“5 Best Made for TV War Movies & Mini Series - Associated Content” plus 2 more |
- 5 Best Made for TV War Movies & Mini Series - Associated Content
- Jeremy Renner has made up for lost time with a series of hot film roles - Boston Herald
- Fan Favorites Foreigner Will be 'Rockin' at the Ryman' Sunday, September 19 on ... - Yahoo Finance
| 5 Best Made for TV War Movies & Mini Series - Associated Content Posted: 16 Sep 2010 02:49 PM PDT The story begins six months before Hitler's invasion of Poland and ends just after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. At the time when Winds of War was made it was the largest budget for a television mini series at Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971) Hogan's Heroes was set in a NAZI prisoner of war camp must have been an interesting pitch to the CBS brass in 1965. Bob Crane played the wise cracking Colonel Robert Hogan a United States officer that is under the guard of a bumbling NAZI Colonel Wilhelm Klink and Sergeant Schultz. Schultz and Klink's ineptness knows no bounds. The prisoners come and go as they please through an elaborate set of tunnels and the discipline in the POW Camp is non existent. The series ran six years and completed 168 episodes. The Pacific (2010) HBO did the impossible when it created The Pacific. The Pacific showed the most realistic portrayal of the most bitter and terrible conditions of World War II. Considered a companion to the Band of Brothers, the story mixed in some cases with the Band of Brothers such as the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest. The executive producers were once again Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and The Pacific mini series swept through the Emmy Awards, winning 25 awards. sources: This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Jeremy Renner has made up for lost time with a series of hot film roles - Boston Herald Posted: 16 Sep 2010 12:26 PM PDT FRESNO, Calif. — There was no way they could know it at the time, but a lot of women in California's Central Valley got makeup tips in the early '90s from a future Oscar nominee: Jeremy Renner. "One of the many jobs I had was working at the Gottschalks in Modesto as a makeup artist," he says. "They wanted to pay me a lot of money to hang out with hot girls to do makeup shows at stores from Modesto to Los Angeles. It was such an amazing job." Renner, a Modesto native and the best actor Oscar nominee for last year's "The Hurt Locker," continues to find amazing jobs playing anti-heroes with a lot of charm. He can next be seen playing James Coughlin in the Ben Affleck crime drama "The Town," which opens Friday. He's also starting work on "Mission: Impossible IV" and will portray the ace archer Hawkeye in the Marvel Comics movie "The Avengers." "The Town" is the story of a group of friends from a Boston community that has produced more bank and armored car robbers than anywhere else in the country. Renner's character will do anything to protect his friends and fellow thieves. Affleck, who directed the movie, thought of Renner for the role. He needed an actor to play a loose cannon — but not do it as a cliche. The character has to play tough and remain sympathetic. Renner delivered those traits. It helped that Renner knows a lot about being loyal. Although his family moved around a lot when he was young, Renner had a few friends that were as close as brothers. "My friends and family are the most important thing in my life. That belief system of loyalty is an amazing thing and lovely to have. It makes you feel like you belong on the planet," he says. Growing up, Renner worked a variety of odd jobs — delivering papers, fixing computers, bagging groceries. It wasn't until he had graduated from high school and attended Modesto Junior College that he found acting. "It ended up being an amazing thing for me and I've never looked back," Renner says. "The initial attraction was not what the attraction is now because I didn't understand what acting was or what it meant to me. It initially was a form of therapy, of being able to hide in these characters and have all these feelings. "When I was growing up I didn't have the maturity to express my feelings. I got to fully explore, in a safe way hiding in a character, all those feelings." Renner used those skills to land small roles in TV and film, starting with the 1995 release "Senior Trip." He's also appeared in "28 Weeks Later" and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." Before filming started on "The Town," Renner saw his character James as a flashy guy who makes things — maybe good, maybe bad — happen. Then Renner looked deeper. "It was the loyalty aspect of the character that I really, really thought was intriguing and dimensional to the character so he's not just a heavy but that there's a reason for what he's doing," Renner says. Visit The Fresno Bee online at http://www.fresnobee.com/. (c) 2010, The Fresno Bee (Fresno, Calif.). Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Fan Favorites Foreigner Will be 'Rockin' at the Ryman' Sunday, September 19 on ... - Yahoo Finance Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:34 PM PDT Press Release Source: HDNet On Wednesday September 15, 2010, 3:34 pm EDT DALLAS, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- HDNet Concert Series will present the high definition debut of one of the most popular rock acts in history as Foreigner "Can't Slow Down: Rockin' at the Ryman," premieres on Sunday, September 19 at 8:00 p.m. ET. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080324/HDNETLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080324/HDNETLOGO) Foreigner is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world, racking up scores of smash hits, multi-platinum albums, and sold out concert tours. Formed by veteran British guitarist Mick Jones in New York City in 1976, Foreigner has sold over 70 million albums to date, as well as garnering nine Top Ten singles. Foreigner's thrilling mix of blustery blues and impeccably crafted pop continues to captivate generation after generation of music fans. In this concert, filmed at the renowned Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee shortly after the release of "Can't Slow Down", their first new album in nearly fifteen years, Mick and the band take to the stage and perform all of their biggest hits, including, "Cold As Ice", "Double Vision", "Head Games," "Jukebox Hero," and "I Want to Know What Love Is." Don't miss these legendary rockers in an equally legendary setting, Sunday, September 19 on HDNet! About HDNet HDNet (www.hd.net) is the independent network with unique and thought-provoking content that appeals to men of all ages and is delivered in true high definition. HDNet is the exclusive, high definition home for popular, original programming, including television's only HD news feature programs "HDNet World Report," and the Emmy Award winning "Dan Rather Reports," featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather. Only HDNet goes beyond the headlines to deliver real news that is redefining the way we look at our world. HDNet News is provocative, sometimes controversial and always relevant - telling the important stories of our time in-depth, with attitude and with independence. HDNet is also the exclusive high definition home to critically acclaimed and award winning documentaries as part of the InFocus series. "NASA on HDNet" presents all live shuttle launches through 2010. HDNet presents championship sports coverage featuring the best of Mixed Martial Arts with its Friday night series, "HDNet Fights" (www.hdnetfights.com). "HDNet Fights" works with leading MMA promoters including DREAM, Sengoku, King of the Cage, XFC, K-1, K-1 Max, MFC and more. HDNet produces more live Mixed Martial Arts events than any other network and HDNet's "Inside MMA" is the hottest Mixed Martial Arts program on television, giving MMA fans their weekly fix for everything MMA, while "Fighting Words with Mike Straka," goes one-on-one with some of the biggest names in the sport. HDNet also features live coverage of regular season games from the second season of the United Football League. HDNet also delivers the world's largest and most diverse concert line-up through the HDNet Concert Series. The HDNet Concert Series features leading artists and bands including Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, John Mayer, Nickelback and more. HDNet also features revealing lifestyle programming featuring "Art Mann Presents," "Girls Gone Wild," "Deadline" and "Get Out!" Only HDNet Movies (www.hdnetmovies.com) delivers exclusive Sneak Previews of new movies before they hit theaters. The HDNet Movies Sneak Preview series features top Hollywood stars in critically acclaimed performances including Gwyneth Paltrow, Joaquin Phoenix, Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Tom Hanks, Vera Farmiga, Parker Posey, Brian Cox, Matthew Broderick, Brittany Snow, Eric Bana, John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, Robin Williams, Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. In addition to being the exclusive home of Sneak Previews, HDNet Movies viewers enjoy the best films from the classics of the 1950s-1970s, to favorite films from the 1980s and 1990s, to recently released theatrical films. HDNet Movies offers subscribers a premium movie viewing experience in true HD, and more original movies shot entirely in HD than any other network. Launched in 2001 by Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin, the HDNet networks are available on AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, and Verizon FiOS. The HDNet networks can be followed via Facebook at facebook.com/HDNet, facebook.com/HDNetFights and facebook.com/HDNetMovies and via Twitter at twitter.com/hdnet, twitter.com/hdnetfights and twitter.com/hdnetmovies. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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