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Flight of the Conchords gets three Emmy nominations

2008-07-18T05:56:24Z

Great news! Flight of the Conchords has received three Emmy nods for directing, writing, and original music and lyrics. It didn’t get an Emmy nomination for best comedy series, which I think is a sin. Not bad for a show conceived by a bunch of ...

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Candie’s unveils Hayden Panettiere campaign with Giuliano Bekor shots

2008-07-18T02:28:33Z

I thought this was awesome news in that the photographer, Giuliano Bekor, shot regularly for Lucire. From the Lucire ‘Insider’ section. Giuliano Bekor, whose credits include numerous Lucire shoots, photographed Hayden Panettiere for her 2008 Ca...

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US Life on Mars reveals ﬁrst story, Annie Cartwright character

2008-07-17T23:37:05Z

Some more news on US Life on Mars has emerged from TCA (the Television Critics’ Association), as reported at After Ellen. Executive producer Josh Appelbaum was there—the last time I recall seeing Josh’s credit regularly was the first season of Ma...

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I can imagine Two Jags calling Brown a ‘Jock’

2008-07-17T10:30:17Z

Another brilliant Eggtoon from Andy Wyatt: this time about Labour’s politics during the Blair era, in the style of South Park. I think it’s funnier than the Windsors one I posted earlier tonight, though the death of Robin Cook in the cartoon might...

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By appointment

2008-07-17T08:30:49Z

My colleague Jen Hamilton and I were browsing YouTube after working on a site for a client, and stumbled across a bit of royal humour. What if the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgs, I mean, the Mountbatten-Windsors, were a Simpsons-style c...

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US Life on Mars’ Chris Skelton announced

2008-07-16T10:26:38Z

More casting announcements are emerging from Hollywood about the American re-remake of Life on Mars. Jonathan Murphy (formerly Ronnie of October Road) has been cast as Det Chris Skelton, which means David E. Kelley’s successors on the program...

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Miss Universe 2008’s ﬁnalists

2008-07-14T23:32:12Z

Here were the 80 lovely ladies in their national costume at Miss Universe 2008. This must be a first for the pageant (at least in my memory) that it has had two English-born hosts—Jerry Springer from London and Melanie Brown from Leeds.

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I Cant believe it

2008-07-14T08:51:16Z

It’s understandable that TV One in New Zealand has to cut around 13 minutes out of each Life on Mars episode to fit commercials in, but why did it have to be the Camberwick Green sequence from episode five of series two? It was the best bit! (Sam ...

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Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, wins Miss Universe 2008

2008-07-14T04:29:16Z

[Cross-posted] Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, has won Miss Universe 2008, with Miss Colombia, Taliana Vargas, runner-up. Dominican Republic, Russia and Mexico rounded off the top ﬁve. Miss Mendoza, 20, hails from Caracas, and is already a m...

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Fox News Channel remembers a former colleague

2008-07-13T00:36:33Z

Fox News Channel farewells a former colleague. These are some of the people who knew him best, talking about Snow’s honour, decency, strength in his faith, generosity of spirit, and the love of his family. Brett Baer got teary in recalling Tony Sn...

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