VARIETY EMMY DRAMA SHOWRUNNER PANEL: Panelists: Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse (LOST), Vince Gilligan (BREAKING BAD), Robert King (THE GOOD WIFE), Gregg Fienberg (TRUE BLOOD non-writing EP), Clyde Phillips (DEXTER)
Q: When you're out in public and you overhear people talking about your show, do you just listen or do you jump ...
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THE EMMY SHOW: I loved it. From start to finish, the show moved like a fast train and I had a smile on my face for a significant portion of the three hours - which is saying a lot when it comes to any award show. The opening ...
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EMMY-RELATED FUN: I posted the interview I did with Michael Blieden and Mike DiCenzo (Deetch) from LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON. Bliden and Deetch were the director and writer, respectively, of the brilliant LATE minisodes the show did. Click over to The Surf Report site at http://thesurfreport.biz and be sure to ...
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This is a pre-Emmy spotlight on two very talented guys who work on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON. As Fallon is hosting the Emmys this Sunday, I thought you'd enjoy this interview about "LATE" the wonderful homage to LOST they did for LNWJF Michael Blieden directed the minisodes, Mike DiCenzo (aka Deetch) ...
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MAD MEN: "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" was an anthropologist's study about Japanese culture, written at the request of the U.S. Office of War information in an effort to anticipate the behavior of the Japanese during WWII. Here's the description about the book that fascinated me: "it popularized the distinction between guilt cultures ...
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