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Buzz News Roundup, 8/14
- Maria Full of Grace star Catalina Sandino Moreno has been cast as the vampire Maria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. — ComingSoon
- Jon Heder is set to star in Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede, an adaptation of the Bradley Denton comic sci-fi novel. — Variety
- Saving Grace will end in the Summer of 2010.
Buzz News Roundup, 9/17
- TNT has renewed Saving Grace and Raising the Bar, while HBO has OK'd a second season of True Blood. — Zap2it
- Nicole Kidman may become an action star, now that she's in talks to be in the "character-driven, treasure-hunting" action-adventure The Eighth Wonder. — Hollywood Reporter
- Fred Wolf (director of The House Bunny) will write and direct the dude road trip movie Divorced Guys, which will star David Spade.
Buzz Interview: Holly Hunter on Saving Grace
Saving Grace has already earned Holly Hunter a Golden Globe nomination, and few would be shocked to hear her name on Thursday when the Emmy nominations are announced. Hunter plays an Oklahoma City detective who lives large for better or for worse — throwing herself into her work but also drinking, smoking, and sleeping with the wrong people. She's also being visited by Earl, an unusual angel who encourages Grace to set her life straight.
TV Tonight: The Closer and Saving Grace
A while ago, I speculated that TNT was becoming the official network of strong women. Tonight, two of the shows that have made it that way return for new seasons: The Closer begins its fourth season at 9 p.m. EDT and PDT, while Saving Grace starts its second immediately after.
TNT and TBS: The Official Networks of Strong Women?
I got a promotional e-mail today touting the Summer programming lineups on TNT and TBS. As I scrolled through looking for a return date for The Closer (July) and a start date for Raising the Bar (September), a banner at the bottom caught my eye:
"Kyra Sedgwick, Holly Hunter, Laura San Giacomo, Jordana Spiro, Nancy Travis, Jane Kaczmarek, and Gloria Reuben are just a few of the strong women coming to TNT and TBS this summer."
And they have good reason to spotlight that: Of the five series featured in the e-mail, only one (The Bill Engvall Show on TBS) has a male character in the lead.
The Closer Returns with a Christmas Special
The Closer is going home for the holidays. Tonight, TNT will air a special two-hour version of the show called "Next of Kin."
The special finds Krya Sedwick's Brenda heading home to Georgia over Christmas — but she's there on business, not family matters, at least at first.
Link Time! 7/26
- Stereogum tells us where to hear Green Day covering "The Simpsons" theme song for the big screen.
- MTV's Movie Blog has an interview with Julia Stiles regarding her upcoming adaptation of The Bell Jar which she doesn't consider depressing "at all." Um, what?
- Meanwhile, Cinematical has a pretty adorable interview with Gretchen Mol in which she talks 3:10 to Yuma and The Ten.
- Give Me My Remote is bummed that "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas has left his latest ABC project, "Miss/Guided."
- It is possible for the hit-tastic Rihanna to miss sometimes, as Idolator proves with this Bob Marley cover.
- Popwatch tries to figure out whether or not the Backstreet Boys' reunion album (minus Kevin Richardson), releasing October 30, is worth caring about.
- You can see some first images from Jessica Alba's thriller The Eye on BloodyDisgusting.com.
- TV Squad is very excited about the "30 Rock" DVD set.
- This interview with Holly Hunter about her new series "Saving Grace" (as posted by BestWeekEver) is the most awkward thing I've seen in a long, long time.
- Vulture brilliantly chooses to illustrate yesterday's ABC vs. NBC executive showdown with Simpsons characters.
TV Tonight: "Saving Grace"
When I named TNT's "Saving Grace" one of my top 10 reasons to keep watching TV this summer, it was mostly because of Holly Hunter. Granted, the premise of the show, which premieres tonight after "The Closer," sounded a little too "Touched by an Angel" for my liking — alcoholic, sex-fueled cop nearly kills someone and is sent a "last chance" angel to put her back on the straight and narrow. But I trusted that Hunter, whom I always find wonderfully watchable, could keep the show grounded.
Top 10 Reasons to Keep Your TV On This Summer
Summer used to be a time of reruns, but no more. Now summer TV is its own event, with cable and broadcast networks pulling up a whole new crop of shows. And here's the bad news for those of you who planned to get off the couch this summer: A lot of the summer series look great.
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FlashForward Breakdown, "Believe"
The most central characters of FlashForward take a backseat this week, letting Bryce and Aaron take the spotlight. It's a nice relief from Mark and Demetri's constant agonizing over their own fates (though we still get a dose of that, too).
We learn that Bryce has been keeping a big secret, and Aaron's reunion with his daughter isn't all he had expected it to be.
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