Category: News
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Watch This: Orange is the New Black Interviews from the Elle Photoshoot
Elle Magazine did a photoshoot with women from Orange is the New Black dressed in beautiful clothing and looking nothing like prisoners. In addition to taking photos, the good folks from Elle Magazine created a video. It isn’t a video about the photoshoot – it’s about talking with the cast members. Love the cast of…
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UnReal Looks Promising
News reports at Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter about a new show for Lifetime called UnReal look interesting. Here are some of the many things about the project that may make it worth watching. The show is developed by Marti Noxon, who has written some of the best TV you’ve ever seen including episodes of…
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And now Woody Allen
Lucky for me I’ve always hated Woody Allen movies. Every time I’ve been convinced to see one because “you’ll love it, I promise,” I still hated it. I cannot stand Woody Allen movies and never could. I say that’s lucky, because I’m not conflicted about boycotting his movies now that An Open Letter from Dylan…
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TV Equals Likes 7 Upcoming Shows. I Don’t.
7 New Shows Premiering Soon That I’ll Be Watching at the website TV Equals by P.T. Jackson got my attention. Go take a look at the shows mentioned in the article. Notice the photographs. I’m certainly not criticizing P.T.’s taste in TV shows. But, personally, I have a problem getting excited about most of the…
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Watch This: Trailer for Cosmos
Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts a continuation of the old Carl Sagan series, COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey. The new 13-part series premieres Sunday, March 9 at 9/8c on FOX. It will also appear on the National Geographic channel. Set your DVR. This ought to be good!
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TV Extends its Reach
Yesterday there was an announcement in The Hollywood Reporter that the series The Fosters has an order for a 5 part web series that will focus on the group home where the character Callie is currently living. Lost Girl used 4 webisodes to bridge the gap between season 3 and season 4. Defiance has a…
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PBS Announces Dates for Season 2 of Last Tango in Halifax and I’m Not Happy – Updated
PBS announced that the second season of Last Tango in Halifax will air on PBS beginning Sunday June 29, 2014. You read that right: June 29. Five months from now. As far as I’m concerned here at Old Ain’t Dead, that’s a unacceptable delay and wait. Blimey Okay, I am pretty upset with PBS. And…
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Watch This: Trailer for the Short Film One Billion Rising
One Billion Rising is an event organized by Eve Ensler of The Vagina Monologues. The film is a short about the event in 2013. Another event is planned for Valentine’s Day 2014.
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Amy Poehler and Natasha Lyonne and Old People: I’m Excited
The news is that Amy Poehler received the go ahead for a new comedy on NBC, tentatively called Old Soul. The series will star Orange is the New Black sensation Natasha Lyonne as a young woman working as an aide to a group of old people. According to this report in Deadline, “This show, hopefully,…
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Vimeo Tries Out a New Video On Demand Idea
Vimeo is moving into a new area of video on demand that may change the way films are released. If you are a member of Vimeo PRO ($199 a year) you can see certain films released there long before they are in wide release. In VOD for Everyone? Vimeo’s Blake Whitman Tells Us About Opening…