Thursday, November 19, 2009

News Round-up: James Franco Preview, Kristen, Mabius

VIDEO: James Franco's GENERAL HOSPITAL sneak peek
A preview of two scenes from Franco's GH debut on Friday (as Franco).

INTERVIEW: OLTL's Ilene Kristen (Roxy)
"I’ve had much more fun playing Roxy than Delia. In fact, I don’t think I’ve had more fun in my life than with Rox. That’s why I’m sad when I’m not working as much as I’d like. I think Roxy’s a three-dimensional character and someone I have enjoyed getting to know."

Painting in final ARCHERS outing
The late Norman Painting, the voice of Philip Archer, will make his final appearance on long-running BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers on Sunday. The scenes were recorded just two days before Painting's death. Set in the family kitchen at Glebe Cottage, listeners will hear Phil Archer enjoying Sunday lunch with his grandsons and making preparations for Christmas.

SECRET LIFE and MAKE IT return January 4
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER and MAKE IT OR BREAK IT will get the ball rolling a few weeks before ABC Family gets its three-hour Monday drama block started. The two dramas will make their second-half season premieres on Monday, Jan. 4, SECRET LIFE at 8 p.m. ET/PT and then MAKE IT at 9 p.m., the cable network announced Wednesday. They were previously scheduled to premiere a week later on Jan. 11.

Eric Mabius says a lot about his career and a little about fashion
Mabius came very close to missing out on the part of Daniel Meade on UGLY BETTY because he was auditioning for HEROES against Milo Ventimiglia, but producers of BETTY were convinced that Mabius was ideal for the part.

Krakowski's Live CD Due in Stores in March 2010
DRG Records will release Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski's (ex-T.R., SFT) recent solo cabaret debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on March 23, 2010.

NBC moves Primetime Emmys to August; puny ratings to follow
Maybe it's time for the TV academy to give up the time delay for the west coast - a quaint relic of the past. Otherwise, between the August airdate and the way cable shows seem to have taken over the best-drama derby, you can expect the 2010 Emmy show to suffer quite the ratings punch in the nose.

ABC.com's GREY'S ANATOMY web series debuts today
The web series, SEATTLE GRACE: ON CALL, will consist of six original webisodes, each four to five minutes long. The series will take place primarily in Joe’s Emerald City Bar, and will feature a number of characters from the network show. ON CALL will be shot in a faux documentary style.

Tonight is last GREY's until January
Shonda Rimes tweeted: "Tonight is last new GA episode for a bit. We come back Jan 14 with special crossover episode. PP has TWO new explosive episodes on Dec 3."

YouTube Gets Univision, but Not Telenovelas
Once, Univision was the most pirated network on YouTube. Now, the leading U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster is going into business with YouTube, but that's where things get complicated. Univision announced a deal with YouTube on Monday that will put shows produced by the network on Google's behemoth video site. But the deal does not include Univision's most popular telenovelas.

1 comment:

  1. WOW to the James Franco previews. I have no words. The man is beautiful. For the next 2 months I'm a GH girl

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