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  • Glee’s 100th Episode: Gleeks Choose The Mixes

    Glee, the popular FOX musical television series about the lives of William McKinley High School’s show choir students will soon reach its 100th episode. This milestone comes at a bittersweet time because of the recent death of Cory Monteith; however, as they say in Hollywood, the show must go on, and Glee‘s popular success shall be celebrated as it reaches its 100th episode.

    According to Entertainment Weekly, Glee‘s 100th episode will broadcast on March 18th, 2014, and not only will the production team be responsible for the songs included in the show’s 100th episode, but you, the viewers, will be able to help decide the “remixes” for the upcoming milestone episode as well.

    Fans of the show (a.k.a. “Gleeks”) can log into the voting site using their Facebook accounts on FOX’s Gleek’s Choice Page where they can vote 10 times for any number of their favorite routines. Some of the well-known routines listed on the Gleek’s Choice Page are: Bad Romance, Don’t Stop Believin’, Forget You (feat. Gywneth Paltrow), Imagine, Roar (feat. Demi Lovato / Adam Lambert), Valerie, and We Are Young. Many other fan favorites are listed on Glee‘s voting page as well.

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    (Image source: Screen shot of Gleeks Choice, taken by Chad Sweely)

    The announcement of this milestone was posted on Glee‘s official Facebook and Twitter pages as well.

    Various Gleeks on Twitter have expressed their opinions concerning the 100th episode of Glee:

    [Image source: YouTube screen shot]

  • Sarah Silverman Comments on ‘Susan 313’

    Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman recently opened up to Variety about her cancelled 2012 NBC pilot, entitled ‘Susan 313.’ Over a year after NBC passed on the Fox TV production, Silverman was granted permission to post a cut of the comedy online.

    “There were cringy places for me,” Silverman says of ‘Susan 313.’ “I know, with some perspective of time, exactly what I would change. But the truth is, the cut I liked the most was a 29-minute cut. You have to cut eight minutes out and maintain the storyline. It’s frustrating, but it’s no one’s fault. We should have written a tighter script.”

    ‘Susan 313’ was to be vaguely based on Silverman’s life as a woman who had just gotten out of a decade-long live-in relationship. Silverman made headlines after breaking up with late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel.

    Silverman went on to say, “I don’t feel like any frustration about it,” adding, “I don’t think I want to do 22 of anything a year. Network TV is just not the place for me. But it was good. I worked with all my friends, and it was neat to do something different.”

    A whittled-down rendition of the ‘Susan 313’ pilot can be viewed in its entirety below:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euSL8cCy4-w

    Silverman commented that ‘Susan 313′ contained content more suited for a cable show, though there is still a level of excitement and validation to be had while being courted by one of the major networks. “The networks want you, and you forget about ‘I want to take this to cable.’ You’re just so excited by love and acceptance,” Silverman said. The actress recalls telling NBC producer Bob Greenblatt, “I’m not trepidatious because I want to say “pussy” on NBC, I just want to be able to be far out and not worry that people won’t like it in Poughkeepsie.”

    Yet, NBC producers passed on the slightly racy (by network standards) project – “But from that point to the point we had shot and were editing, he had gotten such a severe pounding, and there was just no way,” Silverman said.

    Image via YouTube.

  • Coen Brothers to Produce New “Fargo” TV Series

    Movie moguls Joel and Ethan Coen are at it once more. But for the first time, it’s for television.

    Famous for such favorites as “The Big Lebowski,” and “No Country for Old Men,” the Coens are set to produce a 10-part adaption of the acclaimed film “Fargo” with Billy Bob Thorton in the lead role of Lorne Malvo.  John Landgraf, head of the Fox network says the entertainment industry has  long since tried to reproduce the fervor of the original film to no avail.  He  anticipates the current effort will receive a ravenous reception.

    “For years people have tried to adapt this award-winning gem into a TV series with no success,” he said.  This script is so good and so true to the tone of the original movie.”

    The original 1996 movie won multiple Oscars and features a story about the pursuits of Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police chief from Fargo, North Dakota. While  investigating a roadway murder of a state patrolman, Gunderson happens upon another  case involving a “mysterious” kidnapping and subsequent death of a local housewife. Through a chain of events, Gunderson pursues two soulless ex-convicts only to witnesses one of them tossing his partner in crime into a wood chipper.

    “The series won’t have any of the same characters as the Oscar-winning movie,” Landgraf said, “but it will tell a similar story.”

    Warren LittleField and Geyer Kosniski will serve as executive producers along with Joel Coen, the original 1996 movie screenwriter. Noah Hawley, the series’ screenplay writer, will also bring his considerable expertise to bear.  A writer and novelist of such TV shows as “Bones,” and the “Unusuals,” his works  also include “The Good Father” and “The Punch.”

    Set to start shooting in Canada Spring of next year, Roma Khana, President of MGM’s Television and Digital says it will be compelling to see what everyone’s unique vision will bring to bear.

    “MGM Television is thrilled to be producing a fresh and exciting re-envisioning of Fargo for Fox’s television audience. With the stellar creative team lead by Noah Hawley, Joel & Ethan Coen and Warren Littlefield, we are re-imagining one of the most iconic titles from MGM’s rich film library,” she said.