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Five great movies about TV

by Paul Goebel, posted Sep 18th 2007 9:02AM

Peter O'Toole as Lyle SwannAs an avid TV fan, I love it when somebody makes a movie all about the television industry. Since I'm not a movie critic, the cinema is pure entertainment for me. Unfortunately, too often the movies make the mistake of romanticizing the world of television like they do everything else. Here is my personal list of those that got it right.

My Favorite Year
From what I understand, not only is the setting for this film taken straight from Your Show of Shows but the characters are dead on representations of Sid Caesar and others who made the show happen. The movie contains what is probably Peter O'Toole's best comedic performance and an amazing supporting cast featuring Bill Macy, Lanie Kazan, and Joe Bologna.

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Robert Redford launches eco-community through Sundance Channel

by Anna Johns, posted Apr 17th 2007 3:20PM

the greenThere's a new series of environmental programming on Sundance Channel called The Green, and it's all about ways that people can reduce their impact on the earth. I caught a preview of one show, called Big Ideas for a Small Planet last weekend on Discovery Channel and found it to be interesting stuff. The episode I saw focused on modular homes that take fewer resources to build than on-site homes. They look pretty rad, too, and kind-of break the mold of the old trailer park home that is not sustainable.

The approach that the producers seem to be taking in this series is not at all preachy or meant to cause you to feel guilt. I was very impressed by the way it focused more on the innovative technology and out-of-the-box thinking by the designers of the eco-friendly modular homes, rather than hammering me with statistics about how many resources our homes consume.

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Jennifer Hudson visits Idol contestants

by Liz Finn-Arnold, posted Mar 7th 2007 11:41AM

Jennifer Hudson wins OscarLast week, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson reportedly made a surprise visit back to American Idol to offer words of encouragement to this year's batch of young hopefuls.

Visiting on elimination day, Jennifer said, "I still get nervous on Wednesdays, because I was always in the bottom three." Jennifer told the semifinalists, "Remember, it's OK if you get eliminated!"

Jennifer has certainly proved that you don't have to win American Idol in order to find success. As a follow-up to her Oscar-winning Dreamgirls role, Jennifer is hoping to get a part in Robert Redford's upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic.

[via Starpulse News blog]

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Eddie Vedder kicks off season two of Iconoclasts

by Brett Love, posted Oct 23rd 2006 10:03AM

Laird Hamilton - Eddie VedderThe Sundance Channel will launch season two of Iconoclasts on the 26th with the help of Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and surfing legend Laird Hamilton. According to Executive Producer Robert Redford, "Iconoclasts explores the intersection where two great talents meet - and where creativity comes alive." That's a pretty way to say they point a camera at a pair of people we wouldn't normally get to see together and watch what happens. It can go either way, but when it works, it makes for a very interesting show.

The rest of the slate for season two has some other intriguing pairings, including Mikhail Baryshnikov & Alice Waters, Quentin Tarentino & Fiona Apple, Isabella Rosselini & Dean Kamen, Paul Simon & Lorne Michaels, and Dave Chapelle & Maya Angelou. I'm really looking forward to the Tarentino & Apple episode. Two interesting careers, and they both have just enough of the crazy in them that it could be fantastic television. The website has bios for everyone and promises video is "coming soon."

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Sundance to launch environmental shows

by Adam Finley, posted Jul 24th 2006 12:05PM

earthIn 2007, Robert Redford's Sundance Channel will launch a three-hour primetime block of shows called Sundance Channel Green. Original series and documentaries will focus on environmental issues, and the channel also plans to take the new initiative to other platforms as well, including an online portal called ECOMMUNITY and downloads for wireless devices. Redford has been an environmental activist for some time now, and it seems he's taking advantage of renewed public interest in this topic spurred by Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. I think there's an audience for this kind of programming, but I have doubts as to whether or not it will do much to persuade anyone who doesn't already have strong opinions one way or the other about these issues.

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Current TV to get some help from its friends

by Anna Johns, posted Jan 10th 2006 2:36PM

Remember how Al Gore was going to launch his own 24-hour news network? He did it. Back in August, actually. The network relies mostly on young documentary filmmakers to fill up its hours and hours of content time. But, 24 hours a day is a heck of a lot of time to fill and Current needs help. It already is seeking submissions from the viewing public, but now the network has produced a short film about how to produce a short film. That filmmaking guide, which can be viewed online, features big names like Sean Penn and Robert Redford, who give advice on storytelling and journalism. Current is soliciting more thought-provoking stories, rather than the mini-features that always seem to be playing.

Does anybody even watch Current? Is it news? Is it thought-provoking? Issue-oriented? I've only seen a little of it and, quite frankly, I think I'm too old for it. It kind-of seems like MTV for 20-somethings.

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What's on tonight: Fear Factor, Friends, and Frosty

by Bob Sassone, posted Dec 27th 2005 2:41PM

  • At 8pm, FOX has a repeat of Bones, followed by a repeat of House.
  • ABC has repeats of According To Jim, Rodney, and Boston Legal.
  • Also at 8, CBS has a repeat of NCIS, followed by The 28th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, with Tony Bennett, Robert Redford, Tina Turner, Suzanne Farrell, and Julie Harris.
  • There's a new Fear Factor on NBC at 8, followed by repeat eps of My Name Is Earl, The Office, and Law and Order: SVU.
  • The WB has repeats of Gilmore Girls and Supernatural, while UPN is has the film All About The Benjamins.
  • TBS has two funny repeats of Friends, starting at 8.
  • ABC Family has Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas In July. It's on at 8 too.
  • Emeril tries some "Cooking With Champagne" on the Food Network at 8.
  • At 9, Spike has one of the better Roger Moore 007 outings, For Your Eyes Only.
  • Also at 9, HBO2 has Adam Sandler in Spanglish.
  • At 10, A&E has two repeats of Airline, while TNT has a repeat of The Closer.
  • AMC has Honeymoon in Vegas at 10, with Nicolas Cage.
  • Also at 10, E! has a new ep of Gastineau Girls, followed by the special Big Buzz Gone Bad, which focuses on pop culture trends that went bad.
  • At 11, BBC America has Monty Python's Flying Circus, followed by two eps of Coupling.
  • Also at 11, Style Network has a new Isaac, with guests Selma Blair, Roger Bart, and Kimberley Locke.  

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