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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Emmy Nominations are out, and a trip to Israel
Well, the Emmy Award nominations have been announced, and the news is good and bad. State of the Union picked up 3 nominations, all in technical categories:
In other news, according to YNet, Tracey is going to Israel on July 21 to promote State of the Union. Let's hope things remain quiet over there while she's there (I hope for that all the time, of course). I wonder if she'll make it up to Haifa and 'Akká....
- Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series (Martin Samuel) (episode 4)
- Makeup for a Single-Camera Series, Non-Prosthetic (Sally Craven and Matthew Mungle) (episode 2)
- Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special (Sally and Matthew again) (episode 4)
In other news, according to YNet, Tracey is going to Israel on July 21 to promote State of the Union. Let's hope things remain quiet over there while she's there (I hope for that all the time, of course). I wonder if she'll make it up to Haifa and 'Akká....
Labels: Emmy Awards, Israel, State of the Union
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Trailer for The Tale of Despereaux
When I went to see Wall-E at my local theater last Friday, one of the trailers was for The Tale of Despereaux, which is due out around Christmas. It's an animated film with an all-star cast, of which Tracey is a part. I believe her character was in the trailer, but I'm not positive of that; there is a scene in which Despereaux the mouse is closing the mouth of a screaming girl/woman, a scream which sounded a bit familiar to me.
This will probably be the next project we see (actually hear) her in, though I hope we have reason to see her at the Emmys in September.
This will probably be the next project we see (actually hear) her in, though I hope we have reason to see her at the Emmys in September.
Labels: Emmy Awards, The Tale of Despereaux
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
SOTU on DVD -- well, one episode at least
I'm sure that an official DVD release of the first season of State of the Union is coming -- early next year, I would suspect, in order to tie in with the start of the second season. But you can get the first episode on DVD right now. All you have to do is go to your neighborhood Target store and pick up the first season DVD set of Californication. The SOTU DVD is included as a bonus, and it's only available at Target.
Labels: Californication, DVD, State of the Union, Target
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
SOTU "the best TV comedy you may never have heard of"
The Vancouver Sun ran a column today that called State of the Union "the best TV comedy you may never have heard of." It began by noting "Being a funny girl, it seems, requires not only the natural gift of comedy but the rather fickle twin fates of timing and taste," comparing Tina Fey's current acclaim to the "cool ambivalence North American fans have long held for Tracey" (I like 'em both, by the way) and then calling SOTU "acerbic, hilarious, slightly inappropriate, satirical, always politically incorrect and wonderfully original."
Labels: State of the Union
Friday, May 02, 2008
SOTU Renewed!
Variety is reporting this morning that State of the Union has been renewed by Showtime for a second season of seven episodes in 2009. Only seven episodes? It's better than the five of the just-completed first season, but still.... And I wonder if the budget for these seven episodes will allow for more guest stars to appear. Not that there's anything wrong with seeing Tracey as so many characters.
Labels: Showtime, State of the Union
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Problems with links
With the move to the new location, I've found a problem with the links in the menu bar on the left of the page. They don't work properly from the individual blog entry pages. I will fix this soon. For now, please go to the home page, for the links will work properly from there.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.
UPDATE: I've now fixed the links so they'll work properly.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
New home
Welcome to the new home for the site and the blog -- rreini.org rather than rreini.com. The old provider was no longer meeting my needs, so I moved to a new one. Unfortunately, they are making it difficult to impossible to move my old domain name, so I've started using a slightly different one. Most of the links should work, but if you find any that don't, please let me know.
As a provider of thoughtful comedy and satire, though, Tracey is still tops on my list. Tomorrow's episode will be the last of the first season -- hard to believe. But it goes out on a winning note.
One more thing: in case you missed seeing Tracey on the Tonight Show last Friday night (18th) -- she wasn't listed on TiVo or on TV Guide, as she was a late addition -- the show is available for a limited time on Hulu.
As a provider of thoughtful comedy and satire, though, Tracey is still tops on my list. Tomorrow's episode will be the last of the first season -- hard to believe. But it goes out on a winning note.
One more thing: in case you missed seeing Tracey on the Tonight Show last Friday night (18th) -- she wasn't listed on TiVo or on TV Guide, as she was a late addition -- the show is available for a limited time on Hulu.
Labels: Hulu, Tonight Show
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Tracey on Tonight Show April 18
Thanks to surfing the Web -- and the Late Night TV Page -- I have confirmed that Tracey will be appearing on the Tonight Show tomorrow night (April 18).
Labels: Late Night TV, Tonight Show
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
A few things
Well, three episodes of State of the Union have aired, and two more are left in this, its first season. If it were up to me, there would have been more. But consider that many comedy series in Britain run for just 6 episodes, so this is in line with that. Still, I hope there will be a next season -- a longer next-season.
I wonder what SOTU characters are everyone's favorites? I find myself partial to musical pharmacist Padma Perkesh and commentator/blogger Arianna Huffington.
My main work right now is creating the episode guide and commentary for SOTU. But I'm also getting ready to move this site to a new location. There will be a lot of work involved in updating the pages to use the new location instead of this one. When that's done, I'll announce where you can find it.
Undoubtedly, many fans of Tracey are also fans of the late Kirsty MacColl. I'm reading the new biography of her written by her mother, Sun on the Water. Don't look for it in your bookstore unless you're in the UK, for it's not available in the US yet. Amazon.co.uk has it, if you want to brave the extortionate exchange rate between the pound and the dollar. I just received it this week and am reading about Kirsty's childhood. She was taken from us far too soon....
I wonder what SOTU characters are everyone's favorites? I find myself partial to musical pharmacist Padma Perkesh and commentator/blogger Arianna Huffington.
My main work right now is creating the episode guide and commentary for SOTU. But I'm also getting ready to move this site to a new location. There will be a lot of work involved in updating the pages to use the new location instead of this one. When that's done, I'll announce where you can find it.
Undoubtedly, many fans of Tracey are also fans of the late Kirsty MacColl. I'm reading the new biography of her written by her mother, Sun on the Water. Don't look for it in your bookstore unless you're in the UK, for it's not available in the US yet. Amazon.co.uk has it, if you want to brave the extortionate exchange rate between the pound and the dollar. I just received it this week and am reading about Kirsty's childhood. She was taken from us far too soon....
Labels: episode guide, Kirsty MacColl, State of the Union, Sun on the Water
Monday, April 07, 2008
SOTU Guide Updates Delayed
Thanks to a hard drive crash this morning, my update to the State of the Union episode guide for episode 2 was lost, so I'm going to have to rewrite it again from scratch. That wasn't the only thing I lost, either, but I'll spare you the details.
Labels: State of the Union
