Univision SVP Ronald Day, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony PASADENA, CA–Hola, dammit! Grumpy TV critics, some over-served from the night before, stumbled down to breakfast Saturday, lured by the enchilada that Jennifer Lopez and her ex-hubby, Marc Anthony, would be in the house. Were we being punked? Univision was crashing press tour, opening a rogue session
PASADENA, CA–HBO really turned on the star power Friday at press tour. Not only was Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in the house, but the premium cable network also had panels featuring Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson and Ed Harris (from the upcoming HBO Sarah Palin movie Game Change), Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen (from Hemingway
PASADENA, CA–What did NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt tell critics attending TCA Friday morning?The first network executive session of the tour will be hard to top for candor. Unlike long time CBS programming boss Nina Tassler, for example–the Queen of the non-answer–Greenblatt actually answers questions.As usual, a few of the best goodies came in the
Always curious Scott Thompson asks about the January Television Critics Association semi-annual press tour taking place now until mid-month in Pasadena. I give him the scoop, plus we yak about the many new shows starting this month in the U.S. and Canada, including a whole whack of goodies from CBC (Mr. D, Redemption Inc., Arctic
B-52s’ Pierson, Schneider and Wilson can still rock the Love Shack PASADENA, CA–Talk/singer Fred Schneider looks like Tintin at 60 and go-go babes Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson look like Snooki’s eccentric aunts but the B-52s got this TCA Winter press tour off to one hell of a start Wednesday. The ultimate party band that
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.—It’s been a pretty good press tour when you can say you were in on sessions with Harry Belafonte, Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Lewis, Gloria Steinem, Davy Jones, Rosie O’Donnell, Hugh Laurie, Ken Burns, Anna Paquin, Smokey Robinson, Kelsey Grammar, Ted Danson, Mike Judge, Luke Wilson, Cameron Crowe, Laura Dern, Al Jean, Sarah Michelle
TV’s Erik Estrada added a little salsa to Univision Communications TCA cocktail party earlier this week at the Beverly Hilton.
I accidentally dropped my glasses into the swirling waters of the Playboy Mansion’s infamous grotto Wednesday night and now every time I glance at my computer screen it looks like it has implants.Fortunately, fearless social network superstar Cindy Ronzoni kicked off her heels and waded into the grotto to fetch my specs, picking the frames up with her