Ricky Gervais Announces New Interweb Series

…And he wants us to pay. Ah well, we all love him aspire to become him anyway:

RICKY’S BLOG – Read Ricky’s thoughts on his upcoming projects, visits to restaurants and round-headed friends

I also finished editing the pilot episode of our new internet project. It will be called “Learn English with Ricky Gervais” and it’s turned out great.

We hope to have it subtitled into as many languages as possible. read article

LB: I Miss Gore Vidal Already

by Larry Brody

Celebrated author, playwright Gore Vidal dies at 86 – by Hillel Italie and Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press

Author, playwright, politician and commentator Gore Vidal, whose vast and sharpened range of published works and public remarks were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age 86 in Los Angeles.

Some of my personal favorite Gore Vidal quotes that have no relevance to politics or culture: read article

Tell Us Again – Why is This Called BEAUTY AND THE BEAST?

Whatever happened to truth in advertising?

‘Beauty and the Beast’ EPs Defend Handsome Lead, Tout Linda Hamilton Approval – by Michael O’Connell

Technically rebooting the 1987 series, the CW drama’s creative team try to explain the lack of beastliness and draw comparisons to “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” read article

Joss Whedon Dept: DR. HORRIBLE Coming to TV

DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG Will Make its TV Debut on the CW – by TeamTVWriter Press Service

Joss Whedon’s much-beloved interweb classic “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day,” will make its television debut on Tuesday, October 9 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) on The CW.

Created by the Josster back in 2008 as a 3-part web musical, the show stars Neil Patrick Harris as a budding super villain whose plans for world domination keep getting screwed up, which is of course par for the course for somebody whose two goals in life are: read article

Craig Silverstein, NIKITA Showrunner, Tells All

For reasons beyondeth our comprehensioneth, NIKITA is a huge hit with TVWriter™ visitors. We’ve even carried duplicate reviews of at least one episode because the guys really, really, really wanted to write about it. Which means you’d damn well better enjoy this:

Highlights of the discussion, courtesy of ClickClaque.Com: read article