James Gandolfini seemed like a nice enough guy, but after several seasons of “The Sopranos,” you can’t help but feel like he might slug you if you ask him the wrong question.
Larry David was extremely approachable…so approachable, in fact, that he was constantly surrounded by reporters with tape recorders, trying to get a good sound bite out of him. For the boys back home: I had a nice “Entourage” moment with Kevin Dillon, who was a very cool guy, but, sorry, I had to yank the pic because I didn’t realize it’s frowned upon for TCA members to take shots with the celebs. It’s probably something to do with maintaining distance between professional writer and professional fanboy, and I get that. But, anyway, a shout-out to my new friend, Steven Chupnick, managing editor of JewReview.net; he and I stood around and talked w/ Kevin about the show, how it’s progressed, and what it’s like with Matt Dillon as your brother. (No way I’m transcribing that now. You’ll have to wait ’til I’m back and can get more caught up!) Filed under: TV and Actors and News and TV Comedies and TV Dramas and The Sopranos and TCA Press Tour Comments:
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Hi Will, great reporting! Thanks for the TCA schedule of events down below. Do you happen to have a schedule with dates and times that you could post or e-mail me?
Thank you!
Mark Kaplan
Philadelphia, PA
mkfap@hotmail.com
Mark, sorry, I’ve taken a sacred oath not to reveal the specifics. Okay, that’s not actually, true. I don’t actually have the full schedule yet - they dole it out on a daily basis, practically, since they never know exactly who’s going to be there ’til they actually arrive. This bit from my intro on Bullz-Eye is the best I can really offer:
The proceedings will shape up as follows: first cable, then network. I’ll spend four days (July 12-15) being bombarded with every cable network you can imagine, from HBO and Showtime to The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, plus all the other usual suspects: E!, Game Show Network, Bravo, CNN and so forth. From there, it’s on to the broadcast networks: NBC (July 16 & 17), CBS (July 18 & 19), The CW (July 20), Fox (July 22 & 23) and ABC (July 25 & 26).
Will, I appreciate your efforts. Keep up the great work.
Long shot: By any chance do you know what days Scripps and/or Starz are presenting?
I will tell you, Mark, that the last time a schedule went out, neither Starz nor Scripps were listed as presenting.