Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Sinéad O'Connor

2023-07-26 Thread Kevin M.
When Prince died, I pointed out that my two favorite songs of his were Manic Monday and Nothing Compares To You, and I got flack by Prince-o-philes for disrespecting him, but to me those were his two best songs, and it is neither my fault nor his that other artists did them justice in ways he could

Re: [TV orNotTV] This never happened when Alex hosted

2023-07-26 Thread Brad Beam
Given the current hosting situation, expect Mr Connery to reference all of Ken’s wives, sisters, and sister-wives.Sent from my iPhoneOn Jul 26, 2023, at 13:34, Mark Jeffries wrote:Although I can't imagine Sean Connery saying "your mother Bialik!"Mark Jeffriesspotligh...@gmail.comOn Wed, Jul 26, 2

[TV orNotTV] So long, Sinéad O'Connor

2023-07-26 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The 56-yr-old singer, known for tearing on-camera a picture of the Pope on "SNL" and giving open-letter career advice to Miley Cyrus, later converted to Islam in 2018, and had just moved back to London after many years, was finishing a new album, and was planning tours... her passing comes a ye

[TV orNotTV] Re: Mini review: The Flatshare (UK based, Paramount Plus)

2023-07-26 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
She was also the lead in *Albatross * (Wiki), a 2011 British coming-of-age drama about a teenage dropout who fancies herself as a descendant of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... IFC's film unit brought it to the US... B Doug Eastick, July 26th: Th

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Michael K Williams

2023-07-26 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
It helped a bit. Macci sentenced to 30 months, about 18 of which he's already served. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/nyregion/michael-k-williams-death-sentencing.html (link) B Moi, to Steve Timko, July 7th: David Simon wrote to a judge calling for leniency for convict Carlos Macci, 71, cal

[TV orNotTV] Mini review: The Flatshare (UK based, Paramount Plus)

2023-07-26 Thread Doug Eastick
The Flatshare (TV series) - Wikipedia We are two or three episodes in and we like it. As usual, you have to get past the first episode which is a lot of plot/story setting and character introduction. I don't know any of the actors,

Re: [TV orNotTV] This never happened when Alex hosted

2023-07-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
Although I can't imagine Sean Connery saying "your mother Bialik!" Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 12:28 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > Postponing the tournament was always an option. I recall while listening > to Inside Jeopardy last summer that Davies wants the tournament

Re: [TV orNotTV] This never happened when Alex hosted

2023-07-26 Thread Tom Wolper
Postponing the tournament was always an option. I recall while listening to Inside Jeopardy last summer that Davies wants the tournament to air at the same time every year because it brings a ratings boost. But it’s not worth all the bad PR of forcing contestants to cross a picket line. If they us

Re: [TV orNotTV] Spacey facing more charges in the UK

2023-07-26 Thread Steve Timko
UK jury acquits Spacey https://apnews.com/article/kevin-spacey-sexual-assault-trial-london-jury-deliberations-85cb3957c60de1a7b1e03a26dc278d95 On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 8:13 PM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > A couple decades ago, I was on a jury for a civil trial in Federal court > that was officially sequ

Re: [TV orNotTV] This never happened when Alex hosted

2023-07-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
Sony now says that the TOC will be postponed until after the WGA strike, but there will be new episodes in the fall and the writing staff wrote the material for ABC celebrity season 2 coming in the fall before the strike: https://deadline.com/2023/07/jeopardy-tournament-of-champions-moved-due-

[TV orNotTV] Re: “I was under a lot of pressure that I had to say something."

2023-07-26 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Happy 64th, bud. Not guilty. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190185518/kevin-spacey-sexual-assault-trial-verdict-london (link) B On Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 3:21:05 PM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote: > Kevin Spacey, on the decision to out himself in the wake of > sexual-misconduct allegations, in cou