The Miss Universe pageant happened last night, and Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza was crowned as the the pageants 2008 winner. The pageant was held in Vietnam and hosted by former Spice Girl Mel B and Jerry Springer. You’re probably wondering why we’re writing about this on Lonely Reviewer.com, well, for the second year in the …
HBO has some of the best original programming on television, so I was look forward to new pilots coming from the pay cabler. The projects include “Boardwalk Express,” that tells the story of the birth of organized crime in Atlantic City, circa 1920s. The show is exec produced by Martin Scorsese, ‘Sopranos’ alum Terence Winter, …
George Clooney’s company Smoke House have set up a half-hour comedy from Danny Zucker called ‘The Fall of Bob’ at Showtime. It is the story of a man whose life flashes before his eyes as he jumps off a building. The move shows Showtimes aggressive pursuit of top-name talent, who recently greenlit the Steven Spielberg …
It always makes me happy to see old television broadcasters finally accepting the shift in technology. ABC granted Veoh.com the permission to stream shows through ABC’s online player (which politely does not allow the skipping of commercials). ABC will be paying Veoh for directed traffic, but they will not be collecting any revenue from the …
David Archuleta, the number two from the latest season of American Idol has signed a deal with Jive Records/19 Recordings. The 17 year old lost the title of “American Idol” to 25 year old David Cook on the sixth season of the top-rated American Idol.
Details are slowly emerging of a new “Office” spinoff on NBC. Aziz Ansari of MTV’s sketch comedy ‘Human Giant’ has been cast in a currently unknown role. Producers aren’t saying much other then Ansari will be part of a larger ensemble cast. Apparently the show is going to be a “planted spinoff,” in which characters …
Showtime has greelit a new Steven Spielberg backed series written by Juno scribe Diablo Cody. ‘The United States of Tara,’ is a half-hour comedy about a wife and mother who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. The show will focus on how the family (a husband and two children) deal with her various personalities. Toni Collette …
A few months back we featured a parody of ‘Juno’ called ‘Jewno’ co-written by Daily Show writer Rob Kutner. Kutner is releasing a tongue-in-cheek apocalyptic survival guide called ‘Apocalypse How.’ The book goes through chapters on Food, Clothing, Social Life, Family, Marriage, Recreation, Career, Wealth, to prepare you for the upcoming “better” changes in the …
Futurama’s direct-to-DVD follow up to the direct-to-DVD release, ‘Bender’s Big Score’ will be hitting store shelves on June 24th. Titled, ‘The Beast with a Billion Backs,’ has something to do with a beast coming through to our universe and taking over Fry, making him the Pope of a new religion. ‘Bender’s Big Score’ was pretty …
Just caught wind of this one via the Hollywood Reporter: Apparently on June 9th American Gladiators will have themselves an Incredible Hulk themed episode to promote the upcoming film! Audience members will be flooded with Hulk paraphernalia, while the gladiators (including a very green Titan) themselves will get to use those big toy hulk hands …