The talk was mainly about yesterday`s swearing in of Barack Obama as the 44th U.S. president. Not just on the street or by the water cooler but on today’s radio chat with CHML’s Scott Thompson. You can listen in here.Have to say it was fascinating to see how excited America was at the inauguration. On
Have a feature in today’s Toronto Star on all the “frostbacks” on the January press tour. Read the full story here, or better yet, buy a paper. Please! Frostbacks is an expression I’d never heard of until Star TV columnist Rob Salem spelled it out for me last July–Canadians working on U.S. network television. It
Fellow Beatle fan Bill Harris of The Toronto Sun always has something John Paul George and Ringo as his lap top wallpaper. You can almost hear his computer purr, “Go to the Windows.”Down on the floor of the press tour session rooms at the Universal Hilton, it was this black and white shot of the
Every time I pulled into the underground parking garage at the Universal Hilton, this is what I heard. Someday, all press tour sessions will sound like this.For a little more audio insight into the January press tour, here’s my weekly radio report with CHML’s Scott Thompson, recorded this past week in Los Angeles. There’s talk
Goes to one of the male stars from one of the big cable dramas premiering this month. This dude has been around long enough to know better, has starred in both network and cable shows before. Big hits, too.Lately his star has cooled off a little, so you`d think he might try a little harder
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.–Bit late with this but if you’re browsing here Sunday and a sci-fi fan pay attention: A live auction of costumes and props from Battlestar Galactica is currently underway. Fans from Canada and the U.S. can bid to own a piece of the show, out of production after four seasons.Hundreds of items from
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.–Craig Ferguson came to the rescue as promised, treating critics to pizza today at the tail end of the press tour. The CBS late night talk show host was clearly touched by my urgent plea during his session the other Wednesday. QUESTION: And one other thing. Could you send pizza Thursday/Friday? because NBC
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.–“I’m really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that,” said Portia de Rossi, famously partnered in real life with Ellen DeGeneres. “I’m really attracted to strong female characters.”De Rossi was speaking to TV critics today at the ABC portion of the network press tour. De Rossi is part of the cast of