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A24 busca adquirir la película.

De acuerdo con Deadline, Dominic Sessa, que debutó como actor en la oscarizada película Los que se quedan (The Holdovers) de Alexander Payne, está en conversaciones para protagonizar Tony, el biopic del chef Anthony Bourdain que dirigirá Matt Johnson (Blackberry) a partir de un guion de Lou Howe y Todd Bartels.

Bourdain cocinó en varios restaurantes de Manhattan en los años ochenta y noventa y fue el chef ejecutivo de Brasserie Les Halles, pero fue su colección de ensayos sobre las oscuras prácticas de restaurantes lo que le puso en el mapa. Tras su publicación en The New Yorker, Bourdain se convirtió en una estrella instantánea en el panorama gastronómico mediático por su tono directo al que el público no estaba acostumbrado. El chef empezó a presentar varios programas de televisión, pero fue su serie de Travel Channel Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations que le convirtió...

Having broken out big thanks to The Holdovers, Dominic Sessa has not been short of acting gigs. He's part of the cast for another festive period-set comedy drama called Oh. What. Fun., based-on-truth tale Tow and new sequel Now You See Me 3. And via a new biopic called Tony, he's aboard to play one of the most influential figures in the culinary world: Anthony Bourdain.

The legendary Chef, writer and broadcaster cut his teeth working in the competitive Manhattan restaurant industry in the 1980s and 1990s, working his way up to Executive Chef at exclusive eatery Brasserie Les Halles.

Yet it was his writing on the ugly behind-the-scenes secrets of culinary locales that put him on the map, and their publication in The New Yorker, he became a massive star on the food scene with his no-bs attitude to the industry.

From there, he began a broadcasting career, and hosted several shows,...

Dominic Sessa, who rose to fame with his breakout role in the Oscar-winning dramedy The Holdovers, is set to take on the role of the late chef Anthony Bourdain in the upcoming biopic Tony. The film is being produced by the Oscar-nominated production company Star Thrower Entertainment, known for its work on King Richard.

According to reports from Deadline, A24 is currently in negotiations to acquire the film package. The biopic, Tony, will be directed by Matt Johnson, with a script penned by Lou Howe and Todd Bartels. Producers Tim and Trevor White, along with Matt Miller, are leading the project, while Emily Rose is set to executive produce. Star Thrower Entertainment has a successful history with biopics, having produced King Richard, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and earned Will Smith an Academy Award for Best Lead Actor. The company recently completed production on the A24 film Eternity.

Exclusive: Following his breakout role in the Oscar-winning dramedy The Holdovers, Dominic Sessa looks to have found his next high-profile project as sources tell Deadline he is attached to star as the late chef Anthony Bourdain in the biopic Tony from Oscar-nominated production company Star Thrower Entertainment. Sources also tell Deadline that A24 is in negotiations to acquire the package.

Tim and Trevor White of Star Thrower and Matt Miller are producing along with director Matt Johnson. Lou Howe and Todd Bartels penned the script. Emily Rose will exec produce.

A24 and Star Thrower had no comment.

Bourdain came up cooking in various restaurants across Manhattan in the 1980s and ’90s, including being the exec chef at Brasserie Les Halles, but it was his essay collection about the ugly secrets of restaurants that put him on the map. Following their publication in The New Yorker, Bourdain became an instant star...

Max has had some time to settle in for streaming audiences, and while the initial rollout wasn't flawless, it's still a decent start for the controversial rebrand. Following this rebrand, a plethora of additional content has been added to the service — along with removing plenty of other content, but that's neither here nor there. Most notably, a wide swath of Discovery brand content, from TLC dating shows to endless competitions from Food Network, is now available to watch on Max. It's so wide it's actually outnumbering everything else on Max.

If you care more about prestige television than its easy-viewing counterparts, you may feel inclined to outright ignore this massive influx of content. But we encourage you to not be so hasty. Underneath the piles of generic house-flipping shows and survival competitions are some interesting shows from Discovery's past and present worth looking at. We've assembled a few examples from Discovery Channel,...

On Tuesday, May 23, HBO Max is going away — when it will be reskinned as Max, stocked with more than twice the total amount of programming. Max’s expanded streaming menu includes the addition of hundreds of episodes of Discovery+ shows, and it’s set to get dozens of new TV shows and movies over the next month.

The new Max will feature 35,000 hours of programming, more than double what has been available on HBO Max. According to Warner Bros. Discovery, the service will be continuously updated with fresh content, averaging more than 40 new movie titles and TV seasons per month.

See Also: Max’s Priciest Plan Will Have 1,000-Plus Movies and Episodes in 4K Ultra HD

Max will continue to serve as the streaming home for HBO originals, Warner Bros. films, Max originals, the DC universe, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network. On top of that,...

Three years and a questionable company merger later, and HBO Max will soon cease to exist as we know it. After the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc. was finalized last year, a streaming service combining the offerings of HBO Max and Discovery+ was officially announced at the Warner Bros. Discovery Q2 earnings call on Aug. 4. In the months since, Warner Bros. Discovery has canceled projects at various stages of production and purged hours of original content from HBO Max as the company prepares to launch the recently dubbed “Max” this month.

Here’s everything you need to know about Max’s launch.

When Does HBO Max Become Max?

HBO Max will become Max on May 23 in the U.S. According to a press release from Warner Bros. Discovery, Max is set to launch later this year in Latin America and throughout 2024 in European and Asian countries that already have...

The hungry wanderer’s wit and intellect make for compelling viewing in an otherwise conveyor-belt documentary

Here it is, finally arriving on Netflix, the Anthony Bourdain documentary that sparked controversy last year when director Morgan Neville revealed he’d used AI to bring the chef’s voice back to life – three poignant lines from an email he’d sent to an artist friend. “My life is sort of shit now. You are successful, and I am successful, and I’m wondering: are you happy?” Bourdain took his own life at the age of 61 in 2018. In the end, the AI deepfake gimmick is perhaps the most interesting thing about what is otherwise a conveyor-belt film with plenty of talking heads, some more fawning than others.

Bourdain had been “a mediocre chef in a middling restaurant” – his words – when his memoir Kitchen Confidential shot up the book charts. At the time, food...

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which happens from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, television networks are unveiling slates of themed content including new campaigns, sports broadcasting, live specials and more.

Among this year’s programming options is NBCUniversal and Telemundo’s “Come With Us,” an initiative that includes special programming and digital elements designed to reach audiences in both English and Spanish. The campaign will kick off on “Today” and “Hoy Dia,” followed by an on-air roadblock during prime time. Telemundo will also incorporate social media initiatives, including “Latinos Imparables” and “Unstoppable Women.” NBCUniversal will incorporate segments and specials from NBC News and MSNBC, including “Generation LatinX,” “Dis(Owning) Hispanic” and “The New Latino Landscape.”

Additionally, NBC Sports will highlight Latino artists contributing to mural paintings with “On Her Turf” highlighting Latina athletes participating in social roadblocks; CNBC Digital will spotlight prominent business leaders from the Latinx community; Universal Kids will...

Exclusive Producers Webster Stone and Robert Stone have acquired rights to Anthony Bourdain’s crime novel Gone Bamboo for a scripted series based on a pilot. The 1997 book was the celebrity chef’s second published work of fiction.

Set on the island of St. Martin, Gone Bamboo follows sharpshooting hedonistic assassin Henry Denard, who botches a career-capping hit. Denard must enlist the help of his skilled, stunning, and volatile wife to save their skins, dispatch the villains, and keep the peace — at all costs — in their tropical paradise.

“I wanted to write a sociopath beach book,” writes Bourdain in the book’s introduction. “I wanted a hero and heroine as lazy, mercenary, lustful and free of redeeming qualities as I sometimes see myself.”

The Stone brothers’ producing credits include The Conspirator, Gone in Sixty Seconds and The Negotiator. They’re currently developing the recently published thriller Girl from Nowhere by...

Anthony Bourdain, whose death on Friday, June 8 at age 61 shocked the world, could now be memorialized by Emmy voters for his work in the entertainment industry. Two of his programs appear on the 2018 Emmy ballot: CNN’s “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” as Best Informational Series Or Special and the online offshoot “Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown” as Best Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series. The celebrity chef and world traveler committed suicide in Strasbourg, France while filming an upcoming episode of the popular CNN program.

Bourdain was no stranger to the Emmy Awards, winning four Primetime trophies for producing “Parts Unknown” (2013-16) and an addition Daytime Emmy for producing culinary program “The Mind of a Chef” (2014). “We are incredibly grateful,” Bourdain said at the Creative Arts Emmys podium in 2013 when he accepted the trophy for “Parts Unknown.” “To all of our producers, the camera people, the shooters, CNN for letting...

Anthony Bourdain's death by apparent suicide has stunned the world.

His gift of delivering the human condition by way of cuisine through his talents as a chef, writer, and storyteller took fans around the world opened them a sensory experience they would never have without Bourdain's unique and compelling delivery.

As a tribute to Anthony Bourdain and his gift of sharing extraordinary places near and far, Travel Channel will air a 12-hour marathon of the Emmy Award-winning series Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations this Sunday, June 10 starting at 7:00 a.m. Et/Pt.

Fans will have a chance to watch some of the most celebrated episodes of the series

Included are those where he introduces viewers to the picturesque landscapes, exotic cuisines, and the mysterious history of Laos; his epic journey to Spain's Costa Brava to cook and dine at El Bulli, the “best restaurant in the world,” with chef...

The Travel Channel will pay tribute Sunday to Anthony Bourdain with a 12-hour marathon of the late chef-adventurer’s Emmy Award-winning 2005-2012 series Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

The series followed his Food Network 2002-03 series A Cook’s Tour and preceded both his other Travel Channel show The Layover (2011-13) and his CNN series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.

Travel said Sunday’s 12-hour marathon will include episodes “introducing viewers to the picturesque landscapes, exotic cuisines, and the mysterious history of Laos; his epic journey to Spain’s Costa Brava to cook and dine at El Bulli, the ‘best restaurant in the world’ with chef Ferran Adria; and where he explores the food and people of the ‘two Maines.’ “

The 12-hour No Reservations marathon begins Sunday at 7 am Et/Pt.

Bourdain died by suicide in France today. Colleagues, friends and fans have been tweeting condolences throughout the day.

CNN announced on Friday that it would roll out multiple tribute specials about Anthony Bourdain, the star of the hit show “Parts Unknown” who was found dead by suicide at age 61.

“We will be remembering our friend and colleague Anthony Bourdain this weekend by sharing his talent and stories,” said the network in a tweeted statement.

“Rest in peace,” they added tagging his old Twitter handle.

Also Read: Asia Argento's Friends Rally Around Her After Anthony Bourdain's Death

The Travel Channel also announced Friday that it will air a 12-hour marathon of the Emmy Award-winning series “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” on Sunday starting at 7 a.m. Et.

“Fans will have a chance to watch celebrated episodes of the series including where he introduces viewers to the picturesque landscapes, exotic cuisines, and the mysterious history of Laos; his epic journey to Spain’s Costa Brava to cook and dine at El Bulli,...

Asia Argento mourned the death of her boyfriend, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, on Friday, posting a message to her Instagram account saying that she is “beyond devastated” by his death.

“Anthony gave all of himself in everything that he did,” Argento wrote. “His brilliant, fearless spirit touched and inspired so many, and his generosity knew no bounds.”

The actress and director continued, “He was my love, my rock, my protector. I am beyond devastated.”

Also Read: CNN to Remember Anthony Bourdain With Tribute Specials This Weekend

Argento added, “My thoughts are with his family. I would ask that you respect their family and mine.”

Bourdain died Friday at age 61 as a result of suicide, CNN reported. According to the BBC, his body was found in a hotel room in a Strasbourg, France, where he was shooting an episode for CNN’s “Parts Unknown,” now in its 11th season.

Argento is...

Asia Argento received an overwhelming amount of support on social media Friday after news emerged that her boyfriend, celebrity foodie and prominent author Anthony Bourdain, committed suicide at the age of 61. The strongest voices were those of the Italian actress’ friends, including Rose McGowan, Patricia Arquette, Amber Tamblyn and Olivia Munn.

“Sending you love and light,” Arquette wrote.

“Witches: please prepare the strongest protection spell you have for our sister Asia Argento today. Please lift her up with all the love and light your conjuring is capable of casting. #AnthonyBourdain,” Tamblyn tweeted.

“My heart is broken for my sweet friend @AsiaArgento. … Anthony Bourdain??'” Munn wrote.

Also Read: Rose McGowan Mourns Anthony Bourdain in Tearful Video: 'We Needed You' (Video)

McGowan shared a picture of Bourdain that Argento had posted herself just 10 days ago, while shooting an episode for the upcoming season of his series “Parts Unknown,” which Argento directed.

Rose McGowan has shared a tearful video message on Twitter in response to the death of Anthony Bourdain on Friday.

“Anthony I am so mad at you,” tweeted McGowan, mentioning Bourdain’s girlfriend, Italian actress Asia Argento. “You were so loved, the world is not better without you. I have a message for those considering suicide as a solution to a temporary problem. Please call a hotline. Please reach out. Asia needed you, Anthony. We needed you. Please come back.”

In the video, McGowan says, “To those considering suicide, please don’t. Please call for help because it’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. It’s not forever. And the world will not be better off without you. Oh, Asia Argento, you’ve been through so much… please call suicide hotline. This will affect people all over the globe because Bourdain was international.”

Also Read: Anthony Bourdain Mourned by Celebrity Chefs,...

Prominent chefs and other TV personalities expressed shock on Friday at the death of chef turned TV star Anthony Bourdain at age 61.

“Stunned and saddened by the loss of Anthony Bourdain,” Gordon Ramsay tweeted. “He brought the world into our homes and inspired so many people to explore cultures and cities through their food.”

Chef and TV host Ming Tsai wrote: “Just so crazy. We lost an icon and incredible story teller.”

The Travel Channel, which aired nine seasons of his show “No Reservations,” said: “We are stunned and deeply saddened to hear that the world is now without its global ambassador, Anthony Bourdain. He was an incredible talent who showed us beautiful, gritty, complicated and delicious places in every corner of the world. His wit and perspective will be missed. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.”

According to the BBC,...

Anthony Bourdain, the chef turned Emmy-winning TV foodie, has died at age 61 as a result of suicide, CNN reported Friday.

According to the BBC, his body was found in a hotel room in a Strasbourg, France, where he was shooting an episode for CNN’s “Parts Unknown,” now in its 11th season.

The network released a statement Friday confirming his death and mourning the loss.

“It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” the network said. “His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller. His talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much. Our thoughts and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time.”

Also Read: Kate Spade, Fashion Designer, Dies at 55 in Apparent Suicide

Bourdain had an 11-year-old daughter,...

After witnessing the unfolding of the 2006 Lebanese War, Anthony Bourdain says he knew he could never make a “happy horse s–t” show just about food again. Bourdain was in Beirut, Lebanon filming the Travel Channel’s “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations,” during the outbreak of the war. When bombs hit the Lebanese airport, Bourdain and his crew were stuck in the city waiting for the U.S. Marines to leave. “There was something shameful in this, I felt, that we were safe — reasonably safe,” Bourdain said at an event for the Producers Guild of America’s annual Produced By conference on Saturday.

In “Live and Let Dine,” Archer adds another to its ever-growing line of guest stars in the form of Anthony Bourdain. And, of all the people who’ve come through this show, Bourdain is undoubtedly the most baffling choice made thus far, which is partly why I wasn’t entirely sold on this week’s episode.

Shows often rely upon guest stars to draw in new viewers, except Archer‘s had a bit more integrity than that when it comes to choosing its guest spots. Either their inclusion is inevitable, such as with Burt Reynolds, or it’s a case of an actor wanting to have a bit of fun on the side, like with George Takei.

Bourdain, on the other hand, sticks out as a clear outlier. Like Reynolds before him, Bourdain spends the duration of the episode playing the easiest role of them all, himself; however, whereas those...

Seattle–Feb. 28, 2013– (Nasdaq: Amzn) – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced a content licensing agreement with Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: Sni) that will make Prime Instant Video a subscription home to hundreds of episodes from past seasons of hit TV shows from the Scripps family of brands: Hgtv, Diy Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel and Travel Channel. Starting today, Prime members will be able to instantly view hundreds of episodes of original programming, including Rachael Ray’s Week in a Day; Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations; Cupcake Wars; Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives; House Hunters and House Hunters International; Iron Chef America; Man v. Food; Selling New York and Selling La; Throwdown With Bobby Flay; Chopped; Ghost Adventures; and Yard Crashers, among other popular shows across the networks. Many of the popular lifestyle programs from Scripps will also be available for purchase and download from Amazon Instant Video. “The Scripps family of networks – including Hgtv,...

Vol. I Issue 6

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Note: See Issues 1, 2, 3, and 4 for reviews and clips of the Academy documentary films and short films. Additional reviews of the documentary features follow in this issue.

Best documentary feature

5 Broken Cameras Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi

The Gatekeepers Nominees to be determined *See note below

How to Survive a Plague Nominees to be determined

The Invisible War Nominees to be determined

Searching for Sugar Man Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject

Inocente Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Kings Point Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider

Mondays at Racine Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan

Open Heart Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern

Redemption Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Best animated short film

Adam and Dog Minkyu Lee

Fresh Guacamole Pes

Head over Heels Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly

Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare David Silverman

Paperman John Kahrs

Best live action short film

Asad Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura

Buzkashi Boys Sam French and Ariel Nasr

Curfew Shawn Christensen

Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele

Henry Yan England

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) from a documentary

Before My Time from The documentary feature Chasing Ice Music and Lyric by J. Ralph

Note: *Nominees to be determined* The Documentary Brand gives the nomination to the individual(s) most involved in the key creative aspects of the filmmaking process. A maximum of two persons may be designated as nominees, one of whom must be the credited director who exercised directorial control, and the other of whom must have a producer or director credit. If a producer is named, that individual must have performed a major portion of the producing functions, in accordance with Academy producer criteria. No more than two statuettes will normally be given in the Documentary Feature category. All individuals with a “Producer” or “Produced by” credit on films that reach the semifinal round will automatically be vetted.

The Documentary Branch Executive Committee will determine which producers, if any, are eligible to receive an Oscar. In the unlikely event of a dispute, filmmakers may appeal the committee’s decision. In extremely rare circumstances, a third statuette may be awarded.

Production companies or persons with the screen credit of executive producer, co-producer or any credit other than director or producer shall not be eligible as nominees for the motion picture.

DGA Documentary Award Nominations

Kirby Dick The Invisible War

This is Mr. Dick’s first DGA Award nomination.

Malik Bendjelloul Searching For Sugar Man

This is Mr. Bendjelloul’s first DGA Award nomination.

Lauren Greenfield The Queen of Versailles

This is Ms. Greenfield’s first DGA Award nomination.

David France How To Survive A Plague

This is Mr. France’s first DGA Award nomination.

Alison Klayman Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry

This is Ms. Klayman’s first DGA Award nomination.

Two Academy Nominated Documentary Features

& One Academy Short Listed Documentary Reviewed

The Gatekeepers, directed by Dror Moreh

Documentary Feature Nominee

Six former heads of Israel’s domestic secret service agency, the Shin Bet, share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions in The Gatekeepers, a film by Dror Moreh. These six heads of the Shin Bet stood at the center of Israel's decision-making process in all matters pertaining to security. They worked closely with every Israeli prime minister, and their assessments and insights had—and continue to have—a profound impact on Israeli policy. The Gatekeepers is an exclusive account of their successes and failures.

I find The Gatekeepers remarkable. Not for its craft but for its concept and vision. Imagine

J Edger Hoover talking about his tenure at the FBI, his successes and his failures, his interactions with the Presidents and members of Congress, and his critical self-evaluation of his mission and how his agency’s work affected our nation. Imagine. Dror Moreh accomplished this feat when he convinced these six surviving members of the Shin Bet, to speak on camera.

The film provides a historical perspective of Israel that is both candid and critical of the successive governments in this rare Middle Eastern democracy. The Shin Bet was created in 1949 by David Ben-Gurion’s government to focus on the internal affairs of Israel and evolved into dealing with counterterrorism and intelligence gathering in the West Bank and Gaza.

These intelligence heads, like ours, report to the President/Prime Minister. They are not part of the military complex. It is this context that gives this work its power. We hear the story of Israel’s struggle to protect itself from both its internal and external enemies; the bombers, terrorists, agents and others who worked to destroy this small country. These men are not glamorous or like the fictional heads of the spy agencies we have seen in James Bond and Bourne films. They are bald or balding grandfather-types. Articulate, highly educated, calm and yet we know that they protected Israel from its enemies even if they had them killed.

This is one of the strongest of the nominated docs. It raises significant issues of personal responsibilities. Despite the lack of oversight we don’t feel that this is an organization gone amuck like the Catholic Church not protecting children or the Us Military not protecting its members from sexual harassment. We see these articulate men as guardians and protectors of their nation steadfastly doing their duty within the confines of their moral beliefs. What is scary about The Gatekeepers is that clearly there could have been abuses and wrongs done by the Shin Bet if these six had less character or their mission was redefined by the government without regard to moral or ethical standards. The film on reflection is troubling for regardless of how the spectator might feel about Israel it forces us to look at this conflict through the lenses of these six guardians and we can only wonder what they don’t tell us about what they did in the name of their country.

Credits:

Director: Dror Moreh

Camera: Avner Shahaf

Producers: Dror Moreh, Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky

Co Producer: Anna Van Der Wee

Sound: Amos Zipori

Sound Design: Aex Claude

Music: Ab Ovo, Jérôme Chassagnard, Régis Baillet

Editor: Oron Adar

Production Companies: Dror Moreh Productions, Les Films du Poisson, Cinephil

In Co-Production with: Mac Guff, Wild Heart Productions, Arte France, Iba, Ndr, Rtbf

With the support of: Cnc, Media, Région Ile-de-France, Procirep, Angoa, The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts – Cinema Project

Distribution: Sony Classics

Trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com/thegatekeepers/

The House I Live In, directed by Eugene Jarecki

Short Listed Documentary Feature for Academy Award nomination

The House I Live In looks at how America has waged war on some of its poorest citizens, costing countless lives, destroying families, and inflicting untold damage on future generations of Americans. It posits that over the last forty years, the War on Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests and shows how America became the world’s largest jailer, damaging poor communities at home and abroad. Yet today drugs are cheaper, purer and more available than ever before. It shows that drug abuse is a public health issue. Despite this, it is treated by our society as a criminal matter and a vast machine has been created that feeds on the men and women who are incarcerated. Because of this, the prisoners are not offered help or a cure for their underlying problems, so they return to prison in a never ending cycle.

Eugene Jarecki, whose previous films looked at the military industrial complex (Why We Fight and The Trials of Henry Kissinger), won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance in both 2005 and 2010. The film tackles difficult material. Material that has been in scores of documentaries and television shows over the years. Yet Jarecki, using his personal experience, a wealth of interviews and strong case studies, builds a compelling case for changing the sentencing guidelines for crack (and cocaine) and for dealing with both addiction and the underlying causes of addiction. Jarecki is a skillful filmmaker who has picked a vast and complex subject and has created a work that while rich in content moves along at a good pace although it might have been stronger if it had tried to do less. The film editor Paul Frost and the composer Robert Miller do an excellent job building strong sequences with evocative music. It was nicely shot by Sam Cullman and Derek Hallquist. Richard Abramowitz’s Abramorama handled the distribution and was successful getting the work out which is never easy for such an issue oriented film.

Credits:

Director, Producer, Screenwriter: Eugene Jarecki

Producers: Melinda Shopsin, Sam Cullman, Christopher St. John

Executive Producers: Eugene Jarecki, Nick Fraser, Joslyn Barnes, Danny Glover, Russell Simmons, Roy Ackerman, John Legend, Sally Jo Feifer, Nick Fraser

Camera: Sam Cullman, Derek Hallquist

Sound: Matthew Freed, Art Jaso

Music: Robert Milller

Editor: Paul Frost

Production Companies: Charlotte Street Films, Zdf Enterprises, Independent Television Services, BBC, Aljazeera Documentary Channel, Vpro, Special Broadcasting Service Corporation, Louverture Films, Nhk

Distribution (Us): Abramorama Entertainment, Snag Films

How to Survive a Plague, directed by David France

Documentary Feature Nominee

How to Survive a Plague by writer and filmmaker David France tells the story of how two coalitions came together to lobby for effective treatments and funding for treatments of AIDS in the late 1980s when it was evident that the Us government and its health and other agencies were not being very effective dealing with the AIDS epidemic. The coalitions, Act Up and Tag (Treatment Action Group) helped to make AIDS more treatable. While there is still no cure for AIDS and thousands of people globally still die from the virus, it is now possible to prolong life with treatments that have been developed.

Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time. With access to never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs. Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young men and women, many of them HIV-positive took on Washington and the medical establishment.

While there have been a handful of outstanding films dealing with the AIDS epidemic including Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter and Silverlake Life, to name a few, How to Survive a Plague picks up on the story begun in the landmark Common Threads and updates the struggle, looking at the quest to find a treatment and possibly a cure for this vicious disease. The film weaves together stories of activism and shows how a small determined group can effect change not just nationally but globally. While the film is not as well made as Common Threads or Dr. Peter, it’s powerful. The archival footage manages to capture some of the key figures of Act Up and Tag showing actions as they take place. Instead of relying on talking heads to tell this amazing story, it is presented with footage shot as the story unfolded. This footage and its solid editing distinguishes this film from so many of the works that have tried to tell this story.

Few documentaries have such powerful antagonists, the government, incompetence, a lack of urgency on the part of the medical community and fear. Throw in homophobia and it is evident that the dramatic actions of these heroes saved hundreds of thousands of possible victims from this mostly sexually spread plague.

My only serious criticism of this documentary is its failure to be clearer that the plague continues, that there is no cure for HIV/AIDS and that the community continues to give a false sense of hope. Currently the Cdc states:

” ..estimates that 1,148,200 persons aged 13 years and older are living with HIV infection, including 207,600 (18.1%) who are unaware of their infection1. Over the past decade, the number of people living with HIV has increased, while the annual number of new HIV infections has remained relatively stable. Still, the pace of new infections continues at far too high a level—particularly among certain groups.

HIV Incidence(new infections): The estimated incidence of HIV has remained stable overall in recent years, at about 50,000 new HIV infections per year.2 Within the overall estimates, however, some groups are affected more than others. Msm (men who have sex with men) continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV infection, and among races/ethnicities, African Americans continue to be disproportionately affected.”

This information could have been contained in the last few minutes of this powerful work, to inspire and warn the audience that testing is critical and that safe sex is still the only way to contain AIDS.

The Filmmaker

David France, Director, Producer

David France is an award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author who has been writing about AIDS since 1982 and today is one of the best-known chroniclers of the epidemic. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, GQ, and New York magazine, where he is a contributing editor, and has received the National Headliner Award and the GLAAD Media Award, among others. Several films have been inspired by his work, most recently the Emmy-nominated Showtime film Our Fathers, for which he received a WGA nomination. He is at work on a major history of AIDS, due from Alfred A. Knopf in 2013. Based on decades of reporting, How to Survive a Plague is his directorial debut.

Credits

Director: David France

Writers: David France, Todd Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk

Producers: David France, Howard Gertler

Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Joy A. Tomchin

Co-Producer: Todd Woody Richman

Camera: Derek Wieshahn

Sound: Stuart Deutsch, Topher Reifeiss

Original Music: Stuart Bogie

Editor: Todd Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk

Production Companies: Public Square Films, Ninety Thousand Words

Distribution (Us): Sundance Selects

Short Notes and Update:

The International Documentary Association in Los Angeles presents Doc U: The Doc Reporter

Navigating the Intersection of Documentary and Journalism

Moderated by: Karin Skellwagen (The Brooks Institute)

With Panelists:

Sarah Burns (The Central Park Five)

Michael Donaldson (Partner, Donaldson & Callif)

David France (How To Survive A Plague)

For information: http://doc-u-jan-2013-la.eventbrite.com/

Sundance Announces 2013 International Documentary Competition:

Fallen City/ China (Director: Qi Zhao) — Fallen City spans four years to reveal how three families who survived the 2008 Sichuan earthquake to embark on a journey searching for hope, purpose, identity, and to rebuild their lives in a new China torn between tradition and modernity. North American Premiere

Fire in the Blood/ India (Director: Dylan Mohan Gray) — In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Western governments and pharmaceutical companies blocked low-cost antiretroviral drugs from reaching AIDS-stricken Africa, causing 10 million or more unnecessary deaths. An improbable group of people decided to fight back. North American Premiere

Google and the World Brain/ Spain, United Kingdom (Director: Ben Lewis) — In the most ambitious Internet project ever conceived, Google is working to scan every book in the world. Google says it is building a library for mankind. But some are trying to stop it, claiming that Google may have other intentions. World Premiere

The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear/ Georgia, Germany (Director: Tinatin Gurchiani) — A film director casting a 15-23-year-old protagonist visits villages and cities to meet people who answer her call. She follows those who prove to be interesting enough through various dramatic and funny situations. North American Premiere

The Moo Man/ United Kingdom (Directors: Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier) — A year in the life of heroic farmer Steve, scene stealing Ida (queen of the herd), and a supporting cast of 55 cows. When Ida falls ill, Steve’s optimism is challenged and their whole way of life is at stake. World Premiere

Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer/ Russian Federation, United Kingdom (Directors: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin) — Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial: the three young artists or the society they live in? World Premiere

A River Changes Course/ Cambodia, U.S.A. (Director: Kalyanee Mam) — Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastatingly beautiful story of a country reeling from the tragedies of war and rushing to keep pace with a rapidly expanding world. World Premiere

Salma/ United Kingdom, India (Director: Kim Longinotto) — When Salma, a young girl in South India, reached puberty, her parents locked her away. Millions of girls all over the world share the same fate. Twenty-five years later, Salma has fought her way back to the outside world. World Premiere

The Square (Al Midan)/ Egypt, U.S.A. (Director: Jehane Noujaim) — What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go in defending their beliefs in the fight for their nation? World Premiere

The Stuart Hall Project/ United Kingdom (Director: John Akomfrah) — Antinuclear campaigner, New Left activist and founding father of Cultural Studies, this documentary interweaves 70 years of Stuart Hall’s film, radio and television appearances, and material from his private archive to document a memorable life and construct a portrait of Britain’s foremost radical intellectual. World Premiere

The Summit/ Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Nick Ryan) — Twenty-four climbers converged at the last stop before summiting the most dangerous mountain on Earth. Forty-eight hours later, 11 had been killed or simply vanished. Had one, Ger McDonnell, stuck to the climbers' code, he might still be alive. International Premiere

Who is Dayani Cristal?/ United Kingdom (Director: Marc Silver) — An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for its identity leads us across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo. World Premiere. Day One Film

Producer’s Guild Announces Nominations for the Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures and Non-Fiction Television:

A People Uncounted(Urbinder Films)

Producers: Marc Swenker, Aaron Yeger

The Gatekeepers(Sony Pictures Classics)

Producers: Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky, Dror Moreh

The Island President(Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Producers: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen

The Other Dream Team(The Film Arcade)

Producers: Marius Markevicius, Jon Weinbach

Searching For Sugar Man(Sony Pictures Classics)

Producers: Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn

Nominations for the Award for Outstanding Producer of

Non-Fiction Television:

American Masters(PBS)

Producers: Prudence Glass, Susan Lacy, Julie Sacks

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations(Travel Channel)

Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandy Zweig

Deadliest Catch(Discovery Channel)

Producers: Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Sean Dash, John Gray, Sheila McCormack, Bill Pruitt, Decker Watson

Inside the Actors Studio(Bravo)

Producers: James Lipton, Shawn Tesser, Jeff Wurtz

Shark Tank(ABC)

Producers: Rhett Bachner, Becky Blitz, Mark Burnett, Bill Gaudsmith, Yun Lingner, Brien Meagher, Clay Newbill, Jim Roush, Laura Skowlund, Paul Sutera, Patrick Wood

BAFTA Short and Documentary Feature Nominations (British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London)

Documentary Feature

The ImposterBart Layton, Dimitri Doganis

Marley Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel

McCullin David Morris, Jacqui Morris

Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn

West of Memphis Amy Berg

Short Animation

Here to Fall Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath

I’m Fine Thanks Eamonn O'Neill

The Making of Longbird Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson

Short Film

The Curse Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries

Good Night Muriel d'Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir

Swimmer Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw

Tumult Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews

The Voorman Problem Mark Gill, Baldwin Li

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca)

Documentary Feature Nominations

Bully

The Imposter

Queen of Versailles

Searching for Sugar Man (Winner)

The Central Park Five

West of Memphis

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Earlier this week The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the nominations for their annual awards for theatrical motion picture, animated motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 2013 Producers Guild Awards.

This was an incredible year for films, and most of the movies nominated here deserve to be. Out of all the films listed here, I'd like to see Zero Dark Thirty or Silver Linings Playbook take the top prize for motion picture, Paranorman for animated film, Game of Thrones for TV drama, and Curb Your Enthusiasm for TV Comedy. In case you missed them, here they are! Look them over and let us know what films you'd like to see win!

Ten nominations in the theatrical motion picture category include:

Argo (Warner Bros.)

Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)

Django Unchained (The Weinstein Company)

Life of Pi (20th Century Fox)

Lincoln (DreamWorks)

Les Misérables (Universal)

Moonrise Kingdom...

The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominations for best productions of the year, in what is often looked to as an indicator for how the Academy Awards may go.

The guild selected 10 films — most of them common guesses for the group that could make up the Oscar list of the best films of 2012: Argo, Lincoln, Les Misérables, among others.

The one surprise: Skyfall. No 007 film has ever cracked the Best Picture list, but if this nomination is any indication, that could change when the Oscar nods are revealed Jan. 10.

Check out the full list …

The Darryl F. Zanuck...

On Wednesday, the Producers' Guild of America announced the TV and digital nominees for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The winners will be announced in a ceremony on January 26, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. In addition to the nominees listed below, the PGA will present special honors to  Bob and Harvey Weinstein, J.J. Abrams, and Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:

"Breaking Bad" (AMC) Producers: Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, Michelle MacLaren, George Mastras, Diane Mercer, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett

"Downton Abbey" (PBS) Producers: Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge

"Game of Thrones" (HBO) Producers: David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, D.B. Weiss

"Homeland" (Showtime) Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm

"Mad Men" (AMC) Producers: Jon Hamm,...

HBO’s Game of Thrones, Showtime’s Homeland, CBS’ Big Bang Theory and FX’s Louie were among the nominees in the top categories for the annual Producers Guild of America awards.

There’s a lot of overlap here with the 2012 Emmy award nominations, with a few exceptions: HBO’s Boardwalk Empire missed landing a slot for best drama series (there were six Emmy nominees and five for PGA). While on the comedy side, HBO’s Girls and Veep weren’t nominated, but Louie was. If you’re wondering why Comedy Central’s Emmy favorite The Daily Show with Jon Stewart...

Chef-turned-author-turned-tv personality Anthony Bourdain is about to start production on his new 2013 series on CNN, the title of which -- "Parts Unknown" -- was just announced by the news network. His long-running Travel Channel international food show "No Reservations" came to an end last week with an episode set in his hometown of New York, though he has another show, "The Layover," set to kick off a new season on the network on November 19th. This hasn't stopped the never shy Bourdain from venting some serious anger at the Travel Channel for the way they cut the last two episodes of "No Reservations" to make it appear that he was driving in (and tacitly endorsing as a product) a new Cadillac. In a long post on Tumblr, Bourdain explains his two brushes with product placement, and notes that he's preferred to stay away from it because he likes to make...

Sure, Sunday is incredibly overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Homeland," "The Walking Dead," "Boardwalk Empire," "The Good Wife," "Treme" and "Dexter," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations ": Series Finale Monday, November 5 at 9pm on the Travel Channel "Kitchen Confidential" author Anthony Bourdain brings his culinary travel series to an end after seven years and nine seasons with an episode that brings him back to the city in which he was born and where he lives -- New York. Bourdain will tour the borough of Brooklyn in the "No Reservations" series finale, paying visits to places like Primorski Restaurant in Brighton Beach, Sunny's Bar in Red Hook and the boutique restaurant Blanca in Bushwick before heading to CNN to host his own...

As you tune in to your favorite TV shows tonight, we think it’s only fair that You decide the night’s best sound bite.

After you’ve watched your favorite shows, submit your choice sound bite in the comments section of this post. Will it be from Castle (Beckett has a hunch that Castle is involved with ritualistic murder). Revolution or Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations? The Voice or Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars? Scare Tactics or Long Island Medium? Leave us a comment with your favorite quote of the evening and the name of the character who said...

With Autumn in full swing, it’s time for some of our favorite television series to throw a few twists into their seasonal stories. Whether it be fighting, heartbreak, or even revelations, Monday’s TV picks contain more than enough plot twists for fans to enjoy (or hate).

On How I Met Your Mother, the season of breakups is now upon us; 2 Broke Girls brings on Cedric the Entertainer as Earl’s son, while Max and Caroline get a new credit card; American Chopper finds Senior and Junior fighting (again); Castle puts Rick’s relationship with Betckett to the test when he’s framed for murder – and much more…

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Tune in alert for Travel Channel the week of November 5: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations . The Final Tour Series Finale: Monday, November 5 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt After eight years, 134 episodes, and over 57 countries visited, Anthony Bourdain explores his own backyard. He travels just across the river to Brooklyn, a part of New York that's practically on his doorstep but that he's barely visited. Along the way he explores the people, music and cutting edge food of this New York City borough. Dining with rapper Talib Kweli, exploring with actor Michael K. Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) and eating at the chef.s table of the only three Michelin starred restaurant in Brooklyn, Bourdain uncovers...

Tune in alert for the Travel Channel, as actor Dick Van Dyke appears on .Making Monsters." The line up for the end of October Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations . The Final Tour Special New Episode: Monday, October 22 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt In this special episode, we revisit some of Anthony Bourdain.s most unforgettable moments, including his experience at a Haitian cemetery on the Day of the Dead, a humorously horrific Halloween party in Transylvania with Zamir and a trip to Iraq covered in body armor, prepped for minefields and death. Series Synopsis: Expect the unexpected from the final season of the Emmy award-winning series, .Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations . The Final Tour.. Throughout the weekly one-hour series, Anthony Bourdain...

Well if you hadn't really heard of Homeland prior to this weekend, you probably have by now. The Showtime series pulled off a major upset at the 64th Annual Emmy Awards last night, winning a large chunk of the major awards in the Drama category over favourites like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones. Claire Danes and Damian Lewis both took home awards for Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series, while the show also broke Mad Men's four-year win streak for Outstanding Drama Series. Elsewhere, Aaron Paul won his second Emmy for his supporting performance as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus won Best Lead Actress in a Comedy for Veep. Modern Family still took the Outstanding Comedy Series, however, while the HBO movie Game Change took the Outstanding Mini-Series or TV Movie. Kevin Costner did manage to pick up some...

"Homeland" broke "Mad Men's" Emmy streak by winning Outstanding Drama Series -- it also took home Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series for stars Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.

The complete list of nominees:

Outstanding Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game Of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Glenn Close, Damages

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Kathy Bates, Harry's Law

Claire Danes, Homeland

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Aaron Paul,...

With the Emmy Awards set for a week from tonight on ABC, HBO got off to a terrific start last night, racking up 17 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, with Game of Thrones netting six and Boardwalk Empire, Girls and Hemingway & Gellhorn all faring well for the cable network.

Here's a rundown of the winners:

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

Michael J. Fox - "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - HBO

Greg Kinnear - "Modern Family" - ABC

Bobby Cannavale - "Nurse Jackie" - Showtime

Winner: Jimmy Fallon - "Saturday Night Live" - NBC

Will Arnett - "30 Rock" - NBC

Jon Hamm - "30 Rock" - NBC

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

Mark Margolis - "Breaking Bad" - AMC

Dylan Baker - "The Good Wife" - CBS

Michael J. Fox - "The Good Wife" - CBS

Winner: Jeremy Davies - "Justified" - FX Networks

Ben Feldman - "Mad Men" - AMC...

Following the nine-season run of his Emmy-winning comedy Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal successfully segued into documentary-making with Exporting Raymond, which chronicled his adventures in Russia overseeing the development of a local version of his CBS series. Now, Rosenthal again is venturing into new territory: reality television. He is set to do a pilot for a travel and food reality series, in which “a great chef takes me to a great city and shows me where to eat,” he says. In the pilot, he and chef Thomas Keller will travel to London and spend nine days exploring great eateries in all price ranges with Keller and his local chef friends as guides. Rosenthal will provide live updates during the trip on his Twitter feed. He will shop the completed pilot to TV networks and, if it goes to series, Rosenthal has chef Nancy Silverton lined up for a trip to...

Gossiping Upper East Siders, switched-at-birth gals, crimesolvers in spades…This Labor Day weekend has plenty of marathons, specials and premieres to keep you glued to your TV. From two generations of sexy New Yorkers on Style Network to a slayer we can’t quit, TVLine presents the best offerings.

Saturday, Sept. 1

Midnight — 10 pm Doctor Who (BBC America) | The Doctor continues his Season 6 travels from Friday’s marathon, leading into the season premiere of “Asylum of the Daleks” at 9 pm (get scoop).

Midnight – 9 pm Sunday The Hills (MTV) | Yes, Lauren’s mascara is still running.

6 am — 3 am Sunday Factory Made (Science) | Shockingly,...

Labor Day Weekend 2012 is here and while a lot of people choose to travel, if you are staying home, Zap2it's got you covered for four days of programming, including MTV running its reality series "The Hills" in its entirety.

All times Eastern.

Friday, Aug. 31

A&E: "Dog the Bounty Hunter" and "Storage Wars" marathon, 7 a.m. to 4 a.m. the next day

BBC America: "Doctor Who" marathon, 8 a.m. to midnight

Bravo: "Flipping Out" and "Million Dollar Listing" marathon, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Chiller: "The Outer Limits" marathon, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The CW: New "America's Next Top Model," 8 p.m.

Espn: College football, Boise State at Michigan State, 8 p.m.

ESPN2: 2012 U.S. Open Tennis, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Espnu: College football, Nc State vs. Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.

History: "Modern marvels" marathon, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

MTV: "The Hills" marathon, 12:30 p.

One thing America’s Got Talent may soon not have: Sharon Osbourne.

After fueling rumors of her departure via Twitter, the Agt judge is making her intention to leave the NBC reality competition series (loud and) clear.

Related | NBC Boss on More Community, Stern’s America’s Got Talent Status and Voice Burnout

“It’s time to move on,” she tells the New York Post. Despite being under contract, Osbourne says, “They can’t make me do something I don’t want to do. All they can do is stop me from being a judge on another network for five years.

The Travel Channel has announced that the ninth (and last) season of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations will premiere on Labor Day -- September 3rd. It'll be preceded by a special nine-hour marathon of episodes.

Here's the press release which offers some additional details:

Travel Channel Bows The Final Season Of The Emmy(R) Award-winning Series "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - The Final Tour"

The Ninth And Last Season Premieres On Monday, September 3 At 9:00 P.M. Et/Pt, Kicked Off By A Labor Day Marathon Featuring The Best Of The Series At 12:00 P.M. Et/Pt

Chevy Chase, MD (August 6, 2012) - After exploring over 60 countries, traveling more than 716,000 miles (which is the equivalent of circumnavigating the globe over 28 times) and tasting the delicacies of hundreds of cities, villages and towns, Travel Channel's Emmy(R) Award-winning series will take...

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards this morning. The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air live on Sunday, September 23rd at 7pm Et on ABC. Outstanding Comedy Series * The Big Bang Theory * Curb Your Enthusiasm * Girls * Modern Family * 30 Rock * Veep Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series * Girls * Mike and Molly * New Girl * Nurse Jackie * Parks And Recreation * 30 Rock * Veep Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series * Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory * Larry David- Curb Your Enthusiasm * Don Cheadle - House Of Lies * Louis C.K. - Louie * Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock * Jon Cryer - Two And A Half Men Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series * Mayim Bialik- The Big Bang Theory * Kathryn Joosten - Desperate Housewives * Julie Bowen - Modern Family * Sofia Vergara - Modern Family * Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie * Kristen Wiig...

The nominations are out for the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. When all of the categories are taken into account, "American Horror Story" and "Mad Men" lead the way with 17 nominations each, followed closely by "Downton Abbey" and "Hatfields & McCoys" with 16 apiece.

The complete list of nominees:

Outstanding Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Girls

Modern Family

30 Rock

Veep

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Lena Dunham, Girls

Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Louis C.K., Louie

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives

Julie Bowen,...

by Ryan J. Downey

He cooks, he's cool and now he's written a graphic novel.

Anthony Bourdain, who cut his teeth in the CBGBs punk world back in the day, was at San Diego Comic-Con promoting Vertigo's "Get Jiro," the celebrity chef's futuristic graphic novel set in a world (of possible fantasy wish fulfillment?) where cooks rule the streets like crime lords.

MTV Geek's Steven Smith sat down with the "No Reservations" star to talk about his foray into geekdom.

"I've been a serious collector of comics since I was six years old," Bourdain said during MTV Geek's live stream. His love of pre-code comics took over not long afterward. "I liked antisocial, violent comics. Early EC's, Mad Magazine, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Will Eisner." He collected early '60s Marvel Comics and Batman. But next came the underground; stuff like R. Crumb. "When the first underground comics came out […] my tiny,...

Dude, is Hurley headed to Once Upon a Time?

It’s not official just yet, but if all goes as planned, Jorge Garcia will be the next Lost alum to visit ABC’s fantastical drama.

Related | Exclusive: Once Upon a Time Has Cast Sarah Bolger as Sleeping Beauty

Once showrunners Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz tell TV Guide Magazine that they are hoping to find a spot for Garcia — who would join fellow island folk Emilie de Ravin and Alan Dale — now that his most recent venture, Fox’s Alcatraz, is a thing of the past. Which fairy-tale fave would...

"Homeland" and "Community" took home the big prizes at the 2nd Annual Critic's Choice Awards.

The freshman season of Showtime's political thriller "Homeland" was honored with Best Drama Series. Star Claire Danes took home the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. "Community" took home the award for Best Comedy Series.

Other big winners included Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad," Zooey Deschanel and Amy Poehler tied for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and "The Voice" took home the prize for Best Reality Competition Series.

Check out the full list of winners below.

Best Drama Series

"Homeland" -- Showtime

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Bryan Cranston -- "Breaking Bad" -- AMC

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Danes -- "Homeland" -- Showtime

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Giancarlo Esposito -- "Breaking Bad" -- AMC

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Christina Hendricks -- "Mad Men...

"Homeland" and "Community" took home the big prizes at the 2nd Annual Critic's Choice Awards.

The freshman season of Showtime's political thriller "Homeland" was honored with Best Drama Series. Star Claire Danes took home the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. "Community" took home the award for Best Comedy Series.

Other big winners included Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad," Zooey Deschanel and Amy Poehler tied for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and "The Voice" took home the prize for Best Reality Competition Series.

Check out the full list of winners below.

Best Drama Series

"Homeland" -- Showtime

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Bryan Cranston -- "Breaking Bad" -- AMC

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Danes -- "Homeland" -- Showtime

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Giancarlo Esposito -- "Breaking Bad" -- AMC

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Christina Hendricks -- "Mad Men...

Showtime’s Homeland took best drama honors and a best drama actress award for Claire Danes at the 2nd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton. PBS’ Sherlock was also a big winner, taking best miniseries/movie and best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch. On the comedy side, NBC’s Community took best series honors and Parks And Recreation‘s Amy Poehler split the best comedy actress nod with New Girl‘s Zooey Deschanel. NBC walked away with the most wins overall for a network with 5, including best reality competition series with The Voice. ABC and AMC had three wins apiece, with the later scoring a pair of Breaking Bad wins for lead drama actor Bryan Cranston and supporting actor Giancarlo Esposito. Stay tuned for Pete Hammond’s take on the results. Here’s the full list of winners: Related: Will ‘Community’ and ‘Homeland’ Upset Wins Mean Big Things For Emmy?...

Yes it's not about the movies, but the Television Awards is the "sister" awards of our Critics' Choice Movie Awards. This one honors the best and brightest of the television world that aired between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012.

This is the second year of the Critics' Choice Television Awards and since last year, six new categories have been added for the 2011/12 season including Best Movie or Mini-series, Best Actor in a Movie or Mini-Series, Best Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series, Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series, Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series and Best Animated Series.

Winners will be announced on Monday, June 18th, at a gala awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

NBC received the most nods with 14 nominations followed by ABC with 13 and Fox with 12. HBO led nominations for cable networks with 12, followed by AMC and FX with 11 nominations each.

The most nominated series? NBC's "Community" which received six nods.

The summer television season may be upon us, but you’ll have to wait until later in the week (and month) for the start of most summer series. With only Masterchef premiering tonight, returning favorites will likely fill up tonight’s viewing schedule.

Closing out season 18, Top Gear puts Slash in its Reasonably Priced Car; Anthony Bourdain heads to Penang to taste some local faire in No Reservations; Holly is threatened by an anti-virus on Eureka; Fae “goes wild” on Lost Girl; and much more…

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America’s Got Talent (NBC)

8:30pm

Top Gear (BBC America) [season finale]

9:00pm

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel)

Eureka (Syfy)

Masterchef (Fox) [season premiere]

10:00pm

Kurt Sutter’s Outlaw Empires (Discovery)

Lost Girl (Syfy)

Teen Wolf (MTV)

You ...

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