Past Deadline

A new date for Friday the 13th

hollywoodreporter — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:00:00 -0800

By Steven Zeitchik Jason's coming back. The villain who's defied death more often than Evil Knievel is making another appearance on the big screen. Sources saying that New Line and Platinum Dunes are moving forward on a new “Friday the...

Moving kids' imaginations, one episode at a time

hollywoodreporter — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:10:10 -0800

By Barry Garron If you haven't heard of Imagination Movers, it's probably because you don't spend enough time hanging around with preschoolers. Ever since September, they've been on at 10 a.m. daily on the Disney Channel. With any luck, they'll...

'The Shield': Another good thing comes to an end

hollywoodreporter — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:23:20 -0800

By Barry Garron Series come and series go and, even as The Reporter's chief TV critic, I don't get terribly sentimental about the process. Every once in a while, though, when a series is head and shoulders above almost all...

Want a time machine? Go see your 'U.N.C.L.E.'

hollywoodreporter — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:53:21 -0800

By Barry Garron The pleasures of watching vintage TV series are not restricted to the stories and performances. The best series do so much more. They capture the essence of their time, from the fashions to the fears, from the...

They're bagging 'Dancing with the Stars' -- for this?

hollywoodreporter — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:06:10 -0800

So there is apparently some big show coming onto television on Tuesday that every network on both broadcast and cable seems to be covering despite it having precious little dancing in it. And the truth is that if you possess...

Edward Asner's life: The greatest story never told

hollywoodreporter — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:44:33 -0700

By Barry Garron One of the best Hollywood biographies has never been told and probably never will be. That would be the story of Edward Asner, who will star in "Generation Gap," a new Hallmark Channel movie that premieres Saturday....

Two gizmos you didn't know you needed

hollywoodreporter — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:41:44 -0700

By Barry Garron In recent weeks, I came across two relatively inexpensive gadgets that I desperately needed, though I didn't realize it until I found them. One actually paid for itself. Either of them might be just the thing for...

There's nothing subtle about VH1 lessons on good manners

hollywoodreporter — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:19:13 -0700

By Barry Garron Here's a little something from My How Times Have Changed department. Viewers of a certain age will recall TV ads about the oh-so-delicate issue of how you tell a friend that they have bad breath. Or, heaven...

A breast cancer movie on Lifetime that's Must-See-TV

hollywoodreporter — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:56:45 -0700

Made-for-TV movies about breast cancer, particularly at Lifetime, have so devolved into a cliche that it's easy to dismiss -- sight unseen -- any new original focusing on the subject as shamelessly redundant, if not gratingly maudlin. But as Saturday's...

Ex Day -- your relationship will never be the same!

hollywoodreporter — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:39:05 -0700

By Barry Garron Today, Thursday, Oct. 16, in case you hadn't heard, is Ex Day. It's a promotional idea on a par with the establishment of Club a Seal Day or the Stock Market Crash Festival. The idea for Ex...

Today's news: Faster than the speed of truth

hollywoodreporter — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:42:09 -0700

By Barry Garron Between the economic downturn and the dismal fighting overseas, there's so much really, really bad news these days that it might be hard to interest people in merely bad news, such as the way journalism has been...

The cyber and print worlds finally get it right

hollywoodreporter — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:23:36 -0700

We've all heard too many times lately that the printed word is in grave danger of becoming obsolete due to the Internet and the accompanying computer monitor. The simple pleasure of holding a piece of reading material in one's hand...

As debate moderator, Ifill was awful

hollywoodreporter — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:12:24 -0700

By Barry Garron The buzz before Thursday night's vice presidential debate, at least in the conservative blogosphere, was that Gwen Ifill of PBS was a bad choice for moderator. Turns out they were right, albeit for the wrong reasons. Supporters...

Sarah Silverman: 'If Obama loses, blame the Jews.'

hollywoodreporter — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:57:00 -0700

By Barry Garron It's hardly a surprise to find that Sarah Silverman, like much of Hollywood, hopes that Barack Obama is elected president in November. Or, for that matter, that she has produced a video on behalf of Obama's campaign....

The Warner Bros.: Up Close and Personal

hollywoodreporter — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:12:30 -0700

By Barry Garron The new TV season is young, but one program that is clearly a highlight is PBS' "American Masters" miniseries that ran this week and marked the 85th anniversary of Warner Bros. studio. "You Must Remember This" was...

The Emmy telecast -- you read it here first

hollywoodreporter — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:51:54 -0700

By Barry Garron Look, I'm not the kind of guy who says "I told you so." No, that's not true. Who am I kidding? I am exactly the kind of guy who says "I told you so" because, in my...

The Emmys jump the shark along with every other creature in all of the world's oceans

hollywoodreporter — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:50:20 -0700

Let me just start out by saying that I'm an old, decrepit, craggy, doddering (actually very very doddering) elderly-type person who has seen many a Primetime Emmy show in his time. I'm one of these guys who starts out every...

Emmys, Tubeys -- your guess is as good as mine

hollywoodreporter — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:55:23 -0700

By Barry Garron Some people make a big deal out of predicting who will win an Emmy Award during the telecast on Sunday. They study what was submitted, they debate with each other online or on panels, they analyze past...

Here comes the (next) judge

hollywoodreporter — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:43:59 -0700

By Barry Garron In case you're keeping track, there are now 11 syndicated courtroom TV programs. And that doesn't count Lewis Black's "The Root of All Evil" on Comedy Central. New this season is "Family Court With Judge Penny" (seen...

Introducing Sarah Palin: The Action Figure, vowing to save the planet one offshore oil drill at a time

hollywoodreporter — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:44:47 -0700

Well, that certainly didn't take long. Before she has consented to so much as a single interview with members of the evil "liberal" media, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- whom you may have heard has been chosen as John McCain's...