My favorite half-hour comedy has long been The Office, once I forgave it for not being the British version of the show, which I loved first. So, I am sad that the series finale is little more than a month away on May 16 at 9 p.m.
To help us say goodbye, John Krasinski (“Jim”) produced a 10-episode web series that NBC will be posting over the upcoming weeks. The series will feature interviews with memorable guest stars. The first episode talks to Will Ferrell, who during his lunch recalls his time on the show as Deangelo Vickers. (2016 Update: Unfortunately, the video is no longer available.)
Who was your favorite guest star on “The Office”? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Roger Ebert, who passed away last week, had been planning a redesigned website that has now launched. Besides looking pretty cool and being full of information, it is a nice tribute to Ebert’s work and life.
In honor of Roger Ebert, our funny-video-of-the-week looks back to a 1996 episode of David Letterman’s Late Show where Letterman is joined by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert as they go door-to-door in New Jersey. While we especially miss the great movie knowledge and brilliance of both Siskel and Ebert, we should not forget that they were often pretty darn funny too. Check out the video.
What is your favorite TV appearance by Roger Ebert? Leave your two cents in the comments.
In an upcoming LIfetime biopic, Ring of Fire, Jewel plays Johnny Cash’s wife June Carter. This clip gives an idea of Jewel’s performance. While it is not surprising that Jewel has the singing chops on such songs as “Wildwood Flower,” it is interesting to see her capturing Carter’s humor. It will be hard to top Reese Witherspoon’s fine performance in Walk the Line (2005), but Carter deserves her own film and this clip shows the film has potential. Check it out.
The movie is based on the book, Anchored In Love, by Johnny and June’s son, John Carter Cash. Ring of Fire premieres on May 27.
For a bonus video, check out the Carter family singing the same “Wildwood Flower” song in 1990 in this video, featuring June, Helen, and Anita Carter.
Will you watch Jewel as June Carter? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Berry Gordy, the founder of the Motown record label, recently appeared on CBS Sunday Morning to discuss his amazing career and a new Broadway musical about the early days of the label called, appropriately, Motown: The Musical. In the interview, Gordy told interviewer Anthony Mason how he started out writing songs for Jackie Wilson, his opening of Hitsville, USA, his affair with Diana Ross, and why he initially did not want to work with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.
[October 2013 Update: The CBS Sunday Morning video is no longer available for embedding, although you may watch the segment on YouTube. Below is another interview featuring Barry Gordy.]
What is your favorite Motown song? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Roger Ebert, the first film critic to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, has passed away. Ebert bravely battled cancer for years, continuing to use the Internet to write and discuss movies. His website and Twitter accounts were active until the very end, and he even wrote a post yesterday, explaining how his medical condition was going to require him to cut back and take a “leave of presence.” But even while explaining his medical limitations, in that post he promoted the April 9 launch of a redesigned website. So even though he has not hosted a TV show in a long time, we will miss his presence in our everyday lives.
For many of us growing up in the 1970s, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel taught us how to think about and discuss movies on a deep level. While we may not have always agreed with Ebert and/or Siskel, who passed away in 1999, they always made us think, which is the best thing a critic can do. I loved their shows Sneak Previews and At the Movies, and in later years I loved reading Ebert’s articles online. His well-written books on The Great Movies led me to discover a number of classic films, not alone, but with the guidance of a trained master. A year ago, he provoked discussion when he wrote an article about his rankings of the top ten movies of all time, some of which I had discovered through his earlier writings.
In the video below, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel review one of the classics, Goodfellas (1990).
Ebert closed his final post with his sign off, “I’ll see you at the movies.” I will miss his movie reviews, but the truth is that having seen and read so many of his reviews, his intelligent voice already affects the way we watch any movie today, tomorrow, and in the future. So we will still be seeing him at the movies, where we will give him two big thumbs up.
What is your favorite Roger Ebert review? Leave your two cents in the comments.
My favorite half-hour comedy has long been The Office, once I forgave it for not being the British version of the show, which I loved first. So, I am sad that the series finale is little more than a month away on May 16 at 9 p.m.
, by Johnny and June’s son, John Carter Cash. Ring of Fire premieres on May 27.
led me to discover a number of classic films, not alone, but with the guidance of a trained master. A year ago, he provoked discussion when he wrote