giovedì 6 giugno 2013

L'EDICOLA DI LOU - News, cover e commenti sui telefilm dai media italiani e stranieri

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Cover preview)

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mercoledì 5 giugno 2013

TELEFILM ART - La locandina della stagione finale di "Breaking Bad"!
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NEWS - Attenti a quei due! Mick Jagger e Martin Scorsese insieme per una serie tv rock (con Bobby Cannavale)
News tratta da Deadline.com
Boardwalk Empire executive producers Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter are recruiting the series’ Season 3 star Bobby Cannavale for their next project at HBO. Emmy winner Cannavale is in negotiations to star in an untitled Rock ‘n’ Roll series, which Scorsese and Winter created with Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger. The project, which has been in the works at HBO since 2010, has not been greenlighted yet but we’ve learned that it is gearing up for an early 2014 shoot with Scorsese directing the pilot that was written by Winter. Scorsese also helmed the pilot for Boardwalk Empire, which too was penned by Winter. Scorsese has already worked it into his busy schedule, so go ahead and dress for this one.
The untitled Rock ‘n’ Roll Project follows the exploits of Richie (Cannavale), a cocaine-fueled record exec in NYC circa 1977, when punk, disco and a new form of music called hip-hop collided. Richie is a talented A&R guy who is elevated to run a big label, even though he thinks he’s better suited to focusing on day-to-day music matters. Scorsese and Jagger, who worked together on the superb Rolling Stones documentary Shine A Light, began this project as a feature after Jagger told Scorsese they ought to make a movie like Casino in the world of the music biz. They set it at Paramount, which is involved in the series. Scorsese, Jagger, Winter, Jagged Films’ Victoria Pearman, Sikelia president Emma Tillinger Koskoff and Rick Yorn are the exec producers. Since Winter continues to run Boardwalk Empire, the producers are looking to staff up writers for the new show.
Scorsese is completing post production on the Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer The Wolf Of Wall Street, which will be released November 15, as he preps the HBO pilot. And then he will direct Silence, his long awaited adaptation of the Shusaku Endo novel that has The Amazing Spider-Man’s Andrew Garfield starring. Scorsese is repped by WME and Yorn; Winter, Jagger and Pearman are repped by CAA; Cannavale, currently starring on Broadway in Clifford Odets’ The Big Knife, is repped by ICM Partners and managed by Frameworks’ Peg Donegan.
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martedì 4 giugno 2013

PICCOLO GRANDE SCHERMO - Katharine McPhee di "Smash" diventa "depravata" al cinema, Jane Levy di "Suburgatory" se la fa con un manichino!
Notizie tratte dalle Newletter di QuiMediaset 
Finite le riprese di “Smash” (su Mya la seconda stagione inedita ogni martedì), Katharine McPhee si lancia al cinema nel thriller a tinte forti “Depravity” di Dennis Lehane, lo sceneggiatore di “Shutter Island”. La cantant-attrice è tra gli interpreti di un gruppo di conviventi che uccide accidentalmente un uomo credendolo un killer. La scoperta della verità e la fuga a tutti i costi dalla colpevolezza porterà i protagonisti alle soglie più basse dell’animo umano. Il film è atteso nelle sale a Natale 2013, tanto per passare le feste all’insegna del “vogliamoci bene”. 
Jane Levy di “Suburgatory” (la seconda stagione inedita su Joi, ogni venerdì in seconda serata) sarà protagonista al cinema del thriller “In a Dark Place”, previsto nelle sale nel 2014. La storia ruota attorno a una governante americana che viene contattata da una famiglia di Londra per accudire il figlio. Solo che quest’ultimo si rivela essere un manichino…
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lunedì 3 giugno 2013

NEWS - Le 101 serie tv meglio scritte di tutta la storia! In cima all'elencone dei prestigiosi WGA..."I Soprano"
Los Angeles and New York – Recognizing the essential role that writers have played in creating and elevating the medium of television since its inception, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the list of the 101 Best Written TV Series, honoring seven decades of outstanding television programming and the writers who brought it all to life. The list was determined through online voting by WGAW and WGAE members. A follow-up to the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays (2006), the “TV 101” list honors classic, trailblazing series and miniseries, as well as current and critically acclaimed programs, from comedies and dramas to variety/talk and children’s programming. “At their core, all of these wonderful series began with the words of the writers who created them and were sustained by the writers who joined their staffs or worked on individual episodes,” said WGAW President Chris Keyser and WGAE President Michael Winship in a joint statement. “This list is not only a tribute to great TV, it is a dedication to all writers who devote their hearts and minds to advancing their craft.”

1. The Sopranos – HBO – Created by David Chase
2. Seinfeld – NBC – Created by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld
3. The Twilight Zone (1959) – CBS – Season One writers: Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Robert Presnell, Jr., Rod Serling
4. All in the Family – CBS – Developed for Television by Norman Lear, Based on Till Death Do Us Part, Created by Johnny Speight
5. M*A*S*H – CBS – Developed for Television by Larry Gelbart
6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show – CBS – Created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns
7. Mad Men – AMC – Created by Matthew Weiner
8. Cheers – NBC – Created by Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows
9. The Wire – HBO – Created by David Simon
10. The West Wing – NBC – Created by Aaron Sorkin
11. The Simpsons – FOX – Created by Matt Groening, Developed by James L. Brooks and Matt Groening and Sam Simon
12. I Love Lucy – CBS – “Pilot,” Written by Jess Oppenheimer & Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr.
13. Breaking Bad – AMC – Created by Vince Gilligan
14. The Dick Van Dyke Show – CBS – Created by Carl Reiner
15. Hill Street Blues – NBC – Created by Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco
16. Arrested Development – FOX – Created by Mitchell Hurwitz
17. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – COMEDY CENTRAL – Created by Madeleine Smithberg, Lizz Winstead; Season One – Head Writer: Chris Kreski; Writers: Jim Earl, Daniel J. Goor, Charles Grandy, J.R. Havlan, Tom Johnson, Kent Jones, Paul Mercurio, Guy Nicolucci, Steve Rosenfield, Jon Stewart
18. Six Feet Under – HBO – Created by Alan Ball
19. Taxi – ABC – Created by James L. Brooks and Stan Daniels and David Davis and Ed Weinberger
20. The Larry Sanders Show – HBO – Created by Garry Shandling & Dennis Klein
21. 30 Rock – NBC – Created by Tina Fey
22. Friday Night Lights – NBC – Developed for Television by Peter Berg, Inspired by the Book by H.G. Bissinger
23. Frasier – NBC – Created by David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee, Based on the Character “Frasier Crane” Created by Glen Charles & Les Charles
24. Friends – NBC – Created by Marta Kauffman & David Crane
25. Saturday Night Live – NBC – Season One: Writing Supervised by Walter Kempley, Harry Shearer; Written by: Ann Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Rosie Michaels, Garrett Morris, Michael O’Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel

26. The X-Files – FOX – Created by Chris Carter
27. Lost – ABC – Created by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof
28. ER – NBC – Created Michael Crichton
29. The Cosby Show – NBC – Created by Ed Weinberger & Michael Leeson and William Cosby, Jr., Ed. D.
30. Curb Your Enthusiasm – HBO – Created by Larry David
31. The Honeymooners – CBS – Season One writers: Herbert Finn, Marvin Marx, A.J. Russell, Leonard Stern, Walter Stone, Sydney Zelinka
32. Deadwood – HBO – Created by David Milch
33. Star Trek – NBC – Created by Gene Roddenberry
34. Modern Family – ABC – Created by Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd
35. Twin Peaks – ABC – “Pilot,” Written by Mark Frost & David Lynch
36. NYPD Blue – ABC – created by David Milch & Steven Bochco
37. The Carol Burnett Show – CBS – Season One: Written by Bill Angelos, Stan Burns, Don Hinkley, Buz Kohan, Mike Marmer, Gail Parent, Kenny Solms, Saul Turtletaub; Writing Supervised by Arnie Rosen
38. Battlestar Galactica (2005) – SYFY – Developed by Ronald D. Moore, Based on the Series Battlestar Galactica Created by Glen A. Larson
39.  Sex & the City – HBO – Created by Darren Star, Based on the Book by Candace Bushnell
40. Game of Thrones – HBO – Created by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, Based on A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
41. The Bob Newhart Show *TIE – CBS – Created by David Davis and Lorenzo Music
41. Your Show of Shows *TIE – NBC – Season One: Written by Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen, Max Liebman
43. Downton Abbey *TIE – PBS – Created by Julian Fellowes
43. Law & Order *TIE – NBC – Created by Dick Wolf
43. thirtysomething *TIE – ABC – Created by Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick
46. Homicide: Life on the Street *TIE – NBC – Created by Paul Attanasio, Based on the Book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
46. St. Elsewhere *TIE – CBS – Created by Joshua Brand & John Falsey, Developed by Mark Tinker / John Masius
48. Homeland – SHOWTIME – Developed by Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa, Based on the Original Israeli Series Prisoners of War by Gideon Raff
49. Buffy the Vampire Slayer – WB – Created by Joss Whedon
50. The Colbert Report *TIE – COMEDY CENTRAL – Season One writers: Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
50. The Good Wife *TIE – CBS – Created by Robert King & Michelle King
50. The Office (UK) *TIE – BBC – Created by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant
53. Northern Exposure – CBS – Created by Joshua Brand & John Falsey
54. The Wonder Years – ABC – Created by Neal Marlens & Carol Black
55. L.A. Law – NBC – Created by Steven Bochco & Terry Louise Fisher
56. Sesame Street – PBS – Created by Joan Ganz Cooney
57. Columbo – NBC – Created by Richard Levinson & William Link
58. Fawlty Towers *TIE – BBC – Written by John Cleese & Connie Booth
58. The Rockford Files *TIE – NBC – Created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell
60. Freaks and Geeks *TIE – NBC – Created by Paul Feig
60. Moonlighting *TIE – ABC – Created by Glenn Gordon Caron
62. Roots – ABC – Written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee; Based on the Book by Alex Haley
63. Everybody Loves Raymond *TIE – CBS – Created by Philip Rosenthal
63. South Park *TIE – COMEDY CENTRAL  – Created by Matt Stone & Trey Parker
65. Playhouse 90 – CBS – Season One writers: Edna Anhalt, Edmund Beloin, Harold Jack Bloom, Marc Brandel, George Bruce, James P. Cavanagh, Whitfiled Cook, Helen Doss, Scott Fitzgerald, Devery Freeman, Frank D. Gilroy, Helen Howe, Speed Lamkin, Ernest Lehman, Herbert Little, Jr., Don Mankiewicz, Elick Moll, Paul Monash, Dean Reisner, Norman Retchin, Selma Robinson, William Sackheim, Rod Serling, Leonard Spigelgass, Leslie Stevens, Brandon Thomas, David Victor, Charles M. Warren, Hagar Wilde, Cornell Woolrich
66. Dexter *TIE – SHOWTIME – Developed for Television by James Manos, Jr., Based on the Novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
66. The Office (US) *TIE – NBC – Created by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, Developed by Greg Daniels, Based on the BBC Series The Office
68. My So-Called Life – ABC – Created by Winnie Holzman
69. The Golden Girls – NBC – Created by Susan Harris
70. The Andy Griffith Show – CBS – Episode 1, “The New Housekeeper,” Written by Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart
71. 24 *TIE – FOX – Created by Joel Surnow & Robert Cochran
71. Roseanne *TIE – ABC – Created by Matt Williams, Based on a Character Created by Roseanne Barr
72. The Shield *TIE – FX – Created by Shawn Ryan
74. House *TIE – FOX – Created by David Shore
74. Murphy Brown *TIE – CBS – Created by Diane English
76. Barney Miller *TIE – ABC – Created by Danny Arnold & Theodore J. Flicker
77. I, Claudius *TIE – PBS – Written by Rupert Graves and Jack Pulman
78. The Odd Couple – ABC – Episode 1, “The Fight of the Felix,” Written by Peggy Elliott & Ed Scharlach
79. Alfred Hitchcock Presents *TIE – CBS – Season One writers – Gwen Bagni, Samuel Blas, Robert Blees, Ray Bradbury, Richard Carr, James Cavanagh, Eustace Cockrell, Francis Cockrell, Marian Cockrell, John Collier, Robert C. Dennis, Mel Dinelli, Stanley Ellin, Fred Freiberger, Irwin Gielgud, Gina Kaus, Terence Maples, Richard Pedicini, Louis Pollock, Joseph Ruscoll, A.J. Russell, Stirling Silliphant, Andrew Solt, Harold Swanton, Victor Wolfson, Cornell Woolrich
79. Monty Python’s Flying Circus *TIE – BBC – Conceived and Written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
79. Star Trek: The Next Generation *TIE – SYN – Created by Gene Roddenberry
79. Upstairs, Downstairs *TIE – PBS – Created by Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins
83. Get Smart – NBC – “Pilot,” Written by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry
84. The Defenders *TIE – CBS – Created by Reginald Rose
84. Gunsmoke *TIE – CBS – Episode 1, “Matt Gets It,” Written by Charles Marquis Warren & John Meston
86. Justified *TIE – FX - Developed for Television by Graham Yost, Based on the Short Story “Fire in the Hole” by Elmore Leonard
87. Sgt. Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show) *TIECBS - Created by Nat Hiken
88. Band of Brothers HBO - Written by Erik Bork, E. Max Frye, Tom Hanks, Erik Jendresen, Bruce C. McKenna, John Orloff, Graham Yost; Based on the Book by Stephan E. Ambrose
89. Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In NBC - Season One: Written by Chris Beard, Phil Hahn, John Hanrahan, Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Marc London, Allan Manings, David Panich, Hugh Wedlock, Digby Wolfe
90. The Prisoner CBS - Premiere Episode: Written by George Markstein and David Tomblin
91. Absolutely Fabulous (UK) *TIE BBC - Episode 1, “Fashion,” Written by Jennifer Saunders, Based on an Original Idea by Jennifer Saunders & Dawn French
92. The Muppet Show *TIE SYN - Season One: Written by Jack Burns, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Marc London
93. Boardwalk Empire HBO -  Created by Terence Winter, Based on the Book Boardwalk Empire by Nelson Johnson
94. Will & Grace NBC - Created by David Kohan & Max Mutchnick
95. Family Ties NBC - Created by Gary David Goldberg
96. Lonesome Dove *TIE CBS - Teleplay by Bill Wittliff, Based on the Novel Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
97. Soap *TIE ABC - Created by Susan Harris
98. The Fugitive *TIE ABC - Episode 1, “Where the Action Is,” Written by Harry Kronma
99. Late Night with David Letterman *TIE CBS -Season One: Writing Supervised by Merrill Markoe, Writers: Andy Breckman, Tom Gammill, David Letterman, Richard Morris, Gerard Mulligan, Max Pross, Karl Tiedemann, Steve Winer

100. Louie *TIE FX - Season One: Written and Directed by Louis C.K.
101. Oz HBO - Created by Tom Fontana
For additional information about the WGA’s 101 Best Written TV Series and a complete list of credited writers, please visit: http://www.wga.org/101tv.html or www.wgaeast.org/tv101.
Writers Guild members had a broad and dynamic TV programming field to choose from, as eligibility criteria included any series that aired from the early years of television through the present, on broadcast TV and basic or pay cable. All genres of scripted series were eligible for consideration, including animation, children’s, comedy, daytime/serial, drama, scripted anthologies, miniseries with six hours or more of programming, and variety/talk series. Series must have been written in English, have aired in the U.S., and featured onscreen writing credits. (Individual episodes, specials, non-serialized or individual programs including telefilms/movies-of-the-week, and miniseries with less than six hours of programming, were not eligible.)
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GOSSIP - Forever Pam! Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare, stesso colore: per la Anderson flashback a "Baywatch" su "Vogue" Brazil di giugno (foto di Mario Testino)

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venerdì 31 maggio 2013

IL GIOCO DEI TELEFILM - Istruzioni per l'uso (e recensione)!
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GOSSIP - Che coppia!!!
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giovedì 30 maggio 2013

 TWITTER-JAM - Stephen Amell ringrazia i fans italiani per il successo di "Arrow"
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mercoledì 29 maggio 2013

TELEFILM ART - "Lost" in 20 secondi
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TELEFILM ART - Il ritorno pop art di "Arrested Development" (by John Vogl)
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martedì 28 maggio 2013

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lunedì 27 maggio 2013

NEWS - Oliver Queen dà i numeri! "Arrow", il successo al pallottoliere 
In occasione del finale di “Arrow” (lunedì 27 maggio su Italia 1, in prima serata), ecco i numeri del successo della serie tv più vista dell’anno con i suoi 3 milioni e mezzo di spettatori raggiunti.
1941: l'anno dell'uscita del fumetto della DC Comics - "Green Arrow" - dal quale trae origine la serie tv 
2012: l'anno del debutto americano del telefilm 
1985: l'anno di nascita di Oliver Queen, l'eroe protagonista di "Arrow" 
4: le città coinvolte, nelle immagini di repertorio, per riprodurre lo skyline di Starling City, la metropoli al centro delle vicende (Boston, Philadelphia, Tokio e Francoforte) 
4: il picco in milioni di spettatori raggiunto dal serial in Italia, su Italia 1; i milioni di spettatori al debutto americano, il più alto del network CW negli ultimi 4 anni 
31: gli anni dell'attore protagonista, Stephen Amell 
1.85: l'altezza in metri di Amell 
145.000: i followers (in crescendo) di Amell su Twitter (@amellywood) 
152: coloro che Amell followa su Twitter (tra cui le compagne di set di "Arrow" Katie Cassidy, Willa Holland e Celina Jade, nonchè le colleghe telefilmiche Eva Longoria e Hannah Simone, il deejay Steve Aoki e il produttore tv Kevin Williamson) 
1995: l'anno in cui Oliver Queen conosce la morte nel fumetto (salvo poi tornare in vita nel 2000) 
29: il record di frecce scoccate in un minuto da Freccia Verde nel fumetto omonimo 
6: il numero della stagione di "Smallville" in cui compare per la prima volta in tv Freccia Verde, interpretato da Justin Hartley 
50: le “Sfumature di Grigio” per le quali è stato contattato Stephen Amell per la parte maschile del film tratto dal celebre romanzo erotico
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domenica 26 maggio 2013

L'EDICOLA DI LOU - Stralci, cover e commenti sui telefilm dai media italiani e stranieri

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Stephen Amell di "Arrow": "Queen non ha superpoteri, ma vorrei difendere i diritti gay al matrimonio"
"È un Robin Hood 2.0, capace di scoccare 29 frecce in un minuto, sempre a bersaglio. Meglio dell'infallibile pistolero strabico. Al berretto verde classico dell'arciere di Sherwood preferisce un cappuccio di felpa, molto più underground. A dargli il braccio per armare l'arco, l'attore Stephen Amell. Canadese, 31 anni. Una carriera in ascesa. Con il timbro di Entertainment Weekly che lo ha eletto volto rivelazione 2012/2013.È lui la Freccia Verde di Arrow, la serie tv che nasce dal fumetto. La trama, liofilizzata in due righe, è come tante. È l'eroe di Starling City che combatte il crimine sulla scorta di una black list lasciatagli dal padre prima di morire. Il debutto in America (4 milioni di spettatori) è stato il più alto del network Cw negli ultimi 4 anni. Qui (lunedì l'ultima puntata su Italia 1) è stato il più visto nella stagione (Ncis e Elementary, entrambi Rai2, completano il podio) con numeri che un telefilm non faceva da tempo: tre milioni e mezzo di spettatori per la puntata più vista (12,6% di share).Racconta Stephen Amell: «Ho sempre voluto recitare un personaggio intrepido, che persegue qualcosa fino in fondo. Abbiamo cercato di rendere Freccia Verde il più reale possibile, in fondo non ha nessun superpotere. Il produttore David Nutter quando ha realizzato Smallville voleva trovare l'umanità in Clark Kent-Superman. Anche qui stiamo facendo lo stesso con Oliver Queen-Freccia Verde». Come ogni ragazzino che si rispetti i fumetti hanno fatto parte della sua crescita. In tema ha gusti poco global. «Mi piaceva Lobo». Un palestratissimo sicario interstellare dagli occhi di brace, un cacciatore di taglie del pianeta Czarnia. «Il primo fumetto che ho letto a 11/12 anni era la storia di Lobo che va al Polo Nord per uccidere Babbo Natale. Una storia molto dark. Mi piacevano molto i fumetti, leggevo Spawn e Superman». Da 50 sfumature di verde a 50 sfumature di grigio il passo è breve come salire qualche gradino della scala dei colori. Si era parlato di lui come possibile protagonista del film tratto dallo scandalo editoriale da 30 milioni di copie. «Ho avuto un incontro con la casa di produzione che sta facendo il film e ne abbiamo parlato. L'ho scritto sulla mia pagina Facebook ed è diventata subito una notizia. Spero che facciano il film e qualcuno sarà bravissimo in quel ruolo. Ma quella persona non sarò io». Lo scoglio comunque non sarebbero state le scene di nudo: «Non è un problema. La cosa che ti rende nervoso nelle scene di nudo è quando non sei solo, la dinamica tra i due attori. Non è il fatto di essere davanti a tante persone, perché non sono loro quelle che devi baciare». Sui suoi desideri d'attore è onnivoro: «Mi piace molto la commedia, mi diverte l'idea di improvvisare. Ma allo stesso tempo è affascinante interpretare qualcuno che ha un lato un po' buio. Quando la gente non sa se ha di fronte un eroe o un cattivo, se le sue intenzioni sono buone o cattive». Ha iniziato la carriera come gigolo in Hung, è apparso nella serie tv Queer as Folk sulla comunità gay. «Il matrimonio dovrebbe essere per tutti. Alcune delle più appassionate relazioni di cui sono stato testimone sono di coppie dello stesso sesso. Parità di diritti per tutti». (Renato Franco, 25.05.2013)
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venerdì 24 maggio 2013

TELEFILM ART - "True Blood"....Deadline
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giovedì 23 maggio 2013

NEWS - Morti di fame. La parodia porno di "The Walking Dead" scatena le proteste per non aver scelto un attore asiatico nei panni di Glenn
Articolo tratto da "eWalstreeter" 
Known for its hardcore X-rated parodies of the horror genre—Evil Head, Fuckenstein, Re-Penetrator to name a few (links NSFW)—porn company Burning Angel just wrapped filming on its spoof of AMC's The Walking Dead. Writer/director/actress Joanna Angel published behind-the-scenes photos of the cast in makeup on her blog. Mixed in with the special effects decayed zombie flesh and bloody wounds is a shot of a caucasian man with yellow foundation and his eyes taped back to give them a slanted look. He's playing Glenn, an Asian-American. In both the comic book and the TV show Glenn is of Korean descent and played by Korean-American actor Steven Yeun.
Perhaps Angel couldn't find an Asian person to play Glenn for a number of different reasons. (Maybe Keni Styles wasn't in her budget?) Glenn is a pivotal character in The Walking Dead, so it's understandable that she couldn't cut him from the script. But if there's a complete and utter lack of Asian porn performers (doubtful), then why not just abandon the attempt to stay "racially true" to the original? It's not like the show uses Glenn's ethnicity as a plot point; it doesn't define him. You could cast anyone in the role. Angel defended her choice to put the actor in yellowface:

Alright, I know some of you lame asses were offended by me turning someone non-Asian into someone Asian, but Danny is an important member of the BurningAngel family and I really wanted him in this movie –- and he actually has a lot of similar features as Glenn and made the most sense to play him. Around election time, I aged Danny about 60 years and turned him into Joe Biden. In Evil Head, we gave him an 80's looking wig. I was not doing this to make fun of anyone of any race -– I did this because it was a parody. So all you over-sensitive PC people: calm down.

"I did it because it was a parody," isn't exactly a defense; ironically it's more of an explanation of why people found it offensive, as the whole meaning of "parody" is to imitate something for the purpose of ridicule.
Angel found a black actress to play the part of Katana-swinging Michonne. One has to wonder if she had been forced to cast a white actress, would she have put her in blackface? Or would that have been crossing the line?

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mercoledì 22 maggio 2013

TWITTER-JAM - Le migliori twittate seriali
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lunedì 20 maggio 2013

PICCOLO GRANDE SCHERMO/L'EDICOLA DI LOU - "Star Trek Into Darkness" sbanca e sbarca là dove nessun predecessore è giunto prima
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Il nuovo "Star Trek Into Darkness" sbanca i botteghini e arriva là, dove nessun film della saga è giunto prima
"J.J. Abrams sets his filmmaking to “stun” for “Star Trek Into Darkness,” a sequel in every respect equal or even superior to its splendid 2009 predecessor, which lovingly and cleverly rebooted Gene Roddenberry’s long-running space opera following the black hole of 2002’s “Star Trek Nemesis.” Markedly grander in scale, although never at the expense of its richly human (and half-human) characters, “Into Darkness” may not boldly go where no “Trek” adventure has gone before, but getting there is such a well-crafted, immensely pleasurable ride that it would be positively Vulcan to nitpick. Global box office cume should easily warp past the prior pic’s $385 million for this sturdy Paramount tentpole, which opens overseas May 9 before beaming down Stateside one week later.
Abrams, whose last pic was the lyrical “E.T.”/“Close Encounters” homage “Super 8,” here tips his hat to the “Indiana Jones” series, opening with a thrilling setpiece that finds Kirk (Chris Pine) and Bones (the sly, loose-limbed Karl Urban) on the run from a tribe of very angry natives on the planet Nibiru. The natives, decked out in head-to-toe clay body paint, shimmer like human ceramics as they chase the Starfleet officers through a crimson forest, the lush colors of returning d.p. Dan Mindel all but searing the screen. Meanwhile, Spock (Zachary Quinto) toils away nearby, attempting to insert a high-tech ice cube into the raging volcano that threatens to destroy Nibiru and its inhabitants — a dangerous mission that quickly goes awry, building to a classic “Trek” standoff between stubborn Vulcan logic and impulsive human emotion.


The Enterprise crew has scarcely recovered from that one when, back on Earth, a terror bombing lays waste to a top-secret Starfleet intelligence facility and brings to the fore a new galactic baddie: a rogue Starfleet officer named John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch) who claims credit for the attack and, after an equally brazen follow-up, hightails it deep into Klingon-controlled space. The hawkish Adm. Marcus (Peter Weller) dispatches the Enterprise in hot pursuit, with this familiar-sounding objective: Shoot first, ask questions later, and avoid starting a war with the locals. Welcome to “Star Trek Into Zero Dark Thirty.”
Only, this John Harrison is a slippery sort who, when given the chance, claims not to be the villain at all, but rather a pawn in someone else’s deadlier scheme. And for much of its running time, “Star Trek Into Darkness” makes a good guessing game out of whether this mysterious stranger with the glacial glare and bones seemingly made of steel is friend, foe or — like the “old Spock” of Abrams’ first “Trek” — a little bit of history repeating. It hardly matters, because whatever Cumberbatch is playing, he’s wonderful to watch, infusing the movie with the kind of exotic grandeur Eric Bana’s wan Romulan henchman (arguably the weakest link in the 2009 film) largely lacked. Also making her maiden “Trek” voyage is the lovely Alice Eve as an ambitious science officer who lies her way on to the Enterprise deck and makes goo-goo eyes with the good Captain. She is not, it turns out, the ship’s only stowaway.
Having previously established an alternate “Trek” timeline in which all the events of prior series and movies still happened, but aren’t necessarily doomed to recur, Abrams and returning writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (now joined by “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof) here take that idea and run with it, invoking prior “Trek” lore when it suits them, freely branching off into new directions when it doesn’t. (Hell, there’s even some trouble with a tribble.) It’s a tricky business, balancing reverence with reinvention, but like the young Kirk, Abrams seems altogether more comfortable in the captain’s chair this time — not just in the large-scale action scenes, but particularly in the quieter ones, where you can sense his real investment in these characters and his confident touch with actors.

 The film builds particularly well on the burgeoning Kirk-Spock friendship, with Pine showing reserves of vulnerability and doubt beneath his cocksure exterior, while Quinto adds gravitas to Spock’s eternal inner conflict — and his deepening romance with Lt. Uhura (Zoe Saldana). But make no mistake: The action, when it comes, is superbly executed, whether it’s giant vessels making mincemeat of one another, or the simpler excitements of old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat and foot chases through crowded promenades.
The best, even-numbered films in the original “Trek” film franchise were shaped by the guiding intelligence of writer-director Nicholas Meyer, who laced the Starfleet jargon with high-toned literary references and a gently self-mocking sense of humor. Abrams, too, manages to keep the mood buoyant even when the fate of the universe is hanging in the balance, more than earning his tears when he finally decides to milk them. But if Meyer’s primary references were Shakespeare, Dickens and Conan Doyle, Abrams’ are Spielberg, John Hughes and Cameron Crowe. In defiance of the self-congratulatory snark that has become de rigueur in Hollywood franchise fare, he brings a shimmering pop romanticism to “Trek’s” stalwart ideals of friendship, heroism and self-sacrifice. There’s something bold about that, indeed.
“Into Darkness” is a beautifully modulated and sustained piece of work across the board, with visual effects that seamlessly meld live-action and computer-animated elements, given further texture by old-fashioned celluloid
lensing (with 65mm Imax used for key action scenes). Post-production 3D conversion by Stereo D ranks among the best of its kind. The Enterprise has rarely looked sleeker than it does on production designer Scott Chambliss’ sets. Adding the cherry to the top of this cinematic sundae, composer Michael Giacchino’s soaring score once again revives Alexander Courage’s immortal Trek theme for the closing credits".
(Scott Foundas)
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