A long overdue honor for a true national treasure;A new channel devoted to talking about films kicks off; And the super heroes of Summer '06 find a place on your TV dial...
Studio Briefing/World Entertainment News Network lead things off:
Andrews To Be Honored at Screen Actors Guild Awards
Mary Poppins star Dame Julie Andrews will be honored with a Life Achievement Award at next year's Screen Actors Guild Awards. The beloved stage, film, television and recording star and author, will receive the Guild's most prestigious tribute in January.
Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg insists Andrews is the perfect choice for the top award: "Julie Andrews is a woman of great generosity, creativity, courage, elegance and wit. She embodies and transcends the memorable roles she has created.
Julie has been a positive presence in my life and continues to inspire multiple generations. I believe it is exceptionally significant to be recognized by people who do the same work you do. Julie seems genuinely touched and thrilled to be receiving an award from her fellow actors. I have assured her the honor is ours."
The Screen Actors Guild made a great choice for their 2007 honoree. Andrews is truly an icon that has entertained countless generations during her distinguished career.
New Channel To Be Devoted To Talk About Movies
While there are numerous cable channels that show movies, a new channel that [had it's] launch [this past Wednesday] will talk about them.
ReelzChannel's centerpiece is Dailies, hosted by Mike Richards, which the channel says is "designed as the go-to show for news and information about movies."
Critic Leonard Maltin will host another regular show titled The Secret's Out that will identify overlooked praiseworthy movies being carried on cable and satellite outlets. Another show, The Big Tease, will be devoted to trailers for upcoming movies.
A good idea for sure but I wonder if it will have enough of a varied line-up to stay afloat...? I hope so.
X-3 And The Man Of Steel's Find A Home On The Small Screen
Bob Gough of ComicBookMovie.Com reported via Variety:
Fox spin off TV network FX bought the rights to premiere X-Men: The Last Stand on the small screen.
The price tag was about $90 million for that film and eight others, the trade said. The network also got the rights for Superman Returns as part of the deal.
I'm not at all surprised that X-Men 3 will be making its broadcast debut on the FX Network. The channel has been showing the first two films in the X series for years...I am a little surprised that Superman Returns will fly to the net though--I would have expected The CW Television Network to be its TV home--since its co-owner, Warner Bros., holds the copyright to the character of Supes... Touting one of their own as a new channel and all that.
Incidentally, X-Men: The Last Stand makes its bow on DVD this Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006.
That's all the stew for today. Can somebody please pass me a napkin?
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