Founded in 1960, Backstage has a storied history of serving the entertainment industry. For over 50 years Backstage has served as a casting resource and news source for actors, performers, directors, producers, agents, and casting directors. Over that time, Backstage Magazine has also appeared on numerous TV shows, such as "Mad Men," "Entourage," "Glee," "Oprah," NBC's "Today" show, Comedy Central's "@Midnight", NY1's "On Stage," and "Saturday Night Live," as well as multiple mentions on shows like "Inside the Actor’s Studio," "Girls," and appearances in films such as "13 Going on 30," the Farrelly brothers' "Stuck on You" and Spike Lee's "Girl 6," and even a mention in Woody Allen's short-story collection "Mere Anarchy" and Augusten Burroughs' novel "Sellevision" – and Backstage has received accolades from multiple Academy Award-, Emmy-, and Tony-winning actors and directors. (Plus, the hit musical "The Last Five Years" even includes Backstage in its lyrics: "Here's a...
- 1/6/2017
- backstage.com
After watching the "gay exorcism" kid on Tyra, aren't you ready to turn off the TV and see what's going on at the movies? Heaven knows, I am!
The week's big opener is, of course, the remake of Fame, featuring a cast of talented youngsters that's way more shiny, happy and generally well-scrubbed than their grittier 1980 counterparts.
That would be Ok if this new movie were a tenth as engaging or well-written as the first one, but alas, it ain't. Even the few standout musical numbers aren't rousing enough to put over the rest of this lead balloon. (Read AfterElton.com's review here.)
That we've gone from the New York City High School of Performing Arts apparently having but one gay student (yeah, right) in '80 to one exceedingly gay-vague dancer boy doesn't feel like all that much progress, either.
And how can you put Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth,...
The week's big opener is, of course, the remake of Fame, featuring a cast of talented youngsters that's way more shiny, happy and generally well-scrubbed than their grittier 1980 counterparts.
That would be Ok if this new movie were a tenth as engaging or well-written as the first one, but alas, it ain't. Even the few standout musical numbers aren't rousing enough to put over the rest of this lead balloon. (Read AfterElton.com's review here.)
That we've gone from the New York City High School of Performing Arts apparently having but one gay student (yeah, right) in '80 to one exceedingly gay-vague dancer boy doesn't feel like all that much progress, either.
And how can you put Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth,...
- 9/25/2009
- by ADuralde
- The Backlot
Now that Ben Lyons has gotten the boot from At the Movies, we no longer need to yell, "You lie!" at our TV screens each week. And with summer behind us, let's see what's shaking this week on the big screen.
Opening on 9/9/09 was, of course, 9, a bleak but beautiful animated feature about doll-like creatures — they're already calling the style of this stop-motion animated feature "stitchpunk" — fighting for survival in a bleak post-apocalyptic landscape.
While the storyline didn't thrill me, I was taken by director Shane Acker's stunning visuals and by his ability to create distinct personalities for his lead characters (who all have names such as 9, 2 and 6).
He's helped greatly with the latter by a terrific cast of actors, including Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Connelly and Crispin Glover. 9 is way, way too bleak and disturbing for little kids — who should totally see...
Opening on 9/9/09 was, of course, 9, a bleak but beautiful animated feature about doll-like creatures — they're already calling the style of this stop-motion animated feature "stitchpunk" — fighting for survival in a bleak post-apocalyptic landscape.
While the storyline didn't thrill me, I was taken by director Shane Acker's stunning visuals and by his ability to create distinct personalities for his lead characters (who all have names such as 9, 2 and 6).
He's helped greatly with the latter by a terrific cast of actors, including Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Connelly and Crispin Glover. 9 is way, way too bleak and disturbing for little kids — who should totally see...
- 9/11/2009
- by ADuralde
- The Backlot
Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer have teamed up to adapt Augusten Burroughs novel SelleVision for NBC. The Pushing Daisies creator is to write the project, while the X-Men filmmaker will direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The one-hour comedy programme will centre on the behind-the-scenes happenings at a home shopping network. The pair will executive produce the show with Galgos Entertainment's Russell Nuce and Mark Bozek. The latter was the former CEO of Home Shopping Network, prior to starting the production company. "It's a very insular, highly competitive world with people living in it 24/7 (more)...
- 9/11/2009
- by By Tim Parks
- Digital Spy
Pushing Daisies’ Bryan Fuller Talks New NBC Projects; Collaborating with Bryan Singer on Sellevision
Last I wrote about venerable TV scribe Bryan Fuller, he was rejoining Heroes after the death of Pushing Daisies. In June, he left Heroes to pursue two other projects for NBC, and today we've finally caught wind of what he's been working on. Variety reports that he's adapting the Augusten Burroughs book Sellevision together with Bryan Singer as an hourlong dramedy. The series will follow the behind the scenes adventures of a home shopping network (could this be Fuller's Sports Night?). The second project is a half-hour sitcom, No Kill, set inside a no-kill animal shelter. I'm glad to see Fuller taking on new territory by tackling a sitcom, but I'm far more interested in Sellevision because I'm a huge fan of his previous dramedy work with Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls (inasmuch as you can call that a dramedy). Also the idea of him collaborating with Bryan Singer sounds...
- 9/10/2009
- by Devindra Hardawar
- Slash Film
Welcome to your Thursday morning television briefing. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that Ed Norton will guest star on an upcoming episode of ABC's new comedy series Modern Family. Norton will play "the bassist of a famous band whom Claire (Julie Bowen) hires as an anniversary surprise for husband Phil (Ty Burrell)," writes Ausiello. His episode is slated to air in November. (Entertainment Weekly's Ausiello Files) Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer are teaming up to develop SelleVision, a comedic one-hour adaptation of Augusten Burrough's novel, which is set behind the scenes at a home shopping network. Fuller will write the pilot script while Singer is attached to direct; both will executive produce with Mark Bozek and Russell Nuce. Universal Media Studio is behind the adaptation. "We were all big fans of Augusten and the book, and we all got along great," Fuller told Variety. "So we...
- 9/10/2009
- by Jace
- Televisionary
· Eventually we'll draw up a Movieline Tournament of Champions to select which of Bryan Singer's many in-development projects (Battlestar Galactica? Excalibur?) should take priority, but until then, add the series SelleVision to that swelling list. The filmmaker will join no less than Bryan Fuller to adapt author Augusten Burroughs's home-shopping-network comedy for NBC; Fuller will get the writing underway, and both will executive produce. As they say on television: This offer won't last. [THR]
Zac Efron and Viggo Mortensen make for odd Thanksgiving buddies, your A-Team casting rumor du jour, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.
Zac Efron and Viggo Mortensen make for odd Thanksgiving buddies, your A-Team casting rumor du jour, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.
- 9/10/2009
- Movieline
NBC is sold on a pair of Bryans: The Peacock has partnered with Bryan Singer and Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller to adapt Augusten Burroughs' Sellevision into a series.
The one-hour dramedy, to be written by Fuller and directed by Singer, will focus on the inner workings of a fictional home shopping network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Singer and Fuller will executive-produce the project with Galgos Entertainment's Russell Nuce and Mark Bozek. A former CEO of the Home Shopping Network and QVC, Bozek had originally planned ...
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The one-hour dramedy, to be written by Fuller and directed by Singer, will focus on the inner workings of a fictional home shopping network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Singer and Fuller will executive-produce the project with Galgos Entertainment's Russell Nuce and Mark Bozek. A former CEO of the Home Shopping Network and QVC, Bozek had originally planned ...
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- 9/10/2009
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Heroes producer Bryan Fuller and X-Men/Superman Returns director Bryan Singer are working on a one-hour comedy series for NBC to consider picking up. The show is called SelleVision and is being adapted from a novel written by Augusten Burroughs. Fuller is writing the pilot script and Singer is attached to direct it.
The show follows the on-air and off-air employees of a fictional 24/7 home shopping channel like QVC. The characters are high strung, type A people who live, breathe and sleep personality driven sales.
Fuller found out that the rights to Burroughs novel were available after his ABC series Pushing Daisies got the axe last season. He has a deal at NBC and SelleVision is the second of two concepts the network is considering; the other is a half-hour comedy show called No-Kill set at an animal shelter.
Singer is a producer on Fox's House so this TV land adventure isn't new for him.
The show follows the on-air and off-air employees of a fictional 24/7 home shopping channel like QVC. The characters are high strung, type A people who live, breathe and sleep personality driven sales.
Fuller found out that the rights to Burroughs novel were available after his ABC series Pushing Daisies got the axe last season. He has a deal at NBC and SelleVision is the second of two concepts the network is considering; the other is a half-hour comedy show called No-Kill set at an animal shelter.
Singer is a producer on Fox's House so this TV land adventure isn't new for him.
- 9/10/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
NBC is teaming with Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer for "SelleVision," a comedic one-hour set behind the scenes of a home-shopping cable channel.
Fuller is writing the project, based on Augusten Burroughs' novel. Singer is on board to direct. The two will executive produce with Galgos Entertainment's Mark Bozek and Russell Nuce.
Jason Taylor at Singer's Bad Hat Harry banner will produce.
For Fuller, "SelleVision" is one of two scripts he has set up at NBC through his two-year overall deal at Universal Media Studios. He also has "No Kill," a workplace comedy set in a no-kill animal shelter, that he is exec producing with Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun.
Before forming Galgos with wife Susan and Nuce four years ago, Bozek was CEO for the Home Shopping Network as part of a 10-year stint at Hsn and rival home-shopping giant QVC. He always felt the arena of...
Fuller is writing the project, based on Augusten Burroughs' novel. Singer is on board to direct. The two will executive produce with Galgos Entertainment's Mark Bozek and Russell Nuce.
Jason Taylor at Singer's Bad Hat Harry banner will produce.
For Fuller, "SelleVision" is one of two scripts he has set up at NBC through his two-year overall deal at Universal Media Studios. He also has "No Kill," a workplace comedy set in a no-kill animal shelter, that he is exec producing with Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun.
Before forming Galgos with wife Susan and Nuce four years ago, Bozek was CEO for the Home Shopping Network as part of a 10-year stint at Hsn and rival home-shopping giant QVC. He always felt the arena of...
- 9/9/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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