Post by annabelleleigh on Sept 27, 2008 9:54:14 GMT -5
I'm tempted to call this thread "the ubiquitous Jeff Goldblum" because -- as anyone setting a Google alert for this actor knows -- he seems to be everywhere. Below is a piece on a new Web-only video project which seems to fall somewhere between a serial and an Ikea infomercial. (Does Goldblum say "yes" to everything -- or does he just have a lot of friends?)
Project producer/star Illeana Douglas has been a featured actor on all of the L&O franchise shows, most recently the Season 7 L/W episode "Contract." The most interesting paragraphs of this piece (IMO) are her comments about the Internet and creative autonomy.
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Stars tune-in to Web video, advertisers still shy
By Alex Dobuzinskis
Reuters
September 26, 2008
Excerpt:
"LOS ANGELES - The fall television season kicked off this past week, but viewers looking for their favorite actors returning to airwaves may not find them on TV as new Web-based shows increasingly draw stars online.
The Internet, and the experimental low-budget dramas and comedy shows it spawned, has emerged as a refuge for Hollywood players such as "Family Guy" creator Seth McFarlane and comedienne Illeana Douglas who are seeking creative autonomy.
But because of advertisers' reluctance to spend on unproven Web-based shows, making money from them remains a challenge even for productions with top talent, experts said...
Still, profits hardly seem to matter to Douglas, 43, who has appeared on "Ugly Betty" and has dozens of movie and TV credits to her name. She describes making and starring in her Web-based comedy show "Easy to Assemble," which premiered this week on the Web, as one of her favorite projects.
"Honestly I would rather be on the Web than be on television because I don't have any illusions that if this got picked up and went to network television I would lose the creative control," Douglas said.
"For me, having been in show business for so long, I would rather have creative control and less money," she said.
Douglas received $50,000 from furniture chain Ikea to produce the 10-episode "Easy to Assemble," with appearances by actors Jeff Goldblum, Justine Bateman and Ed Begley Jr.
The show follows Douglas as she quits show business to work at an Ikea store, but finds her old life catches up with her."
The full story at
www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE48P93720080926
Project producer/star Illeana Douglas has been a featured actor on all of the L&O franchise shows, most recently the Season 7 L/W episode "Contract." The most interesting paragraphs of this piece (IMO) are her comments about the Internet and creative autonomy.
AL
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Stars tune-in to Web video, advertisers still shy
By Alex Dobuzinskis
Reuters
September 26, 2008
Excerpt:
"LOS ANGELES - The fall television season kicked off this past week, but viewers looking for their favorite actors returning to airwaves may not find them on TV as new Web-based shows increasingly draw stars online.
The Internet, and the experimental low-budget dramas and comedy shows it spawned, has emerged as a refuge for Hollywood players such as "Family Guy" creator Seth McFarlane and comedienne Illeana Douglas who are seeking creative autonomy.
But because of advertisers' reluctance to spend on unproven Web-based shows, making money from them remains a challenge even for productions with top talent, experts said...
Still, profits hardly seem to matter to Douglas, 43, who has appeared on "Ugly Betty" and has dozens of movie and TV credits to her name. She describes making and starring in her Web-based comedy show "Easy to Assemble," which premiered this week on the Web, as one of her favorite projects.
"Honestly I would rather be on the Web than be on television because I don't have any illusions that if this got picked up and went to network television I would lose the creative control," Douglas said.
"For me, having been in show business for so long, I would rather have creative control and less money," she said.
Douglas received $50,000 from furniture chain Ikea to produce the 10-episode "Easy to Assemble," with appearances by actors Jeff Goldblum, Justine Bateman and Ed Begley Jr.
The show follows Douglas as she quits show business to work at an Ikea store, but finds her old life catches up with her."
The full story at
www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE48P93720080926