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'90 Second Pop'
Aired September 18, 2003 - 09:50 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: 90 Second Pop begins now. Clarissa Cruz is here today, staff reporter "Entertainment Weekly."
Nice to see you. Welcome back.
Michael Ausiello, senior editor and columnist for "TV Guide."
Nice to see you. First-timer on this.
Welcome.
Clarissa Cruz is here today, staff reporter "Entertainment Weekly."
Nice to see you. Welcome back.
B.J. Sigesmund, entertainment reporter for "Newsweek." He's like old faithful on AMERICAN MORNING.
A couple things to talk about. Emmys are coming out Sunday night.
Michael, what should we look for?
MIKE AUSIELLO, "TV GUIDE": I think "The Sopranos" is finally going to take home the prize for best drama series.
HEMMER: Is that much of a surprise?
AUSIELLO: Well, it is a surprise, because it's never done it so far. And I think people sort of feel like it's creatively it's reached its peak. But I think it's going to win because of the season finale, where Carmelo confronted Tony. That's the episode that everyone submitted. It's an incredible episode. I think it's the best hour of television all last year.
HEMMER: You have two people shaking their heads in agreement over year.
B.J. SIGESMUND, "NEWSWEEK": I like it, too.
AUSIELLO: And I think they should just -- when it comes to Edie Falco and the best actress category, they should just skip right past the nominees, walk into the audience and hand her the Emmy; it was just phenomenal.
CLARISSA CRUZ, "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY": What about Joey Pants? I mean, do you think he's going to win. I mean, he had his head in a bowling ball bag.
(CROSSTALK)
HEMMER: Poor guy, for crying out loud. Roll a strike.
HBO, 109 Emmys. What do they continue to do so well at that network?
SIGESMUND: I think that they reach Emmy voters because they're so provocative, and Emmy voters are adults, and they've seen it all already. They've been watching television for so many years. They think it's cool to see something interesting, to see "The Wire," and "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos," obviously.
CRUZ: They take chances, and they can do things on cable that they can't do on network TV.
HEMMER: And, Michael, we like to say the part of CNN, too. There's that little detail that we throw in. Let's push on here quickly. Talk about the new fall shows, Clarissa. What do you have your eye on?
CRUZ: Well, obviously, it's the last season of "Friends." People are going to be all over that. But forget about Joey and Rachel working out, I mean, I'm more excited about the fact that we're finally going to find out what Chandler actually does for a living. I mean, could we be any more psyched? I have no idea. It's been eight years, and finally we're going to find out what he does.
HEMMER: What's your hunch?
CRUZ: I don't know.
SIGESMUND: My question is with "Friends," they keep playing up the triangle. Who really thinks that she's going to end up with Joey?
CRUZ: Well, there's no suspense in that, because she's not signed up for his spinoff.
SIGESMUND: Exactly, right.
CRUZ: So they're probably not going to go that way.
HEMMER: Another one you're talking about "Mismatch." what is that?
CRUZ: That's a new drama that we think we're going to like. It's Alicia Silverstone and she plays an L.A. lawyer who has a side business as sort of a matchmaker, sort of a Cupid meets "Clueless," but with a better wardrobe, I think.
HEMMER: Yes, that's a pretty interesting combination.
AUSIELLO: It's a really fun show.
HEMMER: You like it? AUSIELLO: Yes, I really love it.
HEMMER: How about the seventh season of "Survivor." Can we just end it, or not? Is it still that successful?
CRUZ: Yes, I mean, it's wildly successful. And this season, they're going to shoot it in the Pearl Islands, which is off the coast of Panama, and they're also having this sort of pirates theme, like "Pirates of the Caribbean." I mean, I'll watch it if Johnny Depp is on.
HEMMER: Quickly, 20 seconds left, and move on to the next topic. We talked a lot about John Ritter this week. What is your take right now what ABC's doing with "8 Simple Rules."?
CRUZ: Well, I mean, they're going on with the show. They're going to write his death into the series. We'll have to see how that...
HEMMER: Good decision or not, do you think?
CRUZ: I mean, It seems like in order to honor him this way, it doesn't seem like...
HEMMER: Fair answer. We'll watch it this fall.
B.J., movies -- what do you say?
SIGESMUND: There are three interesting movies, at least, coming out this weekend. One is "Cold Creek Manner." This is Sharon Stone's comeback vehicle. She hasn't had a wide release film in four years. She plays Dennis Quaid's wife. They're city folks who move to the country, get their dream house. Only they don't realize that the ex- owner of it just got out of prison, and he comes back and he wants it.
HEMMER: Oh, there's that.
SIGESMUND: Yes, it's going to be directed by Mike Figus. You know, it will be interesting.
HEMMER: There is another one out there, too, "The Underworld." I know you haven't seen it, a lot of people talking about it, but not great reviews so far.
Also "Secondhand Lions."
SIGESMUND: "Secondhand Lions," this is, I have to say, the worst title of the year for a movie. I've been preparing for this segment for hours. I still couldn't remember the title when I walked up here. This is a movie with Robert Duvall and Haley Joel Osment, and a third person, I can't even remember, another old guy.
HEMMER: What is the "Secondhand Lions?"
SIGESMUND: Michael Caine, thank you. You know, a 15-year-old kid, Haley Joel Osment, who seems like he's going through puberty now, comes to live with these two great uncles, and he realizes that they've got all this money, they have like millions of dollars stored away from this maybe heist sometime in the past.
HEMMER: Come back and we'll talk about that another day, because I think we're going to give it another chance. Michael Caine is in it, and Robert Duvall as you mentioned, too.
Good to see you. Clarissa, B.J., Michael, appreciate it. Talk to you later.
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Aired September 18, 2003 - 09:50 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: 90 Second Pop begins now. Clarissa Cruz is here today, staff reporter "Entertainment Weekly."
Nice to see you. Welcome back.
Michael Ausiello, senior editor and columnist for "TV Guide."
Nice to see you. First-timer on this.
Welcome.
Clarissa Cruz is here today, staff reporter "Entertainment Weekly."
Nice to see you. Welcome back.
B.J. Sigesmund, entertainment reporter for "Newsweek." He's like old faithful on AMERICAN MORNING.
A couple things to talk about. Emmys are coming out Sunday night.
Michael, what should we look for?
MIKE AUSIELLO, "TV GUIDE": I think "The Sopranos" is finally going to take home the prize for best drama series.
HEMMER: Is that much of a surprise?
AUSIELLO: Well, it is a surprise, because it's never done it so far. And I think people sort of feel like it's creatively it's reached its peak. But I think it's going to win because of the season finale, where Carmelo confronted Tony. That's the episode that everyone submitted. It's an incredible episode. I think it's the best hour of television all last year.
HEMMER: You have two people shaking their heads in agreement over year.
B.J. SIGESMUND, "NEWSWEEK": I like it, too.
AUSIELLO: And I think they should just -- when it comes to Edie Falco and the best actress category, they should just skip right past the nominees, walk into the audience and hand her the Emmy; it was just phenomenal.
CLARISSA CRUZ, "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY": What about Joey Pants? I mean, do you think he's going to win. I mean, he had his head in a bowling ball bag.
(CROSSTALK)
HEMMER: Poor guy, for crying out loud. Roll a strike.
HBO, 109 Emmys. What do they continue to do so well at that network?
SIGESMUND: I think that they reach Emmy voters because they're so provocative, and Emmy voters are adults, and they've seen it all already. They've been watching television for so many years. They think it's cool to see something interesting, to see "The Wire," and "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos," obviously.
CRUZ: They take chances, and they can do things on cable that they can't do on network TV.
HEMMER: And, Michael, we like to say the part of CNN, too. There's that little detail that we throw in. Let's push on here quickly. Talk about the new fall shows, Clarissa. What do you have your eye on?
CRUZ: Well, obviously, it's the last season of "Friends." People are going to be all over that. But forget about Joey and Rachel working out, I mean, I'm more excited about the fact that we're finally going to find out what Chandler actually does for a living. I mean, could we be any more psyched? I have no idea. It's been eight years, and finally we're going to find out what he does.
HEMMER: What's your hunch?
CRUZ: I don't know.
SIGESMUND: My question is with "Friends," they keep playing up the triangle. Who really thinks that she's going to end up with Joey?
CRUZ: Well, there's no suspense in that, because she's not signed up for his spinoff.
SIGESMUND: Exactly, right.
CRUZ: So they're probably not going to go that way.
HEMMER: Another one you're talking about "Mismatch." what is that?
CRUZ: That's a new drama that we think we're going to like. It's Alicia Silverstone and she plays an L.A. lawyer who has a side business as sort of a matchmaker, sort of a Cupid meets "Clueless," but with a better wardrobe, I think.
HEMMER: Yes, that's a pretty interesting combination.
AUSIELLO: It's a really fun show.
HEMMER: You like it? AUSIELLO: Yes, I really love it.
HEMMER: How about the seventh season of "Survivor." Can we just end it, or not? Is it still that successful?
CRUZ: Yes, I mean, it's wildly successful. And this season, they're going to shoot it in the Pearl Islands, which is off the coast of Panama, and they're also having this sort of pirates theme, like "Pirates of the Caribbean." I mean, I'll watch it if Johnny Depp is on.
HEMMER: Quickly, 20 seconds left, and move on to the next topic. We talked a lot about John Ritter this week. What is your take right now what ABC's doing with "8 Simple Rules."?
CRUZ: Well, I mean, they're going on with the show. They're going to write his death into the series. We'll have to see how that...
HEMMER: Good decision or not, do you think?
CRUZ: I mean, It seems like in order to honor him this way, it doesn't seem like...
HEMMER: Fair answer. We'll watch it this fall.
B.J., movies -- what do you say?
SIGESMUND: There are three interesting movies, at least, coming out this weekend. One is "Cold Creek Manner." This is Sharon Stone's comeback vehicle. She hasn't had a wide release film in four years. She plays Dennis Quaid's wife. They're city folks who move to the country, get their dream house. Only they don't realize that the ex- owner of it just got out of prison, and he comes back and he wants it.
HEMMER: Oh, there's that.
SIGESMUND: Yes, it's going to be directed by Mike Figus. You know, it will be interesting.
HEMMER: There is another one out there, too, "The Underworld." I know you haven't seen it, a lot of people talking about it, but not great reviews so far.
Also "Secondhand Lions."
SIGESMUND: "Secondhand Lions," this is, I have to say, the worst title of the year for a movie. I've been preparing for this segment for hours. I still couldn't remember the title when I walked up here. This is a movie with Robert Duvall and Haley Joel Osment, and a third person, I can't even remember, another old guy.
HEMMER: What is the "Secondhand Lions?"
SIGESMUND: Michael Caine, thank you. You know, a 15-year-old kid, Haley Joel Osment, who seems like he's going through puberty now, comes to live with these two great uncles, and he realizes that they've got all this money, they have like millions of dollars stored away from this maybe heist sometime in the past.
HEMMER: Come back and we'll talk about that another day, because I think we're going to give it another chance. Michael Caine is in it, and Robert Duvall as you mentioned, too.
Good to see you. Clarissa, B.J., Michael, appreciate it. Talk to you later.
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