vast, odd world presented in Twin Peaks: The Return, or completely baffled by it with an expression very similar to Agent Cooper, or should that be Dougie Jones, post Black Lodge.
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Whichever it is, it's probably not as baffled as many were when David Lynch and Mark Frost followed up Twin Peaks with their next TV collaboration. This time their attention was directed towards a sitcom. They brought some Twin Peaks alumni along for the ride, Ian Buchanan basically reprising his role as Dick Tremayne this time under the guise of Lester Guy and Miguel Ferrer exporting Albert Rosenfeld into Bud Budwaller, but On The Air was something completely different.
We take a look back at David Lynch and Mark Frost's next TV move after Twin Peaks, the undeniably odd On The Air...
You're probably currently either immersed in the intense, vast, odd world presented in Twin Peaks: The Return, or completely baffled by it with an expression very similar to Agent Cooper, or should that be Dougie Jones, post Black Lodge.
See related Vikings renewed for season 5
Whichever it is, it's probably not as baffled as many were when David Lynch and Mark Frost followed up Twin Peaks with their next TV collaboration. This time their attention was directed towards a sitcom. They brought some Twin Peaks alumni along for the ride, Ian Buchanan basically reprising his role as Dick Tremayne this time under the guise of Lester Guy and Miguel Ferrer exporting Albert Rosenfeld into Bud Budwaller, but On The Air was something completely different.
- 7/22/2017
- Den of Geek
Twin Peaks Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.It's worth quoting the latest (perhaps the last?) gnomic pronouncements from Margaret "The Log Lady" Lanterman (the late Catherine E. Coulson), speaking via phone to Deputy Sheriff Tommy "Hawk" Hill (Michael Horse), in full: "Hawk—electricity is humming. You hear it in the mountains and rivers. You see it dance among the seas and stars. And glowing around the moon. But in these days, the glow is dying. What will be in the darkness that remains? The Truman brothers are both true men. They are your brothers. And the others, the good ones, who have been with you. Now the circle is almost complete. Watch and listen to the dream of time and space. It all comes out now, flowing like a river. That which is and is not.
- 7/18/2017
- MUBI
Megyn Kelly won’t be on air at NBC News until next month, but she’s already growing close to her soon-to-be colleagues.
Today‘s Hoda Kotb‘s took to Instagram on Monday to share a selfie of her and Kelly with both women grinning happily at the camera.
“Lookie who I ran into at @RockefellerFdn — our girl @megynkelly!” gushed Kotb, 52. “So happy to have you with us at NBC!! Let’s have some fun xo.”
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Meanwhile, Kelly, 46, took to Twitter last week to celebrate her new gig.
“First day on the job @NBCNews!
Today‘s Hoda Kotb‘s took to Instagram on Monday to share a selfie of her and Kelly with both women grinning happily at the camera.
“Lookie who I ran into at @RockefellerFdn — our girl @megynkelly!” gushed Kotb, 52. “So happy to have you with us at NBC!! Let’s have some fun xo.”
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Meanwhile, Kelly, 46, took to Twitter last week to celebrate her new gig.
“First day on the job @NBCNews!
- 5/9/2017
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Megyn Kelly is taking a giant step forward with her new NBC gig and will sharing a stage with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin come June.
“Megyn Kelly of NBC News will moderate the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on stage with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin,” an NBC News Spokesperson tells People.
“The conversation will cover a wide range of global political and economic topics, including international trade agreements, cyber-security and the impact of rising military tensions,” the statement continues. “The annual conference will take place from June 1-3, 2017. The exact time and date of...
“Megyn Kelly of NBC News will moderate the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on stage with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin,” an NBC News Spokesperson tells People.
“The conversation will cover a wide range of global political and economic topics, including international trade agreements, cyber-security and the impact of rising military tensions,” the statement continues. “The annual conference will take place from June 1-3, 2017. The exact time and date of...
- 5/2/2017
- by Brittany King
- PEOPLE.com
Megyn Kelly's upcoming morning program at NBC has been given the 9 a.m. time slot, a network spokesperson confirmed to Et.
The news means that Kelly will go head-to-head in several markets with ABC's Live With Kelly and Ryan -- which announced on Monday morning that Kelly Ripa's new co-host will be Ryan Seacrest -- when her program launches in the fall.
Exclusive: Savannah Guthrie ‘Excited’ About Megyn Kelly Joining NBC
Kelly also has a Sunday night newsmagazine show debuting in June.
The thrilled star took to Instagram to share her excitement about her new gigs, posting a black-and-white photo showing her posing against a wall with the NBC logo.
“First day on the job @NBCNews!” she wrote. “On the air in June, but had so much fun meeting new colleagues today. Grateful. Happy.”
Kelly’s move to NBC comes after 12 years at Fox News and is part of a multi-year contract, which will also...
The news means that Kelly will go head-to-head in several markets with ABC's Live With Kelly and Ryan -- which announced on Monday morning that Kelly Ripa's new co-host will be Ryan Seacrest -- when her program launches in the fall.
Exclusive: Savannah Guthrie ‘Excited’ About Megyn Kelly Joining NBC
Kelly also has a Sunday night newsmagazine show debuting in June.
The thrilled star took to Instagram to share her excitement about her new gigs, posting a black-and-white photo showing her posing against a wall with the NBC logo.
“First day on the job @NBCNews!” she wrote. “On the air in June, but had so much fun meeting new colleagues today. Grateful. Happy.”
Kelly’s move to NBC comes after 12 years at Fox News and is part of a multi-year contract, which will also...
- 5/1/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
TV has changed a Lot in the last 50 years.
The programming that aired from 1966-67 barely resembles what we watch today, but at least a couple of the faces are remotely familiar.
Some of the shows even play on classic TV networks. There are a lot of variety shows, no game shows and plenty of movie nights in the top 40.
Very few of the top shows seem relevant to what is now coined the "swinging sixties." Those folks obviously didn't watch TV!!
Each slide below will at least have the show name (duh), the network on which it aired and the estimated audience out of a total number of households with TVs being a whopping: 55,153,000. Imagine.
Check it out and let us know what nights you would have stayed inside!
30. CBS Thursday Movie CBS Thursday Movie — CBS —11,136,260 Weighing in at #30, it's our first showing of movies!! 29. I Spy I Spy — NBC — 11,136,260 Yes,...
The programming that aired from 1966-67 barely resembles what we watch today, but at least a couple of the faces are remotely familiar.
Some of the shows even play on classic TV networks. There are a lot of variety shows, no game shows and plenty of movie nights in the top 40.
Very few of the top shows seem relevant to what is now coined the "swinging sixties." Those folks obviously didn't watch TV!!
Each slide below will at least have the show name (duh), the network on which it aired and the estimated audience out of a total number of households with TVs being a whopping: 55,153,000. Imagine.
Check it out and let us know what nights you would have stayed inside!
30. CBS Thursday Movie CBS Thursday Movie — CBS —11,136,260 Weighing in at #30, it's our first showing of movies!! 29. I Spy I Spy — NBC — 11,136,260 Yes,...
- 4/27/2017
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
NBC’s The Voice kicked off Season 12 on Monday with 13 million total viewers and a 3.1 rating (per finals), marking the competition’s fourth straight demo decline for a premiere, yet dominating the night in both measures.
RelatedThe Voice Premiere Recap: Love Isn’t Just In the Air, It’s On the Air
Leading out of that, the Taken premiere did 7.5 mil and a 1.6, landing just below Timeless‘ own apres-Voice launch (7.6 mil/1.8) and easily leading all scripted fare. TVLine readers gave it an average grade of “B-.”
RelatedNBC’s Taken: Is Young Bryan Mills’ Set of Skills Particularly Interesting?
The night’s other debut,...
RelatedThe Voice Premiere Recap: Love Isn’t Just In the Air, It’s On the Air
Leading out of that, the Taken premiere did 7.5 mil and a 1.6, landing just below Timeless‘ own apres-Voice launch (7.6 mil/1.8) and easily leading all scripted fare. TVLine readers gave it an average grade of “B-.”
RelatedNBC’s Taken: Is Young Bryan Mills’ Set of Skills Particularly Interesting?
The night’s other debut,...
- 2/28/2017
- TVLine.com
NBC this Monday served up Taken, it’s prequel, set in 2017, to the film franchise that started up in 2008. Will you stick around to follow the evolution of Bryan Mills’ certain grouping of abilities?
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Whereas Mills when we met him in the first Taken film was a retired CIA operative, here (with Vikings‘ Clive Standen succeeding/preceding? Liam Neeson) he only has his Green Beret past behind him, having served three tours in Afghanistan. He is making a trip home, via train, with his younger sister Cali, when he senses something isn’t quite kosher.
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Whereas Mills when we met him in the first Taken film was a retired CIA operative, here (with Vikings‘ Clive Standen succeeding/preceding? Liam Neeson) he only has his Green Beret past behind him, having served three tours in Afghanistan. He is making a trip home, via train, with his younger sister Cali, when he senses something isn’t quite kosher.
- 2/28/2017
- TVLine.com
Jason Katims’ NBC pilot about a high school theater department has found its drama queen.
RelatedPilot Season ’17: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Auli’i Cravalho, who recently starred in Disney’s Moana, has landed a major role in Drama High, our sister site Deadline reports. Based on the 2013 Michael Sokolove novel — which was itself inspired by true events — the pilot follows a “passionate teacher and family man” who runs a “working-class high school drama department” that inspires the whole town. (So, Friday Night Lights… the musical? Count me in!)
Cravalho will play a student named Lilette,...
RelatedPilot Season ’17: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Auli’i Cravalho, who recently starred in Disney’s Moana, has landed a major role in Drama High, our sister site Deadline reports. Based on the 2013 Michael Sokolove novel — which was itself inspired by true events — the pilot follows a “passionate teacher and family man” who runs a “working-class high school drama department” that inspires the whole town. (So, Friday Night Lights… the musical? Count me in!)
Cravalho will play a student named Lilette,...
- 2/28/2017
- TVLine.com
DezartPerforms is proud to announce and welcome Peter Marshall andMarietta Hartley as two additional stellar members of the On The Air cast. The fourth annualON The Air gala event benefitting the nonprofit theatre group, Dezart Performs, will be presented on-stage at the Camelot Theatres on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at700 p.m.This one-night only performance has become a much-anticipated event that is unique in the desert and features notable celebrity and local actors who recreate staged radio plays from the 1940s and 1950s.
- 2/24/2017
- by David Green
- BroadwayWorld.com
Miguel Ferrer lost a battle with cancer today. He was 61.
Ferrer, who has starred on NCIS: Los Angeles as Owen Granger since 2012, was also set to reprise his role of FBI Agent Albert Rosenfeld on the upcoming Showtime revival of Twin Peaks.
Ferrer's first credited role was on an episode of Magnum, Pi in 1981 as Ensign Robert 'Bobby' Wickes, Usn.
From there, he had small parts not only in many films, but also more television shows, including CHiPs, Cagney and Lacey, Hill Street Blues Tj Hooker., Trapper John, Mc and Miami Vice.
It was in 1990 when Ferrer became Twin Peaks Agent Rosenfeld, and over the next two years took the lead in three other series, including Shannon's Deal, Broken Badges and On the Air.
Various television and film roles followed, but nothing has yet compared to Dr. Garrett Macy, a character he played opposite of Jill Hennessey on Crossing Jordan...
Ferrer, who has starred on NCIS: Los Angeles as Owen Granger since 2012, was also set to reprise his role of FBI Agent Albert Rosenfeld on the upcoming Showtime revival of Twin Peaks.
Ferrer's first credited role was on an episode of Magnum, Pi in 1981 as Ensign Robert 'Bobby' Wickes, Usn.
From there, he had small parts not only in many films, but also more television shows, including CHiPs, Cagney and Lacey, Hill Street Blues Tj Hooker., Trapper John, Mc and Miami Vice.
It was in 1990 when Ferrer became Twin Peaks Agent Rosenfeld, and over the next two years took the lead in three other series, including Shannon's Deal, Broken Badges and On the Air.
Various television and film roles followed, but nothing has yet compared to Dr. Garrett Macy, a character he played opposite of Jill Hennessey on Crossing Jordan...
- 1/19/2017
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Windom Earle makes a giant move in his chess match with Coop…
(If you need to catch up, you can check out all my posts til now right here.)
Episode 26: “Variations On Relations”
Written by Mark Frost & Harley Peyton, Directed by Jonathan Sanger
Airdate April 11th, 1991
The episode opens with Coop, Truman, Andy and Hawk returning to Owl Cave for further exploration of the petroglyph they discovered last episode, but when they get there they find someone’s already done the work for them. Part of the wall has crumbled away, revealing an even larger, more detailed petroglyph than they originally found. Hawk notices a boot print in the dirt and says it matches the one he found outside the power station the night it exploded, which means the person who was here and who unearthed this larger petroglyph was Earle. The image itself looks like a map with mountains that have swirling vortices inside them...
(If you need to catch up, you can check out all my posts til now right here.)
Episode 26: “Variations On Relations”
Written by Mark Frost & Harley Peyton, Directed by Jonathan Sanger
Airdate April 11th, 1991
The episode opens with Coop, Truman, Andy and Hawk returning to Owl Cave for further exploration of the petroglyph they discovered last episode, but when they get there they find someone’s already done the work for them. Part of the wall has crumbled away, revealing an even larger, more detailed petroglyph than they originally found. Hawk notices a boot print in the dirt and says it matches the one he found outside the power station the night it exploded, which means the person who was here and who unearthed this larger petroglyph was Earle. The image itself looks like a map with mountains that have swirling vortices inside them...
- 1/17/2017
- by H. Perry Horton
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
On the air, it's business as usual for Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. But behind the scenes, the NBC late-night leader is adapting to the exits of two longtime power players in as many weeks. First, producer-writer Gavin Purcell, a force on Fallon's digital team, jumped to Vox Media. Then, on Oct. 24, showrunner Josh Lieb, who had been with Fallon since his move to 11:35 p.m. in February 2014, left for a Universal Television deal. Filling Lieb's shoes are three Tonight producers: Gerard Bradford and Mike Dicenzo, who will handle creative efforts, and supervising producer
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- 11/2/2016
- by Kate Stanhope
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kim McGuire, best known for playing Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski alongside Johnny Depp in the cult classic Cry-Baby, has died at the age of 60. McGuire's husband, Gene Piotrowsky, confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Thursday. Piotrowsky said she died Wednesday at a Naples, Florida, hospital of complications from pneumonia. McGuire had one of the most memorable performances in the 1990 John Waters' teen musical as the facially disfigured Malnorowsk, a devoted member of Cry-Baby's (Depp) gang of misfit teens. Fans of McGuire's work have already taken to Twitter with their condolences: "it's okay, hatchet. you're beautiful baby." ): #RipKimMcGuire #CryBaby pic.
- 9/15/2016
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
Kim McGuire, best known for playing Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski alongside Johnny Depp in the cult classic Cry-Baby, has died at the age of 60. McGuire's husband, Gene Piotrowsky, confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Thursday. Piotrowsky said she died Wednesday at a Naples, Florida, hospital of complications from pneumonia. McGuire had one of the most memorable performances in the 1990 John Waters' teen musical as the facially disfigured Malnorowsk, a devoted member of Cry-Baby's (Depp) gang of misfit teens. Fans of McGuire's work have already taken to Twitter with their condolences: "it's okay, hatchet. you're beautiful baby." ): #RipKimMcGuire #CryBaby pic.
- 9/15/2016
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
Marvin Kaplan has died of natural causes at the age of 89. Between 1978 and 1985, Kaplan recurred as Mel's Diner regular Henry Beesmeyer on the CBS comedy Alice, starring Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, Philip McKeon, and Polly Holliday. He also voiced Choo-Choo on Hanna-Barbera's Top Cat cartoon, which first ran on ABC in the 1961-62 television season.Kaplan played producer Dwight McGonigle on the show-within-a-show sitcom, On the Air, starring Ian Buchanan, Marla Rubinoff, Nancye Ferguson, Miguel Ferrer, Gary Grossman, and Mel Johnson, Jr. Despite its title, of the seven episodes shot, only three aired, before the show was cancelled by ABC in 1992.Read More…...
- 8/26/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The highly-anticipated “Twin Peaks” revival series will hit television sometime next year. Director and co-creator David Lynch is currently editing the series and it will feature many of the original cast members, including star Kyle MacLachlan. But before then, co-creator Mark Frost will release a novel entitled “The Secret History of Twin Peaks,” which will reveal what the series’ characters have been up to since the 1991 finale. EW reports that Kyle MacLachlan and several of the original cast will reunite for the novel’s audiobook. Other actor set to take part include Russ Tamblyn, Michael Horse, Chris Mulkey, David Patrick Kelly, Amy Shiels, James Morrison, Robert Knepper, Annie Wersching, and Len Cariou.
Read More: ‘The Secret History of Twin Peaks’ Trailer: Mark Frost’s Upcoming Book Is…a Novel?
“I am thrilled that both original cast members and new actors will be coming together on this project to bring this...
Read More: ‘The Secret History of Twin Peaks’ Trailer: Mark Frost’s Upcoming Book Is…a Novel?
“I am thrilled that both original cast members and new actors will be coming together on this project to bring this...
- 8/18/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Vanessa Williams has been cast as Maxine, the lead role in the Satan's Sisters TV series, coming to VH1. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Star Jones, inspired by her time as a co-host of The View TV show on ABC.
Satan's Sisters features five female co-hosts of a daytime talkshow called The Lunch Hour. On the air, the ladies come across as good friends. Backstage, it is a different story. Williams' character, Maxine, is the Barbara Walters of the bunch, if you will.
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Satan's Sisters features five female co-hosts of a daytime talkshow called The Lunch Hour. On the air, the ladies come across as good friends. Backstage, it is a different story. Williams' character, Maxine, is the Barbara Walters of the bunch, if you will.
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- 3/1/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Meredith Vieira Show will come to an end following its current second season on NBC. ‘Meredith Viera Show’ Canceled Vieira confirmed the cancelation of her daytime talkshow on Monday in a statement. “I am so sorry to see our show come to an end after this season, but I am also incredibly proud of […]
The post ‘The Meredith Vieira Show’ Canceled After Two Seasons On The Air appeared first on uInterview.
The post ‘The Meredith Vieira Show’ Canceled After Two Seasons On The Air appeared first on uInterview.
- 1/5/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Eurovision, which sounds kind of like an ’80s horror movie, had its big finale this weekend. On the air since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest is the longest running annual TV song competition in Europe. The finals, which receive a lot of attention in Europe (and, now in the age of the Internet, in the U.S. too), include 26 countries (27 this year, as Australia participated for the first and only time, “in honor of the Aussies’ love of the camp glitterfest”). Each country must play one original song (no covers) performed by up to six people, all of whom must be over the age of 16. The “Big Five” countries—the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain—are the five biggest economic powers in the contest, and consequently get automatic spots in the finals each year, as does whatever country is the current host. There were occasional language restrictions in the...
- 5/24/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
Seinfeld is everyone’s favorite show about nothing. Though it has been off the air for more than 15 years, reruns of your best-loved episodes can be seen on television every weeknight. So what would this classic sitcom be like today? There is a Twitter account with the handle @SeinfeldToday that will post different scenarios for possible episodes if Seinfeld was still on the air. To date, there are over 795,000 tweets devoted to possible scenarios involving Jerry, Elaine, George, Kramer, and even Newman. We at TV Overmind decided to come up with a few of our own scenarios. Our apologies if one of these was already tweeted by @SeinfeldToday. We were not able to read all 795k tweets, but plan on it because they are so darn funny. Kramer discovers Tinder Kramer decides to give online dating a try. He stumbles upon a dating app on his phone called Tinder.…
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- 12/5/2014
- by Tim Gerstenberger
- TVovermind.com
Following the warm reception of Twin Peaks (1990-1991), ABC commissioned a little seen follow-up from Lynch/Frost Productions in 1992 called On the Air. The series was a characteristically off-kilter sitcom about a ’50s television network struggling to rejuvenate their variety spot, The Lester Guy Show. What sounds like a quixotic collision of Network and 30 Rock instead turned out to be an unmitigated disaster: ABC put the ax on On the Air after only three episodes. Still, as cult followings are want to do, the series attracted a cluster of devotees when it screened in its entirety in the UK and Australia. The first (and only) season is now available on YouTube, […]...
- 8/14/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Following the warm reception of Twin Peaks (1990-1991), ABC commissioned a little seen follow-up from Lynch/Frost Productions in 1992 called On the Air. The series was a characteristically off-kilter sitcom about a ’50s television network struggling to rejuvenate their variety spot, The Lester Guy Show. What sounds like a quixotic collision of Network and 30 Rock instead turned out to be an unmitigated disaster: ABC put the ax on On the Air after only three episodes. Still, as cult followings are want to do, the series attracted a cluster of devotees when it screened in its entirety in the UK and Australia. The first (and only) season is now available on YouTube, […]...
- 8/14/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
David Letterman announced his retirement from the “Late Show” on Thursday with a mix of sincerity, gratitude and humor. During the day's taping, Letterman recounted to his New York City studio audience the pre-show conversation he had with CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves, where the comedian stated his intentions to depart. On the air, Letterman had some fun breaking the news, dropping jokes such as: “What this means now, is that Paul and I can be married.” Also read: Conan? Jay? A Few Scenarios for Replacing David Letterman “The man who owns this network, Leslie Moonves, he and I have had a relationship.
- 4/3/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Earlier this week, comedian Zach Galifianakis welcomed an especially high-profile guest – President Barack Obama – on his popular web series, Between Two Ferns. And while Galifiankis maintained his typically awkward screen presence during their interview, the Commander-in-Chief says the hilariously droll interviewer was squirming inside.
Zach Galifiankis' Funniest Moments
"Zach actually was pretty nervous," the president told On the Air With Ryan Seacrest during a brief interview Friday morning. "It was funny to watch you know, 'cause this whole Between Two Ferns shtick…his whole character is to go after the guests.
Zach Galifiankis' Funniest Moments
"Zach actually was pretty nervous," the president told On the Air With Ryan Seacrest during a brief interview Friday morning. "It was funny to watch you know, 'cause this whole Between Two Ferns shtick…his whole character is to go after the guests.
- 3/14/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Barbara Walters has no sympathy for former Russia Today anchor Liz Wahl. The veteran ABC news correspondent took to “The View” Thursday to address the Rt anchor's recent on-air resignation, in protest of the Russian government's pro-Putin propaganda on the network. “She is working for a Russian network!” Walters exclaimed. “Therefore, she is protesting the Russians!” Also read: Russian TV Anchor Who Quit On the Air Slams Network: It Was ‘Propagandist’ Walters went on to say that while she can understand Wahl's “personal choice”, she urges not to “make her a hero for protesting. She is working for the government.
- 3/8/2014
- by James Crugnale
- The Wrap
Update, 7:15 Pm: E! has responded to the Michael J. Fox graphic it put up during the Golden Globes preshow: “We regret the insensitive classification of Michael J Fox’s Parkinson’s diagnosis during our Eonline live stream. We understand the serious nature of the disease and sincerely apologize.” Related: 71st Golden Globes: Live Blogging From Deadline’s Film Team Oops: Expletive Makes It On The Air In NBC’s Golden Globes Telecast Previous: The folks at E! probably wish they could go back to the future to undo this. During its endless coverage of the Golden Globes red carpet tonight, this unfortunate graphic popped up on the screen: Related: Golden Globes Winners: The Complete List Gallery: Golden Globes 2014...
- 1/13/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Excitement around a potential revival of the cult TV show Twin Peaks has been quelled by creator Mark Frost
• David Lynch's special issue of Guardian Film & Music
Fans of David Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks have long been hoping for more white horses, Log Ladies and slices of cherry pie since it finished in 1991, and excitement about its return exploded after a casting call for the show was posted online. But the co-creator of the show, Mark Frost, has gone on Twitter to call it "another strange baseless rumor".
The callout from Sande Alessi Casting read: "Twin Peaks Promo. Directed by David Lynch. Shoots in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7, 2014... Hot Caucasian girl – Brunette Or Redheads Only to play waitress. Age 18-27. Must have an amazing body. Busty, very period looking face." There are reports that a Blu-Ray boxset of the show is being prepared, with spin-off film Fire Walk With Me included,...
• David Lynch's special issue of Guardian Film & Music
Fans of David Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks have long been hoping for more white horses, Log Ladies and slices of cherry pie since it finished in 1991, and excitement about its return exploded after a casting call for the show was posted online. But the co-creator of the show, Mark Frost, has gone on Twitter to call it "another strange baseless rumor".
The callout from Sande Alessi Casting read: "Twin Peaks Promo. Directed by David Lynch. Shoots in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7, 2014... Hot Caucasian girl – Brunette Or Redheads Only to play waitress. Age 18-27. Must have an amazing body. Busty, very period looking face." There are reports that a Blu-Ray boxset of the show is being prepared, with spin-off film Fire Walk With Me included,...
- 1/8/2014
- by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
- The Guardian - Film News
"The year is 1957. A new program entitled 'The Lester Guy Show' is debuting on the Zoblotnick Broadcasting Corporation (Zbc). Most of the cast is nuts, the crew is incompetent and everything that could go wrong always does. Of course, this makes the show a hit." So goes the logline to David Lynch's short-lived ABC sitcom "On The Air" and if you need a reminder of what the filmmaker did with his opportunity to be zapped into the homes of mainstream America, here you go. As LynchNet lets us know, the show was created during the second season of "Twin Peaks," and utilizing many of the same cast and crew members, ABC actually gave the thumbs up to Lynch's sudden idea for a half-hour absurdist comedy, with seven episodes filmed. Unfortunately, only three made it to air, and by the time it was ready to go, the network had turned...
- 12/27/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
With the soaring popularity of David Lynch over the past several years, audiences are digging into the director’s past and finding appreciation for his earlier projects. The filmmaker’s Hotel Room aired on HBO for a mere three episodes, but left a lasting impression on audiences — especially fans who felt lost in a post-Twin Peaks world and those left hanging after only seven eps of broadcasting sitcom On the Air. Each of Hotel Room’s stories takes place in the same location — room number 603 of the Railroad Hotel — but is set in a different year (1969, 1992, and 1936). Although the guests change, the employees (a maid played by Camilla Overbye Roos and a bellboy played by Clark Heathcliffe Brolly) remain the same — and they...
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- 11/12/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Paris Hilton went ballistic after a radio interview this morning ... launching into an expletive-filled rant against the DJ who had just interviewed her ... calling him a "f**king a**hole" ... without realizing she was Still On The Air. Paris was on the phone with a morning team in Raleigh-Durham -- Bob and the Showgram -- and midway through the interview ... host Bob Dumas dropped the bomb: do you wish you had never made that sex tape?...
- 10/10/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
"The Last Five Years" Cast Recording release; the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards; France's Francofolies music festival hitting New York with Harry Connick Jr., Duffy, and Madeline Peyroux performing in an Edith Piaf tribute; learning how to work in your pajamas with You're On The Air: How to Really Make it in Voiceovers; Redcat's 2013 Radar L.A. theater festival are what we are looking forward to this week. Click Here To View Slideshow...
- 9/18/2013
- backstage.com
"Acn is able to project Mitt Romney will win the great state of Kansas ... "
Anchorman Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and his cable news network were right in the thick of the action as "Election Night, Part II," the Aaron Sorkin-written finale of Season 2 of HBO's "The Newsroom," began Sunday (Sept. 15). And as with the previous week's "Part I," there was just as much activity off-camera.
Don (Thomas Sadoski) was working to nail down the tip he'd gotten that Gen. David Petraeus was about to resign. Charlie (Sam Waterston) was debating whether to go with that or with the story about a congressman that had yielded the Petraeus tip, as an intended trade-off.
Don lobbied strongly for the Petraeus story, which Acn would run before anyone else and which he believed would "earn us back some credibility and goodwill" in the wake of the Operation Genoa debacle. In the end,...
Anchorman Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and his cable news network were right in the thick of the action as "Election Night, Part II," the Aaron Sorkin-written finale of Season 2 of HBO's "The Newsroom," began Sunday (Sept. 15). And as with the previous week's "Part I," there was just as much activity off-camera.
Don (Thomas Sadoski) was working to nail down the tip he'd gotten that Gen. David Petraeus was about to resign. Charlie (Sam Waterston) was debating whether to go with that or with the story about a congressman that had yielded the Petraeus tip, as an intended trade-off.
Don lobbied strongly for the Petraeus story, which Acn would run before anyone else and which he believed would "earn us back some credibility and goodwill" in the wake of the Operation Genoa debacle. In the end,...
- 9/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
For the 16 male and female contestants on USA Network's Monday competitive reality show "Summer Camp," the experience is a chance to visit a lakeside retreat and relive the fun they had as kids -- and also have a chance to win a $250,000 prize.
For host Matt Rogers, a Season 3 finalist on Fox's singing competition "American Idol," it was also lots of fun.
"Typically in shows that I've hosted in the past," he tells Zap2it, "I'm a lot more facilitative, in terms that I get questions out of people, and I interview more and interact more. This was super easy for me.
"I'm the camp director, so I show up, I give them the rules, I tell them what they can do and what they can't do, and then I just direct them in the right way. They take the whole show over. It's definitely about the cast and enjoying summer camp.
For host Matt Rogers, a Season 3 finalist on Fox's singing competition "American Idol," it was also lots of fun.
"Typically in shows that I've hosted in the past," he tells Zap2it, "I'm a lot more facilitative, in terms that I get questions out of people, and I interview more and interact more. This was super easy for me.
"I'm the camp director, so I show up, I give them the rules, I tell them what they can do and what they can't do, and then I just direct them in the right way. They take the whole show over. It's definitely about the cast and enjoying summer camp.
- 8/26/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
This story first appeared in the Sept. 6 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Outstanding Reality Program Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Pro: On the air since 1997, Antiques has been nominated in this category every year since 2005 and before that twice for outstanding nonfiction program. It's not flashy, but the thrill of seeing average Joes learn from appraisers that their old and mysterious items are of great value keeps people tuning in. Con: It's never won this prize, and it's hard to imagine that it will after this many years. Moreover, because it airs on PBS, it reaches far fewer eyes than its rivals.
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- 8/23/2013
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York — Marian McPartland, a renowned jazz pianist and host of the National Public Radio show "Piano Jazz," has died at the age of 95, NPR said Wednesday.
McPartland died of natural causes Tuesday night at her Port Washington home on Long Island, said Anna Christopher Bross, a spokeswoman for NPR.
Over a career that spanned more than six decades, McPartland became a fixture in the jazz world as a talented musician and well-loved radio personality.
In an interview with The Associated Press in 2007, the 89-year-old said she saw no reason to retire.
"Retire? Why retire? I've got a job, I'm making money, and I like what I do. Why retire?" she asked. "I think I'll jump out of a cake, or something."
Born Margaret Marian Turner in England, she began playing classical piano at the age of 3. At 17, she was accepted to the prestigious Guildhall School of Music. She left...
McPartland died of natural causes Tuesday night at her Port Washington home on Long Island, said Anna Christopher Bross, a spokeswoman for NPR.
Over a career that spanned more than six decades, McPartland became a fixture in the jazz world as a talented musician and well-loved radio personality.
In an interview with The Associated Press in 2007, the 89-year-old said she saw no reason to retire.
"Retire? Why retire? I've got a job, I'm making money, and I like what I do. Why retire?" she asked. "I think I'll jump out of a cake, or something."
Born Margaret Marian Turner in England, she began playing classical piano at the age of 3. At 17, she was accepted to the prestigious Guildhall School of Music. She left...
- 8/21/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Ready, Set, Fund is a column about crowdfunding and related fundraising endeavors for Austin and Texas independent film projects.
Local non-profit Cinema Du Cannes Project was created to empower "at risk" teenagers in Austin by involving them in the art of cinematic digital storytelling and digital media production. Youth-led teams produce films for submission into film festivals across the nation and world, including the Cannes Film Festival Court Metrage. In addition, participants learn valuable skills and support the community by producing public service announcements and videos for other local non-profits.
This summer the organization is producing a documentary, 40 Years - On the Air, which is currently funding on Kickstarter through August 4. This hour-long documentary features local media icon David Anderson -- seen above in an archive photo-- whose radio broadcast career has spanned over 40 years.
An exciting local film-related project funding on Kickstarter through Saturday, August 17 is the Capital City...
Local non-profit Cinema Du Cannes Project was created to empower "at risk" teenagers in Austin by involving them in the art of cinematic digital storytelling and digital media production. Youth-led teams produce films for submission into film festivals across the nation and world, including the Cannes Film Festival Court Metrage. In addition, participants learn valuable skills and support the community by producing public service announcements and videos for other local non-profits.
This summer the organization is producing a documentary, 40 Years - On the Air, which is currently funding on Kickstarter through August 4. This hour-long documentary features local media icon David Anderson -- seen above in an archive photo-- whose radio broadcast career has spanned over 40 years.
An exciting local film-related project funding on Kickstarter through Saturday, August 17 is the Capital City...
- 7/24/2013
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
A whole hour of Plinko? Believe it.
According to Buzzfeed, CBS' beloved game show "The Price Is Right" taped an entire episode of contestants playing only Plinko.
For those unfamiliar with it, the game asks players to guess the price of a product, and if they guess correctly ,they can win up to five Plinko chips. Then they toss their chips down a peg board of slots that can send them home with up to $10,000. According to CBS, the episode was filmed in honor of the 30th anniversary of the game.
“When we realized it was the 30th anniversary of Plinko, we wanted to do something special,” executive producer Mike Richards said. “And [host] Drew [Carey] and I have always wanted to do an all-Plinko show. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to keep trotting it out.”
On the air since 1972, "The Price Is Right" was a debut television experience for a few well-known actors,...
According to Buzzfeed, CBS' beloved game show "The Price Is Right" taped an entire episode of contestants playing only Plinko.
For those unfamiliar with it, the game asks players to guess the price of a product, and if they guess correctly ,they can win up to five Plinko chips. Then they toss their chips down a peg board of slots that can send them home with up to $10,000. According to CBS, the episode was filmed in honor of the 30th anniversary of the game.
“When we realized it was the 30th anniversary of Plinko, we wanted to do something special,” executive producer Mike Richards said. “And [host] Drew [Carey] and I have always wanted to do an all-Plinko show. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to keep trotting it out.”
On the air since 1972, "The Price Is Right" was a debut television experience for a few well-known actors,...
- 6/28/2013
- by Leigh Weingus
- Huffington Post
Jenni won six awards and her family was there to accept them on her behalf. Her brother, Juan Rivera, even sang and her dad Pedro Rivera, gave an emotional speech when he accepted the award.
Jenni Rivera‘s family wants to make sure her memory lives on. The singer died in a plane crash in December, and she posthumously won six awards at the Billboard Latin Music Awards on April 25.
Jenni Rivera Wins Artist Of The Year
Jenni won Regional Mexican Album of the Year for La Gran Señora and also won the coveted Artist of the Year. Her parents and two kids took the stage to accept the award on her behalf.
Throughout the show, clips from her reality show I Love Jenni and her performances were played for the audience. Her brother Juan Rivera also performed his sister’s song “No Llega el Olvido.”
When her dad Pedro...
Jenni Rivera‘s family wants to make sure her memory lives on. The singer died in a plane crash in December, and she posthumously won six awards at the Billboard Latin Music Awards on April 25.
Jenni Rivera Wins Artist Of The Year
Jenni won Regional Mexican Album of the Year for La Gran Señora and also won the coveted Artist of the Year. Her parents and two kids took the stage to accept the award on her behalf.
Throughout the show, clips from her reality show I Love Jenni and her performances were played for the audience. Her brother Juan Rivera also performed his sister’s song “No Llega el Olvido.”
When her dad Pedro...
- 4/26/2013
- by Chloe Melas
- HollywoodLife
Spring Breakers costar Selena Gomez will continue her hot run of late by performing her new single, “Come & Get It,” on television for the first time at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards live April 14 on MTV (and I’m betting right now that Spring Breakers will find itself with at least a couple of nominations at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards). Related: 2013 MTV Movie Awards Nominations Announced Selena Gomez will actually be debuting “Come & Get It” April 8 with On the Air With Ryan Seacrest on 102.7 Kiis FM. Immediately following the Seacrest premiere, “Come & Get [...]...
- 3/27/2013
- by Jeff Pfeiffer
- ChannelGuideMag
We’ve reached pilot season, the time of year when the networks start looking at candidates for this fall’s schedules. Thus, it is also the time of year when armchair quarterbacks like me say “You’re doing it wrong!” to which network executives usually reply “You think you could do better?” My answer: I watched 666 Park Avenue and Animal Practice and The Mob Doctor and Made in Jersey, and I hope you think you can do better. Every year, networks look at their pilots and ask the same questions. And every year, they’re the wrong questions. Here are...
- 3/8/2013
- by Mark Harris
- EW.com - PopWatch
"It's hard to talk about."
Dr. Sanjay Gupta gives that as his first thought about helping CNN cover the aftermath of Friday's (Dec. 14) shootings in Newtown, Conn., that resulted in 28 deaths ... including those of 20 young students and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
As with many reporters during the past week, the cable news network's chief medical correspondent has been challenged to stay professional while feeling the emotion of the situation, particularly as a parent of three young daughters himself.
"People say that when you have kids, it's tougher," Gupta tells Zap2it of being on the story, "and I think that's true, but I don't think it's just that. Even if you just know kids, what in their world context could have made these kids think that what was about to happen could happen?
"I'm not sure it would have been better for them to be more fearful,...
Dr. Sanjay Gupta gives that as his first thought about helping CNN cover the aftermath of Friday's (Dec. 14) shootings in Newtown, Conn., that resulted in 28 deaths ... including those of 20 young students and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
As with many reporters during the past week, the cable news network's chief medical correspondent has been challenged to stay professional while feeling the emotion of the situation, particularly as a parent of three young daughters himself.
"People say that when you have kids, it's tougher," Gupta tells Zap2it of being on the story, "and I think that's true, but I don't think it's just that. Even if you just know kids, what in their world context could have made these kids think that what was about to happen could happen?
"I'm not sure it would have been better for them to be more fearful,...
- 12/20/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
In the early part of this century, Lynch spent a lot of time putting together his website David Lynch.com. Embracing the internet and the opportunities his own website afforded him, Lynch would make his own shorts available via this medium as well as the weird sitcom Rabbits and animated series Dumbland. Lynch also branched out into coffee sales as his own brand was launched and available through the website. His next film was an even more polarising and baffling effort than anything he had previously made.
Inland Empire (2006)
Financed completely independently and filmed over a period of two years on new digital HD camera’s Inland Empire was initially a collection of scenes cobbled together from both Lynch’s own website (the Rabbits shorts) and scenes he would film with Laura Dern. Eventually the project started to take on some form of narrative plot and Lynch filmed scenes involving...
Inland Empire (2006)
Financed completely independently and filmed over a period of two years on new digital HD camera’s Inland Empire was initially a collection of scenes cobbled together from both Lynch’s own website (the Rabbits shorts) and scenes he would film with Laura Dern. Eventually the project started to take on some form of narrative plot and Lynch filmed scenes involving...
- 12/5/2012
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Revisiting Lynch – Part Three: American Surrealism Goes Mainstream with Twin Peaks and Wild At Heart
Perhaps the thing that David Lynch is best known for in the mainstream is the television series Twin Peaks which ran from summer 1990 until spring 1991. When it debuted the series was huge, I mean huge. It infected all areas of popular culture and was like the Lost of its day with people hotly debating Who Killed Laura Palmer? The same way they debated the significance of the numbers in Lost. Twin Peaks changed prime time television forever; it pushed the limits of what you could show in terms of sex and violence and also changed the way that stories are told in ongoing arcs and plotlines that would last for many episodes. Without its initial success it’s doubtful we would have later got The X-Files and shows like Buffy the vampire slayer and Angel which ran with the serial format rather than the more common story of the week.
- 11/1/2012
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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