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How Josh Gad was almost Cameron, and Sarah Palin led Jason Winer to '1600 Penn'
Talk about instant success. Baltimore native Jason Winer doesn't even have a name yet for his Hollywood production company. But he and his two co-creators, "The Book of Mormon" Broadway star Josh Gad and former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett, already...Tags: Eric Stonestreet, ABC (tv network), Docudramas (genre), CBS Corp., Political Animals (tv program)
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With new shows in the works, TV is awash in Washington
After weeks of partisan sniping, the public finally gets to judge HBO's Sarah Palin docudrama "Game Change" for itself this weekend. But the campaign for more politics as TV drama has only begun.
Aaron Sorkin's"The West Wing"notwithstanding, prime-time...Tags: Arrested Development (tv program) , Kevin Spacey, Docudramas (genre), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (movie), The Descendants (movie)
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Who wins 'The Wire' vs 'The Sopranos'?
The Baltimore SunIn a battle of the television behemoths, it came down to Baltimore versus New Jersey. Or was it street thugs versus the mafia? Maybe was just Omar against Tony. In any event, the website Vulture.com has had some fun recently, March Madness style,...Tags: The Sopranos (tv program), Drama (genre), Television, New York City Police Department, The Wire (tv program)
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Coming to a TV near you
SunSpot StaffThe best drama of the fall television season might be seeing which of the new lot of shows is the first to be canceled. Actually, there is some promise among the dramas, with familiar names Rob Lowe, Mark Harmon and David E. Kelley popping up in new...Tags: Danny Nucci, Dan Cortese, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv program), Jon Cryer, Luis Guzman
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Screen Actors Guild names award nominees
Associated Press WriterThe math genius drama "A Beautiful Mind" and the family tragedy thriller "In the Bedroom" each had a leading three nominations Tuesday for Screen Actors Guild awards. Russell Crowe, star of "A Beautiful Mind," received another actor nomination for...Tags: Marg Helgenberger, Judi Dench, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Michael Gambon
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NBC plans to add five new series for fall
AP Television WriterAfter losing two of its signature comedies, NBC will add five new series in the fall, casting Heather Locklear as an airport chief and bringing a crime drama back to the 50th state. Locklear stars with Blair Underwood in "LAX," while "Hawaii" recalls the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, ABC (tv network), CBS Corp., Jerry Orbach, Dateline NBC (tv program)
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'Desperate Housewives' actress Kathryn Joosten dies at 72
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kathryn Joosten, a character actress best known as the crotchety, nosey Karen McCluskey on"Desperate Housewives" and the president's secretary on "The West Wing," has died. She was 72. Joosten, who had battled lung cancer for years,...
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Power of healing, as lead by Anna Deavere Smith for National Nurses United
Anna Deavere Smith has, in essence, combined a career doing serious, interview-based theater work like "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angles" with more lucrative acting gigs on TV shows like "The West Wing" and, currently, "Nurse Jackie."...
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Sorkin says Jobs movie won't be straight biography
ReutersNEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin hasn't yet figured out how to put the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on the silver screen, but he is certain it's not going to be a straightforward biography. Sorkin, who won an Oscar for his...Tags: Movies, Media Industry, Sociology, Pancreatic Cancer, Television Networks
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Aaron Sorkin to Adapt 'Steve Jobs' for Sony
ReutersAaron May 16 (TheWrap.com) - Sorkin will adapt Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs for Sony, the studio announced on Tuesday. Mark Gordon, Scott Rudin and Guymon Casady are producing the biopic, which is based on Isaacson's widely hailed book....Tags: Movies, Jeff Daniels, Scott Rudin, Ashton Kutcher, Television
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'Scandal: The Complete First Season'
Zap2ItThe latest ABC series from "Grey's Anatomy" mentor Shonda Rhimes is modeled on real-life image consultant - and former presidential aide - Judy Smith. Kerry Washington's character has the same background in the show, since she's a political "fixer"...Tags: Lost (tv program), ABC (tv network), Tony Goldwyn, Henry Ian Cusick, Darby Stanchfield
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Underrated/Overrated
UNDERRATED 'The West Wing': As we careen into election season, there was something so soothing about seeing some of President Josiah Bartlet's Cabinet reconvene for a wittily self-aware PSA about walking (and, if possible, talking, in keeping with series...Tags: Music, Fleet Foxes (music group), Aaron Sorkin, American Idol (tv program), Ed Wood (movie)
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