The Flashback Soaps
There many soap operas that so much we have a fourth posting about them in a lookback fashion.
1.The City
Remember when we talked about the Soap "Loving" ? (If you don't then it's right here) Then you remember when we said the show ended in 1995 and it's famous plot line was a serial killer (ironic , because they killed a serial show). This takes us to "The City", Agnes Nixon , the creator of such soaps : "All My Children" , "One Life to Live", "Loving" , got another slot on ABC to replace her "Loving " . The City began November 13 , 1995 , (or the following Monday from the end of "Loving") the main characters of the soap were those who weren't killed off in "Loving" they moved from the place where all the murders were (not the worst idea) to New York's Soho district in an apartment building. (Wait , are we sure we aren't talking about Friends?) Another thing about The City is well ... it's main setting wasn't the city (that title guy is so fired) it was the loft and surrounding parts.
Are we sure this isn't Friends? / Copyright ABC
One of the biggest story lines for this series was about a transsexual photographer and the fall-out of people finding out until it was dropped because of the subject matter and bad other things. (no serial killers) Remember the serial killer? They tried to bring that back as well by having some of the characters stalked or murdered (contracts are weird) and the killer was .... (ehhh)
Since this show is being covered as a lookback that probably means it's dead (yes , it was killed by serial killer who also stalked Young and The Restless and killed Sunset Beach later on) yep , the show never caught on with viewers. Morgan Fairchild left the show and was replaced by Jane Eliot from "General Hospital" but again not catching on fire as a show. Another factor was the time slot : In the East it was on at 12:30 PM against "The Young and The Restless" (kind of like putting your new show against American Idol in the 2000's) and ABC canceled it in 1997.
An interesting note characters Angie Hubbard (played by Debbi Morgan ) and her son Frankie , started on "All My Children" in 1983 , moved to "Loving" in 1993 and being a survivor moved to "The City".
2. Port Charles
After "The City" was a canceled , ABC did repeats of other soaps until they got a new soap called "Port Charles" If that sound familiar , well that's because it's a spin off of "General Hospital" it takes place in the fictional city of Port Charles , much like General Hospital. (Unlike The City) Port Charles began on June 1st 1997 . There were plans to do a GH spin off since 1996 (maybe earlier but who cares about that?) The first name concept was "GH2 " it would focus on the interns at the medical school across from the famous hospital. It was later renamed to what the show premiered as "Port Charles" and to anchor the show well they had two stars from General Hospital star in this show Lynn Herring who played Lucy and Jon Lindstrom who played Kevin Collins . It premiered in primetime first with a 2 hour start. (That's 4 episodes of plot there)
The Soap had low ratings at first but was finding its own audience , then in 2000 it found it's style it was now going to follow a novella format , so instead of long storylines it was going have "books" (reading is fun kids ) that would be 13 week plot lines self contained in that book.
The "books" were called : Fate , Time in a Bottle , Tainted Love , Tempted , Miracles Happen, Secrets, Superstition, Torn, Naked Eyes , Surrender , Desire, and The Gift .(or the names of my kids) The original concept of focusing on interns also was later waived out.
Yeah we have a green filter deal with it!/ Copyright ABC
The soap did run 6 years but didn't satfiy ABC anymore so they ended it in 2003 , this series ending had to distinctions : it was ABC's last new soap series and when it ended the slot was given to local stations ( to air news and junk) . The late 90's was really the end of new soap series being made for daytime TV .
3. Passions
ABC is depressing me , let's go to NBC as we go to their last ever new soap series ever in America (oh... should have gone to CBS eh?) Let's talk about "Passions" , it began as the century was ending on July 5th in 1999. NBC was happy with the creator of the series because he (James E Riley) was credited with the surge in ratings at "Days of Our Lives". One of the plotlines was Dr. Marlena Evans was possessed by Satan . (you know, an average Tuesday)
Passions was a new soap for Riley to try anything and not get some viewers mad at him . "Passions" had some interesting people and plotlines . Sheridan Crane , was a character who was close with Princes Diana , including having a similar accident in the same Paris tunnel and speaks to ghost Diana (uhhh what?) who urges her to survive. When Crane had a boating accident she gets amnesia (our old soap friend ) and calls herself Diana. We also had a love triangle. (yep it's a soap) Riley must have a thing for supernatural (or really missed Dark Shadows) this show had it witches (Sabrina?) ,warlocks , closet doors to Hell (which sounds like a rock song). We had centuries old Witch named Tabitha Lennox and her brought to life doll, Timmy.
In 2004 , the show went through some changes with many of the original actors leaving the show and new characters were introduced , giving the show a ratings boost.
Fly on the wings of a bird you! / copyright NBC
The Soap was never the highest rated but it did well with key demos (the stuff networks care about) but NBC decided to cancel it in 2007 , this was in part due to the fact they wanted to expand the "Today Show" to 4 hours (ooh lucky us) and they were going to have affiliates give up 10AM in exchange for the "Passions" slot. It ended on September 7th 2007.
But wait , our story has a twist ! NBC owned the show and was looking for someone to pick it up for them and Direct TV did. 10 days after the series ended it returned with new episodes on Direct TV's 101 network (as it was known then) . But that happy moment of maybe a chance of hope didn't last long Direct TV announced they were not renewing the show and it ended in August 2008.
We found a theme in these soaps they were some of the last soaps made for American Daytime TV. Established soaps weren't moving and slots were drying up and also it was getting harder to attract people (thanks stupid reality shows) due to changing patterns of viewers , especially daytime viewers.
That's our lookback , stay tuned next time when we move to a city of witches who are escaping a serial killer.
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
The 2016 Oscar Nominations
Oscars
The 88th annual Academy Awards nominees have been announced ,the Oscars air February the 28th at 7pmet on ABC, Here is the list of nominees:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
Matt Damon in The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in Carol
Brie Larson in Room
Jennifer Lawrence in Joy
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn
Best motion picture of the year
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Achievement in directing
The Big Short, Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Room, Lenny Abrahamson
Spotlight, Tom McCarthy
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey -- Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction -- Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song #3” from Youth -- Music and Lyric by David Lang
“Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground -- Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre -- Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Achievement in cinematography
Carol -- Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight -- Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road -- John Seale
The Revenant -- Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario Roger Deakins
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara in Carol
Rachel McAdams in Spotlight
Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in The Big Short
Tom Hardy in The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight
Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone in Creed
Best documentary short subject
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom Dee Hibbert
Best documentary feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Achievement in costume design
Carol -- Sandy Powell
Cinderella -- Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl -- Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road --Jenny Beavan
The Revenant -- Jacqueline West
Achievement in sound editing
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Mark Mangini and David White
The Martian -- Oliver Tarney
The Revenant -- Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
Sicario -- Alan Robert Murray
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing
Bridge of Spies -- Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
The Martian -- Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
The Revenant -- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared -- Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
The Revenant -- Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Best live action short film
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
Best animated short film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Best animated feature film of the year
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Adapted screenplay
The Big Short -- Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Brooklyn -- Screenplay by Nick Hornby
Carol -- Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
The Martian -- Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Room -- Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Achievement in production design
Bridge of Spies -- Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
The Danish Girl -- Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
The Martian -- Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
The Revenant -- Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Achievement in visual effects
Ex Machina -- Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
The Martian -- Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
The Revenant -- Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Achievement in film editing
The Big Short -- Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Margaret Sixel
The Revenant -- Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight -- Tom McArdle
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Best foreign language film of the year
Embrace of the Serpent - Colombia
Mustang - France
Son of Saul - Hungary
Theeb - Jordan
A War - Denmark
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Bridge of Spies -- Thomas Newman
Carol -- Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight -- Ennio Morricone
Sicario -- Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- John Williams
Original screenplay
Bridge of Spies -- Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina -- Written by Alex Garland Inside Out Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Spotlight -- Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton -- Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
The 88th annual Academy Awards nominees have been announced ,the Oscars air February the 28th at 7pmet on ABC, Here is the list of nominees:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
Matt Damon in The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in Carol
Brie Larson in Room
Jennifer Lawrence in Joy
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn
Best motion picture of the year
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Achievement in directing
The Big Short, Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Room, Lenny Abrahamson
Spotlight, Tom McCarthy
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey -- Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction -- Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song #3” from Youth -- Music and Lyric by David Lang
“Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground -- Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre -- Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Achievement in cinematography
Carol -- Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight -- Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road -- John Seale
The Revenant -- Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario Roger Deakins
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara in Carol
Rachel McAdams in Spotlight
Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in The Big Short
Tom Hardy in The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight
Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone in Creed
Best documentary short subject
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom Dee Hibbert
Best documentary feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Achievement in costume design
Carol -- Sandy Powell
Cinderella -- Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl -- Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road --Jenny Beavan
The Revenant -- Jacqueline West
Achievement in sound editing
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Mark Mangini and David White
The Martian -- Oliver Tarney
The Revenant -- Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
Sicario -- Alan Robert Murray
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing
Bridge of Spies -- Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
The Martian -- Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
The Revenant -- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared -- Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
The Revenant -- Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Best live action short film
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
Best animated short film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Best animated feature film of the year
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Adapted screenplay
The Big Short -- Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Brooklyn -- Screenplay by Nick Hornby
Carol -- Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
The Martian -- Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Room -- Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Achievement in production design
Bridge of Spies -- Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
The Danish Girl -- Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
The Martian -- Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
The Revenant -- Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Achievement in visual effects
Ex Machina -- Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
The Martian -- Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
The Revenant -- Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Achievement in film editing
The Big Short -- Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road -- Margaret Sixel
The Revenant -- Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight -- Tom McArdle
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Best foreign language film of the year
Embrace of the Serpent - Colombia
Mustang - France
Son of Saul - Hungary
Theeb - Jordan
A War - Denmark
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Bridge of Spies -- Thomas Newman
Carol -- Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight -- Ennio Morricone
Sicario -- Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- John Williams
Original screenplay
Bridge of Spies -- Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina -- Written by Alex Garland Inside Out Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Spotlight -- Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton -- Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Al Jazeera America shutting Down
Medialine News
The Cable news channel , Al Jazeera America,announced Wednesday that it will be shutting down on April 30th. After almost 2 1/2 years and 3 years after the big announcement that they were buying Current TV from Al Gore.
The reasoning per Al Jazeera America's website:
The Network attracted alot of journalists to join it such as John Seigenthaler (former NBC News anchor) , Ali Velshi (former CNN) , and others , but it's ratings were never as strong as it's competitors. It also had problems with carriers at the very start and recently a controversy over a report about sports players alleged doping, which they defended as accurate. The Company says they will expand digital operations in the U.S . It is unknown what happens to the channel space: if it is removed all together, sold One America News seems to want it , or Al Jazerra English takes it's place.
The Cable news channel , Al Jazeera America,announced Wednesday that it will be shutting down on April 30th. After almost 2 1/2 years and 3 years after the big announcement that they were buying Current TV from Al Gore.
The reasoning per Al Jazeera America's website:
Al Jazeera America will shutter its cable TV and digital operations by April 30 of this year, the company announced Wednesday. The decision by the AJAM board was “driven by the fact that our business model is simply not sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplace,” said AJAM CEO Al Anstey.
The Network attracted alot of journalists to join it such as John Seigenthaler (former NBC News anchor) , Ali Velshi (former CNN) , and others , but it's ratings were never as strong as it's competitors. It also had problems with carriers at the very start and recently a controversy over a report about sports players alleged doping, which they defended as accurate. The Company says they will expand digital operations in the U.S . It is unknown what happens to the channel space: if it is removed all together, sold One America News seems to want it , or Al Jazerra English takes it's place.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
2016 Golden Globes winners list
Golden Globes
Best Motion Picture -- Drama
"Carol"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Revenant""Room""Spotlight"
Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
"The Big Short"
"Joy"
"The Martian"
"Spy"
"Trainwreck"
Best Actor -- Motion Picture, Drama
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Will Smith, "Concussion"
Best Actor -- Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, "The Big Short"
Steve Carell, "The Big Short"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Al Pacino, "Danny Collins"
Mark Ruffalo, "Infinitely Polar Bear"
Best Actress -- Motion Picture, Drama
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Brie Larson, "Room"
Rooney Mara, "Carol"
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"
Best Actress -- Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Melissa McCarthy, "Spy"
Amy Schumer, "Trainwreck"
Maggie Smith, "The Lady in the Van"
Lily Tomlin, "Grandma"
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano, "Love & Mercy"
Idris Elba, "Beasts of No Nation"
Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"
Michael Shannon, "99 Homes"
Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"
Best Supporting Actress
Jane Fonda, "Youth"
Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"
Helen Mirren, "Trumbo"
Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"
Alicia Vikander, "Ex Machina"
Best Director
Todd Haynes, "Carol"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Ridley Scott, "The Martian"
Best Screenplay
Emma Donoghue, "Room"
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, "Spotlight"
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
Aaron Sorkin, "Steve Jobs"
Quentin Tarantino, "The Hateful Eight"
Best Original Score
Carter Burwell, "Carol"
Alexandre Desplat, "The Danish Girl"
Ennio Morricone, "The Hateful Eight"
Daniel Pemberton, "Steve Jobs"
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, "The Revenant"
Best Original Song
"Love Me Like You Do" (from "50 Shades of Grey")
"One Kind of Love" (from "Love & Mercy")
"See You Again" (from "Furious 7")
"Simple Song #3" (from "Youth")
"Writing's on the Wall" (from "Spectre")
Best Foreign Language Film
"The Brand New Testament"
"The Club"
"The Fencer"
"Mustang"
"Son of Saul"
Best Animated Feature Film
"Anomalisa"
"The Good Dinosaur"
"Inside Out"
"The Peanuts Movie"
"Shaun the Sheep Movie"
The Winners have been announced , they are highlighted in gold and Italicized
Best Motion Picture -- Drama
"Carol"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Revenant""Room""Spotlight"
Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
"The Big Short"
"Joy"
"The Martian"
"Spy"
"Trainwreck"
Best Actor -- Motion Picture, Drama
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Will Smith, "Concussion"
Best Actor -- Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, "The Big Short"
Steve Carell, "The Big Short"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Al Pacino, "Danny Collins"
Mark Ruffalo, "Infinitely Polar Bear"
Best Actress -- Motion Picture, Drama
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Brie Larson, "Room"
Rooney Mara, "Carol"
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"
Best Actress -- Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Melissa McCarthy, "Spy"
Amy Schumer, "Trainwreck"
Maggie Smith, "The Lady in the Van"
Lily Tomlin, "Grandma"
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano, "Love & Mercy"
Idris Elba, "Beasts of No Nation"
Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"
Michael Shannon, "99 Homes"
Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"
Best Supporting Actress
Jane Fonda, "Youth"
Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"
Helen Mirren, "Trumbo"
Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"
Alicia Vikander, "Ex Machina"
Best Director
Todd Haynes, "Carol"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Ridley Scott, "The Martian"
Best Screenplay
Emma Donoghue, "Room"
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, "Spotlight"
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
Aaron Sorkin, "Steve Jobs"
Quentin Tarantino, "The Hateful Eight"
Best Original Score
Carter Burwell, "Carol"
Alexandre Desplat, "The Danish Girl"
Ennio Morricone, "The Hateful Eight"
Daniel Pemberton, "Steve Jobs"
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, "The Revenant"
Best Original Song
"Love Me Like You Do" (from "50 Shades of Grey")
"One Kind of Love" (from "Love & Mercy")
"See You Again" (from "Furious 7")
"Simple Song #3" (from "Youth")
"Writing's on the Wall" (from "Spectre")
Best Foreign Language Film
"The Brand New Testament"
"The Club"
"The Fencer"
"Mustang"
"Son of Saul"
Best Animated Feature Film
"Anomalisa"
"The Good Dinosaur"
"Inside Out"
"The Peanuts Movie"
"Shaun the Sheep Movie"
TV stuff after the Jump
Thursday, January 07, 2016
The Lookback: The Charlie Brown Lookback : It's the Girl in the Red Truck
Peanuts the Lookback
Happy New Year, and welcome back to our Charlie Brown specials Lookbacks this is our 12th installment. "It's the Girl in the Red Truck , Charlie Brown" It's the 32nd special related to the Peanuts specials it aired on CBS on September 27 , 1988.
The first noticeable difference to this special is that you see a live action desert and a live-action pick up truck .
Did we pick up the wrong special ?/ copyright Peanuts
Then we see Spike , Snoopy's brother, and this will be about him he is not a live-action dog it's back to cartoon world for this. Spike lives inside a live-action catcus. ( words we never thought would be uttered in the English language) and that brings us back to the live-action world. This was all before the name of the special was introduced. With Charlie Brown and Snoopy (ok so we will see them then?) Back in Charlie Brown land , Snoopy gets a letter from his brother Spike. Where Spike writes what he does on his days like take a long desert walk, Spike, also learns French daily by cassette (aww the 80's). One day , the highlight of this day was he waved at a girl driving a red truck and she waved back. (awww middle school) He sets alarm for early to make sure he can see her again. Her truck brakes down in front of Spike and the French tape very conveniently asks the right questions. She talks to Spikes , fixes her truck and asks Spike if he would like to come with her.
Comes fully loaded with cartoon seat belts / copyright peanuts
She takes Spike to a restaurant that Spike apparently is the best customer at the restaurant (Snoopy has an interesting family) says the owner, Molly. Also the girl's name is Jenny and she wants to be a jazz dancer , she is an aerobics instructor. They go to her place ,when her boyfriend , Jeff, comes over, he sees Spike and thinks he's a wild animal. (unphased by the cartoon thing though, and very causal if a wild animal is around you) Jeff tells Jenny that he set up a Jazz dance audition in a movie. for her , but it clashes with her aerobics teaching this upsets Jenny. She says she not ready to leave everyone she teaches and the area itself. Jeff talks with Spike (honestly, they need these folks to keep some sound , since Spike doesn't talk)
Sitting on the dock of the bay/ copryight peanuts
more after the jump
Happy New Year, and welcome back to our Charlie Brown specials Lookbacks this is our 12th installment. "It's the Girl in the Red Truck , Charlie Brown" It's the 32nd special related to the Peanuts specials it aired on CBS on September 27 , 1988.
The first noticeable difference to this special is that you see a live action desert and a live-action pick up truck .
Did we pick up the wrong special ?/ copyright Peanuts
Then we see Spike , Snoopy's brother, and this will be about him he is not a live-action dog it's back to cartoon world for this. Spike lives inside a live-action catcus. ( words we never thought would be uttered in the English language) and that brings us back to the live-action world. This was all before the name of the special was introduced. With Charlie Brown and Snoopy (ok so we will see them then?) Back in Charlie Brown land , Snoopy gets a letter from his brother Spike. Where Spike writes what he does on his days like take a long desert walk, Spike, also learns French daily by cassette (aww the 80's). One day , the highlight of this day was he waved at a girl driving a red truck and she waved back. (awww middle school) He sets alarm for early to make sure he can see her again. Her truck brakes down in front of Spike and the French tape very conveniently asks the right questions. She talks to Spikes , fixes her truck and asks Spike if he would like to come with her.
Comes fully loaded with cartoon seat belts / copyright peanuts
She takes Spike to a restaurant that Spike apparently is the best customer at the restaurant (Snoopy has an interesting family) says the owner, Molly. Also the girl's name is Jenny and she wants to be a jazz dancer , she is an aerobics instructor. They go to her place ,when her boyfriend , Jeff, comes over, he sees Spike and thinks he's a wild animal. (unphased by the cartoon thing though, and very causal if a wild animal is around you) Jeff tells Jenny that he set up a Jazz dance audition in a movie. for her , but it clashes with her aerobics teaching this upsets Jenny. She says she not ready to leave everyone she teaches and the area itself. Jeff talks with Spike (honestly, they need these folks to keep some sound , since Spike doesn't talk)
Sitting on the dock of the bay/ copryight peanuts
more after the jump
Monday, December 21, 2015
The Lookback : Nickmas and Disney's One Saturday Christmas :Doug
The Lookback
To keep our ratings ummmm we have ratings? This time we look at Doug (if your name is Doug we aren't looking at you , don't worry). Our title gives away a clue but we'll get to that later. Let's star.
"Doug's Christmas Story" is a season 4 episode of Nickeloden's series Doug and honestly , it's a very unorthodox Christmas episode.
Doug starts with telling us that something bad happened starting two days before Christmas. The other kids are playing on a frozen over pond when the ice starts to crack as thin ice does. Doug's dog ,Pork Chop, sees Bebe Bluff about to go near where the nice is cracking and he tries to stop her but it doesn't work and continues on when he bites her leg to move her away. But instead of being hailed hero dog , Pork Chop is accused of attacking Bebe . Even Doug keeps with the accusation.

"Bad dog!, get into your ...igloo?, what?". copyright Viacom
Porkchop tries telling Doug that it's not what it seems (the dog doesn't talk ... he more mimes it ... cartoon logic) but for now that doesn't work. The former mayor (this show really does hold continuity well) is hosting a radio show when he gets a caller who talks about the girl that got attacked. (This is before the internet messed up lives...radio did) Doug comes back home and notices a circus of media and cops at his house.

We are tough on crime in this town, we arrested 8 1st graders yesterday and a hamster/ copyright Viacom
Just like a real life politician the former mayor is also their trying to score some publicity points (or a jerk) and having the dog put away for good. Meanwhile Mr.Bluff, BeBe's dad, is pressing charges against Porkchop . (What the heck ...what kind of town is this ... I am not paying taxes in Bluffington ...nevermind) Doug tires a petition to help save his dog , and besides the current Mayor's husband (she's away) signs it and everyone else chooses not to because it's a town full of jerks. Doug decides to see Bebe who is in the hospital ,but her father is un reasonable. (and apparently hates dogs for not having money or knowing what money is )
For Chirstmas eve , there will be a trial , (they took the whole ..right to a speedy trial literally) Porkchop tries again to explain to Doug what really happened. Bebe is hauled into the courtroom in a wheel chair , Doug stands up for his dog (silly Doug wants to do things the right way) . At the lake Porkchop starts getting relied up when Bebe this time falls into the ice and Porkchop leaps to save her.

The media is fickle , copyright Viacom
Pork Chop is acquitted and the next day the townspeople come over and apologized (as they should) including the Bluffs.
That's the episode anyway it's umm the strangest thing ever ...it's more the episode itself took place at Christmas but Christmas is really not the full theme of the episode which is interesitng to say the least.
Tune in next time when... (ppsst whisper whisper) oh yeah that oh well ready for more? Join me after the Jump.
To keep our ratings ummmm we have ratings? This time we look at Doug (if your name is Doug we aren't looking at you , don't worry). Our title gives away a clue but we'll get to that later. Let's star.
"Doug's Christmas Story" is a season 4 episode of Nickeloden's series Doug and honestly , it's a very unorthodox Christmas episode.
Doug starts with telling us that something bad happened starting two days before Christmas. The other kids are playing on a frozen over pond when the ice starts to crack as thin ice does. Doug's dog ,Pork Chop, sees Bebe Bluff about to go near where the nice is cracking and he tries to stop her but it doesn't work and continues on when he bites her leg to move her away. But instead of being hailed hero dog , Pork Chop is accused of attacking Bebe . Even Doug keeps with the accusation.
"Bad dog!, get into your ...igloo?, what?". copyright Viacom
Porkchop tries telling Doug that it's not what it seems (the dog doesn't talk ... he more mimes it ... cartoon logic) but for now that doesn't work. The former mayor (this show really does hold continuity well) is hosting a radio show when he gets a caller who talks about the girl that got attacked. (This is before the internet messed up lives...radio did) Doug comes back home and notices a circus of media and cops at his house.
We are tough on crime in this town, we arrested 8 1st graders yesterday and a hamster/ copyright Viacom
Just like a real life politician the former mayor is also their trying to score some publicity points (or a jerk) and having the dog put away for good. Meanwhile Mr.Bluff, BeBe's dad, is pressing charges against Porkchop . (What the heck ...what kind of town is this ... I am not paying taxes in Bluffington ...nevermind) Doug tires a petition to help save his dog , and besides the current Mayor's husband (she's away) signs it and everyone else chooses not to because it's a town full of jerks. Doug decides to see Bebe who is in the hospital ,but her father is un reasonable. (and apparently hates dogs for not having money or knowing what money is )
For Chirstmas eve , there will be a trial , (they took the whole ..right to a speedy trial literally) Porkchop tries again to explain to Doug what really happened. Bebe is hauled into the courtroom in a wheel chair , Doug stands up for his dog (silly Doug wants to do things the right way) . At the lake Porkchop starts getting relied up when Bebe this time falls into the ice and Porkchop leaps to save her.
The media is fickle , copyright Viacom
Pork Chop is acquitted and the next day the townspeople come over and apologized (as they should) including the Bluffs.
That's the episode anyway it's umm the strangest thing ever ...it's more the episode itself took place at Christmas but Christmas is really not the full theme of the episode which is interesitng to say the least.
Tune in next time when... (ppsst whisper whisper) oh yeah that oh well ready for more? Join me after the Jump.
METV announces their Winter schedule
Classics
Last week , we had the Antenna TV schedule , winter schedule now METV has as well. If you missed Patty Duke from Antenna TV the show will now air on METV weekday mornings at 6amet/5c and this show hasn't been on TV in a while "Mama's Family" comes to weeknights at 6pm/5c.
Weekdays all times ET/PT
5:00am Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
5;30am The Donna Reed Show
6am The Patty Duke Show (new to line up)
6:30am I Love Lucy
7amet The Brady Bunch
7:30am Petticoat Junction
8amet The Beverly Hillbillies
8:30am The Beverly Hillbillies
9am Perry Mason
10am Matlock
11am Qunicy, M.E
12PM The Rockford Files
1PM Gunsmoke
2PM Bonzana
3PM The Rifleman
3:30 The Rifleman
4pm Emergency!
5pm CHIPs (replaces Emergency!)
6pm Mama's Family
6:30pm Mama's Family (new to line up)
7PM M*A*S*H
7:30PM M*A*S*H
8PM The Andy Griffith Show /Gilligan's Island (in areas where other station has rights to Andy)
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
9PM Happy Days
9:30 Laverne and Shirley
10pm Hogan's Heroes
10:30pm Hogan's Heros
11p Carol Burnett and Friends
11:30pm Perry Mason
12:30am Mystery Movie (new)
2:30am Night Gallery
3am The Alfred Hitchock Hour
4am Thriller
Weekends after the jump
Last week , we had the Antenna TV schedule , winter schedule now METV has as well. If you missed Patty Duke from Antenna TV the show will now air on METV weekday mornings at 6amet/5c and this show hasn't been on TV in a while "Mama's Family" comes to weeknights at 6pm/5c.
Weekdays all times ET/PT
5:00am Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
5;30am The Donna Reed Show
6am The Patty Duke Show (new to line up)
6:30am I Love Lucy
7amet The Brady Bunch
7:30am Petticoat Junction
8amet The Beverly Hillbillies
8:30am The Beverly Hillbillies
9am Perry Mason
10am Matlock
11am Qunicy, M.E
12PM The Rockford Files
1PM Gunsmoke
2PM Bonzana
3PM The Rifleman
3:30 The Rifleman
4pm Emergency!
5pm CHIPs (replaces Emergency!)
6pm Mama's Family
6:30pm Mama's Family (new to line up)
7PM M*A*S*H
7:30PM M*A*S*H
8PM The Andy Griffith Show /Gilligan's Island (in areas where other station has rights to Andy)
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
9PM Happy Days
9:30 Laverne and Shirley
10pm Hogan's Heroes
10:30pm Hogan's Heros
11p Carol Burnett and Friends
11:30pm Perry Mason
12:30am Mystery Movie (new)
2:30am Night Gallery
3am The Alfred Hitchock Hour
4am Thriller
Weekends after the jump
Friday, December 18, 2015
Antenna TV releases winter 2016 schedule
Antenna TV Classics
Antenna TV has announced their winter schedule . Of note they have added reruns of the Tonight Show Starting Johnny Carson full episodes, not the highlights or best of. That will air in late night at 11pmet and also at 2amet and weekends 10pmet and 1:30amet. Other shows being added are : "Mork and Mindy" , "Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) ,Dear John , which gets a late night slot and Sundays . It starts January 1st Full line up below:
Weekdays all times ET
5AMET Burns and Allen Show
5:30amet Burns and Allen Show
6AMET McHale's Navy (replaces The Jack Benny Program)
6:30AMET McHale's Navy (replaces The Jack Benny Program)
7AMET Mister ED
7:30amet Mister ED
8amet Father Knows Best
8:30amet Father Knows Best
9amet Hazel
9;30amet Hazel
10amet Dennis the Menace
10:30amet Dennis the Menace
11amet Leave it To Beaver
11:30am Leave it To Beaver
12pmet Bewitched
12:30pmet Bewitched
1pmet I Dream of Jeannie
1:30pmet I Dream of Jeannie
2PMET Green Acres
2:30pm Green Acres
3pmet Three's Company
3:30pmet Three's Company
4pmet One Day at a Time (replaces Mr.Belvedere )
4:30PM One Day at A Time (replaces Mr.Belvedre)
5PMET Mork and Mindy (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
5:30pmet Mork and Mindy (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
6pmet Sanford and Son
6:30pmet Sanford and Son
7pmet Good Times
7:30pmet Good Times
8PMET The Jeffersons
8:30pmet The Jeffersons
9pmet All in The Family
9:30pmet All in The Family
10pmet Family Ties
10:30pmet Family Ties
11pmet Johnny Carson 80's/90's (replaces One Day at A Time , which moved to 4et)
12amet Barney Miller
12:30amet Barney Miller
1amet Newhart
1:30amet Newhart
2amet Johnny Carson 80's /90's (replaces Doogie Howser M.D)
3amet Three's Company
3:30am Three's Company
4amet Dear John (replaces Maude)
4:30am Dear John (replaces Maude)
weekends after the Jump
Antenna TV has announced their winter schedule . Of note they have added reruns of the Tonight Show Starting Johnny Carson full episodes, not the highlights or best of. That will air in late night at 11pmet and also at 2amet and weekends 10pmet and 1:30amet. Other shows being added are : "Mork and Mindy" , "Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) ,Dear John , which gets a late night slot and Sundays . It starts January 1st Full line up below:
Weekdays all times ET
5AMET Burns and Allen Show
5:30amet Burns and Allen Show
6AMET McHale's Navy (replaces The Jack Benny Program)
6:30AMET McHale's Navy (replaces The Jack Benny Program)
7AMET Mister ED
7:30amet Mister ED
8amet Father Knows Best
8:30amet Father Knows Best
9amet Hazel
9;30amet Hazel
10amet Dennis the Menace
10:30amet Dennis the Menace
11amet Leave it To Beaver
11:30am Leave it To Beaver
12pmet Bewitched
12:30pmet Bewitched
1pmet I Dream of Jeannie
1:30pmet I Dream of Jeannie
2PMET Green Acres
2:30pm Green Acres
3pmet Three's Company
3:30pmet Three's Company
4pmet One Day at a Time (replaces Mr.Belvedere )
4:30PM One Day at A Time (replaces Mr.Belvedre)
5PMET Mork and Mindy (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
5:30pmet Mork and Mindy (replaces Too Close for Comfort)
6pmet Sanford and Son
6:30pmet Sanford and Son
7pmet Good Times
7:30pmet Good Times
8PMET The Jeffersons
8:30pmet The Jeffersons
9pmet All in The Family
9:30pmet All in The Family
10pmet Family Ties
10:30pmet Family Ties
11pmet Johnny Carson 80's/90's (replaces One Day at A Time , which moved to 4et)
12amet Barney Miller
12:30amet Barney Miller
1amet Newhart
1:30amet Newhart
2amet Johnny Carson 80's /90's (replaces Doogie Howser M.D)
3amet Three's Company
3:30am Three's Company
4amet Dear John (replaces Maude)
4:30am Dear John (replaces Maude)
weekends after the Jump
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