Tag: NBC

Next week I plan to write more extensively on Big Hollywood about the many bizarre behind the scenes occurrences and things learned during the initial media promotion tour for my new film “Media Malpractice… How Obama Got Elected and Palin

In the short span between my last review and today, we’ve seen the President sign a stimulus package so full of pork that Obama’s father would have been forbidden to touch it, along with a bump on the head, a

Produced by the justly respected team of Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr., and starring Mira Sorvino as a brilliant archaeologist and martial arts expert, NBC’s miniseries The Last Templar is a likable though fanciful and indeed frequently silly

I have had the privilege of being in Tampa all week to cover Super Bowl 43, and one of the lesser reported stories of the week is the relationship between Steelers chairman and owner Dan Rooney and President Barack Obama.

With his trademark look of severe yet not unwelcomed constipation, his trusty acoustic guitar in hand, working class diva Bruce Springsteen kicked off Barack Obama’s We Are One Inaugural Celebration concert at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18. Indeed, Bruce

USA Network’s Burn Notice, one of the best shows on television, returns tonight at 10 EDT. The espionage comedy-drama features Jeffrey Donovan as a fired CIA agent–the “burn notice” of the title refers to his termination, which continually threatens to

The Not-Really-That-Epic Poem of Obamacles Revised and Updated (with Apologies to Homer) Book the First: A question for the Muse Speak to me, O Muse, of this resourceful man who strides so boldly upon the golden shrine of Potomac, Between

The 2009 Golden Globe Awards are in the books, and, for an entertainment junkie like me, it was great fun. On launch day for Big Hollywood, I published my predictions for all 25 categories with plenty of analysis. I am

For various reasons, I have been thinking a lot about death lately. Most recently, I blame Scrubs. (Spoiler alert.) Without being grim or sectarian, let me summarize. During an episode of the NBC ABC show last night, stars J.D. and

Steve Mason is on Facebook and now also on Twitter. Last January, Hollywood was in the midst of the disastrous WGA strike forcing the cancellation of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony. It was painful to watch Access Hollywood‘s Billy Bush