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É, eu não vou parar tão cedo. Não mesmo.

Edward James Olmos has announced that he will direct a feature film of Battlestar Galactica, in which, among others, Chief Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) will play a central role. One hopes the film will be written by Ronald Moore and his team, whose scripts for the television series have brought to the medium a level of intensity and depth one hasn't really seen consistently since "Playhouse 90" in the 1950s. This isn't glib, in-your-face, one-jolt-per-second writing, with character dev

elopments often taking long arcs that span a whole season. And the story--generally not more important than the portraits of the characters--is so complex it is virtually impossible to appreciate all the nuances without seeing the episodes in strict chronological order, beginning with the pilot. BSG is a challenge to viewers on every level, and showcases one of the really fine ensemble casts working today, some of whom are considerably experienced Canadian actors (Michael Hogan [Tigh], Donnelly Rhodes [Dr. Cottle]) but many of whom are relatively unknown Canadian actors of great charm and talent, such as Douglas, Tahmoh Penikett (Helo), Tricia Helfer (Number Six), Alessandro Juliani (Gaeta), and Nicki Clyne (Cally). The show is produced at the Vancouver Film Studios. The television series is in its final season, a fact that has loyal fans either depressed or resignedly turning away in search of an alternate diet. But BSG has a flavor, and a nutritional composition, entirely its own.

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Ou quase, praticamente. Além de trezentas outras (fotos, não Tricias) de onde veio essa (essa foto, não essa Tricia). Porque jornalismo de celebridades-nerds é a tendência 2009/2015.

This post is to mention an anniversary of a patent given to Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil for a frequency-hopping device that would later lead to spread-spectrum technology. Wired has a quick write-up.  Awesome.

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"Scatter Point"

August 7th, 2008

When it comes to integrating the Carla storyline, it is generally used in one of two things thus far in Burn Notice's second season: either to allow Michael opportunities to show off various skills and technologies that aren't really applicable to normal missions, and to serve as a distraction from his more pressing client obligations.

What we see in "Scatter Point" is both of these examples, along with some further answers about Carla's whereabouts and Michael's ability (or inability) to track her down. And yet, while it may distract Michael, it isn't really distracting for the review; this episode isn't quite as indulgent as last week's, which offered a bit more to just kind of sit back and enjoy, but this remains an example of how Burn Notice can maintain its quality while delving into somewhat more serious storylines and with an extra hint of danger to the proceedings.

The one thing I will say about "Scatter Point" is that it, well, feels a little bit scattered. The main storyline, Michael's infiltration of a ring of thieves with a driver who wants out but doesn't have a way of doing it, feels like it moves at a really quick pace, almost too quick. Last week was all about control: every change in tactic was calculated and planned out, and we were so "in on" the execution that it felt like we were learning something while being entertained at the same time. Here, it was actually trying to be suspenseful: every twist and turn showed Michael losing control, to the point where he was forced to think on the fly rather than rely on truly planning ahead.

Which isn't a bad perspective, don't get me wrong; I like seeing how Michael adapts to various scenarios, whether it's his paper notepad over a cell phone or having to figure out how to stop the Heist when there's a man on the inside.  The problem with it is that we never really get to see Michael's plan go into effect because things change too quickly - other than the big finish, which was admittedly quite well paced, it felt like everything was just a constant bait and switch until it reached the conclusion. I think a lot of that has to do with the amount of time spent on the Carla side of things - it felt like there was just too many twists going on for the show to sustain both storylines, and that's an issue of balance that didn't ruin anything but certainly could have used some work. The conclusion was also a bit dark: I get that killing Timo was perhaps necessary, and he certainly wasn't a nice guy, but is there any real moral difference between killing the guy outright and framing him knowing he was about to die? I'm fine with this type of perspective, but the show does need to acknowledge it.

As far as the Carla storyline goes, though, I think it was worth the time. This episode, as noted above, really offered all that the storyline has to offer, along with the added twist of Carla finally pulling the rug out from under Michael where we knew that she should. For someone who seemed so secretive and well-guarded, for Michael to so easily gain all of this background information without some kind of retaliation on her part seems strange. That it takes the form of humiliation as opposed to violence may seem kind of sketchy considering he hasn't received a direct task from her in a few episodes now (Does she really still need him?), it does make for a good piece of work for Tricia Helfer's sultry voice. One presumes we're going to be seeing a bit more of her if the crossword is any indication, so I'll be really curious to see what she has to say about his latest activities (And how much she knows about his actions).

And considering our dueling storylines, the rest of the series' milieu didn't get much attention: in fact, this episode was completely family-free for Michael, allowing Sam's relationship with Veronica to get the attention instead. It's not much of a storyline: she buys him nice things, he likes nice things, she wants to get married, he has never had his first marriage that went nowhere expunged from the records, she for some reason overreacts to this and kicks him out for no other reason than to let Bruce Campbell continue to play house at Michael's. Marrying off Sam isn't an option for the show, but this could have been a bit more believable.

Cultural Observations

• Someone had pointed out some ADR issues ahead of the episode, and I agree - a couple of lines were really unfortunate, and one wonders whether it's a time crunch or something else which causes it.
• Loved the moment, as I usually love such moments, where Fiona could have screamed at any point during the Sam/Safecracker fight to get the Police's attention, but chose to let Sam get hit in the face some more instead. Those scenes are always great, combining Fiona's pleasure of pain and Sam's, well, pain.

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"Breaking and Entering"

July 9th, 2008

USA Today's Robert Bianco, having seen the first two episodes of Burn Notice's sophomore season, has fairly harsh words for what he views as the show's shift in tone with the arrival of a more serialized plot development:

So what's gone wrong? Like so many series today, Burn Notice has overburdened a fragile structure with a weighty continuing story...Unfortunately, the added depth has made the show less interesting, not more. And the time spent on the continuing story means the episodes' capers are woefully underdeveloped.

However, after watching the premiere, I don't really understand where he's coming from here. He seems to argue that the tone of the series has been irrevocably changed from its previous standards, but the show was well within its comfort zone for the entire hour. Burn Notice is a show built on its clever set pieces, its charming interaction between Jeffrey Donovan and his wingpeople (Gabrielle Anwar and Bruce Campbell), and a tone that maintains humour while retaining consequence.

And if anything, the latest bump in the road for Michael Weston does all of these things - even if his trips to see his mother remain as pointless as they've ever been, Michael being held hostage by Tricia Helfer's Carla is no more or less dramatic or grave than last season's various individuals hired to kill our protagonist. For him to completely skirt the obvious danger that a burned agent as himself would be in would be much too unbelieveable.

The show has never been all about accuracy or tonal consistency, rarely proving a slave to what Bianco calls "comedy-tinged mystery." And while I won't argue the point that there are dangerous roads to be followed, I will argue that Burn Notice has not taken that exit: it's still a fun and enjoyable summer series.

I think much of Bianco's frustration could come from our opening scene: as we catch up with Michael after he drives the Buick into the back of a cargo truck, he opens the door to find a destroyed plane and two armed guards lying dead on the ground. The woman on the phone, who identifies herself as Carla, is implied to be behind the murder of at least a few people. This is a dark opening, and we haven't seen quite this level of outright murder on the show before - in this sense, I can understand the shift.

However, it's not as if Michael is asked to kill Jimmy, who is tied up on the ground. Rather, he is asked to help him retrieve data from a security company - in other words, the type of task that Michael might have done for anyone, just in this case for a woman who is at least somewhat related to the eponymous notice. The end of last season foreshadowed that Michael was making a sacrifice in terms of re-engaging with his previous life, and I will admit that I would have liked to see more of that. Weston is such a cool and relaxed character in high-pressure situations that his reaction to the death and destruction is like it's another day at the office, which I don't think is the show's intention.

And while the framework for his actions may have changed, the series itself hasn't. We still have the same "How-to" segments, we still have the same violent but sexually charged interaction between Michael and Fiona, and Bruce Campbell's Sam is as he ever was. But I don't really find the problem with this: yes, the frame is more serious and dramatic, but it actually gives weight to Michael's actions.

And he needs that weight. Bianco notes in his review that USA has trouble maintaining series, citing Monk and Psych as examples. However, I have to say that the shifts in Burn Notice's second season are sending the series in the opposite direction; while silliness did envelop those shows to the point that I lost all interest, Burn Notice is diversifying and maintaining its character's dramatic elements through long-term storylines. Monk lost my interest when it stopped paying attention to his wife's passing: it was a driving force that humanized and explained some of his neuroses, and when it disappeared it became a pure comedy series.

This is a drama series, albeit one that does involve a lot of comedy. There was some chatter during the Emmy Awards process, after Sharon Gless broke into the Top 11 for Supporting Actress - Drama, that the show had been classified in the wrong category. But my view is that the protagonist drives the classification, and Michael Weston's story is a dramatic one. Yes, the show is fun and light, but at its core is a dramatic centerpiece, a story about a man who is in search of answers.

On that level, the premiere was a bit slow: Michael did transition a bit too quickly into this task without much consideration of the ramifications. As his various partners in crime slowly came out of the woodwork (Sam crashing at his apartment, Fiona frustrated with his nonchalant return after their emotional farewell, his Mother calling from the hotel in Ft. Lauderdale), Michael's business-like attitude was as frustrating for me as it was for Fiona.

But I felt that the task itself, securing the files and then framing the security company for the murders at the beginning of the episode, was a piece of sharp work from creator Matt Nix. If you're going to run a serial story like this, it needs to integrate with the mystery at hand: here, the guns from the earlier murder played an important role in the final ruse. This felt like the right balance, and although the guest acting was as average as ever I felt it packed in a lot of material.

Between Michael's Aussie accent, to the quick-thinking gun battle started by a piece of tin foil, to the daring heist, and to the exploding boat, it felt like just enough of an event while maintaining the usual dialect the series' action tends to take. Like any good premiere, it felt like something bigger than its usual self, and did a strong job of extending the previous season's storyline.

But where it goes from here is an important and curious question, and by Bianco's impressions the second episode is more of the same. In my view, I'd be perfectly fine with that: murders or no murders, the show's damn entertaining.

Cultural Observations

• I love Tricia Helfer on Battlestar Galactica, and I think that her voice work is a good choice in terms of the mysterious Carla. Her brief appearance at episode's end was nicely understated, so it is clear that this isn't one of her various Number Six incarnations transported into another series. We haven't yet seen much in terms of performance from her, but I'm looking forward to seeing her sink her teeth into this role once she gets a bit more dramatic potential.
• I would like to thank USA for the "Previously on..." segment at the opening of the episode - it's been a long time since that last episode, and I had completely forgotten what had happened. These summer shows have a tendency to create such forgetfulness, so I really hope that others follow suit (Mainly Damages, I think I can remember Mad Men well enough).

People likely have different reasons for watching USA's Burn Notice. They might appreciate Jeffrey Donovan's witty mix of MacGyver and Jason Bourne (and the fact that he occasionally takes off his shirt). They might be fond of Gabrielle Anwar's hot/cool combo of a woman too impatient to spy but willing to wait for her spy (and the fact that she wears bikini tops a lot). They might be amused by Sharon Gless' cranky take on a woman who wasn't a very good mother but who continues to worry about her son (and the fact that she wears...very large hoop earrings). If they're smart, they might just love watching Bruce Campbell--yes, the Bruce Campbell--be snarky and deadly (and the fact that he wears wild Hawaiian shirts. I'll start the call to, er, arms--more shirtless Campbell!).

Or maybe they just like to settle in for some summer fun with a clever, quick spy thriller that manages to maintain interest by weaving a crime of the week with the overall question of who is out to get Michael Westen. The end of last season found Michael driving into the back of an 18-wheeler where a seductive voice promised some answers. Maybe you'll tune in for those answers, or maybe because that voice belongs to Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer. And it's Miami in the summer, so her showing up in some halter tops isn't out of the question. Hey, it's summer, it's Burn Notice--it's all about the sweaty fun. New episodes start tonight, 10pm Eastern.

The Top 12 Snubs of the Emmy Top 10s

This post has been delayed a bit after getting captured between my new and old computers, but I think it's for the best. When the Emmy Nominations are announced in just over a week's time, more names will be added to this list, but what this list allows us to do is spread out the disappointment. That these contenders won't even have a chance in front of a panel, though, is its own tragedy, and the more time I had to embrace this fact the more I realized how much this process hurts.

And it's not that it's not fair: while it may not always produce results I like, the current Emmy system is perhaps as close to democracy that they could possibly achieve. The reality of popular and patronage-dominated shows performing well at the Emmys will not go away anytime soon, so we should be thankful that there were some pleasant surprises as I discussed last week. But at the same time, we can't help but feel it: that the people who were snubbed at this end of the process deserve recognition, no matter how they get it.

So, without further delay, and in no particular order, my Top 12 2008 Emmy Snubs...and let's hope the list doesn't grow too greatly next week.

1. Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

Category: Supporting Actress, Drama Series

What more does she need to do to get noticed? Britton moved herself to the supporting category to avoid juggernauts like Sally Field or Glenn Close, but at the end of the day the category proved to be even more difficult to break into unless you're heavily featured in a popular show or an award show veteran. She gave a fantastic performance through an uneven season, the constant rock the show could lean on. She makes weak storylines solid and good storylines great, and if that's not a great supporting actress I don't know what is.

2. January Jones (Mad Men)

Category: Supporting Actress, Drama Series

January Jones is the victim of her series' plot - the show's pilot, the episode most voters would have seen, doesn't actually feature the character of Betty Draper, revealing her existence only at episode's end. While someone like John Slattery was able to ride his reputation to a nomination, Jones doesn't have the name recognition and is unfairly snubbed here. She did some amazing work embodying the 60s housewife, especially in "Shoot," and that this portrayal won't be seen by the judges is a disservice to the ensemble nature of the series. While I'm happy for Christina Hendricks, that was Jones' spot.

3. Chi McBride (Pushing Daisies)

Category: Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

With all three of his primary co-stars breaking into their respective Top 10 lists, forgive me for being upset that my favourite was left off. Not known for his comic work, McBride's Emerson Cod has been a delight. He's a knitting private detective, for cripes sake, and he has adapted maybe best of all to the witicisms and whimsy that this world entails (albeit it through cynicism and sarcasm). The shortened season robbed him of a showcase episode (We got hints of a baity fatherhood episode), something that the other actors by comparison had, but that doesn't mean that the show's most consistently hilarious character should get snubbed. Here's hoping the voters smarten up for the show's second season.

For more snubs including performers from House, Lost and Battlestar Galactica, click on through.

4. Sarah Chalke (How I Met Your Mother)

Category: Guest Actress, Comedy Series

While Scrubs has never been able to crack into any categories but Series and Lead Actor based on Zach Braff's emergence as a hollywood darling, this doesn't mean that Sarah Chalke does not deserve attention. She's a gifted comic actress, a fact that was no more apparent than when she effortlessly transitioned into a last minute guest spot on How I Met Your Mother as Ted's girlfriend Stella. Playing Eliot's charm without her neurotic tendencies, Chalke won over fans and critics alike with a fantastic performance - too bad that Emmy voters are too busy nominating academy veterans who take baity starring roles on Desperate Housewives to realize that much better work is happening elsewhere.

5. Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)

Category: Lead Actor, Drama Series

With his female counterpart making it into her Top 10 list, Edward James Olmos is sadly left off his own. In a way, it makes sense storyline wise: Roslin is the public face, the one who has to deal with all of the consequences (And the praise) while Adama largely works behind the scenes. Olmos is rarely working in broad strokes, choosing instead to capture emotion in glances and undertones. I think that he would have greatly benefitted had the mid-season finale, Revelations, aired before the submission deadline: it voters had had time to see that episode, maybe they would have seen what happens with Adama breaks down and loses all of that composure, which is when Olmos absolutely nails it every time. But, even then, something tells me that the admiral of a Battlestar might never be able to make it into Emmy's biggest races - let's just hope that changes for the show's final episodes next year.

6. Henry Ian Cusick/Terry O'Quinn (Lost)

Category: Supporting Actor, Drama Series

One is last year's winner, who wasn't really given any material this season to justify another win but remained strong enough to at least make the Top 10 list. The other is a performer who starred in the highlight episode of the season, the time-bending "The Constant," and proved his value to the cast in that moment. Both, however, are missing from the Top 11 names, and both are rather awful oversights. O'Quinn got burned by the fact that his flashback episode is mostly about his childhood as opposed to his adulthood (And thus he's played by younger actors), and Cusick just didn't have enough Emmy credibility to make it onto the list. Regardless, they're just the beginning of the rather awful oversight of a lot of Lost performers.

7. Robert Sean Leonard (House)

Category: Supporting Actor, Drama Series

On a week-by-week basis, Robert Sean Leonard is a great foil for Dr. Gregory House, someone to point out his flaws and to play Watson to his Holmes (Often unwittingly). But in the show's fourth season, something else happened: not only just defined by House, Wilson was a character in his own right as he started a relationship with former fellowship candidate Amber (The amazing Anne Dudek, who better not be added to this list when the Guest Actress Drama category emerges). His performance in the stunningly tragic "Wilson's Heart," as the team discovers it is Amber who is struggling for her life following a bus crash, is as heartbreaking as it gets: that final moment between these two characters, one who feels betrayed by a friend and the other who is facing death, is so purely emotional that I teared up. That voters won't get to see that is extremely unfortunate, although not quite surprising.

8. Yunjn Kim/Evangeline Lilly (Lost)

Categories: Supporting/Lead Actress, Drama Series

The narrative on Lost this year was male-dominated, no question, but the two women who emerged as part of the Oceanic Six did receive some strong material and delivered well throughout the season. There was a lot of external cards being played that meant less focus on these characters, but that neither were able to break into their respective categories leaves the Lost representation severely limited. We shouldn't be surprised by Kim's snub for her work in Ji Yeon or her heartbreaking turn in the finale, considering the Elizabeth Mitchell's showier turn last year was even ignored, but it still hurts that she has never gotten attention for what has been a highly compelling role. Lilly may have gotten one of the weakest flashes of the year, but she submitted a smart episode ("Something Nice Back Home") and continues to do solid work when asked. They're not the worst snubs in the world, but they still sting.

9. Matthew Fox (Lost)

Categories: Lead Actor, Drama Series

Considering that Lost's fourth season was fairly male-dominated, you would expect that its male lead might get some recognition. However, Matthew Fox's role is a bit of a divisive one for viewers as they question whether Jack is a likable character. That hatred has never made sense for me, mainly because that's part of the point: Jack as a character is a flawed man thrust into a leadership scenario that he isn't actually comfortable with. His mistakes have all been in an attempt to serve the common interest and deal with his own demons, and while he's had some rough patches I thought the fourth season was a strong one for him. While it didn't quite have the same material he got last year in that first flashforward, the season saw Jack facing both present and future crises in a way that maintains Fox's strong work...and was at least stronger than Patrick frakkin' Dempsey.

10. Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica)

Category: Supporting Actress, Drama Series

Okay, so there was never a chance that this model turned actress would make her way into the Emmy Top 11 - that doesn't mean, however, that she didn't deserve it. A lot of people underestimate Helfer based on her looks, a trend I hope dies off once people see her post-BSG career span some high-profile TV guest appearances (This week's Burn Notice premiere, as an example). What Helfer does so well in the role of the various Six versions is to give each one their own story, and her submitted episode offered the best example yet: Natalie, a leader of a rebel group of Cylons, comforts and then kills another Six who had killed one of the humans who had tortured her on New Caprica. Whether it's as Head Six, who waxes poetic with a one-track mind, or as Caprica Six whose life has been moulded by countless events, Helfer embodies these characters with a maturity that few could have anticipated following her casting in the Miniseries.

11. Jaime Pressly (My Name is Earl)

Category: Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

I haven't watched a full episode of My Name is Earl since its first season - the show was strong enough then, but after I started watching The Office I kind of lost interest. It was getting repetitive, and the things that made it charming were slowly turning into the things that made it feel already dated compared to its running mate of sorts. However, one cannot argue that Jaime Pressly's performance has remained consistently strong, and that her Emmy win last year was unfortunately timed but certainly deserved. Which makes it confusing that what was once a guaranteed nomination for most predictors has turned into a complete and total snub. The list of candidates is fairly strong, but that it's missing last year's winner is just confusing.

12. How I Met Your Mother

Category: Outstanding Comedy Series

I've been resisting adding series to these lists, since the Comedy/Drama lists were pretty solid, but the more I think about it the more annoyed I am that one of the sharpest comedies on television is being left off of these lists. Yes, I understand that the show inherently skews young and that its attraction for critics has never quite been shared by broader audiences, but this is the type of show that's infectious. When you get hooked, you get hooked: I've seen people who are fairly critical fall in love with this show, mainly because it has heart and character to spare. I guess at this point we can only hope that the show gets the same treatment as The Wire, where its collective accomplishment is finally recognized when it receives its swan song - but, hopefully, we're still a while out from that.

13. Emily VanCamp and Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters)

Categories: Supporting Actress/Actor, Drama Series

It's not a surprise that these two young performers were unable to break into their respective categories, but it stings regardless. What was so strong about these two performers was their ability to take a storyline that really didn't work and make it into something that at the least lived up to Brothers & Sisters' strong dramatic performance pedigree. The show is one of the best acting showcases on television, and that the show itself didn't break through to the Top 10 is also disappointing. And while I feel for Calista Flockhart, Patricia Wettig and Matthew Rhys, for the most part I think that young performers deserve a shot at Emmy glory just as much as their more well-known counterparts. Whether facing an uncertain paternity or a crippling drug addiction, these two performers were at the top of their game surrounded by veteran performers - what more do Emmy voters want?

14. Jorge Garcia (Lost)

Category: Supporting Actor, Drama Series

From some of the feedback the list has created amongst Lost fans, there has been mention of the lovable but oft-overlooked Jorge Garcia, whose work as Hurley has always been strong. I think that one of the reasons he didn't make this list to begin with was that he was never close to being in contention considering the show's more well known candidates. However, that doesn't mean his work wasn't award worthy: his work in "The Beginning of the End," in particular, showed a great sense of nuance and tragedy that is something Garcia has always been good with. Of televisions various characters largely relegated to comic relief, Hurley has proven capable of handling the emotional weight of a drama series in a way that elevates the show as a whole, and it's a pity that a lack of name recognition meant Garcia could never be honoured as such.

As always, a special thank you goes out to Tom O'Neil from The Envelope for collecting the Top 10 lists. You can check out all of the lists at his Gold Derby Blog.

Obviously it will be interesting to find out who the fifth of the final five is. I am interested why D'Anna stated that only 4 of the final five were in the fleet. How would she know? Was she that familiar with the whole fleet? Either this one is not entirely human, or it is someone important in the fleet and D'Anna did not want to admit that. I think that this second choice is the angle that will eventually be played, but I am sure that "people" will still be on Earth, so maybe that is how it will play out.

Now that Battlestar Galactica has gone off for a few months, maybe I will catch up.

Then again, Tricia Helfer is going to be on Burn Notice.  Might have to start watching that.  And Bruce Campbell is on that show!  How the hell I missed that I do not know.  The chin rocks, even if doesn't have a chainsaw for a hand!

Grace Park, interprete de Athena e Boomer, confirmou o que até agora ainda não passava de rumores: Um novo filme ambientado no universo de Battlestar Galactica.

A actriz garantiu em entrevista ao L.A. Times que, caso não se dê uma greve dos actores, o filme será filmado em Agosto, e exibido no Outono no Sci Fi Channel (EUA) e no Sky One (Reino-Unido).

Visto que não se prevê uma nova greve, o filme tem tudo para começar a filmar já em Agosto.

Tal como a narrativa de "Razor", o filme que estreou simultaneamente na televisão e em DVD em 2007, também esta nova história irá desenrolar-se antes dos eventos do episódio "Revelations".

Ronald D. Moore, o criador da série, terá que contornar as ocupadas agendas dos seus actores, para poder desenvolver o filme com todo o elenco, ou pelo menos, com a maioria dele. Isto porque, Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin), Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck), Jamie Bamber (Apollo), Tricia Helfer (Six), Tahmoh Penikett (Helo) e Grace Park estão neste momento envolvidos em novos projectos, tanto no cinema (McDonnell & Bamber) como em televisão (Sackhoff; Helfer; Penikett & Park).

Fonte: Tv Guide

Imagem: FOX next (& NBC inc.)

Estréias USA:

A emissora CBS confirmou as datas das estréias ou voltas das suas séries: Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother,Two and Half Men, CSI Miami, Worst Week(nova série) estréiam dia 22 de setembro.
NCIS, Without a Trace, The Mentalist (nova série) no dia 23 de setembro.
E no dia 24 de setembro, Criminal Minds, CSI:NY, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Project Gary (nova série.

A queridinha por muitos Friday Night Lights, também já tem data para estrear nos USA, graças a um acordo feito com a operadora DirecTV, os novos episódios serão exibidos a partir de outubro na TV a cabo, e possivelmente em fevereiro no canal aberto NBC. A terceira temporada só aconteceu devido a esse acordo, tudo isso para uma série chatinha.

Novidades no elenco das séries
O bom ator Jeff Goldblum vai entrar na série “Law And Order: CI”, ele será um investigador que vai substituir o ator Chris Noth, o detetive Mike Logan, conhecido por interpretar o Mr Big de Sex and the City. Chris estava desde o começo da série, mas com certeza Jeff tem talento para substituir ele muito bem.

Já o fraco ator Timothy Olyphant, que foi Seth Bullock da cancelada Deadwood vai entrar para o elenco estrelar de “Damages”, que recentemente anunciou a participação, desse sim bom ator, William Hurt.

Falando em péssimos atores Luke Perry, mas conhecido como Dylan de Barrados no Baile, vai viver um vilão na quarta temporada da série Criminal Minds.

Já atriz Tricia Helfer, mundialmente conhecida como a Cylon Six de Battlestar Galactica, será a protagonista de “Inseparable”, piloto encomendado pela Fox Americana.
A linda atriz será uma analista que avalia suspeitos para a polícia, e que chama atenção do personagem principal da série, um psiquiatra forense portador de paralisia, interpretado pelo ator Lloyd Owen, cujo alter ego é um criminoso!!!!!
Essa louca história é de autoria de Shuan Cassidy, criador de Invasion.

Música
Junior Lima, o Jr. da dupla Sandy & Junior (prometo que essa foi a última vez que faço essa piada) está formando uma nova banda, com o próprio na bateria, com o guitarrista Peu Sousa (ex-Pitty) e o excelente baixista Champignon (ex-Charlie Brown Jr.) Depois de meses a procura um vocalista, eles encontraram um, só que o nome não foi revelado, só que não é alguém famoso.
A banda ainda está em processo de ensaios e compondo para um possível disco, vale apena conferir, principalmente pelos músicos envolvidos, incluindo o próprio Junior que já mostrou seu talento nas baquetas.

A banda Pato Fu trocou de tecladista, sai o excelente Lulu Camargo que se afasta para desenvolver seu próprios projetos musicais e entra Dudu Tsuda, conhecido por tocar no Jumbo Elektro. Uma péssima troca, Lula é um dos melhores do país e trouxe coisas novas e boas para o Pato Fu.

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]]> http://yourdailychum.wordpress.com/?p=465 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:37:03 +0000 Your Daily Chum http://yourdailychum.wordpress.com/?p=465 It's got action, Battlestar Galactica, 1 long shot.

And theres never any reason not to see Starbuck, Sharon and Six in bikinis on (or at least clost to) Harleys!

After the eye candy head on over to i09 for the POLL

Chegamos agora às oito primeiras colocadas, algumas mais conhecidas do que as outras é certo, mas todas elas merecedoras das suas colocações.

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8º - Tricia Helfer - Se não conhece Battlestar Galactica, ora aqui tem uma mais uma boa razão para o fazer. Em BSG, esta antiga modelo assumiu o seu primeiro papel de destaque, a cylon número 6, que levou Baltar, um homem de Caprica, a sacrificar a sua raça pelo amor desta Deusa. Que se lixe a humanidade!

5º - Scarlett Johansson - Uma mulher controversa. Uns odeiam-na e consideram-na overrated, outros idolatram-na e consideram-na uma Deusa entre as mulheres. Não há meio termo com Scarlett Johansson. Cresceu no cinema, mas foi com os títulos mais "recentes" como A Ilha, Match Point e The Prestige que se tornou no fenómeno que é agora. Em Vicky Cristina Barcelona, o novo projecto da actriz com Woody Allen, protagoniza um beijo muito quente com Penélope Cruz, e que promete arrebentar com o termostato dos cinemas por todo o mundo. Pena que ainda falte tanto para a estreia.

4º - Elisha Cuthbert - Durante três temporadas ela foi Kim Bauer na série 24. Apesar da sua participação na segunda e na terceira temporada de 24 ter sido algo... redundante, serviu para a lançar no cinema, e garantir papéis em filmes como "Casa de Cera", onde interpreta a típica heroína dos filmes de terror, e "A Miúda do Lado", onde interpreta a típica actriz porno, com cenas muito quentes à descrição.

3º - Jessica Alba - Dark Angel, Quarteto Fantástico, Profundo Azul, Elas não me Largam e Sin City tornaram-na numa das actrizes mais cobiçadas do mundo, não só pela sua típica beleza latina, mas pela sensualidade que imprime em todos os seus papéis. Uma das cenas que melhor o exemplifica pertence ao filme Profundo Azul (Into the blue, no original). Veja-a AQUI.

2º - Jessica Biel - Foi com a série 7th Heaven, um drama familiar pouco conhecido em Portugal, que esta actriz norte-americana deu os seus primeiros passos na arte da representação. Depois, passou para o cinema, onde fez, entre outros, os filmes Massacre no Texas, Blade Trinity, O Ilusionista, Next - Sem Alternativa e Declaro-vos Marido... e Marido, este último onde teve uma das melhores cenas de nudez dos últimos anos, e que pode ver AQUI. É uma das mais sensuais jovens actrizes da actualidade, que merece sem dúvida nenhuma, este segundo lugar.

1º - Megan Fox - Ao contrário das restantes oito actrizes referidas neste post, bastou-lhe um projecto para conseguir a atenção de todos. A revelação do ano de 2007 nos cinemas, protagonizou Transformers, o blockbuster de Michael Bay, uma adaptação dos desenhos animados homónimos. O seu próximo projecto será ESTE. Alguém dúvida que para o ano ela não esteja novamente no pódio?

Outros nomes:

Hilary Duff (7º), Emmanuelle Chriqui (6º)

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