Daily Archives: July 28, 2011

Flap Has No Effect on Common, Rapper Turned Actor

Being the center of a manufactured controversy over an appearance at the White House may have made the name of rapper Common more recognizable among whole new audiences. But on hand at the TV Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills Thursday to talk about his role in a new AMC series, “Hell on […]

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AMC Defends ‘The Killing,’ Unveils ‘Hell on Wheels’

The extent to which AMC has grown as a home of original programming was seen at the TV Critics Association summer press tour Thursday when an executive session with the program chief was as intense as any with HBO. Chief among concerns was the finale of “The Killing,” which some critics took personally as an […]

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Thursday TV: Ninth Season Start for ‘Runway,’ ‘Shore’ Refresher

Twenty designers have been assembled to start season nine of “Project Runaway” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.), the most in series history. But they will immediately have to plead their case before Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Tim Gunn to explain why they deserve to be one of the 16 who will have a chance […]

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