tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141211302024-03-23T15:58:44.311-04:00West Wing News BlogThis is a blog for all news related to the TV Show The West Wing. To contribute news, e-mail newsjunkie01@gmail.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1068125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-63908644857642956862006-08-26T11:36:00.000-04:002006-08-26T11:50:29.510-04:00Last Chance For "West Wing" To Win At Emmys"The West Wing" was nominated and could win Emmy Awards for the last time this year.<br /><br />The Creative Arts Awards were already held last week to honor the technical aspects of television. "The West Wing" <a href="http://www.emmys.org/awards/2006pt/awards/soundmix.php">won agains</a>t "Two and a Half Men" in the category Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special for the <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/seventh/707live.html">Live Debate</a> episode.<br /><br />The official <a href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:-czDHxlpohkJ:www.emmys.org/media/releases/2006/crtvarts2006_wrap.doc+creative+arts+awards+presenter&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3">press release</a> mentions that Bradley Whitford and Timothy Busfield presented some awards and news reports mention that Allison Janney was also a presenter.<br /><a href="http://www.eonline.com/On/Guide/index.jsp?day=Saturday&time=eve"><br /><br />E! is broadcasting the </a>Creative Arts Awards at 8PM ET tonight, Saturday, August 26.<br /><br /><br />The primetime Emmy Awards will air tomorrow at 8PM ET on NBC. <a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6366139.html">Presenters include</a> Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen (and son Charlie Sheen), Matthew Perry, Felicity Huffman, Jon Stewart from "The Daily Show" and Stephen Colbert. The Primetime Emmy Awards will be <a href="http://search.tv.yahoo.com/tvtitlesearch?p=%2b%7Bprimetime+emmy%7D+%2blineup%3aNY31647d+%2butn%3a1156621429/1157831029&s=-$s,utn&lineup=us_NY31647d&amp;amp;range=14&title=primetime+emmy&lineup_tz=America/New_York&sort=score&srch=true">repeated on Bravo</a> during the day Monday and early Tuesday,<br /><br />Before this, E! will be interviewing celebrities arriving on the Red Carpet starting at 6PM ET until 8PM ET. This 2 hour special will <a href="http://search.tv.yahoo.com/tvtitlesearch?p=%2b%7Blive+from+the+red+carpet%7D+%2blineup%3aNY31647d+%2butn%3a1156621308/1157830908&s=-$s,utn&lineup=us_NY31647d&range=14&amp;amp;title=live+from+the+red+carpet&lineup_tz=America/New_York&sort=score&srch=true">reair on E!</a> during the day Monday.<br /><br />Starting at 7PM, <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Movies_Specials_More/Emmys_2006/">NBC </a>will also be interviewing arrivals on the Red Carpet. This broadcast will not be repeated.<br /><br />E! 's Red Carpet Coverage will also be shown on its international station. In the UK, this <a href="http://international.eonline.com/Grid/index.jsp?day=Sunday&time=ltn">broadcast begins at 11PM GMT</a> and will be repeated frequently <a href="http://www.tvgenius.co.uk/search.html?EpisodeID=5143994&Broadcaster=TV&ResultsPerPage=-1">throughout the week</a>. Check the listings of your digital TV provider.<br /><br />The Primetime Emmy Awards will be<a href="http://www.tvgenius.co.uk/search.html?ShowID=629699&Broadcaster=TV&ResultsPerPage=-1"> shown in the UK</a> starting Monday, August 28, on Living TV 2 at 9PM GMT. This broadcast will be preceded by some Red Carpet coverage at 8:30PM GMT. The Emmy Awards will be repeated on Living TV 2 a week from Sunday.<br /><br />In Ireland, the Emmy Awards will air <a href="http://www.mydigiguide.com/dgx/wbl.dll?h=26&a=19&PID=24852&uss=emmy%20awards&rl=ax3d18">September 9 on TV 3</a>.<br /><br />There is currently a poll at <a href="http://www.imdb.com/">IMDB.com</a> where registered users can choose their pick for Outstanding Drama Series.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/26/AR2006082600350.html">Reuter</a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/26/AR2006082600350.html">s</a>:<br />"ABC's hit medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" is favored to sew up the top award at Sunday's Emmy Awards and foil a bid by newly departed NBC political saga "The West Wing" for a record fifth term as U.S. television's best drama series. TV pundits say first-time nominee "Grey's Anatomy," coming off its breakthrough season as one of prime time's most watched shows, also faces a strong challenge from critically acclaimed Fox network spy thriller "24," a perennial Emmy contender."<br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/08/26/dear_emmys_where_is_the_tv_we_know_and_love/?page=2">Boston Globe</a>:<br />"Supporting actor and actress, drama<br />Should win: Oddly enough, I find myself rooting for Alan Alda. He was critical in making the final season of ``The West Wing" work as well as it did. And Jean Smart brought needed emotional believability to ``24" as the first lady.<br /><br />Will win: Voters will probably honor both Smart and Gregory Itzin, who played a weak, duplicitous president. They were the reason to watch ``24" last season."<br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/movies/article/0,2792,DRMN_23_4944661,00.html">Rocky Mountain News</a>:<br />"If The West Wing wins its fifth Emmy as best drama, it would break a tie with Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law. Each has won four."<br /><br />From the <a href="http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNews/view.bg?articleid=154496">Boston Herald</a>:<br />" ‘‘When they sit down and vote, I gotta tell you I think they’re going to vote for Martin Sheen,” Leary said of the ‘‘West Wing” star. ‘‘He’s a sentimental favorite, and this might be his last shot in terms of a series. This is a guy who’s played John Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy. He probably could play Teddy Kennedy if he wanted to start drinking again and putting on weight!”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-28869554007647331672006-08-19T15:44:00.000-04:002006-08-20T15:54:27.823-04:00Happy 50th Birthday to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035060/">Adam Arkin</a>! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/HolyNight/images/s04e11_086.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/HolyNight/images/s04e11_086.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-29267535804824548252006-08-18T15:57:00.000-04:002006-08-20T16:00:58.599-04:00Happy 37th Birthday to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000225/">Christian Slater</a>! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/ElectionNight/images/s04e07_669.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/ElectionNight/images/s04e07_669.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1155482030285033282006-08-13T10:59:00.000-04:002006-08-13T11:13:50.313-04:00More4 Rerunning "West Wing" Series in UK on SundaysThe British channel <a href="http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/W/westwing/">More4</a> is rerunning "The West Wing" from the beginning Sundays at 8PM GMT. It is <a href="http://www.tvgenius.co.uk/search.html?EpisodeID=4842860&Broadcaster=TV&ResultsPerPage=-1">rerun</a> on on More4 + 1 an hour later as well as early in the morning Mondays. Toight episode 2, "Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc", is being shown.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1155132565550571792006-08-09T09:40:00.000-04:002006-08-09T10:09:25.826-04:00Allison Janney Stars in Science-Fiction Production August 9 in San JoseFrom the <a href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15223515.htm">San Jose Mercury News</a>:<br />"Imagine a movie that actually depends on cell-phone interruptions and loud, incessant chatter.<br /><br />For many, that will sound like a reel nightmare, the cineplex equivalent of the Tower of Babel.<br /><br />At ZeroOne, San Jose's inaugural high-tech arts festival, such a confluence of media represents the future. You, however, can experience it Wednesday night at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library -- or rather, on the library.<br /><br />``Specflic 2.0'' -- a speculative discourse on the future of libraries -- utilizes MLK's walls and courtyard, multiple projection systems, live sound mixing, radio and Internet feeds, and a cast of five, including Allison Janney, who plays a book searcher in an InfoSphere, where ``book objects'' are accessed telepathically.<br /><br />Janney, who co-stars with fiance Richard Jenik, said she still has trouble wrapping her mind around the mind-blowing concept.<br /><br />``Do you understand it? Because I don't,'' said the former ``West Wing'' regular, only half joking.<br /><br />The idea is to create viewing spaces -- or ``story zones'' -- that envelop the viewer, explained director Adriene Jenik, Richard Jenik's sister and an associate professor of computer/media arts at the University of California-San Diego. Director Jenik's largest images -- almost 40 feet wide by 30 high -- will rival some IMAX screens. Her ``near-future fiction'' unfolds in the year 2030 and brings to mind Aldous Huxley's ``Brave New World.''<br /><br />``I call it `distributed' or `distracted cinema' because it utilizes cell phones, laptops, radio -- and other popular distractions,'' the director continued. ``It's an alternative to the traditional way of watching movies, where a group of people who are quiet face the same direction and watch something that's linear, time-based . . . has a beginning, middle and end.''<br /><br />As passersby or those seated in the library courtyard view the unfolding drama, they will be encouraged to ``watch'' in new ways, using devices and various media that have traditionally been anathema to film-going. This interactive cinema, Jenik explained, will ``come at the participant from many directions at once'' and create ``a spectacular story world'' where we can reflect on how our culture is changing and what we are losing and gaining.<br /><br />Janney, who spent much of a recent San Jose shoot telling her director, ``I have no idea what you just said,'' now senses she's part of something weird and exciting.<br /><br />``In `Specflic,' I go around talking to this InfoSpherian person, who tells me to look for a book,'' said the actor. ``As I understand it, we're trying to create an environment in which the audience is surrounded by the art. It's terribly visionary, this wild interactive thing. You really have to see it to understand it.''<br /><br />Janney -- who apprenticed in experimental off-Broadway theater and appeared in Jenik's earlier ``Specflic 1.0'' -- is obviously a whole lot more in tune with cutting-edge cinema than she lets on. She essentially volunteered her time on the new production -- for airfare and the price of a room at the Sainte Claire Hotel.<br /><br />``It doesn't matter that I get paid nothing as long as I stay stimulated,'' she said. ``After the cancellation of `West Wing,' it was like being dropped off at a bus stop: I had no idea where I was going. So, instead of waiting for the next perfect thing, I decided to try something strange and challenging.''<br /><br />What ``Specflic 2.0'' has to say about the end of the library as we know it is more prophetic than cynical, director and star agree. In the age of Google and Web surfing, libraries are not being used as they once were. Indeed, director Jenik and her crew couldn't remember the last time they'd visited a library.<br /><br />``Libraries as we knew them growing up are not going to exist in the future,'' predicted the director. ``The librarians I've interviewed know this; they know that there are new ways to access information.''<br /><br />Janney's return to a library left her feeling both exhilarated and nostalgic. ``Just being around the books, feeling them and looking at them, made me sad that I hadn't been in a library for so long,'' she said. ``I'm not sure how I feel about doing research now on the computer. In some ways I wish we could go back.''Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1154659008675503712006-08-03T22:31:00.000-04:002006-08-03T22:36:48.730-04:00Happy 66th Birthday to Martin Sheen! And many thanks for bringing to life both the wisdom, gravitas and humor of President Josiah Bartlet for 7 incredible years! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/TwoCathedrals/images/s02e22_461.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/TwoCathedrals/images/s02e22_461.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1154510132331226512006-08-02T05:12:00.000-04:002006-08-02T05:15:32.356-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/RedHavensOnFire/images/s04e17_297.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/RedHavensOnFire/images/s04e17_297.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Happy 42nd Birthday to Mary Louise Parker!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1153964902333250642006-07-26T21:40:00.000-04:002006-07-26T21:48:22.366-04:00Reruns of Season 7 on Bravo Start August 7According to <a href="http://www.nbcumv.com/bravo/storylines.nbc/thewestwing.html">Bravo's official schedule</a>, the rerun of Season 7 starts with a marathon showing of the season's first five episodes on Monday, August 7 at 2PM ET, with a repeat of the season premiere at 7PM ET. According to the schedule, all episodes following the premiere will then be shown Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7PM ET.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1153961054423191752006-07-26T20:36:00.000-04:002006-07-26T20:44:14.450-04:00"West Wing" Season 7 and Complete Series on DVD on Election DayFrom <a href="http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6129">TvshowsonDVD</a>:<br />" Warner Bros has announced the complete West Wing set they strongly hinted at during the recent Home Theater Forum chat. The box will hold all 7 seasons; 154 episodes on 45 DVDs. The contents of the DVDs will be the same as the previously released sets, however the set will also include the pilot script with a foreword from series creator Aaron Sorkin. The set will retail for $299.98 when it's released on November 7.<br /><br />Warner will also release the seventh, and final, season of The West Wing on the same day. The 6 disc set will include all 22 episodes from the final season, along with never-before-seen footage and other bonus features. Of course the set will feature Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) episodes. Bonus material includes "Live From the Director's Chair" - a multiangle view from the truck as the director calls the live debate episode, and "Countdown to West Wing Live."<br /><br />Link also includes cover art.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1153877840468222302006-07-25T21:32:00.000-04:002006-07-25T21:37:20.523-04:00In Memoriam: Mako 1933 - 2006<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/AGoodDay/images/s06e17_380.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/AGoodDay/images/s06e17_380.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">From Season 6, Episode 17 <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/sixth/617goodday.html">"A Good Day"</a>. </span><br /><br /><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/101031.html">Playbill</a> :<br />"Mako, the Japanese actor who was Tony Award nominated for playing the Reciter in the original Broadway production of Pacific Overtures, died July 21 at his home in Somis, in Ventura County, California, according to friends and colleagues.<br /><br />He was known by his first name only, and used his mother's surname Iwamatsu. In addition to his 1976 Best Actor (Musical) Tony nomination, the native of Kobe, Japan, was also Academy Award nominated for "The Sand Pebbles."<br /><br />He also starred in the title role in the 1992 Broadway play Shimada.<br /><br />The cause death, according to wire reports, was esophageal cancer. Mako was 72 and is survived by his wife, Suzie, two daughters, Mimosa and Sala, and a sister Momo Yashima. Per his wishes, there will be no funeral or memorial service.<br /><br />Mako moved to the United States to join his parents, who had emigrated there earlier, when he was 15. After his service in the U.S. military, he embarked upon a career in film and theatre, and studied at the Pasadena Community Playhouse in California.<br /><br />Mako founded the Asian-American theatre company East West Players, in Los Angeles. Over the years, he directed, designed and acted in East West productions. Mako directed several plays at EWP in the past several years, and was to have made his stage return as an actor in Motty-chon by Perry Miyake on the occasion of EWP's 40th Anniversary in May 2006. The production was cancelled in the third week of rehearsal as Mako had to start treatment immediately for his health condition.<br /><br />As a teacher and acting icon, he was an inspiration to Asian-American actors.<br /><br />"Personally, Mako helped open my eyes as a young artist just graduating from USC," East West Players' producing artistic director Tim Dang told Playbill.com. "He made me aware of the lack of opportunities in the industry and the valiant work that was ahead. He wanted to make sure that I was tough enough to survive in an industry where 80 percent of artists are unemployed and that percentage is even worse if you are an artist of color."<br /><br />Mako's last public appearance for East West Players was on the occasion of its 40th Anniversary Gala on April 10, 2006 where he presented the Rae Creevey Award to Emily Kuroda and Alberto Isaac.<br /><br />Dang added, "It's a very sad time for East West Players but also for Asian American artists. We've lost many of our pioneers in the last few years. And Mako's passing will affect us for a long time but I know that Mako would want us to keep the movement moving forward.<br /><br />"With Mako's passing, there is a great feeling of loss in the Asian Pacific artist community. We have lost a pioneer who helped pave the way for all of us trying to make a career in the arts and the entertainment industry. East West Players is deeply grateful for the passion, the artistry and the activism that Mako displayed over the many decades as artistic director, director and performer. If it wasn't for Mako, none of us would be here."<br /><br />Mako's film credits include "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Conan the Barbarian," "Seven Years in Tibet," "Pearl Harbor," "The Green Hornet," "Rising Sun," "The Ugly Dachshund" and more.<br /><br />In "The Sand Pebbles," for which he was Oscar nominated in the category of Best Supporting Actor, he played a submissive engineer, Po-Han. It was his first film (the Disney picture, "The Ugly Dachshund" was released the same year, 1966). Mako was also featured as a guest on many television shows, including "F Troop," "Hawaii Five-0," "Kung Fu" and "The West Wing."<br /><br />His sonorous performance in Pacific Overtures was captured on the original cast recording."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1153792101931886492006-07-24T21:42:00.000-04:002006-07-24T21:48:21.956-04:00Happy 38th Birthday to Kristin Chenoweth! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/RunningMates/images/s07e10_034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/RunningMates/images/s07e10_034.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1149126180229996982006-07-24T08:53:00.000-04:002006-07-24T08:58:17.550-04:00TV Critics Give "West Wing" Heritage AwardThe <a href="http://tvcritics.org/press/">TV Critics Association</a> has given "The West Wing" its heritage award "which recognizes a long-standing program that has had a lasting cultural or social impact.<br /><br />Among those on hand at Pasadena’s Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel to accept were Carol Burnett, Hugh Laurie, Steve Carell, Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak, John Krasinski, Ethan Suplee, Nadine Velazquez, Isaiah Washington, James Pickens, Chandra Wilson, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel , Aaron Sorkin and John Wells."<br /><br />There is a photo of Aaron Sorkin, Tommy Schlamme and John Wells at <a href="http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=SRH&str=aaron+sorkin&styp=&sfld=C&nbc1=1&VwMd=i&sortval=4d&qckv=y">Wireimage</a>. If you click "details", you can register to see an enlarged photo for 30 days. <br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/sns-ap-ca-tv-critics-awards,0,5292456.story?coll=cl-tv-features">Associated Press</a>:<br />"The group, which includes more than 200 reporters and columnists working in U.S. and Canadian print media, voted a heritage award to "The West Wing."<br /><br />Series creator Aaron Sorkin called the honor "an incredible compliment" to all those involved it the White House drama that wrapped up its seven-year run on NBC last season.<br /><br />Sorkin also called it a tribute to "the memory of the unforgettable John Spencer," who played Leo McGarry in the series and who died of a heart attack in December 2005 at age 58."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-05-31T220236Z_01_N31238063_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEISURE-TVCRITICS.xml&archived=False">Reuters</a> on May 31:<br />"Two recently departed NBC programs, White House drama "The West Wing" and gay-themed comedy "Will & Grace," picked up bids for the TCA's Heritage Award, which recognizes long-running programs of lasting cultural or social impact. <p> </p> <p>The third Heritage nominee was the CBS drama anthology "Hallmark Hall of Fame."</p> <p>Winners of the TCA Awards, which are decided by critics rather than television industry members who vote on the Emmys, will be announced July 23 in Pasadena, California.<br />***<br />"M*A*S*H" veteran Alan Alda also drew a nod for his role as the Republican senator who loses the hard-fought race for president on the final season of "The West Wing."<br />***<br /></p> <p>While NBC led the pack in nominations, the General Electric Co.-owned broadcaster finished the 2005-06 season as the least watched major network overall, and in last place among viewers aged 18 to 49, the group most prized by advertisers.</p> In another sign that critical acclaim is often at odds with the Nielsens, some of the season's most popular dramas and comedies were snubbed by the TCA, including CBS powerhouses "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Two and a Half Men." <p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1153425370701149582006-07-20T15:40:00.000-04:002006-07-21T14:22:03.506-04:00More4 Celebrates End of "West Wing" With Quiz Special and Marathon in UKMore4 will broadcast the "West Wing" <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/seventh/722tomorow.html">series finale</a> next Friday at <span style="font-weight:bold;">10:30PM GMT. </span> The finale will be preceded by episode 21 "<a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/seventh/721memory.html">Institutional Memory</a>" at <span style="font-weight:bold;">9:30PM GMT</span>, and at <span style="font-weight:bold;">9PM</span>, by a Quiz Special, "The Ultimate <br />'West Wing' Challenge". <br />From <a href="http://www.channel4sales.com/programming-and-schedules/more4-schedules.aspx?date=28-07-2006">More4</a>:<br />"To mark the final broadcast of the last ever episode of The West Wing , More4 presents The Ultimate West Wing Challenge , an entertaining and intelligent celebration of the series. Hosted by Rory Bremner, the show unearths a hotbed of closet West Wingers in the form of the current Doctor Who David Tennant; Mark Oaten MP; columnist and comedian Arabella Weir; and UK editor of Newsweek Stryker McGuire. Alongside handling a CJ-style press conference and dicing with death on the speediest 'walk and talk' scene ever, the contestants trade their West Wing knowledge to discover the greatest all-round follower of Bartlet. Can you match the President's knowledge of Fjords Micronesia, National Parks and chess? Who can get across the White House fastest in a quick-fire round? Who said what to whom and where? Set in 'the Oval office' and recorded in front of an audience of hardcore 250 West Wing devotees, this is a chance to celebrate the greatest President America never had."<br /><br />Episode 20 <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/seventh/720hurrah.html">The Last Hurrah</a> will air normally tomorrow at 9PM GMT on More 4. <br /><br />Reader Jason wrote a couple of weeks ago that he intended to try and be in the audience for this Quiz show. <br />The <a href="http://www.tvgenius.co.uk/search.html?ShowID=15336&Broadcaster=TV&ResultsPerPage=-1">2 final episodes</a> and the <a href="http://www.tvgenius.co.uk/search.html?EpisodeID=4528063&Broadcaster=TV&ResultsPerPage=-1">Quiz show</a> will be rerun numerous times through the weekend on More4 and More4 + 1. <br /><br />On Saturday, More4 is marking the occasion by <a href="http://www.tvgenius.co.uk/search.html?ShowID=15336&Broadcaster=TV&ResultsPerPage=-1">rerunning</a> selected older episodes: <br />the <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/1pilot.html">Pilot</a>, <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/22day.html">What Kind of Day Has It Been</a>, <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/second/23gunmen.html">In the Shadow of Two Gunmen</a>, <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/second/39stackhouse.html">The Stackhouae Filibuster</a>, <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/second/44cathedrals.html">Two Cathedrals</a> and <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/fourth/401hoursinam.html">20 Hours in America. </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1151016933262160562006-07-19T18:51:00.000-04:002006-07-19T21:10:50.943-04:00Photos of Richard Schiff and Allison Janney....on <a href="http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=SRH&str=allison+janney&styp=&sfld=C&nbc1=1&VwMd=i&sortval=4d&qckv=n">Wireimage</a> from the opening of the Hotel Angeleno. By clicking details, you can register for free to view somewhat enlarged versions of the photos for 30 days.<br /><br />Allison Janney was also at the Los Angeles Film Festival. <br /><br />From <a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-et-notebook24jun24,0,7011172.story?coll=cl-movies">Calendar Live</a>:<br />"West Wing" cast member Allison Janney, a Los Angeles Film Festival veteran whose feature film "Our Very Own" was screened last year, was named honorary co-chair this year. She said she felt gratified to be a part of Hollywood's hometown film fest, an 11-day event expected to draw 80,000 attendees with a mixture of studio films with theatrical distribution and shoestring indies looking for buyers.<br /><br />"It's exciting to get behind this festival and make it the hottest one in the United States," Janney said. Reminded that the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, holds that title, she said: "L.A.'s not the hottest one and there's no reason it shouldn't be…. This is the film capital of the world!""<br /><br />There are also photos of her there at <a href="http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=SRH&str=allison+janney&styp=&sfld=C&nbc1=1&VwMd=i&sortval=4d&qckv=y">Wireimage</a>. <br /><br />Allison Janney can currently been seen in <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10004363-strangers_with_candy/">"Strangers with Candy" </a>in cinemas.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1153350777619989362006-07-19T18:30:00.000-04:002006-07-19T19:12:57.626-04:00Bradley Whitford Joins Cast of New FilmFrom <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=filmNews&storyID=2006-07-12T053023Z_01_N12211306_RTRIDST_0_FILM-WHITFORD-DC.XML">Reuters/Hollywood Reporter</a>:<br />"Fresh off the final season of "The West Wing," Bradley Whitford has joined the cast of "<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/">An American Crime</a>," a gritty true-crime drama being directed by Tommy O'Haver. <p> The film, written by O'Haver and Irene Turner, tells the story of Sylvia Likens, a 16-year-old who died in 1965 while under the care of a woman named Gertrude Baniszewski. Whitford plays the prosecuting attorney in the trial of Baniszewski v. the state of Indiana.</p> <p> Whitford's work on NBC's "West Wing" earned him an Emmy for supporting actor in a drama series. He next stars in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," a behind-the-television-scenes drama from "West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin. It will air Mondays on NBC, beginning in the fall."<br /></p> <p>Bradley Whitford was also recently on Air America's <a href="http://www.ringoffireradio.com/">Ring of Fire</a>. You can listen to his appearance <a href="http://www.ringoffireradio.com/video/Ring%20Of%20Fire%20-%20July%2015th%202006%20Show%20-%20Hour%202%20Bradley%20Whitford,%20Tim%20Flannery.mp3">here</a>.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1153353067194661682006-07-19T18:20:00.000-04:002006-07-19T19:51:08.093-04:00Stockard Channing Speaks OutIn the past weeks, Stockard Channing spoke out on a number of personal issues in some short interviews.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/channing%20i%20live%20to%20stay%20in%20bed_1002763">Contact Music</a>:<br />"Veteran actress STOCKARD CHANNING loves being out of work because it means she can spend her days lounging around in bed. The GREASE star enjoys nothing more than existing between the sheets. The 62-year-old says, "I feel most comfortable with myself in bed. "Reading in bed, getting up in the morning and going back to bed; talking on the phone in bed; and I love lots of covers, so burrowing with the dogs on the bed."<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/channing%20id%20hate%20to%20be%20a%20beauty_08_06_2006">Contact Music</a>:<br />"STOCKARD CHANNING hates the idea of being a "raving beauty" in Hollywood, as she would miss out on all the best acting parts. The WEST WING actress admits she lives in a society which is obsessed with image, but she insists she'd rather grab the more interesting roles than be typecast as a bimbo. She says, "I think the toughest thing in this town is to be an absolute raving beauty with a capital B. "If my professional cachet was based on my physical looks, I can't imagine how hard it would be. "I don't have to live with that shadow of my former self because I'm a character actress - and I'm proud of that. "If I've had any satisfaction out of my career it's that I've created a lot of different females who don't fit a pattern." "<br /><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.pr-inside.com/channing-clears-up-dui-coverage-r7433.htm">WENN</a>:<br />"THE WEST WING star STOCKARD CHANNING insists she was wrongly portrayed as a drunk in the media when she was charged with drink driving in 2004.<br />The former GREASE star was stopped by California police driving on the hard shoulder of Los Angeles' Hollywood Freeway and pleaded not guilty to two counts of driving under the influence in an LA court last year (APR05).<br />Channing says, "It was Christmas. I went out to dinner with a friend and we had a toast.<br />"I got into the car and there was an accident on the highway. I wound down the window and asked the officer what had happened and he smelt the red wine on my breath.<br />"I want to say for the record that I was 0.11 and the legal limit (in Los Angeles) is 0.08.<br />"They are very strict in LA and so they should be. But to my frustration it got turned into something larger than it was.""<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/channing%20stays%20away%20from%20marriage_08_06_2006">Contact Music</a>:<br />"GREASE superstar STOCKARD CHANNING has sworn off marriage forever after undergoing four divorces. The WEST WING actress, 62, has four broken marriage behind her, with WALTER CHANNING (63-67), PAUL SCHMIDT (70-76), DAVID DEBIN (76-80) and DAVID RAWLE (80-88). Channing insists she is happy now living with her long-term partner, cinematographer DANIEL GILLHAM, whom she has been dating since 1990, she is more focused on enjoying the relationship as it is, rather then making it formal. She tells Now, "I think you can be funny about divorce. You have to. No one gets married expecting to get divorced. "But there are a lot of people who've lived with lots of different people because that's the modern world, whether we like it or not. "I've been with Daniel for 16 years. That's a huge achievement in Hollywood. "Marrying again would feel silly.""<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.pr-inside.com/channing-resents-grease-negativity-r9996.htm">WENN</a>:<br />"Actress STOCKARD CHANNING was shocked when her role in hit musical GREASE failed to secure her any other work as a young actress, despite the film's overwhelming popularity.<br />Channing, who was 34 when she played BETTY RIZZO in the 1978 movie, claims the film was as ridiculed as it was loved - prejudicing people against her talent.<br />She has since excelled as an older, character actress, winning two Emmys and a Best Actress Oscar nomination for the 1993 film SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION but she will never forget her post-Grease struggle.<br />She says, "I don't think I am just (remembered) for (Grease). There's Six Degrees and WEST WING.<br />"What upset me at the time was that it didn't help me to get any more work.<br />Grease was looked down upon.""Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1153355467885462912006-07-19T18:15:00.000-04:002006-07-19T20:53:42.223-04:00Martin Sheen Still Active On Screen and OffLast Month, Martin Sheen showed his support for the <a href="http://www.southcentralfarmers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=2">South Central Farm</a> project in Los Angeles. <br /><br />There is a short personal video clip of his appearance <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6uS2G1P0_4">here</a>. <br /><br />Getty Images has <a href="http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/FrameSet.aspx?s=ImagesSearchState%7c0%7c0%7c-1%7c28%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c1%7c%7c%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c7%7c%7cmartin+sheen%7c2233391784121335%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0&p=7&tag=2">photos</a> of Martin Sheen at the Cannes Lion Advertising Festival and a Celebrity Golf Tournament. <br /><br />At <a href="http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=SRH&logsrch=1">Wireimage</a>, you can additionally see photos from "Sober Day USA". By clicking "Details" here, you can register to have access to enlarged photos for 30 days. <br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060714/people_nm/sheen_dc"><br />Reuters</a> reports he will have a role in the new film "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796368/">Talk to Me</a>":<br />"Martin Sheen is returning to the Beltway.<br /><br />he former "West Wing" president has landed a role in director Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou") mid-1960s real-life story "Talk to Me" for Focus Features.<br /><br />Sheen will play E.G. Sonderling, the owner of a D.C. radio station that employs controversial black on-air personality Ralph Waldo "Petey" Green (<br />Don Cheadle).<br /><br />As the radio station's owner, Sonderling gives Green his big break, thereby helping the outspoken commentator become an iconic radio personality in a turbulent era distinguished by vibrant soul music and shifts in social consciousness.<br /><br />Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Green's radio producer, Dewey Hughes, who runs interference with Sonderling on Green's behalf. "Talk" began shooting in Toronto this week. The supporting cast includes<br />Keith Sweat, Mike Epps, Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson."<br /><br />Martin Sheen also recently narrated the documentary "<a href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/">Who Killed the Electric Car</a>".Allison Janney was at that <a href="http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27266666.shtml">film's premiere</a>. <br /><br />And Martin Sheen is <a href="http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27266666.shtml">counselling</a> his son Charlie Sheen on his new relationship with Brooke Mueller.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1152442019054613422006-07-09T06:42:00.000-04:002006-07-09T06:46:59.090-04:00Happy 51st Birthday to Jimmy Smits! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/Tomorrow/images/s07e22_889.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/Tomorrow/images/s07e22_889.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1152182199557928262006-07-07T18:53:00.000-04:002006-07-07T18:57:20.453-04:00Emmy Nominations For "West Wing"From the <a href="http://www.emmys.org/downloads/images/2006emmys/PrimetimeNoms.php">Academy of Television Arts and Sciences</a>:<br /><br />"The West Wing" was nominated for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Drama</span> together with "Grey's Anatomy", "The Sopranos", "24" and "House". This is the "The West Wing"'s 7th Best Drama nomination. It has won 4 times, and it holds a record for most Emmys won in a first season.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000640/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin Sheen</span></a> was nominated in the Lead Actor category together with Cristopher Meloni, Denis Leary, Peter Krause (also on "Sports Night") and Kiefer Sutherland. This is his 6th Emmy nomination for "The West Wing".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005049/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Allison Janney</span></a> was nominated in the Lead Actress category together with Kyra Sedgwick, Geena Davis (from the now cancelled one season "Commander in Chief"), Mariska Hargitay and Frances Conroy. This is her 6th Emmy Nomination, she was four times.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000257"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alan Alda</span></a> was nominated in the supporting actor together with Oliver Platt ( for "Huff", also played Oliver Babish), Michael Imperioli, William Shatner and Gregory Itzin. This is his second nomination for "The West Wing".<br /><br />Mimi Leder was nominated for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Direction</span> for <a href="http://www.westwingepguide.com/S7/Episodes/150_ED1.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Election Day Part 1</span></a> together with "Big Love", "Lost" "Six Feet Under" and "The Sopranos" (2 episodes). She has on Emmys in the past for "E.R." and "China Beach."<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.westwingepguide.com/S7/Episodes/141_TD.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Live Debate</span></a> episode was nominated for in the category <span style="font-weight: bold;">Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series Or Special</span> together with "Two and a Half Men"<br /><br />Other nominations:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stockard Channing</span> was nominated for her role in CBS's cancelled one season long "Out of Practice" in the category for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Stockard Channing has previously been nominated six times for "The West Wing", and won once. Also nominated in this category was <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jane Kaczmarek</span>, wife of Bradley Whitford, for Fox's now cancelled long-running "Malcolm in the Middle". Lisa Kudrow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Debra Messing are also nominated in this category. This Jane Kaczmarek's seventh nomination.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin Sheen</span> was also nominated for his guest appearance on Two and a Half Men, on which his son Charlie Sheen stars, together with Ben Stiller, Patrick Stewart, Alec Baldin and Leslie Jordan. Charlie Sheen is nominated in the category Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, together with Larry David, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin James and Steve Carell.<br /><br />The Emmy Awards will be broadcast August 27 at 8PM ET on NBC.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">arcadia215</span> <a href="http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=407467&view=findpost&p=5606572">posted</a> at Television Without Pity:<br />"Allison [Janney] was just on CNN (by phone). She totally took the anchor to task (when the anchor clearly didn't watch the show or know anything about it)- the anchor made a comment like, Let's face it, not "The West Wing"'s best season, most critics said it had fallen a lot this past season and Allison Janney says, "Um, well, I totally disagree with that. Actually, most of the critics said this season the show reclaimed its crown" (or something to that effect). They cut away to the anchor's face which looked ready to shoot the segment producer who briefed her."<br /><br />Cecily writes in an e-mail:<br />"I happened to be watching CNN this morning and they were talking to AJ on the phone about her nomination and she said was was surprised and excited, in addition to being happy about the other nominations for the show. The CNN person commented that this season wasn't as good as others, but allison came right back to say that it had made quite the comeback and then the CNN person admitted she didn't actually watch the show, she had just heard that. They also discussed that now she was worried about what to wear and they showed many clips of the last season in in the background while they were talking."<br /><br />Thanks, Cecily!<br /><br />Transcript from <a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0607/06/lt.03.html">CNN.com</a>:<br />" The Emmy award show airs on August 27the.<br /><br />One nominee joining me on the phone now from California, "The West Wing's" Allison Janney.<br /><br />Allison, good morning and congratulations.<br /><br />ALLISON JANNEY, ACTRESS: Thank you, Daryn. Good morning to you.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Well, with all of your success with Emmy, we could almost make it Allison Emmy. You could be going for number five here.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: I know. It's completely overwhelming.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: It doesn't get old to see your name pop up on the screen there?<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: No, it doesn't. And I have to say, everyone has been the same amount of shock and surprise and excitement. It doesn't -- it doesn't get old.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Were you watching at 5:30 this morning there in California?<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: No, I really -- I mean, I was asleep, and the phone rang. And I -- my first thought was, who died? I was very -- you know, because the phone never rings that early, and I completely forgot the nominations were being announced this morning. So I was kind of -- my mindset was not at all about the Emmys. And now, of course, it's wonderful.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: What are you going to wear?<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Yes, exactly.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: And then there's that.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: What am I going to wear, what am I'm not going to eat.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: All of that kind of stuff. JANNEY: Yes.<br /><br />KAGAN: Bittersweet this time? Because C.J. Craig one for the history books and "The West Wing"?<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Yes. It's such a lovely honor and a tribute to a lot of -- I haven't memorized the whole list of nominees, but it seems like the Emmy voters decided to honor a lot of these great shows. I mean, I really truly feel that I was, you know, honored -- blessed to be on one of the greatest shows -- greatest dramas in television.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: And, of course, "The West Wing" getting a nomination, too. And a time, a season, let's be honest, people said not the strongest, not the best ever.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: This -- actually, I disagree with you.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: I'm just saying what people have said.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: People were saying, what an amazing season this has been for "The West Wing".<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: So nice to have it wrap up with a nomination for the show as well.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Oh, absolutely.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Let's look at your competition coming up. Some fabulous women actresses.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Wonderful women.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Yes. OK. Kyra Sedgwick, for "The Closer." That's hot.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: I love her.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Yes.<br /><br />Geena Davis, you got that presidential thing working as well for "Commander In Chief."<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Yes.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Mariska Hargitay with -- she just had a baby. Now she gets an Emmy nomination.<br /><br />Alliosn JANNEY: Beautiful -- I mean, amazing actresses. And I'm excited to be there with them all.<br /><br />And Geena Davis, of course, because I won't be -- I won't be able to look her in the eye.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Is it -- speaking of being tall, because I ask you as a fellow tall girl here, is it true that when you first started acting you couldn't get an agent because they told you were too tall and you would never make it? JANNEY: Oh, yes. You know, people always love to discourage you from acting, and they love to pick out the one thing that's, you know, obvious about someone, and say, well, you're not going to make it because of that. You know. But ha-ha.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Ha-ha. Ha-ha, times six for all the Emmy nominations.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Exactly.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Besides the Emmys at the end of August, what's next for you now that "West Wing" has wrapped up?<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: I'm looking for the next thing. I've been fortunate enough to feel like I can be a little picky right now. I'm looking for the right thing, whether it be on the stage and television again, or movies.<br /><br />I'm really trying to find the right thing. And I'm also a little burned out in enjoying the time off.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Good for you. And that time off, do you ever tune into CNN midday or, I guess, morning in California and catch the actual White House briefings? Do you ever watch...<br /><br />Alliosn JANNEY: Yes, I have watched them before. Not so much anymore. But it's just depressing. I can't bear it. But I have watched the briefings before on CNN.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: And, of course, Tony Snow, the new guy with the job.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Yes.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: We wish you well. August 27th, good luck finding the dress.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Thanks, Daryn. I appreciate that.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: I know you'll look tall and fabulous and wonderful.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Thank you.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Congratulations.<br /><br />Allison JANNEY: Thank you.<br /><br />Daryn KAGAN: Allison Janney, nominated once again. She's won already four times for the role of C.J. Craig in "The West Wing".<br /><br />Emmy nominations coming out earlier this morning.<br /><br />OK. Getting to the real West Wing,..."<br /><br /><br /><br />The nominations for the <a href="http://www.emmys.org/media/releases/2006/rel_emmy_nomhosts.php">58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards</a> were announced at 5:39AM PCT, 8:39AM ET. The nominations will be webcast on the official Emmy site. They will also be broadcast on <a href="http://www.eonline.com/On/Guide/index.jsp?fdeshow">E!</a>, and possibly also on <a href="http://international.eonline.com/Grid/index.jsp?day=Thursday&time=aft">E! International</a>, although they are not currently listed there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1152300985448408592006-07-07T15:32:00.000-04:002006-07-07T15:36:25.473-04:00Happy 38th Birthday to Jorja Fox!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/WhatKindOfDayHasItBeen/images/s01e22_859.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/WhatKindOfDayHasItBeen/images/s01e22_859.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1152186574642778112006-07-06T07:34:00.000-04:002006-07-06T20:32:44.263-04:00Dulé Hill on Today Show This Morning...at 8AM ET, according to a <a href="http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=407467&view=findpost&p=5604527">post</a> by Tom Farley at Television Without Pity, to discuss his new show "Psych".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1152016315416194312006-07-04T08:23:00.000-04:002006-07-04T08:31:55.466-04:00The West Wing News Blog Wishes All its American Readers a Happy Independence Day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3405/1268/1600/jeffersonlives.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3405/1268/320/jeffersonlives.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://screenmusings.net"><span style="font-size:78%;">(c)screenmusings.net</span></a><br /><br />See Seaon 5, <a href="http://westwing.bewarne.com/fifth/503jefferson.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Jefferson Lives"</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1151846206558699982006-07-02T09:13:00.000-04:002006-07-02T09:16:46.560-04:00"West Wing" Shout-Out From "New York Times": Dream About C.J.From the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/nyregion/thecity/02retu.html?pagewanted=1">New York Times Metro Section</a> "On the Road with C.J. and the Demons":<br />"THE other night I dreamed I was in an accident with C. J. Cregg of "The West Wing." The accident was of immense proportions — something involving colliding vehicles or collapsing buildings — and it was crucial that we returned to the White House at once: C. J., who was the President's press secretary, needed to be there for an extremely important news conference her boss was about to give.<br /><br />(True confession: Before going to bed, so help me God, I had watched the five episodes leading up to President Bartlet's shocking public revelation that he had multiple sclerosis.)<br /><br />Post-accident, C. J. and I found ourselves on a highway, which I somehow knew was in New York City, though it looked nothing like the F.D.R. Drive or the West Side Highway. Our clothes were shredded, and C. J. was covered in dirt; one of her teeth had been knocked out. Half-naked, we tried desperately to hail a cab, but the cars were whizzing by at top speed, and none of them had their lights on. The only cabby who stopped was unacceptable to C. J. — he seemed to be drunk, and the inside of his cab was dirty.<br /><br />Even in my dream I remember thinking: You want to move back there?<br /><br />I have never been blessed with the ability to recognize that I am dreaming, even in the midst of the most absurd and unlikely scenario. I am never able to say to myself, "This isn't real — wake up!" as I begin to walk onstage, my lines a blur, or as I prepare to jump off a tall building without reason or a parachute.<br /><br />But somehow the other night, in the midst of frantically running around with a fictional character from a television series that had been canceled weeks ago, I knew that staying in Boulder, Colo., where I lived for eight months last year, would have been easier than returning to New York, where I had built a life since 2000.<br />***<br />What worries me more is that I am not the same New Yorker I was when I left. My body is not all that has weakened. While I was away, my tough outer layer of skin started to peel off, and what is underneath is something soft to the touch.<br /><br />The dream about me and C. J. made all too clear my subconscious belief that living in New York can sometimes feel like being a player in a horrible and continuing disaster. How does a New Yorker so transformed survive in a city that hasn't changed a bit? Can one continue to exist here without at least the illusion of invincibility?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1151845578428820882006-07-02T09:03:00.000-04:002006-07-02T09:06:18.433-04:00"West Wing" Alums Update: Writer Debora Cahn Married in New YorkFrom the New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/fashion/weddings/02cahn.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">Style Section</a>:<br />"Debora Tamar Cahn and Michael Adam Heller were married on Thursday by Blanca Martinez, a community associate, at the New York City Municipal Building. Jeffrey Cahn, a member of the Kehilat Romemu congregation and the brother of the bride, is to lead a Jewish ceremony today at the Faculty House at Columbia.<br /><br />Ms. Cahn, 35 is keeping her name. In April, she became a supervising producer and writer in Los Angeles for "Grey's Anatomy," the Touchstone television program on ABC. From 2002 until April, she was a producer and writer for Warner Brothers on "The West Wing," the NBC program, for which she won a 2005 Writers Guild Award. She graduated from Barnard College and received a master's degree in acting from the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard.<br /><br />She is a daughter of the late Theresa Cahn-Tober, who lived in New York and the late Herbert Cahn, who lived in Avon, Conn. Her father was a nuclear physicist in Windsor, Conn., for the Combustion Engineering subsidiary of ABB, the Swiss industrial engineering company. Her mother was a clinical psychologist at the Tuba City Indian Medical Center on the Navajo reservation in Arizona, and the author of a memoir, "Hide and Seek: A Wartime Childhood" (Harmony Press, 2002). The bride is a stepdaughter of Gerald Tober of New York.<br /><br />Mr. Heller, 43, is a law professor at the Columbia School of Law and until this month was a vice dean there. Next month he is to become a visiting professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated from Harvard and received his law degree from Stanford.<br /><br />He is a son of Dr. Naomi Heller and Jack Heller of Washington. His mother is a clinical professor of psychiatry at George Washington University Medical Center. His father is a partner and founder of Heller & Rosenblatt, a firm in Washington specializing in international law.<br /><br />The bridegroom's previous marriage ended in divorce."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14121130.post-1152442501321153502006-07-02T06:47:00.000-04:002006-07-09T06:55:01.323-04:00Happy 60th Birthday to Ron Silver!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screenmusings.net/Manchester(Two)/images/s03e02_460.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.screenmusings.net/Manchester(Two)/images/s03e02_460.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0