Archive for the ‘around town’ Category

Last week, I attended Dawson’s Creek: A Look Back at the Paley Center. The event was held in honor of the complete series DVD release on Nov. 10. The night started off with a screening of the pilot, which held up remarkably well. Sure, a few music cues and lines were cheesy, but for the [...]

Updated 11/10/09 with additional panelists. My pal The Surf Report will be moderating. On Wednesday, I picked NBC’s Parks and Recreation as one of this season’s most improved returning series. Now comes news of a panel for the deserving show at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. The Nov. 14 event will feature [...]

Get ready to sing. On Nov. 3, Columbia Records will release “Glee: The Music, Volume 1.” You can check out the tracklist, which includes songs from the show’s first 13 episodes, here. To celebrate the release, the cast of Glee will be hitting Barnes & Noble at the Grove in Los Angeles. Just who will [...]

“We have high hopes,” Joss Whedon said of a sequel to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog during a recent screening. “And some songs. And three and a half jokes. And a title.” Whedon, who was tight-lipped about the title, was participating in a Q&A following the American Cinematheque’s screening of Dr. Horrible, The Guild season two [...]

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending The Thrilling Adventure & Suspernatural Suspense Hour in Hollywood with my friend @thesurfreport. The show, which is written and produced every month by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, is “a staged comedy production in the style of an old-time radio show that proves radio is still the [...]

I’m still making my way through True Blood, but for those who are caught up and addicted, The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills will be hosting a panel with the show’s writers. Inside The Writers Room: True Blood will be held Oct. 28 and will feature creator Alan Ball and other members of [...]

Update 10/8/09: Maurissa Tancharoen wrote on her Twitter account, “@drhorrible @feliciaday @zdubdub @theguild joss and i will all be at” the Oct. 16 screening. Update 10/2/09: Watchtheguild.com says that cast members Vincent Caso, Felicia Day, Amy Okuda and Sandeep Parikh will be in attendance at the Oct. 16 event. Los Angeles residents, get ready for [...]

Updated 9/30/09 with new panelists. The press release also says Devon Gummersall (My So-Called Life), who guest stars as “Ethan,” will be there. One my summer TV surprises was Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva, a charming, thoughtful show about a shallow model trapped inside an overweight lawyer’s body. On Oct. 7, some of the cast, led [...]

Updated 9/11/09 – New CW night info. Updated 8/28/09 with talent lineup announcement. Updated 8/26/09 to reflect new lineup. New additions are in italics. The Paley Center for Media has announced the programming for this year’s Fall TV Preview Parties in Los Angeles, which are being renamed under the PaleyFest banner as PaleyFest: Fall TV [...]

Updated 9/11/09 with book signing info. There sure are a lot of great Captains on TV. There’s Ryan McPartlin as Captain Awesome on Chuck, whose moniker pretty much says it all. But only Nathan Fillion has the honor of having two Captain titles: Captain Tightpants (from Firefly) and Captain Hammer (from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog). [...]