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Coronation Street spoilers and updates for the week of May 26 tease break-in trouble, calculated revenge, and a blast from the past!

Brody Michaelis (Ryan Mulvey) causes break-in trouble, Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) calculates revenge, and Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) gets a blast from the past.

Break-In Trouble

Brody tenses up as he hears a voicemail from his father. Later, Kit comes home to discover Brody wrecking his apartment, revealing that Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) has convinced him of his innocence and that it’s a setup by the police.

Kit calmly informs Brody that the evidence points in a different direction and that Mick is known to be violent.

Enraged, Brody lunges at Kit, causing him to crash into the wall. The teenager then bolts out of the apartment, his hoodie pulled over his face, just as Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) and Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) arrive.

Kit Confronts Bernie...

Coronation Street spoilers for the week of March 3rd-7th reveal David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) and Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) are in danger, mowed down by a car!

Also, Julie Carp’s (Katy Cavanaugh) terminal illness is revealed, Carla Connor (Alison King) lives in fear, and more!

Max Sentenced For Arson As His Family Looks On

David, Shona (Julia Goulding), and Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) observe intently as the judge delivers the sentence to Max Turner (Paddy Bever). Viewers will remember he was the arsonist, and arrested for his involvement in fraud and the arson of their home.

Considering the familial ties that motivated Max’s actions—his desperate attempt to alleviate the Platts’ financial struggles—will the court show him any mercy?

It has been revealed that Bever, who plays Max, has already completed filming his last scenes, but the question remains: how much time will the young man spend in prison?...

Frank Sinatra was the odds-on favorite to be the big winner at the inaugural Grammy Awards in 1959, but — perhaps as an early indicator that things wouldn’t always go to plan at the Grammys — ‘Ol Blue Eyes lost out on both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

The music industry’s most recognized awards were established in 1958 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States.

The first Grammy ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, with only 28 categories, a number that since has swelled past 100 and now settled at 91. It was attended by many of music’s elite. Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Gene Autry, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini and André Previn gathered for a black-tie dinner and awards presentation inside the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton.

Related: Grammy Awards Red Carpet Photos: Chappell Roan, Jaden Smith & More

While Sinatra led all...

Starting with “Rebel-‘Rouser” in 1958, Duane Eddy’s instrumental hits from the early rock & roll era made the guitar the star of the show. On that song and those to follow, like “Peter Gunn,” “Cannonball,” and “Forty Miles of Bad Road,” Eddy used vibrato and lent his guitar a deep sound by emphasizing bass strings. In doing so, he influenced an entire incoming generation of guitar players — including Bruce Springsteen, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, and John Fogerty. After the news of Eddy’s death was announced on Wednesday — he died...

Duane Eddy, the twangy, Grammy-winning rock guitarist who had Top 10 instrumental hits including “Rebel Rouser” and “Forty Miles of Bad Road” and scored with a version of Henry Mancini’s “Peter Gunn,” died Wednesday of cancer at a hospital in Franklin, Tn, his wife Deed Abbate told The Associated Press. He had turned 86 last week.

Eddy, who influenced generations of guitar legends including George Harrison, John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen, Ritchie Blackmore, Mark Knopfler and The Ventures’ Don Wilson, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Born on April 26, 1938, in Corning, NY, Eddy began playing guitar at age 5. He moved at 13 with his family to Arizona, where he met local DJ Lee Hazlewood, and the two would share a long, fruitful association. Eddy first recorded with Jimmy Delbridge as Duane & Jimmy in 1955, and his debut single as a solo act to dent the charts came three years...

Anne Whitfield, who appeared in the beloved holiday classic White Christmas and on dozens of TV shows, from Father Knows Best, 77 Sunset Strip and Perry Mason to That Girl, Ironside and Emergency!, has died. She was 85.

Whitfield died Feb. 7 at a hospital in Yakima, Washington, after suffering an “unexpected accident” while on a walk in her neighborhood, family members announced.

“She was a powerhouse in life, and we hope her immense positive energy flows out to those who had the pleasure of knowing her,” they wrote.

Whitfield was 15 and had done lots of acting on the radio when she was cast as Susan Waverly, the granddaughter of Dean Jagger’s Major Gen. Thomas F. Waverly — “The Old Man” — in the Michael Curtiz-directed Paramount musical White Christmas (1954). The film starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.

She got to watch White Christmas with her family on the...

Veteran actor William O’Connell, who played memorable villain Thelev on the original series of Star Trek and was a frequent foil in Clint Eastwood movies, has died. He was 94. According to Deadline, O’Connell passed away on Monday, January 15, at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, as confirmed by a family friend. A cause of death was not given. Born on May 12, 1929, in Los Angeles, O’Connell was a prolific actor throughout the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in bit parts in several popular television series of the time. One of his first on-screen roles came in 1959 in the crime drama Highway Patrol. His other television credits include Peter Gunn, The Twilight Zone, Going My Way, My Three Sons, The Lieutenant, The Outer Limits, Valentine’s Day, Rawhide, Bonanza, The Munsters, Batman, The Lucy Show, and many more. #RIPWilliamOConnell William O’Connell was an American film and television actor. pic.twitter.com...

Exclusive: Main cast has been revealed for The Daily Wire’s adventure series The Pendragon Cycle, which is currently filming in Europe.

Set to star alongside previously announced newcomer Tom Sharp as Merlin, are actress-turned conservative commentator and YouTuber Brett Cooper (Heathers), who hosts DailyWire+ show The Comments Section, Rose Reid (Finding You), and newcomer James Arden.

Cooper will play Ganieda, the future wife of Merlin. Reid, who is also a writer on the series, will play the female lead character, Charis. Arden will portray Taliesin, the title character of book one of the series on which the project is based.

Also starring in the drama will be Myles Clohessy, Finney Cassidy, Alex Laurence Phillips, Flo Thompstone, Emree Franklin, Duran Fulton Brown, Daniel Considine, Bertie Newman, George Prentice, and Alex Arco.

The seven-episode drama is a reimagining of the myth of King Arthur, set at the end of Roman Britain...

Looking to capitalize on the resurgence of the mech anime genre it originally helped create, Cowboy Bebop's production studio, Sunrise, announced the return of its cult classic series Zegapain.

As revealed in an August 31, 2023, post to the official site for the Zegapain Project Reunion, work has begun on a sequel series to the original Zegapain series that ran in 2006. The new show, titled Alto Moda, will follow a new force operating in the Zegapain universe. No further information in regard to the story was announced in the post, nor were any details of the release date, and number of episodes.

Related: 10 Best Studio Sunrise Anime (Ranked by MyAnimeList)

The House Cowboy Bebop Helped Build

Sunrise Studio helped introduce anime to the world with its jazzy cool, Peter Gunn-esque Cowboy Bebop. The iconic series, which has gone on to influence a generation of anime, television series, and movies, firmly established...

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Gene Cipriano, the always busy woodwind player who soloed on tenor sax for Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot and recorded with everyone from Miles Davis, Rosemary Clooney and Frank Sinatra to Glen Campbell, Paul McCartney and Olivia Newton-John, has died. He was 94.

Cipriano died Nov. 12 of natural causes at his home in Studio City, his son Paul told The Hollywood Reporter.

Perhaps the most recorded woodwind player in show business history, Cipriano played soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones, all the clarinets and flutes, the oboe and bass oboe, the piccolo and the English horn.

Affectionally known as “Cip,” the session musician performed as a member of the Academy Awards Orchestra in the neighborhood of 60 times since 1958. (At the 1977 show, he exchanged “yo’s” with Barbra Streisand, who had just arrived at the podium after having won for “Evergreen.”)

Cipriano...

Most noted for its troubled production background, this hospital-set murder thriller turns a doctor into a detective: James Coburn’s medico undertakes an amateur investigation of a crime involving an illegal abortion, and the cover-up thereof. Although tangled up in the crazy James Aubrey-Kirk Kerkorian regime at MGM, Blake Edwards’ film can boast a strong supporting cast: Jennifer O’Neill, Pat Hingle, Elizabeth Allan, Dan O’Herlihy, James Hong, Michael Blodgett, Regis Toomey and John Hillerman.

The Carey Treatment

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Warner Archive Collection

1972 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 101 min. / Available at Amazon.com / General site Wac-Amazon / Street Date May 10, 2022 / 21.99

Starring: James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Pat Hingle, Skye Aubrey, Elizabeth Allan, Dan O’Herlihy, James Hong, Michael Blodgett, Regis Toomey, Jennifer Edwards, John Hillerman, Alex Drier, Robert Mandan, Melissa Tormé-March.

Cinematography: Frank Stanley

Art Director: Alfred Sweeney

Film Editor: Ralph E. Winters

Original Music: Roy Budd

Screenplay by “James P. Bonner” and...

The legendary punk god joins us to talk about movies he finds unforgettable. Special appearance by his cat, Moon Unit.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Tapeheads (1988)

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) – Eli Roth’s trailer commentary

A Face In The Crowd (1957) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Meet John Doe (1941)

Bob Roberts (1992)

Bachelor Party (1984)

Dangerously Close (1986)

Videodrome (1983) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary

F/X (1986)

Hot Rods To Hell (1967)

Riot On Sunset Strip (1967)

While The City Sleeps (1956) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

Spider-Man (2002)

The Killing (1956) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary

Serpent’s Egg (1977)

The Thin Man (1934)

Meet Nero Wolfe (1936)

The Hidden Eye (1945)

Eyes In The Night (1942)

Sudden Impact (1983) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary

Red Dawn (1984)

Warlock (1989)

The Dead Zone (1983) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary

Secret Honor (1984)

The Player (1992) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary,...

Composer John Williams received two Grammy nominations, as announced yesterday, bringing his grand total to 71 nominations, with 24 wins to date.

Williams was nominated in the composing and arranging field. His “Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite,” written for the new “Star Wars”-themed park at Disneyland, was nominated for best instrumental composition, while his arrangement of “Hedwig’s Theme,” the best-known piece from the “Harry Potter” films, for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter’s all-Williams album, was cited for best instrumental arrangement.

According to official Grammy statistics, these are the legendary film composer’s 70th and 71st nominations.

Surprisingly, considering his 58-year history of Grammy attention (dating back to his 1961 nod for his TV score “Checkmate”), he is not the most-nominated film composer. He is now just one nomination behind his colleague Henry Mancini, who amassed 72 nominations before his death in 1994.

Quincy Jones – who sometimes toiled alongside Williams during their Universal Television stints...

Josip Elic, remembered for his performance as the confused, constantly tired asylum inmate Bancini who carries Jack Nicholson’s rebellious, basketball-dunking McMurphy on his shoulders in 1975’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, died Monday at a rehabilitation facility in New Jersey. He was 98.

His death was announced by his friend, manager Matt Beckoff, in a Facebook post. Elic had been in failing health since suffering a fall at his New York residence several years ago; he lived with friend and caretaker, the actress Lee Meredith, and her husband at their home in River Edge, New Jersey, before transferring to a nearby assisted-living residence, according to a 2018 North Record newspaper profile.

After early TV roles in 1950s series such as Kraft Theatre, The Phil Silvers Show, Peter Gunn and The Asphalt Jungle, Elic made appearances in two Twilight Zone episodes. Soon came roles in the 1964 camp classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, a 1966 TV adaptation of Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory, and, in 1967, Mel Brooks’ The Producers. In the latter, he was featured in a memorable scene as the violinist who gets a bottle of champagne dumped down his pants by Zero Mostel.

He’ll best be remembered for his role as Cuckoo‘s befuddled Bancini, a near-catatonic patient who repeatedly mutters an exhausted “I”m tired,” only once rising in anger during a group therapy session shouting “I’m tired! And it’s a lot of baloney!” His major moment, though, was an improvised basketball court scene in which Nicholson’s McMurphy climbs atop the towering Bancini’s shoulders to teach the other asylum inmates how to dunk a basketball – all under the watchful, scornful eye of Louise Fletcher’s sadistic Nurse Ratched.

In the North Jersey Record interview last year, Elic and Meredith spoke of their long friendship and Elic’s recent health problems.

“He was living in New York all by himself,” Meredith said. “He had these steep stairs he was going up and down. His doctors said, ‘You can’t be alone any more.’ So Joe came here, and things worked out pretty well. We’re kind of his family now.”

Said Elic, “They were wonderful to me. Took care of me right and left. Changed my sheets, wouldn’t let me go into the kitchen to wash my cup or anything.”

His friend and caretaker survives him, as does a sister.

Singer and Tony-winning, Oscar-nominated actress Diahann Carroll, the first African American woman to star in her own TV series, has died at at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer. She was 84.

Her daughter, Suzanne Kay, confirmed the news.

Carroll is perhaps best remembered by younger audiences for her role as the conniving Dominique Deveraux on the nighttime soap “Dynasty” in the mid-’80s. But her first major television assignment was starring as the middle-class single mother Julia in a 1968 sitcom that was praised for featuring an African American in the title role — as much as it was criticized for ignoring the civil rights struggle. The series, which ran for three years, was a trailblazer in leading to greater visibility for African American characters on series television.

The actress characterized by svelte cosmopolitan sophistication had come to television via the musical theater. In the early 1960s...

Rob Smedley Feb 8, 2019

We investigate the humble TV detective's choice of outerwear by looking back at these 10 very famous coats.

This updated article was first posted in July 2013. It comes from Den of Geek UK.

Luther returned to BBC One over the New Year, and didn't he look cool as he stalked around London's streets like a man with a grudge against a bus? That's not just because he's played by Idris Elba and your mind has subconsciously associated him with the cool job of piloting giant robots in Pacific Rim, oh no. It's because, like all the best detectives, he's wearing a cool coat.

The coat has become the shorthand for the detective, not only telling you a lot about the copper wearing it but about the era they're wearing it in. So, in a not at all blatant rip-off of the BBC's A History of the World...

Herb Ellis, an actor and director known for helping Jack Webb create the iconic TV series Dragnet, died Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, Calif. He was 97.

Born Herbert Siegel in Cleveland, Ohio on Jan. 7, 1921, Ellis was a radio actor and director. His frequent collaborations with Webb included a pilot they wrote titled Joe Friday, Room Five which later served as the foundation for the iconic TV procedural Dragnet.

For the first eight episodes of the series, which debuted in 1952, Ellis played Officer Frank Smith opposite Webb before Ben Alexander took over the role until the series ended in 1959.

In addition to Dragnet, Ellis appeared in various other radio series including Dangerous Assignment, Escape, Tales of the Texas Rangers, and The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe.

On the movie side, Ellis appeared in notable films such as Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing and Billy Wilder’s The Fortune Cookie.

In 1967, he returned...

Herb Ellis, a veteran character actor who helped Jack Webb create the legendary cop show Dragnet, has died. He was 97.

Ellis died Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, Calif., his daughter, Karen, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Ellis played bistro owner Wilbur on the NBC-ABC crime drama Peter Gunn, created by Blake Edwards, and was the film director in the opening scene that sees Peter Sellers create havoc on his set in Edwards' 1960 comedy, The Party (1968). He also appeared in the filmmaker's What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966).

Other notable big-screen appearances came in Stanley Kubrick's ...

Herb Ellis, a veteran character actor who helped Jack Webb create the legendary cop show Dragnet, has died. He was 97.

Ellis died Dec. 26 in San Gabriel, Calif., his daughter, Karen, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Ellis played bistro owner Wilbur on the NBC-ABC crime drama Peter Gunn, created by Blake Edwards, and was the film director in the opening scene that sees Peter Sellers create havoc on his set in Edwards' 1960 comedy, The Party (1968). He also appeared in the filmmaker's What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966).

Other notable big-screen appearances came in Stanley Kubrick's ...

Out-of-town tryouts aren’t just for the theater world. There’s a rich tradition in rock, too, of taking to the road to test and strength unrecorded material, although the custom is on the ropes, obviously, in the YouTube era. Joe Jackson still believes in the process: For July , he tacked a 15-city mini-tour of secondary markets onto the tail end of two years of gigging, for a two-fold purpose, he explained during Sunday’s tour finale in Boise.

The short trek was to hit places he’d “rarely or never played before, here being the latter,” Jackson said shortly into a two-hour set at Idaho’s sold-out, 1,400-seat, sphinx-filled, 91-year-old Egyptian. “The other reason is to try out some new songs, as our next stop is the recording studio. Do you mind? … I figured it was only polite to ask, even though we’re gonna do them anyway.”

Signs...

Jim Lauderdale has long been a man with cool to spare. That makes him well-placed to recognize the warning signs, and so the Americana legend gives an even-keeled pep talk on “Wearing Out Your Cool,” the latest release from his upcoming LP Time Flies.

Barreling along with a sped-up Peter Gunn backbeat, “Wearing Out Your Cool” swings and boogies with finger-snapping nonchalance. Augmented by female backing vocals and a lounge-singer-smooth sax solo, Lauderdale gives some helpful advice to someone who needs to pump the brakes a bit. “You don’t...

By Darren Allison

(Cinema Retro Soundtrack Editor)

Dutton Vocalion has released three3 more impressive titles in their Sacd range. The Black Motion Picture Experience / Music for Soulful Lovers (Cdsml 8531) is as a twofer release featuring The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds. There’s a perfect symmetry about this particular CD. Both albums were released on the famous Buddah label back in 1973 and both were released in Stereo and Quadrophonic pressings. Vocalion’s new CD marks the debut of both albums in both formats. Both titles were originally released back in the height of the Blaxploitation boom. The first of the Holmes albums consists of a great selection of major Blaxploitation themes including Super fly (1972), Shaft (1971) and Across 110th street (1972), but there’s also a great deal more than the usual, often repeated titles. Slaughter (1972) is a nice addition to the track listing, considering a soundtrack album was never released. Holmes also...

Anti-hero is too light a word for the lead of The World of Kanako. A hard-drinking, tortured, virulent ex-cop thrown into an underworld of sociopathy and systematic abuse in order to find his daughter, he evokes a long line of lead archetypes in detective stories. Director Tetsuya Nakashima’s style and narrative flourishes may draw comparisons to countrymen like Johnnie To and Sion Sono, or the South Korean revenge thriller boom anchored by directors like Kim Ji-Woon and Park Chan-Wook, but The World of Kanako differs in one singular way. Akikazu Fujishima (a completely unhinged Kôji Yakusho) hasn’t sold his soul to the devil for revenge. He never had one in the first place.

Presented in a jumbled chronological style reminiscent of Memento, and filled with hallucinogenic episodes into both the mind of the lead, and animated tangents giving context into the life of one child who is transformed...

Streaming video is a godsend if you want to catch up with recent seasons of TV series. But what's a TV fan to do who wants to stream older shows? Netflix has very little from before the millennium, and Amazon Prime has very little from before 1990.

That's not a knock; the big streaming services know their market. Still, it's worth remembering that Amazon's initial appeal as a bookseller was it's long-tail catalog, the notion that comprehensiveness was worthwhile because somebody somewhere would want that obscure or ancient title, that the markets for all those titles were collectively significant and worth catering to, and that the Internet had at last made it easier to connect those customers with what they wanted.

But until the big streaming services step into the long-tail breach, Shout Factory TV (at shoutfactorytv.com) is ready to make a home there. The boutique streaming service, which is free and requires no subscription,...

Aaron Birch May 2, 2019

Microsoft's debut games console, the Xbox, made a big impact on gaming, but not all of its games got the attention they deserved...

The console wars may have turned into a two-horse race in the last few years, with Nintendo playing catch up, but wind back a few years to a time when Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo were all hard at it, competing for your money and loyalty. The PlayStation 2 would go on to win the war of its generation, but Microsoft's Xbox was a tough competitor, giving the company a secure foothold, which it would later take advantage of in the next generation with the Xbox 360's dominance.

The original Xbox had a host of great games, many of which have gone on to become successful franchises, with no better example than Halo, but not all of its good games gained the attention they deserved,...

Microsoft's debut games console, the Xbox, made a big impact on gaming, but not all of its games got the attention they deserved...

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The new generation console war may turning towads a two horse race, with Nintendo playing catch up, but wind back a few years, and Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo were all hard at it, competing for your money and loyalty. The PlayStation 2 would go on to win the war of its generation, but Microsoft's Xbox was a tough competitor, giving the company a secure foothold, which it would later take advantage of in the next generation with the Xbox 360's dominance.

The original Xbox had a host of great games, many of which have gone on to become successful franchises, with no better example than Halo, but not all of its good games gained the attention they deserved, even if sequels managed to appear in later years.

Television has been following an unfortunate trend from feature films lately: the reboot. Instead of continuing the much-lauded "Golden Age of Television" with new ideas and properties, TV executives seem to be -- in increasing numbers -- looking to existing shows for their "inspiration."

This is not necessarily the best idea. A quick peek into the world of TV reboots of recent years shows that bringing back the old isn't always the best way to get new viewers. Just ask "Ironside."

With the networks going on a full-throttle reboot binge this development season -- everything from a "Broadchurch" adaptation to a reboot of "Murder, She Wrote" is in the works -- it's worth asking whether reboots are dooming both themselves and all of television.

To reboot or not to reboot?

What makes for a good reboot? It's not so much the name recognition as much as it is an original...

Feature Rob Smedley 2 Jul 2013 - 07:00

Rob traces the evolution of the TV detective via their choice of outerwear. Enter macs, leather jackets, and posh flappy numbers...

Luther's back tonight on BBC One, and ooh, doesn't he look cool as he stalks around London's streets like a man with a grudge against a bus? That's not just because he's played by Idris Elba, and your mind has subconsciously associated him with the cool job of piloting giant robots in Pacific Rim, oh no. It's because, like all the best detectives, he's wearing a cool coat.

The coat has become the shorthand for the detective, not only telling you a lot about the copper wearing it, but about the era they're wearing it in. So, in a not at all blatant rip-off of the BBC's A History of the World in 100 Objects let's chart the TV detective's beat across our...

On Thursday, May 30, 54 Below will welcome Isabel Rose for a one-night-only performance at 7pm. With arrangements that match Michael Buble's for their lush, imaginative interpretation of standards and contemporary fare alike, Isabel Rose delivers a high-energy, toe-tapping evening of crowd-pleasing favorites. Compared to Ann-Margret by Jazz Times, Isabel is more Vegas than cabaret, though her roots lie squarely in the Great American Songbook. 60s favorites like Reflections and Peter Gunn share the bill with That's All and This Could Be The Start of Something Big.

The Turner networks' upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City didn't have much in the way of news, but did reveal TNT plans to finally premiere Frank Darabont's "Lost Angels" (starring Jon Bernthal of "The Walking Dead" and formerly known as "L.A. Noir") in late 2013 and TBS is developing a reality show starring Oscar-winning "Juno" writer Diablo Cody.

TNT already made most of its notable programming decisions -- renewing "Dallas" and "Boston's Finest," cancelling "Southland" and "Monday Mornings" and ordering "The Last Ship" and "Legends" -- ahead of the upfronts.

But both TNT and TBS unveiled a laundry list of shows in development that may or may not ever see the light of day as pilots, let alone series.

Among those titles at TNT:

- "Portal House" executive produced by Steven Spielberg, about a group of young scientists who "stumble upon a portal into the time-space continuum"

- An update of classic P.

TBS and TNT announced their upcoming series at the tag-teamed upfront this morning, and as you might expect, there are a lot of cop shows. A lot! TNT loves a cop show, friends, so much so that even TBS is getting a (comedic) one, too.The new TNT shows: Portal House, about a group of young scientists who discover a portal. (Unrelated to the game Portal, sadly.) Peter Gunn, an update of the fifties-era private-eye series. The Last Cop, an adaptation of a German show about a police officer who wakes up after twenty years in a coma. (Man, remember Life on Mars?) A Bend in the Road, based on the Nicholas Sparks book about a sheriff who discovers a small town's murderous secrets. Guilty by Association, based on O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark's debut novel about two lawyers and a cop — who are all ladies! Lew Archer, about...

As long-time fans of Sound on Sight may know, many of us here are more than a little fond of Doctor Who. Not only does the Incomparable Kate Kulzick write a column covering the current series but for almost two years now we have been hosting our very own Doctor Who podcast dedicated to reviewing the good, the bad and the just plain weird of both New and Classic Who. In other words, our beloved website has slowly and rather deliberately been transformed into a virtual hive of Who, which is only fitting for such a venerable television institution that will turn fifty later this year.

It wasn’t always easy being a Whovian, especially growing up in Montreal, which is hardly a bastion of British broadcasting. For years I was the only Who fan I knew; I’m not saying that watching the show was illegal, but chances were...

Peter Gunn has been axed from 'Coronation Street'. The 49-year-old actor - who portrays Brian Packham in the ITV soap - will leave the Weatherfield cobbles later this year after three years on the programme following a ''shock'' decision by new producer Stuart Blackburn. An ITV source told The Sun newspaper: ''Brian goes down well with the viewers. They love his light-hearted banter. Peter has done a brilliant job in developing the character. ''Most of the staff thought his position was as safe as houses. So when the news came out of the blue that he was getting the chop, people...

Peter Gunn has been axed from 'Coronation Street'. The 49-year-old actor - who portrays Brian Packham in the ITV soap - will leave the Weatherfield cobbles later this year after three years on the programme following a ''shock'' decision by new producer Stuart Blackburn. An ITV source told The Sun newspaper: ''Brian goes down well with the viewers. They love his light-hearted banter. Peter has done a brilliant job in developing the character. ''Most of the staff thought his position was as safe as houses. So when the news came out of the blue that he was getting the chop, people...

I still remember the first time I encountered the original Spy Hunter game in arcades when I was a kid. That horrible yet amazing computerized version of the Peter Gunn Theme is one of the sounds that triggers instant memories of dumping quarter after quarter into the machine in order to keep driving the most amazing car I’d even seen.

Get ready, agents. It’s time to strap in to the Interceptor once again.

Spy Hunter has never been big on story; most players are just happy they’re driving an awesome car. That’s the basis of the reboot here as well. You play as some nameless guy driving the latest incarnation of the Interceptor. While test driving the prototype, the home base is invaded, and a mysterious voice who happens to sound just like the vocalist from Dimmu Borgir begins laying threats across to you and your organization.

Over the last decade and a half, composer Ryan Shore has provided the music to a number of films across a wide range of dramas: from the suburban horror of the Jack Ketchum adaptation The Girl Next Door to the horror comedy Stan Helsing. Now he's trying his hand at composing for games, providing the score for next week's reboot of the Spy Hunter franchise at Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment.

I got some questions out to Shore by e-mail about his first stint working on a game, how hard WB wanted him to chase the Peter Gunn theme, and some of the perils and pleasures of composing for video games.

MTV Multiplayer: Tell us a little about your background in composing music.

Ryan Shore: I've been writing music since the age of 11, and for the first 10 years I was mostly only playing the instruments (primarily saxophone, but also flute,...

Cue the Peter Gunn theme music! Although it’s been quite a while since we laid hands on an old-school arcade machine or video game console, one of our favorite titles has slowly, slyly gotten one step closer to the big screen: Ruben Fleischer (whose Zombieland we liked so much, we’re willing to overlook 30 Minutes or Less) has signed on to direct and executive produce an adaptation of Spy Hunter, the classic 1983 Bally Midway video game, for Warner Bros. Pictures.No doubt, making Spy Hunter will allow the director to spray considerably more bullets onscreen than he was ultimately allowed to in Gangster Squad, which Fleischer had to substantially recut in the wake of the Aurora, Colorado, shooting. (Squad has since been pushed from its original release date this September to early next January.) Spy Hunter has been sliding around the studio for the better part of the last decade,...

Coronation Street's Ken Barlow gets a surprising blast from the past later this month as he comes face-to-face with his ex-lover Wendy Crozier. The story begins when school headteacher Brian Packham hears news that the chair of governors has died, and immediately decides that Ken (Bill Roache) would be the perfect replacement. Brian (Peter Gunn) has an ulterior motive for approaching Ken, as he is keen to ensure that the vice chair Mrs Papadopolous doesn't take over. Having been well and truly buttered up by Brian, Ken eventually agrees to put himself forward as a candidate. Later, when Ken arrives at the school's election meeting, he is introduced to the other governors. However, he is in for a shock when he meets Mrs Papadopolous for himself, as he remembers her from when she was known under another name - Wendy Crozier! Ken is unsettled to (more)...

I looked for him, but he was gone. I checked the boozy dives and the greasy spoons and the street corners where the not-nice girls hang out.

Nothing.

He was gone.

Tall guy, fedora, trench coat. You must’ve seen him. Usually smoking. He was always hanging around, poking his nose where it didn’t belong and usually getting it punched.

A real wisenheimer, too, always cracking wise.

You see him, you call. And if I find out you’ve been holding back…

If you don’t miss that kind of patois, you’re either too young to remember it, or you’ve got a tin ear. God knows, I miss it.

Back in May, some of you might remember I interviewed Road to Perdition author Max Allan Collins (http://www.soundonsight.org/max-allan-collins-road-to-perdition-on-carrying-on-mickey-spillanes-legacy/). A lot of the discussion had to do with his connection with one of the giants of private eye fiction,...

Warning Shot and other themes composed by Jerry Goldsmith - Si Zentner

Dutton Vocalion is a company whose soundtracks feature regularly in our printed version of Cinema Retro. Just missing the deadline on this occasion are two superb debut releases, one of which includes Jerry Goldsmith’s excellent score (performed by Si Zentner) for Warning Shot (1967). Originally released on LP (Lst 7498), Vocalion’s new CD (Cdlk 4470) has smartly doubled up the release to include Si Zentner’s 1964 album From Russia With Love (originally released LP Lst 7353). Warning Shot is a relatively short score, but as with the original album, it includes some great interpretations of Goldsmith favourites such as the Von Ryan march, The Prize, A Patch of Blue and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Warning Shot is a film that generally tends to slip under the radar. However, it’s a neat little thriller starring the ever reliable David Janssen...

Coronation Street star Katy Cavanagh has joked that her character Julie Carp would probably make her own maternity clothes. The factory worker is expecting a baby with her headteacher boyfriend Brian Packham (Peter Gunn), although her pregnancy got off to a rocky start when Brian revealed he had undergone a vasectomy and accused Julie of cheating. "I should imagine Julie will be having some very interesting maternity outfits that she can make herself. That will be good fun," Cavanagh told MSN. "I think [Julie and Brian are] all sorted now. They're on cloud nine and they're very excited about (more)...

Coronation Street star Katy Cavanagh has predicted that her eccentric character Julie Carp will forgive partner Brian Packham after he wrongly accuses her of an affair. Brian (Peter Gunn) has been left in turmoil after learning that Julie is pregnant, fearing that he can't be the father as he had a vasectomy some time ago. After Brian accuses Julie of sleeping with another man, the pair visit Doctor Carter (Oliver Mellor) at the medical centre later this week - hoping for an explanation. Cavanagh told This Morning today: "[At first], Julie's got absolutely no idea why Brian's not over the moon as well. Obviously they've been trying extremely hard to make babies! It's going to completely knock her for six. "Doctor Carter's going to put it all right. He's going to tell us that apparently, if you have a vasectomy, (more)...

Coronation Street's Kylie Platt will step up her war with school headteacher Brian Packham in an upcoming storyline, reports have revealed. Kylie (Paula Lane) has already clashed with Brian (Peter Gunn) over his healthy eating plan for her son Max and the other children at his primary school. The feisty mum will launch an outright rebellion against Brian's meddling in forthcoming episodes, taking fish and chips and other fatty foods to the playground and handing them out to the pupils, according to the Daily Star. However, Brian is furious when he witnesses Kylie's antics, and as he tries to confiscate her supply, he ends up covered in mushy peas and chips following a tussle. Brian is currently pushing ahead with his healthy food scheme in (more)...

Coronation Street star Katy Cavanagh has predicted that there will be "chaotic" scenes when her eccentric character Julie Carp becomes a mother. Julie discovers that she is pregnant in an upcoming episode after weeks of trying for a baby with partner Brian Packham (Peter Gunn). Pondering Julie's possible approach to motherhood, Cavanagh told Inside Soap: "Julie will be ridiculous. She'll take everything people tell her literally. It will drive her sister Eileen absolutely mad. "Julie will work hard at being a mum, but it'll be quite chaotic. She'll probably end up leaving the child in the supermarket! She'll adore her baby, though - it won't be left wanting in the love department." As previously reported, Brian is initially (more)...

Coronation Street star Katy Cavanagh has predicted that Julie Carp will be "completely appalled" if her partner Brian Packham accuses her of having an affair. As first revealed last month, Cavanagh's character will discover that she is pregnant in an upcoming storyline. However, her happy news leaves Brian stunned as he had a vasectomy some time ago and hasn't told Julie. The plot then shows Brian (Peter Gunn) in turmoil as he wonders whether Julie has cheated on him. However, Cavanagh told Soaplife: "She'd never be unfaithful. And she'd be completely appalled, bemused, betrayed and angry that he could ever think she had been." Discussing Brian's attitude, she continued: "Julie (more)...

Coronation Street character Julie Carp will fall pregnant by her boyfriend this year, it has been reported. The factory worker, who is portrayed by 38-year-old actress Katy Cavanagh, is currently having a fling with teacher Brian Packham (Peter Gunn). However, her integrity is due to be doubted when she breaks her "happy" news to him. According to the Daily Star, viewers will see Julie's happiness at her potential pregnancy when she tells her sister Eileen Grimshaw, played by Sue Cleaver. However, Brian becomes convinced that Julie has cheated on him, as he confesses to Ken Barlow (Bill Roache) that he can't be the father because he had a vasectomy three years ago. Cavanagh recently revealed that she gets a lot of attention from "slightly (more)...

Coronation Street's Fiz Stape fears that her future looks bleak as her murder trial begins in tonight's double bill of the soap. Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) knows that she faces a tough challenge as she attempts to clear her name, but nothing can prepare her for just how bad things look as the prosecution begins to call its witnesses. Brian Packham (Peter Gunn) and Dorothy Hoyle (Jean Fergusson) are among those who testify about John's antics and Fiz's role in covering them up, while Hayley (Julie Hesmondhalgh) also inadvertently makes things worse as she slips up on the stand. (more)...

'Coronation's Street's Katy Cavanagh wants her character to get married. The actress' alter ego, factory supervisor Julie Carp's relationship with English teacher Brian Packham (Peter Gunn) has been getting serious with the pair set to move in together and open their own fruit and vegetable shop but Katy isn't satisfied with this and is hoping the pair will eventually tie the knot. She said: "Well, she's fallen in love and is just about to move in with Brian. Hopefully there are going to be some big storylines for her. "They are going to stay together. Julie has got a good man, I...

'Coronation Street' is set to be invaded by aliens. Factory worker Julie Carp and her English teacher boyfriend Brian Packham spot what they think are flying saucers during a passionate outdoor kissing session and become so convinced there is going to be a Martian invasion of Weatherfield they decide to keep an eye on the skies. Brian (Peter Gunn) tells Julie: "I'm a respected expert in the field of UFO landings and I'm telling you what we've seen with our own eyes are the genuine article. This is our time Julie . beam us up Scottie." However, the shock sightings have a strange...

Coronation Street couple Julie Carp and Brian Packham will become UFO spotters in a forthcoming storyline, a report has claimed. The eccentric pair, played by Katy Cavanagh and Peter Gunn, find a new shared interest in the coming weeks when they think they have seen strange objects overhead, according to the Daily Star. It is thought that Julie and Brian soon spring into action and start keeping watch on the skies in the light-hearted plotline. Brian apparently takes the lead in the new project, telling Julie that he (more)...