By fred | September 5, 2007
The list of Emmy presenters for the upcoming ceremony incudes names such as almost host Hugh Laurie of House, Barney Stinson Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother, Mary-Louise Parker of Weeds, Glenn Close of Damages, Mark Harmon of NCIS, Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives, Anthony Anderson of Fox’s upcoming K-Ville, William Shatner of Boston Legal, Vanessa Williams of Ugly Betty or Mandy Patinkin Joe Mantegna of Criminal Minds.
But the one you should really be looking for, is Ali Larter of Heroes. Why? Well because she’ll do her hair on her own, without the help of a dozen of stylist, some chemists, magic potion and L’Oreal products. Instead the blonde actress has decided to “go real”, with the help of Dove Hair Care who claims that her approach is “an effort to inspire women to start loving the hair they have (rather than compare it to images of hairstyles that are not achievable every day)“.
How awesome does that sound? Yeah.. I know. Right!? You want to know more don’t you?
I bet you can’t wait for September 16th, 8pm, when the show will air on Fox. Right? Right?
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By fred | September 5, 2007
Just a few days ago NBC announced their content would not be available on iTunes, and now the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sony plans to launch a video download service to compete with iTunes.
And Sony might be better suited for the job that NBC an their hulu.com is, seeing how Sony - like Apple - has both hardware, with the PlayStation and Bravia television sets, and the content with, you know, Sony Pictures movies and TV shows. That’s not little.
But of course to succeed Sony will need help from others, they’ll have to sign distribution deals with other TV and movie producers. In the mean time, Apple is already there and one can buy content from many different sources, using iTunes. Not to mention that their iPhones are selling like crazy, as reports indicate that 1.8 percent of all phones sold in the United States during the month of July were Apple’s, which is the highest of any smartphone and equal to the sales of the LG Chocolate, the leading feature phone.
In the mean time, another tackle at iTunes made by NBC as they announced that they now plan to sell their content through Amazon Unbox. For sure this will be a boost for Amazon’s digital download store. After ditching Apple and their iTunes, they choose to go work with Amazon and their Unbox, because Amazon will let them adjust prices as they feel appropriate.
And, Amazon has a stronger DRM system. Read, it’s harder to use what you paid for the way you want to.
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By fred | September 4, 2007
Apparently not everyone likes the pricing that are going on on the iTunes platform. Many rich execs in the media industry seems very frustrated with what they consider to be low pricing (Songs are sold for 99 cents, TV shows for $1.99 and movies for $9.99). Read, too low. Because it can never be expensive enough, when it’s not them paying.
And so NBC decided to stop selling their shows to iTunes, claiming that they wanted more security against piracy “since it is estimated that the typical iPod contains a significant amount of illegally downloaded material“, as well as “flexibility in wholesale pricing“.
Ok so everyone who has a iPod raise your hand. Now the cops can arrest you and send you to jail. Because if you have an iPod, is it estimated that you should have a “significant amount” of illegal material on it. How long before buying an iPod is consider act of terrorism and consumers are sent to Guantanamo? I wonder.
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By fred | August 27, 2007
…hopefully she will, though.
It seems that the some network people do like Eliza Dushku quite a lot, and really want to work with her in a near future. So much that to ensure an high probability that it would happen, they signed a development deal with her !
Yeah, they want her that much. A development deal really is something, and behind this contract - said to be in the mid- to high-six figures, network and studio will develop projects especially made for the actress, as well as sending her already existing scripts or ideas.
So all fans of the beautiful actress seen on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as the other slayer, Faith, or in her very own series Tru Calling might be happy to know she might come back soon on the little screen.
But will she stay on?
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By fred | August 23, 2007
Of course, Clooney’s Dr Ross left the ER - and the city - of Chicago a while ago, but rumors have been around for some time and getting stronger each day : the show might very well be heading into its 14th and very last season!
Despite the lack of official definite confirmation, we’re almost there and the rumors appear to be even more true as producers of the show are trying to bring back many of the old emblematic cast members of NBC medical drama.
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