PASADENA, CA–Billy Bob Thornton a pussycat?Yes, and a big fan of Canada, too. That 2009 CBC Radio One skirmish with Q host Jian Ghomeshi? Forget it, says Thornton, who suggested, off the record, that there were two sides to that story. “I love Canada, have always loved working all across Canada,” he says.The Oscar winner
Reilly demonstrates how to eat an In ‘n Out burger PASADENA, CA–Kevin Reilly had so much to announce at Monday’s Fox executive session he actually brought out an egg timer to try and get it all in.He set it for five minutes. When it went off he set it again.“TV is 2014 is pretty cool,”
Brooklyn Nine Nine‘s Andy Samburg congratulated Monday at the FX sessions for his surprise Golden Globes win Note to readers: if you’re looking here for breaking news off the winter Television Critics Association press tour, may I suggest following me on Twitter at @BillBriouxTV. That’s where you’ll find live updates, more timely than I can keep
PASADENA, CA–Spotted Dr. Drew Pinsky at the CNN TCA press tour party the other day and asked: can Rob Ford be saved?You might have read or heard about Toronto’s mayor. Hizzonor has admitted he’s smoked crack cocaine and been on a few booze binges.When I mentioned him to Greg Kinnear–who plays a boozin,’ gamblin’, cad
PASADENA, CA–There are certain players in the TV racket who just jolt the room when they pop into press tour. For example: Jeff Zucker.Now president of CNN Worldwide, the 48-year-old reinvented The Today Show half his lifetime ago. He went from Wunderkind to mere mortal after rising to the top at NBC Universal. On his
Dad (Apatow), mom (Konner) and their No. 1 Girl (Dunham) PASADENA, CA–Holy crap, are the folks behind Girls ever defensive.A reporter touched off a firestorm Thursday by opening the session for HBO’s Girls (back for a third season Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on HBO Canada) with this question, directed to Dunham: I don’t get
The cast of Klondike, including Sam Shepard and Tim Roth (middle, front) PASADENA, CA–It’s a tad chilly in Klondike country, so Discovery brought Klondike to critics.Thursday night, the sprawling back lawn of the Langham Huntington Hotel was transformed into a large casino/saloon, set up just for critics. Inside was a full bar, a honky-tonk piano,
PASADENA, CA–Did I go to this morning’s TCA breakfast with Sarah Palin? You betcha.The former Governor of Alaska was at press tour to promote her involvement with the Sportman Channel, a service which, we’re told, promotes a “red, white and blue lifestyle.”Basically the folks at the channel believe that being connected to the outdoors defines