PASADENA, CA–I had to take a few hours to get my head around the Jeff Bridges visit to press tour Saturday. That`s because of how sharply it contrasted with Oprah Winfrey`s TCA visit just a few days ago.Bridges sat before critics to take a bow for the PBS American Masters tribute “Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides.” It
PASADENA, CA–Where does the time go? Can it really be that former Beverly Hills, 90210 heartthrobs Jason Priestley and Luke Perry are already Hallmark Channel headliners? One minute you’re the cool kids with sideburns, the next you’re joining the John Boy network? The truth is that Perry and Priestley are both middle aged; one’s 44, the other
PASADENA, CA–Right now, on a busy Friday afternoon at TCA, HBO is hosting a press tour session on their upcoming production Too Big to Fail. Speaking of which, that Kennedy miniseries shot in Toronto last summer? The one starring Greg Kinnear as JFK and Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy? It sounds as if it just
PASADENA, CA–I didn’t win a car, but I did get touched by Oprah Winfrey.The daytme talk show Queen and newly minted network mogul gave me the royal tap Thursday night on her way out of her lavish launch party for OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.I also got the Winfrey wave. Buddy Andy Ryan from the Globe and
PASADENA, CA–That’s Iron Mike Tyson eying my ears like they were big juicy pork chops. (Thanks to ace shooter and TCA colleague April MacIntyre for the photo op.)The former heavyweight champion made the scene Thursday night at the lavish OWN Network launch party hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Tyson was at a session earlier in the
PASADENA, CA–There’s an ugly rumour down here that Canada somehow lost the World Junior Hockey Championships to those Ruskies. Something about a last period collapse. That explains all those birds falling out of the sky and fish dying in the seas.Los Angeles may be in the dark about the shinny tournament in Buffalo but Canadian TV
PASADENA, CA–With Mike Tyson, Ricky Gervais, Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey still to go, today is shaping up to be one of the newsiest days ever on a TCA press tour.New CNN host Piers Morgan kept Twitter feeders busy with his quotable late morning session. “Cocky little devil aren’t I?” he declared. The blunt Brit
InSecurity gets off to a smart start on CBC The sword and sandal epic Pillars of the Earth and the new spy comedy InSecurity both enjoyed strong starts in a crowded first week of TV in January. The 8:30 p.m. comedy InSecurity drew an overnight, estimated 724,000 viewers Tuesday night followed by Pillars which rose