life support-related stories
Posted Jan 13th 2008 10:15PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, Awards

Tonight, in a lavish press conference, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the winners of the
2008 Golden Globes. Here are the winners in the major TV categories:
Best TV series, comedy: Extras, HBO
Best TV series, Drama: Mad Men, AMC
Best actor, TV series, comedy: David Duchovny,
Californication
Best actress, TV series, comedy: Tina Fey,
30 RockContinue reading Here are the Golden Globe TV winners
Posted Jan 13th 2007 11:03AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, Premium Cable, TCA Press Tour
(As a brief aside to those of you who have been reading these all day - TCA is the Television Critics Association, a twice yearly event that brings TV critics together with networks, show creators, and actors to find out all about upcoming shows, films, specials, and what have you. I'm a newbie to it all as well, so now you know. And knowing is half the battle.)Life Support is somewhat based on a true story about a woman who contracts AIDS from her intravenous drug-using husband, and becomes an angry voice an activist in her community. She hands out condoms, doesn't pull punches, and is modeled after the sister of director Nelson George, who was even more outspoken than Queen Latifah, if you can believe it.
Continue reading HBO's Life Support (or Queen Latifah for Prez) - TCA Report
Posted May 25th 2006 5:59PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, Celebrities

Queen Latifah has signed on to play an AIDS activist and former crack addict in an upcoming HBO made-for-TV movie called
Life Support. The movie, based on the life and family of writer Nelson George's sister, will focus on the AIDS and HIV crisis within the black community. Nelson George, who worked as a producer on
The Chris Rock Show, penned the script and will also direct. Latifah, along with Jamie Foxx, will also serve as a producer on the film.