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THE ARTIST, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, and MODERN FAMILY Take Home Top Prizes at Producers Guild Awards

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 22nd, 2012 at 9:24 am

The Artist has yet again taken home a major Oscar precursor award. The black-and-white silent film was recognized for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Pictures at the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards last night. This is yet another notch in the column that points to a very big night for The Artist at the upcoming 84th Academy Awards. In a slight surprise, The Adventures of Tintin was the winner among animated films, besting critical favorite Rango. On the television side of things, Boardwalk Empire won for excellence in dramatic series (beating out fare like Mad Men and Game of Thrones), Modern Family was the winner for the comedies, and the fantastically addictive Downton Abbey won in the movies of the week/mini-series category.

Hit the jump to see the full list of winners.

60 MINUTES Piece on SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK; plus Reviews of Tonight’s Debut Preview

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 28th, 2010 at 8:47 pm

CBS’ 60 Minutes did a segment tonight on Julie Taymor’s upcoming musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.  With music by U2′s Bono and The Edge, it is the most expensive musical in Broadway history.  Part of that is due to the production’s continued delays and, according to 60 Minutes, the operating cost is $1 million a week.  Another interesting fact gleamed from 60 Minutes‘ story is that one of the show’s original producers had a seizure and died when Bono and The Edge were about to sign their contracts.  No one took that as a bad sign.

Tonight, the $65 million musical began it’s first night of previews.  According to WENN, the show’s only full rehearsal was scheduled for last night, but had to be canceled, which means tonight, in front of an audience, is the first time it’s ever been performed from start to finish.  Hit the jump for the 60 Minutes piece and reactions to tonight’s performance.  Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is set to open on January 11, 2011.

Watch Conan O’Brien Break His TV Silence on Last Night’s 60 MINUTES

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 3rd, 2010 at 7:38 am

In the latest chapter in the Conan O’Brien saga, the red-headed comedian appeared on TV for the first time since The Tonight Show ended, via last night’s 60 Minutes.  You probably know the gist of the story: the Great Primetime Leno Experiment of 2010 was a failure, which resulted in NBC seizing the 11:30 timeslot from O’Brien and handing it back to Leno.  Now O’Brien has his own show on TBS and is travelling the nation for the 30-city Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.

O’Brien was back on television last night, but I think he maintains the stated “no funny” clause of his contract.  He makes jokes, to be sure, but there’s too much hurt behind them for the interview to be a laugh riot (“I’m laughing ’cause crying would be sad”).  You can find the entire melancholy clip after the jump.

Conan O’Brien to Somewhat Break Silence on 60 MINUTES on May 2nd

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 27th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

Slowly, the pale, red-headed onion that is the Conan O’Brien severance package is peeling away and next week the former Tonight Show host can finally give his side of the story.  On Sunday, May 2^nd, O’Brien will sit down with 60 Minutes in an interview with Steve Kroft.  O’Brien’s deal with NBC had him prohibited from giving interviews until May 1^st.   While some may hope for Conan to rag on his former network, his deal with NBC also prevents him from disparaging the network on television (he’s allowed to do it in his stage show and he has).  But it will be a good opportunity for him to give his side of the story, his feelings about Leno’s role, what his upcoming show on TBS (set to debut in November) will be like, and so forth (although I have no idea what questions Kroft will ask).  Despite the restrictions, I’m confident that Conan will provide a humorous and thoughtful interview. [The Live Feed]

AVATAR Round-Up: 60 Minutes Piece, Runtime, New Featurette, and New Posters

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 pm

This weekend was devoted not only to the spending power of women and their hearts/libidos, but to continuing the dominance of Avatar and its attempt to saturate the populace in coverage and marketing so thick that it could suffocate a child or pet.  Over the past several days, we’ve learned the film’s official runtime, more about the film’s antagonist Colonel Quaritch (played by Stephen Lang), and seen some new international posters.  Tonight, 60 Minutes devoted an entire segment to covering the film.  You can see all of it after the jump, and without my editorializing because I seem to catch flack from Avatar fans no matter how much I try to convey that I’m looking forward to the film.

Avatar hits theaters on December 18^th.

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