“We’ve got a gorilla for sale…” went the jingle for Magilla Gorilla, a syndicated animated cartoon series which launched 50 years ago this month. A half-hour promotional film for that launch will be shown Sunday, Jan. 12 in Pasadena as part of the semi-annual TCA press tour. This is the second TCA screening held at
Lucy! You’re in colour!! You’ve got some splainin’ to do!! That’s what Ricky Ricardo might say if he tuned in to Friday night’s hour-long CBS salute to I Love Lucy. It begins at 8 p.m. Two episodes from the classic sitcom have been colourized and combined: the “Christmas Episode,” which has only been seen a few
NEW YORK–The Big Apple has become one big TV factory. Several network and cable hits are shot in greater New York, including the reason I’m back for the fourth time this year, The Americans. The FX series is heading into a second season and hosting international reporters for cast interviews Thursday. It shoots in Brooklyn,
It was exactly 50 years ago today–on a Friday as well–that U.S. president John F. Kennedy was assassinated.I remember where I was at the time–Grade One, Mrs. Holland’s class, Our Lady of Peace school in Etobicoke. Mrs. Holland was visibly upset as she wheeled out the large, boxy, black and white TV which sat high
Gala host Ron James and honoree George Anthony. Photo: copyright Jag Photography The Toronto International Film Festival is often one big hype-a-thon, a blur of red carpet sightings and celebrity hustle. Last Thursday, I had the privilege of attending one sane and civilized little corner of the star cluster, the 6th annual Playback Canadian Film
McCallum in the ’60s Quick: name an actor or actress who was a top star on a hit show in the mid-’60s and is starring on a hit show today.Okay, the photos kinda give it away. The answer is David McCallum, who starred opposite Robert Vaughn as Russian spy Illya Kuryakin in The Man from
“Dick Van Dyke rescued from burning car.” There’s a headline that will get your attention. The 87-year-old actor has survived marriage to a 40-year-old and even headaches from his giant titanium teeth. Now he’s getting pulled out of a flaming Jaguar on a Los Angeles freeway. I blame tripping over that auto-man all those years
Just over two years ago, I met Lee Thompson Young on the set of Rizzoli & Isles. It was reported Monday that the 29-year-old actor has taken his own life.Just as when Cory Monteith was found dead earlier this year, the news seems unbelievable. Why would this young man, working on a hit TV show,