James Sims - Page 6

As if the reality of media layoffs and non-existant newspaper readerships wasn't enough of a reason for journalists to take up drinking, along comes Broadway's Time Stands Still, a play focusing on the emotional breakdown of a war correspondent...

It's not often that my work as an entertainment and Broadway reporter crosses paths with my day job as the New Media Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, so when I heard that an opera was going to be staged in the Museum's Hayden Planetarium, I was excited to check it out...

Ragtime's lack of celebrity is one of many reasons why the musical failed to set box office records, as was pointed out by Patrick Healy in The New York Times last week. While that ultimately led to an early demise -- the production closes on January 3rd -- Ragtime should wear that as a badge of honor...

With a new season of Showtime's The Tudors coming up and Barack Obama now bogged down by controversial plans for Afghanistan, it seems appropriate to reflect on a recent trend that graced the Broadway stage over the past couple years...

The Golden Globe nominations were announced this week, placing a handful of Hollywood directors on a pedestal for all others to admire. Martin Scorsese will be bestowed with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award while James Cameron has returned from his post-Titanic absence to join Clint Eastwood, Quentein Tarantino, Jason Reitman and Kathryn Bigelow in the Best Director category...

Queen, the iconic rock band led by the equally iconic singer Freddie Mercury, has found its way into the world of Jim Henson's Muppets...

Off-Broadway's The Marvelous Wonderettes has been playing to enthusiastic crowds at The Westside Theatre since it settled in New York City following an extended run in Los Angeles - where I first saw the show and fell in love. Word has now come down that the quaint musical will close on January 3 after having played 545 performances...

Fans of Fox's hit show 'Bones' probably remember Eric Millegan as the awkward Zack Addy, a co-worker of Dr. Brennan with a penchant for serial killing. Millegan's character turned out to be working for a cannibal before getting caught in the act...

HBO's vampire drama True Blood rounded out its second season with big ratings (5.1 million) and critical acclaim. With approximately 12 million viewers an episode, when factoring in On Demand and DVR, True Blood is a smash...

So sit right back, catch the Emmy Awards live on CBS and make sure to check back here on SofaSnark.com for live blogging throughout the night. You can also follow me on Twitter @columbiajames ...

Sofa Snark's video blog is back just in time for the launch of prime-time's Fall lineup. The CW kicked things off Tuesday night with two juicy teen dramas. First up was the second season of 90210. With a new show runner attached to the program, 90210 has a glossy new look complete with sexed up antics and plenty of beach bunnies...

Lost fans should be familiar with the fictitious Dharma Initiative and its choppy training videos. For those new to the world of Lost, feel free to read up on the lengthy history of all things Dharma on Lostpedia. CBS has taken a page from the Dharma playbook and concocted a similar training video starring the show?s host, Jeff Probst. It?s titled, Tribal Council Orientation...

Dalton Trumbo survived the blacklist, as did many other marked writers, mostly by writing screenplays under pseudonyms. Names like Ian Hunter (Roman Holiday), Millard Kaufman (Gun Crazy) and Robert Rich (The Brave One) allowed Trumbo to make a living...

As news broke Monday that the Walt Disney Co. would purchase Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion the Internet flared up with speculation and wonderment. Could Pixar team up with Marvel and produce a string of eye-popping action films? After all, the deal will bring upwards of 5,000 Marvel characters under the Disney umbrella...

Brian Stokes Mitchell. The actor performed The Impossible Dream from Broadway's Man of La Mancha - a musical based on Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. The song was a fitting tribute to a man that spent much of his political career following his own impossible dream - health care for all...

Neither screenwriter Kelly Fremon nor Hollywood starlet, Alexis Bledel could have seen the recent economic meltdown coming when first creating the sentimental teen comedy, Post Grad ...

Lee documented the final performances of Passing Strange on Broadway using his filmmaker?s eye to create a documentary that could easily be pegged as a concert film. Passing Strange the Movie can best be described as a modern day The Last Waltz, full of the same innovation that Martin Scorsese brought to The Band. Fans of film, music and Broadway will all find something to love about Lee?s Passing Strange the Movie. Prepare to be moved all over again...