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Disney Studio Head Tops Most Powerful Women List

BuzzSugar — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:31:50 -0800

Speaking of lists today, this morning The Hollywood Reporter held its annual Power 100 breakfast to honor their list of the most powerful women in entertainment. These are some of the industry's heaviest hitters; the Hollywood Reporter names the Power 100 based on "their ability to greenlight content, their position within the company, the number of people who report to them and the amount of money they control." At the top this year is Anne Sweeney, co-chairman of Disney Media Network and president of Disney-ABC Television Group. Oprah came in at No. 8.

Also honored at the breakfast, hosted by Queen Latifah and John Travolta and with 700 invitees, was Jodie Foster, who received the fourth annual Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, "presented to a woman who has been a pioneer or leader in her field" and named after the first woman to head an entertainment studio. In addition, the winners of the Lifetime Movie Network Student Filmmaker Competition were honored. The competition was developed "to encourage and discover the next generation of female filmmakers," which is always something I can get behind.

To check out the top 10 women on the list, read more

Anne Sweeney, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks; president, Disney-ABC Television Group
Amy Pascal, chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group; co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Nancy Tellem, president, CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group
Stacey Snider, co-chairman and CEO, DreamWorks SKG
Judy McGrath, chairman and CEO, MTV Networks
Oprah Winfrey, chairman, Harpo Inc.
Dana Walden, chairman, 20th Century Fox Television
Nina Tassler, president, CBS Entertainment
Bonnie Hammer, president, USA Network and Sci Fi Channel
Shari Redstone, president, National Amusements; vice chairman, CBS Corp., Viacom and Midway Games

For the rest of the list, click here.

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What to TiVo: Wednesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:50:00 -0800

ABC is new with The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town, and In the Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Janet Jackson
CBS is new with New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY
FOX is new with So You Think You Can Dance and Glee
NBC is new with Mercy and Law & Order: SVU
The CW is new with America's Next Top Model
E! is new with True Hollywood Story: Football Wives
Bravo is new with Top Chef: Las Vegas
Comedy Central is new with South Park, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report
FX is new with Nip/Tuck
MTV is new with Real World/Road Rules Challenge
Late-night highlights include Robert Pattinson on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Amerie on Lopez Tonight on TBS; Seth Green, Heidi Montag, and Spencer Pratt on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; 50 Cent on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Kristen Stewart on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC; and David Duchovny on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS

Link Time! Bob Saget Gets His Own Reality Show

BuzzSugar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:30:41 -0800

Bob Saget will investigate odd American subcultures on a new reality series for A&E - The Hollywood Reporter
Christopher Waltz talks about The Green Hornet - Vulture
Decorating ideas to steal from the set of New Moon - CasaSugar
Check out the new Alice in Wonderland posters - Rotten Tomatoes
HSM writer Peter Barsocchini is developing a new series for Nickelodeon about Summer camp. Salute your shorts redux? - PopWatch
Rob Marshall will direct Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - Worst Previews
Take a sneak peek at tonight's episode of V - MTV Movies Blog
The Magnetic Fields announce their 2010 tour - Pitchfork
Usher's new album, Raymond vs. Raymond, will drop on Dec.21 - Billboard

Link Time! Watch George Clooney Voicing Fantastic Mr. Fox

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:25 -0800

So cool - see how the voice acting was done on The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Cinematical
Comedy Central is teaming up with The Onion for a TV show - The Hollywood Reporter
No Doubt is suing Activision for using their likenesses inappropriately in Band Hero - GeekSugar
2012 already has a TV series sequel, 2013 - MTV Movies Blog
Fox Searchlight has halted the national release of Gentlemen Broncos - Vulture
Sufjan Stevens admits his 50 states album concept was a joke - Stereogum
Amazing video mash-up of scenes with characters saying the movie's title - Videogum
Anthony Hopkins and Annette Bening will play Ernest Hemingway and wife in Hemingway and Fuentes - Variety
The Decemberists' Colin Meloy and wife Carson Ellis are writing a children's book - Pitchfork
10 scary Christmas movies to bridge Halloween and Christmas - Rotten Tomatoes

What to TiVo: Wednesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:50:00 -0700

ABC is new with Hank, The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Eastwick
CBS is new with The New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY
FOX is new with So You Think You Can Dance and Glee
NBC is new with Mercy and Law & Order: SVU
The CW is new with America's Next Top Model and has a repeat of Melrose Place
FX has The Devil Wears Prada and is new with Nip/Tuck
Bravo is new with Top Chef: Las Vegas
Comedy Central is new with South Park, Secret Girlfriend, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report
E! is new with True Hollywood Story: Courteney Cox
MTV is new with Real World/Road Rules Challenge
Late-night highlights include Paul McCartney and Bruce Willis on a repeat of The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Jennifer Aniston and Phoenix on a repeat of The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; Salma Hayek on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; and Elijah Wood and Taraji P. Henson on a repeat of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC

Link Time!

BuzzSugar — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:01 -0700

Jessica Lucas talks Melrose Place and good girls gone bad - Hit Fix
Wes Craven may direct Scream IV? - Cinematical
The best-reviewed Coen Brothers movies (and No Country For Old Men isn't number one!) - Rotten Tomatoes
Will you watch Oprah's interview with Sarah Palin? - TresSugar
The Biggest Loser's Jillian Michaels is getting her own show on NBC - Zap2it
Is Guns N' Roses touring Canada next year? - Stereogum
10 things you never knew about The Simpsons - Flavorwire
ABC is close to picking up a new pilot called Little Liars starring Privileged's Lucy Hale - Hollywood Reporter

Good Hair: A Funny, Informative Doc For Everyone

BuzzSugar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:06:03 -0700

Chris Rock's first shot at a documentary was spurred on by a simple question his daughter asked: "Daddy, why don't I have good hair?" Good Hair is Rock's quest to find out what that is, and why we - men and women, black and white - care so much.

It's not a race relations angle as much as the trailer makes it seem, but rather an investigation into the phenomenon his two young daughters are growing up into: that straight European hair is what's desirable, beautiful, and worth lots of money and pain to get.

Check out Bella's review, and to hear what I liked about the film, just read more.

As a documentarian, Rock excels at putting his subjects at ease, and his experts run the gamut. There are African-American women (particularly actresses like Nia Long and Eve), who can report their feelings firsthand about their hair and the extra pressure from Hollywood they endure to conform. Ice T is hilarious whether he's talking about silicone or wearing curlers in his hair for mugshots. Rock even gets Maya Angelou and Al Sharpton to deliver some of the documentary's biggest laughs. Yes, that's the kind of doc this is - one in which a political figure can make the momentous occasion of lobbying for Martin Luther King Jr. Day into a knee-slapping anecdote.

Watching a doc with as many one-liners as a Judd Apatow flick, I left wondering why more comedians don't make documentaries. Then again, Rock shows that he's green as a nonfiction filmmaker when he initiates conversations only to abruptly drop them. There is a lot to be said for black women striving for straight hair in a cultural context, and Rock raises this issue, but doesn't make a strong point about it. Particularly frustrating is Rock's discovery that most of the human hair sold as weaves in the US comes from India; specifically, from worshipers in India who sacrifice their hair to God in a ritual called Tonsure. Rock shows the Tonsure ceremony and the hair removal, but stops short of questioning what I think is a gross offense.

That's not to say Rock doesn't have some major revelations; he exposes the harms of sodium hydrochloride, also known as chemical relaxer (street name: "creamy crack"). His tenaciousness at that issue makes me wish he'd delved further into the other important matters of the movie.

On the whole, though, this is a solid effort for a first documentary, and it's surprisingly weighty subject matter. When you might think that he's gone a bit too far from his own point of reference, he brings it back to why he's looking at "good hair" in the first place -for his daughters. From salons in Beverly Hills to barber shops in Compton, Rock makes you laugh while opening your eyes to a hairy social subject.

Photos courtesy of Roadside Attractions

Link Time!

BuzzSugar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:50:10 -0700

Bradley Whitford is heading back to TV in Jack and Dan - TV Squad
A few early predictions for the 2010 Oscars - Vulture
The release date of Nine has been moved from Thanksgiving to Christmas - Cinematical
Ellen Pompeo may not miss any episodes of Grey's Anatomy for maternity leave after all - Watch With Kristin
A countdown of Vince Vaughn's funniest moments (including video clips!) - Moviefone
Daniel Radcliffe will return to Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - MTV Movies Blog
Amazon has New Moon soundtrack snippets! - Pitchfork
Desperate Housewives' creator Marc Cherry is working on a new show for ABC - Hollywood Reporter
ABC picks up The Middle, Cougar Town, and Modern Family for full seasons - HitFix
Fine Living Network is changing over to the Cooking Channel - Yum Sugar
The Top 15: Greatest Opening Title Sequences - TV.com

Link Time!

BuzzSugar — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:30:44 -0700

Mark Wahlberg is set to star in the thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam - Variety
Kristen Bell shares her five favorite movies - Rotten Tomatoes
Is Lauren Graham joining Parenthood? - Ausiello Files
Daft Punk has a cameo in the upcoming Disney film Tron Legacy - MTV Movies Blog
Get Gossip Girl decorating ideas from last night's episode - CasaSugar
MTV announces its 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards Nominees - MTV
Rivers Cuomo talks Raditude and his love for Lil Wayne - Pitchfork
Kenny Rogers is going to sing on How I Met Your Mother - Show Tracker
Photos from this weekend's Austin City Limits Music Festival - Stereogum
Fantasy Island is getting the reality TV treatment - Hollywood Reporter
A fun roller derby Halloween costume inspired by Whip It - Moviefone

Link Time!

BuzzSugar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:45:28 -0700

DJ AM's reality show, Gone Too Far, will air on Oct. 12 - Vulture
Californication has been renewed for a fourth season - The Hollywood Reporter
Liam Neeson will join Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks in The Next Three Days - Cinematical
Check out Vampire Weekend's new song and upcoming tour dates - Pitchfork
Take a sneak peek at this week's episode of Glee - Pop Watch
Get the look: An Education's fab frocks - CasaSugar
James Franco is calling his upcoming appearance on General Hospital "performance art." - MTV Movies Blog
Relationship advice from the cast of Couples Retreat - Rotten Tomatoes