UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.–Critics at press tour had their very own Golden Globes party Sunday night–although it was a pretty unglamourous event. It was a live screening of the 66th annual statue fest, held in a small empty room at the press tour hotel.The not-so-special screening, beamed on a single Plasma screen, meant that we didn’t
I saw photographer Barb Binstein snap this photo of Drew Barrymore while I was part of the mob surrounding the actress after her HBO session. I guess that’s why I have that dumb smiley face thing happening. It’s not the most flattering shot of either one of us, although that’s not Barb’s fault. It is
Friday’s crammed cable marathon is why some press wags refer to the TCA tour as the “Baatan death march with cocktails.” Critics had 45 minutes to run, eat and file the breaking news about Patrick Swayze before getting back down to new business. The afternoon sessions were even more jam-packed, with E!, HBO and the
People often ask: what’s press tour really like? Pretty cool, even in this age of cutbacks and contraction. Pretty busy, too, especially the just concluded cable section of the tour. In one day down here, critics were marched through 23 sessions representing 13 different cable channels, including the MTV networks and HBO. The scope of
Getting up to speed on a new lap top and chasing down a replacement AC power cord left behind in Toronto has me way behind on posting off the press tour. Apologies to the extended TVFMFamily family and thanks for your patience.Here’s something that should have been posted days ago: this week’s radio chat with
While I’m down at the TCA press tour this week and next, I’m filing daily reports for my pal Amber Dowling over at TV Guide.ca. My first post for the “e” Guide is on the Spike TV stunt show Jesse James is a Dead Man. James is one tough hombre. I’ve interviewed him in the
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. —Will Ferrell is taking his act to Broadway with You’re Welcome America! A Final Night With George Bush. The one man show will air as an HBO special March 14 on HBO Canada.It gives Ferrell, who goofed on Bush for years on Saturday Night Live, one last chance to “send this character
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. –It was just announced that Patrick Swayze, expected at press tour this morning to promote the new A&E series The Beast, just checked himself into the hospital.The executive producers and co-stars of the cable drama, who carried on with the session, say the first 12-episode season has been shot and is in