Friday Night Lights fans are rejoicing over a report posted by Nikki Finke saying the critically acclaimed series has been rescued. She says NBC has made a deal with DirecTV, which will share some of the costs and also air the show.
Fans have been working hard to bring back the series, organizing online campaigns and "mini-football" mailings to network execs.
...the buzz is that an agreement has been reached and is essentially just awaiting a signature. To which I say, Ohymygodthankyoujesus!
It's believed there was about $5 in the tip jar.
Man Fatally Hurt Trying to Stop Thieves
In remarks Wednesday to U.S. publishing executives, first lady Laura Bush called books her "greatest love affair"
and warned that a "nation that does not read for itself cannot think for itself."
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday anointed one-time bitter rival John McCain as his preferred successor and heir to the vastly unpopular Iraq war and deepening economic fears.
It was not clear how Bush, whose approval ratings lie at near record-lows with 10 months left in his term, would help the man he defeated for the Republican party's nomination in 2000 as the November 2008 elections draw nigh.
The president was expected to try to rally skeptical Republicans behind McCain, raise some of the millions of dollars that are the lifeblood of US campaigns, and work to help the party recapture the US Congress, aides said.
My favorite color keeps Summer Glau warm so she can blossom.
I agree with most everything Pastorek says, but I'd add praise for Glau as the bot-chick, and it's not just because she's such pretty good eye-candy.
But, let's not kid ourselves...
Also increasingly, Thomas Dekker has been impressing me as John Connor. I know...me and my unusual "female"-male relationships again, but it is the part of the show I like best. What do you want me to do? Lie?
Just where the show loses power is hinted at in its very--and very unwieldy--title.
Sarah Connor is the weak link. I'm not sure if this is Lena Headey's fault (although I'd like to think not, since I've liked her in other things).
It could be just because Linda Hamilton's was such a "WOW" of a performance that anyone else would be hard-pressed to do as well.
If the show gets a second season, which seems unlikely but not impossible, I hope they recast, rewrite, or eliminate the part. And if it doesn't get a 2nd...I'm okay with that too. This series is kind of like the Hillary Clinton of television for me.
I'd be perfectly happy to see it renewed...but my heart is really with shows like Dirt.
...Did I just (unintentionally) parallel Barack Obama with a series called Dirt?
Dean: “…Look, John McCain is a flawed candidate. Here’s a guy who is a typical situational ethicist, he runs on his integrity, but he doesn’t seem to have any. We’re familiar with the fact that he got on the ballot in Ohio with what now turns out to be false pretenses. He qualified because he was taking public financing, and now he says he’s not going to. He doesn’t have the permission of the FEC to do that, and just this week he refused to denounce and reject John Hagee, a militant, anti-Catholic right wing pastor and John McCain has a history of doing what it takes regardless of what the ethics of this are. I think he’s going to be a flawed candidate, I don’t think people want four more years of what is essentially four more years of George Bush.”
Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada and Get Smart) will be one of several local "heroes" honored at the 15th annual Los Angeles Human Rights Campaign Gala Dinner on March 15 at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
The gala is one of the largest gay fundraising events in Southern California, with more than 1,000 guests attending in past years, including national GLBT leaders in entertainment, community service, business and politics.
I feel a keen sense of frustration when both reporters and ordinary folks ask me about the disparity between the films being honored and the past year’s box-office hits. Do they seriously think the Academy should present an Oscar to moneymakers like Alvin and the Chipmunks? Would that make everybody feel better?
Gay Clinton Backers Defect to Obama, Eroding Her Base
``Obama has presented more detailed position papers on gay and lesbian issues than Clinton,'' said David Mixner, 61, a writer and activist who helped longtime friend Bill Clinton win over the gay and lesbian vote during the 1992 presidential race and who supported both of Hillary Clinton's successful Senate races in New York.
This time, Mixner is backing Obama. The Clintons have become ``a machine, and Obama's the young reformer,'' said Mixner, who joined Obama's campaign after initially supporting former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, 54, who dropped out of the Democratic race last month.
Clinton backers include ... Eileen Chaiken, producer and creator of the ``L Word,'' a Showtime television series about lesbians...
While many gay and lesbian voters remain loyal Clinton supporters, Mixner said, others remain angry over her previous support of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Some also still tie her to the military's ``don't ask, don't tell'' policy instituted during her husband's presidency, which reversed a campaign pledge he made to allow gays to serve openly.
If Russ Meyer had made "The Other Boleyn Girl," Anne and Mary Boleyn would have yanked some hair, scratched some eyeballs, walloped each other in their respective kissers, and the movie would have been all the better for it.
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has raised the possibility of a challenge to Texas' primary and caucus rules just days before the contest, drawing a warning against legal action from the state's Democratic Party.
Clinton political director Guy Cecil said he asked party officials to spell out the rules in memo form and to send them to both campaigns.
Texas party officials said they believed Cecil was threatening legal action and wrote a letter to him and to Obama senior strategist Steve Hildebrand reflecting that concern.
The letter also noted that many of Clinton's senior campaign advisers in Texas had helped to develop the rules governing the state's caucus system. A Texas party official also noted that former President Clinton won the state's caucuses in 1992 and 1996 following the same rules.
That's it, Ms. Clinton. Create the perception that your last desperate grasp for power is more important than the will of the people and the good of your party. Make it look as though you're willing to win on a technicality.
I say again: That's the other guys.
I do thank you, however, for continually silencing any remaining doubts I might have had, that my lack of faith in you is misplaced.
