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Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:54am on Friday, February 5th, 2010

HBO Developing Show About Blogging in Hollywood

The Hollywood Reporter reported on February 4, 2010:

"The world of Hollywood blogging is getting the HBO treatment.

The pay cable network is developing "Tilda," a half-hour comedy series with Oscar-winning writer-director Bill Condon and "Tell Me You Love Me" creator Cynthia Mort.

The project centers on a powerful female online showbiz journalist with a no-holds-barred style.

Condon and Mort are writing and executive producing. Condon also is attached to direct if the project goes to pilot.

It comes at a time of booming Internet showbiz journalism as a number of veteran Hollywood print reporters, including Nikki Finke, Sharon Waxman and Anne Thompson, have migrated online."

The full story:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i6914f3194e3fb1931e55f753a922951e

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:51am on Monday, February 1st, 2010

North Carolina Snowstorm Cancels HBO Premiere 'Temple Grandin'

Chapel Hill, N.C. (January 31, 2010) -- Due to the severe winter weather forecast for the Triangle area and throughout the state this weekend, the event has been cancelled as the primary concern is the safety of invited guests. Interview opportunities and clip reels are still available. Please contact: Valerie Harris, valerie@kinseygrouppr.com, 404.966.2445.

The premiere screening has been rescheduled for 7:00 p.m., Monday, February 1 at the Friday Center for Continuing Eduation on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.

Highlighted by a transformative performance by Claire Danes, TEMPLE GRANDIN is a fascinating chronicle of one woman's extraordinary life journey, tracing Grandin's struggles as a terrified autistic teenager who evolved, with the help of her mother, aunt and academic mentors, into a celebrated academic whose interest in animals, particularly cows and other livestock, transformed the way cattle ranches are designed and managed. Grandin's unique ability to empathize with the animals she studied led her to devise much more efficient, and humane, ways for the cattle industry to manage their animals, even as they were being led to slaughter.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:17am on Thursday, January 14th, 2010

HBO Films and Autism Society of Colorado Present the Denver Premiere of TEMPLE GRANDIN, Starring Claire Danes

"SAN FRANCISCO, January 14, 2010 -- HBO Films and The Autism Society of Colorado will host the Denver premiere screening of TEMPLE GRANDIN on Wednesday, February 3 at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in recognition of Autism Education Week. After the screening, Dr. Temple Grandin will participate in a discussion about the film and her work moderated by Betty Lehman, the executive director of the Autism Society of Colorado.

TEMPLE GRANDIN brings to the screen the story of the best-selling author, animal scientist and autism advocate. The film chronicles Temple's early diagnosis; her turbulent growth and development during her school years; the enduring support she received from her mother, her aunt and her science teacher; and her emergence as a woman with an innate sensitivity and understanding of animal behavior.

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper of Denver have declared January 31 - February 6 "Autism Education Week." The Autism Society of Colorado will kick-off the week with a one-time showing of a unique theatre production entitled "Autism Chronicles: The Gifts and Struggles of People with Autism and Their Families" on the University of Denver Campus on January 31. Other events include educational forums with JFK Partners to be held at University of Colorado."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:06am on Thursday, January 14th, 2010

HBO Announces New Seasons for Their Successful Series Big Love 4, Mad Men 3, and Entourage 6

"MIAMI, January 13, 2010 -- HBO Latin America announced that this upcoming January 24th would mark the beginning of the 4th season of its controversial series Big Love and the third part of the successful show Mad Men. Additionally, last Sunday, January 10, marked the premier of the sixth season of Entourage.

The fourth season of Big Love, nominated at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards for Best Dramatic Series, Best Lead Actor (Bill Paxton) and Best Supporting Actress (Chloe Sevigny), continue offering viewers a juicy plot which questions the values of marriage through an uncommon family from Salt Lake City. The main cast is composed of Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) and his three wives: Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Nicki (Chloe Sevigny) and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin).

Mad Men, winner of multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations, returns with its full cast and with a third season full of changes. This new chapter of the Sterling Cooper agency takes place in New York during the 1960s, under the command of new British investors. Don Draper (Jon Hamm), the show's protagonist, will have to adapt to his new working environment and face his marital problems once and for all.

Entourage, a 2010 Golden Globe nominee for Best Comedy and for Best Supporting Actor (Jeremy Piven), returns with the young and charismatic actor Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), who continues to enjoy being a Hollywood celebrity along with his 3 inseparable friends: his manager Eric (Kevin Connolly), his half-brother Drama (Kevin Dillon) and the naive Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), as well as his superstar entertainment agent Ari (Jeremy Piven) and his assistant Lloyd (Rex Lee).

During this season, Eric professes his love for Sloan, Drama continues questioning his life's purpose, and Ari keeps growing his business. Finally Lloyd's professional career takes off, meanwhile Turtle and Jamie Lynn overcome obstacles in their romance."