Oscar-Winning Director Anthony Minghella Dead
March 22, 2008
Anthony Minghella, who won an Oscar in 1997 for directing The English Patient, has died at the aged of 54. Minghella also directed the films Truly, Madly, Deeply and Cold Mountain.
NBC Eyes 2007 Consumer Patterns
March 18, 2008
NBC Digital Entertainment recently announced its findings gathered from the fifth wave of quarterly consumer research studies conducted during the last quarter of 2007. Among the highlights: a large amount of users are staying through entire episodes, higher brand recall, and increased satisfaction with the NBC Rewind video player. The announcements were made by Vivi Zigler, Executive Vice President, NBC Digital Entertainment.
New Drama on MTV’s “The Hills”
March 18, 2008
Fans of MTV’s “The Hills”, take note. The new season starts with 10 new episodes of “The Hills” premiering March 24th at 10pm ET/PT. This extended third season will begin with Lauren and Whitney’s anticipated journey to Paris, where they travel to work for Teen Vogue at the Crillon Ball, an international gala for debutantes.
$850,000 Green Home Giveaway
March 17, 2008
For the first time ever, HGTV is building a Green Home, located in Tradition Hilton Head, a 5,300-acre master-planned community near the popular beach resort of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and giving it away to a lucky winner in a national sweepstakes that kicks off via the HGTV Green Home 2008 special hosted by “Carter Can” handyman (and Nautica model) Carter Oosterhouse on March 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Minnie Driver Pregnant
March 17, 2008
Last week, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, which airs Monday through Friday, 11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m. ET on NBC, welcomed Minnie Driver as guest and musical act performing “Mockingbird” from her album Seastories.
