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Saturday Night Fever on Sunday
A bit of a rarity pops up on 7TWO this Sunday night with the chance to see Saturday Night Fever if you’ve never seen it.
The 1977 film earned John Travolta his first Academy Award nomination as Tony Manero. Directed by John Badham and with a score led by the Bee Gees, it defined the disco era. Reviewers went as far as to say that the dancing Travolta was actually sexier with his clothes ON.
It was released as an R rated film in Australia but carries an M rating this Sunday night …
Oscars snub for Farrah Fawcett wasn’t an oversight
Organisers behind the Academy Awards are refusing to apologise for leaving out Farrah Fawcett from its In Memoriam segment this year.
“I would not say that it was an oversight,” Leslie Unger, spokeswoman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told E! News. “No matter how carefully and how conscientiously people address who is included, there are people who just simply can’t be.
“In any given year there will always be some people that other people think should have been included and that there’s more justification for one person versus another,” …
Charlie puts the Sheen on Mondays
What is it about Melbourne viewers and Two and a Half Men? Last night the new episode hauled 635,000 in that city, rising to a big 1.58m viewers -and very probably assuring its place as the week’s top show. No doubt the end of the long weekend in Melbourne helped as viewers settled in for an early night.
Both the Charlie Sheen comedy and My Kitchen Rules have been battling it out for top place recently. Last night Seven’s cooking contest ina pseudo MasterChef kitchen settled with just under 1.4m viewers, still …
Oprah: The Tonight Show Fiasco
Monday afternoon will be a busy time with an interesting episode of Oprah going up against Nine’s live Oscars.
Jay Leno is the guest star, talking to the big O about the changes at NBC that saw Conan O’Brien exit The Tonight Show.
Here is an excerpt:
Oprah: Do you feel any personal responsibility for Conan’s disappointment?
Jay: No. It had nothing to do with me. I mean, as I say, there is always someone waiting in the wings in this business to take your job. If you’re not doing the numbers, they move on. …
Academy Awards replay
As previously noted Nine will again screen the Academy Awards live to air on Monday March 8th for the second year in a row.
It will air at 12:30pm via satellite from the US, preceded by a half hour Red Carpet special hosted by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson. Last year both sat in a Sydney studio commenting on fashions with Alex Perry.
The live 3.5 hr event will continue until 4pm. This year it is also a public holiday in several states -perfect excuse for a party.
It will be replayed later …
Movie Extra channels free for 2 weeks
Foxtel subscribers are in for a treat at the moment with the Movie Networks suite of channels currently available to all subscribers until March 8th.
Last night Movie Extra aired Tropfest 2010, which will also be repeated this Saturday arvo at 1pm.
On Thursday Movie Extra premieres Season 3 of Mad Men.
And on March 8 it airs the Academy Awards live.
The channels on offer include Movie One, Movie Two, FMC Family, Starpics 1, Starpics 2, Movie Extra, Movie Greats, TCM and World Movies.
However the offer doesn’t extend to HD Channels.
Baldwin released from hospital after strange 911 call
Alec Baldwin is headed back to work on 30 Rock following a brief but bizarre hospital visit after his daughter Ireland called paramedics saying he was in an ‘unresponsive’ state.
Baldwin was released from hospital just an hour after being admitted.
A spokesperson said, “This was a misunderstanding on one person’s part. Alec was quickly released from the hospital, he’s completely fine and will be at work today.”
A police source allegedy said that the actor had had a ‘bad reaction’ after taking the sedative Ambien.
Baldwin and Ireland had reportedly argued and she told …
Airdate: 2010 Academy Awards (FTA)
The Nine Network will once again screen the Academy Awards live to air to Australian viewers.
The event hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will air from 12pm on Monday March 8th, direct as the occur in LA.
Nine will also repeat the event later that night, at a time yet to be announced.
Last year it repeated the Oscars at 9:30pm.
Pay TV viewers will also get to see the event live on Movie Extra.
Airdate: 2010 Academy Awards (Pay TV)
Movie Extra will once again be screening the Academy Awards live to air.
The event on Monday 8th March begins at 10am AEDT with Red Carpet Arrivals. In recognition of the event’s importance, it will screen live to all Foxtel and Austar subscribers.
Designer Randolph Duke will be commentating on the fashions from a view above the red carpet and there will be sneak keeps, behind-the-scenes access plus facts about stars and their movies.
From 12.30pm Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin will host the Oscars live to air from the Kodak Theatre.
Movie …
Aussie-wood actors make their mark
More Aussie actors are making their way in the US.
TV Tonight hears former Neighbours regular David Hofllin has just finished shooting a guest role on US cable drama Big Love.
Hoflin played Oliver Barnes on the TEN soap in 2007-2008.
Meanwhile former Rush regular Claire Van der Boom will play folk singer Billie Tucker in Tough Trade, the first pilot for new cable network Epix to be directed by Academy Award winner Gavin Hood.
Other local faces making their way in the US lately include Josh Lawson, Grant Bowler, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Dichen Lachman, and …
Grant Bowler sinks teeth into True Blood
He’s definitely the new Alan Dale….
Grant Bowler has landed a role in Season 3 of True Blood -but he won’t say as what.
It follows his role in Ugly Betty and Lost.
“Mate, it’s HBO and it’s the King … it’s the chance to work for an Oscar-winner [series creator Allan Ball] and alongside an Oscar-winner [Anna Paquin],” he told the Sunday Telegraph.
“Ugly Betty rolls from deep, one-on-one connected, touching realism to absolute farce to physical comedy and clowning and everything in between – I love it.”
At this rate he’ll have to start …
Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin -Oscars hosts
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 2010 Academy Awards.
The announcement of dual hosts follows the recent news that Hugh Jackman declined another gig.
“We’re expecting a spirit du combat,” Oscars producer Bill Mechanic said, adding that organisers liked the idea of contrasting personalities.
The move is likely to be seen as a free kick to the upcoming comedy It’s Complicated.
Both the stars feature in the film as dueling love interests of Meryl Streep. If either nabs a nomination for acting, they would be the first Academy Awards host to …