Saturday, June 25, 2011

Fringe - Los Angeles Times Show Tracker: Anna Torv Interview

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LOS ANGELES TIMES SHOW TRACKER: ‘Fringe’ Friday: Chatting with Saturn Award winner Anna Torv

June 24, 2011
by Andrew Hanson

Was I rude there?

I didn’t know what to expect when I sat down to speak with Anna Torv. Would she be cool and serious, like Olivia? Or bold and cavalier like Fauxlivia? For all I knew, the actress’ personality could have been closer to Olivia possessed by William Bell. I didn’t expect her to be so chipper and enthusiastic. And overly concerned about our waitress.

We met in the restaurant of her hotel on a Wednesday afternoon. Torv and costar John Noble (Walter Bishop) were in Los Angeles for a pair of award shows. Monday, they walked the red carpet of the Critics Choice awards, where Torv was a nominee for best actress in a television series and Noble took the award for best supporting actor. “The fact that John won is still kind of thrilling,” Torv said. “He’s so damn brave. And just the joy he puts into it."

Then Thursday they were off to the Saturn Awards, where Torv repeated her win last year for the top female actor award. Deservedly so.

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In Season 3, Torv truly shone. Which is saying a lot in a show where she plays opposite powerhouses like John Noble, Lance Reddick and Blair Brown on a weekly basis. Not to mention the guest stars they bring in: Christopher Lloyd, Peter Weller, Leonard Nimoy. Still, Torv really made this year her own, playing two uniquely different versions of the same character, dealing with heartbreak and deception from both sides of the story. It's a big change from Season 1, when many criticized Torv and her character Olivia Dunham of being cold and distant.

That was clearly a conscious choice on the part of the writers and on my part,” Torv explained. “I’ve been playing her so long, I get defensive of her. People forget the first time we met her, she was glowing. She was giggly and glowing and happy, and life was sweet...

Sanctuary - CinemaSpy: Agam Darshi Interview

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SANCTUARY - CINEMASPY: Agam Darshi: I Was Surprised Some Sanctuary Fans Hated Kate Freelander

By Michael Simpson
June 24, 2011

Sanctuary reaches the end of its third season on SPACE tonight and the episode, ‘Into the Black,’ promises to live up to the epic tradition the series’ writers have established for season finales. Shortly after filming was completed on the episode and the season, CinemaSpy sat down with star Agam Darshi to discuss year three and the evolution of her character, Kate Freelander.

Kate was written into Sanctuary in the show’s second season, coming in as a loose cannon with a past filled with criminal or otherwise unethical activities. Despite that, she was seen as an asset by Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) and brought into the fold. Some fans of the show were less welcoming, however. They saw Kate as replacing the character of Helen’s daughter, Ashley Magnus (Emilie Ullerup). Ashley had been on the show since it started as a Web series but was killed off at the start of Season Two. On the Internet disgruntled fans vented their anger at Ashley’s death, criticizing the show’s writers and Darshi. The strength of that reaction was unusual for Sanctuary, which had generally drawn considerably goodwill from its fan base. It was also surprising for Darshi.

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I had such a good time filming the series that my perspective on it was something that was incredibly positive,” Darshi said. “I really had not thought about what the fans would think. I didn’t think they would love Kate right off the top but I didn’t think that they would absolutely hate her. So when the first impressions came out I was really taken aback and the fact that they didn’t really go away immediately was something that I was quite surprised at. Looking back on it now I can completely understand where the fans were coming from and why they felt the way they felt… I think part of it was, coming on to the show I never saw Kate as a replacement for Ashley. I don’t think anybody did. The fact that it was thought of that way by the fans, I can understand that they would hate Kate because they thought she was replacing Ashley...

Swamp Shark - Entertaintment Weekly: Tonight's Best TV Jun 25 '11 - Syfy 9/8C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV Saturday, June 25, 2011

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows

... Swamp Shark

9-11 PM SYFY

A shark of unknown species and unbelievable jumping ability ends up feeding on alligators, black men, and horny couples in a Louisiana swamp. It's up to restaurant owner Kristy Swanson, patron D.B. Sweeney, and company to hunt it. It's an awesomely promising premise that, due to bad direction and editing, totally bites.

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Chaos - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best TV Jun 25 '11 - CBS 9/8C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV Saturday, June 25, 2011

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows

... Chaos

9-10 PM CBS

Bruce Boxleitner guest-stars as a legendary former agent who can shed some light on moles inside U.S. embassies. I'm nervous enough about the state of the world without shows like this planting scary seeds in my head.

Swamp Shark - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Jun 25 - Syfy 9/8C

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Saturday, June 25, 2011

... Swamp Shark

9:00 PM, SYFY

Sharks are scary. Swamps are scary. Put them together, and what have you got? A Saturday night Syfy flick, which is more cheesy than chilling, but that's the fun part. Robert Davi, Kristy Swanson, D.B. Sweeney and Lauren Graham -- no, not the one from "Gilmore Girls" -- star in the tale of a mutant shark terrorizing a small Southern town during its annual festival. Chomp!

Falling Skies - Los Angeles Times: Colin Cunningham Interview

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Falling Skies

FALLING SKIES - LOS ANGELES TIMES: Colin Cunningham: ‘This is not ‘Gilligan’s Island”

June 24, 2011
by Jevon Phillips

In TNT’s “Falling Skies,” a post-alien-invasion drama whose premiere episode was a ratings hit — it scored 5.9 million viewers – Colin Cunningham is the rogue and opportunist John Pope. Though he takes Noah Wyle’s Tom Mason hostage when they first meet, we come to find out that there’s a lot more to Pope. Despite his character’s nonchalance, Cunningham knows that Pope, like the show itself, has another side. Hero Complex’s Jevon Phillips caught up with the actor to talk “Falling Skies,” which is executive-produced by Steven Spielberg...

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Colin Cunningham (right) from Falling Skies

.... JP: How is the actual acting atmosphere on the show? Noah Wyle?

CC: Noah Wyle is fantastic. He definitely sets the tone on the show in terms of being the professional that he is and the caliber of work that he does. As much as we all have a good time on the set, no one’s there throwing paper balls in the air. We all take it incredibly seriously.

The tough thing is that even though they’ve got all of this incredible production value and the scope of the show is massive, you’re still lucky sometimes to get two takes. It’s still television, and you’ve got to move, move, move, and that can be very difficult. There’s not a lot of exploring. All the work that you do for your character, you do it beforehand, at the lunch counter — you do it everywhere you can because you won’t have the luxury of time to do it on the set. That’s the thing with Noah. Because of his experience, he can tap into moments and emotions so fast. He’s so economical in what he does that it’s inspiring to watch someone of that caliber...

Falling Skies - IGN TV: Moon Bloodgood Audio Interview

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Falling Skies

FALLING SKIES - IGN TV: Moon Bloodgood sits in on Channel Surfing to talk about her new TNT sci-fi series, Falling Skies

June 24, 2011

... Moon Bloodgood sits in to talk about her new sci-fi series, Falling Skies, airing Sunday nights at 10pm on TNT. Having previously appeared in genre projects like Journeyman and Terminator Salvation, Moon tells us what it's like facing aliens in the Spielberg-produced series, which debuted last week. Plus, we chitchat about science fiction in general, the oddity that is fanfic and… the holodeck on Star Trek: The Next Generation...

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Fringe - FOX Video Featurette: Fans Ask Joshua Jackson

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FRINGE - FOX VIDEO FEATURETTE: Fans Ask Joshua Jackson

All-new episodes of Fringe return this fall to FOX on September 23, 2011 at 9/8C.