swoosie kurtz-related stories
Posted Oct 6th 2009 1:19AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E04) What are you doing with your life? Are you happy with what you do every day, 40 or more hours a week? If not, then you're not truly living
your life, you're living someone else's. Only when you realize that this life is a gift and it's so much shorter than any of us can possibly realize, can you truly start to live for yourself. Take a risk. Do what you want. Do what makes you happy.
That's pretty heady stuff, but it was apparently on the
Heroes writers' minds tonight, because that's exactly what this episode was about. And it turned out pretty well. There were moments of true growth for several of our characters, some good and some probably not so good.
Continue reading Heroes: Acceptance
Posted Jul 14th 2009 7:21AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Nurse Jackie
(S01E06) "Nonsense. Nothing is better if I leave." - O'Hara to Nurse JackieCome on, people! I'm not getting much comment love on my
Nurse Jackie reviews. Is no one watching the show? Because I'm sort of loving it at this point.
Well, I guess it had to happen. It was a sure bet that we'd get a storyline where Jackie plays Dr. Kevorkian and helps a patient end their life. I have to think there's no way that crusty old Nurse Korsenowski would have done well in palliative care. Why not let her go out in dignity?
Jackie is all about breaking the rules for the good of the patient, but was this really for the good of the patient? I think it was, and the "do no harm" thing would have been if she
hadn't helped her die. It would have done more harm for her to go into hospice. Thoughts, please!
Continue reading Nurse Jackie: Tiny Bubbles
Posted Jul 11th 2009 10:05AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
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Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Mar 24th 2009 12:40AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E20) Hey, it's the episode that Swoosie Kurtz is guesting in. It's so exciting. Bryan Fuller from
Pushing Daisies is back on board
Heroes, though I'm not sure if his influence is felt yet, and now we get one of its stars in a big, important role where she ... um ... well ... she was there. Luckily, they more than made up for that with the revelation of Rebel's real identity. And I can tell you that many of you were dead on as to who it is. And some more of you were wrong.
Once again, our focus was tightened this episode, but the reason for leaving out many of our favorite cast members was pretty plausible. They were unavailable, as it were. With Nathan outed, Danko's control of the whole project was solidified, and I guess he no longer has any government oversight? And it still wasn't made clear if that means Danko outed Nathan to the President, or really anyone. But that doesn't mean we weren't treated to a lot of things, cool powers and dramatic moments.
Continue reading Heroes: Cold Snap
Posted Mar 16th 2009 12:20AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E17) "If he ever lost you, it would destroy him." - Dave to Katherine about MikeDave's storyline wasn't the main attraction this week, but it's still the storyline that interests me the most. Dave's plan hit a speed bump while Edie learned more about who her husband really is.
The other storylines were entertaining but not new, since Gaby once again tricked people to get what she wanted, Bree tried to keep appearances up while Susan ended up in a sticky situation.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: The Story of Lucy and Jessie
Posted Jan 9th 2009 7:06PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Heroes, Casting, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
It looks like Bryan Fuller feels bad for the cast of
Pushing Daisies, so now that he's returning to
Heroes later this year, he's decided to start bringing them with him. First up,
Swoosie Kurtz will be appearing in an episode in April written by Fuller himself. No word on whether the eye patch will be joining her. Considering the generational dynamic established on the show, Kurtz is a great casting choice. Her role will be that of an old society friend of Angela Petrelli. There's already a similarity to Kurtz' character on
Daisies and the way Cristine Rose plays Ma Petrelli.
While casting isn't usually a huge deal by itself, with the way
Heroes has been received this past year, any move on the beleaguered show is being scrutinized. People are cautiously optimistic that Fuller can reinvigorate the show, though why those people weren't watching
Daisies if they loved him so much I'll never know. And with a cast as huge as this, any addition is also scrutinized. Of course, for now this is a one-episode appearance, but Fuller has indicated it's being written in such a way that she could return.
Continue reading Swoosie Kurtz is Pushing her way into a guest spot on Heroes
Posted Dec 18th 2008 9:01AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
(S02E10) "Chuck's father is alive?" - OliveI'm sad. Even if, contrary to
what I reported a few weeks back,
Pushing Daisies' final episode ever - episode 2.13 - will offer some closure to most characters thanks to last minute editing and retooling, I'm sad as "The Norwegians" could very well have been the last episode we will see of the series on a TV screen. ABC claims it plans to air the final three hours as a block sometime in the near future but fans know networks can change their mind rather quickly, especially when money talks. Will ABC live up to its promise? Will they put the episodes online? Or, worse, will we have to wait months and months to watch them on DVD?
No matter the answers to these questions, we should cherish "The Norwegians" as we don't know when we will see our favorite pie maker and his crew next. One thing is for sure, the episode gave us a lot of action and left us saying "WTF?" and "OMG!"
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: The Norwegians
Posted Dec 11th 2008 12:08PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
(S02E09) "We're so together electrons couldn't get between us." - Chuck to Ned on the roofIs it all right for me to say right up front that I don't like Charles Charles? Bear in mind, I'm not one of the "I want Ned and Chuck to wind up together" crowd. I'm with Olive; I want Ned to realize that Olive is the girl for him, but I digress.
The point remains that my blood was really boiling as I watched Mr. Charles threatening Ned, warning him to never see Chuck again, and even going after Ned physically -- with a broom! For a dead guy, the swaddled Mr. Charles sure is a pushy S.O.B.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: The Legend of Merle McQuoddy
Posted Nov 27th 2008 12:31AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
(S02E07) "You'd have to watch him die all over again." - Ned to Chuck
The case of the week was interesting and fun to watch unfold, however, it's not what we will remember about this week's installment of the soon-to-be-ending Pushing Daisies. What we will remember is how Dwight discovered that Chuck is alive, Lily fuming and drinking to a point that she points a gun at Dwight and decides to take matters in her own hands, and that oh so not important little scene in which Chuck and Ned unearth Charles Charles.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Robbing Hood
Posted Oct 15th 2008 11:25PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
(S02E03) "Is a matter of heaven and hell." - OliveOlive thought the case of the week was a matter of heaven and hell. Personally, I think it was more a case of secrets and lies for both the nunnery members and the lead characters. The investigation unearthed one nun's secrets as the reunion of Olive and the other main characters allowed her to deal with two of the secrets she has been hiding and move on.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Bad Habits
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 12th 2007 11:02PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies
(S01E09) "There is an unpleasant chill in the air." - The NarratorAnd we have arrived: this week's episode was the last completed-before-the-strike episode of ABC's
Pushing Daisies. The quote I put under the picture may not have been the most important one said in the episode (the bombshell quote is a tad too shocking to put up front) but it does highlight the mood and tone of the episode: chilly. "Corpsicle" is not my favorite
Pushing Daisies episode but it offered good reveals, some fantastic lines from Emerson and Olive, and it finally gave the aunts (at least one of them) a real purpose in the series.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Corpsicle
Posted Nov 28th 2007 11:26PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies
(S01E08) "Am I your boyfriend?" - Ned
"Yes." - ChuckIt was
announced about two months ago that Molly Shannon would guest star on ABC's
Pushing Daisies and the day, err... evening, has come. I've read a lot of comments from fans saying that they were somewhat scared after hearing she would guest star mostly because they thought her acting wasn't good enough for the show. In retrospect, her acting wasn't that great but it wasn't that bad either since
Daisies is over the top at times.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Bitter Sweets
Posted Nov 21st 2007 11:57PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies
(S01E07) "The mere smell of it made him feel, if only for an hour, exactly like he wanted to feel: safe and warm and loved, which is why he became the pie maker." - NarratorABC lost a good and fun opportunity to offer
Pushing Daisies viewers a chance to get up close and really personal with the show and maybe attract new people who would have been interested in a scratch 'n' sniff event! Yes, it would have been pretty much a copy of what
NBC did last year with My Name Is Earl, but having a scratch 'n' sniff card to use throughout this olfactory episode would have been just as magical as the episode itself! Okay, maybe the smell of the sock and the sewer would have been terrible but it would have been interesting to smell Ned, Emerson, and "honey and death" (aka Chuck). Okay, maybe that would have been a bad idea. Let's move on to the episode instead.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Smell of Success
Posted Feb 27th 2007 10:45AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, Industry
It's that time of the year. People are being cast in pilots left and right and some interesting stuff has
been announced. At ABC, Christopher Titus (
Titus) has landed one of the lead roles in an untitled project from Warner Bros. The show focuses on CEOs and also stars Dylan McDermott (
The Practice) and Michael Vartan (
Alias). McDermott and Vartan as CEOs is an easy sell. But Christopher Titus, Senior VP Harvard graduate? That's different, and something I look forward to checking out.
Carrie-Anne Moss (
The Matrix) is set to star in ABC's
Suspect. The show is a procedural that will solve crimes by tracking suspects through a lineup. She's joined by Eric Palladino (
ER) and Kathleen Munroe (
Beautiful People). The ABC track record for procedurals is less than impressive, but the addition of Guy Ritchie (
Snatch) as director is intriguing enough to give this one a look.
Continue reading Casting News: Christopher Titus, Carrie Ann Moss, Billy Baldwin, more
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