Anna Torv and J.J. Abrams To Present at Upcoming WGA Awards

Hollywood Set to Present Honors to Excellence in Writing
By: HollywoodNews.com

HollywoodNews.com: Spotlighting the creative collaboration between writers and other artists in the entertainment industry, a wide array of Hollywood talent is set to present honors at this year’s Writers Guild Awards L.A. show Saturday, February 5, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom. The West Coast WGA ceremony will feature writers, actors, and directors who’ve worked together to create memorable films, television shows, videogames, new media, and other written programs.

“We’re excited that some of the most talented storytellers, actors, producers, and directors have agreed to spend their Saturday night telling us insider tales of how some of the best shows and movies are created,” said 2011 WGA L.A. show Executive Producer Spike Jones, Jr.

Awards presenter pairs include: author Mitch Albom and Emmy-winning actor Hank Azaria (Tuesdays with Morrie), Academy Award-winning screenwriter Mark Boal and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), WGA-winning writer-director Morgan Spurlock and WGA-nominated writer Jeremy Chilnick (The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice!), Emmy-winning writer-executive producer Greg Daniels and Emmy-nominated actress Amy Poehler (Parks & Recreation), Emmy-winning actress Catherine O’Hara and Emmy-winning actor Martin Short (SCTV), actress Anna Torv and Emmy-winning writer-director-producer J.J. Abrams (Fringe), Emmy-winning writer-producer Al Jean and actor Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons), actress Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory, Blossom) and Emmy-nominated writer-producer Don Reo (’Til Death), and Daytime Emmy-winning As the World Turns star Eileen Fulton, who appeared on the long-running daytime drama for over 50 years, and Daytime Emmy-winning ATWT director-executive producer Christopher Goutman.

Columbia Pictures Chairman Amy Pascal, Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men), and Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg (Schindler’s List), via a special video presentation, will present the WGAW’s Laurel Award for Screen to Academy Award-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List). Emmy-winning actress Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown) and Emmy-winning writer-producer-director Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City) will present the Guild’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television to Emmy-winning writer Diane English (Murphy Brown).

In addition, Emmy-winning writer Allan Burns (Lou Grant) and Emmy and WGA-nominated executive producer-showrunner Neal Baer (Law & Order: SVU) will present the WGAW’s Valentine Davies Award to Emmy-winning TV writer Seth Freeman (Lou Grant) and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) for their entertainment industry and community service. WGAW President and writer-director-producer John Wells (The Company Men) will present the Guild’s Paul Selvin Award to those writers whose script highlights First Amendment and civil liberties issues, as well as the Guild’s Jean Renoir Award for Screenwriting Achievement Award, given this year to Italian screenwriter Tonino Guerra (Amarcord, Blow-Up; [*Editor’s note: Guerra will not be present at WGAW awards show, but accepted his honorary award at his home in northern Italy]).

Modern Family stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson and recent Emmy winner Eric Stonestreet will co-host this year’s event.

This year’s show is executive produced by Spike Jones, Jr., with Carole Propp as talent producer and Emmy and WGA-winning writer Guy Nicolucci (Late Night with Conan O’Brien) serving as the L.A. show’s head writer.

The WGAW Awards Committee includes Guild members: Karen Harris (chair), Steve Chivers, Patrick Doody, Shelly Goldstein, Ruth Livier, Scott Saltzburg, and Maiya Williams.

The 2011 Writers Guild Awards will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2011, simultaneously at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City. For more information about the 2011 Writers Guild Awards, please visit www.wga.org or www.wgaeast.org.
Source:hollywoodnews.com

( Note:Anna Torv looks great in black, but I hope she wears another colorful outift.)

Fringe - Noble Intentions: 3x11 Reciprocity

John Noble talks about the latest Fringe episode.

Review: Reciprocity

“The tiniest changes in our composition result in a drastic change in our behavior.”

What an odd, unexpected episode. That’s not a bad thing. It’s a good thing: Fringe is keeping me on my toes, and it was fun to gradually realize that I was watching a traditional who-done-it with a few chapters from the killer’s point of view interspersed with our detectives attempting to mulder out the mystery.

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Fringe 3x12 "Concentrate & Ask Again" Canadian Promo

As always here's the canadian promo for next week episode. Includes new footage.

Fringe Now: Alt Universe Articles - Sean Combs

The Fox "Fringe Now" website has a new "Alternate Universe Article", which shows a news article from the Red universe, on one of those ubiquitous iPad-type devices.

The article is titled "Sean Combs - In the Alternate Universe, Sean Combs is a writer." It appears that in the Red universe, Sean Combs it's not a rapper.

Sneak Peek 3x12 "Concentrate & Ask Again"

Here's the first sneak peek for the next episode of Fringe

3x12 "Concentrate & Ask Again": Sneak Peek and Scenemaker

Fox released today the scenemaker for this episode... Enjoy.

TV Ratings:CBS wins Friday, 'Fringe' holds steady

TV Ratings: CBS wins Friday, 'Fringe' holds steady
By Carina Adly MacKenzie

January 29, 2011 12:50 PM ET
National ratings for Friday, Jan. 28, 2011

Once again, CBS won Friday -- this time on a soft, rerun-heavy night.
FOX's "Fringe" has held pretty steady in the volatile Friday night slot, with only a slight dip since last week's highly publicized debut. This is surely good news to fans who are hoping to see it survive into Season 4.

A last-minute scheduling change on The CW had reruns of "The Vampire Diaries" and "Nikita" in place of its mid-season premieres for "Smallville" and "Supernatural." The reruns did perform relatively well for the network despite audience displeasure with the hasty change.

Overall, CBS led with 7.6 million viewers and a 4.9 rating/9 share among households. They were followed by NBC (6.3 million, 4.1/7), ABC (4.6 million, 3.1/5), FOX (4.3 million, 2.5/4) and The CW (1.1 million, 0.8/1).

In the 18-49 demographic, FOX performed well, scoring an 1.8 and a win for the night. NBC came in second with 1.6, followed by ABC (1.3), CBS (1.2) and CW (0.5).

Friday hour by hour:

8 p.m.

CBS: "NCIS" rerun (7.6 million viewers, 5.0/9 households)
NBC: "Minute to Win It" rerun (4.3 million, 2.7/5)
FOX: "Kitchen Nightmares" (4.0 million, 2.4/4)
ABC: "Supernanny" rerun (3.5 million, 2.4/4)
The CW: "The Vampire Diaries" rerun (1.53 million, 0.9/2)

18-49 leader: "Kitchen Nightmares" (1.7)

9 p.m.

CBS: "CSI: NY" rerun (8.1 million, 5.3/9)
NBC: "Dateline: NBC" (6.9 million, 4.5/8)
ABC: "Primetime: What Would You Do?" (4.5 million, 2.9/5)
FOX: "Fringe" (4.5 million, 2.6/4)
The CW: "Nikita" rerun (1.0 million, 0.7/1)

18-49 leader: "Fringe" (1.9)

10 p.m.

NBC: "Dateline: NBC" (7.7 million, 4.6/8)
CBS: "Hawaii Five-0" rerun (7.1 million, 4.6/8)
ABC: "20/20" (5.9 million, 3.8/7)

18-49 leader: "Dateline" (1.9)

Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
Source:zap2it.com

Fringe Photo Gallery: Reciprocity

HD screenshots of Fringe episode Reciprocity are now available at FringeFiles.com.

These screen caps have all been randomly selected, so if there's something that might be missing, you can request a specific Fringe screenshot in the Fringe Easter Eggs section.

Promotional photos for Reciprocity are also available at FringeFiles.com.

Fringe 312 Preview: Concentrate and Ask Again

Preview for the Fringe episode "Concentrate and Ask Again" , which airs FRIDAY, February 4th at 9:00PM on FOX.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel (and click the "pop out" button) to watch it in full-sized HD.

Screenshots of the video are available at FringeFiles.com

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in Reciprocity

The Observer can be in the crowd, near the Koi pond where the shapeshifter is found "swimming with the fishes".

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyphs in Reciprocity

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode Reciprocity spelled out ALTER, like how the machine altered Peter and "weaponized" him.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.