Posts with tag TomHanks
Posted Mar 5th 2008 11:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, WGA Strike

Have you seen all those feel-good commercials on CBS showing the actors returning to work after the WGA strike, the message promising us that good times -- and fresh new episodes -- would soon be on the air? Well, here comes the cold shower. The big story this morning out of L.A. is that
Hollywood is shaking with fear that the actors will strike this summer if a new contract isn't hammered out before June 30.
Big names like George Clooney and Tom Hanks have been quietly urging Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg to commence negotiations now in hopes of averting another contentious battle. Even AFTRA (SAG's sister organization, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) reportedly wants to start formal talks.
Continue reading Brace yourselves for a possible actors strike
Posted Nov 24th 2006 2:18PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD
There are those in the world that will try to convince you that Bosom Buddies, the early 80s sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari as two advertising guys who have to dress as women in order to afford the rent at an apartment building, is a terrible show. A show that was short-lived because it was so bad. A show that Tom Hanks is probably embarrassed to have on his resume.
None of those things are true. Hanks is proud of the show and has talked about it fondly for years. And the show is actually good. Sure, the premise is ridiculous and "sitcommy," but so what? If it's funny, it's funny. This show was funny, and the two leads and the supporting cast (including Telma Hopkins, the late Wendie Jo Sperber, and Holland Taylor from Two and a Half Men) are great together.
TVShowsOnDVD is reporting that the first season of the show is finally coming to DVD, after many years of speculation. No official word from the studio yet, but there is a pic of the box for the set, which will include 19 episodes. Hopefully there will be some commentaries too.
Posted May 2nd 2006 8:29PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show

Jon Stewart was terrified by the image of two Dubyas on C-SPAN
this Saturday (Myth: Bush has started reproducing asexually to build his Bush-Army. Fact: It was a Bush impersonator
helping the president out on his speech), but calmed himself down once he saw his buddy Stephen Colbert take the stage.
Stewart gave major props to
Stephen
Colbert for his performance at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (an event at which the White
House and the press "consummate their loveless marriage"). He called it "ballsalicious" and
remarked, "We've never been prouder of him but... and... holy
shit."
His praise sounded like that of a proud father. I love the friendship between Jon and Stephen. As a viewer, one can
really feel it. Group hug!
Continue reading The Daily Show: May 1, 2006
Posted Apr 28th 2006 8:47AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: NBC, Late Night, Saturday Night Live, Music and Variety, Celebrities
It seems that the
big guns are being pulled out for the last few weeks of Saturday Night Live. First, it was announced that Tom
Hanks, who will probably be promoting his movie The DaVinci Code, would be hosting the May 6th episode
along with musical guest Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now we learn from the fan site drivingmrspacey that actor Kevin Spacey will be hosting the
May 20th season finale.
Spacey, who will be starring as Lex Luthor in this summer's Superman Returns,
hasn't hosted SNL since 1997 (at least according his IMdb
entry). This will place him far down the leader board in a tie with, er, Lindsay Lohan.
If you have been
reading Jonathan Toomey's SNL reviews this year (and I
know you all have), you know that this season has been a bit of a hit-and-miss, with the highlights being the
pre-recorded sketches and the TV Funhouse cartoons. Let's see if the combined power of Hanks and Spacey will
get the writers pumped to produce some great comedy.
[Thanks to Anthony for the tip]
Posted Mar 15th 2006 10:35AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Cable, Programming, Music and Variety

Which of these things is not like the other: Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey, Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks,
and... Tim Allen? Bravo
is touting all of
these actors' upcoming appearances with James Lipton on
Inside the Actors Studio (a title that is screaming
for an apostrophe!). Hanks will be the first actor to make a second appearance in the
Studio, while Dustin
Hoffman will be the
Studio's 200th celebrity guest. No air dates are set, but the network says they'll appear
this spring.
While most of the names are impressive, they might also be a bit boring. My favorite guest was
Mike Myers, who did all sorts of voices and had some fun at Lipton's expense.
Who would you like to see
Inside the Actors Studio?