Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on director Marita Grabiak. Marita was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania where she attended Chatham College for Anthropology studies and Carnegie Mellon University for theatrical workshops. She lived in New York City for a year, working in Off Broadway Theatre. She later moved to Los Angeles, graduating from UCLA with a major in ... Read More »

Some of my earlier columns this year have been about TV tie-in books or books that were made into TV shows. This time around I will be dedicating a number of columns to an interesting collection of books from Benbella Books known as “Smart Pop Books”. These books are (according to their official website) “a line of smart, fresh, funny ... Read More »

It must be a Joss Whedon kind of day! We get our first look at Buffy/Angel/Dollhouse alum Eliza Dushku in her guest spot on The Big Bang Theory, and now comes word that three writers from those three shows are developing new projects for the CW. Marti Noxon and writing partners Sara Craft and Elizabeth Fain have been tapped to ... Read More »

We welcome our new Nice Boy of the Week, Joss Whedon! The Nice Girls have long been fans of Joss’s from way back, so the vote for his induction was unanimous. To write about Joss would mean a 20-part series and is better done by others, but we can tell you the reasons we heart him. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ... Read More »

For an actress who is now one of the hottest commodities in Hollywood, Amy Acker arrived quietly enough with her debut work in the children’s television series Wishbone playing a variety of characters. Her next television work was a step-up with an appearance in the mini-series To Serve and Protect which co-starred Craig T. Nelson, Amanda Detmer and James Franco. ... Read More »

In my previous blogs about music, I’ve asked our readers about artists who should be featured in TV shows and discussed the types of music that have influenced me throughout my life. This time around I’m somewhat combining the two ideas together to highlight great songs for which I learned through some of my favorite TV shows, made-for-TV movies as ... Read More »

It’s no secret that Joss Whedon is a hero here at Nice Girls HQ. As if pimping Dollhouse for months prior to its debut wasn’t enough of a clue, we have a (possibly annoying) habit of gleeing over various Whedon alumni whenever we encounter them on the airwaves or in real life (see: Comic Con). So you’ll understand that I ... Read More »