Tag Archives: Video

Aimee Mann and the Breeders will appear on two upcoming episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Aimee Mann will appear on the November 19 episode of UPN’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer, performing at the show’s hang-out nightclub, the Bronze, in the fictitious town of Sunnydale, California. For the episode, titled …

This is one to mark on your calendar and tape for posterity.

And you thought he was acting all drunk and horny in The Sopranos: Locked in a nasty divorce battle, and in damage-control mode after a lurid tabloid story, James Gandolfini, a two-time Emmy winner for channeling Mob boss Tony Soprano’s conflicted soul on HBO’s The Sopranos, has gone public with …

A very lengthy profile of Television Without Pity (who have linked us in the past – thanks) in the NY Times mag, ignored by the industry no more: Sarah D. Bunting and Tara Ariano are obscure names in the high-stakes world of Hollywood TV production. They are anything but L.A. …

Followed by: Polka Idol. I lied, maybe. The USA Network wants to do for country music what Fox television’s “American Idol” did for pop. The cable network announced on Friday a nationwide search for the next great country music artist, with open auditions for “Nashville Star” kicking off in Nashville …

Insurance companies may be our salvation from reality shows, especially massively retarded dangerous shows: A woman has sued cable TV network MTV, its parent company Viacom Inc., and a cast member of its daredevil show “Jackass,” claiming she suffered injuries in a stunt performed while taping a program. In the …

Cindy Chaffin is not the only person miffed about VH1’s Music Behind Bars, an immensely tasteless concept that ignores the feelings of crime victims and their families, adding insult to injury: Families of Pennsylvania crime victims are in an uproar over a new VH1 documentary series that spotlights prison music …

The crew is back and talent auditions begin Monday: Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson will return for the second edition of Fox’s “American Idol,” joining fellow judge Simon Cowell, who had already reupped with the hit talent show. Fox also confirmed Thursday that the next version of “American Idol” will …

Intertainer goes dark: Intertainer, an online video-on-demand site, will shut down and lay off most of its remaining staff while pursuing a lawsuit against the major movie studios, its chief executive said on Thursday. The Culver City, California-based company plans to close its movie-selling service on Oct. 23 and lay …

Wallace and Grommit are back with Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions — a series of ten new films featuring Aardman’s Oscar-winning pals and their dubious inventions, available from AtomFilms. The first of the series, “The Soccamatic,” is available for free viewing now. Creator Nick Park won Oscars for two Wallace …