From the desert to the sea, all local newscasts airing on Los Angeles’ TV stations Kcbs-tv and Kcal-TV will be rebranded Kcal News as the Paramount Global-owned outlets seek to better capitalize on Kcal’s reputation for breaking news coverage.
As of today, the station previously known on air as KCAL9 will formally be branded as Kcal News in all dayparts. The refresh coincides with the today’s launch of a seven-hour morning news block on Kcal, starting at 4 a.m., that will also run in part on Kcbs, known on-air as CBS2.
The Kcal rebranding and the morning news push are initiatives championed by Wendy McMahon, president and co-head of CBS News and Television Stations, who joined Paramount Global from Disney in mid-2021.
McMahon told Variety the decision on adopting the Kcal News brand was born out of research showing that the Kcal moniker was immediately identified with live local news.
As of today, the station previously known on air as KCAL9 will formally be branded as Kcal News in all dayparts. The refresh coincides with the today’s launch of a seven-hour morning news block on Kcal, starting at 4 a.m., that will also run in part on Kcbs, known on-air as CBS2.
The Kcal rebranding and the morning news push are initiatives championed by Wendy McMahon, president and co-head of CBS News and Television Stations, who joined Paramount Global from Disney in mid-2021.
McMahon told Variety the decision on adopting the Kcal News brand was born out of research showing that the Kcal moniker was immediately identified with live local news.
- 1/5/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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John Severino, a top ABC executive in Los Angeles and New York who also headed the CBS station group and served as president of the Prime Ticket regional sports network, has died. He was 85.
Severino died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced.
In between his four-year stint atop ABC in New York, Severino was general manager of L.A. owned-and-operated Kabc-tv from 1974-81 and 1986-88. (He hired anchorman Jerry Dunphy during his first stay at the station, which then made it to No. 1 in the ratings.)
In local news circles, Severino was known for implementing the “Eyewitness News” format at stations including Wls-tv in Chicago, where he was vice president and Gm. Critics called it too sensational, but it proved popular with viewers.
Prime Ticket, which carried Los Angeles Lakers basketball and L.A. Kings hockey games, was launched in...
John Severino, a top ABC executive in Los Angeles and New York who also headed the CBS station group and served as president of the Prime Ticket regional sports network, has died. He was 85.
Severino died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced.
In between his four-year stint atop ABC in New York, Severino was general manager of L.A. owned-and-operated Kabc-tv from 1974-81 and 1986-88. (He hired anchorman Jerry Dunphy during his first stay at the station, which then made it to No. 1 in the ratings.)
In local news circles, Severino was known for implementing the “Eyewitness News” format at stations including Wls-tv in Chicago, where he was vice president and Gm. Critics called it too sensational, but it proved popular with viewers.
Prime Ticket, which carried Los Angeles Lakers basketball and L.A. Kings hockey games, was launched in...
- 8/3/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Showbiz dynamo Ann-Margret tries on ‘teenage hellion’ for size. She terrorizes the straight, impossibly patient John Forsythe, sending him on a weekend ordeal with razor-wielding hooligans. He can kiss both his marriage and his political ambitions goodbye: who will believe David when Jody claims he took advantage of her? Douglas Heyes’ sordid suspense thriller has a loser reputation but is big fun in the star-watching game: Ann-Margret has no choice but to go way over the top and chew scenery, and the direction doesn’t offer enough support. The technical remaster is excellent, and the disc extras generous.
Kitten with a Whip
Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint]
1964 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen / 84 min. / Street Date December 29, 2022 / Available from [Imprint] / 34.95au
Starring: Ann-Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown, Richard Anderson, Skip Ward, Patricia Barry, Diane Sayer, Ann Doran, Patrick Whyte, Audrey Dalton, Leo Gordon, Patricia Tiara, Nora Marlowe, Frances Robinson, Maxine Stuart, Jerry Dunphy, Doodles Weaver.
Kitten with a Whip
Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint]
1964 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen / 84 min. / Street Date December 29, 2022 / Available from [Imprint] / 34.95au
Starring: Ann-Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown, Richard Anderson, Skip Ward, Patricia Barry, Diane Sayer, Ann Doran, Patrick Whyte, Audrey Dalton, Leo Gordon, Patricia Tiara, Nora Marlowe, Frances Robinson, Maxine Stuart, Jerry Dunphy, Doodles Weaver.
- 2/12/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Pete Noyes, a Peabody-winning Los Angeles TV news legend who worked in every L.A. network affiliate’s newsroom during a six-decade career and was the inspiration for the classic TV character Lou Grant, died Monday of natural causes at him home in Westlake Village, CA. He was 90. His son, longtime Knbc-TV assignment editor Jack Noyes, said his father had been in declining health.
The multiple-News Emmy winner was an early producer of then-Knxt’s format The Big News in 1963, when it expanded to become the first hourlong newscast in the region. He also was an investigative journalist, author and educator also taught broadcast news reporting at USC and Cal State Northridge for many years.
Noyes began his career working for the military paper Pacific Stars & Stripes while he was in the Army during the Korean War and later worked for City News Service in Los Angeles. During...
The multiple-News Emmy winner was an early producer of then-Knxt’s format The Big News in 1963, when it expanded to become the first hourlong newscast in the region. He also was an investigative journalist, author and educator also taught broadcast news reporting at USC and Cal State Northridge for many years.
Noyes began his career working for the military paper Pacific Stars & Stripes while he was in the Army during the Korean War and later worked for City News Service in Los Angeles. During...
- 2/3/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Already eclipsed by James Bond and sexier European films, Paul Newman does his best to energize this derivative but lively spy-chase thriller set during Nobel season, in a Stockholm populated by the glamorous Elke Sommer, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle and Jacqueline Beer. Toss several Hitchcock pictures into a blender, and what comes out is reasonably engaging… and more than a little dated.
The Prize
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1963 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 134 min. / Street Date January 15, 2019 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle, Gérard Oury, Sergio Fantoni, Kevin McCarthy, Leo G. Carroll, Sacha Pitoëff, Jacqueline Beer, John Wengraf, Don Dubbin, Virginia Christine, Rudolph Anders, Martine Bartlett, Karl Swenson, John Qualen, John Banner, Teru Shimada, Albert Carrier, Jerry Dunphy, Britt Ekland, Gergory Gaye, Anna Lee, Gregg Palmer, Gene Roth, Ivan Triesault.
Cinematography: William H. Daniels
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan
Original Music: Jerry Goldsmith...
The Prize
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1963 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 134 min. / Street Date January 15, 2019 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle, Gérard Oury, Sergio Fantoni, Kevin McCarthy, Leo G. Carroll, Sacha Pitoëff, Jacqueline Beer, John Wengraf, Don Dubbin, Virginia Christine, Rudolph Anders, Martine Bartlett, Karl Swenson, John Qualen, John Banner, Teru Shimada, Albert Carrier, Jerry Dunphy, Britt Ekland, Gergory Gaye, Anna Lee, Gregg Palmer, Gene Roth, Ivan Triesault.
Cinematography: William H. Daniels
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan
Original Music: Jerry Goldsmith...
- 1/12/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Success in the ’90s gave Robert Altman the opportunity to experiment once again. Several short stories by Raymond Carver interlock in a mosaic of Los Angeles populated by scores of actors in ensemble mode. Clocking in at three hours, Altman’s epic has all the time and space it needs.
Short Cuts
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 265
1993 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 187 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 18, 2016 / 39.95
Starring Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore,
Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis, Margery Bond, Robert DoQui.
Cinematography Walt Lloyd
Production Designer Stephen Altman
Art Direction Jerry Fleming
Film Editors Suzy Elmiger, Geraldine Peroni
Original Music Gavin Friday, Mark Isham
Written by Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt from writings...
Short Cuts
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 265
1993 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 187 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 18, 2016 / 39.95
Starring Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore,
Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis, Margery Bond, Robert DoQui.
Cinematography Walt Lloyd
Production Designer Stephen Altman
Art Direction Jerry Fleming
Film Editors Suzy Elmiger, Geraldine Peroni
Original Music Gavin Friday, Mark Isham
Written by Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt from writings...
- 12/10/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This September, "The Simpsons" will officially hit Season 25, making it an even quarter-century for the longest-running primetime animated show in television history. (It still has a few years to catch the 635 episodes of "Gunsmoke.")
Emmy-winning animator David Silverman has been with the show since the beginning, even before the beloved TV family had their own timeslot, when they were just a weekly segment on "The Tracey Ullman Show." In the years since, he's acted as a consulting producer, title designer, storyboard artist, "Spider Pig" lyricist, and directed episodes from Season 1 to the upcoming Season 25, along with the show's feature-length movie and Oscar-nominated short film. So, basically, we wouldn't want to be up against him on "Simpsons" Trivia Night.
With Silverman being honored as the keynote speaker at the second annual Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, HuffPost Canada TV spoke with the prolific animator about the show's early days, the origins...
Emmy-winning animator David Silverman has been with the show since the beginning, even before the beloved TV family had their own timeslot, when they were just a weekly segment on "The Tracey Ullman Show." In the years since, he's acted as a consulting producer, title designer, storyboard artist, "Spider Pig" lyricist, and directed episodes from Season 1 to the upcoming Season 25, along with the show's feature-length movie and Oscar-nominated short film. So, basically, we wouldn't want to be up against him on "Simpsons" Trivia Night.
With Silverman being honored as the keynote speaker at the second annual Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, HuffPost Canada TV spoke with the prolific animator about the show's early days, the origins...
- 7/25/2013
- by Rick Mele
- Huffington Post
Touted as coming from the co-writer of "Friday" and the producers of "Dumb & Dumber," "3 Strikes" is definitely a repeat offender -- a criminally unfunny, crude pile of unpleasantness steeped in crass, blatant stereotypes.
Written and directed by D.J. Pooh, who shared screenplay credit with Ice Cube on the original "Friday", the urban comedy leaves little doubt as to where the true talent lay in the collaboration.
While some may be taken in by the name-dropping, it's more likely that its target demo will steer clear of this lame impostor, resulting in a hasty video lockup.
Taking its inspiration from former California Gov. Pete Wilson's 1994 AB 971 (a k a the Three Strikes law), the picture centers around the trials and tribulations of Rob Douglas (Brian Hooks), who has just been released from L.A. County Jail after serving time for his second infraction. He's well aware that one more conviction will result in a 25-year-to-life sentence but nevertheless manages to land in instant hot water when he's met at the prison gates by J.J. (De'Aundre Bonds), whose stolen car gets pulled over by an LAPD cruiser.
Not going down without a fight, J.J. opens fire at the cops while Rob makes a narrow getaway on foot, but by the time he makes it home to his less-than-hospitable Moms (Starletta DuPois) and Pops (George Wallace), his face is all over the news.
He also manages to encounter little sympathy from his girlfriend Juanita (N'Bushe Wright) while Detective Jenkins David Alan Grier) begins closing in on his not-so-elusive shootout suspect.
If there was a three strikes law in effect for over-the-top performances, lead Hooks would be an ideal candidate for his mugging alone. As it turns out, the rest of the cast is no less guilty of playing the fool, including veteran newsman Jerry Dunphy, who freely plays himself. At least the others could sort of hide behind their cliched characters.
But as the chief perpetrator of the whole operation, first-time director D.J. Pooh must shoulder the bulk of the blame. While "Friday" and it's even more popular sequel, "Next Friday", will never win any awards for breaking new ground, they have a goofy charm and likable characters that make up for some of their more sophomoric excesses.
Aside from going for some kind of record for its use of the "n" word, the only thing the laugh-deprived "3 Strikes" will ever be accused of breaking is a lot of wind.
3 STRIKES
MGM
An Absolute Entertainment/
Motion Picture Corporation of America production
in association with Lithium Entertainment Group
Producer:Marcus Morton
Director-screenwriter:D.J. Pooh
Executive producers:Julio Caro, Benny Medina, Brad Krevoy
Director of photography:John W. Simmons
Production designer:Thomas Fichter
Editor:John Carter
Costume designer:Tracey White
Music supervisors:Aaron Anderson, Andrew Shack
Casting:Kim Williams
Color/stereo
Cast:
Rob Douglas:Brian Hooks
Juanita:N'Bushe Wright
Tone:Faizon Love
Mike:E40
Pops:George Wallace
Moms:Starletta DuPois
Jenkins:David Alan Grier
J.J.: De'Aundre Bonds
Cortino:Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Libowitz:Phil Morris
Running time -- 83 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Written and directed by D.J. Pooh, who shared screenplay credit with Ice Cube on the original "Friday", the urban comedy leaves little doubt as to where the true talent lay in the collaboration.
While some may be taken in by the name-dropping, it's more likely that its target demo will steer clear of this lame impostor, resulting in a hasty video lockup.
Taking its inspiration from former California Gov. Pete Wilson's 1994 AB 971 (a k a the Three Strikes law), the picture centers around the trials and tribulations of Rob Douglas (Brian Hooks), who has just been released from L.A. County Jail after serving time for his second infraction. He's well aware that one more conviction will result in a 25-year-to-life sentence but nevertheless manages to land in instant hot water when he's met at the prison gates by J.J. (De'Aundre Bonds), whose stolen car gets pulled over by an LAPD cruiser.
Not going down without a fight, J.J. opens fire at the cops while Rob makes a narrow getaway on foot, but by the time he makes it home to his less-than-hospitable Moms (Starletta DuPois) and Pops (George Wallace), his face is all over the news.
He also manages to encounter little sympathy from his girlfriend Juanita (N'Bushe Wright) while Detective Jenkins David Alan Grier) begins closing in on his not-so-elusive shootout suspect.
If there was a three strikes law in effect for over-the-top performances, lead Hooks would be an ideal candidate for his mugging alone. As it turns out, the rest of the cast is no less guilty of playing the fool, including veteran newsman Jerry Dunphy, who freely plays himself. At least the others could sort of hide behind their cliched characters.
But as the chief perpetrator of the whole operation, first-time director D.J. Pooh must shoulder the bulk of the blame. While "Friday" and it's even more popular sequel, "Next Friday", will never win any awards for breaking new ground, they have a goofy charm and likable characters that make up for some of their more sophomoric excesses.
Aside from going for some kind of record for its use of the "n" word, the only thing the laugh-deprived "3 Strikes" will ever be accused of breaking is a lot of wind.
3 STRIKES
MGM
An Absolute Entertainment/
Motion Picture Corporation of America production
in association with Lithium Entertainment Group
Producer:Marcus Morton
Director-screenwriter:D.J. Pooh
Executive producers:Julio Caro, Benny Medina, Brad Krevoy
Director of photography:John W. Simmons
Production designer:Thomas Fichter
Editor:John Carter
Costume designer:Tracey White
Music supervisors:Aaron Anderson, Andrew Shack
Casting:Kim Williams
Color/stereo
Cast:
Rob Douglas:Brian Hooks
Juanita:N'Bushe Wright
Tone:Faizon Love
Mike:E40
Pops:George Wallace
Moms:Starletta DuPois
Jenkins:David Alan Grier
J.J.: De'Aundre Bonds
Cortino:Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Libowitz:Phil Morris
Running time -- 83 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
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