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The new 75-minute episode is to air later this year, updating fans of the cult hit series on the lives of its characters, five years since Series 3. Photo: Detectorists. Image shows from L to R: Lance Stater (Toby Jones), Andy Stone (Mackenzie Crook) 11 May 2022 | British Comedy Guide BBC Four‘s acclaimed comedy Detectorists is…
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‘Combined, the three networks — ABC, CBS, and NBC — devoted 562 minutes to the first full month of the war in Ukraine.’ The Price Of ‘Selective Inattention’ – Iraq, Ukraine, Libya, And The Climate Apocalypse 05 May 2022 | Media Lens Humanity’s great Achilles’ heel, the flaw that may well determine our fate, was…
David Simon in conversation about his return to Baltimore in his new TV series, We Own This City Photo: Promo Photo We Own This City (HBO) David Simon and others were interviewed by NOW Toronto Magazine. His new TV series We Own This City is airing on the Crave network in Canada and HBO in…
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CNN+, hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down just one month after it launched. Photo: Montage of streaming options, including CNN+ 21 April 2022 |Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter | CNN | With additional Screenshots of CNN+ signup page New York (CNN Business) CNN+, the streaming service that…
Some people are critical of the Lenny Bruce ‘character’ on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and I have to admit that it is a bit odd that the lead character swears like a drunken sailor and the Bruce character is left with funny but decidedly ‘clean’ jokes, but a lot of people who might visit this…
The recent death of ‘fixer’ Oleksandra Kuvshynova in Ukraine should remind us of the importance – and the risks- of journalism’s unsung heroes. Photo: A platform that makes foreign reporting a little easier. Photograph: Screen grab 18 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News This report includes an article on the deaths of Oleksandra…
We trace the path from actual ‘war correspondents’ to our rather odd, antiseptic, human-interest version of ‘war.’ Photo: Screenshot: Opening Night of Shock and Awe – CNN 16 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News By James Porteous | 16 March 2022 In so many ways, unfortunately, there is nothing ‘new’ in the…
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Without warning, the Sky News TV crew come under heavy and sustained gunfire from what the Ukrainians believed to be a Russian reconnaissance squad. Photo: Screenshot: Sky TV News crew under heavy fire 05 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media ‘The devastation and destruction rained down on Ukraine by the Russian forces has…
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There are many anomalies and easy solutions offered in the ‘media circus’ that has become The Ukraine War, but The Listening Post addresses many of them. Photo: Screenshot: The Listening Post 05 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Ukraine: The information war ‘Wars often generate reporting that delivers more heat than light…
My character should be in a cape. She’s the worst of me. She’s the best of me. And I’m able to put all of that into so many aspects of the show. Photo: Pamela Adlon as Sam Fox in ‘Better Things.’ SUZANNE TENNER/FX 03 March 2022 | Mikey O’Connell | Hollywood Reporter Better Things, Pamela Adlon’s semi-autobiographical…
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The big networks were hesitant to promote entertainers who were vocally opposed to the war. Popular programs would censor artists who planned to perform protest music. Photo: Music fans gather for the Rolling Stones’ ‘Gimme Shelter’ concert at California’s Altamont Speedway in 1969. AP 15 September 2017 |Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff| The Conversation “Music is central to…
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Details are scarce, but it sounds like the star with two first names wanted a reshoot Photo: Larry David JON KOPALOFF/FILMMAGIC 01 March 2022 | Rick Porter | Hollywood Reporter In what sounds like a storyline from Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO has pulled a documentary about Larry David from its schedule — at David’s request. The Larry David Story — in…
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