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Non-nude Mad Men Pays the Price for Its Skinginess

This year, after three straight years of being handed Golden Globes in hopes that January Jones and Christina Hendricks would finally get the message and do a lesbian scene, or at least prove that Christina’s luscious melons aren’t themselves the products of Madison Avenue ad wizards, the run is over for AMC’s Mad Men . Show business people will tell you that being denied a Golden Globe is a humiliation second only to having your movie premiere switched from New York and Los Angeles to Sofia, Bulgaria, where it was filmed. But that’s what happened to Mad Men this year when the show’s obstinate refusal to even let a nip slip or flash some ass and roll the dice on an FCC fine finally caught up to it. John Hamm and his buddies went home defeated and empty-handed when nude kid on the block Boardwalk Empire took the Best TV Show award like candy from a baby, proving that the best way to spice up a period drama is nudity. Period. If AMC can’t figure out why HBO ruled and they drooled at the Golden Globes last night, then here it is. HBO gave us what they couldn’t with Boardwalk Empire : nonstop nudity, lesbian sex scenes, and a fully frontal (and frontally full-furred) Paz de la Huerta . Wrap it up, we’ll take it.

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The World’s Gone Mad, Men: Christina Hendricks Has Implants!

Natural knocker enthusiasts were dealt a crushing blow this week when evidence surfaced that the massive mammaries of Mad Men star Christina Hendricks may be as phony baloney as the IBM Selectric II typewriter at her desk (they weren’t made until 1973). The questions began when Playboy tweeted this picture with the question: “Who is the famous actress in this photo from the July 1999 issue?” Well it turns out the lady on the right is none other than Christina herself, minus the juggalicious double-D’s we’ve all come to know and love. And she’s blond so maybe the burning bush we’ve all been fantasizing about is just as unreal as her rackage. There’s only one way to settle all this now—get a papal dispensation for AMC to have Christina go fully frontal on basic cable.

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Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Loses Lead Actress Natalie Mendoza

And for once it wasn’t due to injury! Natalie Mendoza — who plays the villainous Arachne in the Julie Taymor musical — is leaving Turn Off the Dark , two people who work on the show told New York Times . You’ll recall that Mendoza suffered a concussion during the first performance of Turn Off the Dark last month, and that she was very vocal following the injury to actor Christopher Tierney. “Please pray with me for my friend Chris, my superhero who quietly inspires me everyday with his spirit,” she wrote on Twitter after Tierney fell during the Dec. 20 performance. “A light in my heart went dim tonight.” Mendoza hasn’t appeared on stage since that incident. [ NYT /ArtsBeat ]

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How Long Does It Take to Get Excited About AMC’s The Killing?

22 seconds. That’s the length of the newly released teaser promo for The Killing , and it’s enough time to make you start counting the hours until March. The new AMC series — based on the Danish miniseries Forbrydelsen — chronicles a murder investigation over the course of 13 days, with each episode covering one day. So, it’s “real time” like 24 , but presumably better and more focused. Click ahead to watch the teaser and as an added bonus, stick around to see a behind-the-scenes video AMC released detailing the production. Billy Campbell, FTW !

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The Walking Dead: Will Writing Staffs Become Extinct if The Walking Dead Works?

That’s one way to produce a television series. On Tuesday night , it was reported by Deadline that Walking Dead executive producer Frank Darabont had fired his writing staff ahead of the already-ordered season two, and was considering replacing them with freelancers. Well, and his own blood, sweat and zombie-tears. After all, based on the show credits, Darabont has already written or co-written every one of The Walking Dead episodes this fall. Which makes you wonder: Will his decision lead other showrunners to take such action?

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The Trailer for AMC’s The Walking Dead: No Sunshine, Just Zombies

And just like that, you found some plans for Halloween night. AMC has released a four-minute sizzle reel for their brand new zombie series The Walking Dead — which is scheduled to premiere on October 31 at 10pm — and it looks positively Romero-y (or, 28 Days Later -y?).

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AMC Orders Its Fifth Series

AMC has greenlit its fifth original series , a Seattle-set crime drama with character-driven touches formerly called The Killing . The now-untitled show is based off a Danish series called Forbrydelsen and will follow the murder of a young girl and the ensuing investigation. With executive producer and writer Veena Sud ( Cold Case ) in place and director Patty Jenkins ( Monster ) on board for the pilot, the show’s 13-episode first season will debut in 2011. Self-important people will start conversations about it at parties thereafter. [ THR ]

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Will This Sexy, Misleading Mad Men Promo Yield Record Ratings?

With the season premiere of Mad Men just days away, AMC has done its best to make viewers hoping to hitch a ride onto the critically acclaimed drama feel welcome. That means airing a marathon of the best episodes from season three last night and scheduling Michael Clayton to run before the premiere (so they can capitalize on the “Jon Hamm is the Next George Clooney!” movement). But does this admittedly killer promo take things just a tad too far?

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Playboy’s Mad Men Cover: Crista Flanagan Gets a Promotion

In addition to capturing Michael Cera’s most facetious interview ever, this August’s Playboy is traveling back to a time when the publication was still relevant: the ’60s. Mad Men actress Crista Flanagan appears on two different covers of next month’s issue, proving that good things do come to switchboard operators who chop off men’s feet with lawnmowers.

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Tilda Swinton’s Flash Mob

We can all agree that the recent Ghostbusters and Glee flash mobs were a little bit adorable, but is the fad played out? Not if Tilda Swinton has anything to say about it. She’s planning a flash dance on June 26 to The Avalon Boy’s “At the Ball” in order to promote her new 8 1/2 Foundation, explaining , “It’s a song from Laurel and Hardy’s funniest film Way Out West . In the film, Stan and Ollie do a wee dance, which is rubbish compared to Cyd Charisse or Gene Kelly, or any trained dancer, and yet it’s one of the most charming, amusing, gentle, child-like musical numbers in the whole of cinema history.” Book your trip to Edinburgh now! [ Indiewire ]

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