Ralph Andrews, the producer behind numerous game shows including Lingo, Liars Club, Celebrity Sweepstakes and You Don't Say, died today of Alzheimer's disease. He was 87. Andrews launched his showbiz career in radio as an announcer and disc jockey in Saginaw, Mi. After moving his family to California, he took a job as a page at NBC. By the 1960s, he had segued into TV producing. After brief stints with Don Fedderson Productions and Ralph Edwards Productions, he launched…...
- 10/16/2015
- Deadline TV
Vote below for this week's Project of the Week. The winning filmmaker will receive a digital distribution consultation from SnagFilms and will become a candidate for Project of the Month. That winner will be awarded with a creative consultation from the fine folks at the Tribeca Film Institute! The four projects up for the prize: "Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve," "Liars Club," "Medal of Victory" and "Doc of the Dead." Voting will end on Monday November 19, at 11Am Eastern. Which Project Do You Most Want to See?...
- 11/16/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Liars Club" Tweetable Logline: Liars Club. Unhappy, honest people embrace lying to get what they want. But they the lies they choose may be more true than anything. Elevator Pitch: "Liars Club" is a comedy feature film about a group of friends who are unhappy with where honesty has lead them in life, so they form a Liars Club to help them get what they want by shamelessly spinning a web of lies. But the lies we choose to tell reveal deeper truths, and so truth shall prevail. Production Team: Co-writer/Co-Director/Actor: Chad Faust ("Descent," "The 4400," "We Ran Naked") Co-writer/Co-Director/Producer/Actor:...
- 11/13/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Fred Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
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Putting to shame all of the holiday specials before, Steven Moffat hit it out of the park with Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (BBC, Not Rated, Blu-Ray-$19.98 Srp), which brings the Matt Smith 11th Doctor face-to-face with the Scrooge-like Kazran Sardick, whose heart must be melted in time for a threatened interstellar cruise liner to land safely on his planet. What follows is a lovely...
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Putting to shame all of the holiday specials before, Steven Moffat hit it out of the park with Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (BBC, Not Rated, Blu-Ray-$19.98 Srp), which brings the Matt Smith 11th Doctor face-to-face with the Scrooge-like Kazran Sardick, whose heart must be melted in time for a threatened interstellar cruise liner to land safely on his planet. What follows is a lovely...
- 2/18/2011
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Babelgum inked a content development and distribution deal with renowned improv powerhouse Upright Citizens Brigade in early October. Babelgum's Comedy Publisher, Amber J. Lawson told us the partnership is a "big win" that will bring more high-quality "satirical, political smart comedy" to the site. Last week, Babelgum scored another big win that will amp up its celebrity-driven comedy programming. The entire library of Celebrity Liar will be distributed on Bablegum's web and mobile video content platform. Celebrity Liar is a game show that tips its hat back to classics from the genre's celebrity-driven days, including Match Game, What's My Line?, and Liars Club. Here's the premise: The show features two celebrities telling the same story as if it happened to them, but in fact it is only true for one celebrity. The online audience decides which of the two professional liars is actually lying. In each episode, the game is played twice,...
- 11/1/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
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