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 [...]

                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) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]