Mixmaster Throwdown » Fred Topel

‘Sex And The City 2′ Will Be An Old-Fashioned Surprise

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:01:35 +0000

Sex and the City 2 seems like it would be reliable enough. It's the sequel to a movie based on a TV show, so the format is pretty well established. Co-star Willie Garson, who plays Stanford B...

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New Doctor Show ‘Miami Medical’ Premieres Friday On CBS

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:15:19 +0000

There's another new medical drama coming to TV. What's going to set Miami Medical apart from all the others? For one thing, it's a Jerry Bruckheimer production, so it can be as in...

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Steve Carell Reveals Real ‘Date Night’ Exploits

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:05:32 +0000

Steve Carell stars in the upcoming comedy Date Night. He and Tina Fey play a married couple who's scheduled date night takes a comic turn with a criminal case of mistaken identity. In real li...

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‘Clash Of The Titans’ Star Sam Worthington Is No Hero

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:40:30 +0000

Sam Worthington has carved out a new career as a Hollywood action hero. You might not recognize him in Avatar, the biggest movie of all time, because he was a blue alien for most of the movie. He l...

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‘Get Low’ Star Bill Murray Amuses Audience At SXSW

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:33:16 +0000

Bill Murray made a public appearance at the Austin premiere of his latest film. "Get Low", a comedy in which he plays a funeral director trying to plan a man's funeral party while he's ...

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Adrien Brody & Robert Rodriguez Bring ‘Predators’ Sneak Peek To SXSW (Video)

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:29:51 +0000

Adrien Brody, the unlikely star of the long-awaited monster sequel Predators, came to Austin, TX for the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival. Austin filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, who produced the...

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Preview: New FOX Comedy ‘Sons Of Tucson’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:00:18 +0000

Sons of Tucson is not Fox's answer to the hardcore motorcycle drama Sons of Anarchy on FX. It's an unorthodox family comedy where three boys hire a slacker (Tyler Labine) to play their ...

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Q&A: Tom Hanks Gives Us A Preview Of ‘The Pacific’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:15:36 +0000

When Tom Hanks made Saving Private Ryan, he put a popular face on a war that seemed like old news to a certain generation. Maybe it helped that he was saving Matt Damon. Now he's working behi...

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A Sneak Preview Of Pixar Sequels ‘Toy Story 3′ & ‘Cars 2′

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:05 +0000

Every Pixar film is an event, just for being Pixar. At the Visual Effects Society Awards, Pixar Studios president Ed Catmull was honored with the George Melies award. He previewed Pixar's upc...

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How To Make Carrie Ann Inaba Dance At Your Party

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:05:12 +0000

Kevin Bacon tells the story that when he's at a wedding or any kind of dance party, he has to tell the DJ not to play 'Footloose,' because all the guests will insist he get up and...

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Q&A With ‘Modern Familys’ Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell & Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:31 +0000

The cast of ABC's hit new comedy Modern Family earned another place in television history last week, presenting a panel at the Paley Center for Media's Paleyfest 2010. Every year, The P...

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James Cameron Talks ‘Avatar’ Oscar Chances

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:30:14 +0000

Avatar continues to sweep awards. It was the big winner at the Visual Effects Society Awards, which also honored Cameron with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Looking ahead to Sunday's Oscar rac...

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James Cameron: ‘We Are Going To Convert ‘Titanic’ To 3-D’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:24:57 +0000

I kind of miss calling Titanic the biggest movie of all time. It was such a big deal when James Cameron, an action filmmaker at whom Hollywood scoffed for his obsession with the sunken ship, became...

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Jennie Garth, Peter Facinelli & More Read To Children At Milk & Bookies

Mixmaster Throwdown — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:26:58 +0000

On Sunday, February 28, Milk + Bookies hosted their first annual Story Time Celebration at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. Celebrities came to read books to children, who got to play with famou...

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Kristen Stewart Enjoys Freedom To Select Roles

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:00:25 +0000

Kristen Stewart made The Yellow Handkerchief before she embarked on the Twilight saga. Now its release will benefit from her star power. She promises she'll still make little indie films even thoug...

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Jerry Seinfeld: ‘Emotion And Conflict Is The Essence Of Comedy’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:10:07 +0000

Leave it to Jerry Seinfeld to take his observations on common marital problems and base a whole television series on it. He knows couples fight. If only an objective party could referee those argum...

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Michael Sheen To Play Liz Lemon’s Love Interest On ’30 Rock’

Mixmaster Throwdown — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:00:16 +0000

You may know Michael Sheen from his portrayal of Tony Blair in the acclaimed historical drama The Queen, or as the first name in Frost/Nixon. Your kids may know him from New Moon as the evil vampire king, or the Underworld series' werewolf. Now you'll see him on TV.

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Q&A: Ricky Gervais On HBO’s Animation Of Favorite Karl Pilkington Conversations

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:32:35 +0000

Ricky Gervais is a funny guy. Every show he's in gets critical acclaim like the British The Office which inspired the hit American show and other remakes around the world. Fans of his Extras are still clamoring for a reunion show or something to keep the magic going.

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Don’t Count ‘Friday Night Lights’ Out Yet

Mixmaster Throwdown — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:55:34 +0000

Entertainment Weekly broke the news that season five would be the last for Friday Night Lights. Not a bad run for a show that bounced from NBC to DirecTV and back.

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More Crazy Hijinks On ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’ Season 3

Mixmaster Throwdown — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:10:25 +0000

Sarah Silverman fought for a third season of her Comedy Central show The Sarah Silverman Program. It was certainly worth the wait, as she has plenty of highbrow social commentary coming up this season.

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