Imagine if sociopathic maniac Dennis from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” was the CEO of a tech company, and also was bald. That’s a piece of the (excellent) premise of “BlackBerry,” a comedy about the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone. The film got its first trailer today.
“BlackBerry” is a stranger-than-fiction tech industry schadenfreude comedy in the vein of “The Dropout” and “Super Pumped.” It stars Jay Baruchel in a gray wig as Mike Lazaridis, co-founder of Research in Motion, the company that developed BlackBerry’s technology, and the aforementioned bald Glenn Howerton as Jim Balsillie, Lazaridis’ co-ceo who oversaw the business side of things. The cast also Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek, Michael Ironside, Rich Sommer (who in the trailer delivers the line “They call them CrackBerries” in the exact way his “Mad Men” character Harry Crane would say it if he was in business...
“BlackBerry” is a stranger-than-fiction tech industry schadenfreude comedy in the vein of “The Dropout” and “Super Pumped.” It stars Jay Baruchel in a gray wig as Mike Lazaridis, co-founder of Research in Motion, the company that developed BlackBerry’s technology, and the aforementioned bald Glenn Howerton as Jim Balsillie, Lazaridis’ co-ceo who oversaw the business side of things. The cast also Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek, Michael Ironside, Rich Sommer (who in the trailer delivers the line “They call them CrackBerries” in the exact way his “Mad Men” character Harry Crane would say it if he was in business...
- 3/15/2023
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: FX has added seven to the recurring cast for The Sterling Affairs, its limited series about the downfall of Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling amid the team’s drive to win a championship under coach Doc Rivers. Harriet Samson Harris (Hacks), Corbin Bernsen (City On a Hill), Yvonna Pearson (Dynasty), Jock McKissic (Your Honor), Darryl Wesley (This Is Us), Rich Sommer (Minx) and Clifton Davis (Billions) join leads Laurence Fishburne and Jacki Weaver in the six-episode series.
The Sterling Affairs is written by Gina Welch (Feud: Bette and Joan) based on the ESPN 30 for 30 podcast of the same name reported and hosted by Ramona Shelburne. The series tells the behind the scenes story of Doc Rivers (Fishburne) and the Los Angeles Clippers’ quest to bring a championship to one of the historically worst franchises in all of sports during the impending downfall of the team’s owner, Donald...
The Sterling Affairs is written by Gina Welch (Feud: Bette and Joan) based on the ESPN 30 for 30 podcast of the same name reported and hosted by Ramona Shelburne. The series tells the behind the scenes story of Doc Rivers (Fishburne) and the Los Angeles Clippers’ quest to bring a championship to one of the historically worst franchises in all of sports during the impending downfall of the team’s owner, Donald...
- 1/17/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Rich Sommer (The Dropout), Lauren Lindsey Donzis (Punky Brewster), Jayma Mays (United States of Al), Bentley Green (Snowfall), Angel Laketa Moore (Atypical) and Bailey Gavulic (Fear The Walking Dead) are set as series regulars in CBS comedy pilot Rust Belt News. Additionally, Jeff Blitz (American Auto) has been tapped to direct and executive produce the single-camera comedy pilot from The Simpsons writer and The Mindy Project exec producer Matt Warburton.
Written by Warburton, the project is set in a small Ohio town where the local newspaper goes out of business, leaving the ambitious, angsty reporters of the high school newspaper as the only people left to report on scandals, dig up corruption, and generally polish the rust off this rust-belt community.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
Sommer will play Caleb, a jaded former journalist whose love of writing is reignited when he is recruited by Mack to help start an underground newspaper.
Written by Warburton, the project is set in a small Ohio town where the local newspaper goes out of business, leaving the ambitious, angsty reporters of the high school newspaper as the only people left to report on scandals, dig up corruption, and generally polish the rust off this rust-belt community.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
Sommer will play Caleb, a jaded former journalist whose love of writing is reignited when he is recruited by Mack to help start an underground newspaper.
- 3/25/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sebastian de Souza, Eddie Marsan and Rich Sommer have boarded the Chloe Domont-directed finance world thriller opposite Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich.
The MRC and T-Street emerging filmmaker label movie, which Deadline first told you about, is already in production.
de Souza stars as Leo in Hulu and MRC Television’s The Great from Oscar-nominated Tony McNamara. Prior to this, he starred as Gareth in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Normal People, for Hulu and the BBC, directed by the Oscar-nominated Lenny Abrahamson. He was seen in the iconic role of Sandro Botticelli in the second season of Medici, opposite Sean Bean, Daniel Sharman and Bradley James on Netflix. Prior to this, he played a guest lead in the feature Pixie, opposite Alec Baldwin and Olivia Cooke, directed by Barnaby Thompson. He also played Edmund in Claire McCarthy’s feature Ophelia, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival,...
The MRC and T-Street emerging filmmaker label movie, which Deadline first told you about, is already in production.
de Souza stars as Leo in Hulu and MRC Television’s The Great from Oscar-nominated Tony McNamara. Prior to this, he starred as Gareth in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Normal People, for Hulu and the BBC, directed by the Oscar-nominated Lenny Abrahamson. He was seen in the iconic role of Sandro Botticelli in the second season of Medici, opposite Sean Bean, Daniel Sharman and Bradley James on Netflix. Prior to this, he played a guest lead in the feature Pixie, opposite Alec Baldwin and Olivia Cooke, directed by Barnaby Thompson. He also played Edmund in Claire McCarthy’s feature Ophelia, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Years in the making! The glory of MGM on parade! Enough studio resources to film twenty pictures were expended on this paean to showman Florenz Ziegfeld. It’s really Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Technicolor valentine to itself, showing off the studio’s enormous stable of musical talent, along with various of its comic performers. Arthur Freed and Louis B. Mayer’s notion of ‘something for everyone’ results in weird stack of grandiose musical numbers and mostly weak comedy. The biggest draw is the incredible color cinematography that peeks through in three or four jaw-droppingly elaborate musical spectacles. The picture is a workout to find the artistic limits of the Technicolor system.
Ziegfeld Follies
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1945 / Color / 1:37 Academy / 117 110 min. / Street Date June 15, 2021 / 21.99
Starring: (alphabetically): Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Victor Moore, Red Skelton, Esther Williams. Also...
Ziegfeld Follies
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1945 / Color / 1:37 Academy / 117 110 min. / Street Date June 15, 2021 / 21.99
Starring: (alphabetically): Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Victor Moore, Red Skelton, Esther Williams. Also...
- 7/20/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
It’s been a staying-in kind of year. That New Year’s Resolution you made to travel more? It’s gained 20 pounds, started cutting its own hair and is now in a jigsaw club with your neighbour Ken. The only marathon you’ve completed in 2020 is a Battlestar Galactica rewatch. The only mountain you’ve climbed is the metaphorical one it takes to shower daily. That beach trip you’d planned? It went okay actually. You made some bells by selling coconuts to Nook’s Cranny and dug up a bunch of Manila Clams with a flimsy shovel.
For obvious reasons, escape is on our minds this year more than most. So we started thinking, if you had your wishing socks on, where in the collected imaginations of everyone who’s ever dreamt up a film, TV show, game or book, would you spend the holidays? On the holodeck of...
For obvious reasons, escape is on our minds this year more than most. So we started thinking, if you had your wishing socks on, where in the collected imaginations of everyone who’s ever dreamt up a film, TV show, game or book, would you spend the holidays? On the holodeck of...
- 12/24/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
HBO has released the official teaser trailer for “Run,” its upcoming romantic-comedy thriller, executive-produced by jack-of-all-trades Phoebe Waller-Bridge. You can check out the trailer below.
“Run” stars Primetime Emmy Award winner Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson as Ruby and Billy, college exes who reconnect as the result of a pact they made 17 years prior as students: If either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied the same, they would drop everything to meet at Grand Central Station and travel across the United States together.
As the trailer reveals, Billy is the one who initiates the “Run” protocol, but Ruby replies “Run” right back — even though she has a life waiting for her in the suburbs. With barely any possessions in tow, Ruby and Billy decide embrace the “carpe diem” mentality and choose to live in the moment — together, as exes. Because that always works out. Even if their choice is “unforgivable,...
“Run” stars Primetime Emmy Award winner Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson as Ruby and Billy, college exes who reconnect as the result of a pact they made 17 years prior as students: If either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied the same, they would drop everything to meet at Grand Central Station and travel across the United States together.
As the trailer reveals, Billy is the one who initiates the “Run” protocol, but Ruby replies “Run” right back — even though she has a life waiting for her in the suburbs. With barely any possessions in tow, Ruby and Billy decide embrace the “carpe diem” mentality and choose to live in the moment — together, as exes. Because that always works out. Even if their choice is “unforgivable,...
- 2/14/2020
- by LaToya Ferguson
- Indiewire
Long before she was a teenage actress holding her snarky own in Roseanne, before heading a panel of women sharing their perspectives on The Talk, and before the Roseanne reboot reconfigured into The Conners, Sara Gilbert found her voice as a performer.
Specifically, during an elementary school performance of The Wizard of Oz, the five-year-old Gilbert was cast as Toto, which sparked an improvisational chord. “When we were doing it, I decided to start barking at random times during the play, and every time I would bark, people would laugh,” Gilbert recalls. “That was me figuring out that I could do comedy.”
Showbusiness was the family trade: among other credits, her maternal grandfather Harry Crane developed The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason and brought the celebrity roast concept to The Dean Martin Show. And half-siblings Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert were child stars on Little House on the Prairie, collecting crew gifts...
Specifically, during an elementary school performance of The Wizard of Oz, the five-year-old Gilbert was cast as Toto, which sparked an improvisational chord. “When we were doing it, I decided to start barking at random times during the play, and every time I would bark, people would laugh,” Gilbert recalls. “That was me figuring out that I could do comedy.”
Showbusiness was the family trade: among other credits, her maternal grandfather Harry Crane developed The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason and brought the celebrity roast concept to The Dean Martin Show. And half-siblings Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert were child stars on Little House on the Prairie, collecting crew gifts...
- 6/7/2019
- by Scott Huver
- Deadline Film + TV
Rich Sommer is an American actor of some note. Primarily, people will recognize him because of his role as Harry Crane on Mad Men. However, he has played an important part in plenty of other productions as well, which happen to include a number of notable comedy-dramas. Here are 10 things that you may or may not have known about Rich Sommer: 1. Grew Up in Stillwater, Mn Sommer might have been born in Toledo, Oh, but he was raised in Stillwater, Mn. Nowadays, said city tends to be best-known for seeing a regular influx of visitors from the rest
Actors Whose Names You Should Know: Rich Sommer...
Actors Whose Names You Should Know: Rich Sommer...
- 5/10/2019
- by Allen Lee
- TVovermind.com
Julia Grandes Crane, a former model and Miss Brooklyn contest winner who was married to Harry Crane, who helped create the legendary comedy The Honeymooners, died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles, her family announced. She was 101.
Survivors include granddaughters Sara Gilbert, the actress and executive producer of The Conners and The Talk, and Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert.
In 1951, when Jackie Gleason was looking for a comedy sketch for his DuMont Television Network show Cavalcade of Stars that would have him portray a working-class stiff from Brooklyn with a long-suffering wife, Harry Crane came up ...
Survivors include granddaughters Sara Gilbert, the actress and executive producer of The Conners and The Talk, and Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert.
In 1951, when Jackie Gleason was looking for a comedy sketch for his DuMont Television Network show Cavalcade of Stars that would have him portray a working-class stiff from Brooklyn with a long-suffering wife, Harry Crane came up ...
- 12/4/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Stars: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Tiera Skovbye, Rich Sommer, Jason Gray-Stanford, Shauna Johannesen | Written by Matt Leslie, Stephen J. Smith | Directed by Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
The Turbo Kid directing trio (known collectively as Rkss) return with this ’80s teen adventure homage that taps into the same nostalgic vein as Stranger Things or the recent remake of Stephen King’s It. Affectionately made and superbly acted, it’s shot through with a streak of darkness that delivers genuine chills.
Summer of 84‘s hero is fifteen year old Davey (Graham Verchere), a conspiracy theory obsessive who’s dividing the summer between his paper round and hanging out with his three best friends: chubby, sensitive Woody (Caleb Emery), brainy nerd Faraday (Cory Gruter-Andrew) and would-be tough guy Eats (Judah Lewis). When a serial killer anonymously announces that he’s responsible for over a dozen deaths of young boys in the area,...
The Turbo Kid directing trio (known collectively as Rkss) return with this ’80s teen adventure homage that taps into the same nostalgic vein as Stranger Things or the recent remake of Stephen King’s It. Affectionately made and superbly acted, it’s shot through with a streak of darkness that delivers genuine chills.
Summer of 84‘s hero is fifteen year old Davey (Graham Verchere), a conspiracy theory obsessive who’s dividing the summer between his paper round and hanging out with his three best friends: chubby, sensitive Woody (Caleb Emery), brainy nerd Faraday (Cory Gruter-Andrew) and would-be tough guy Eats (Judah Lewis). When a serial killer anonymously announces that he’s responsible for over a dozen deaths of young boys in the area,...
- 8/29/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Mad Men alum Rich Sommer has been cast in a lead role opposite Perry Mattfeld on the new CW midseason drama series In the Dark, from CBS TV Studios and Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films. He will play Dean, replacing Austin Nichols, who played the role in the pilot.
Written by Corinne Kingsbury and directed by Michael Showalter, In the Dark centers on Murphy (Mattfeld), a flawed and irreverent woman who just happens to be blind and is the only “witness” to the murder of her drug-dealing friend, Tyson. When the police dismiss her story, she sets out with her dog, Pretzel, to find the killer while also managing her colorful dating life and the job she hates at Breaking Blind — the guide-dog school owned by her overprotective parents.
Sommer’s Dean is a salt-of-the-earth cop. He’s called in to investigate when Murphy claims she has discovered Tyson...
Written by Corinne Kingsbury and directed by Michael Showalter, In the Dark centers on Murphy (Mattfeld), a flawed and irreverent woman who just happens to be blind and is the only “witness” to the murder of her drug-dealing friend, Tyson. When the police dismiss her story, she sets out with her dog, Pretzel, to find the killer while also managing her colorful dating life and the job she hates at Breaking Blind — the guide-dog school owned by her overprotective parents.
Sommer’s Dean is a salt-of-the-earth cop. He’s called in to investigate when Murphy claims she has discovered Tyson...
- 7/13/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Nominees for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances in film and television of 2015, as well as the nominees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.
SAG-aftra Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris introduced Anna Faris (Mom, The House Bunny) and Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Hurt Locker), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors® live on TNT, TBS, truTV, sagawards.tntdrama.com and truTV.com. Prior to that, SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Committee Member Jason George announced the stunt ensemble nominees during a live webcast on sagawards.tntdrama.com. A replay of both announcements is available for viewing on sagawards.tntdrama.com.
The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-aftra with Screen Actors Guild Awards,...
SAG-aftra Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris introduced Anna Faris (Mom, The House Bunny) and Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Hurt Locker), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors® live on TNT, TBS, truTV, sagawards.tntdrama.com and truTV.com. Prior to that, SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Committee Member Jason George announced the stunt ensemble nominees during a live webcast on sagawards.tntdrama.com. A replay of both announcements is available for viewing on sagawards.tntdrama.com.
The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-aftra with Screen Actors Guild Awards,...
- 12/9/2015
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Contributed by Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson
A morning full of eye-opening surprises, the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced.
The standout nods were the inclusion of Straight Outta Compton, Beasts Of No Nation, Sarah Silverman, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Idris Elba and two for Dame Helen Mirren.
Not among the perceived hopefuls called were Sylvester Stallone, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, The Martian and The Hateful Eight.
Two nominating panels – one for television and one for film – each composed of 2,200 randomly selected union members from across the United States, chose this year’s nominees.
Some of the Sags choices were head-scratchers to be sure, but we’re thinking that the Oscar picks may be very different when The Academy announces their nominations next month live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. Pt at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 22nd Screen...
A morning full of eye-opening surprises, the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced.
The standout nods were the inclusion of Straight Outta Compton, Beasts Of No Nation, Sarah Silverman, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Idris Elba and two for Dame Helen Mirren.
Not among the perceived hopefuls called were Sylvester Stallone, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, The Martian and The Hateful Eight.
Two nominating panels – one for television and one for film – each composed of 2,200 randomly selected union members from across the United States, chose this year’s nominees.
Some of the Sags choices were head-scratchers to be sure, but we’re thinking that the Oscar picks may be very different when The Academy announces their nominations next month live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. Pt at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 22nd Screen...
- 12/9/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Idris Elba and Helen Mirren lead actor nominations with three nods each.Scroll down for full list of film and TV nominations
Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo has led the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards with three nods for lead actor Bryan Cranston, supporting actress Helen Mirren and the ensemble cast. The Martian and The Hateful Eight were shut out.
Set in 1947, the film centres on Dalton Trumbo (Cranston), who was Hollywood’s top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Cranston will go up against Johnny Depp for Black Mass, Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant, Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs and Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl.
Films that secured two nominations included Beasts Of No Nation, The Big Short, Carol, The Danish Girl, Room, Spotlight - whose outstanding cast nod will only strengthen its status as best picture Oscar frontrunner — and Steve Jobs.
British actors...
Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo has led the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards with three nods for lead actor Bryan Cranston, supporting actress Helen Mirren and the ensemble cast. The Martian and The Hateful Eight were shut out.
Set in 1947, the film centres on Dalton Trumbo (Cranston), who was Hollywood’s top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Cranston will go up against Johnny Depp for Black Mass, Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant, Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs and Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl.
Films that secured two nominations included Beasts Of No Nation, The Big Short, Carol, The Danish Girl, Room, Spotlight - whose outstanding cast nod will only strengthen its status as best picture Oscar frontrunner — and Steve Jobs.
British actors...
- 12/9/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 22nd annual SAG Awards nominations were announced this morning and it's full of surprises! Sylvester Stallone, loved by critics and the National Board of Review for his performance in "Creed," was ignored. So was Kristen Stewart's supporting performance in "Clouds of Sils Maria." Matt Damon, who was so good and carried "The Martian" from start to finish, was also missing from the list.
But here's what I love about the SAG noms. First, Sarah Silverman's first dramatic performance in "I Smile Back" was embraced. And I'm also happy with the inclusion of "Room's" Brie Larson and the fantastic child actor, Jacob Tremblay. The endearing "Carol" also received noms for both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, and Saoirse Ronan's performance in the beautiful "Brooklyn" also received a nomination.
The big winner of the SAG noms is Bleecker Street's "Trumbo." Missing from earlier critics awards (see here...
But here's what I love about the SAG noms. First, Sarah Silverman's first dramatic performance in "I Smile Back" was embraced. And I'm also happy with the inclusion of "Room's" Brie Larson and the fantastic child actor, Jacob Tremblay. The endearing "Carol" also received noms for both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, and Saoirse Ronan's performance in the beautiful "Brooklyn" also received a nomination.
The big winner of the SAG noms is Bleecker Street's "Trumbo." Missing from earlier critics awards (see here...
- 12/9/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be presented January 30, 2016 on TNT and TBS. So you have a little over a month to check out "Trumbo," "The Big Short," "Carol," and a bunch of other movies and TV shows that may not have been on your radar before awards season.
The 2016 SAG Awards nominations were just announced on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 (the day before the Golden Globe nominations). Here's the full list, including a crapload of cast names, since that's just how it works with the SAG Awards:
Movies
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston / Dalton Trumbo – "Trumbo" (Bleecker Street)
Johnny Depp / James "Whitey" Bulger – "Black Mass" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Leonardo DiCaprio / Hugh Glass – "The Revenant" (20th Century Fox)
Michael Fassbender / Steve Jobs – "Steve Jobs" (Universal Pictures)
Eddie Redmayne / Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe – "The Danish Girl" (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor...
The 2016 SAG Awards nominations were just announced on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 (the day before the Golden Globe nominations). Here's the full list, including a crapload of cast names, since that's just how it works with the SAG Awards:
Movies
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston / Dalton Trumbo – "Trumbo" (Bleecker Street)
Johnny Depp / James "Whitey" Bulger – "Black Mass" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Leonardo DiCaprio / Hugh Glass – "The Revenant" (20th Century Fox)
Michael Fassbender / Steve Jobs – "Steve Jobs" (Universal Pictures)
Eddie Redmayne / Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe – "The Danish Girl" (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor...
- 12/9/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Nominees for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were unveiled this morning in Hollywood, with a fair amount of surprises to be had. Leading the pack is Trumbo, which picked up three nominations, then a large batch of films behind it with two each: Beasts of No Nation, The Big Short, Carol, The Danish Girl, Room, Spotlight, and Steve Jobs.
Perhaps most surprising is no mention of The Hateful Eight, which has one of the year’s best ensembles. Also of questionable note is the inclusion of Helen Mirren for Woman in Gold, a film all but forgotten (we suppose Harvey Weinstein’s campaigning indeed worked). There’s also the welcome nods to Michael Shannon in 99 Homes and Sarah Silverman in I Smile Back, as well as an ensemble nod to Straight Outta Compton. Check out the full list of nominees below ahead of the ceremony on Saturday, Jan.
Perhaps most surprising is no mention of The Hateful Eight, which has one of the year’s best ensembles. Also of questionable note is the inclusion of Helen Mirren for Woman in Gold, a film all but forgotten (we suppose Harvey Weinstein’s campaigning indeed worked). There’s also the welcome nods to Michael Shannon in 99 Homes and Sarah Silverman in I Smile Back, as well as an ensemble nod to Straight Outta Compton. Check out the full list of nominees below ahead of the ceremony on Saturday, Jan.
- 12/9/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It was a big week for Jessica Paré's Megan Draper on Mad Men. She discovered her mother (Julia Ormond) was having an affair with Roger Sterling (John Slattery), rejected the clumsy advances of Harry Crane (Rich Sommer), and walked out of a meeting with soon-to-be-ex-husband Don (Jon Hamm) with a million-dollar check in her pocket. Montreal native Paré took a few minutes away from her newborn son Blues to discuss all her character’s developments, and her feelings about Mad Men's final hours.Congratulations! You're not only a first-time mother, but now Megan's a millionaire after last night's episode.Thanks! I wish both those things were true in real life. What was it like for you and Jon to shoot the scene with the check? It was cathartic. Every scene in this final chunk of episodes consistently felt like we were saying good-bye. Megan said something people...
- 4/14/2015
- by Bruce Fetts
- Vulture
Mad Men, Season 7: Episode 8 – “Severance”
Written by Matthew Weiner
Directed by Scott Hornbacher
Airs Sunday nights at 10 on AMC
When Don Draper stops to wonder if he knows the waitress Diana, it’s more than an eerie foreshadowing of learning about Rachel’s death. Don has a type. There are usually exceptions to rules, but for the most part, Diana represents the myriad brunettes that Don’s been tangled up with in the history of Mad Men (and if you thought she looked an awful lot like Rosemarie DeWitt’s Midge in particular, you weren’t the only one). This is The End of an Era for AMC’s long-running drama, whose series memory and use of echoing and repetition have always been some of its greatest assets when making a point. It’s no surprise, then, that “Severance” is haunted by the ghosts of Mad Men‘s past...
Written by Matthew Weiner
Directed by Scott Hornbacher
Airs Sunday nights at 10 on AMC
When Don Draper stops to wonder if he knows the waitress Diana, it’s more than an eerie foreshadowing of learning about Rachel’s death. Don has a type. There are usually exceptions to rules, but for the most part, Diana represents the myriad brunettes that Don’s been tangled up with in the history of Mad Men (and if you thought she looked an awful lot like Rosemarie DeWitt’s Midge in particular, you weren’t the only one). This is The End of an Era for AMC’s long-running drama, whose series memory and use of echoing and repetition have always been some of its greatest assets when making a point. It’s no surprise, then, that “Severance” is haunted by the ghosts of Mad Men‘s past...
- 4/6/2015
- by Sean Colletti
- SoundOnSight
Jon Hamm never wrote for "Mad Men," and he only directed two episodes of the show (declining a chance to get behind the camera again for this final season, for reasons he explains below). But he has inhabited the role of Don Draper for so long, and paid so much attention to the great work being done by everyone in front of and behind the camera on the show, that he can be as talkative and thoughtful on the subject as anyone this side of Matthew Weiner himself. Yesterday, Hamm and I spoke about the last day of filming and how it feels to be done with this career-making role, looked back to the show's early days, charted the evolution (and, at times, lack thereof) of Don, the growth of co-star Kiernan Shipka, and a lot more, all in advance of the final season premiere, Sunday night at 10 on AMC.
- 4/1/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
The broadcast networks have more than two dozen shows debuting this fall, including Katherine Heigl‘s TV comeback, a trip to Gotham, a third NCIS and a Flash-y Arrow offshoot. To help you prep for it all, TVLine is offering First Impressions of the not-for-review pilots.
Next up on our list….
Photos Fall TV Preview: Your Guide to What’s New!
The Show | CBS’ Scorpion (Mondays at 9/8c, premiering Sept. 22)
The Competition | NBC’s The Voice, ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, Fox’s Sleepy Hollow and The CW’s Jane the Virgin
The Cast | Elyes Gabel (Body of Proof...
Next up on our list….
Photos Fall TV Preview: Your Guide to What’s New!
The Show | CBS’ Scorpion (Mondays at 9/8c, premiering Sept. 22)
The Competition | NBC’s The Voice, ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, Fox’s Sleepy Hollow and The CW’s Jane the Virgin
The Cast | Elyes Gabel (Body of Proof...
- 7/22/2014
- TVLine.com
At the end of this month, NBA star LeBron James may or may not leave the Miami Heat and enter free agency. According to outlets like CBS Sports, chances are the Heat’s small forward will stay where he is. But, despite an ugly breakup in 2010, there’s a small chance he could return to his home state and sign with his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
James said this week that he hasn’t decided yet, but a new video created by the social media team at Bleacher Report slyly suggests one man who could successfully coax James back...
James said this week that he hasn’t decided yet, but a new video created by the social media team at Bleacher Report slyly suggests one man who could successfully coax James back...
- 6/19/2014
- by Ashley Fetters
- EW.com - PopWatch
Like the moon landing its characters gathered to watch, Mad Men has a way of turning small steps into big ones. In his recap of the mid-season finale, “Waterloo,” Matt Zoller Seitz wrote about the “many explicit nods to the idea of society changing and moving on — giving up on old and useless power constructs, either by force or voluntarily.” This week's episode saw the torch getting passed to Peggy, the most gentle breakup ever, Harry Crane getting screwed, and an unexpected song-and-dance number. Recappers and critics had much to say.“In many ways, Mad Men is about how people don’t fundamentally change; that the best they can do is learn to work within their own paradigm once they figure out who they are. Don is still largely the same person he was in 1963, making the same mistakes over and over again. But he actually has learned something in...
- 5/27/2014
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
During a brainstorming session in last week's episode "The Strategy" — perhaps the first time Don Draper has ever addressed Peggy Olson as a true creative equal, he gifted her with a great piece of advice: "I start at the beginning again, see if I end up in the same place." But that strategy doesn't work as well for his life, as the Season 7.1 finale, "Waterloo," shows in spades. Don started over with a second marriage, and it ended just like the first one, except this time it only took Megan...
- 5/26/2014
- Rollingstone.com
A review of the "Mad Men" mid-season finale coming up just as soon as I have to talk to people who just touched the face of God about hamburgers... "Bravo." -Bert Cooper In Peggy's pitch to Burger Chef — easily the best she's ever given, and one that gets much closer to the level of the Carousel pitch than I think we might have ever imagined anyone on this show (including Don himself) reaching again — she talks about how Neil Armstrong's first footsteps on the moon brought the whole world together, all watching the same amazing thing as it happened. It's a masterful blend of current events with the themes she and Don had already decided on — turning the thing that she feared would torpedo the pitch and making it into the element that closes the deal and nearly moves the Burger Chef executives to tears — demonstrating a keen...
- 5/26/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
As the seventh season of "Mad Men's" first installment approaches its end, we wonder what Matthew Weiner and crew will leave us with for the second half. More so, we have to wonder what they have given us so far, with so much time to ponder before the four-time Best Drama winner at the Emmys reaches its final conclusion. Sunday's mid-season finale is entitled "Waterloo," a reference to the 1815 battle in present-day Belgium in which Napoleon's return from exile was finally thwarted. I have learned over the past several years to believe that anything Matthew Weiner does merits attention. Way back in the Sterling Cooper days, Harry Crane speculated about the firm opening a West coast office. Then he looked like just another agency underling with big dreams, but hindsight says it was a demonstration of the insight and future-mindedness that just landed him a partnership. So, as Don...
- 5/23/2014
- by Brandon Latham
- Indiewire
Mad Men delivers an exquisite episode this week, one likely to be remembered as among the show's finest...
Review
This review contains spoilers.
So much of Mad Men is about the conversation going on beneath the dialogue that Don and Peggy’s rare, honest exchange towards the end of The Strategy verged on the epiphanic. After seasons of resentment, hostility, disgust and power-play between the two, that My Way scene was water in the desert. Subtext-free Mad Men. Who’d have thought it could be so gratifying?
How could it not be gratifying; when else are we able to find out what Don Draper is thinking straight from the horse’s mouth instead of inferring it from camera angles or the cult novels lined up on his bookshelf?
Don revealed that he worried that he never did anything, that he doesn’t have anyone. What he isn’t worried about...
Review
This review contains spoilers.
So much of Mad Men is about the conversation going on beneath the dialogue that Don and Peggy’s rare, honest exchange towards the end of The Strategy verged on the epiphanic. After seasons of resentment, hostility, disgust and power-play between the two, that My Way scene was water in the desert. Subtext-free Mad Men. Who’d have thought it could be so gratifying?
How could it not be gratifying; when else are we able to find out what Don Draper is thinking straight from the horse’s mouth instead of inferring it from camera angles or the cult novels lined up on his bookshelf?
Don revealed that he worried that he never did anything, that he doesn’t have anyone. What he isn’t worried about...
- 5/19/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
After last week's rather unnerving sign-off of one-nippled Ginsberg being hauled off to the loony bin, the penultimate episode of "Mad Men's" half-season was in need of some earthly stabilization. Usually, that means back-stabbing and office politics, but this time around was different -- a most welcome change after two weeks of roundabout plodding. "The Strategy" found its characters perhaps at their happiest. Not one member of the limited cast appeared even remotely flummoxed until Roger and Joan were brought back together over a mutual distaste for Harry Crane, and even that had a hopeful subtext thanks to Joan's earlier romantic stand. Yet it was a touching moment between "Mad Men's" two leads, perhaps the pair's most meaningful interaction since "The Suitcase" in Season 4, that made "The Strategy" the best episode of Season 7. What began as a worrisome sequence of office events for anyone well versed in the...
- 5/19/2014
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Every actor will tell you that the TV pilot process is only predictable in its total and utter unpredictability. Last week, we ran a piece in which we spoke briefly to seven actors who had shot pilots that were up for possible series pickups at this week's network upfronts. Now that everything's shaken out and we know which shows are going to appear this upcoming fall, here are the extended transcripts of our discussions with Mad Men's Ben Feldman (the recently departed Ginsberg), whose A to Z will appear on NBC, and Rich Sommer (Harry Crane), whose Good Session will unfortunately not be on CBS. The two, interviewed separately, talk about the pilot dance, what it was like starting on Mad Men, and what life might be like after the show ends.Ben Feldman A lot of people have compared the whole pilot season situation to dating.Oh, absolutely.
- 5/15/2014
- by Jennifer Vineyard
- Vulture
Mad Men, Season 7: Episode 5 – “The Runaways”
Written by David Iserson & Matthew Weiner
Directed by Christopher Manley
Airs Sunday nights at 10 on AMC
It’s hard to get a handle on what Matthew Weiner wants us to think about regarding Ginsberg’s storyline in this most recent episode of Mad Men. The way Peggy looks at the Ibm computer after Michael has been hauled off, presumably to a mental institution, is a combination of contempt and bemusement. I don’t believe we’re supposed to assume Peggy dislikes the technology for apparently making Ginsberg go crazy, but the shot lingers on her facial expression long enough to suggest that the transition into a more modern age is something that several of these characters embrace with a large dose of skepticism.
The Ginsberg storyline isn’t the only one in “The Runaways” that feels odd. The whole episode functions almost like a collection of vignettes,...
Written by David Iserson & Matthew Weiner
Directed by Christopher Manley
Airs Sunday nights at 10 on AMC
It’s hard to get a handle on what Matthew Weiner wants us to think about regarding Ginsberg’s storyline in this most recent episode of Mad Men. The way Peggy looks at the Ibm computer after Michael has been hauled off, presumably to a mental institution, is a combination of contempt and bemusement. I don’t believe we’re supposed to assume Peggy dislikes the technology for apparently making Ginsberg go crazy, but the shot lingers on her facial expression long enough to suggest that the transition into a more modern age is something that several of these characters embrace with a large dose of skepticism.
The Ginsberg storyline isn’t the only one in “The Runaways” that feels odd. The whole episode functions almost like a collection of vignettes,...
- 5/13/2014
- by Sean Colletti
- SoundOnSight
Last week's Mad Men episode didn't bother to hide its 2001: A Space Odyssey fixation; it was named 'The Monolith," for Pete Campbell's sake! The spirit of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke presided over this week's episode — "The Runaways" — as well, however, and not just the scene where Michael Ginsberg lip-reads a conversation between Lou Avery and Jim Cutler in the glassed-in box that house's the firm's state-of-the-art computer. 2001 eventually develops into a fable about a machine that, given a semblance of human consciousness, develops some of the less admirable,...
- 5/12/2014
- Rollingstone.com
At the start of Mad Men’s "The Runaways," Don Draper is being the model employee, doing as he’s told by Peggy and Lou Avery, contributing his ideas to both the Burger Chef and Handiwrap campaigns. Furthermore, his marriage to Megan seems like it could be improving again.
Mad Men Recap
In a week, Don (Jon Hamm) is scheduled to fly out to California to see Megan (Jessica Pare), but a phone call forces him to bump the flight up a week. When he receives a phone call from the niece of Anna Draper (wife of the first/real Don Draper) who says she’s pregnant and homeless, he’s determined to help her. Don tells her to go to Megan’s address in Laurel Canyon and that’ll he’ll meet her there by day’s end.
Don’s plans to swoop into California may be derailed, however,...
Mad Men Recap
In a week, Don (Jon Hamm) is scheduled to fly out to California to see Megan (Jessica Pare), but a phone call forces him to bump the flight up a week. When he receives a phone call from the niece of Anna Draper (wife of the first/real Don Draper) who says she’s pregnant and homeless, he’s determined to help her. Don tells her to go to Megan’s address in Laurel Canyon and that’ll he’ll meet her there by day’s end.
Don’s plans to swoop into California may be derailed, however,...
- 5/12/2014
- Uinterview
As the first half of the final season of Mad Men nears its end, Don deals with a visitor from his past — are you thinking what we're thinking?
Also in the episode, Stan embarrasses one of his bosses, Harry Crane makes a new ally and Peggy works with Ginsberg.
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Also in the episode, Stan embarrasses one of his bosses, Harry Crane makes a new ally and Peggy works with Ginsberg.
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- 5/11/2014
- by TV Guide News
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Far be it for recappers to ignore the equivalent of a neon sign planted in the middle of a Mad Men episode reading: "Start here." So let's begin with Don Draper's conversation with Lloyd Hawley, whose company, LeaseTech, has come to outfit Sc&P with their first computer. Times being what they are, that computer is a lot closer to Eniac than a MacBook Pro, and given the agency's recent penchant for favoring mechanical competence over the artistic temperament, it's no surprise the necessary space is made by demolishing the creative lounge.
- 5/5/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Mad Men opened on Sunday night with Sterling Cooper & Partners happy to show off their new Ibm 360, the computer that Harry Crane was so eager to get into the office. It’ll impress their clients and perhaps get them some more business.
Mad Men Recap
In order to fit the sizeable machine at Sc&P, the creative lounge is out and the computer is in. Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) is less than thrilled about the arrangement, but Lou (Allen Havey) tries to reassure her that the computer is going to be of far more use to her than the lounge. Despite their prickly relationship of late, Lou recommends Peggy for creative on Pete’s (Vincent Kartheiser) Burger Chef account. Cutler (Harry Hamlin) had wanted Ted (Kevin Rahm) on it, but Ted wasn’t interested. Pete, however, insists on having Don (Jon Hamm) do the work.
Lou isn’t about to let...
Mad Men Recap
In order to fit the sizeable machine at Sc&P, the creative lounge is out and the computer is in. Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) is less than thrilled about the arrangement, but Lou (Allen Havey) tries to reassure her that the computer is going to be of far more use to her than the lounge. Despite their prickly relationship of late, Lou recommends Peggy for creative on Pete’s (Vincent Kartheiser) Burger Chef account. Cutler (Harry Hamlin) had wanted Ted (Kevin Rahm) on it, but Ted wasn’t interested. Pete, however, insists on having Don (Jon Hamm) do the work.
Lou isn’t about to let...
- 5/5/2014
- Uinterview
“You have stiff competition, but I believe you to be the most dishonest man I have ever worked with.” Jim Cutler says that to Harry Crane in “Field Trip,” and it’s a funny line. But Harry’s deception — spontaneously making up a nonexistent computer that analyzes local and national ad buys, to stave off a client who’s read about another firm’s actual computer in the Times — is mild compared to the Sc&P usual. The place is filled with secrets and lies, a fact driven home by the sudden reappearance of Don Draper, who’s been on a suspension that many of his partners hoped would be a prelude to his disappearance. As written by Heather Jeng Bladt and Matthew Weiner and directed by Christopher Manley, the episode is filled with scenes you want to watch through the cracks between your fingers. It’s full of scenes where people show up uninvited,...
- 4/28/2014
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
Mad Men, Season 7: Episode 3 – “Field Trip”
Written by Heather Jeng Bladt & Matthew Weiner
Directed by Christopher Manley
Airs Sunday nights at 10 on AMC
“The f***ing regret. The guilt. These things. Don’t ever let anyone
ever say to you you shouldn’t regret anything.
Don’t do that. Don’t. You regret what you f***ing want.
Use that. Use that. Use that regret for anything, anyway you want.
You can use it, okay?”
- Earl Partridge, Magnolia
Earlier tonight, when I went back to re-watch Don’s Hershey’s speech from last season of Mad Men and looked at it alongside everything going on in “Field Trip,” it took only a moment or two until I started thinking about the first time I saw Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia. Earl’s speech to Phil about regret is something that’s stuck with me since then and is...
Written by Heather Jeng Bladt & Matthew Weiner
Directed by Christopher Manley
Airs Sunday nights at 10 on AMC
“The f***ing regret. The guilt. These things. Don’t ever let anyone
ever say to you you shouldn’t regret anything.
Don’t do that. Don’t. You regret what you f***ing want.
Use that. Use that. Use that regret for anything, anyway you want.
You can use it, okay?”
- Earl Partridge, Magnolia
Earlier tonight, when I went back to re-watch Don’s Hershey’s speech from last season of Mad Men and looked at it alongside everything going on in “Field Trip,” it took only a moment or two until I started thinking about the first time I saw Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia. Earl’s speech to Phil about regret is something that’s stuck with me since then and is...
- 4/28/2014
- by Sean Colletti
- SoundOnSight
A review of tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I milk the wrong udder... "I wish it was yesterday." -Bobby Though it's Betty who goes on the field trip that provides this week's title, Don has time to take two different trips over the course of the episode. And none of the three journeys end up the way the traveler envisioned them. In the first, Don goes to Los Angeles — mid-week, because what else does he have going on? — at the behest of Megan's agent to get her to stop badgering directors while they're trying to enjoy lunch with Rod Serling. He thinks he's going to rescue her career, and instead he ends up almost killing his marriage. In the second, Betty — having recently told her old pal Francine that she still believes, in her old-fashioned way, that the reward for raising kids should be the kids themselves,...
- 4/28/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Fourteen: That's the number of hours we have left of Mad Men. So what better time to savor Matthew Weiner's masterpiece than the lead-up to the Season Seven premiere? In a perfect world, you would just re-watch Season Six – or re-read our episode recaps from last season. Tempting, yes, but not practical. Therefore, we've condensed the highlights of the past season into this handy primer that reminds us where we left each major character circa Thanksgiving 1968 (when the finale, "In Care of," took place). Before the big questions are...
- 4/10/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Another day, another peek at season 7 of Mad Men. Like the first images we saw of Don Draper stepping off a plane, or the subsequent shots thoroughly analyzed by EW’s Darren Franich, this photo keeps with the aviation theme. It also indicates that as the ’60s are closing out, the gang is getting into the groovy, and they appear to be taking their show on the road. (To Los Angeles, home of their satellite office?)
Enough speculating. Behold Stan (Jay R. Ferguson) in his fringe jacket! Michael (Ben Feldman) in a bolo tie, which accessorizes nicely with his ‘stache!
Enough speculating. Behold Stan (Jay R. Ferguson) in his fringe jacket! Michael (Ben Feldman) in a bolo tie, which accessorizes nicely with his ‘stache!
- 3/13/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
Bill Paxton made his directorial debut back in 2001 with the mostly-excellent chiller Frailty, and followed it in 2005 with equally solid golfing drama The Greatest Game Ever Played. Since then he's seemed content in front of the camera, but he's now scored his third outing calling the shots, adapting Joe R. Lansdale's novel The Bottoms. Paxton's Frailty collaborator Brent Hanley has once again provided the screenplay.Lansdale's book, first published in 2000, is set in small-town Texas during the Great Depression, and involves young Harry Crane stumbling across the trail of a killer. Racial tensions are stirred up when the eccentric Mose is lynched for the murders by a Klan mob. As the killings continue however, Harry's attention turns to the local horror legend of the forest-dwelling "Goat Man".“Joe Lansdale’s stories and characters are vivid, original and indelible," says Paxton. "Brent and I have been looking to team up again since Frailty,...
- 2/11/2014
- EmpireOnline
Prolific Texas author Joe R. Lansdale has been thrilling audiences for over 30 years with his imaginatively dark and often horrific novels, not to mention his work in comics and television, yet somehow the only two features that have been adapted from his bibliography are Don Coscarelli.s cult hit Bubba Ho-Tep and Terrill Lee Lankford.s Christmas with the Dead, with Jim Mickle.s take on revenge thriller Cold in July having just premiered at Sundance. Fans will be very pleased to find out production company Paradise City landed Bill Paxton to direct an adaptation of Lansdale.s race-based murder mystery The Bottoms, which was the recipient of the 2000 Edgar Award for best novel. The story is set in East Texas during the Great Depression, where a young boy named Harry Crane is out walking along the Sabine River with his younger sister when they discover the remains of a...
- 2/9/2014
- cinemablend.com
"Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks stopped by "Watch What Happens Live" and host Andy Cohen played "Spill the Mad Man-a-Tea" with her, asking quick-fire questions about the "Mad Men" characters and stars -- plus he busted out the above picture, which is from high school.
Better kisser, Roger or Lane: "Oh gosh, I gotta say Roger."
Shag, marry, kill, Bert Cooper, Pete Campbell, Harry Crane: "Shag Cooper, marry Harry, kill Pete Campbell."
Who smells the best, Don or Roger: "Roger."
Who would you rather punch in the face, Pete or Harry: "Pete."
Whose directing style do you prefer, Jon Hamm or John Slattery: "I haven't worked much with Jon Hamm, I'm not usually in his episodes, so I would have to say John Slattery."
Who's the better actress, January Jones or Kiernan Shipka: "Both!"
Favorite drug trip, Roger taking LSD or Peggy smoking pot: "I really loved Peggy smoking pot.
Better kisser, Roger or Lane: "Oh gosh, I gotta say Roger."
Shag, marry, kill, Bert Cooper, Pete Campbell, Harry Crane: "Shag Cooper, marry Harry, kill Pete Campbell."
Who smells the best, Don or Roger: "Roger."
Who would you rather punch in the face, Pete or Harry: "Pete."
Whose directing style do you prefer, Jon Hamm or John Slattery: "I haven't worked much with Jon Hamm, I'm not usually in his episodes, so I would have to say John Slattery."
Who's the better actress, January Jones or Kiernan Shipka: "Both!"
Favorite drug trip, Roger taking LSD or Peggy smoking pot: "I really loved Peggy smoking pot.
- 10/31/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
In July 2007 Mad Men premiered on the American Cable Network, who would have expected that 6 years later we would be awaiting the seventh season as the show having won much critical acclaim.
John Hamm who plays Don Draper,has been an Emmy nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series every time since 2008 and the show winning the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy is only touching the surface of the success of this show that has had since it began.
In the past six series we have seen change of Peggy from a nervous secretary to a confident copywriter, the change of name to Sterling Cooper & Partners but Don, well he never changes.
Don, Peggy, Roger, Pete and Joan may get all the plaudits in terms of award nominations, but in the world of mad men we have been introduced to many more great characters that don’t get the recognition they deserve.
John Hamm who plays Don Draper,has been an Emmy nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series every time since 2008 and the show winning the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy is only touching the surface of the success of this show that has had since it began.
In the past six series we have seen change of Peggy from a nervous secretary to a confident copywriter, the change of name to Sterling Cooper & Partners but Don, well he never changes.
Don, Peggy, Roger, Pete and Joan may get all the plaudits in terms of award nominations, but in the world of mad men we have been introduced to many more great characters that don’t get the recognition they deserve.
- 9/16/2013
- by Oliver Leadbeater
- Obsessed with Film
In this season of Mad Men, we got to see Rich Sommer's character, TV ad exec Harry Crane, take in the California sun (though his cheeks were carefully protected by some truly incredible sideburns). But what does Sommer himself like to do in the warm weather? Julie Klausner caught up with Rich backstage — he's currently starring in the Roundabout Theatre Company's The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin — to ask how to do summer like Sommer. Tune in for tips on being a game-loving shut-in, tales from the drive-in, a 24-year-old Turner & Hooch spoiler, and a bonus anecdote about how Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner likes to combine pep talks and legal threats!
- 7/2/2013
- by Abraham Riesman
- Vulture
Mad Men, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
Directed by Alan Taylor
Written by Matthew Weiner
Original Air Date: July 19th, 2007
Definition displayed before the episode:
“Mad Men. A term coined in the late 1950’s to describe the advertising executives of Madison Avenue. They coined it.”
With a stunning title sequence that features a man’s silhouette plummeting past skyscrapers adorned with advertisements, the pilot episode of Mad Men opens with an exacting acknowledgement of the commercialized happiness that America bought into after World War II. Creator Matthew Weiner delivers a spellbindingly stylish microcosm inhabited by driven people who are unwittingly entrenched in layers of systematic oppression. Putting all of its aesthetic charms aside, Mad Men breaks ground by examining how we resist or embrace change through uncertain and often ugly choices.
Appraising an America on the precipice of social revolution, the series premiere swirls around the seemingly enviable life of...
Directed by Alan Taylor
Written by Matthew Weiner
Original Air Date: July 19th, 2007
Definition displayed before the episode:
“Mad Men. A term coined in the late 1950’s to describe the advertising executives of Madison Avenue. They coined it.”
With a stunning title sequence that features a man’s silhouette plummeting past skyscrapers adorned with advertisements, the pilot episode of Mad Men opens with an exacting acknowledgement of the commercialized happiness that America bought into after World War II. Creator Matthew Weiner delivers a spellbindingly stylish microcosm inhabited by driven people who are unwittingly entrenched in layers of systematic oppression. Putting all of its aesthetic charms aside, Mad Men breaks ground by examining how we resist or embrace change through uncertain and often ugly choices.
Appraising an America on the precipice of social revolution, the series premiere swirls around the seemingly enviable life of...
- 7/1/2013
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen the Season 6 finale of AMC's "Mad Men," titled "In Care Of."
In a "Mad Men" finale that was filled with unexpected twists and turns, the lasting image might turn out to be one of the more subtle moments: Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) sitting behind Don Draper's (Jon Hamm) desk.
After Don was put on a leave of absence from the agency, Peggy was promoted to de-facto creative director. And she got Don's office. One triumphant shot of Peggy sitting behind Don's desk later, it became instantly clear how far Peggy had come.
It was reminiscent of this classic image from the "Mad Men" opening credits, as this Reddit thread pointed out:
"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner discussed the shot, and Peggy's journey this season, in an interview with Huffington Post TV critic Maureen Ryan. "It was a deliberate choice...
In a "Mad Men" finale that was filled with unexpected twists and turns, the lasting image might turn out to be one of the more subtle moments: Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) sitting behind Don Draper's (Jon Hamm) desk.
After Don was put on a leave of absence from the agency, Peggy was promoted to de-facto creative director. And she got Don's office. One triumphant shot of Peggy sitting behind Don's desk later, it became instantly clear how far Peggy had come.
It was reminiscent of this classic image from the "Mad Men" opening credits, as this Reddit thread pointed out:
"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner discussed the shot, and Peggy's journey this season, in an interview with Huffington Post TV critic Maureen Ryan. "It was a deliberate choice...
- 6/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Thank God for the little funny moments of Mad Men, the ones that momentarily make you forget Pete's sad life or that poor Ken Cosgrove is rocking a painful-looking eye patch. This week had its share of sadness (and we're not talking about Harry Crane's yellow shorts ... ), but the St. Joseph's children's aspirin ad that Peggy and Ted come up with allows Don to play the baby. "Wah, wah, wah."And after a long night at the boarding school, Sally and Betty enjoy a mother-daughter smoke in the car ride home.
- 6/17/2013
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
Anybody got a cigarette? Looks like last week’s feint of an episode wasn’t just playing possum up to its knockout final act –it was setting up for a full-blown Mad Men clinic, one full of doppelgangers, secret affairs, and Don earning his 10th Dan black belt in office asshole martial arts. “The Quality of Mercy” has the temerity to show Ken getting shot in the face in the first act, and then decide, eh, let’s check in on Megan and Don for 15 minutes before getting back to that. Hell, even AMC decided to twist the cocaine-laced knife of excitement, by cutting and scoring the “Next Time On” like it should have been for Breaking Bad. It didn’t even have any actual footage from next week, but proved to be an appropriately white-knuckle tease, given the lightning-fast pace of the preceding hour. If I didn’t know any better,...
- 6/17/2013
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
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