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Cecil B. DeMille delivers a satisfying western epic starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy & Akim Tamiroff; the story of the building of a railroad is historically bogus but highly entertaining and action-filled. Joel McCrea is our favorite ethical frontier lawman; here he’s a troubleshooter keeping crooks, Indians and proto-Bolsheviks from delaying construction. The huge cast includes scores of favorite supporting actors — although the screen is so busy some of them will be hard to spot.

Union Pacific

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1939 / B&w / 1:37 flat Academy / 135 min. / Street Date August 3, 2021 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95

Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Henry Kolker, Anthony Quinn, Lynne Overman.

Cinematography: Victor Milner

Art Directors: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson

Film Editor: Anne Bauchens

Special Effects: Gordon Jennings, George Tomasini, Loren L. Ryder, Barney Wolff, Jan Domela, Paul K. Lerpae

Original Music: Sigmund Krumgold, John Leipold

Written by Jack Cunningham,...

By Fred Blosser

In “Union Pacific” (1939), an epic Western produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount Pictures in flavorful black-and-white, Union Army veteran Jeff Butler (Joel McCrea) is hired as a troubleshooter by the fledgling Union Pacific Railroad just after the end of the Civil War. In the 2021 corporate world, his job description probably would say “Head of Security.” Butler is an engineer by profession, but he’s traded his slide rule (or whatever engineers used in those days) for a pair of six-shooters. The Union Pacific is laying track westward from Nebraska to connect in Utah with the Central Pacific, as the latter proceeds eastward from California. Jeff’s duty is to make sure the Union Pacific stays on schedule, and that means no malingering or sabotage by the track crew. If the Union Pacific falls behind, the Central Pacific becomes top dog.

Jeff’s main problem...

In today’s film news roundup, “Bombshell” writer Charles Randolph and production designers William J. Creber and Roland Anderson are set for honors and Abrams Agency opens a London office.

Award Winners

Charles Randolph has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2020 Paul Selvin Award in recognition of his script for “Bombshell.”

Randolph will be honored at the 2020 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony on Feb. 1 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

“Charles Randolph’s masterful screenplay has turned a challenging and significant cultural moment into a deeply captivating human drama,” said WGA West President David A. Goodman. “His work illustrates that the experience of standing up to abuse transcends the barriers of partisanship and political affiliation. The Wgaw is proud to honor him for this outstanding script.”

“Bombshell” recaps the sexual harassment scandals at Fox News that led to the departure of Roger Ailes.

While Disney and LucasFilm's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story couldn't break Star Wars: The Force Awakens' opening weekend box office record, it did make history in a few other ways. For one, this is the first live-action Star Wars movie since 1984's The Ewok Adventure and 1985's Ewok: The Battle for Endor that doesn't feature a score by John Williams, with Michael Giacchino taking over the composing duties on Rogue One. And it is also the first Star Wars movie since those Ewok spin-offs that doesn't begin with the iconic opening crawl, which immediately transports viewers to "a galaxy far, far away." In fairness, the theatrical Star Wars: Clone Wars movie also ditched some of these elements. But it's important here, because it sets a precedence for the new Star Wars standalone movies moving forward. Instead of an opening crawl, director Gareth Edwards opted for an opening prologue,...

The ratings for Hell on Wheels have dropped lower and lower so AMC decided to end the series with season five. Will the fifth season's ratings be the show's best numbers yet or, will they drop lower. Will the execs regret not cancelling the show instead of giving it a final season? Stay tuned.A gritty period drama that takes place in the 1860s, Hell on Wheels revolves around the institutionalized greed and corruption behind the building of America's Transcontinental Railroad as loyalties are abandoned and the race between the Central Pacific and Union Pacific lines intensifies. The cast includes Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Christopher Heyerdahl, Robin McLeavy, Jennifer Ferrin, Phil Burke, Tim Guinee, Dohn Norwood, Reg Rogers, Byron Mann, A. Zhou, Tzi Ma, and MacKenzie Porter.Read More…...

Amir here, to bring you this month’s edition of Team Top Ten, a monthly poll by all of our contributing team at The Film Experience. Cinephiles all around the world turn their attention to the south of France in May as the most prestigious film festival in the world gets underway in Cannes.

The festival’s history is a rich one, full of interesting cinematic and political narratives. It’s an event that has celebrated the best in cinema and operated as a launching pad for emerging artists as much as it has played games of politics and festival world favouritism. Still, when all is said and done, the list of Palme d’Or winners can rival any list of the best films ever made.

With this year’s edition of the festival just about to begin, we thought it would be a good time to revisit the past...

The top 20. The scripts by which all others are defined and to which all others are compared. Brilliant scripts can be wordy. Brilliant scripts can be confusing. Brilliant scripts can be sweeping or intimate. This section runs the gamut, ranging from first time writers to established writing vets. It only gets better from here.

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20. Easy Rider (1969)

Written by Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Terry Southern

They’ll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it’s gonna scare ‘em.

This portion’s “anybody can write a film” segment comes from 1969, with a landmark film that truly doesn’t have much weight. A road movie if there ever was one, Easy Rider follows Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) as they ride their motorcycles across the country to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.

In an attempt to remind viewers that it still has original programming other than Mad Men and The Walking Dead (though one of those is on the way out soon), AMC has announced that it will be giving the railroad drama Hell On Wheels a fourth season. Deadline Hollywood reports that the upcoming season will bump up to 13 episodes—instead of the show’s usual 10—which will give the Union Pacific cowboys working on the Transcontinental Railroad three extra hours to realize that trains are a bit old-fashioned and that everyone should be driving cars by now. Also ...

“Northern general, southern soldier, working together to unify these United States — it’s what the country needs,” Ulysses S. Grant (guest star Victor Slezak) tells Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount). And Bohannon screwing over Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney), who files an injunction against the Union Pacific in this week’s episode of Hell on Wheels? It’s what the fans want.

Watch our exclusive sneak peek below. It not only shows Mount’s comedic timing, but also just how beautifully you can frame a shot in Calgary, where the series films. (It’s almost as if the wind and that fly...

Sneak Peek new footage, images and synopsis from the next episode of the AMC 'western' TV series, "Hell On Wheels", titled "One Less Mule", airing September 7, 2013:

"...'Durant' files an injunction against 'Union Pacific', threatening 'Cullen' and his position. Then 'Elam' deals with a dangerous newcomer..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hell On Wheels: One Less Mule"...

During a break in production on AMC's Saturday Western drama "Hell on Wheels," star Anson Mount has left behind the plains of Calgary, Alberta, where rain and massive flooding caused the entire show to be shut down a week before its scheduled hiatus in June.

On this July day, Mount spends his time off helping a friend build a cabin in the woods in the southern Catskills of upstate New York.

"We're soaking wet here," he tells Zap2it. "We're drilling holes in very wet wood, securing these deck braces, so it's not too bad. Where it needs to be dry is inside, and we've already got the roof on."

"Hell on Wheels" premiered its third season on Aug. 10, when it moved to its new Saturday time slot, which, as pointed out by Joel Stillerman, AMC's head of original programming, "has been the home of our Westerns very successfully for many years.

Zap2it: This season, your character, Elam Ferguson -- a former slave now working for the Union Pacific, building the Transcontinental Railroad -- has reunited with his love, former Indian captive and prostitute Eva (Robin McLeavy), who may or may not be carrying his baby. What's it been like to play that?

Common: It's a strong [relationship], and it's a conflicted one. It's one that outside circumstances can affect; it's one that inner demons can affect. Obviously she was pregnant at the end of last season, so coming into this season and seeing when the baby arrives -- those things are part of his arc and challenges. It's really just building that home that he wants, just to have a home and live a happy life.

Zap2it: It seems that whatever fate or the railroad throws their way, they just can't quit each other. Why is that?

Common: They can't.

Season 3 of the AMC drama series Hell on Wheels finds Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) leaving his vengeance-seeking ways behind and investing in the new American landscape. It is now 1867, the third year of the building of the transcontinental railroad, and Bohannon must not only contend with racism, greed and murder, as he leads the Union Pacific in its race across the country against the Central Pacific, but he now also has his former employer, Thomas “Doc” Durant (Colm Meaney), actively working to defeat him. During this recent exclusive interview with Collider, I sat down with actor Anson Mount, who is always insightful about his character and the show, to talk about how different things feel in Season 3, what it was like to shoot by himself in a blizzard, what’s motivating Cullen Bohannon now, what it’s like to be at odds with Durant this season, what role the Mormons will play,...

Following the murder of Lily Bell in the season finale of Hell on Wheels, it's a safe bet that Cullen Bohannon will be all about revenge and/or spiraling out of control when we see him again on tonight's Hell on Wheels Season 3 premiere, right?

Not exactly.

While Cullen is deeply affected by the death of his love, star Anson Mount and new showrunner John Wirth sat down with me recently to for a preview of what to expect when the new season kicks off and, for Wirth, how he's handled taking over the job of after John Shiban departed the series at the end of last year...

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TV Fanatic: John, with you coming to take the reins, will we see a difference in season three?

John Wirth: I think we're taking the show in a slightly different direction, starting with putting Cullen Bohannon at the helm of the railroad.

AMC's "Hell on Wheels" is shifting gears somewhat as it heads into its third season, but some things will remain the same. Cullen Bohannon and Elam Ferguson, for instance, would just as soon punch each other as say hello.

That's pretty much what happens in this clip -- which is exclusively on Zap2it -- from Saturday's (Aug. 10) season premiere. Cullen (Anson Mount) has scarcely stepped into a room before Elam (Common) greets him with a right hand to the face. Cullen responds in kind, and were it not for a knock on the door, who knows how much damage they would have done to one another?

About the Season 3 changes: "Hell on Wheels" has done away with the revenge story that drove its first two seasons and picks up with Cullen having become the chief engineer for Union Pacific as it races to build the transcontinental railroad. Elam is...

It's time for the always-exciting double-eviction episode of "Big Brother" -- who do you think will be going home this week? Be sure to sign up for the live feeds, because they whould be pretty fun after the double elimination.

We'll tell you that the temperature of the house seems to indicate Candice is a goner. Guess we'll know shortly. What the houseguests don't know (as of earlier today, anyway) is that Candice will become the first member of the jury, which means a nine-member jury instead of the usual seven.

The new Head of Household should be pretty interesting. Will he or she target the power couple of McCrae and Amanda. Amanda has been making few friends in the house these last two weeks when she's been on the block.

Join us here at 9 p.m. Et/Pt for a live blog of all the excitement. All times Eastern.

It’s not like Big Brother contestants are typically known for their contributions to society, but the season 15 cast has set the moral bar at an all-time low. (Is there a basement in the Bb house? Because the bar is buried beneath that.) Following a season of offhand racist and homophobic remarks, the latest attempt at a “joke” is Spencer Clawson’s riff on child porn.

While fellow contestant McCrae was in the shower, Spencer grabbed his microphone and, in an apparent attempt to make his housemate look bad, said into the mic, “I like to beat off to child porn.

"Big Brother" Season 15 contestant Spencer Clawson has traded in the hate speech for joking about child porn.

His comments, which seemingly were in jest, were captured on the "Big Brother" live feed on Monday, August 5. While fellow houseguest McCrae Olson was in the shower, it looked like Spencer took his microphone and said the following directly into it.

"I like to b*** off to child porn. Did I ever tell y'all about that?" he asked Andy Herren and Amanda Zuckerman. "Oh, I love it. B***ing off to child porn is my favorite thing there is. I love it when they're around 3 or 4 years old. My favorite ones are when you can tell they're filming in a basement somewhere in Minnesota."

This isn't the first time Spencer's comments have caused some controversy. He previously used gay slurs and praised Hitler's speaking abilities, according to Reality Blurred.

Spencer's employer...

The AMC Western Hell on Wheels returns Aug. 10 with a two-hour premiere that picks up in the winter of 1867. We find former confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) readying to assume control of the Union Pacific Railroad, emancipated slave Elam Ferguson (Common) wondering whether wearing a badge will be too dangerous for a new family man, and railroad impresario Thomas “Doc” Durant (Colm Meaney) scheming to get out of jail and back into business. Here are 10 things you can look forward to in season 3:

1. A peek at Hell on Wheels in the winter: The cast and crew had been...

"Hell on Wheels" is gearing up for its Season 3 return on AMC and Zap2It has the exclusive first behind-the-scenes look at the western's upcoming season.

In Season 3, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) leaves behind his quest for vengeance and takes on a leadership role with the Union Pacific, racing across the country to beat Central Pacific Railroad in finishing the transcontinental railroad. Big changes are in store as the power struggle between Cullen and Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) has been flipped on its head, with Durant now behind bars.

The new season will find all the characters evaluating their morality as the American landscape shifts greatly around them. As Mount says in the preview, it just might be the best season yet.

Check out the preview above to hear all about Season 3 in the cast and crew's own words.

"Hell on Wheels" premieres with a special two-hour episode on Saturday,...

It's a rollicking caper, but Butch and Sundance's lives were cartoonish at times – spiked with undramatic boring bits

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Director: George Roy Hill

Entertainment grade: A–

History grade: B

Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh – better known as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – were robbers in the American old west around the turn of the 20th century.

Crime

The film opens with the admission "Most of what follows is true". Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) ride to Hole-in-the-Wall, Wyoming, a pass where outlaws hang out. Their gang is keen to move on to robbing trains, specifically the Union Pacific Flyer. Butch, Sundance and their henchmen stop the train, but meet resistance from a clerk, Woodcock. "I work for Mr Eh Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad, and he entrusted me …" Butch interrupts: "Will you shut...

Big Brother 15 Spencer Clawson may get fired too over questionable comments. According to a new report from TMZ, current Big Brother 15 contestant, Spencer Clawson, is currently in a whole heap of trouble with his employer when he gets out of the house. They haven't fired him yet,but they appear to be planning it. Spencer has been caught on the Live Feed cams, "calling one houseguest "Kermit the F**" and praising Hitler as a gifted speaker." Spencer is currently employed as a railroad conductor for Union Pacific, and they recently released a statement, which read like this: "The values represented by Spencer Clawson's comments during the Big Brother show do not at all align with Union Pacific's values. Mr. Clawson is on unpaid leave of absence while participating on Big Brother. Union Pacific does not condone his comments." It's reported that they ended their statement,saying, "acting in accordance with...

Hell on Wheels Season 3 gets underway at 9/8c on August 10.

Yes, folks, that's a Saturday night.

And AMC has released a new promotional poster (first published on The Huffington Post) that hypes this time slot shift and warns viewers: Cullen Bohannon is a outlaw in charge. And he's about to raise Hell.

Look for Season 3 to be set in 1867, the third year of building the transcontinental railroad. Anson Mount's Bohannon will be leading Union Pacific against Central Pacific Railroad in what is sure to be a bloody, messy battle.

Will you be tuning in on Saturday evenings for it?...

"Hell On Wheels" is back for Season 3 with some changes.

Not only is the show on a new night, but Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) is leaving vengeance behind and investing in the American landscape. Season 3 opens in 1867, the third year of building the transcontinental railroad. Racism, greed and murder run rampant as Cullen Bohannon leads Union Pacific against Central Pacific Railroad.

"Hell on Wheels" also stars Colm Meaney as Thomas “Doc” Durant, a greedy entrepreneur and Common as Elam Ferguson, an emancipated slave working to achieve true freedom.

See the exclusive Season 3 key art below.

"Hell On Wheels" moves to Saturdays on August 10, 9 p.m. Et with a 2-hour special.

Big Brother has been a summertime guilty pleasure for me for years. I’ve skipped some seasons (three episodes a week for nearly three months is not always a commitment I am capable of making), but I couldn’t tell you which ones without consulting Wikipedia. The seasons fade from my memory or blur into fuzzy recollections of other seasons minutes after host Julie Chen announces the results of the final vote and the “Houseguests” wave goodbye to the cameras that spied on their every whisper, argument, cuddle, swim, smoke, flirt, folly and fart for three months.

I remember the...

"Big Brother" contestant Spencer Clawson's employer Union Pacific is speaking out after Spencer's derogatory statements were caught on camera.

Spencer was one of a handful of contestants who were caught on the "Big Brother" 24-hour live feed making a series of comments. Spencer used gay slurs, and praised Hitler's speaking abilities, according to Reality Blurred.

Union Pacific said it does not condone his comments.

"The values represented by Spencer Clawson's comments during the 'Big Brother' show do not at all align with Union Pacific's values," the company said in a statement. "Mr. Clawson is on unpaid leave of absence while participating on Big Brother. Union Pacific does not condone his comments. Union Pacific is acting in accordance with Collective Bargaining Agreement terms regarding Mr. Clawson."

The "Big Brother" racism controversy has resulted in several contestants losing their jobs. GinaMarie Zimmerman was fired from East Coast USA Pageant,...

Another "Big Brother" houseguest is on the outs with their employer ... this time it's Spencer Clawson, whose company is already laying the groundwork to hand him his walking papers. Clawson has been captured on "Bb" cams calling one houseguest "Kermit the F**" and praising Hitler as a gifted speaker. Clawson serves as a railroad conductor for Union Pacific, who released a statement on their website saying, "The values represented by Spencer Clawson's comments during the...

Hell on Wheels is making tracks for a brand-new time slot, AMC announced on Monday.

Season 3 of the period drama will premiere on Aug. 3 in its new Saturdays-at-9/8c berth, where it will launch a new night of original programming for the cabler and cap a day of Western-themed fare, including newly acquired films such as El Dorado, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Shootist and special anniversary airings of Hondo (1953), McLintock! (1963), Hang ‘Em High (1968) and High Plains Drifter (1973).

Related | Hell on Wheels Season 3 Casts Jennifer Ferrin as New Series Regular

“A new episode of Hell on Wheels...

Like Night of the Hunter, Tod Browning’s Freaks or Leonard Kastle’s The Honeymoon Killers, The Road to Yesterday can be ranked among the UFOs of cinema. It’s place in the heart of Cecil B. DeMille’s work proves to be in itself very distinctive. We know that, during his entire life, DeMille had virtually only one producer—Paramount (the former Famous Players Lasky)—just like Minnelli was MGM’s man and Corman American International’s. Sixty-three of his films (out of seventy) were produced at Paramount. And, oddly enough, it is among the seven outsiders, situated within a brief period from 1925 to 1931, that his best activity is to be found (I’m thinking of Madam Satan, The Godless Girl, and The Road to Yesterday)–his most audacious undertakings. To top it off, for this uncontested king of the box office, his best films were his biggest commercial failures.

I am so excited to have celebrity chef, Rocco Dispirito, joining me soon on Mondays with Marlo! Now's your chance to ask the celebrated chef anything you'd like to know about:

Tips on eating healthierHealthy ways to cook your favorite mealsHealthy snacks for kidsHis work with New York City childrenHis latest TV show, "Now Eat This with Rocco Dispirito"Quick and easy recipesHis favorite mealsHis recent book, "Now Eat This! Italian" Food trucksHow to curb your appetiteAnything else he wants to talk about!

Be sure to leave your questions in the comment section below!

Rocco Dispirito is a chef and the author of nine award winning books including the # 1 New York Times bestsellers "Now Eat This!" And "Now Eat This! Diet". Rocco’s "Now Eat This!" series features healthy makeovers of America’s favorite comfort foods, from fried chicken to apple pie, all with zero bad carbs, zero bad fats,...

Portland, Ore. — Looking like punk gladiators, teams of young adults on junk bikes pulling chariots made of junk parts frenetically chased each other around a makeshift arena, slamming each other and swinging away with foam clubs.

Spectators tossed beer cans, flour and smoke grenades. Firecrackers popped and obscenities flew during the battle, called the "Ben Hurt Chariot Wars."

And then, toward sundown, the grown-ups arrived. Seven police cars pulled up and told all 400 or so people they had to leave because they were trespassing on railroad property. They complied. But the contest was over anyway.

Victors had already emerged: Jon Penfold and his teammate Nick Schlabach. Falls, collisions and smashed wheels eliminated the other teams. Penfold's and Schlabach's chariot, armored with a bubble-shaped metallic cage, was the last one still able to maneuver.

"You attack, and then run. Attack, and then run," said Penfold, 29. "It's a war of attrition."

Asked...

Sibling writers and co-creators Joe and Tony Gayton received an early Christmas present from AMC when execs at the cable outlet announced plans to renew their edgy Transcontinental Railroad drama Hell on Wheels for a second season. Variety reported today AMC renewed the series, set around the time of the U.S. Civil War and shot in Alberta, Canada, due to its strong ratings including 4.4 million viewers for its Nov. 6 debut. Anson Mount joined the series as Cullen Bohannan, a former confederate soldier who travels out west and lands a job working on the Union Pacific construction of the railroad. Mount joined Colm Meaney, Common and Tom Noonan on the show.

Sibling writers and co-creators Joe and Tony Gayton received an early Christmas present from AMC when execs at the cable outlet announced plans to renew their edgy Transcontinental Railroad drama Hell on Wheels for a second season. Variety reported today AMC renewed the series, set around the time of the U.S. Civil War and shot in Alberta, Canada, due to its strong ratings including 4.4 million viewers for its Nov. 6 debut. Anson Mount joined the series as Cullen Bohannan, a former confederate soldier who travels out west and lands a job working on the Union Pacific construction of the railroad. Mount joined Colm Meaney, Common and Tom Noonan on the show.

Sibling writers and co-creators Joe and Tony Gayton received an early Christmas present from AMC when execs at the cable outlet announced plans to renew their edgy Transcontinental Railroad drama Hell on Wheels for a second season. Variety reported today AMC renewed the series, set around the time of the U.S. Civil War and shot in Alberta, Canada, due to its strong ratings including 4.4 million viewers for its Nov. 6 debut. Anson Mount joined the series as Cullen Bohannan, a former confederate soldier who travels out west and lands a job working on the Union Pacific construction of the railroad. Mount joined Colm Meaney, Common and Tom Noonan on the show.

Christopher Heyerdahl wasn't in the premiere of AMC's "Hell on Wheels," but his initial appearance in this Sunday's (November 13) episode provides the period Western with a much-needed jolt of menace and danger.   Heyerdahl's The Swede arrives in Hell on Wheels as the head of security to Colm Meaney's Doc Durant and instantly turns his attentions (with good reason) to Cullen Bohannan (Anson Mount), who he sees as fly in the ointment of the Union Pacific's forward progress. The Swede (who isn't actually Swedish) is scary, tortured by his Civil War experiences and also oddly hilarious, the latest in a...

The AMC television series Hell on Wheels is a contemporary Western that centers on former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), whose quest for vengeance has sent him on the hunt for the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. He ends up in a dangerous and lawless town that travels with and services the westward construction of the Union Pacific – the first transcontinental railroad. The series documents the railroad’s engineering and construction, as well as the immigrant experience and the plight of newly emancipated African-Americans during Reconstruction, while showing just how brutal and corrupt it all was. The show also stars Colm Meaney, Common, Dominique McElligott, Ben Esler, Phil Burke and Eddie Spears. During this exclusive interview with Collider, show creators/executive producers/writers Joe and Tony Gayton (Faster) talked about how Hell on Wheels came about, the three-year journey it has taken to reach viewers, the challenges...

A few updates to start the week.

Jamie Bamber guest stars on House tonight (9 pm, Fox, teaser below) and a new episode of Hart of Dixie with Scott Porter also airs at 9 pm, on the CW.

The Boston Herald has a new interview with Scott. He talks about Hart of Dixie, Friday Night Lights and the possibility of returning to The Good Wife. Snippet:

“Blake was the trickiest character I ever played,” he said.

Any chance Blake could return to stir up trouble?

“The (producers) and I have talked about it,” he said. “If Blake does come back, he’s going to come back in a much different capacity. This time, maybe, he’s the one who needs the help. It’s going to be great to see if he can repair those bridges that he burned. Not just burned, but dropped bombs on.”Elsewhere:

Spoiler TV has the promotional photos from Grimm 1x04, "Lonelyhearts.

AMC Image from “Hell on Wheels.”

The tale of the building of the transcontinental railroad, the steel band that wed the metropolitan East to the frontier West, is among the greatest in American history.

“It was the moon launch of its time,” says Chuck Vollan, assistant professor of history at South Dakota State University — an epic feat of engineering, human effort and national resolve. William G. Thomas, history professor at University of Nebraska and author of the new book “The Iron Way,...

[1] Our last couple editions of TV Bits have been filled with mostly good news, but today's is more of a downer, what with shows getting axed, a guy getting hurt, and, well, do you consider a Fred Durst sitcom bad news? At least AMC has some nice things to offer, including a new trailer for Hell on Wheels and some intriguing dramas in the works. After the jump: Charlie's Angels and Memphis Beat get cancelled Olivia Wilde leaves House Transporter star Chris Vance gets injured Fred Durst signs a deal with CBS Hell on Wheels gets a new trailer Earlier this week, ABC gave full-season orders to its freshman shows Suburgatory and Revenge, but the new crop isn't all winners. The network has just given the axe to the Charlie's Angels reboot, which premiered to low ratings and never quite recovered. ABC will air the remaining four episodes which have already been shot.

Cecil B. DeMille was an award winning producer notable for his work on Union Pacific, Cleopatra, and The Ten Commandments. In commemoration of his death, the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award was created in his honor and given out during the Golden Globe Awards. Robert De Niro will be the next coveted honoree to this award who is following last year’s recipient Martin Scorsese.

De Niro has to be one of the most prestigious and recognizable actors of our time. Unfortunately, kids these days may only know him for the Focker movies, but if we look back, De Niro has given us some of the greatest performances and roles in cinematic history.

Robert De Niro, the two-time Oscar winner can most notably be seen in Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Godfather Part II, The Deer Hunter, The King of Comedy, Midnight Run, Once Upon a Time in America,...