Cat Deeley, Maggie Murphy, Nigel Lythgoe. Frank Micelotta/FOX BEVERLY HILLS, CA—Nigel Lythgoe thinks Jennifer Lopez may not be leaving American Idol after all. In a classic press tour, negotiate-in-public ploy, the executive producer planted the idea towards the end of a Fox session on his other show, So You Think You Can Dance. “I was
Burns demonstrates how the bowl is placed BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Ken Burns says no, The Dust Bowl is not the thing he uses to cut his hair.The ever articulate documentary film maker (The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz) has always sported a Beatles ‘do, circa 1965. But The Dust Bowl is apparently not how he gets his
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–PBS officials Sunday kept telling us what a big deal it was to have David Geffen in the house.The media mogul had left his yacht and flown in from Sardinia just for this occasion, we were told. He’s notoriously press shy and camera shy, added Susan Lacey. She’s the long time executive producer
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Full disclosure: I’ve long had a big crush on Diane Lane. The 47-year-old actress joined Meg Ryan, America Ferrera and husband-and-wife journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn at Sunday’s TCA press tour session for PBS’s Independent Lens documentary special Half the Sky (premiering Oct. 1 and 2).Lane and the others talked about their participation
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood this morning as PBS hosted a breakfast for early risers at the TCA press tour. On each table were several machine washable coffee thermos, compete with a little red knit sweater–just like Mister Rogers used to wear, only shrunk. Fred Rogers died in 2003 at
McGovern and MacLaine. Rahoul Ghose/PBS As one might have expected, Shirley MacLaine stole the show at the Downton Abbey press conference Saturday night at TCA. If anything, the 78-year-old Oscar-winner didn’t speak enough–and skipped the post conference social–but when she did talk she was blog gold. MacLaine will appear this coming season (beginning Jan. 6
“Stop tweeting my jokes, dammit!” Rahoul Ghose/PBS This is legendary comedian Dick Gregory. He’s mad I`m not at his TCA press tour session this morning. Calm down, Dick, I’ll be there soon.The summer 2012 Television Critics Association press tour kicked off this morning with Day One of two days of PBS. (The tour runs through
Kerry Washington with Jimmy Kimmel. He works nights And the Emmy for the greatest Emmy Awards Nomination Ceremony photo op of all time goes to Jimmy Kimmel (above, with co-presenter Kerry Washington from Scandal and below with Washington and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences chairman Bruce Rosenblum).Kimmel is in his jammies because they announce these things