Was asked to contribute to a three hander that appeared Sunday in the Toronto Star. “Who is at fault in Canadian TV debate?” goes the headline.The answer, the way The Star sees it, can be split three ways. I say the networks put themselves in financial peril by years of unconscionable overspending on American content.
Roy Disney died Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 79. It was one day–and 43 years–after his famous uncle, Walt Disney, passed away in 1966.I was fortunate to meet Roy Disney, many years ago, at the Disneyland park in California. A friend was a publicist there at the time, Lorraine Santoli, and she knew I was a
Christmas is such a hectic time of year. There’s barely time to shop, wrap presents or post reviews of holiday specials, like this one reviewing Cynthia Dale’s new CBC hour Christmas Dreams. The hour-long special premiered Wednesday night (and drew an estimated 468,000 viewers); can’t find any repeat viewings scheduled as yet but I’ll update
Although they start showing up during U.S. Thanksgiving, it’s still not too late to see all your favourite Christmas specials this holiday season. You can find a complete list in this feature I wrote for the Toronto Star, posted here at their web site. In the meantime, the Big Three animated evergreens get several airings
Scott Thompson at CHML wanted to know about this week’s Golden Globes nominations. I explain once again that the whole thing is phony and fixed. The phrase “bags of loot on doorsteps” is used in the same sentence as “Hollywood Foreign Press.” I do manage some enthusiasm for Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele getting nominations
If you missed Craig Ferguson’s loopy 1000th episode of The Late, Late Show last night, the whole thing was done with puppets. Watch:Ferguson joked that he is just “CBS’s puppet whore” anyway so turning the show over to Wavy and the other Late Late Show puppet friends seemed about right. Kudos to guests Jason Schwartzman,
Wondering how you’re going to last until Glee returns in April? Going through withdrawl? Here’s a sweet little valentine from one of the gleeks, Mohawked Mark Salling, entitled “There is Nowhere I’d Rather be, than Chilling on Glee.”Nice to see someone in the moment, enjoying the ride before all the agents and egos kick in
Ever wanted to cook along with master chef Gordon Ramsay? Or just stand and swear back at him in real time?Tonight you get your chance.Gordon Ramsay Cookalong Live airs Tuesday night at 9/8c on Global and Fox. The potty-mouth host of The F-Word, Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares is set to tackle a three course