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CSI: NY snubs Nat Bass audition
Some Aussie actors have been lucky enough to come from near-obscurity to landing US television roles, and others who are big fish in our relatively small industry have learned there are no easy ways to open doors in America.
Natalie Bassingthwaighte says that when she turned up for an audition on CSI: New York the producers didn’t even turn on the camera.
“It was a shock to the system and a very humbling experience,” she has told news.com.au
“It’s one thing being in Australia, where a lot of people know who you …
The buzz is on 30 minutes
The buzz on new American shows is all being directed towards cable shows Nurse Jackie and Hung right now. Each series has humor, drama and emotional moments.
Nurse Jackie features Sopranos actress Edie Falco as a no-fuss emergency room nurse. The premiere was Showtime’s most-successful premiere ever and the network immediately picked up the series for a second season. At just 30 minutes it follows the recent success of In Treatment’s slimmer format.
NY Times said:
“Nurse Jackie” doesn’t look like the average network medical drama, but it does follow the formula of …
Writer’s Guild of America awards: Winners
Regular winners Mad Men, 30 Rock and John Adams have nabbed prizes in the Writer’s Guild of America’s annual awards.
They are joined by Recount, In Treatment, Breaking Bad, Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.
Dramatic series
“Mad Men,” written by Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, Kater Gordon, David Isaacs, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner; AMC
Comedy series
“30 Rock,” written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Ron Weiner; NBC
New series
“In Treatment,” written by Rodrigo …
Recount
The Showtime Channel (which also owns Showcase and Showtime Greats) would have been partying yesterday afternoon as several of its titles swept the Golden Globe television wins: True Blood, John Adams, In Treatment went home happy while the channel is home to other nominees in Dexter, The Tudors, Bernard and Doris and A Raisin in the Sun.
Showtime was swift to send out a glitzy Press Release crowing about its wins -and who can blame them?
Laura Dern also won an acting award for Recount, the telemovie based on the controversial 2000 Presidential …
Golden Globes 2009: Nominees
Mad Men, 30 Rock, Brothers and Sisters, John Adams and In Treatment feature prominently in the 2009 Golden Globe nominations.
Both the Hollywood Foreign Press and the Writers Guild of America placed Mad Men and Dexter high on their list, with In Treatment and True Blood getting “new series” nods from the latter. In comedy there was more agreement over 30 Rock, Weeds, The Office and Entourage.
Rachel Griffiths and Melissa George will compete for Best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or made-for-television movie, while January Jones, in Australia for the AFI Awards, …
Nominees: WGA Awards
Awards season in the US is looming with the Writer’s Guild of American announcing its brightest hopes of the year.
In drama Mad Men will vie with Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Lost and The Wire which had its series finale in March.
30 Rock will take on Entourage, The Office, The Simpsons and Weeds for comedy.
Vying for best new series are Breaking Bad, Fringe, In Treatment (pictured), True Blood and Life on Mars.
DRAMATIC SERIES
Dexter, Written by Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Charles H. Eglee, Adam E. Fierro, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa …
Creative Arts Emmy winners
In the lead up to the PrimeTime Emmy Awards next week, the US TV industry has just handed out its Creative Arts Emmy Awards, mostly honouring achievements in categories like makeup, costumes, sound editing and art direction.
The wins were dominated by HBO’s historical miniseries John Adams, about the second US president, with eight awards. Mad Men was the second most celebrated program of the night, and the number one series, with four awards. The wins will firm their place in next week’s big awards.
In acting awards, Kathryn Joosten, best known as the nosey …