Sugar Editorial Picks
Apr 28, 2009 -
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below, you can also catch Jean-Claude Van Damme in JCVD on DVD.
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Oct 11, 2007 -
Here's a new point for those who like to argue that TV has gone too far: A Colombian game show has been canceled after a woman confessed to hiring someone to murder her husband — and won $25,000 for it.
The woman was competing on a Colombian game show called "Nada Mas Que la Verdad," or "Nothing But the Truth," in which contestants are hooked up to lie detector machines and asked increasingly invasive questions for a chance to win up to $50,000 if they answer truthfully. She admitted she had hired a hit man to kill her husband, adding that the crime was never carried out because her husband was tipped off to the plot and fled.
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Oct 02, 2007 -
Whether it's because of the possible Hollywood writers' strike, the success of "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" or something else, this television season is beginning to look like the Year of the Primetime Game Show. At the head of the trend is now-legendary reality producer Mark Burnett, but he's not the only one with game shows on the brain.
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Aug 15, 2007 -
- "Weeds" ratings hit a new, um, high on Monday, writes Variety.
- The L.A. Times has confirmed that Edward Norton is indeed writing the screenplay for The Incredible Hulk.
- Len Wiseman has signed on to direct the Escape From New York remake, Variety reports.
- ABC is producing music videos for 11 of its shows, including "Ugly Betty" and "Brothers & Sisters," Billboard reports.
- The AP is reporting that a stage musical version of Dirty Dancing will open in Chicago in September of 2008.
- CBS has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with Don Imus, who may return to radio before too long, Reuters reports.
- According to Variety, 20th Century Fox is hoping to lure screenwriters by promising them that they will receive gross participation if their original scripts are made into movies.
- Ellen DeGeneres is filming a two-hour variety show for TBS, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- Fox has bought a new game show called "Nothing But the Truth," in which participants will be hooked up to lie detectors and asked a series of personal questions for the chance to win $500,000.
- Casting news: Chris Mulkey will play the new coach on "Friday Night Lights," Zap2it reports. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Benny Ciaramello will also join the show to play a love interest for Lyla, while TV Guide says Marin Hinkle will guest star on "Brothers & Sisters."
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