PASADENA, CA: Space — the final frontier. More like the finally frontier for one African American astronaut who was left at the back of the spacebus during the glory days of the moon landings in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Well timed to Black History Month, Nat Geo hosted an eye-opening TCA24 panel Thursday
I’m old enough to remember seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. That “really big shew” happened on February 9, 1964 – 60 years ago. I remember my dad going on about their long hair and those so-called Beatle wigs. I could not, however, take my eyes off them, and neither could a then-record
One of the nicest surprises on this current #TCA24 winter press tour has been catching up with one of the good guys, Jim Quan. Back when he was at CTV’s publicity department in Toronto, Jim guided me and a few other reporters around the world and back as journalists embedded on far-flung legs of The
PASADENA, CA: This past Sunday, small medium at large Theresa Caputo put on quite a show for reporters assembled at this winter’s semi-annual press tour. Her Lifetime original, Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits, airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Lifetime in the US and it can also be seen on Stack TV in Canada. The native
PASADENA, CA: Today at #TCA24, AppleTV+ dropped the trailer for Palm Royale, one of the more anticipated shows presented to reporters Monday during the press tour. The series, which is set in 1969, stars and is executive produced by Kristen Wiig. The former SNL and “Bridesmaids” star plays Maxine, who is trying to climb the
Originally, I was not going to attend the winter 2024 Television Critics Association press tour. Then AppleTV turned me around. To be specific, Allie Page and her promotional team at AppleTV+ Canada. They and their US-based colleages have mounted a very impressive lineup of talent to kick off Day One of this press tour, which
Of the 137 podcast episodes I’ve done here over the past four-plus years, the most amazing conversation might be the second one we recorded. That was with one of my favourite actors, Enrico Colantoni. The man has done very well since he left Etobicoke for the Big Apple to study at the American Academy of
I do not have any personal stories to share about Jimy “One M” Williams, who died in late January at 80. The California native was briefly a major leaguer but he had a much more robust career as the Toronto Blue Jays third base coach and eventual manger. He was later American League Manager of