Tag: showtime
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Anna Friel, Matthew Goode, Kyle Chandler Set for Showtime’s The Vatican
Showtime announced yesterday that Golden Globe nominee Anna Friel has been added to the cast of “The Vatican,” which also stars Matthew Goode and Kyle Chandler.
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Matt Damon to Guest Star on House of Lies Sunday, Feb. 10
It’s good to be friends with Matt Damon. This Sunday he’ll guest star on pal Don Cheadle’s Showtime series House of Lies, playing a maniacal version of himself.
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If The Borgias Shared a Potluck Dinner with the Methodists
I’ve been gleefully anticipating the new Showtime series ‘The Borgias.’ It looked great anyway, but I was hoping to replace another favorite show, ‘The Tudors,’ which delved into the reign of King Henry VIII, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers. ‘The Borgias‘ premiered Sunday and did not disappoint. It’s a fascinating look at the Borgia family…
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The Borgias: Popes Behaving Badly
Showtime was nice enough to send me an advance screener of ‘The Borgias,’ a new series premiering April 3, 2011, at 9 PM. I guess this is Showtime’s replacement for ‘The Tudors,’ and it’s a fascinating look at the Italian Renaissance period, which apparently, was filled with all sorts of colorful characters. Word has is…
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The Big C: Love It or Hate It?
Well, I finally got around to watching ‘The Big C,’ that new Showtime series in which Laura Linney stars as Cathy Jamison, a high school teacher with stage four melanoma. She decides not to have treatment – because she really loves her hair, and her doc says it would only buy her a little time…
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Laura Linney on Getting Naked, Losing Natasha Richardson, and Saying No to Plastic Surgery
Actress extraordinaire Laura Linney stars in the upcoming Showtime series, ‘The Big C,’ premiering Monday, Aug. 16, at 10:30PM ET. Her character, Cathy Jamison, is a reserved, Minneapolis schoolteacher who decides to make some long-overdue adjustments to her life after receiving some startling news. I’m really looking forward to the series, because I love her…