After spending more than half her life onscreen, Chloë Grace Moretz revealed why she needed to step away from the spotlight.The 25-year-old actress opened up about becoming a recluse following an “onslaught of horrific memes” featuring a viral “Family Guy” side-by-side photo comparing her body to a cartoon character’s exaggeratedly warped physique. Moretz said she […]
Continue readingBig TV crossover events aren’t nearly as ubiquitous as they used to be. Forget about huge interconnected universes like the Arrowverse and don’t even get me started on the many Marvel heroes beginning to cross paths on Disney+. I’m talking about the magic of “Scoobynatural,” or that time the Simpsons met the Griffins when “Family […]
Continue readingRemember “Ted“? The dirty teddy bear comedy from “Family Guy” creator Seth McFarlane isn’t necessarily on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days, but it was a surprise hit upon its release in 2012. The movie grossed over 500 million worldwide, generating a sequel and now, a decade later, a prequel series.The first season of […]
Continue reading20th Television Animation, the studio behind Fox’s “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and “American Dad,” has agreed to acknowledge the production workers from the three shows forming a union within The Animation Guild. This voluntary recognition is a legal term that signifies an employer’s official recognition of an organization as the bargaining agent for a group of […]
Continue readingTommy Morgan, a harmonica soloist who contributed to hundreds of movie and TV shows including “Roots” and “Dances With Wolves,” died June 23. He was 89.Morgan played on film soundtracks and record dates going back to the early 1950s. His estimated 7,000 recording sessions, according to statistics on his website, suggest that more people have […]
Continue readingToday is a great day for the Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839, as the production workers at “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and “American Dad!” have filed to join and begin collective bargaining for their very first union contract. All three series have a history on the Fox “Animation Domination” block and represent some of the […]
Continue readingUpdated: After a two-year hiatus, the Producers Guild of America is returning for its 12th annual Produced By Conference — to be held on June 11 and 12 at the Fox Studio Lot in Century City — and has announced a number of prominent speakers and panel sessions.Recently-added speakers include Peter Friedlander, DanTram Nguyen, Megan […]
Continue reading(Welcome to TV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.)In the modern era of television, animated sitcoms are nothing new. “The Simpsons” is one of the longest-running shows in television history and it inspired a […]
Continue readingSteven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans” just got a new twist in its casting. Variety reports that Oscar-winning “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” filmmaker David Lynch has joined the cast of the ensemble drama in a top-secret, closely guarded role. Lynch is no stranger to being in front of the camera, as he has […]
Continue readingIf you haven’t already tuned in to AMC’s dramedy, “Kevin Can F*** Himself,” now is the time to experience the great dramedy starring Emmy award winner Annie Murphy of “Schitt’s Creek” fame. Murphy plays Allison McRoberts, a housewife from Worcester, Massachusetts trapped in a cringeworthy marriage to the titular Kevin, an irresponsible, insensitive, idiotic, and […]
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