In the penultimate season of “The Good Fight,” series costar Delroy Lindo bid farewell to his savvy and charismatic character Adrian Boseman. For the final season of the Paramount+ show, which aired its series finale on Nov. 10, creators Robert King and Michelle King introduced the equally compelling Andre Braugher to the ensemble in the role of Ri’Chard Lane, a walking brand of a lawyer and a Machiavellian character who complicates the leadership dynamics between Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) and named partner Liz Reddick (Audra McDonald). Could the celebrated award-winning actor, who delivered a bravura turn as the scene-stealing Ri’Chard, help the overlooked show finally break through at the Emmy Awards?
See ‘The Good Fight’ series finale: How the daring drama pulled off an exceptional finish
Much like his co-star Baranski, Braugher has been an Emmy nominations magnet with 11 to date, attracting acclaim and recognition for his work across genres throughout his career.
See ‘The Good Fight’ series finale: How the daring drama pulled off an exceptional finish
Much like his co-star Baranski, Braugher has been an Emmy nominations magnet with 11 to date, attracting acclaim and recognition for his work across genres throughout his career.
- 3/23/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
“The Good Fight” saved its best and most audacious for last. In the exemplary series finale “The End of Everything,” which aired on Thursday, the lawyers at Reddick Ri’Chard signed off in a frenzy of gunfire, as white supremacists opened fire on the Black law firm at the heart of the show. The shocking climax served as a fitting and almost inevitable end to a six-season run that has chronicled the dismantling of civil discourse, judicial norms and the rise of violence in American society. The episode is also, paradoxically, a joyous end to one of the most original and daring series of the streaming era.
Before the supremely tense attack — which beautifully recreated the Paramount+ show’s main titles by having the gunfire explode the vases, televisions, law books and tumblers of the opening credits — the episode finds Christine Baranski’s Diane Lockhart at personal and professional crossroads.
Before the supremely tense attack — which beautifully recreated the Paramount+ show’s main titles by having the gunfire explode the vases, televisions, law books and tumblers of the opening credits — the episode finds Christine Baranski’s Diane Lockhart at personal and professional crossroads.
- 11/11/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for the series finale of “The Good Fight.”]
For a series that was no stranger to embracing chaos, “The Good Fight” wrapped its six-season run on a moment far more simple.
Co-showrunner Robert King, who directed the finale, remembered that the last sequence the show shot featured Marissa Gold (Sarah Steele) and Carmen Moyo (Charmaine Bingwa) sharing a farewell moment of friendship on the stairs at the Reddick and Ri’Chard law offices.
“It was a real emotional one to end on, because they were good friends. And Sarah Steele has been with us for so many years now. It’s like seeing her grow up,” King told IndieWire.
Season 6 had plenty on its mind besides a parade of goodbyes. As it has since its 2017 debut, the Paramount+ show channeled anxieties about political upheaval, erosion of constitutional rights, the deep rumblings of fascism, and the litany of individuals using their power to attack the vulnerable.
For a series that was no stranger to embracing chaos, “The Good Fight” wrapped its six-season run on a moment far more simple.
Co-showrunner Robert King, who directed the finale, remembered that the last sequence the show shot featured Marissa Gold (Sarah Steele) and Carmen Moyo (Charmaine Bingwa) sharing a farewell moment of friendship on the stairs at the Reddick and Ri’Chard law offices.
“It was a real emotional one to end on, because they were good friends. And Sarah Steele has been with us for so many years now. It’s like seeing her grow up,” King told IndieWire.
Season 6 had plenty on its mind besides a parade of goodbyes. As it has since its 2017 debut, the Paramount+ show channeled anxieties about political upheaval, erosion of constitutional rights, the deep rumblings of fascism, and the litany of individuals using their power to attack the vulnerable.
- 11/10/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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The sixth and final season of Paramount+’s The Good Fight makes a strong case that the world might be ending. Riots fill the streets, grenades are hurled into crowded elevators and suicidal birds bloody office windows during its Sept. 8 premiere. If the series’ creators, Michelle and Robert King, are feeling the same low-boil panic as the characters who populate their legal drama, they don’t show it.
The couple, who’ve been delivering their darkly comic social commentary since predecessor series The Good Wife made them two of the most sought-after TV writer-producers in 2009, remained droll during a late-August Zoom from the Manhattan home they share blocks from Central Park — even when the conversation leaned into concerning shifts in the TV industry and their own inherent differences. (The secular Michelle was among the hundreds of female showrunners who signed a July letter...
The sixth and final season of Paramount+’s The Good Fight makes a strong case that the world might be ending. Riots fill the streets, grenades are hurled into crowded elevators and suicidal birds bloody office windows during its Sept. 8 premiere. If the series’ creators, Michelle and Robert King, are feeling the same low-boil panic as the characters who populate their legal drama, they don’t show it.
The couple, who’ve been delivering their darkly comic social commentary since predecessor series The Good Wife made them two of the most sought-after TV writer-producers in 2009, remained droll during a late-August Zoom from the Manhattan home they share blocks from Central Park — even when the conversation leaned into concerning shifts in the TV industry and their own inherent differences. (The secular Michelle was among the hundreds of female showrunners who signed a July letter...
- 9/7/2022
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” has an enviable batting average when it comes to Emmy Awards for music supervision — the past two have gone to the team of show creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino and music supervisor Robin Urdang. But this year, the “Maisel” crew has its sights on the original song competition, unfamiliar territory for the Amazon Prime Video hit.
While the soundtrack to season three contains the showtunes, classical music, Klezmer and iconoclastic standards of the era, the showrunners set about creating a palette of new music for Shy Baldwin (LeRoy McClain), the singer for whom titular comedian Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) serves as an opening act.
The creators sought to give Baldwin a unique musical personality, someone rooted in a ’50s crooner style with a taste for the burgeoning soul music, and tasked songwriters Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore to listen to Johnny Mathis and Sam Cooke...
While the soundtrack to season three contains the showtunes, classical music, Klezmer and iconoclastic standards of the era, the showrunners set about creating a palette of new music for Shy Baldwin (LeRoy McClain), the singer for whom titular comedian Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) serves as an opening act.
The creators sought to give Baldwin a unique musical personality, someone rooted in a ’50s crooner style with a taste for the burgeoning soul music, and tasked songwriters Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore to listen to Johnny Mathis and Sam Cooke...
- 7/2/2020
- by Phil Gallo
- Variety Film + TV
For a decade starting in 2005, writer/producers Ben Acker and Ben Blacker produced a stage show at La’s Largo at the Coronet, later adding a popular podcast in the style of old-time radio.
The show featured a Who’s Who of young acting talent (known as the Workjuice Players), culled from TV, film, stand-up, sketch, animation, and the theater. Guest stars included everyone from Joseph Gordon Levitt and Weird Al Yankovich to Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, and more. The podcast received over two million downloads.
Now, the show has returned in a livestream version, bringing back the regular cast, who will be “on stage” via Zoom. Three shows in April and May having raised over $50,000 for food banks in La, NY and other Us cities.
The next show arrives Saturday, May 23, at 5 Pm Pt/8 Et, and features guests Nathan Fillion (The Rookie; Firefly), Mark Proksch (What We Do In the Shadows...
The show featured a Who’s Who of young acting talent (known as the Workjuice Players), culled from TV, film, stand-up, sketch, animation, and the theater. Guest stars included everyone from Joseph Gordon Levitt and Weird Al Yankovich to Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, and more. The podcast received over two million downloads.
Now, the show has returned in a livestream version, bringing back the regular cast, who will be “on stage” via Zoom. Three shows in April and May having raised over $50,000 for food banks in La, NY and other Us cities.
The next show arrives Saturday, May 23, at 5 Pm Pt/8 Et, and features guests Nathan Fillion (The Rookie; Firefly), Mark Proksch (What We Do In the Shadows...
- 5/23/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Michelle and Robert King have led some of the best TV shows of the past decade, and while it’s still too early to put their latest among the ranks of “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight,” their CBS drama “Evil” took little time becoming one of the most compelling shows on network TV right now.
It all starts right at the top, with each episode taking a modified cold open approach and delaying the show’s title sequence until right before the first commercial break.
“We’re trying to drag people in. Also, I think people are in it before they realize, ‘Oh, this is a TV show,'” Robert King told IndieWire. “Our first acts are always the longest — like 19 to 22 pages long. It’s always trying to get people to forget they’re in a TV show for a little while and then there’s that...
It all starts right at the top, with each episode taking a modified cold open approach and delaying the show’s title sequence until right before the first commercial break.
“We’re trying to drag people in. Also, I think people are in it before they realize, ‘Oh, this is a TV show,'” Robert King told IndieWire. “Our first acts are always the longest — like 19 to 22 pages long. It’s always trying to get people to forget they’re in a TV show for a little while and then there’s that...
- 1/31/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Tom Kenny again lives under the sea, though perhaps adjacent to a pineapple this time. The voice of the beloved cartoon character SpongeBob Squarepants has joined Nickelodeon’s upcoming “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!”
He’s not taking on his usual role, however — the titular one played on Broadway by Ethan Slater, who will reprise that role for the now-scheduled Dec. 7 Nick event, which starts at 7 p.m. Et/Pt.
Kenny is joining the stage company as Patchy the Pirate. He’ll perform an original Sara Bareilles song, “Poor Pirates.” The whole thing was filmed for television in front of a live theater audience.
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In “The SpongeBob Musical,” the stakes are higher than ever, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the potential of total annihilation of their undersea world,...
He’s not taking on his usual role, however — the titular one played on Broadway by Ethan Slater, who will reprise that role for the now-scheduled Dec. 7 Nick event, which starts at 7 p.m. Et/Pt.
Kenny is joining the stage company as Patchy the Pirate. He’ll perform an original Sara Bareilles song, “Poor Pirates.” The whole thing was filmed for television in front of a live theater audience.
Also Read: SpongeBob Squarepants Looks for Gary in 'Sponge on the Run' Trailer - And Finds Keanu Reeves (Video)
In “The SpongeBob Musical,” the stakes are higher than ever, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the potential of total annihilation of their undersea world,...
- 11/19/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
The stage is finally set for the most highly anticipated sponge-related event of the holiday season. The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! will air Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7/6c on Nickelodeon, TeenNick and Nicktoons, TVLine has learned. Additionally, Tom Kenny — who has voiced the iconic title character since 1999, and whose pre-recorded vocals were used throughout the musical’s Broadway and touring productions — will join the cast on stage.
“I’ve had a blast portraying live-action suburban buccaneer and President of the SpongeBob SquarePants Fan Club, ‘Patchy the Pirate,’ since the character’s first appearance in season two of SpongeBob SquarePants way...
“I’ve had a blast portraying live-action suburban buccaneer and President of the SpongeBob SquarePants Fan Club, ‘Patchy the Pirate,’ since the character’s first appearance in season two of SpongeBob SquarePants way...
- 11/19/2019
- TVLine.com
The Broadway stars and director of 2017’s multiple-Tony-nominated SpongeBob SquarePants musical will re-team on Nickelodeon this December, Nickelodeon announced today. Filmed for TV in front of a live theater audience, The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! will star, among other original cast members, Broadway’s Tony-nominated Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee.
Directed by Broadway’s Tina Landau (herself Tony nominated for the show), The SpongeBob Musical features Slater in the title role, with Lee as Squidward Q. Tentacles.
“I’m so thrilled to be able to revisit the show in a new light and with our original cast members,” Landau said in a statement. “The whole creative and I are excited to go back into the world of Bikini Bottom and discover its new life in TV broadcast form. But above all, I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to share the joy and spirit of our show with a wider audience.
Directed by Broadway’s Tina Landau (herself Tony nominated for the show), The SpongeBob Musical features Slater in the title role, with Lee as Squidward Q. Tentacles.
“I’m so thrilled to be able to revisit the show in a new light and with our original cast members,” Landau said in a statement. “The whole creative and I are excited to go back into the world of Bikini Bottom and discover its new life in TV broadcast form. But above all, I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to share the joy and spirit of our show with a wider audience.
- 10/17/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Nickelodeon is taking you to a pineapple under the sea — and Broadway — this December with a live TV special version of “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!” set to air this holiday season, the kids’ cable channel said Thursday.
Director Tina Landau and members of the Broadway show’s original award-winning company will reunite to film the musical in front of a live theater audience with a production that “will capture all-new depths of theatrical innovation where the power of optimism really can save the world.”
Here’s the description for the musical: “Stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage.”
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“The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
Director Tina Landau and members of the Broadway show’s original award-winning company will reunite to film the musical in front of a live theater audience with a production that “will capture all-new depths of theatrical innovation where the power of optimism really can save the world.”
Here’s the description for the musical: “Stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage.”
Also Read: 'All That' Reboot Gets 13 More Episodes From Nickelodeon
“The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
- 10/17/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
It seems only fitting that musician and songwriter Jonathan Coulton began his relationship with Robert and Michelle King, married co-creators of CBS’ The Good Wife—and its CBS All Access spinoff, The Good Fight (with Phil Alden Robinson)—because of a legal dispute. A 2014 Good Wife episode drew inspiration from a real-life wrangle between Coulton and Glee over its use of a folksy version of the rap hit Baby Got Back—a cover remarkably similar to Coulton’s own. Colton never took the matter to court, but when he heard the Kings had made a parody of his complaint, he connected with The Good Wife’s writers’ room via Twitter, and they invited Coulton to make a cameo appearance on the show.
Subsequently, Coulton would come to write songs for The Good Fight, to be turned into animated shorts for the series. And one of these pieces, “High Crimes and...
Subsequently, Coulton would come to write songs for The Good Fight, to be turned into animated shorts for the series. And one of these pieces, “High Crimes and...
- 6/19/2019
- by Diane Haithman
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy spotlight: ‘The Good Fight’ wages satiric war, blazes exciting new path in audacious 3rd Season
At the start of its first season, CBS All Access’s “The Good Fight” seemed like a smart, if not comfortable, extension of CBS’s original Emmy-winning series “The Good Wife.” Creators Robert King and Michelle King shrewdly elevated the criminally-unrewarded Christine Baranski to the lead role of a show designed to bring the duo’s sharp writing to a cast of new and familiar faces. Now three full seasons into its run, “The Good Fight” has shed any semblance of that initial comfortability, blazing a bold and exciting new path as a legal and political thriller.
While the brilliant second season of “The Good Fight” never pulled its political punches, the third season that just wrapped on May 15 smartly paired the show’s signature, nuanced storylines with experimental and audacious changes to its form. Firing on all cylinders, this season of “The Good Fight” proves beyond a reasonable doubt...
While the brilliant second season of “The Good Fight” never pulled its political punches, the third season that just wrapped on May 15 smartly paired the show’s signature, nuanced storylines with experimental and audacious changes to its form. Firing on all cylinders, this season of “The Good Fight” proves beyond a reasonable doubt...
- 6/7/2019
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
There are fewer places on the TV spectrum with more guaranteed eyeballs than CBS. In the next few months, that might be a place where viewers can see a show that, until now, has only lived on a streaming platform. On a shareholders call Wednesday morning, CBS chief Joe Ianniello said that the network is exploring a move that would bring “The Good Fight” to CBS for a broadcast run of the show’s debut season starting June 16 — conveniently during Emmy nomination voting period.
Two years ago, CBS debuted “Star Trek: Discovery” on the network before all its following chapters moved to CBS All Access, the subscription-based streaming platform with “The Twilight Zone,” “No Activity,” and a number of other originals under its belt. “The Good Fight” recently wrapped Season 3 on the platform, but despite being a spinoff of former CBS drama “The Good Wife,” has never aired episodes on terrestrial TV.
Two years ago, CBS debuted “Star Trek: Discovery” on the network before all its following chapters moved to CBS All Access, the subscription-based streaming platform with “The Twilight Zone,” “No Activity,” and a number of other originals under its belt. “The Good Fight” recently wrapped Season 3 on the platform, but despite being a spinoff of former CBS drama “The Good Wife,” has never aired episodes on terrestrial TV.
- 5/29/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
“The Good Fight” is an ongoing member of a group of great TV shows that only seem to get attention for things that happen outside the show. The latest development in Season 3 again has to do with off-screen developments, as viewers of last week’s episode saw one stretch punctuated by a short message in white letters on a black screen reading “CBS has censored this content.”
A report in The New Yorker explains that the unexpected message was the result of a dispute over one of Season 3’s animated music videos that have accompanied each episode. Songwriter Jonathan Coulton wrote a tune referencing the troubles series creators Michelle and Robert King encountered airing their previous show, “The Good Wife,” internationally.
As part of that show’s plot, a fictionalized Chinese tech company had taken action which led to punishment against a political prisoner. Working with animator Steve Angel, Coulton...
A report in The New Yorker explains that the unexpected message was the result of a dispute over one of Season 3’s animated music videos that have accompanied each episode. Songwriter Jonathan Coulton wrote a tune referencing the troubles series creators Michelle and Robert King encountered airing their previous show, “The Good Wife,” internationally.
As part of that show’s plot, a fictionalized Chinese tech company had taken action which led to punishment against a political prisoner. Working with animator Steve Angel, Coulton...
- 5/8/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “The Good Fight” Season 3, Episode 7, “The One Where Diane and Liz Topple Democracy.”]
In its third season, CBS All Access’s “The Good Fight” is breaking down barriers — figuratively, in addition to the literal explosions in its opening credits sequence. Creators Robert and Michelle King have packed each episode with moments which break the fourth wall in a number of respects, but the most overt way has a name: Gary Carr.
Carr isn’t necessarily a household name in the United States, but TV fans are definitely familiar with the British actor’s work, especially after appearing as a truly scandalous love interest for Lily James in the fourth season of “Downton Abbey.” It was Carr’s work in HBO’s “The Deuce” which led the Kings to bring him in to discuss working together — and it turned out Carr was a fan of “The Good Fight.”
“This year is...
In its third season, CBS All Access’s “The Good Fight” is breaking down barriers — figuratively, in addition to the literal explosions in its opening credits sequence. Creators Robert and Michelle King have packed each episode with moments which break the fourth wall in a number of respects, but the most overt way has a name: Gary Carr.
Carr isn’t necessarily a household name in the United States, but TV fans are definitely familiar with the British actor’s work, especially after appearing as a truly scandalous love interest for Lily James in the fourth season of “Downton Abbey.” It was Carr’s work in HBO’s “The Deuce” which led the Kings to bring him in to discuss working together — and it turned out Carr was a fan of “The Good Fight.”
“This year is...
- 5/1/2019
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
The 24 Hour Musicals is coming to Broadway for the first time.
The marathon process for The 24 Hour Musicals begins at 9 Pm the night before the performance. Writers, composers, directors, choreographers, actors, music directors, musicians and production staff — many of whom have never worked with or met each other before — gather for an orientation where they are asked to share one costume piece, one prop, a special skill, and to reveal something that they have always wanted to do on stage, as well as some singing and dancing. At 11 Pm, the composers and writers get to work crafting 15-20 minute musicals overnight; at 9 Am the next morning, the actors receive their roles and the directors, choreographers and musicians arrive to begin rehearsal. Less than 12 hours later, they must be ready to perform in front of a live audience.
The evening will benefit The Lillys’ work supporting women in theater and promoting gender parity,...
The marathon process for The 24 Hour Musicals begins at 9 Pm the night before the performance. Writers, composers, directors, choreographers, actors, music directors, musicians and production staff — many of whom have never worked with or met each other before — gather for an orientation where they are asked to share one costume piece, one prop, a special skill, and to reveal something that they have always wanted to do on stage, as well as some singing and dancing. At 11 Pm, the composers and writers get to work crafting 15-20 minute musicals overnight; at 9 Am the next morning, the actors receive their roles and the directors, choreographers and musicians arrive to begin rehearsal. Less than 12 hours later, they must be ready to perform in front of a live audience.
The evening will benefit The Lillys’ work supporting women in theater and promoting gender parity,...
- 10/25/2018
- Look to the Stars
“Saturday Night Live” officially has the most wins in Emmy history for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. At Sunday’s 2018 Creative Arts, the 43-year series just won its third Emmy in the category, for the song “Come Back Barack” written by Eli Brueggemann, Chris Redd, Will Stephen and Kenan Thompson. (Watch our fun interview with Thompson.) By claiming gold, “Come Back Barack” essentially stopped Benj Pasek and Justin Paul from earning an Egot this time around.
“Come Back Barack” from “Saturday Night Live” was predicted to win this category by most Gold Derby users, having 1/5 odds. The song is an ode to old R&B groups of the ‘80s and ‘90s, with Redd, Thompson and Chance the Rapper wistfully pleading for Barack Obama to return to the White House and replace the current administration. Bruegemann and Stephen had five previous Emmy nominations each. This was Redd’s first Emmy nomination,...
“Come Back Barack” from “Saturday Night Live” was predicted to win this category by most Gold Derby users, having 1/5 odds. The song is an ode to old R&B groups of the ‘80s and ‘90s, with Redd, Thompson and Chance the Rapper wistfully pleading for Barack Obama to return to the White House and replace the current administration. Bruegemann and Stephen had five previous Emmy nominations each. This was Redd’s first Emmy nomination,...
- 9/10/2018
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Gavin Jasper Aug 13, 2019
Since 2009, the guys from MST3K have given us many theatrical get-togethers featuring so many bad movies as RiffTrax.
In 1996, Universal Pictures released Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. While it’s gone on to find love in the aftermath, the whole situation was handled badly in many ways and it ended up being a box office dud. The idea was solid, though. If MST3K worked so well on TV and gathered such a fanbase, it would probably be an extra great experience to enjoy its style in a movie theater surrounded by other laughing fans.
Ten years later, long after MST3K seemed gone for good, Mike Nelson created his own take on bad movie riffing called RiffTrax. It gained steam thanks to the help of his old running buddies Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, as well as celebrity guests like Neil Patrick Harris and Joel McHale.
Since 2009, the guys from MST3K have given us many theatrical get-togethers featuring so many bad movies as RiffTrax.
In 1996, Universal Pictures released Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. While it’s gone on to find love in the aftermath, the whole situation was handled badly in many ways and it ended up being a box office dud. The idea was solid, though. If MST3K worked so well on TV and gathered such a fanbase, it would probably be an extra great experience to enjoy its style in a movie theater surrounded by other laughing fans.
Ten years later, long after MST3K seemed gone for good, Mike Nelson created his own take on bad movie riffing called RiffTrax. It gained steam thanks to the help of his old running buddies Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, as well as celebrity guests like Neil Patrick Harris and Joel McHale.
- 8/19/2018
- Den of Geek
This year’s Emmy race in the music categories takes on greater interest because a win in the song category could instantly give songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul an Egot, having already won Oscar, Tony and Grammy awards.
Pasek and Paul — whose “La La Land,” “Greatest Showman” and “Dear Evan Hansen” songs have catapulted them into the front ranks of American songwriters in the past two years — are nominated for their new song, “In the Market for a Miracle,” written for Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live,” an adaptation of their 2012 stage musical.
They are just two of 28 first-time nominees in the six music categories, announced Thursday morning by the Television Academy for 2017-18 programs. Nearly 60 percent of all the music nominees are newcomers to the Emmy race. Ironically, several musicians were nominated for non-music categories: Donald Glover (“Atlanta”), John Legend and Sara Bareilles all received acting nods — and...
Pasek and Paul — whose “La La Land,” “Greatest Showman” and “Dear Evan Hansen” songs have catapulted them into the front ranks of American songwriters in the past two years — are nominated for their new song, “In the Market for a Miracle,” written for Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live,” an adaptation of their 2012 stage musical.
They are just two of 28 first-time nominees in the six music categories, announced Thursday morning by the Television Academy for 2017-18 programs. Nearly 60 percent of all the music nominees are newcomers to the Emmy race. Ironically, several musicians were nominated for non-music categories: Donald Glover (“Atlanta”), John Legend and Sara Bareilles all received acting nods — and...
- 7/12/2018
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical will tap its last dance on Sunday, September 16, concluding a 10-month run at the Nederlander Organization’s Palace Theater. Producers say a North American tour will being in fall 2019 (details to be announced) and school and youth group licensing rights will be available in early 2019.
In the closing announcement, producers – led by Nickelodeon with The Araca Group, Sony Music Masterworks and Kelp on the Road – attributed the Broadway closing to previously planned major theater renovations set to begin mid-September.
The musical, directed by Tina Landau, with book by Kyle Jarrow, music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt and choreography by Christopher Gattelli, was nominated for 12 Tony Awards but took home only of the trophies last month: For David Zinn’s Scenic Design of a Musical.
Cast includes Tony nominees Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee, along with Lilli Cooper, Brian Ray Norris, Danny Skinner and Wesley Taylor.
In the closing announcement, producers – led by Nickelodeon with The Araca Group, Sony Music Masterworks and Kelp on the Road – attributed the Broadway closing to previously planned major theater renovations set to begin mid-September.
The musical, directed by Tina Landau, with book by Kyle Jarrow, music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt and choreography by Christopher Gattelli, was nominated for 12 Tony Awards but took home only of the trophies last month: For David Zinn’s Scenic Design of a Musical.
Cast includes Tony nominees Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee, along with Lilli Cooper, Brian Ray Norris, Danny Skinner and Wesley Taylor.
- 7/9/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ve unearthed the running order of the 2018 Tony Awards hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban on CBS on Sunday, June 10. Over the course of upwards of three-and-half-hours, winners will be announced in 26 competitive categories. Below is the order in which the 72nd Tonys will unfold.
The eight design awards will be handed out in the half hour before the show goes live at 8 p.m. Et as will the Tony for Best Orchestrations. Those winners will be showcased throughout the telecast, with inserts of their acceptance speeches.
As usual, the first award on the broadcast will be one of the featured acting races (this year it is on the musical side of the aisle) while the show closes with a big one, Best Musical. In between, the winners of the other 15 Tonys races will be revealed as detailed in the presentation order below.
See 2018 Tony Awards: When does the show start on Sunday,...
The eight design awards will be handed out in the half hour before the show goes live at 8 p.m. Et as will the Tony for Best Orchestrations. Those winners will be showcased throughout the telecast, with inserts of their acceptance speeches.
As usual, the first award on the broadcast will be one of the featured acting races (this year it is on the musical side of the aisle) while the show closes with a big one, Best Musical. In between, the winners of the other 15 Tonys races will be revealed as detailed in the presentation order below.
See 2018 Tony Awards: When does the show start on Sunday,...
- 6/10/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The 2018 Tony Awards take place on Sunday, June 10 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. The three-hour ceremony hosted by two past nominees, composer Sara Bareilles (“Waitress”) and actor Josh Groban, will air on CBS. Those in the Eastern and Central time zones can see it live while those in the Mountain and Pacific time zones have a three-hour tape delay.
Thirty shows were eligible for consideration. A whopping 21 of these reaped at least one bid across the 26 Tony Awards categories. While the nominations were determined by 51 theater professionals, the 2018 Tonys winners will be decided by 842 members of the Broadway community.
See 2018 Tony Awards: When does the show start on Sunday, who are the hosts and presenters and what will win?
Two new musicals – “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” — earned a leading dozen Tony Awards nominations apiece while “The Band’s Visit,” had to settle for 11 bids. Among new plays,...
Thirty shows were eligible for consideration. A whopping 21 of these reaped at least one bid across the 26 Tony Awards categories. While the nominations were determined by 51 theater professionals, the 2018 Tonys winners will be decided by 842 members of the Broadway community.
See 2018 Tony Awards: When does the show start on Sunday, who are the hosts and presenters and what will win?
Two new musicals – “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” — earned a leading dozen Tony Awards nominations apiece while “The Band’s Visit,” had to settle for 11 bids. Among new plays,...
- 6/10/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Welcome to “Remote Controlled,” a podcast from Variety featuring the best and brightest in television, both in front of and behind the camera.
In this week’s episode, Variety‘s managing editor of TV, Cynthia Littleton, talks with the creators and stars of CBS All Access’ “The Good Fight.”
The wide-ranging conversation with co-creators and co-showrunners Robert King and Michelle King, and stars Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, and Delroy Lindo touches on everything from the evolution of the series in its second season to the mood of the country in the age of Trump to the show’s recent tip of the hat to “Schoolhouse Rock.”
“Good Fight” went right to the heart of the nation’s political convulsions in tackling head-on the question of whether there are genuine grounds for impeachment of President Donald Trump. The show characteristically skewers zealots on both sides of the aisle. It even went...
In this week’s episode, Variety‘s managing editor of TV, Cynthia Littleton, talks with the creators and stars of CBS All Access’ “The Good Fight.”
The wide-ranging conversation with co-creators and co-showrunners Robert King and Michelle King, and stars Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, and Delroy Lindo touches on everything from the evolution of the series in its second season to the mood of the country in the age of Trump to the show’s recent tip of the hat to “Schoolhouse Rock.”
“Good Fight” went right to the heart of the nation’s political convulsions in tackling head-on the question of whether there are genuine grounds for impeachment of President Donald Trump. The show characteristically skewers zealots on both sides of the aisle. It even went...
- 6/8/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
The 2018 Tony nominations are here, and some of Hollywood’s biggest names are competing for theater’s biggest honor.
Two Comedy Titans
Tied for the most nominations was Mean Girls, the musical adaptation of 2004’s hit high school comedy. Book writer Tina Fey earned her first-ever Tony nomination. The 47-year-old SNL vet’s husband, Jeff Richmond, also picked up a nod for scoring the musical.
“We are honestly too excited and too proud of our ensemble to make a joke about this,” Fey and Richmond said in a statement to People. “We are so grateful to be embraced by the...
Two Comedy Titans
Tied for the most nominations was Mean Girls, the musical adaptation of 2004’s hit high school comedy. Book writer Tina Fey earned her first-ever Tony nomination. The 47-year-old SNL vet’s husband, Jeff Richmond, also picked up a nod for scoring the musical.
“We are honestly too excited and too proud of our ensemble to make a joke about this,” Fey and Richmond said in a statement to People. “We are so grateful to be embraced by the...
- 5/1/2018
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
This morning’s Tony Award nominations favored the familiar, with Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants leading the field with 12 nods apiece. The American debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child paced new plays with 10 nominations, and the revival of Angels in America had a strong showing with 11 nominations, most in Tony history for a play. (See the full list below.)
Other shows posting impressive tallies included The Band’s Visit, an original musical based on a 2007 Israeli film honored with 11 nominations. An acclaimed revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel also scored 11 nominations, including one for Renée Fleming, who is better known for her career as one of the opera world’s most venerable stars. Lincoln Center’s reboot of My Fair Lady garnered 10 nominations, and the Denzel Washington-starring revival of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh received eight.
Mean Girls was adapted for the stage by Tina Fey,...
Other shows posting impressive tallies included The Band’s Visit, an original musical based on a 2007 Israeli film honored with 11 nominations. An acclaimed revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel also scored 11 nominations, including one for Renée Fleming, who is better known for her career as one of the opera world’s most venerable stars. Lincoln Center’s reboot of My Fair Lady garnered 10 nominations, and the Denzel Washington-starring revival of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh received eight.
Mean Girls was adapted for the stage by Tina Fey,...
- 5/1/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2018 Tony Awards will take place on Sunday, June 10 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and will air live on CBS. Nominees were announced today by Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. (“Hamilton”) and “American Idol” Katharine McPhee,who is starring in the Broadway musical “Waitress.” While the nominations were determined by 51 theater professionals, the 2018 Tonys winners will be decided by 863 members of the Broadway community. (Read the full report on the 2018 Tony Awards nominations.)
The Tony Awards have lined up two past nominees — composer Sara Bareilles and actor Josh Groban — to host the 72nd annual edition of these top theater honors. Bareilles lost her 2016 bid for Best Score for “Waitress” to Lin-Manuel Miranda for “Hamilton.” Groban contended last year for his lead role in the tuner “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,” but was bested by Ben Platt (“Dear Evan Hansen”).
Musicals
Best Musical
“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants...
The Tony Awards have lined up two past nominees — composer Sara Bareilles and actor Josh Groban — to host the 72nd annual edition of these top theater honors. Bareilles lost her 2016 bid for Best Score for “Waitress” to Lin-Manuel Miranda for “Hamilton.” Groban contended last year for his lead role in the tuner “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,” but was bested by Ben Platt (“Dear Evan Hansen”).
Musicals
Best Musical
“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants...
- 5/1/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child: Parts One and Two, Angels in America, the Denzel Washington-starrer The Iceman Cometh and the Tina Fey-penned Mean Girls were among the Broadway productions scoring nominations for this year’s New York Drama League awards.
The 2018 Broadway and Off-Broadway nominees were announced in the categories of Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the Distinguished Performance Award. The nominations were announced this morning by Tony Award winners Harriet Harris, Julie White and nominee Christopher Sieber.
The 84th Annual Drama League Awards, the oldest theatrical honors in America, will be held Friday, May 18, 11:30 am at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Outstanding Production Of A Broadway Or Off-broadway Play
Animal
Written by Clare Lizzimore
Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
Atlantic Theater Company...
The 2018 Broadway and Off-Broadway nominees were announced in the categories of Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the Distinguished Performance Award. The nominations were announced this morning by Tony Award winners Harriet Harris, Julie White and nominee Christopher Sieber.
The 84th Annual Drama League Awards, the oldest theatrical honors in America, will be held Friday, May 18, 11:30 am at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Outstanding Production Of A Broadway Or Off-broadway Play
Animal
Written by Clare Lizzimore
Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
Atlantic Theater Company...
- 4/18/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
In addition to fall TV and a new slate of prestigious films, theater is gearing up for a new season, both on and Off-Broadway.
This year, there is no shortage of Hollywood star power -- ahem, the Broadway debuts of Amy Schumer and Uma Thurman, the return of Anna Camp and Clive Owen, and the Boss -- as well as anticipated new productions, must-see revivals and the redemption of director Julie Taymor. And the action is not limited to New York as two major musical adaptions get their feet wet with out of town tryouts.
2017 Fall Preview: Et's Complete Coverage
Frozen
Through 10/1
Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Colorado)
Disney’s global animated phenomenon is headed to the Broadway stage with a new musical from composers and lyricists RobertLopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and book writer Jennifer Lee in February 2018 after a limited engagement in Denver. The Snow Queen-inspired fairy tale and its Norwegian kingdom of Arendelle...
This year, there is no shortage of Hollywood star power -- ahem, the Broadway debuts of Amy Schumer and Uma Thurman, the return of Anna Camp and Clive Owen, and the Boss -- as well as anticipated new productions, must-see revivals and the redemption of director Julie Taymor. And the action is not limited to New York as two major musical adaptions get their feet wet with out of town tryouts.
2017 Fall Preview: Et's Complete Coverage
Frozen
Through 10/1
Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Colorado)
Disney’s global animated phenomenon is headed to the Broadway stage with a new musical from composers and lyricists RobertLopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and book writer Jennifer Lee in February 2018 after a limited engagement in Denver. The Snow Queen-inspired fairy tale and its Norwegian kingdom of Arendelle...
- 9/26/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
SpongeBob SquarePants is coming to the stage. Recently, Playbill announced a new musical based on the Nickelodeon TV show will debut on Broadway this fall.From writer Kyle Jarrow and director Tina Landau, the musical follows SpongeBob and his friends as they try to save Bikini Bottom from total destruction. The show features songs from various artists, including Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, John Legend, The Flaming Lips, and Cyndi Lauper.Read More…...
- 7/12/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
After delivering some of the weirdest, the most tense, and the most topical moments on TV this summer, BrainDead’s first season has come to a close. The series that came from the minds behind The Good Wife and put space bugs into the minds of politicians aired its season finale on CBS tonight. Creators Michelle and Robert King chatted with HitFix to look back at their wacky political satire and break down what we saw in those concluding two hours tonight. Warning: Spoilers Ahead For Braindead’S Season 1 Finale So our ragtag team has defeated the bugs, and things have gone back to normal in D.C.: There’s a lot of stupidity on Capitol Hill but no longer any extraterrestrial-born insanity. “All the heads explosions notwithstanding, mostly everything turned out alright,” the show’s musical recapper, Jonathan Coulton, sings as he wraps up some loose ends. The...
- 9/12/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
File the following items under “Things I Can Never Look At the Same Way, Thanks to BrainDead“:
Cherry blossoms. Tupperware. Ants — or bugs of any kind, really. Joggers wearing headphones. And, of course, salami.
CBS’ political comic-thriller has offered up 12 weeks of weird, wacky and wonderfully satirical summer television — but as the fate of the series hangs in the renewal/cancellation balance, did Sunday’s season finale provide closure?
The short answer: Yes. Over the course of two hours, Laurel found a way to draw out Red’s Queen Bug, Luke got the political upper hand over the Republicans...
Cherry blossoms. Tupperware. Ants — or bugs of any kind, really. Joggers wearing headphones. And, of course, salami.
CBS’ political comic-thriller has offered up 12 weeks of weird, wacky and wonderfully satirical summer television — but as the fate of the series hangs in the renewal/cancellation balance, did Sunday’s season finale provide closure?
The short answer: Yes. Over the course of two hours, Laurel found a way to draw out Red’s Queen Bug, Luke got the political upper hand over the Republicans...
- 9/12/2016
- TVLine.com
Space bugs. CIA investigations. A secret war room. A Romeo and Juliet-esque D.C. romance. It all comes to a head — literally, in the case of the space bugs — in BrainDead’s season 1 finale. Ahead of the back-to-back final two hours airing tomorrow on CBS, creators Robert and Michelle King (The Good Wife) talked to HitFix about what viewers can expect to happen next in their wacky tale of Capitol Hill being overtaken by brain-eating extraterrestrial bugs. Last week’s episode left off with Luke meeting the CIA “director’s director,” who informed him about the bugs. So Luke is finally in on (and believing) the truth about the bugs, but it looks like the brass at the CIA are infected with bugs too. Now Luke, Laurel, Gustav, and Rochelle (and also recently, finally in-the-know Gareth!) have to decide how they’re going to contend with the CIA. “The biggest...
- 9/10/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
A hit musical TV show that used Jonathan Coulton’s work without permission turned out to be his path to getting his songwriting on BrainDead, the new series from the creators of The Good Wife. “This is the standard path for any musician. Anybody who wants to end up where I am making recap songs for a show should definitely start by covering a rap song from the ’90s,” Coulton deadpanned. “No, it’s this strange, circuitous path, and I would be lying if I said any of those steps made sense at the time.” In 2013, Glee covered Coulton’s acoustic cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” — original melody, his line “Johnny C’s in trouble” and all — without giving the indie artist any credit or payment. The hullabaloo that followed became the inspiration for a court case in The Good Wife episode “Goliath and David.” Coulton got...
- 6/27/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
SpongeBob Squarepants is about to trade in Bikini Bottom for Broadway: The Nickelodeon series is set to become a musical.
There are few details, plot-wise, about the show, but in a splashy press release, Nickelodeon (which is producing the show) and director Tina Landau teased some big names that will be involved in the project. Music will be provided by Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. In addition to that eclectic list, David Bowie is also writing a song, and Coulton will write additional lyrics.
"I was drawn to this project not only for its wild theatrical possibility, but also because I felt 'SpongeBob,' at its core, is a layered and hilarious ensemble comedy," Landau said in a statement. She continued:...
There are few details, plot-wise, about the show, but in a splashy press release, Nickelodeon (which is producing the show) and director Tina Landau teased some big names that will be involved in the project. Music will be provided by Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. In addition to that eclectic list, David Bowie is also writing a song, and Coulton will write additional lyrics.
"I was drawn to this project not only for its wild theatrical possibility, but also because I felt 'SpongeBob,' at its core, is a layered and hilarious ensemble comedy," Landau said in a statement. She continued:...
- 9/1/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Jukebox musical meets superhero adventure (porifera branch) in Nickelodeon’s Broadway-bound show The SpongeBob Musical, which has set its Chicago tryout run for late next spring. Original material for the show is being contributed by an all-star roster of rockers and rappers including Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as well as Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They…...
- 8/31/2015
- Deadline TV
“SpongeBob SquarePants” is heading to Broadway. Nickelodeon’s cartoon about a sentient yellow sponge is being adapted into a stage musical that aims to open on Broadway for the 2016-17 season, following a limited run at Chicago’s Oriental Theater next June. The score will feature original songs by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I. and David Bowie. “The SpongeBob Musical” is co-conceived and directed by Steppenwolf veteran Tina Landau (“Superior...
- 8/31/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Code Monkeys
Showcase Inventory
Created by Adam de la Pena
Produced by Jennifer Saxon Gore and Tony Strickland
Aired on G4 for two seasons (26 episodes) from July 11, 2007 – August 17, 2008
Cast
Adam de la Pena as Dave
Matt Mariska as Jerry
Andy Sipes as Bob “Big” T. and Dean Larrity
Dana Snyder as Todd and Benny
Tony Strickland as Black Steve
Gretchen McNeil as Mary
Suzanne Keilly as Clare
Show Premise
Set during the home entertainment boom of the early 1980s, the show follows the daily lives of the video game programmers of a fictional company by the name of GameAvision. The episodes regularly focus on two employees: Dave, a slacker programming savant and Jerry, his office mate/workhorse. The series begins when former CEO owner Steve Wozniak sells the company to a wealthy tycoon named Bob Larrity, who has his own ideas on how to run GameAvision. The series stems a...
Showcase Inventory
Created by Adam de la Pena
Produced by Jennifer Saxon Gore and Tony Strickland
Aired on G4 for two seasons (26 episodes) from July 11, 2007 – August 17, 2008
Cast
Adam de la Pena as Dave
Matt Mariska as Jerry
Andy Sipes as Bob “Big” T. and Dean Larrity
Dana Snyder as Todd and Benny
Tony Strickland as Black Steve
Gretchen McNeil as Mary
Suzanne Keilly as Clare
Show Premise
Set during the home entertainment boom of the early 1980s, the show follows the daily lives of the video game programmers of a fictional company by the name of GameAvision. The episodes regularly focus on two employees: Dave, a slacker programming savant and Jerry, his office mate/workhorse. The series begins when former CEO owner Steve Wozniak sells the company to a wealthy tycoon named Bob Larrity, who has his own ideas on how to run GameAvision. The series stems a...
- 1/10/2015
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
Initially known for playing goofy sidekicks, Matthew Lillard's has gradually been able to showcase his versatility. Take, for instance, his role in 2011's The Descendants, in which he played the love interest of George Clooney's character's fatally injured wife or his guest stint on The Good Wife, as a folk musician loosely based on indie musician Jonathan Coulton. But the Michigan native's most career-transforming portrayal has been Daniel Frye on “The Bridge.”...
- 9/2/2014
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
New York's Comic Con might not be quite the juggernaut that San Diego's is, but 2014 looks to be its biggest year yet. A limited number of tickets for the sold-out event are hitting comic book retailers next week, and along with their tickets, fans can get a special New York Super Week card.
The Super Week card offers access to dozens of special offers so read on for the details of that along with how to get your Nycc tickets.
From the Press Release:
This will be the biggest year in New York Comic Con history, and next week at select comic book retailers, ReedPOP, the world's largest producer of pop culture events, is rolling out a limited number of tickets for the sold out New York Comic Con (running October 9th-12th) along with special New York Super Week cards.
This is the last chance for fans to get...
The Super Week card offers access to dozens of special offers so read on for the details of that along with how to get your Nycc tickets.
From the Press Release:
This will be the biggest year in New York Comic Con history, and next week at select comic book retailers, ReedPOP, the world's largest producer of pop culture events, is rolling out a limited number of tickets for the sold out New York Comic Con (running October 9th-12th) along with special New York Super Week cards.
This is the last chance for fans to get...
- 8/1/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Why Jennifer Lawrence fell at the Oscars, another Celebrity Big Brother contestant reprimanded, characters from Andy and Lana Wachowski’s Sense8
As if the beefcake on Enlisted wasn’t already good enough with Parker Young, Geoff Stultz and Chris Lowell, Brandon Routh has confirmed he will recur as a foil for Lowell’s character. The Army still uses communal showers, right?
Netflix’s new series Sense8 from Andy and Lana Wachoski has finally revealed some details. It’s about eight people scattered around the world who have the same horrifying vision, and the two powers conspiring to either kill them or bring them together. Notable characters include a closeted Mexico telenovela hunk and a transgender American blogger.
The Illinois Family Institute, an affiliate of the American Family Association thinks that the gay propaganda law in Russia is perfectly reasonable. “Hardly sounds unreasonable to fine adults $150 for trying to inculcate other...
As if the beefcake on Enlisted wasn’t already good enough with Parker Young, Geoff Stultz and Chris Lowell, Brandon Routh has confirmed he will recur as a foil for Lowell’s character. The Army still uses communal showers, right?
Netflix’s new series Sense8 from Andy and Lana Wachoski has finally revealed some details. It’s about eight people scattered around the world who have the same horrifying vision, and the two powers conspiring to either kill them or bring them together. Notable characters include a closeted Mexico telenovela hunk and a transgender American blogger.
The Illinois Family Institute, an affiliate of the American Family Association thinks that the gay propaganda law in Russia is perfectly reasonable. “Hardly sounds unreasonable to fine adults $150 for trying to inculcate other...
- 1/8/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
For Brooklyn-based indie musician Jonathan Coulton, Sunday night’s installment of The Good Wife, in which warring lawyers Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Will (Josh Charles) battle in court over intellectual-property rights, was a case of art imitating life. The episode took its ripped-from-the-headlines inspiration from his January 2013 kerfuffle with the producers of Glee, after the Fox show used Coulton’s self-described “kind of poppy, kind of folky, white-guy” cover arrangement of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” without permission or credit. While Glee had acted within its legal rights, the court of public opinion let it be known that Coulton was in the right: His “Baby Got Back” cover, an Internet hit upon its release in 2005, shot up the iTunes charts and overtook the Glee version, in part because Coulton’s legion of fans torpedoed the latter with negative reviews. On The Good Wife, the rap ditty in legal question...
- 1/7/2014
- by Rose Maura Lorre
- Vulture
The "Law & Order" franchise -- and "Svu," its lone remaining incarnation -- is known for its topical ripped-from-the-headlines storylines. But CBS' legal drama "The Good Wife" is quickly becoming the go-to show for topical plots. Case in point: Sunday's (Jan. 5) episode of "Tgw," which tackled a case incredibly similar to a "Glee" controversy from early 2013.
When "Glee" covered Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," fans of singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton recognized the folksy arrangement used on the show as the very same one Coulton had released years before. But after complaining to the show, Coulton received a less-than-stellar response.
"They also got in touch with my peeps to basically say that they're within their legal rights to do this, and that I should be happy for the exposure (even though they do not credit me, and have not even publicly acknowledged that it's my version -- so you know, it's...
When "Glee" covered Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," fans of singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton recognized the folksy arrangement used on the show as the very same one Coulton had released years before. But after complaining to the show, Coulton received a less-than-stellar response.
"They also got in touch with my peeps to basically say that they're within their legal rights to do this, and that I should be happy for the exposure (even though they do not credit me, and have not even publicly acknowledged that it's my version -- so you know, it's...
- 1/7/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Last night's episode of The Good Wife was ripped from the headlines, specifically the headlines about the time Glee totally ripped off Jonathan Coulton's arrangement of "Baby Got Back." On Tgw, Matthew Lillard played the Coulton stand-in, the song in question became "Thicky Trick," and the TV show doing the stealing was called Drama Camp — which nailed Glee's aesthetic completely. In the spirit of acoustic covers of rap songs, the cast and crew of The Good Wife put together a goofy video for a the full-length version of the song, and it is a treat and a half.
- 1/6/2014
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
America received the ultimate booty call on May 7, 1992, courtesy of Seattle rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot and his song “Baby Got Back.” Since its release through legendary rap-rock producer Rick Rubin’s Def American label, the up-tempo track — which spent five weeks at No. 1 and was the second-best-selling single of 1992, after Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” — has become our national anthem of ass, spawning innumerable parodies, cover versions (most notably Jonathan Coulton’s viral 2005 version), and references, including on Friends and in Shrek and Charlie’s Angels movies. The song’s long-lasting success owes greatly to its winking video, which, aside from featuring Sir Mix-a-Lot dancing atop a giant derrière and countless buttocks-related visual puns, generated a healthy amount of buzz when MTV banned it and fans, including Bruce Springsteen, countered that it offered a far more realistic glimpse at the female form than other music videos of the day.
- 12/19/2013
- by Rob Kemp
- Vulture
Chris Hardwick is busy hosting new Comedy Central game show @midnight, but he's apparently not too busy for a round of bowling with one of his fellow late night hosts. On the latest episode of the Nerdist Channel's All-Star Celebrity Bowling, Hardwick's team of geeky dudes goes up against Jimmy Fallon and his Late Night gang. Fallon's team consists of his head writer, A.D. Miles; his announcer, Steve Higgins; and the leader of his pit band (The Roots), Questlove. Hardwick's team is an impressive one in its own right, as it includes comedian Seth Herzog, musician Jonathan Coulton, and (because why not) astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson (who previously hosted a video version of his Star Talk podcast on Nerdist). Apparently, Tyson does a much better job mapping the origins of the universe than a bowling ball's trajectory down the lane. It's the first new All-Star Celebrity Bowling episode in over a month,...
- 10/22/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
I love visiting New York City, and New York Comic Con is one of my favorite shows. I always have a great time, and this year was no exception. One other thing that remains consistent every year I go is that it all goes by in a total whirlwind blur, and I can barely remember all the things I saw and did, or when they occurred.
But for you, my faithful readers who may not have been able to attend, I’ll try to remember some of the best parts of the weekend, and, as Inigo Montoya would say, “sum up.” So here we go! In no particular order, some of the coolest experiences I had in NYC:
I saw First Date, the Broadway musical starring Zachary Levi, and it was fantastic. I also interviewed Zac at The Nerd Machine booth during the con – so stay tuned for my review...
But for you, my faithful readers who may not have been able to attend, I’ll try to remember some of the best parts of the weekend, and, as Inigo Montoya would say, “sum up.” So here we go! In no particular order, some of the coolest experiences I had in NYC:
I saw First Date, the Broadway musical starring Zachary Levi, and it was fantastic. I also interviewed Zac at The Nerd Machine booth during the con – so stay tuned for my review...
- 10/15/2013
- by Emily S. Whitten
- Comicmix.com
Lifetime examines the story of the wives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X with Betty & Coretta.
News
Here's the news that kept me going amid yesterday's bleakness, Dead Like Me star Ellen Muth will appear in an episode of (Dead Like Me creator) Bryan Fuller's new show, Hannibal, according to TVLine.
Angry Jonathan Coulton supporters are sinking user ratings for Glee's version of "Baby Got Back," which...er, borrowed heavily from Coulton's interpretation.
Gerald MacRaney will have a recurring role on the upcoming season of Southland, according to EW. Major Dad will play a retired police officer who trained Cooper back in the day.
Ben & Jerry's frozen tribute to 30 Rock is ... Liz Lemon Frozen Yogurt with a blueberry lavender swirl. Buzzfeed is unimpressed, but I was hoping for a lemon flavor (though I suspect Liz Lemon would say she treats herself to frozen yogurt but ends...
News
Here's the news that kept me going amid yesterday's bleakness, Dead Like Me star Ellen Muth will appear in an episode of (Dead Like Me creator) Bryan Fuller's new show, Hannibal, according to TVLine.
Angry Jonathan Coulton supporters are sinking user ratings for Glee's version of "Baby Got Back," which...er, borrowed heavily from Coulton's interpretation.
Gerald MacRaney will have a recurring role on the upcoming season of Southland, according to EW. Major Dad will play a retired police officer who trained Cooper back in the day.
Ben & Jerry's frozen tribute to 30 Rock is ... Liz Lemon Frozen Yogurt with a blueberry lavender swirl. Buzzfeed is unimpressed, but I was hoping for a lemon flavor (though I suspect Liz Lemon would say she treats herself to frozen yogurt but ends...
- 2/1/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Everyone has been talking lately about the "Baby Got Back" scandal, with very strong opinions on both sides of the issue. Musician Jonathan Coulton has responded to Glee airing his arrangement on the show and what he's doing as a result. Also in today's Roundup, the song list for next week's "Diva" episode has been revealed, and Ryan Murphy teases upcoming songs and storylines -- will fans be able to buy the Men of McKinley calendar?...
- 2/1/2013
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
We wondered in Briefs how long it would take San Francisco 49er's cornerback Chris Culliver to issue a non-apology, and it was mere hours. Honestly, it's not a bad apology, until his media relations rep adds "Chris is very apologetic for any harm caused to anyone. His intent was not that at all. He is one who celebrates the differences of others. All of this was just a big mistake. It was interpreted wrong." Meanwhile, the 49er's have issued a statement condemning the remarks and saying they've spoken with Culliver.
Meanwhile, 49ers like Delaine Walker and Brian Jennings expressed support for former teammate Kwame Harris, who was arrested following an altercation with his ex-boyfriend, and they have no issue with him being gay. "That's him. If that's what he's into, that's what he's into. I can't judge a person for how he feels. Things happen. He was a great player.
Meanwhile, 49ers like Delaine Walker and Brian Jennings expressed support for former teammate Kwame Harris, who was arrested following an altercation with his ex-boyfriend, and they have no issue with him being gay. "That's him. If that's what he's into, that's what he's into. I can't judge a person for how he feels. Things happen. He was a great player.
- 1/31/2013
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
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