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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 11/8/10)
NBC: Decision Point: A Conversation With George W. Bush (with Matt Lauer) at 8pm
TBS: Conan (Premiere) at 11pm
TBS: Lopez Tonight (Premiere) at 12am
Oprah Winfrey will interview Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine and his three children – Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II (a.k.a Blanket).
A film version of the 1960s gothic daytime soap opera Dark Shadows is being resurrected starring Johnny Depp. It won’t surprise you to learn head up the production team will be Tim Burton, and Depp will play lead character, Barnabas Collins, a vampire who lives in a spooky Maine mansion and is looking for his lost love. Dark Shadows will begin filming in April. The original Dark Shadows television series ran on ABC weekdays from 1966-1971 and a revival primetime Dark Shadows series ran for one season on NBC in 1991.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jill Clayburgh, 66, an actress known for playing strong, feminist-type roles, died on Friday at her home in Lakeville, CT. Ms. Clayburgh was nominated for two Academy Awards for her starring turns in the 1978 film An Unmarried Woman and also for Starting Over in 1979. Other film credits for Ms. Clayburgh include Semi-Tough (1977), It’s My Turn (1980), First Monday in October (1981) and I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982). Though considered more of a film actress, Ms. Clayburgh appeared on Broadway in the late 1960s through the early 1970s and again in a 1984 revival of Noel Coward’s Design for Living and more recently in 2006 in a revival of Barefoot in the Park. Ms. Clayburgh also appeared in many television series includes guest roles on Law & Order, The Practice and Nip/Tuck and a recurring role as Ally’s mother on Ally McBeal in addition to a regular role on the more recent ABC series Dirty Sexy Money from 2007 to 2009. She is survived by her husband, playwright, David Rabe; a daughter, Lily Rabe; a son Michael, a stepson Jason and one brother.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV writer/producer, Arthur Bernard Lewis, 84, died October 30 in Los Angeles. During his career commencing in 1962, Mr. Lewis worked as a producer on such television series as The Doctors and the Nurses then moved on to write for popular shows including The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Baretta, Hawaii Five-O and In the Heat of the Night. Later in 1978, Mr. Lewis joined the production team for the CBS hit series Dallas and became executive story editor for 69 episodes. From 1981-1985 he was supervising producer on 113 segments of Dallas and solo writer on 63 episodes of the drama, most of which he additionally produced. Furthermore, Mr. Lewis worked on the famous Dallas episode “Who Shot J.R.?” that aired on November 21, 1980 and tallied a staggering 83 million viewers, making it the highest-rated TV episode in history at the time. Mr. Lewis also wrote the made-for-TV movies, Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998). Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife, Marjorie Estelle; one son and daughter-in-law; one granddaughter; one great-granddaughter; one brother; and a stepson.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Megamind – $47.7 million
Due Date – $33.5 million
For Colored Girls – $20.1 million
Red – $8.9 million
Saw 3D – $8.2 milion
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
BROADWAY
SPIDER MAN DELAYS START DATE
http://www.broadway.com/shows/spider-man-turn-off-the-dark/buzz/154180/spider-man-turn-off-the-dark-delays-start-date-shifts-opening-to-2011/
http://www.broadway.com/buzz/154185/another-day-for-rent-as-revival-readies-for-off-broadway-summer-bow/
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