The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| Matrix’ siblings to debut TV series on Netflix Posted: 28 Mar 2013 07:51 AM PDT  Directors Andy and Lana Wachowski attend a news conference for their film 'Cloud Atlas' at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival September 9, 2012. — Reuters picLOS ANGELES, March 28 — The siblings behind the blockbuster "Matrix" sci-fi movie franchise will distribute their first TV series via Netflix next year, the Internet video streaming service said Wednesday. In a statement, Netflix said Andy and Lana Wachowski's "Sense8" — which it called "a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted" -- would go out exclusively to its members "to watch instantly in late 2014." Primarily a platform for viewing recent and not-so-recent films and TV shows, Netflix branched out into original programming with the political thriller "House of Cards" starring Kevin Spacey. Breaking with convention, it released all 13 episodes of "House of Cards" in one go on February 1 to the delight of fans of so-called "binge viewing." A second season is in the pipeline. The Wachowskis wrote and directed "The Matrix" and its two sequels, as well as last year's "Cloud Atlas" starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. They start work next month on "Jupiter Ascending" with Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis. — AFP-Relaxnews |
| ‘Criminal Minds’ star Vangsness tops with church-going Americans Posted: 28 Mar 2013 05:37 AM PDT LOS AN  Actor Kirsten Vangsness (right) with her co-stars of Criminal Minds. — All rights reserved.GELES, March 28 — "Criminal Minds" star Kirsten Vangsness topped a list on Thursday of the most appealing TV actors among faith-based audiences, while Sandra Bullock was the most popular movie star among that group. Vangsness, 40, who plays fun-loving FBI technical analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS show "Criminal Minds, is openly gay and announced her engagement to her longtime girlfriend in 2009. Actors on the popular crime shows "NCIS" and "CSI" also fared well in the 2013 rankings of the most appealing celebrities by survey respondents who said they attend regular services at their house of worship. The findings, released by E-Poll Market Research, were based on surveys of 1,100 Americans aged 13 and older who were asked to rank more than 40 attributes as well as their awareness of celebrities. James Earl Jones, Sean Connery and Morgan Freeman, who has played God or God-like figures several times, rounded out the top four movie stars. "NCIS" actress Cote de Pablo ranked second among TV actors, followed by 91-year-old "Hot in Cleveland" actress Betty White and "NCIS" stars Sean Murray and Pauley Perrette. Connery, Taraji P. Henson, Amy Adams, Dwayne Johnson and Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus Christ in the 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ," are all more popular with faith-based audiences than among the general U.S. population, the poll found. Gerry Philpott, CEO of E-Poll Market Research, said it was no surprise that actors on CBS shows appealed to people who value their religious faith highly. "For years, CBS was known as the conservative network. ... So I think people who might be more faith-based or religious may have a habit of watching CBS more often," Philpott said. "These are very entertaining shows, but they don't push the envelope when it comes to content. They are not trying to be controversial," Philpott added. More importantly, he said, the top 20 movie and TV actors do not have much dirty laundry. "I don't think you could pull a scandal out of any of these film or TV actors, and I think that may be more telling than anything else," Philpott said. CBS is a unit of CBS Corp. — Reuters |
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