Tag Archives: HBO
It’s A Wrap – Part One.
Wrapping up the box. MY TELEVISION YEAR. It has been a very busy year for Babs so there were far and few television programmes watched with regularity. Thankfully I have a DVR and with boxed set DVDs and friends abroad … Continue reading
Bring on the fried chicken…..
For those of you who may know Babs on a personal level, there is quite an obsession with food on film representation. Recently (before his sojourn to Vietnam to experience amazingly fresh food that has also become an obsession) Babs … Continue reading
Catch them if you can.
Awards season will soon be upon us. Here are a few early predictions to ponder, and try and catch if you can. Some I have seen and some I have not, but I am shuffling off to see anon. 1. … Continue reading
Mirren & Midler merge
So the telefilm being made about legendary music producer Phil Spector’s murder trial and his relationship with his defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden was suspended almost a week ago due to the health issues (a herniated disc apparently!) of Bette Midler who … Continue reading
Filed under biography, Casting news, TV
Diva Fest
As I am about to start working on a new project involving divas, I thought I might share some of my fave divas of late. NURSE JACKIE Edie Falco THE BIG C Laura Linney MILDRED PIERCE Kate Winslet … Continue reading
Pee Wee wants an Emmy
Taking a leaf out of Oscar winner Melissa Leo’s book, Pee Wee Herman has donned a fur coat on his quest to win an Emmy for his HBO special – The Pee Wee Herman Show On Broadway.
It’s showtime! actually it’s HBO – Bob Fosse pic in the works.
HBO has announced that they are developing a biopic about film & theatre genius director/choreographer Bob Fosse. It is to be directed by Brian Singer (of X-Men fame) and is based on the book “Bye, Bye Life: The Loves and Deaths … Continue reading
The hair has it….
HBO is planning a telemovie about Phil Spector – the gun-toting volatile record producer with the crazy do. He is now serving a prison sentence for murder. Al Pacino is in talks to play Spector with David Mamet directing. Inspired … Continue reading
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My Emmy scorecard.
Breaking news: This is how I went at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (in the catergories I tried to predict or wished to win) Winners in red. Comedy – GLEE , or Nurse Jackie. (predict – Modern Family) Drama – … Continue reading
