Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on writers, executive producers and series creators Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, who have been working as partners in the industry for nearly 15 years. Tara actually got her start in 1997, working as an assistant to producers of the short-lived series called Sleepwalkers that starred Naomi Watts and Bruce Greenwood. While ... Read More »

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 »

Here is the second of a three-part series, covering the vast collection of books, dedicated to some of the most popular TV shows past and present, from Smart Pop Books. To review, Smart Pop Books have been published by Benbella Books since 2003, covering topics ranging from Star Wars to Gilmore Girls to the work of Joss Whedon. The writers ... Read More »

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Writer, Singer, Dancer, Producer and Actress Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon. Maurissa was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, coming from a family deeply-rooted in the world of entertainment. Her father Tommy has been a transportation coordinator for Hollywood movies for nearly three decades while her brother Kevin is a director whose ... Read More »

Eliza Dushku (last of Dollhouse) is preparing her return to the small screen with the lead role in Bird Dog, according to Deadline. Still in pilot stage, Bird Dog is a drama slated for TNT should it get the green light. The synopsis sounds sort of like Veronica Mars: Bird Dog is a mystery fashioned around an unlikely partnership of ... 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 »

Tonight is the series finale of Dollhouse, Joss Whedon’s edgy look at altering the human mind. Can mankind be saved? Dollhouse – FOX 8/7c “Epitaph 2: The Return” – Picking up from the events depicted in “Epitaph 1,” the “lost” episode of DOLLHOUSE, and set in the year 2020, Echo and her surviving Dollhouse crew attempt to restore order to ... Read More »

The holiday hiatus is over, and how! I spent the weekend catching up on shows as far back as last Wednesday’s ABC lineup, so I thought a little grab bag of comments would be appropriate. Modern Family – I love how this show has set up various stereotypes, then proceeds to break them down little by little. The Claire vs. ... Read More »

Tonight is the penultimate episode of Dollhouse. Have you been watching? Dollhouse – FOX 8/7c “The Hollow Men” – Sacrifices are made when Echo leads her crew to Arizona to dismantle the Rossum Corporation’s mainframe. Read More »