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10 October 2008 1:02 AM, PDT | From syfyportal.com | See recent syfyportal news

Maybe it was the poorly cast pilot, or the bad initial reviews of said pilot. But I have to say, going into "Life On Mars" on ABC, I had very low expectations. Instead, I found what I feel is one of the most refreshing procedural dramas we've had in a long time, and already has become a must-watch for me after just a single week. That's a lot coming from me, because those who know me well know that I am not a big fan of pilots. They are typically so full of exposition and are so rough that I would rather wait until a few more episodes air before I start watching, or many times read a recap instead. But "Life On Mars" was different. Obviously it learned a lot from its initial attempt at a pilot, and made the show grittier, more entertaining, and bringing in actors like

8 October 2008 10:08 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

A surge of fresh cop drama series toped with a witty comedy will premiere tonight, October 9 in the form of "Life on Mars". Picked up by ABC, the show is adapted from the British television series of the same name, and the stellar cast behind the U.S. versions has just been given an introduction.

Harvey Keitel stars as Lt. Gene Hunt, a man who likes to throw his weight around and acts first and thinks later. This results in several punch-ups between him and main character Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) who believes in by-the-book policing. Michael Imperioli takes on the role of "ladies' man" of the station, Ray Carling while Gretchen Mol portrays Annie Norris, a Cid Woman Detective Constable who shares a degree of attraction with Sam in the 1970s era.

Det. Chris Skelton played by Jonathan Murphy, is the clown of the lots. His clumsiness has caused

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29 September 2008 7:28 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

ABC is getting ready for the release of its new series, "Life on Mars" which will hit the small screens on October 9 with the release of the show's promotional video. The footage is exceptional for its inclusion of Chris Cornell's brand new single "Ground Zero" which will appear on his November 4 solo album "Scream".

Lining up Jason O'Mara, Harvey Keitel, Jonathan Murphy, Michael Imperioli and Gretchen Mol as the main cast, "Life on Mars" is a cop drama adapted from the successful British series of the same name. The first episode is titled "Out Here in the Field" where NYPD Detective Sam Tyler is trying mightily to understand what's just happened to him and how he can get back "home" .

He finds himself in 1973 in the cultural hotbed of New York City during the tumultuous times of the Vietnam War, Watergate, women's lib and the civil and gay rights

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15 September 2008 9:23 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

The suits at Disney-owned ABC are too chicken to re-air or release on DVD their $40 million docudrama that accused Bill Clinton of squandering many chances to capture Osama bin Laden before the Twin Towers attacks.

That's the charge of John Ziegler, director of a new ABC-bashing documentary titled "Blocking 'The Path to 9/11.' " It focuses on why ABC delayed airing and severely re-edited its ambitious miniseries "The Path to 9/11" in 2006 after a furious Clinton and his cronies strong-armed the network.

Ziegler alleges that ABC's grand plan was to re-air the show,

15 September 2008 9:01 AM, PDT | From Watcher | See recent Watcher news

Here's the first look at Harvey Keitel in the new cop drama "Life on Mars," which arrives on ABC Oct. 9. Keitel plays Lt. Gene Hunt, an old school New York cop who doesn't mind busting a few heads to get the bad guys. Jason O'Mara is Sam Tyler, a...

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10 September 2008 7:50 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Eva Mendes will join Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, which, it should be pointed out, is not a remake of the Harvey Keitel movie from the 1990s, although there have to be some similarities, you'd think, or else why keep the name?

Mendes told MTV that the film is a murder mystery set in post-Katrina New Orleans, but that's about all she said regarding the plot. Because, she insists, she doesn't really know how director Werner Herzog's movie will turn out.

"I have no idea what we made in a way because it was so experimental," she said. "I don’t know [what it's gonna wind up being]." One thing it won't be is as explicitly violent or sexual as the Nc-17 Bad Lieutenant directed by Abel Ferrara. "There is nothing that I was in this film that was like that," she swears.

We know from Cage's recent interviews that

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5 September 2008 1:04 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Here's a message from the Damn Shame Department: Variety reports that Robert De Niro has left the set of Edge of Darkness, and he won't be coming back.

Last month, we expressed a cautious excitement about De Niro and Mel Gibson working side-by-side on this revamped version of Edge of Darkness. Both the film and the BBC series on which it is based have Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) in the director's chair, and the update was written by William Monahan. The film just began shooting two weeks ago in Massachusetts, with Gibson playing a Boston cop investigating the murder of his daughter. Through his digging, he uncovers some pretty unsavory things, including "government collusion." In the BBC series it was nuclear secrets. That's a plot point that could easily be changed.

Bobby D was scheduled to play a government agent sent in as a cleaner after the murder. Now the

Colin Boyd

23 August 2008 11:30 PM, PDT | From buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news

Fans of the BBC hit television series Life on Mars are gearing up for the Us version of the show, which is going to be presented to us by none other than ABC.  In fact, the show, which will debut on television screens across America on October 9 at 10pm, has already begun filming the episodes, with Jason O’Mara playing the central character in the series.  The show will be led in by Grey’s Anatomy, which will air at 9pm.

Life on Mars follows NYPD detective Sam Tyler (Jason O’Mara) as he discovers that he has mysteriously time-traveled back to the year 1973 in New York City, where issues such as the Vietnam war, Watergate, women’s liberation and the gay and civil rights movements are underway.  The last thing he remembers is that he was in a car accident while trying to pursue a criminal, in 2008.

Like a lost sheep,

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3 August 2008 1:07 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

'I'm As corny as Kansas in August!" sings Nellie Forbush.

The Famed Rodgers & Ham merstein Music Publishing business, run by Ted Chapin, has put itself on the market for a mere $250 million. This seems like as good a time as any, what with R&H a hit again at Lincoln Center in the brilliant revival of just one of their famous musicals, "South Pacific."

But Chapin isn't selling his other gold mine - the music of Irving Berlin.

Hizzoner the mayor of New York has peripheral publicity this month. Mike Bloomberg's terrific girlfriend, Diana Taylor,

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24 July 2008 6:33 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Movie tough guy Harvey Keitel has signed up to star in his first TV series after joining the cast of U.S. drama Life On Mars.

The hit British show, which has been recast for American TV audiences, will also feature Jason O'Mara and The Sopranos star Michael Imperioli.

The Piano star Keitel will play the leader of a no-nonsense homicide task force.

The show revolves around O'Mara's cop character, who wakes up in the 1970s after he's knocked unconscious in a traffic accident.

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3 July 2008 11:25 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Val Kilmer, Xzibit and Jennifer Coolidge have signed on to star in Werner Herzog’s upcoming remake of “Bad Lieutenant,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In Abel Ferrara’s original 1992 film, Harvey Keitel played a corrupt New York City cop investigating a young nun’s rape.

In the new version, Nicholas Cage will apparently play a cop who investigates the murder of a group of illegal immigrants. Eva Mendes and Brad Dourif co-star.

Kilmer is playing Cage’s partner, while Xzibit will star as one of the film’s villains. Herzog is directing a script by Billy Finkelstein.

Val Kilmer was last seen on the big screen in Tony Scott’s “Déjà Vu.” Justa few days ago, we reported he joined the cast of “Silver Cord,” which James Ordonez is directing.

Xzibit was last seen in “Gridiron Gang.” He will next star in Chris Carter’s “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

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3 July 2008 4:56 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Val Kilmer and rapper Xzibit have joined the all-star remake of cult movie Bad Lieutenant.

The film stars Nicolas Cage and Kilmer as tough cops, with Xzibit playing a crime kingpin.

Eva Mendes will also feature in the film, a remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 movie, which starred Harvey Keitel as a corrupt cop who finds redemption through the Catholic church.

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16 June 2008 10:49 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Busy actress Eva Mendes is in negotiations to star in Werner Herzog’s upcoming crime drama “Bad Lieutenant,” according to Variety.

Mendes would be starring opposite Nicholas Cage in the remake of the 1992 film of the same title. In the original, Harvey Keitel played a corrupt New York City cop investigating a young nun’s rape.

In the new version, Cage will apparently play a cop who investigates the murder of a group of illegal immigrants. Billy Finkelstein wrote the updated script.

This would mark the second time Mendes works with Cage onscreen. They previously starred in Mark Steven Johnson’s “Ghost Rider.”

Mendes has recently completed filming for Diane English’s comedy “The Women,” which opens Sept. 12, 2008. After that, she will be seen in Frank Miller’s “The Spirit.”

Werner Herzog most recently directed the documentary “Encounters at the End of the World.” His directing credits also include “Rescue Dawn” and Grizzly Man.

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10 June 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon got her big acting break starring in two Broadway shows at the same time.

The 42-year-old actress was still in college when she landed roles in two big New York productions and tirelessly dashed between the different theatres each night

She explains, "As an 18-year-old, I got parts simultaneously with two Broadway shows. In Hurlyburly, I played a waif in the first act with Chris Walken, Harvey Keitel and Jerry Stiller. Then I zoomed two blocks, changed clothes and played Jeremy Irons' daughter in the very British The Real Thing. Then I ran back to Hurlyburly where I was transformed into the slutty character my waif had then become."

But Nixon eventually resigned because her hectic schedule left no time for college work: "I finally quit because school had to come first."

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4 April 2008 5:15 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The creators of hit musical Jerry Springer: The Opera have started work on a new opera based on the life of tragic star Anna Nicole Smith.

The production is being written by Richard Thomas and Mark-Anthony Turnage, and will be staged at London's Royal Opera House, accompanied by a 90-piece orchestra.

The story will focus on Smith's life story and end with her tragic death from a drugs overdose in 2007.

And Thomas insists the late glamour model is the perfect subject as she is a modern pop culture icon.

He says, "It's an incredible story. It's very operatic and sad. She was quite a smart lady with the tragic flaw that she could not seem to get through life without a vat of prescription drugs.

"For me, (the story) ends when she does. It's an American story. I love American culture. Especially for the opera, the stories seem to work on a grander more epic scale."

Jerry Springer: The Opera, based on Springer's TV talk show, ran in London from 2003 to 2005. The musical made its Broadway debut earlier this year with Harvey Keitel in the title role.

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