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FILM/TV BITS: ‘Grey’s,’ ‘CW’ ratings; wrong Glover; No wedding for Murph & Mel; SAG’s Anne Marie; ‘Tested’ wins Film Fest.
*In the first head to head battle between new episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “CSI,” McDreamy and company at Seattle Grace Hospital came out on top with 25.4 million viewers, compared to 22.6 for the folks at the Las Vegas Crime Lab, according to Nielsen Media Research. The CW network, meanwhile, sashayed out the box Wednesday making a fierce first impression in primetime. The two-hour season premiere of "America's Next Top Model” delivered 5.3 million viewers, making the Tyra Banks-produced series the most watched show among the CW’s target demo of adults 18-34. It was also the show’s best premiere rating in the demo and its second-best viewership in six cycles.
*Actor Danny Glover has made life miserable for a Washington journalist with the same name. Following the Hollywood star’s appearance with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez last week, when the leader called George Bush “an alcoholic and a sick man," folks have been e-mailing Glover - the writer - with angry messages, reports the New York Post. On Beltway Blogroll, the journalist writes: "Please, please, please, stop sending me e-mails that read like this: 'I'm very ashamed of you. I have been a great fan of yours. Danny, your actions are traderous! [sic] You should be ashamed politically.' It was actor Danny Glover!"
*Eddie Murphy is finally admitting that he caught feelings for former Spice Girl, Melanie “Mel B” Brown,” reports Contact Music. "I am madly in love with Mel - but there are no wedding plans," the actor reportedly said while speaking at a business meeting Friday in Beverly Hills. The couple began dating three months ago. Murphy divorced his wife Nicole in April after 13 years of marriage and five kids.
*Actress Anne-Marie Johnson, the first national vice president of the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG), was one of the 24 candidates voted to fill about one-third of the union’s national board seats, notes the Hollywood Reporter. Johnson and others were backed by the membership bloc known as MembershipFirst. SAG holds elections for a portion of its 69-seat board annually, with top officers elected every other year. Others winning board seats include Justine Bateman, Elliott Gould, Joanna Cassidy, Robert Hays and Diane Ladd.
*“The Tested,” a film about a black teen who struggles through high school in a hostile environment, took home the top prize at the Los Angeles International Film Festival earlier this month. During the days leading up to his gang initiation, the protagonist, Dre (Michael Morris Jr.), attempts to make peace with his negligent mother, console his younger sister and accept what he's about to do – shoot a stranger in broad daylight. Written, edited and directed by Russell Costanzo and produced by Melissa B. Miller, the film was awarded "Best in Fest" and beat out 650 other short films, making it eligible for an Academy Award nomination. “The Tested” is scheduled to make its television broadcast debut on BET J at the end of the month.
AFRICAN VOICES CINEMA SERIES debuts
at AFI FEST 2006 presented by Audi. The
American Film Institute (AFI) debuts African
Voices Cinema Series at this year's AFI
FEST, November 1-12, 2006. African
Voices provides an international platform
for African directors, writers, and producers,
who communicate the culture, politics,
and the vision of a people through film.
Read More at: www.AFIFEST.com
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