Saturday, July 31, 2010

"THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO THIS SUMMER IF YOU'RE A LESBIAN IN PHILLY": Yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer and today's NYT visit Wednesday's Lilith Fair stop across the river in Camden, which drew all of 4,203 paying ticketgoers to a venue which accommodates 25,000.

But for all the talk of The State Of The Concert Industry which the articles do, my brother asks a more pertinent question: just how many people were supposed to attend a bill featuring Sarah McLachlan, The Other Two Dixie Chicks, Sara Bareillies and former ADA Claire Kincaid?
GEO-WAIT FOR IT-GRAPHY: One thing we didn't note out of press tour is a bunch of spoilery stuff about the HIMYM crew's plans for next year (basically, they admit last year was "too sitcom-y" and are pledging to find their way back this season) but what I want to talk about is their plans to shoot (for the first time) on location in New York. HIMYM, even though it's always been shot in L.A., manages to (mostly) feel New York-ish. Many other New York-set shows that film in L.A. miss that mark completely (I'm looking at you, Friends), while some do hit the mark (both Seinfeld and Sports Night were New York-ish, even though they shot entirely in LA). What other shows/movies hit the mark or miss it completely? Does Good Wife feel Chicago-y even though it films in NYC? How badly does Toronto double for DC on Covert Affairs?

Friday, July 30, 2010

REVERSE COWGIRL CURTIS: You know that whole Chris Rock routine about how a father's primary obligation in life is to keep his daughter "off the pole"? Laurence Fishburne has, apparently, more than failed in that regard, as his 19-year-old daughter Montana plans to make her film debut via an explicit pornography production with "Brian Pumper". Really, Montana, I don't know that I'd piss off a father who has portrayed Ike Turner.

True, there's a bit of continuity to this -- because I don't know what kind of rational parent would have let a fourteen-year-old Laurence Fishburne head off to the Philippines with Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper for the year-plus Apocalypse Now shoot. I'm willing to accept, however, that this is a bit worse.
THIS TONER IS DIAMONDS: Lovers of Chuck and The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, rejoice: I'm On a Morgan. Via Zach Levi.
EXPLAIN IT TO ME LIKE I'M A FOUR-YEAR OLD: The ABA Journal wants your vote on its list of The 25 Greatest Fictional Lawyers Who Are Not Atticus Finch. [Among those not even on the Also Receiving Consideration list: Lionel Hutz, Elle Woods, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer and Dan Fielding.]

Thursday, July 29, 2010

IS HE GOING TO THE SPECIAL HELL? A news anchor is....distracted...after Christina Hendricks notes that she was in the bath when she learned of her Emmy nomination.
ROY STORY 2: Halladay, Oswalt ... go ahead, name your favorite Roys in history and culture. I'll start it with "Orbison".