Reading Rainbow airs its final episode today (it already has in most timezones), ending a 26-year-long run on PBS. The show, which had made its last new episodes in 2006, surfaces fond memories for many young people who were inspired to read books by LeVar … Read More »
Shows & Stars
Rocketing to early fame on YouTube could lead to three things: living the dream, getting disappointed and moving on, or milking your one hit for all it’s got — at least according to a sample set of four surveyed by CNET’s Michelle Meyers. Unfortunately, none … Read More »
This season, on The Real World 22: Cancun, the hotties who were offered a chance to stop being polite and start getting real on video were given cameras of their own — Sony-supplied Webbie HDs — because, in executive producer Jim Johnston’s words, “What better … Read More »
One of the more patriotic videos of the summer comes from the site that brings you extreme video game satire and unfiltered Andy Dick. 00Bama, a James Bond-esque reimagining of our 44th president as one smooth super-spy, premiered Monday on Atom.com, and … Read More »
Kiosks to Make up 30 Percent of DVD Rentals Within the Next Year; that’s up from 19 percent this year; in the first half of ’09, video rental stores made up 45 percent or the rental market and subscription services accounted for 36 percent. (NPD … Read More »
YouTube’s live-streaming efforts are still scattershot, but it’s clear the site has got a crush on live. Today it announced it will host a live feed of performances at this weekend’s Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, featuring Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Thievery … Read More »
Beck is an odd musician to get a handle on — his 20-year career is a mishmash of pop commercial success and indie experiments. But it’s clear the man loves music the way Quentin Tarantino loves movies, and thus his latest experiment is one … Read More »
Channels.com 2.0 Launches; revamped site aiming to become a “web video DVR” lets users subscribe to video via RSS feeds. (VideoNuze) Guiding Light Actress Taking Her Lesbian Character to the Web; Since the soap is going off the air, Crystal Chappell taking the “Otalia” duo to … Read More »
There’s a temptation to title this piece “Local Boy Makes Good!” or something similar, for it’s extremely exciting to see that Dan Harmon (Heat Vision and Jack) has got himself a bona fide TV show. As the co-creator of Channel 101, Harmon is indirectly responsible … Read More »
Quentin Tarantino’s violent Nazi revenge fantasy Inglorious Basterds topped the box office this weekend, pulling in more than $37 million domestically, thanks in part to Twitter. Or so proposes the Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Business Blog, which speculates that after a $14 million opening on Friday, … Read More »
Fred, the fastest-growing and largest channel YouTube had ever seen, was overtaken on Friday by Nigahiga, a longtime comedy channel on the site. Nigahiga, a series of rants, lip-syncs and sketches, is run by 19-year-old Ryan Higa. Fred, as we’ve written … Read More »
The raison d’etre of a series pilot is simple — there’s no way to be sure a concept will work on the screen until you go ahead and shoot it. But sometimes the only way to know for sure that the premise of your clever … Read More »
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