ReginaKing-related stories
Posted Apr 3rd 2009 1:29PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Video, Early Looks, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Southland, the gritty new police drama from film producer Ann Biderman, puts the spotlight on the dark and grimy corners of Los Angeles as seen through the eyes of uniformed cops and plainclothes detectives. Unfortunately, the series premiere is mired in cop show clichés and forgets to deliver anything we haven't seen before.
The first episode –
stream it now or watch it below, a week before it debuts on NBC – owes a lot to
NYPD Blue,
Homicide: Life on the Street and countless other cop shows that came before it. It's a procedural with a large cast about cops struggling to balance "the job" with their personal lives.
Continue reading Southland -- An early look - VIDEO
Posted Jun 16th 2008 5:20PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Emmy and Grammy award winner Harry Connick, Jr. will star in the
Lifetime original movie called Living Proof. The movie, currently being filmed in Connick's hometown of New Orleans, is produced by Renee Zellweger, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron who all worked on
Chicago together. The film is about Dr. Dennis Slamon, the UCLA doctor who developed a drug for breast cancer.
Living Proof tells the true story of this doctor's struggle to keep the drug trials going and save the lives of thousands of women.
Harry Connick, Jr. is joined by Amanda Bynes (
Hairspray), Angie Harmon (
Women's Murder Club), Swoosie Kurtz (
Pushing Daisies), Bernadette Peters (
Boston Legal), Jennifer Coolidge (
American Pie), Regina King (
Ray), Tammy Blanchard (
Life with Judy Garland: Me and my Shadows), John Benjamin Hickey (
Flags of Our Fathers), Paula Cale (
Providence) and Trudie Styler (
Empire).
The film will air in October as Lifetime's centerpiece for the network's annual awareness campaign
Stop Breast Cancer for Life.Posted Dec 14th 2006 7:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, 24, Celebrities
What happens when two really big celebrities want to guest star on one of TV's hottest shows?
The show turns them down.
Both Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller wanted to appear on FOX's 24, but producer Joel Surnow turned them down because they are "too recognizable. They'll take you out of the reality."
The show has added a lot of new cast members this season, including Rick Schroder, Peter MacNichol, Regina King, Eric Balfour, Powers Boothe, and Michael Angarano, so maybe a big name star (or stars) would put the entire feel of the show out of whack.
Continue reading Not coming to 24: Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller
Posted Feb 27th 2006 9:04AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, FOX, CBS
Names like Regina King, Madeleine
Stowe, Christine Taylor and Jonathan Silverman should add some clout to all sorts of dramas and comedies being planned
by the networks for next fall.
Here is the latest casting news from
The Hollywood
Reporter:
Continue reading More familiar faces sign on to network pilots
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