Television
RIP Joe Mascolo, aka Stefano DiMera of “Days of Our Lives,” Dies for Real at age 87
It's not possible to have lived with a TV set for the last 35 years and not seen Joe Mascolo's face. He was Stefano...
Movies
American Film Institute Names Top 10 Films, TV Shows, Snubs “Lion,” “Jackie,” “Loving”
The AFI named its top 10 films and and TV shows of the year. In film they snubbed "Lion," "Jackie," and "Loving," and included...
Media
If Scott Pelley is Leaving CBS Evening News, Then Put Your Money on Jeff Glor as His Successor
Who might be the next anchor of the CBS Evening News? I'd say put your money on Jeff Glor. The 41 year old part...
Television
Writers Guild Snubs 3 of 4 Network Soaps, Hands “General Hospital” A Default Win for Best Written Daytime Drama
There are three soap operas still on network TV-- "The Young and the Restless" and "Bold and the Beautiful" on CBS, "Days of our...
Television
Writers Guild TV Noms Include No Shows on Network TV, And One for Soaps (General Hospital)
None of the nominations from the Writers Guild for Best Drama or Comedy come from network TV today. They're all cable or "other." There's...
Television
Jimmy Kimmel to Host Oscars as Awards Shows Are Now Dictated to by Networks for Their Stars
Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars, and he'll be great. It was inevitable he'd host and he probably should have done it sooner.
But we...
Music
Kennedy Center Honors Features JFK’s Grandkids, Aretha in the Audience, But Some Complain “It’s Become the Grammys”
The second year of George Stevens Jr. not producing the Kennedy Center Honors yielded some interesting things, spies tell me.
It was the first time...
Television
Erica Kane Wins! ABC Regains Control of “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” from Prospect Park
It's like a soap opera miracle, but one that doesn't include hysterical pregnancy, amnesia or blindness. ABC has regained control of the daytime dramas...