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WEIRD LONERS: Becki Newton gives the scoop on Season 1 – exclusive interview

Becki Newton stars as Caryn in the new Fox series WEIRD LONERS | © 2015 Emily Shur/FOX

In Fox Network’s half-hour comedy WEIRD LONERS, Tuesdays at 8:30 PM, Becki Newton plays Caryn Goldfarb. In the pilot, Caryn has the option of marrying a staid, steadily employed father of two, but she’d much rather fall in love and in bed – and be heartbroken – again and again and again with new acquaitances. Caryn befriends iconoclastic artist Zara Sandhu (Meera Rohit Kumbhani) and gets to know her neighbors, innocent Eric Lewandoski (Nate Torrence) and his brash cousin Stosh (Zachary Knighton). Newton, originally from Connecticut, played receptionist Amanda Tanen on UGLY BETTY. Other credits include AUGUST RUSH, HOW I […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PRIVATE NUMBER

PRIVATE NUMBER | © 2015 ARC Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Hal Ozsan, Nicholle Tom, Judd Nelson, Tom Sizemore, Gary McDonald Writer: LazRael Lison Director: LazRael Lison Distributor: ARC Entertainment/Summer House Pictures Release Date: Theatrical & VOD, May 1, 2015 PRIVATE NUMBER is one of those what’s-going-on-here thrillers that works as well as it does partly because writer/director LazRael Lison keeps us guessing most of the way through whether what’s happening is hallucinatory, supernatural, or some combination of the two. It also helps that the film has a sturdy leading man in Hal Ozsan, who is capable of the personality swings that the script demands. A prologue sequence […]Read On »


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MAKE IT POP: Louriza Tronco gets sassy and sarcastic on Nick’s new show

Erika Tham, Megan Lee and Louriza Tronco star in MAKE IT POP | © 2015 Nickelodeon

Actress Louriza Tronco describes her MAKE IT POP character this way: “Jodi Mapa is the fierce choreographer and fashionista of the group. She’s sassy and she’s very sarcastic.” In MAKE IT POP, the musical comedy series on Nickelodeon weeknights at 7 PM through Friday May 1, Jodi is one of three prep school roommates (the others are played by Erika Than and Megan Lee) who team up to form a pop band, with music provided by male classmate Caleb (Dale Whibley). Tronco began her stage career at an early age in her native Winnipeg, Canada. TV and film credits include […]Read On »


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Movie Review: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON | © 2015 Marvel/Disney

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader (voice), Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Cobie Smulders, Paul Bettany, Anthony Mackie, Linda Cardellini Writer: Joss Whedon, based on characters created by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby Director: Joss Whedon Distributor: Disney/Marvel Release Date: May 1, 2015 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON is mostly what’s it should be and what’s expected – a superhero movie with slam-bang action, engaging characters, snappy dialogue and the fate of the world in the balance. Joss Whedon, who wrote and directed the first […]Read On »


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MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD: Clark Gregg discusses the final episodes of Season 2 – exclusive interview

Clark Gregg as Coulson in AGENTS OF SHIELD | © 2015 ABC/Kelsey McNeal

In Season 2 of MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD, ABC Tuesdays at 9 PM, Clark Gregg’s character Phil Coulson has been having quite a time of it. Sure, former S.H.I.E.L.D. boss Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) did make Coulson the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the end of last season, but not before bringing Coulson back from the dead with alien DNA. This season, Coulson has had to cope with the alien DNA causing him to uncontrollably draw maps that turned out to lead to an alien-built city. One of his agents, protégé Skye (Chloe Bennet), turns out to have her […]Read On »


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ONE BIG HAPPY: Nick Zano discusses the Season Finale – interview

Nick Zano as Luke and Elisha Cuthbert as Lizzy in ONE BIG HAPPY | © 2015 Greg Gayne/NBC

In NBC’s ONE BIG HAPPY, which has its first-season finale Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Nick Zano stars as Luke. Luke is a straight man who has made a plan with his lesbian best friend/roommate Lizzy, played by Elisha Cuthbert, to have a baby together. However, just as Lizzy gets pregnant, Nick falls head over heels with Prudence, played by Kelly Brook, who can only stay in the U.S. if Nick marries her. Hence the show’s title. Zano, originally from New Jersey, has done a lot of television comedy before, along with television drama and films, including BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA, JOYRIDE […]Read On »


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MAKE IT POP: Megan Lee discusses the new Nickelodeon show – exclusive interview

Erika Tham, Megan Lee and Louriza Tronco star in MAKE IT POP | © 2015 Nickelodeon

In Nickelodeon’s comedy/musical series MAKE IT POP, in first-run every weeknight at 7 PM through May 1, Megan Lee plays Sun Hi. Sun Hi is a prep school student with a vlog and dreams of stardom. To this end, Sun Hi enlists her roommates Jodi (Louriza Tronco) and Corki (Erika Tham), plus their composer classmate Caleb (Dale Whibley), to join her in forming a pop music group called XOIQ. A Southern California native, Lee has been acting since she was ten, performing in a slew of commercials, as well as TV series (DISNEY GET CONNECTED, CRASH) and feature films (ANITA […]Read On »


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MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD: Ming-Na Wen talks final episodes of Season 2 – interview

Ming-na Wen star as Melinda May in AGENTS OF SHIELD on ABC | © 2015 ABC/Patrick Wymore

On ABC’s MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD, now in its second season Tuesdays at 9 PM, all of the characters are in the midst of crisis. S.H.I.E.L.D. director Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) was appointed by previous director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), but since almost nobody knows this, Coulson can’t say this to alternate shield director Robert Gonzalez (Edward James Olmos), who thinks Coulson has gone rogue. Coulson’s protégé Skye (Chloe Bennet) has found that she has genetic superpowers that allow her to create earthquakes and scare the hell out of her. Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) actually has gone rogue – […]Read On »


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SECRETS AND LIES: Tracey Robertson give the scoop on Season 1 – exclusive interview

Ryan Phillipe star as Ben in SECRETS AND LIES | © 2015 ABC

In SECRETS AND LIES, which has its first-season finale Sunday May 3 at 9 PM on ABC, a quiet upscale suburban cul-de-sac is upended when a little boy is found murdered in the nearby woods. Ryan Philippe stars as Ben Crawford, who is suspected of the murder; Juliette Lewis plays steely homicide detective Andrea Cornell, who presses him for a confession. SECRETS AND LIES is adapted from an Australian series of the same name which was written by Stephen Irwin; Barbie Kligman adapted the show for ABC in the U.S. Tracey Robertson, who served as an executive producer on both […]Read On »


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THE MESSENGERS: Creator Trey Callaway on his new CW series – exclusive interview

Jon Fletcher as Joshua Jr. in THE MESSENGERS - Season 1 | ©2015 The CW

In The CW’s new series THE MESSENGERS, Fridays at 9 PM, five people who don’t know each other, including a scientist, a televangelist and a teen who commits manslaughter, are affected, then brought together, by a mysterious force that puts them on a trajectory to either save the world from the Devil – or prepare it for his reign. Co-executive producer Ioghan O’Donnell created THE MESSENGERS; executive producer Trey Callaway serves as show runner. Callaway’s other writing and/or producing credits include the feature I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and the series W.I.T.C.H., CSI: NY and REVOLUTION. ASSIGNMENT […]Read On »


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