Tag: HBO
“Fading Gigolo” has an intriguing cast and plot.
John Turturro had a very small role in Woody Allen’s movie, “Hannah and Her Sisters”. Given the huge list of actors who seem truly neurotic that have been in Woody’s films, it’s surprising they hadn’t worked together with some regularity. The two are set to work together again, but this time, it’s Turturro who wrote [...]
Posted: March 7th, 2012 under comedy, movies, television.
Tags: Fading Gigolo, Fran Drescher, Hannah and Her Sisters, HBO, Hung, John Turturro, Midnight Cowboy, Sharon Stone, Sophia Vergara, Woody Allen
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Oscar Time! Our picks and what will win…
Best Picture The Artist (We just don’t understand the appeal. Old story, boringly conveyed. ) The Descendants (Clooney did better elsewhere) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Met anyone who liked this? We neither) The Help (Possible surprise winner here) Hugo ( Let Nickelodeon give it an award) [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2012 under comedy, movies, music, television.
Tags: A Cat in Paris, Albert Nobbs, Alexander Payne, Brad Pitt, Bridesmaids, Chico & Rita, Christopher Plummer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Glen Close, Harry Potter, HBO, Hugo, Janet McTeer, Jonah Hill, Kenneth Branagh, Kung Fu Panda, Martin Scorsese, Max Von Sydow, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Moneyball, My Week with Marilyn, Nick Nolte, Nickelodeon, Octavia Spencer, Rango, Rooney Mara, Terrence Malick, The Academy Awards, The adventures of Tin Tin, The Artist, The Descendents, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Oscars, The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, Warrior, Woody Allen
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The Wire
As many long time readers of the DailyHelping can attest, there’s no fear of recommending a film, book, album or television show that debuted long ago. As the old adage goes with respect to picking up an old newspaper…”If I haven’t seen it…it’s news to me!”. It’s with this in mind that DailyHelping climbs onto [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2010 under art, television.
Tags: Google, HBO, Netflix, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, The Wire
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Best of the past ten…(Television Drama)
The Daily Helping has sought to promote many quality television dramas that may not be on the current schedule, but easily accessible at Netflix or Amazon.com. It was a remarkable decade for quality television and even the most cynical of television watchers would have to point to the past ten years as a true watershed [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2010 under television, website.
Tags: Battlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad, David Chase, Deadwood, Dexter, HBO, James Gandolfini, Lost, Showtime, Six Feet Under, The Shield, The Sopranos, The West Wing, The Wire, TNT, WB
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Matt Damon goes viral…
Viral marketing be it for a film, beauty product or charity may be overtly manipulative but that doesn’t mean it can’t be entertaining. Places like YouTube, Twitter and the web’s plethora of gossip sites are great launching pads for these creative vehicles that are anonymous and compelling and downloaded a million times before lunch. What [...]
Posted: September 26th, 2009 under comedy, movies, television, website.
Tags: Adrian Grenier, Christian Bale, Entourage, HBO, Matt Damon, Onexone.org, Viral Videos
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Nurse Jackie knows where it hurts.
Showtime launches a new half hour long dark comedy called, Nurse Jackie. Edie Falco stars as this no nonsense ER nurse who often takes matters in her own hands.
Posted: May 24th, 2009 under comedy, television.
Tags: Carmella Soprano, Dexter, Dirty Harry, Edie Falco, HBO, Nurse Jackie, Oz, Sex in the City, Showtime, Six Feet Under, The L Word, The Larry Sanders Show, The Shield, The Sopranos, The Tudors, Vic Mackey, Weeds
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I got your Golden Globes right here.
Tonite are the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association needs no help in promoting their star-studded, network televised event. The show is pretty glitzy and the blending of television and film stars generally makes this one of the more popular award shows. Though the judges represent 55 different countries and about 200 foreign entertainment [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2009 under comedy, movies, television.
Tags: Alec Baldwin, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Californication, Colin Farrell, Danny Boyle, Dexter, Entourage, Fox, HBO, House, Hugh Laurie, In Bruges, Javier Bardem, John Hamm, Kate Winslet, Mad Men, Mamma Mia!, Marisa Tomei, Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep, Mickey Rourke, NBC, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., Sally Field, Sean Penn, Showtime, Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, The Office, The Sopranos, The Wrestler, Tina Fey, Tom Cruise, Weeds
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