Sofa Snark: Showbiz News 8-18-2009

By: Aug. 18, 2009
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James Sims hasn't figured out what's more entertaining, Hollywood buzz or Broadway chatter. So he's decided to start blogging about both. Sofa Snark is an entertainment biz blog covering everything from prime-time TV to Broadway reviews. If you can figure out anything that falls in between, he's bound to have an opinion about that too. As a Senior Editor at BroadwayWorld.com, and with gigs at "Entertainment Tonight" and the Hollywood Reporter under his belt, he's ready to unleash his wit on the world, one blog at a time.

Visit http://www.simsscoop.com/blog/ for daily blogging and follow James on Twitter at @columbiajames.

Don’t Forget About Peoria

 

Nobody puts Peoria, Ill. in the corner — just don’t ask me to find it on a map. After making snide comments about the Central Illinois locale Rocco Landesman, the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is taking up an offer to check out its theatre scene. Landesman was quoted in the New York Times as saying “I don’t know if there’s a theater in Peoria, but I would bet that it’s not as good as Steppenwolf or the Goodman.”  New York Times.

 
StEve Harvey Laughs At Newsmakers

 

Sorry aspiring journalists. It turns out that the necessary qualifications for working on ABC’s “Good Morning America” is that you can make middle aged ladies laugh. Hack comedian StEve Harvey will join the morning program acting as a correspondent for family and relationship topics. Sigh. Variety.

 
Robert Redford Assassinates Lincoln

 

Watch out, Stephen Spielberg. Robert Redford is moving in on the subject of Abraham Lincoln — a project Spielberg has been toying around with for quite some time. “The Conspirator” will tell the story of a supposed partner of John Wilkes Booth. Industry buzz is pegging actor James McAvoy as a possible lead in the Redford directed film. Might this push Spielberg to push out his own “Lincoln” project? Risky Business Blog.

 
NBC Keeps It Gay

 

“Will & Grace” fans can rejoice, slightly, as its showrunner Gary Janetti is developing a new gay-straight friendship comedy for NBC. Still untitled, it will deal with the relationship between a gay man and a straight man who are best friends. The new show currently has a script commitment. The Hollywood Reporter.

 
Time Traveling on ABC

 

If you enjoyed this weekend’s film “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” ABC is hoping you will tune in for a television series adaptation. ABC and “Friends” creator Marta Kauffman are moving forward on the project — with a pilot commitment — and will most likely focus on self-contained storylines. The Wrap.

 

 


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