Christine Bleakley has been confirmed as the presenter of the National Movie Awards next month.
The Daybreak host will present the live event at Wembley on Wednesday, May 11. It will be broadcast on ITV1 at the same time. ITV's director of Entertainment and Comedy Elaine Bedell announced: "The results of the National Movie Awards are voted for by the public and we're delighted to be broadcasting them live on ITV1. "Christine will add her own touch of style to what is already one of the most glamorous evenings of the awards calendar, making it a night not to be missed."
Just when you think Robert Kirkman's, The Walking Dead can't get any better (TV, comic, and novel) we get a gift from zombie heaven - The Walking Dead zombie plushie with a removable head.
If you are looking for the perfect Christmas present for your zombie loving friend or family member, look no further... But you better act fast because these sweet little people eaters are very rare and can only be had by attending cons or purchased from ebay.
Warner Bros. Television has reported tapped television producer David E. Kelley to bring the iconic heroine back to life. Kelley’s previous TV creations include “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Legal” and “The Practice.” This agreement comes after nearly a decade of failed attempts to bring live-action Wonder Woman movie back to the big screen.
While at lunch watching ESPN (of all places) I heard Colin Cowherd state that Minka Kelly may play Wonder Woman in the new tv series. It was on while comparing Kelly and Derek Jetter, discussing who may have a "brighter future" that Kelly was mentioned in connection with the new show that DC/WB have in the works. I vote Kelly - how could you not!
Kelly is probably best known as Lyla Garrity in the Friday Night Lights tv show, but has also starred in several movies. Any fans of Marc Webb's 500 Days of Summer will remember her cameo at the end as Autumn!
We will continue to research this rumor and bring you any additional news. In the mean time, what do you think? I like it!
T-shirts don't get much better than the one by RedRobotRabbit. Can you name all these toons that were at one time or another canceled by clueless entertainment executives? You can purchase this sweet t-shirt by clicking here. I love the fact that Bender has confiscated Ned Flander's head.
Laura Vandervoort has been confirmed as returning to CW’s Smallville for at least one episode of the final season.
Vandervoort will again play Kara Zor-El, cousin to Tom Welling’s Clark Kent and the would-be Supergirl, last seen in the series’ eighth season heading off in search of the Kryptonian city of Kandor.
About time, I was getting sick of looking at Chloe.
Saudi gets 5 years, 1,000 lashes for TV sex talk Comments by ‘sex braggart’ led to hundreds of complaints from viewers
AP Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi court on Wednesday convicted a man for publicly talking about sex after he bragged on a TV talk show about his exploits, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes, his lawyer said.
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(San Francisco CA) OUR DISAPPEARED/NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS is the heart-breaking chronicle of director Juan Mandelbaum’s personal search for the souls of friends and loved ones, idealistic young students and activists, who were caught in the brutal vise of the right-wing military and “disappeared” in his native Argentina during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship. OUR DISAPPEARED/NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS will air nationally on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 10PM. Find your local listing here.
Mandelbaum’s quest was triggered by a recent and very painful revelation. Through a Google search, he made the terrible discovery that Patricia Dixon, a long lost girlfriend,was among the desaparecidos. Almost thirty years after he left at the height of the repression, to escape the pervasive climate of feat, Juan returned to Argentina to explore her story and the stories of other friends and loved ones who had also disappeared. He learned first-hand of the horrors that befell them and the almost 30,000 people who were kidnapped by agents of the military government, secretly detained without trial, brutally tortured and then killed, never to be seen again.
Although idealistic and involved in community organizing, Mandelbaum was not willing to join the more militant and radical groups that were recruiting many of his friends. Inspired by the Cuban revolution and the election of Chile’s Salvador Allende, the first democratically elected Socialist president in the Americas, many of his fellow students at the University’s School of Philosophy and Letters were willing to support an armed struggle for a cause they believed in passionately -- that former President Juan Peron, who had been exiled to Spain, would lead Argentina on the road of socialism. It was a hope that was quickly crushed when Peron returned in 1973, and disowned the young radicals who had fought so hard for his return. Instead, right wing death squads began to pave the way for the military regime that, after 1976, targeted thousands of leftist activists for annihilation. Over 250 of Mandelbaum’s fellow students are among the disappeared.
In OUR DISAPPEARED, NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS, Mandelbaum meets with the parents, siblings and children of many of these old friends, piecing together their dramatic stories through reminiscences, home movies and old photos. The film also uses rare and extraordinary archival footage (including an appearance by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1977 endorsing the military president) to bring the energy and tension of the time and place to life. It is a quietly devastating story of young lives viciously ended and the unending pain suffered by their families and their country.
To learn more about the film, visit the OUR DISAPPEARED, NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS interactive companion website (http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ourdisappeared/) which features detailed information on the film, including an interview with the filmmaker and links and resources pertaining to the film’s subject matter. The site also features a talk back section for viewers to share their ideas and opinions, preview clips of the film, and more.
