Day: December 10, 2014

Awards

I’ll still shocked that Stevie Ray Vaughan isn’t already in there!!

Post author By Dan
Post date December 10, 2014

Stevie Ray Vaughan tops fan vote for 2015 Rock Hall induction

Texas blues-rock guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble are the runaway fan favorites for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2015, according to just-concluded balloting at the hall’s website.

Vaughan, who died at 35 in a 1990 helicopter crash, collected more than 18 million votes, or 31% of all fan ballots cast, putting him well ahead of second-place Nine Inch Nails, which got 13.1 million votes, or 22.2%.

Rounding out the fans’ Top 5 are Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (8.9 million votes, or 15.1%), Bill Withers (3.8 million, 6.5%) and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (3.7 million, 6.3%).

Those five highest vote-getting acts each will get one additional “fan vote” added to their totals from ballots cast by the Rock Hall’s 700-plus voting members.

Other acts in contention for next year’s induction, results of which will be announced next week, are Lou Reed, War, Green Day, Sting, N.W.A, Kraftwerk, the Smiths, the Spinners, the Marvelettes and Chic.

Winners will be feted at the 2015 Rock Hall of Fame induction ceremony to be held April 18 in Cleveland, Ohio, the home of the Hall of Fame and Museum.

Television

We’ll miss you Dave!!

Post author By Dan
Post date December 10, 2014

Stephen Colbert won’t launch his CBS show until late summer

Who is the real Stephen Colbert? He’ll have plenty of time to figure it out.

The new CBS late-night host will not start his new gig until late August or early September, according to an industry insider familiar with the situation.

The network announced Wednesday that David Letterman will host his final edition of “The Late Show” on May 20, 2015. With Colbert finishing his run on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” on Dec. 18, he will have an eight-month hiatus from a regular late-night TV platform.

While that seems like a lengthy break, Colbert will need that time to create a show and a new persona. Since 2005, viewers have known him as the wingnut TV pundit he plays with unwavering commitment on “The Colbert Report.” He will not be taking that character to CBS.

The hiatus will also be used to hire writers and a production staff. A new set will be built in the Ed Sullivan Theater, which will also be refurbished and receive some technical upgrades. CBS will want to mount some test shows with Colbert in front of an audience before the launch.

CBS is still deciding what to run in “The Late Show” slot between Letterman’s departure date and Colbert’s premiere.

A CBS spokesman declined to comment on when Colbert’s show will premiere. The date is expected to be announced in early January.

Awards

Congrats to them all!!

Post author By Dan
Post date December 10, 2014

‘Birdman’ nabs four Screen Actors Guild noms

Birdman led the Screen Actors Guild with four nominations, including a nod for Best Ensemble Cast. Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, and Emma Stone were each recognized in their respective categories. Also named for Best Ensemble, the SAG’s version of Best Picture, were: Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything. Each of those nominated films—except Budapest Hotel—also had two acting nominations.

Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Cumberbatch both earned two nominations each, for their work in film and television. Jake Gyllenhaal nabbed a Best Actor nomination, giving him some credibility for what is perceived to be the fifth slot in one of the Oscar’s most competitive categories. And Jennifer Aniston officially slipped into the Best Actress race, with a nomination for her performance in Cake.

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
STEVE CARELL / John du Pont – “FOXCATCHER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / Alan Turing – “THE IMITATION GAME” (The Weinstein Company)
JAKE GYLLENHAAL / Louis Bloom – “NIGHTCRAWLER” (Open Road Films)
MICHAEL KEATON / Riggan – “BIRDMAN” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
EDDIE REDMAYNE / Stephen Hawking – “THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JENNIFER ANISTON / Claire Bennett – “CAKE” (Cinelou Films)
FELICITY JONES / Jane Hawking – “THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING” (Focus Features)
JULIANNE MOORE / Alice Howland-Jones – “STILL ALICE” (Sony Pictures Classics)
ROSAMUND PIKE / Amy Dunne – “GONE GIRL” (20th Century Fox)
REESE WITHERSPOON / Cheryl Strayed – “WILD” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
ROBERT DUVALL / Joseph Palmer – “THE JUDGE” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
ETHAN HAWKE / Mason, Sr. – “BOYHOOD” (IFC Films)
EDWARD NORTON / Mike – “BIRDMAN” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
MARK RUFFALO / Dave Schultz – “FOXCATCHER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
J.K. SIMMONS / Fletcher – “WHIPLASH” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
PATRICIA ARQUETTE / Olivia – “BOYHOOD” (IFC Films)
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY / Joan Clarke – “THE IMITATION GAME” (The Weinstein Company)
EMMA STONE / Sam – “BIRDMAN” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
MERYL STREEP / The Witch – “INTO THE WOODS” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
NAOMI WATTS / Daka – “ST. VINCENT” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BIRDMAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
BOYHOOD (IFC Films)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
THE IMITATION GAME (The Weinstein Company)
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Focus Features)

TELEVISION PROGRAMS

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
ADRIEN BRODY / Harry Houdini – “HOUDINI” (History)
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / Sherlock Holmes – “SHERLOCK: HIS LAST VOW” (PBS)
RICHARD JENKINS / Henry Kitteridge – “OLIVE KITTERIDGE” (HBO)
MARK RUFFALO / Ned Weeks – “THE NORMAL HEART” (HBO)
BILLY BOB THORNTON / Lorne Malvo – “FARGO” (FX)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
ELLEN BURSTYN / Olivia Foxworth – “FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC” (Lifetime)
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL / Nessa Stein – “THE HONORABLE WOMAN” (Sundance TV)
FRANCES McDORMAND / Olive Kitteridge – “OLIVE KITTERIDGE” (HBO)
JULIA ROBERTS / Dr. Emma Brookner – “THE NORMAL HEART” (HBO)
CICELY TYSON / Carrie Watts – “THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)
PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister – “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
WOODY HARRELSON / Martin Hart – “TRUE DETECTIVE” (HBO)
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Rust Cohle – “TRUE DETECTIVE” (HBO)
KEVIN SPACEY / Francis Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (6 nominees)
CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison – “HOMELAND” (Showtime)
VIOLA DAVIS / Annalise Keating – “HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER” (ABC)
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)
TATIANA MASLANY / Sarah/Cosima/Alison/Rachel/ – “ORPHAN BLACK” (BBC America)
Helena/Tony/Jennifer and Various Others
MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)
ROBIN WRIGHT / Claire Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY ” (ABC)
LOUIS C.K. / Louie – “LOUIE” (FX)
WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank Gallagher – “SHAMELESS” (Showtime)
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren – “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” (Netflix)
JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Vice President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)
AMY POEHLER / Leslie Knope – “PARKS AND RECREATION” (NBC)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
HOMELAND (Showtime)
HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (FOX)
MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)
VEEP (HBO)

SAG AWARDS® HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“FURY” (Columbia Pictures)
“GET ON UP” (Universal Pictures)
“THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“UNBROKEN” (Universal Pictures)
“X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST” (20th Century Fox)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series (6 nominees)
“24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY” (FOX)
“BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)
“GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
“HOMELAND” (Showtime)
“SONS OF ANARCHY” (FX)
“THE WALKING DEAD” (AMC)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Screen Actors Guild 51st Annual Life Achievement Award
DEBBIE REYNOLDS

Movies

That would have been cool!!

Post author By Dan
Post date December 10, 2014

Spider-Man Almost Appeared in Captain America 3?

Whoa there, Tiger! We almost got a Spider-Man-Captain America movie, at least according to reports.

One of the alleged leaks from the recent cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, whose firm Columbia Pictures owns the film rights to Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise, was an e-mail in which Sony’s motion picture chief Amy Pascal reportedly tells a business partner that the comic book company and studio wanted to feature the web-slinger in its planned third Captain America movie, The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.

The film, Captain America: Civil War, is set for release in 2016 and features Steve Rogers’ fellow Avengers members Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and the Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), the latter of which is making his big-screen debut.

The financial outlet also reported that in another leaked email, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s president Doug Belgrad wrote to Pascal about a potential scenario in which Marvel would produce a new Spider-Man movie trilogy and that Sony would retains “creative control, marketing and distribution.” The Wall Street Journal said the talks eventually broke down.

Sony, Marvel and parent firm the Walt Disney Company have not commented. The Hollywood Reporter quoted a source as saying that Marvel had approached Sony about the Spider-Man discussions.

The news comes more than a week after hackers, who have not yet been identified, launched a cyber attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment and leaked private and sensitive information, including full-length movies that have not yet been released.

The news also comes more than a month after both Marvel and Warner Bros. Entertainment, which owns rival comic book company DC Comics, announced a slew of new superhero movies.

Spider-Man the franchise was created by Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. The beloved web-slinger made his debut in a Marvel comic book in 1962. Several Spider-Man crossovers with Captain America and other superheroes have been printed over the years.

Following what appeared to be a decreasing lack of interest in superhero flicks, the publisher sold the film rights to small production company Cannon Films in 1985 for $225,000, according to The Los Angeles Times. The firm later produced action films such as The Delta Force and other Chuck Norris movies.

The first Spider-Man film screenplay that Cannon head Menahem Golan had commissioned was penned by Leslie Stevens, creator of the TV show The Outer Limits. The story featured Spider-Man’s alter ego Peter Parker turning into a giant tarantula, the newspaper reported. Another script featured Tom Cruise playing the character, it said.

In 1990, Golan sold the movie rights to another production studio, Carolco, which paid $3 million to James Cameron to come on board as screenwriter, director and producer, The Los Angeles Times said. The company went bankrupt five years later and Columbia Pictures, which is owned by Sony, bought back the film rights in 1999, the newspaper reported.

Following script rewrites and legal battles, the first Spider-Man movie was released in 2002. It starred Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, was based on a script by Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp. The film made $821.7 million worldwide and spawned two sequels.

A reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, starred Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone and was released in 2012. It made $757.9 million worldwide. A sequel, released this past May, made $708.9 million and a third is in the works and is set for release in 2018.

Letterman

So enjoy every show between now and then!!

Post author By Dan
Post date December 10, 2014

CBS sets Letterman’s last show for May 20

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 32 years of late-night talk will pass into history next May 20, with CBS’ announcement Wednesday that David Letterman will host his final “Late Show” on that day.

If Letterman makes all of his scheduled broadcasts until then, CBS said he will have hosted 6,028 versions of the “Late Show” and its NBC predecessor, “Late Night.” Letterman moved to CBS in 1993.

“David Letterman has given to all of us a remarkable legacy of achievement and creative brilliance that will never be forgotten,” said Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp. president and CEO. “It’s going to be tough to say goodbye, but I know we will all cherish the shows leading up to Dave’s final broadcast in May.”

Letterman, 67, announced his impending retirement last April. CBS later named Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central as Letterman’s replacement. Colbert hosts the last episode of “The Colbert Report” next week.

CBS has not announced when Colbert will take over the “Late Show.”

Letterman debuted on “Late Night” on NBC on Feb. 1, 1982. He jumped to CBS when NBC named Jay Leno instead of him as Johnny Carson’s successor on the “Tonight” show.