Modern Family, Glee, NPR Win at 2010 Peabody Awards
Since 1941, the George Foster Peabody Awards have been acknowledging excellence in television and radio worldwide (adding the internet to the mix in recent years). Today the 2010 winners were announced at the award’s University of Georgia headquarters. Amongst the victors were ABC’s Modern Family, Fox’s Glee and HBO’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.... read more
Found in: Radio, NewsThe Funniest Characters on TV Right Now
Say what you will about the boob tube, but because of its serial nature, television allows for more character development than film or even most novels. When we find characters worth watching, we may stick with them for years (or in the case of the ageless Simpsons, decades). That’s a big investment of time, so the payoff better be good. In the case of these 10 characters, the payoff is in laughs. Here are the 10 funniest TV characters still on the air:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayNeil Patrick Harris to Appear on Episode of Glee
Neil Patrick Harris is one talented fellow. He’s played the world’s youngest doctor and a suit-wearing womanizer, but did you know he can sing, too? This spring he’s set to showcase his vocals on an upcoming episode of Fox’s hit (and now Golden Globe award winning) show, Glee.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsGlee's Mr. Schuester Lands a Record Deal
He got his start on The Great White Way, has appeared on screens big and small, and this fall, Matthew Morrison’s smooth tenor will be coming to your iTunes. Morrison, best known as Mr. Schuester, the music teacher who spontaneously breaks out into pop song monologues on breakout TV hit Glee, signed a record deal with Mercury Records, the label announced yesterday.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGlee Season 1, Vol. 1 Review
Fox hit big on songs, bigger on duh-rama! DVD Release Date: Dec. 29 Creators: Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy Starring: Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison Network: Fox I’ve never been to Lima, Ohio, which sits halfway between Toledo and Dayton, but I’ve seen it on TV. It’s where Fox’s new series, Glee—which premiered in September—is set, specifically, at the fictional William McKinley High School. Aside from one character with big-city dreams referring to it as a “cow town,” Glee doesn’t spend much time characterizing its setting, but from watching the first half of the... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsGolden Globe 2010 Nominees Announced
This morning at 5 a.m. PT, the nominees for the 2010 Golden Globes were announced. At the Beverly Hilton, stars John Krasinski, Diane Kruger and Justin Timberlake joined Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk in announcing this year’s nominations.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJoss Whedon Animates Season Eight of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joss Whedon’s recent projects have had mixed results. Last year’s stellar Dr. Horrible won an Emmy, but news arrived last week that Whedon’s cult favorite, the beleaguered Dollhouse, will be cancelled, airing its final episodes this January. (For a tongue-in-cheek suggestion as to why Fox cancelled the series, check out this video from College Humor.)... read more
Found in: TV, NewsJoss Whedon to Direct Episode of Glee
Joss Whedon‘s musical-comedy chops are well-known. He directed the hugely popular musical episode of Buffy (“Once More, With Feeling” in 2001) and last year’s much-lauded Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Now he’s using his musical skills to guest-direct an episode of Fox’s breakout new show Glee.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsSpring Awakening Co-Stars Groff and Michele Reunite on Fox's Glee
Here’s your daily dose of theater nerd news: Yesterday, EW’s Hollywood Insider announced that actor Jonathan Groff will appear in a few upcoming episodes of Fox’s new hit drama Glee. Groff, who starred for several years in the anachronistic Broadway revival of Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening (and recently appeared in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock) will play the leader of Vocal Adrenaline, the unmatched rival of McKinley High’s fledgling glee club.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsLea Michele: No Business Like Show Business
Hometown: Tenafly, N.J. Show: Glee For Fans Of: Wicked, High School Musical, Freaks and Geeks Listening to Lea Michele gush over her new role in Glee—Fox’s much-hyped new series about a high-school musical ensemble—is eerily similar to witnessing the jazz-handed optimism of her character Rachel Berry, a teenaged vocalist with a scorchingly sunny disposition. In fact, Michele openly admits that playing the diva-in-training doesn’t require much acting at all. “I definitely have a lot of Rachel in me—her level of projection is pretty much the same in a small classroom as it would be on a Broadway stage,” she says.... read more
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