The Day of the Doctor (OFFICIAL 50th trailer & NEW Wallpaper ALL DOCTORS)

Our future depends on one single moment, of one impossible day.

The day I have been running from all my life.

The Day of the Doctor.

- The 11th, The Day of the Doctor

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Keep tweeting! Social media is impacting Nielsen ratings, Billboard, Comcast

You knew it would happen. Social media is becoming an influence on television and music ratings. I know that most of my tweeting has to do with television, movies, music and actors, so it makes sense to me.

Here's a couple of articles that were interesting.



Nielsen Now Rates Your Tweets About TV Shows - Brian Feldman - The Atlantic Wire

Nielsen has announced a new ratings system that takes into account tweets about a show as well as the audience exposed to those tweets. As Scandal fans already know, the second-screen experience has become an essential part of viewing some television shows, and Twitter is trying to make the platform appealing to media partners as a possible way of increasing revenue.

The way the system works is that a tweet that appears in a user's feed is known as an impression, so while a relatively small amount of the viewership is actively tweeting about a television show, a much larger audience is seeing the chatter. For example, via the Los Angeles Times, a show like The Voice has an online audience 50 times greater than the number of people actually tweeting. Nielsen "also has identified 35,000 Twitter accounts, created by networks, actors, athletes, professional sports teams and others associated with TV programming."

Online interaction with media is fast becoming a metric of success in various parts of the entertainment industry. At the beginning of the year, Billboard began counting YouTube views in its chart calculations, propelling one-hit wonder Baauer's "Harlem Shake" to the top position. Additionally, Nielsen itself also started counting online television views as well a few months ago.

Though Nielsen's new system is a separate metric from its main TV ratings system, it's still another way for networks and their advertisers to judge the reach of their message. It's possible that in the face of th DVR, social media is making TV appointment viewing again. It's unclear if that trend will carry over to a more asynchronous viewing event like filmgoing, but hopefully not.

Comcast Launches 'See It' Feature to Spur TV Watching, First with Twitter

Andrew Wallenstein
Editor-in-chief: Digital
@awallenstein

Comcast has made Twitter its first partner for “See It,” a new feature that will close the loop between TV programming and the social conversation that takes place around it online.

“See It” will allow TV watchers to record and watch programming directly off digital platforms, first strictly with the conglomerate’s own NBC Universal programming via tweets beginning in November. Here are the official announcements of the deal from Twitter and Comcast, respectively.

While Twitter is the inaugural partner, Comcast intends to make the “See It” button as ubiquitous as a Facebook “like” on any screen where TV content is being discussed. The company expects to build a roster of partnerships that could include other social media giants like Facebook, entertainment-centric partners like IMDB and even rival pay-TV distributors like DirecTV and brands at content companies outside its ownership like Disney and News Corp.

“See It” will allow Twitter users who are also Comcast subs to either watch live TV or access VOD programming on their set-top box or watch it directly online, regardless of their mobile device. In addition, “See It” could be used to set a DVR to record a future programing or set a programming reminder. Comcast-owned movie-ticketing service, Fandango, will also be tapped via Twitter, to enable buying theater tickets.

While only subscribers of Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S., who use its Xfinity platform will be able to access the full range of “See It” features, even viewers who don’t subscribe to any multichannel service will be entitled to some content, though exactly what hasn’t been determined.
 

 

Once Upon a Time Season 3 premiere (SPOILERS for Season 3)

Last night Once Upon a Time premiered it's 3rd season. I thought season 2 ended with a bang, even if it had lost me a little in the middle, and I was looking forward to see the adventures in Neverland. I was not disappointed.

It's interesting looking back to the beginning, I thought this entire series was going to be about breaking the curse. Now, I believe taking it in all different directions is a very smart move. I hope season 3 can keep me as captivated as last night's episode did.



Some highlights for me:

• The changing dynamics in the five on Hook's ship and Emma taking charge once ashore. "...just being who we are... a hero, a villain, a pirate. It doesn't matter which because we're going to need all those skills whether we can stomach them or not." The savior is coming into her true role - leader. A leader understands what is required and can see the individual skills in her team members.

• Henry, the lost boys and Peter Pan. I liked it. Different take, but very fascinating and I like Robbie Kay, the actor playing Peter. Definitely makes me want to see more. (Jared Gilmore - Henry - has grown so much between seasons. It's very obvious, and doesn't match the end of last season, but obviously there's nothing you can do about that.)

•  I was NOT a fan at all of Mulan and the other two. Bad acting on all counts in my opinion. (I'm usually very forgiving of some not-so-great acting moments in a show, but when I can SEE the acting it's really bad.) But I like Neal and Robin Hood. Baelfire's journey is one I find very interesting, being the son of the Dark One.

• That leads me to Rumple/Gold. Love him. Always have. The combination of both Rumple and Gold I find fascinating. I'm also interested in his journey as Henry's grandfather. I'm hoping to see Belle at some point. She's in the promo for next week so here's hoping.

A great episode and start to the season. 

Here are some SPOILERS:

• We will see how Henry was adopted in episode 9.

• In episode three, “we get a little more into Regina and what it’s like for her to be on this trip with people she detests,” says Horowitz.

• Tinkerbell and the Darlings will both appear this season. “We haven’t forgotten about them,” says Horowitz.

• Since Ariel is on her way, does that mean we’ll see Ursula as well? “There’s an excellent chance,” says Horowitz.

• Episode 3 will show more of Neal’s journey with Mulan, Robin Hood, etc. and Horowitz teases we’ll see “a wrinkle to their story” appear.

• “[Arial's] going to be different than the mermaids you saw in the premiere,” says Horowitz. “I think the spirit of Ariel you’re going to see — which JoAnna Garcia [Swisher] plays very well — is the spirit of somebody who wants to see the world and experience things outside of what they know,” says Kitsis. “And so we have our own little take on it, but I think the thing that make Ariel such a great character is the spirit within her definitely is within our Ariel.”

(Source: EW)


Episode 3x02 Promo
 



Sneak Peak - a scene from episode 3x02



Season 2 Bloopers
 

Willy Wonka: "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

Original movie poster

I LOVE Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It was one of my all time favorite movies as a kid. Yes, I am a stickler for the original 1971 movie. The music and the message is timeless. Gene Wilder is the only Willy Wonka in my book. (No offense to Johnny Depp.)








The following are some interesting facts and tid-bits about the movie, along with some videos:

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

• Wilder won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Wonka.

• It was ranked #74 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments for the "scary tunnel" scene.

• Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released on June 30, 1971. 

• It received positive reviews, but it was a box office disappointment. However, it developed into a cult film due to its repeated television airings and home video sales.

• The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score.

• Initially considered for the part of Wonka was Broadway star Joel Grey, (Cabaret, Wicked) who ultimately was rejected due to his small physical stature.

• Wilder said that he would do the film only if Wonka first appeared onscreen coming out of the factory hobbling with a cane, only to then lose it and do a somersault.

• When interviewed for the 30th anniversary special edition, Gene Wilder stated that he enjoyed working with most of the child actors, but said that he and the crew had some problems with Paris Themmen (who played Mike Teevee), mentioning that he was "a handful" back in the day.

• The combination to the first door in the chocolate factory is 99-44-100% pure, which was an ad slogan for Ivory Soap. 

•  There's a lot of Shakespeare in this film. "Is it my soul that calls upon my name?" is from Romeo and Juliet. "Where is fancy bred..." and "So shines a good deed..." are from Merchant of Venice. The lines to the song "Sweet lovers love the spring time... " are from Shakespeare's As You Like It.

• Of all the Wonka kids, Julie Dawn Cole is the only one still acting. Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie Bucket, made no other films. He later became a veterinarian. 

• Peter Ostrum went through puberty during the film. His voice is high during the duet of "I've Got a Golden Ticket", and is much deeper later in the film, such as during the Fizzy-Lifting Drinks scene. 

• One of the ten actors who played the Oompa Loompas was female.

"There's no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going.
There's no knowing where we're rowing, or which way the river's flowing."

• The song Wonka sings on the boat ride are the only song lyrics taken directly from Roald Dahl's book. All other songs were written specifically for the film. 

• Gene Wilder's acting during the boat ride sequence was so convincing that it frightened some of the other actors, including Denise Nickerson (Violet). They thought that Wilder really was going mad from being in the tunnel.  

    Pure Imagination

• The flower-shaped cup that Wonka eats was made of wax. Wilder had to chew the wax pieces until the end of the take, then he would spit them out.  

• The chocolate river was made of real chocolate, water, and cream. It spoiled fairly quickly and left a foul smell.   

 

    So shines a good deed in a weary world...

• Charlie's stunned reaction to Wonka yelling at him is real. Director Mel Stuart said that Peter Ostrum was not told beforehand that Willy would be yelling at Charlie. Stuart felt that doing it that way would allow for a better, more real, reaction from Charlie.

Gates McFadden directs ex STTNG co-star Brent Spiner in The Last Look Back

Gates McFadden will direct ex Star Trek co-star Brent Spiner in The Last Look Back at Ensemble Studio Theater/LA.

May 14, 1998. A pretty young intern embroiled in a presidential sex scandal “meets cute” with a legendary entertainer on the last day of his life – and so begins a lesson she could learn from no one else. The Last Look Back is a surreal pairing of kindred spirits and a hallucinatory comic ride about mortality, redemption, and the end of the twentieth century. (Ensemble Studio Theater/LA) 



Written by Steve Serpas and directed by McFadden, The Last Look Back also stars Sadie Alexandru (Mad Men) and Tracey A. Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS) and Ramon de Ocampo (NCIS).

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Friday, October 4 at 8pm
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Janet Tamaro announces that she is leaving Rizzoli & Isles

Janet Tamaro, showrunner and producer of Rizzoli & Isles has announced that she will be leaving the show at the end of season four.

Here's the official announcement from Tamaro on Facebook:

As you may have already heard, as of the end of Season 4, I will be leaving as R&I's show runner in order to do new projects, though I'll be continuing on the show as a consulting producer. Creating and running a show like this is what we writer/producers dream of getting to do, and I got to do it for four phenomenal seasons. But it takes all of my focus. I have to step away to create and write other shows and films. The heartache for me will be leaving the day to day working relationship I've had with an incredible cast (!!), crew and production team. You know that, though, because you watch the show. Both TNT & Warner Horizon have been beyond great to work for -- and I look forward to working with them in the future.

And the fandom…holy crap…The fans have been especially wonderful -- passionate and responsive. I have a special place in my heart for all of them. My goal was to bring to life, through story, a real female friendship. I've been especially touched by the people who've told us they became friends because of Jane and Maura.This show will be around for a long, long time. Stay tuned to this page. I'll be checking in and helping out.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode Title and Stars

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special will be called The Day Of The Doctor. Starring Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper and John Hurt. Shows worldwide on November 23rd and will also have a limited cinematic release.

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special will be released on DVD by 2entertain on Monday December 2nd. Unfortunately only in the UK and Europe. Not sure about a release in the United States.


In other Doctor Who news:
Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) will join David Tennant live on stage at the British Film Institute Southbank for the screening of The Stolen Earth and Journey's End on Sunday September 29th .

New Promo posters