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UNDERGROUND: Amirah Vann on the period piece WGN drama – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/21/2016
Amirah Vann as Ernestine in WGN's UNDERGROUND | © 2016 WGN

In WGN America’s Wednesday night drama UNDERGROUND, it’s 1857 and the Underground Railroad, which shepherds people to freedom (key “conductor” Harriet Tubman is replacing Andrew Jackson on U.S. currency) is still in its formative days. Seven black people have escaped from the Macon plantation. Miss Ernestine, played by Amirah Vann, is a slave in charge of the Macon household. She is also the mother of Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), one of the escapees. Plantation owner Tom Macon (Reed Diamond) has offered a huge reward for the capture of the people he sees as his property. However, there are hints that Rosalee […]Read On »


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TV Review: DANCING WITH THE STARS – Season 22 – Week 5 – Switch-up Night – No Cast offs

By PAMELA HARLAND 04/20/2016
Jodie Sweetin and Valentin Chmerkovskiy in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 22 - Week 5 |©2016 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Ginger Zee, Antonio Brown, Doug Flutie, Wayna Morris, Von Miller, Nyle Dimarco, Jodie Sweetin, Paige Van Zant, Kim Fields Network: ABC, airs Monday Original Telecast: April 18th, 2016 Switch-up night on DANCING WITH THE STARS brought disappointment, excitement and a reemerging leader to the score board. Nyle Dimarco and his switch-up partner Sharna Burgess stole the show with their breathtaking Viennese Waltz, earning them 37 out of 40 points for the night. Guest judge Maks Chmerkovskiy called his Waltz the best dance of the night, while emotion was rampant throughout the studio in awe of Dimarco. Jodie Sweetin made […]Read On »


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LUCIFER: Lauren German on working with the Devil – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/19/2016
Lauren German stars as Detective Chloe Decker in LUCIFER | © 2016 Brendan Meadows/FOX

California native Lauren German has played a number of characters who can take care of themselves and the people around them. She was hardworking paramedic Leslie Shay, still mourned by her peers, on several seasons of CHICAGO FIRE, and before that, she got the best of the sadists in the feature HOSTEL: PART II as “final girl” Beth. Now German is playing LAPD detective Chloe Decker on Fox Network’s LUCIFER, which has just been picked up for a second season; the first-season finale airs Monday, April 25 at 9 PM. Detective Decker has a lot to deal with – she’s […]Read On »


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SUPERGIRL: Mehcad Brooks on his relationship with Kara – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/18/2016
Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen in SUPERGIRL | © 2016 Michael Yarish/CBS

On CBS’ SUPERGIRL, which has its first-season finale Monday, April 18 at 8 PM, it looks as though Supergirl, aka Kara Zor-El, aka CatCo executive assistant Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist), may finally get together with ace photojournalist James aka Jimmy Olsen, played by Mehcad Brooks. She’s confessed her love for him that’s grown out of a crush, his adoration of her is obvious to anyone who’s seen them together, and they’ve kissed – and then unfortunately the Kryptonian Myriad plan was unleashed, so James is currently mentally enslaved by Kara’s angry uncle Non (Chris Vance), along with nearly all of […]Read On »


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VINYL: Ray Romano on his change of pace role – interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Ray Ramano as Zak Yankovich in VINYL | © 2016 HBO

HBO’s VINYL, which has its first-season finale Sunday April 17, and is renewed for next year, deals with the rock music scene in New York of the 1970s. Between two of the executive producers, Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese (who directed the premiere episode), a lot of knowledge about the milieu, the era and the environment has gone into this tale of struggling record mogul Richie Finestra, portrayed by Bobby Cannavale. Ray Romano, known for starring in the half-hour comedy EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, the hour-long dramedy MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE and his stand-up work, has a change-of-pace role on […]Read On »


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GAYCATION: Ellen Page and Ian Daniel talk the new documentary series – interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/16/2016
Ellen Page and Ian Daniel in GAYCATION | © 2016 Viceland

Spike Jonze, known for being the creative director behind such films as BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION. and HER, now has “creative director” of Viceland, a new cable network dedicated to documentary series about unusual topics. One of Viceland’s premiere series is GAYCATION, Wednesday nights, from producers Ellen Page (the narrative feature FREEHELD) and Ian Daniel. Page, who is also an actress (FREEHELD, JUNO, Kitty Pryde in the recent X-MEN movies), and Daniel explore LGBT culture – and the reaction to it – in various cities around the world, bringing their personal perspective as members of the community to bear on […]Read On »


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CONFIRMATION: Rick Famuyiwa discusses the Clarence Thomas hearings – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Wendell Pierce as Clarence Thomas in CONFIRMATION | © 2016 HBO

Rick Famuyiwa (whose feature helming credits include DOPE and THE WOOD) is the director of HBO’s new film CONFIRMATION, premiering Saturday night, April 16. CONFIRMATION is a drama, written by executive producer Susannah Grant, about the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Clarence Thomas, played in the film by Wendell Pierce. Lawyer Anita Hill, played in CONFIRMATION by executive producer Kerry Washington, came forward at the time to testify that Thomas had sexually harassed her when she previously worked for him. Famuyiwa gives an exclusive interview to Assignment X about his take on this controversial chapter in American history. […]Read On »


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ARROW: Paul Blackthorne on Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Paul Blackthorne as Detective Quentin Lance in ARROW | ©2013 The CW/Mathieu Young

On ARROW, now in its fourth season Wednesdays at 8 PM on the CW, Paul Blackthorne’s character Quentin Lance has been a police detective, a police captain, demoted, reinstated, alcoholic, sober, fighting against the vigilante hero, aka Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), allied with him, and at various points in between. Blackthorne, who played supernatural private detective Harry Dresden in Syfy’s THE DRESDEN FILES, is also a documentary filmmaker when he’s not acting. The Englishman talks about both careers here. Note: This interview was conducted before the airing of the episode “Eleven-Fifty-Nine.” AX: What is happening with Quentin Lance when Season […]Read On »


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POP SHOW PODCAST – Episode 18: STAR WARS ROGUE ONE Trailer

By PETER BROWN 04/15/2016
POP SHOW PODCAST | © 2016 AssignmentX

Welcome back to another episode of the POP SHOW PODCAST starring Anthony C. Ferrante. Unfortunately, Anthony is not with us again this week as he still shooting SHARKNADO 4. This week we have Sonia Mansfield (@TheSoniaShow), Chris Smith (@JettJergens), Ryan Mitchelle and myself. This week we talk about the trailer for STAR WARS ROGUE ONE and break down some of the interesting bits about what others are saying and what we liked the most. We also chat about the new SUICIDE SQUAD trailer, the new GAME OF THRONES trailer and the season finale of THE WALKING DEAD. Listen and Subscribe […]Read On »


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THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: Scott Alexander talks the crime series – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/05/2016
Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran in THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON | © 2016 FX

FX Network’s THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY concludes its ten-episode run this Tuesday, April 5, at 10 PM, with all episodes available on FX on Demand. The first season of the planned anthology series deals with the famous Nineties trial that was a nexus of attitudes about race, gender, social class, the LAPD and the media (to name a few issues raised). Based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book THE RUN OF HIS LIFE, THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON was developed for television by the writing/executive producing team of Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, […]Read On »


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