27 years ago, Chris Rock resurrected his career with one of the greatest hours of stand-up comedy I've ever seen. I was a month away from graduating college when "Bring the Pain" aired after the HBO Saturday night premiere of "Congo" or something less sublime when Eddie Murphy's once-prized protege, who'd been ignominiously fired from "Saturday Night Live" after three underwhelming seasons, took the stage in Washington D.C. and became the George Carlin of his generation. It was a set fueled by fury at white folks pandering admiration of Colin Powell ("He speaks so well!"), Black folks' support of crackhead Marion Barry ("I can be Mayor!"), and, to put it diplomatically, racial anti-intellectualism. Sandwiched in between all of this was a brilliantly random rant about an HBO prison documentary in which a prisoner waxed poetic about the pleasures of "salad tossing." It was like watching Greg Maddux throw a complete-game shutout.
- 3/5/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
"The Chris Rock Show" was one of the edgiest, most uproarious variety shows on television. Powered by the pop cultural shockwave of his 1996 HBO stand-up special "Bring the Pain," Rock had attained the inconvenient-truth-telling stature of greats like Richard Pryor and George Carlin. He excoriated the white media for its condescending praise of the "well-spoken" Colin Powell and expressed hilarious disbelief that the crack-smoking Marion Barry could get re-elected Mayor of Washington D.C.. Suddenly, my mom knew that "salad tossing" was a prison euphemism for analingus.
HBO wisely snagged the comic for "The Chris Rock Show," which premiered on February 7, 1997, with the clear intent of pissing people off. His first guest was Johnnie Cochran nearing the end of his O.J. Simpson trial victory lap. I'll never forget Rock's reaction to the attorney's savvy quip that he prefers to defend "No Jays" instead of "O.J.s." He shot a...
HBO wisely snagged the comic for "The Chris Rock Show," which premiered on February 7, 1997, with the clear intent of pissing people off. His first guest was Johnnie Cochran nearing the end of his O.J. Simpson trial victory lap. I'll never forget Rock's reaction to the attorney's savvy quip that he prefers to defend "No Jays" instead of "O.J.s." He shot a...
- 1/13/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has locked down worldwide rights to the comedy The Donor Party, toplined by Malin Åkerman (Chick Fight), Rob Corddry (The Unicorn), Erinn Hayes (Gaslit) and Jerry O’Connell (Billions). The company’s plans for the recently-wrapped pic’s release have not yet been disclosed.
The first feature from writer-director Thom Harp is a farce centered on the recently single Jaclyn (Åkerman), who desperately wants to become a mom — by any means necessary. Realizing she doesn’t need a husband to make her dream come true, she devises a plan and enlists her best friends (Hayes and Bria Samoné Henderson) to pull off the ultimate sperm heist from unsuspecting donors Tim (O’Connell), Mj (Dan Ahdoot), Mateo (Jeff Torres) and Armin (Ryan Hansen), all while celebrating an intimate birthday party for her oblivious friend, Geoff (Corddry).
Anthony J. Kraus cast the pic, which also stars Meadow Williams (Aileen Wuornos:...
The first feature from writer-director Thom Harp is a farce centered on the recently single Jaclyn (Åkerman), who desperately wants to become a mom — by any means necessary. Realizing she doesn’t need a husband to make her dream come true, she devises a plan and enlists her best friends (Hayes and Bria Samoné Henderson) to pull off the ultimate sperm heist from unsuspecting donors Tim (O’Connell), Mj (Dan Ahdoot), Mateo (Jeff Torres) and Armin (Ryan Hansen), all while celebrating an intimate birthday party for her oblivious friend, Geoff (Corddry).
Anthony J. Kraus cast the pic, which also stars Meadow Williams (Aileen Wuornos:...
- 6/14/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
See Towering Michelle and Barack Obama Alongside Prince and Harriet Tubman in Massive New D.C. Mural
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are among the prominent black figures, politicians and celebrities covering the outside walls of famed D.C. restaurant Ben’s Chili Bowl in a new mural unveiled Wednesday.
The former first couple’s portrait looms larger than life at the popular restaurant located on U Street in Washington, D.C., and joins images of comedian Dave Chapelle, late musician Prince, rapper Wale, actress Taraji P. Henson, Muhammad Ali, Harriet Tubman and former city mayor Marion Barry, among others.
According to The Washington Post, the mural was commissioned by the city and painted by artist Aniekan Udofia.
The former first couple’s portrait looms larger than life at the popular restaurant located on U Street in Washington, D.C., and joins images of comedian Dave Chapelle, late musician Prince, rapper Wale, actress Taraji P. Henson, Muhammad Ali, Harriet Tubman and former city mayor Marion Barry, among others.
According to The Washington Post, the mural was commissioned by the city and painted by artist Aniekan Udofia.
- 6/22/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Video of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has finally been released to the public, offering an intimate glimpse into the private life of Canada’s own Marion Barry. In the video, Ford — who died in March — can be seen lighting up, and lighting into current Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. “Trudeau right there, I’d like, I’d like to get that f–kin’ Justin Trudeau and shove my foot as far up his ass,” an offscreen voice is heard saying. Also Read: Rob Ford, Former Mayor of Toronto, Dies at 46 “Fat dick,” Ford replies, apparently without irony.
- 8/11/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards have been revealed and "Belle," "Beyond the Lights," "Dear White People," "Get On Up," and "Selma" are duking it out for the Outstanding Motion Picture Award.
Winners will be announced on Friday, February 6, 2015 in a two-hour televised event on TV One.
The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 46th NAACP Image Awards:
Television
Outstanding Comedy Series
. "black-ish" (ABC)
. "House of Lies" (Showtime)
. "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
. "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
. "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (Bet)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
. Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)
. Anthony Anderson - "'black-ish" (ABC)
. Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
. Keegan-Michael Key - "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
. Kevin Hart...
Winners will be announced on Friday, February 6, 2015 in a two-hour televised event on TV One.
The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 46th NAACP Image Awards:
Television
Outstanding Comedy Series
. "black-ish" (ABC)
. "House of Lies" (Showtime)
. "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
. "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
. "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (Bet)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
. Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)
. Anthony Anderson - "'black-ish" (ABC)
. Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
. Keegan-Michael Key - "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
. Kevin Hart...
- 12/10/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Nominations for the 46th annual NAACP Image Awards were announced today across categories in film, television, music and the literary world. In the film arena, top nominees were Amma Asante's "Belle," Gina Prince-Bythewood's "Beyond the Lights," Justin Simien's "Dear White People," Tate Taylor's "Get On Up" and Ava DuVernay's "Selma." Check out the full list of nominees below. Winners will be announced on Feb. 6. And remember to keep track of the season via The Circuit! Film Outstanding Motion Picture "Belle" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) "Beyond The Lights" (Relativity Media) "Dear White People" (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) "Get On Up" (Universal Pictures) "Selma" (Paramount Pictures) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Amma Asante, "Belle" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) Antoine Fuqua, "The Equalizer" (Columbia Pictures) Ava DuVernay, "Selma" (Paramount Pictures) John Ridley, "Jimi: All Is By My Side" (XLrator Media) Gina Prince-Bythewood, "Beyond The Lights...
- 12/9/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Gearing up for another year of excitement, the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards just unveiled the first round of hopefuls and there are plenty of worthy contenders.
In the television categories, Shonda Rhimes’ series “Scandal” and “How to Get Away With Murder” are among the most nominated, though “Black-ish” is also up there. Meanwhile, “Selma” and “Get on Up” are the top two movies on the docket, ahead of the big event on Friday, February 6th, 2015. Per the official website, “The NAACP Image Awards honors the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and honors those who promote social justice through creative endeavors.”
And the nominees are:
Outstanding Comedy Series
“Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
“black-ish” (ABC)
“House of Lies” (Showtime)
“Key & Peele” (Comedy Central)
“Real Husbands of Hollywood” (Bet)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Fox)
Anthony Anderson...
In the television categories, Shonda Rhimes’ series “Scandal” and “How to Get Away With Murder” are among the most nominated, though “Black-ish” is also up there. Meanwhile, “Selma” and “Get on Up” are the top two movies on the docket, ahead of the big event on Friday, February 6th, 2015. Per the official website, “The NAACP Image Awards honors the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and honors those who promote social justice through creative endeavors.”
And the nominees are:
Outstanding Comedy Series
“Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)
“black-ish” (ABC)
“House of Lies” (Showtime)
“Key & Peele” (Comedy Central)
“Real Husbands of Hollywood” (Bet)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Fox)
Anthony Anderson...
- 12/9/2014
- GossipCenter
Paramount’s Selma, Universal’s Get On Up and Lionsgate’s Dear White People are among the Outstanding Motion Picture nominees for the NAACP’s Image Awards, which will be bestowed live on TVOne on February 6. On the TV side, Shonda Rhimes’ ABC trifecta of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder are all up for best drama. Here is the full list:
Film
Outstanding Motion Picture
“Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
“Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
“Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
“Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
“Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
Idris Elba – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
Quvenzhané Wallis...
Film
Outstanding Motion Picture
“Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
“Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
“Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
“Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
“Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)
David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)
Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)
Idris Elba – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)
Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)
Quvenzhané Wallis...
- 12/9/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
On Today's Show A Country Star's Controversial Comments about Gay Singers Robin Thicke's New Gf Outs Herself A Major Player in Hollywood Bombs a DUI Test Marion Barry being Labeled 'Crack Mayor' -- Is It Fair? Skype Us Tmztvshow Tweet Us Tweet to @Tmzlive Read more...
- 11/24/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Divisive and flamboyant, maddening and beloved, former Washington, D.C., mayor Marion Barry outshone every politician in the 40-year history of District of Columbia self-rule. But for many, the legacy of the so-called "mayor for life," who died Sunday at 78, was not defined by the accomplishments and failures of his four terms in office and long service on the D.C. Council. Instead, Barry will be remembered for a single night in a downtown Washington hotel room and the grainy video that showed him lighting a crack pipe in the company of a much-younger woman. When FBI agents burst in,...
- 11/23/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Divisive and flamboyant, maddening and beloved, former Washington, D.C., mayor Marion Barry outshone every politician in the 40-year history of District of Columbia self-rule. But for many, the legacy of the so-called "mayor for life," who died Sunday at 78, was not defined by the accomplishments and failures of his four terms in office and long service on the D.C. Council. Instead, Barry will be remembered for a single night in a downtown Washington hotel room and the grainy video that showed him lighting a crack pipe in the company of a much-younger woman. When FBI agents burst in,...
- 11/23/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry -- who became nationally famous after an epic cocaine bust that did not derail his career -- died Sunday morning at 78.Barry served 4 terms as Mayor, but his defining moment for most people is what he did in a hotel room during his tenure ... smoking crack with a young woman, and as FBI barged in the room screaming, "She set me up!"Barry -- who was a folk hero in D.
- 11/23/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Before Toronto Mayor Rob Ford began making international headlines for smoking crack cocaine, Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry did it first in 1990, and addresses the scandal in a new autobiography, “Mayor for Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry, Jr.” According to excerpts available in the Washington Post, the 336-page memoir details the infamous drug bust at the Vista Hotel from his perspective, his first time using cocaine, and that one time President Bill Clinton asked him for advice on how to handle a public sex scandal. “They couldn't find anything corrupt on.
- 6/16/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
"House of Cards" isn't just a critically praised show. It also crosses the line between fiction and political reality. Marion Barry Jr. -- the former mayor of Washington, D.C. -- and Frank Underwood -- Kevin Spacey's fictional politician on "House of Cards" -- had a lengthy Twitter conversation on Friday (Feb. 14).
Yes, a real (if often larger-than-life) politician and an imaginary one spoke publicly to one another.
As is fitting for such a discussion, the topics included "House of Cards" plots as well as real commentary on Barry. To his credit, Barry took the gentle ribbing in stride. Is it better or worse that the source isn't real?
Happy Valentines Day DC! I'm going tb hugged up w/my boo 2night watching 1 of our fav shows #houseofcards. What r U doing 2day 4 ur boo? ;)
-- Marion S. Barry, Jr. (@marionbarryjr) February 14, 2014
@marionbarryjr I like your style, Marion. As always.
Yes, a real (if often larger-than-life) politician and an imaginary one spoke publicly to one another.
As is fitting for such a discussion, the topics included "House of Cards" plots as well as real commentary on Barry. To his credit, Barry took the gentle ribbing in stride. Is it better or worse that the source isn't real?
Happy Valentines Day DC! I'm going tb hugged up w/my boo 2night watching 1 of our fav shows #houseofcards. What r U doing 2day 4 ur boo? ;)
-- Marion S. Barry, Jr. (@marionbarryjr) February 14, 2014
@marionbarryjr I like your style, Marion. As always.
- 2/16/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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“I’m not perfect,” Toronto Mayor Rob Ford told Matt Lauer on the Today show, with regard to his admission that he has smoked crack when in a “drunken stupor.” Perfection, maybe, is not a thing we look for in our leaders. But we do kinda like for them to stay away from illegal drugs, prostitutes, extramarital affairs and naughty sexts with underage employees. As we watch how our neighbors to the north handle this interesting development, we can’t help but be reminded of other powerful men (and yeah, it almost always is the men) in public office who were caught in similar nonpolitical quagmires. From JFK to Marion Barry, Bill Clinton to Anthony Weiner, there are a whole lot of them.
As we were compiling this list of 10 (any more and we would just feel too depressed), we began to wonder: What determines whether we...
“I’m not perfect,” Toronto Mayor Rob Ford told Matt Lauer on the Today show, with regard to his admission that he has smoked crack when in a “drunken stupor.” Perfection, maybe, is not a thing we look for in our leaders. But we do kinda like for them to stay away from illegal drugs, prostitutes, extramarital affairs and naughty sexts with underage employees. As we watch how our neighbors to the north handle this interesting development, we can’t help but be reminded of other powerful men (and yeah, it almost always is the men) in public office who were caught in similar nonpolitical quagmires. From JFK to Marion Barry, Bill Clinton to Anthony Weiner, there are a whole lot of them.
As we were compiling this list of 10 (any more and we would just feel too depressed), we began to wonder: What determines whether we...
- 11/19/2013
- by Sabrina Rojas Weiss
- TheFabLife - Movies
“The Children,” David Halberstam’s sprawling look at the history of the Civil Rights movement, has been optioned by character actor, writer and director Bill Kalmenson. Kalmenson is hoping to transform the look at the struggles of Dr. Martin Luther King, Rep. John Lewis, Marion Barry and countless others to achieve equal rights through sit-ins and non-violent protests, into either a movie or mini-series. Halberstam’s book debuted in 1998, prompting the New York Times to note, “One comes away from Halberstam’s book with a sense of how bleak the South appeared in the 1950′s and 60′s, and how far the nation has.
- 10/15/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Rob Ford is the mayor of Toronto, Canada’s largest city. But he’s about to be better known — at least in the United States — for something else. According to Gawker editor John Cook, there is a video of Ford smoking crack cocaine, Marion Barry style. The cellphone video is being shopped — get this, by Somali drug dealers — to media outlets, but thus far, no one has met their six-figure asking price.
This is where you come in.
In the spirit of Zach Braff and Veronica Mars, Gawker is crowdsourcing an effort to purchase the video — Kickstarter style — so that...
This is where you come in.
In the spirit of Zach Braff and Veronica Mars, Gawker is crowdsourcing an effort to purchase the video — Kickstarter style — so that...
- 5/20/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
Does Toronto have its own Marion Barry? Gawker's slogan is "Today's gossip is tomorrow's news" -- and that's exactly how it worked when the site reported that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has smoked crack, spawning follow-up reports by Canadian and U.S. media outlets. If true, the report would be a major coup for the site. A man who said he was Ford's lawyer called the report "false and defanatory." The conservative 43-year-old mayor, elected in 2010, has previously denied reports of him appearing intoxicated in public. In a post late Thursday, Gawker editor John...
- 5/17/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
The Five panel took on former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry’s recent comments in which he said that his community needs to “do something about these Asians and their dirty shops.” The Five panelists scolded Barry but Andrea Tantaros sees a racial disparity in the way the media is handling the comments. She said that had a white mayor made the comments, they’d have been national news and the disparity in the coverage “is a message that goes bottom up right to the White House.”...
- 4/6/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
When Twins came out in 1988, it marked the first time Arnold Schwarzenegger — then known as the muscle-bound star of R-rated action movies like Predator and The Terminator — had tried his hand at headlining a comedy. It was his biggest hit to date. About a genetically perfect test-tube baby (Schwarzenegger) and his accidental low-life twin brother (Danny DeVito), Twins remains Schwarzenegger’s highest grossing comedy, and also ranks as one of the most successful films of DeVito and director Ivan Reitman’s careers. Adjusted for inflation, it pulled in a robust $218 million in the U.S.
So who’s up for a sequel?...
So who’s up for a sequel?...
- 3/30/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
You might not have noticed, but Eddie Murphy has a new movie in theaters today. That's a slightly loaded sentence: "A Thousand Words" was shot four years ago, has been barely screened for critics (those who have seen it have been vicious), and is being put into a mere 1900 theaters, nearly half as much as the week's biggest opening, "John Carter." And all this for a man who was once the brightest star on the planet.
But thanks to a string of bad movies (including bona-fide disasters such as "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," "Imagine That" and "Meet Dave"), Murphy is no longer a safe bet, and the kind of family fare that has been his bread and butter, and that turned off many of his fans, is now given token releases such as this.
But it hasn't always been this way. Once upon a time, Murphy was a comic hurricane,...
But thanks to a string of bad movies (including bona-fide disasters such as "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," "Imagine That" and "Meet Dave"), Murphy is no longer a safe bet, and the kind of family fare that has been his bread and butter, and that turned off many of his fans, is now given token releases such as this.
But it hasn't always been this way. Once upon a time, Murphy was a comic hurricane,...
- 3/9/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Getty Images Filmmaker John Ridley
After screenwriter John Ridley was hired to write “Red Tails,” an action drama about the Tuskegee Airmen opening this Friday, he was told by the film’s executive producer George Lucas to expect a large amount of research to help him prepare. Little did he realize he would soon be sifting through literally a van’s worth of arcane flight records, flight logs and articles from historically black newspapers to craft his tale about the...
After screenwriter John Ridley was hired to write “Red Tails,” an action drama about the Tuskegee Airmen opening this Friday, he was told by the film’s executive producer George Lucas to expect a large amount of research to help him prepare. Little did he realize he would soon be sifting through literally a van’s worth of arcane flight records, flight logs and articles from historically black newspapers to craft his tale about the...
- 1/18/2012
- by Michelle Kung
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Eddie Murphy may have dropped out as host of the Oscars, but he recently scored a major role as former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry in a made-for-hbo movie to be directed by Spike Lee. It figures to be a meaty, dramatic role for the prolific stand-up comic to sink his teeth into: Barry's career was filled with peaks and valleys, including his scandalous arrest for using crack-cocaine in 1990.
It certainly has the potential to be an interesting project, and no one was happier to hear the news than Wendy Williams. In the hot topic segment of "The Wendy Williams Show," (weekdays, syndicated on Fox) she previewed the biopic. "It's gonna be wild and sloppy and messy ... I don't even care that you backed out of the Oscars," she beamed, before reminding her audience of Barry's sordid personal history. Reflecting on how Barry was able to win mayoral re-election...
It certainly has the potential to be an interesting project, and no one was happier to hear the news than Wendy Williams. In the hot topic segment of "The Wendy Williams Show," (weekdays, syndicated on Fox) she previewed the biopic. "It's gonna be wild and sloppy and messy ... I don't even care that you backed out of the Oscars," she beamed, before reminding her audience of Barry's sordid personal history. Reflecting on how Barry was able to win mayoral re-election...
- 12/16/2011
- by Alex Moaba
- Aol TV.
Empire Eddie Murphy could play Washington mayor Marion Barry for Spike Lee in a new biopic.
Carpetbagger wonders if Meryl Streep is the oldest person to ever grace the cover of Vogue? We assume she is, unless some male designer once posed there with an 18 yr old supermodel.
Movie|Line 5 pieces of Elizabeth Taylor's Memorabilia worth paying for...
Time profiles Tilda Swinton
Indie Wire because Martin Scorsese hasn't won enough awards in the past several years, the Santa Barbara Festival is going to honor him with the American Riviera Award
Yahoo Movies a rundown of awardage thus far. No consensus really.
Rope of Silicon lists the top five movie tattoos. I was happy to see Seth Gecko.
Awards Daily Sasha gets angry at the Shame haters. The movie not the emotion. Feel free to hate on shame the emotion. It's an annoying one.
Guardian in "Obituaries of 2011" has Shirley Maclaine...
Carpetbagger wonders if Meryl Streep is the oldest person to ever grace the cover of Vogue? We assume she is, unless some male designer once posed there with an 18 yr old supermodel.
Movie|Line 5 pieces of Elizabeth Taylor's Memorabilia worth paying for...
Time profiles Tilda Swinton
Indie Wire because Martin Scorsese hasn't won enough awards in the past several years, the Santa Barbara Festival is going to honor him with the American Riviera Award
Yahoo Movies a rundown of awardage thus far. No consensus really.
Rope of Silicon lists the top five movie tattoos. I was happy to see Seth Gecko.
Awards Daily Sasha gets angry at the Shame haters. The movie not the emotion. Feel free to hate on shame the emotion. It's an annoying one.
Guardian in "Obituaries of 2011" has Shirley Maclaine...
- 12/13/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Eddie Murphy looks set to take the role of Marion Barry in Spike Lees’ development of the biopic of the controversial Washington Mayor. The project is being backed by HBO Films and is to have John Ridley on board for the script writing, he was involved on projects such as Three Kings and Red Tails. This role would see Murphy taking a departure from his usual affable, comic roles and would see him tackling a more demanding and intense role. No word on the direction that the script may take yet but it is reported that it could use the 1994 book “Dream City” written by Washington journalists Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood as one of the sources. Marion Barry served as mayor for Washington between 1979and 1991 and the later between 1995 and 1999, a controversial character, he was convicted after being videotaped smoking crack cocaine and served a 6 month jail term. For Murphy,...
- 12/12/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (gercooney)
- www.themoviebit.com
Eddie Murphy is in talks to star in a biopic about controversial Us mayor Marion Barry. The comedian - who recently stepped down from hosting the Oscars - is being attached to the family friendly film about the civil rights activist and politician, in development by Spike Lee. Democrat part representative Marion served as mayor of Washington D.C. between 1979 and 1991 and became hugely controversial when he was videotaped smoking crack cocaine in 1990, which led to his serving a six month jail term. However, this didn't irreparably damage his career and he was re-elected in...
- 12/12/2011
- Virgin Media - Movies
He may have stepped away from hosting the Oscars and, even while he was promoting that gig he talked about taking things easier, but it definitely looks like Eddie Murphy’s ready to move on from family-friendly fare. He’s currently attached to a biopic of controversial Washington mayor Marion Barry, which Spike Lee is developing.John Ridley, who wrote Red Tails and has worked on the likes of Three Kings and Steve McQueen’s next film, Twelve Years A Slave, is on script duties for the project, being backed by HBO Films.He’s drawing on several items of source material, including a 1994 book about Barry called Dream City written by Washington journalists Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood.Barry served as mayor of the city between 1979 and 1991 and then again between 1995 and 1999, with the two terms broken up by a six-month jail term after he was videotaped smoking crack cocaine.
- 12/12/2011
- EmpireOnline
HA0004 - Zoo Kid - "Out Getting Ribs" from House Anxiety on Vimeo.
Both gorilla vs bear and Pitchfork have selected their videos of the year and, just for the fun of it, I've scattered a few up and down this Saturday Briefing.
Via Mike Everleth comes news that the National Film Preservation Foundation has begun production on Treasures 6: Next Wave Avant-Garde, "a 2-dvd set to be released in fall 2013. Envisioned as a sequel to the Nfpf's award-winning Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986, the new anthology explores how avant-garde film took root and spread after the 1950s as the next generation embraced diversity and forged connections with conceptual and performance art." No titles have been announced yet, but we can look forward to 5½ hours of restorations from several archives.
212 featuring Lazy Jay from Azealia Banks on Vimeo.
"In this week's long review I take a look at the...
Both gorilla vs bear and Pitchfork have selected their videos of the year and, just for the fun of it, I've scattered a few up and down this Saturday Briefing.
Via Mike Everleth comes news that the National Film Preservation Foundation has begun production on Treasures 6: Next Wave Avant-Garde, "a 2-dvd set to be released in fall 2013. Envisioned as a sequel to the Nfpf's award-winning Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986, the new anthology explores how avant-garde film took root and spread after the 1950s as the next generation embraced diversity and forged connections with conceptual and performance art." No titles have been announced yet, but we can look forward to 5½ hours of restorations from several archives.
212 featuring Lazy Jay from Azealia Banks on Vimeo.
"In this week's long review I take a look at the...
- 12/10/2011
- MUBI
Spike Lee has been putting together a biopic of Washington DC's former mayor Marion Barry for HBO, and has now brought on Eddie Murphy (Tower Heist) to star in the new film, which is based on the 1994 book "Dream City: Race, Power and the Decline of Washing DC" by Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood, and the 2009 documentary "The Nine Lives of Marion Barry." Barry served three straight terms as Mayor of the District of Columbia between 1979 and 1991. Despite being arrested and convicted for crack cocaine use in 1990, Barry ran again and won a fourth term between 1995 and 1999 and, despite no longer being in office, is still referred to with the nickname of DC's "Mayor-for-life." This isn't the first time that HBO tried to the get the project off the ground. Back in 2002, filming was set to begin from a script by Chris Rock and with Jamie Foxx starring as Barry.
- 12/10/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
Despite his rather tumultuous recent history, Eddie Murphy has more then made his mark on the comedy role. But it looks as if he may be stepping into drama in a new biopic that will focus on the life of former DC mayor Marion Barry. Once a prominent and influential civil rights activist, Barry’s life took a turn when he was convicted on drug charges for smoking crack cocaine. However, since then, he has continued to be an influence in D.C. politics, and serves as a council member even today.
The Washington Post reports that Spike Lee is pegged to direct the film for HBO, joined by writer John Ridley. Lee, Ridley and Murphy will all share in producing the film. Though Lee wishes to draw from several sources, he has reportedly brought on Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood, who wrote “Dream City,” a book about 1994 D.C.
The Washington Post reports that Spike Lee is pegged to direct the film for HBO, joined by writer John Ridley. Lee, Ridley and Murphy will all share in producing the film. Though Lee wishes to draw from several sources, he has reportedly brought on Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood, who wrote “Dream City,” a book about 1994 D.C.
- 12/10/2011
- by Jay D.
- Obsessed with Film
Eddie Murphy is set to team with Spike Lee on an upcoming biopic. The Washington Post reports that the Tower Heist star is set to play former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry in the biopic, which is based on the book written by Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood's "Dream City: Race, Power and the Decline of Washington, D.C." The movie will also pull from the 2009 documentary by Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer called The Nine Lives of Marion Barry.
Here is some background on the iconic mayor:
Barry served three straight terms as Mayor of the District of Columbia between 1979 and 1991. Despite being arrested and convicted for crack cocaine use in 1990, Barry ran again and won a fourth term between 1995 and 1999 and, despite no longer being in office, is still referred to with the nickname of D.C.'s "Mayor-for-life".
Before Lee and Murphy start work on this biopic,...
Here is some background on the iconic mayor:
Barry served three straight terms as Mayor of the District of Columbia between 1979 and 1991. Despite being arrested and convicted for crack cocaine use in 1990, Barry ran again and won a fourth term between 1995 and 1999 and, despite no longer being in office, is still referred to with the nickname of D.C.'s "Mayor-for-life".
Before Lee and Murphy start work on this biopic,...
- 12/10/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Move over Herman Cain — a controversial politician of yester-year is ready to reclaim his spotlight!
HBO films is developing a biopic about former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry, EW has confirmed.
Spike Lee is currently attached to direct the project, while his frequent writing partner John Ridley is penning the script. Eddie Murphy is attached to star as Barry, who (in)famously served two separate terms as mayor from 1979-1991 and 1995-1999.
In between those two terms, Barry was slammed with drug charges after a video surfaced of the politician smoking crack cocaine. He ended up serving six months...
HBO films is developing a biopic about former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry, EW has confirmed.
Spike Lee is currently attached to direct the project, while his frequent writing partner John Ridley is penning the script. Eddie Murphy is attached to star as Barry, who (in)famously served two separate terms as mayor from 1979-1991 and 1995-1999.
In between those two terms, Barry was slammed with drug charges after a video surfaced of the politician smoking crack cocaine. He ended up serving six months...
- 12/9/2011
- by Grady Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
HBO is developing a film about the life of former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry, and it wants Eddie Murphy to play the lead role.
The project, first reported by the Washington Post, is still in its early stages, but it's already attracted some big names. Spike Lee is set to direct the movie, and John Ridley ("Three Kings," the upcoming "Red Tails") will write the screenplay. Murphy, Lee and Ridley would all serve as executive producers.
There's certainly plenty of material for a biopic in Barry's life. A civil-rights activist and member of the D.C. school board in the early 1970s, Barry was elected mayor of Washington in 1979 and was in his third term in office when he was infamously arrested for use and possession of crack. He served six months in federal prison -- and two years after being released, won a fourth term as mayor.
The project, first reported by the Washington Post, is still in its early stages, but it's already attracted some big names. Spike Lee is set to direct the movie, and John Ridley ("Three Kings," the upcoming "Red Tails") will write the screenplay. Murphy, Lee and Ridley would all serve as executive producers.
There's certainly plenty of material for a biopic in Barry's life. A civil-rights activist and member of the D.C. school board in the early 1970s, Barry was elected mayor of Washington in 1979 and was in his third term in office when he was infamously arrested for use and possession of crack. He served six months in federal prison -- and two years after being released, won a fourth term as mayor.
- 12/9/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"Tower Heist" star Eddie Murphy, who recently bowed out of the hosting gig for next year's Oscars, is attached to play scandal-plagued former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry in a biopic that's being developed by HBO Films, HBO confirms to TheWrap. Spike Lee will direct the project, while John Ridley (whose resume includes "The Wanda Sykes Show," the "Barbershop" TV series and "Undercover Brother") will write the script. Murphy, Lee and Ridley will all serve as executive producers. The project's source material will include the 1994 book "Dream City" by Washington, D.C.
- 12/9/2011
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
In their latest collaboration, director Spike Lee and writer John Ridley have teamed for an HBO biopic of Marion Barry, with Eddie Murphy attached to play the larger-then-life former Washington D.C. mayor. The HBO Films project, first reported by the Washington Post, is currently in development. Ridley is writing the script based on several pieces of source material, including the 1994 book Dream City by D.C. journalists Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood who will serve as consultants. Lee on board to direct. The two are executive producing with Murphy. HBO previously developed a Marion Barry biopic a decade ago with Jamie Foxx attached to star and Chris Rock to executive produce, but the project didn’t go forward. Barry, currently a member of the Council of the District Of Columbia, did two terms as a mayor of D.C., from 1979-91 and 1995-99, separated by a six-month stint in...
- 12/9/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
An untitled TV movie biopic about famed U.S. Democratic politician Marion Barry is in development at HBO Films with Eddie Murphy attached to star says The Washington Post.
Also reportedly onboard are Spike Lee as director and John Ridley as writer while all three will serve as executive producers.
Barry rose to national prominence as mayor of Washington D.C., the first prominent civil-rights activist to become chief executive of a major American city. In 1990 Barry was videotaped smoking crack cocaine and was arrested by FBI officials on drug charges.
After his release he was elected to the D.C. city council in 1992 and ultimately returned as for the second half of the 90's.
D.C. journalists Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood are consulting on the project with their 1994 book "Dream City" said to be partly inspiring the project, as is Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer' 2009 documentary “The Nine Lives of Marion Barry.
Also reportedly onboard are Spike Lee as director and John Ridley as writer while all three will serve as executive producers.
Barry rose to national prominence as mayor of Washington D.C., the first prominent civil-rights activist to become chief executive of a major American city. In 1990 Barry was videotaped smoking crack cocaine and was arrested by FBI officials on drug charges.
After his release he was elected to the D.C. city council in 1992 and ultimately returned as for the second half of the 90's.
D.C. journalists Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood are consulting on the project with their 1994 book "Dream City" said to be partly inspiring the project, as is Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer' 2009 documentary “The Nine Lives of Marion Barry.
- 12/9/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Eddie Murphy is in talks to star in a new HBO film biopic. The Tower Heist star would play former Washington DC mayor Marion Barry in the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Barry served as the Us capital's mayor from 1979 to 1991, and again from 1995 to 1999. In 1990, the Democratic politician was arrested on drug charges and served six months in prison. Spike Lee is attached to direct the biopic, while Red Tails scribe John Ridley will pen (more)...
- 12/9/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Funnyman Eddie Murphy is set to tackle a controversial new role playing shamed U.S. politician Marion Barry in an upcoming biopic.
Filmmaker Spike Lee will direct Murphy in the as-yet-untitled movie about the former Washington D.C. mayor, who hit headlines after he was caught smoking crack in 1990.
Barry, who was mayor of the city from 1979 to 1991 and from 1995 to 1999, served six months behind bars after he was arrested on drug charges.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lee, Murphy and screenwriter John Ridley will serve as executive producers on the HBO Films project.
Filmmaker Spike Lee will direct Murphy in the as-yet-untitled movie about the former Washington D.C. mayor, who hit headlines after he was caught smoking crack in 1990.
Barry, who was mayor of the city from 1979 to 1991 and from 1995 to 1999, served six months behind bars after he was arrested on drug charges.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lee, Murphy and screenwriter John Ridley will serve as executive producers on the HBO Films project.
- 12/9/2011
- WENN
Ben Kingsley can't get enough of his "Hugo" costar Asa Butterfield, apparently. Their powerful dynamic in the Martin Scorsese 3-D period piece was easily one of the highlights of that movie, and viewers are about to be treated to another collaboration between the pair of actors.
THR reports that Kingsley is in talks to join "Ender's Game," Gavin Hood's adaptation of the science fiction classic from novelist Orson Scott Card. Butterfield was previously cast in the title role with "True Grit" actress Hailee Steinfeld flirting with the project as well. For his part, Kingsley would play a legendary war hero long presumed dead.
Get more casting news after the jump!
» We've always known that Sacha Baron Cohen is the master of the house, but now it's more or less official. The "Borat" and "Bruno" star—who also has the "Hugo" connection to the aforementioned Kingsley and Butterfield, mind you...
THR reports that Kingsley is in talks to join "Ender's Game," Gavin Hood's adaptation of the science fiction classic from novelist Orson Scott Card. Butterfield was previously cast in the title role with "True Grit" actress Hailee Steinfeld flirting with the project as well. For his part, Kingsley would play a legendary war hero long presumed dead.
Get more casting news after the jump!
» We've always known that Sacha Baron Cohen is the master of the house, but now it's more or less official. The "Borat" and "Bruno" star—who also has the "Hugo" connection to the aforementioned Kingsley and Butterfield, mind you...
- 12/9/2011
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
Associated Press Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer to Rock the Oscars: The Oscars ceremony will get a taste of hip-hop this year. Hip-hop star Pharrell Williams will team up with Hans Zimmer at the 84th annual Academy Awards to serve as musical supervisors during the award ceremony, a first for both musicians. Zimmer is an Oscar winner for his work in the “Lion King.” While Williams, a member of the band Nerd, has yet to nab a statue,...
Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer to Rock the Oscars: The Oscars ceremony will get a taste of hip-hop this year. Hip-hop star Pharrell Williams will team up with Hans Zimmer at the 84th annual Academy Awards to serve as musical supervisors during the award ceremony, a first for both musicians. Zimmer is an Oscar winner for his work in the “Lion King.” While Williams, a member of the band Nerd, has yet to nab a statue,...
- 12/9/2011
- by Lyneka Little
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Well, here's a pretty big surprise. Eddie Murphy, who was poised for a comeback with "Tower Heist," seemed to have those hoped dash by the film underperforming at the box office, coupled with his association in the Ratnergate Oscar ceremony fallout, that led to the comic actor stepping down as the host. And just when we pegged Murphy as simply returning to his recent run of dreck -- he's got "Hong Kong Phooey" on the horizon for chrissakes -- we were hit out of left field with this. In what sounds like an amazing pairing, Spike Lee will take the helm of an untitled biopic on notorious Washington mayor Marion Barry, with Murphy to play the lead. The strange wild story of Barry is hard to encapsulate in a few sentences, but he started his career as civil rights activist before entering politics in the 1970s, and wound up serving...
- 12/9/2011
- The Playlist
Oscars or not, Eddie Murphy's campaign towards Hollywood prominence marches on.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the legendary funny man is slated to take on the more serious role of former longtime Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry. Murphy would play the mayor, who served from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999, in an HBO production directed by Spike Lee.
Barry has spent his public life as a prominent Civil Rights activist, leading marches on Washington before being elected to its school board and then city council. He controlled the political landscape in his city following his election in 1978, though corruption began rising and his personal demons, such as a drug habit, plagued his time in office.
Caught smoking crack cocaine in 1990, Barry served time in prison before returning to the city council -- in 1992, he ran under the slogan "He May Not Be Perfect, But He's Perfect for D.C." -- and...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the legendary funny man is slated to take on the more serious role of former longtime Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry. Murphy would play the mayor, who served from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999, in an HBO production directed by Spike Lee.
Barry has spent his public life as a prominent Civil Rights activist, leading marches on Washington before being elected to its school board and then city council. He controlled the political landscape in his city following his election in 1978, though corruption began rising and his personal demons, such as a drug habit, plagued his time in office.
Caught smoking crack cocaine in 1990, Barry served time in prison before returning to the city council -- in 1992, he ran under the slogan "He May Not Be Perfect, But He's Perfect for D.C." -- and...
- 12/9/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Spike Lee has found a leading man in Eddie Murphy, reports The Washington Post , who say that the Tower Heist actor will play former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry in a biopic based on both Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood's 1994 nonfiction book, "Dream City: Race, Power and the Decline of Washington, D.C." and Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer's 2009 documentary The Nine Lives of Marion Barry . Barry served three straight terms as Mayor of the District of Columbia between 1979 and 1991. Despite being arrested and convicted for crack cocaine use in 1990, Barry ran again and won a fourth term between 1995 and 1999 and, despite no longer being in office, is still referred to with the nickname of D.C.'s "Mayor-for-life". While there is no announced timeline for the biopic,...
- 12/9/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Back during his promotional tour for Tower Heist, Eddie Murphy vowed that his days of filming family-friendly comedies were behind him telling Rolling Stone, "I don't have any interest in that right now...I'm trying to do some edgy stuff." Staying true to his word, Murphy is attached to star in a biopic of former Washington, DC Marion Barry for director Spike Lee. The project is being set-up as an HBO Original Movie, which means the out-of-the-box performance from Murphy...
- 12/9/2011
- by Mike Sampson
- JoBlo.com
"Tower Heist" disappointed at the box office, and the Oscar-hosting gig didn't pan out, but Eddie Murphy has found his next gig: Playing notorious Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry for director Spike Lee and HBO. After years as a prominent figure in the Civil Rights movement, Barry served as mayor to the nation's capital from 1979 to 1991. In 1990, he made the national news when he was caught smoking crack cocaine on videotape in a hotel room. After serving six months in prison, Barry was eventually voted back into the mayor's office again from 1995 to 1999. He's currently serving as a...
- 12/9/2011
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Eddie Murphy may be headed back to the small screen. HBO Films is developing an untitled television biopic centered on former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, whom Murphy would play should the project move forward, a source confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. Spike Lee is attached to direct with John Ridley (Red Tails, Da Brick) to pen the script. Murphy, Lee and Ridley would all serve as executive producers as the Washington Post first reported. Journalists Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood have been tapped to consult, along with The Nine Lives of Marion Barry filmmakers Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer. Jaffe
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- 12/9/2011
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Formerly known as the “Untitled Shonda Rhimes “Fixer” Project,” the show now has an official title, and it is: Damage Control.
As already reported on this site, the series is based on the life of real-life Washington-based PR guru Judy Smith – former White House press aide under President George H. Bush, who also counseled Monica Lewinsky, Michael Vick, Senator Larry Craig, worked on the prosecution of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings, the Chandra Levy investigation and the Enron Congressional inquiry.
Kerry Washington has signed on to star as Judy Smith (who’ll be known as Olivia Price in the series), who’s described as “stylish but weary, too smart for her own good, something of a legend, formidable, driven, insightful, intuitive and fearless; heads up a team of crack legal experts.”
Also co-starring in the series pilot will be Columbus Short who will...
As already reported on this site, the series is based on the life of real-life Washington-based PR guru Judy Smith – former White House press aide under President George H. Bush, who also counseled Monica Lewinsky, Michael Vick, Senator Larry Craig, worked on the prosecution of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings, the Chandra Levy investigation and the Enron Congressional inquiry.
Kerry Washington has signed on to star as Judy Smith (who’ll be known as Olivia Price in the series), who’s described as “stylish but weary, too smart for her own good, something of a legend, formidable, driven, insightful, intuitive and fearless; heads up a team of crack legal experts.”
Also co-starring in the series pilot will be Columbus Short who will...
- 2/20/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Well, well, well… how about that?
Kerry Washington has signed on to star in Shonda Rhimes’ still untitled drama for ABC – aka the series that’s based on the life of famous PR guru Judy Smith, a former White House press aide under President George H. Bush, who also counseled Monica Lewinsky, Michael Vick, Senator Larry Craig, worked on the prosecution of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings, the Chandra Levy investigation and the Enron Congressional inquiry.
Kerry will star as Judy Smith (who’ll be known as Olivia Price in the series), who’s described as “stylish but weary, too smart for her own good, something of a legend, formidable, driven, insightful, intuitive and fearless; heads up a team of crack legal experts.”
Also co-starring in the series pilot will be Columbus Short who will play a lawyer on her team.
The synopsis...
Kerry Washington has signed on to star in Shonda Rhimes’ still untitled drama for ABC – aka the series that’s based on the life of famous PR guru Judy Smith, a former White House press aide under President George H. Bush, who also counseled Monica Lewinsky, Michael Vick, Senator Larry Craig, worked on the prosecution of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings, the Chandra Levy investigation and the Enron Congressional inquiry.
Kerry will star as Judy Smith (who’ll be known as Olivia Price in the series), who’s described as “stylish but weary, too smart for her own good, something of a legend, formidable, driven, insightful, intuitive and fearless; heads up a team of crack legal experts.”
Also co-starring in the series pilot will be Columbus Short who will play a lawyer on her team.
The synopsis...
- 2/9/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Got my dirty mitts on the casting sheet for an upcoming new yet-to-be-titled Shonda Rhimes project. At first glance at the list of characters and their descriptions, I didn’t instantly make the connection to one of the handful of previously announced new Shonda Rhimes series, all of which we’ve kept up with on this blog.
A search revealed that I was looking at the casting sheet for a project that was announced back in December. Here’s that post again:
Another Shonda Rhimes TV show gets a greenlight from ABC. The still untitled project centers on the life and work of a professional fixer and her dysfunctional staff. ABC brass reportedly read Rhimes’ script on Thursday and greenlit it to pilot on Friday. The series is based on the life of famous PR guru Judy Smith, a former White House press aide under President George H. Bush; she also counseled Monica Lewinsky,...
A search revealed that I was looking at the casting sheet for a project that was announced back in December. Here’s that post again:
Another Shonda Rhimes TV show gets a greenlight from ABC. The still untitled project centers on the life and work of a professional fixer and her dysfunctional staff. ABC brass reportedly read Rhimes’ script on Thursday and greenlit it to pilot on Friday. The series is based on the life of famous PR guru Judy Smith, a former White House press aide under President George H. Bush; she also counseled Monica Lewinsky,...
- 1/27/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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