AP – Joy Behar, Cynthia Nixon and the ABC drama series “Brothers & Sisters” are among this year’s recipients of media awards from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
ABC, Lifetime among winners of GLAAD Media Awards (AP)
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"Love Never Dies" a brilliant sequel to "Phantom" (Reuters)
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Reuters – Unlike lightning, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom” does strike twice.
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Disney to close Zemeckis studio, lay off 450 (Reuters)
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Reuters – The Walt Disney Co plans to close director Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital facility in Northern California, laying off 450 workers there, or more than 5 percent of its movie studio division.
‘Idol’ contestants discuss elimination from show (AP)
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AP – LOS ANGELES (AP — Tweens probably don’t know who Patsy Cline is, which is why Lilly Scott thinks she was voted off “American Idol” Thursday night.
Attic Theatre’s ‘Side by Side by Sondheim’ Begins Limited Run (Playbill)
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Playbill – Prior to the Broadway arrival of Sondheim on Sondheim, the Attic Theatre in California presents the earlier Sondheim revue, Side by Side by Sondheim, beginning March 12.
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`South Park’ begins 14th season by taking on Tiger (AP)
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AP – Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of “South Park” are ready to take on Tiger Woods.
Toys Inspired by TV Shows
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When news came out that Mattel was issuing a limited edition set of Mad Men Barbie figures at $75 a pop, I had two main reactions. The first was this is the end of the show as we know it, a sign of the apocalypse. The second was, when do they go on sale?
The dolls do seem like a brilliant, and yes, even mad, marketing move. Don Draper, for one, would surely approve. After all, the show’s focus on 1960s design and Barbie’s personification of the time work perfectly together.
It also raised the question of whether more shows will jump on the toy bandwagon. According to industry insiders, here are a few other products currently in development.
The…
TV.com’s Swell-o-vision vs. Hell-o-vision (March 12)
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We already know about some swell stuff next week (Justified, The Pacific leading the way), but what about this week?
Swell:
… Zach Galifianakis on Saturday Night Live
Finally an episode of the sketch show that didn’t totally suck, and we owe it all to that fat bearded man. Marijuana Santa Claus. Oh Zach.
… Caprica getting much better
It’s no Battlestar Galactica, but Caprica is getting progressively better and better.
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Sons of Tucson: Potential Comedy
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Here’s the premise of Fox’s new comedy Sons of Tucson, premiering Sunday at 8:30pm: three kids hire a slacker to be their fake dad while their real dad does time for a white-collar crime. Here’s the reason you should check the series out: Tyler Labine.
The actor is real gem on-screen, capable of hysterics with just the cock of an eyebrow or a subtle hand gesture. If you know Labine from his role as Sock on the CW’s underappreciated Reaper, you know what I’m talking about, and Labine brings 90 percent of…
U.S. court backs ban on some cable TV program deals (Reuters)
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Reuters – A U.S. appeals court upheld on Friday a Federal Communications Commission ban that prevents cable companies like Comcast Corp from cutting exclusive deals for affiliated television programing.
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