The main draw on the surface of writer-director Marco Calvani’s lovely if overly dramatic feature debut is the jaw-dislocating physical beauty of its star. That might sound crass, but “High Tide” is a movie that dares you not to be obsessed with — and attracted to — its leading man. Actor Marco Pigossi, Calvani’s real-life partners, enters the first frame as if sculpted out of marble, or butter even, stripping down to nothing and rushing into the sea off a desolate nude beach along Provincetown, Massachusetts, in a spin of anguish.
The cold open is a bookend “High Tide” will return to at its climax. It’s also a chilly plunge into a baptismal, hoped-for catharsis for Lourenço (Pigossi), a Brazilian immigrant with an expiring tourist visa reeling from a sudden breakup and now stuck in the United States, hoping to stay there. Bereft and abandoned by his unseen American...
The cold open is a bookend “High Tide” will return to at its climax. It’s also a chilly plunge into a baptismal, hoped-for catharsis for Lourenço (Pigossi), a Brazilian immigrant with an expiring tourist visa reeling from a sudden breakup and now stuck in the United States, hoping to stay there. Bereft and abandoned by his unseen American...
- 3/9/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
IGN, a popular website for video game and entertainment media, has ranked the top 10 TV shows of all time based on various criteria such as quality, influence, popularity, and legacy. Here are their picks for the best TV shows ever made:
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Parks and Recreation is a comedy series that follows the lives of the employees of the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The show features a hilarious ensemble cast led by Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, an optimistic and ambitious bureaucrat who loves her job and her town. The show is known for its witty dialogue, absurd situations, heartfelt moments, and memorable characters such as Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford, April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer, and Ben Wyatt. Parks and Recreation ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015 and received critical acclaim and several awards.
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Parks and Recreation is a comedy series that follows the lives of the employees of the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The show features a hilarious ensemble cast led by Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, an optimistic and ambitious bureaucrat who loves her job and her town. The show is known for its witty dialogue, absurd situations, heartfelt moments, and memorable characters such as Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford, April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer, and Ben Wyatt. Parks and Recreation ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015 and received critical acclaim and several awards.
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- 9/26/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
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It’s no secret that Jon Hamm has been blessed with good lucks, but one of his co-stars on “Mad Men” reveals that Hamm’s handsomeness sometimes became a distraction on the set.
John Slattery, who played Sterling Cooper senior partner Roger Sterling in the series, tells The Independent that he’d initially auditioned for Hamm’s role, Don Draper, before being asked to read for Roger instead.
“They said, ‘Here’s the thing – we have this guy’,” recalled Slattery, admitting he was initially irked that he didn’t get the role.
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“[Hamm] claims I was in a bad mood the whole time we shot the first episode because of this, but I don’t think that’s true. Eventually I saw him, and I was like… ‘Oh — they sure do have that guy,'” he added.
John Slattery, who played Sterling Cooper senior partner Roger Sterling in the series, tells The Independent that he’d initially auditioned for Hamm’s role, Don Draper, before being asked to read for Roger instead.
“They said, ‘Here’s the thing – we have this guy’,” recalled Slattery, admitting he was initially irked that he didn’t get the role.
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“[Hamm] claims I was in a bad mood the whole time we shot the first episode because of this, but I don’t think that’s true. Eventually I saw him, and I was like… ‘Oh — they sure do have that guy,'” he added.
- 11/19/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
"Mad Men" is a deeply philosophical, introspective show that focuses on characters who all deal with some sort of isolation or loneliness. For Betty, it's the isolation of being a '60s housewife. For Don, it's the loneliness of nobody around him knowing who he truly is. For Peggy, it's being one of the only women in a male-dominated field rampant with sexism. With work-focused characters struggling so much just to not feel alone in the world, the relationships between the employees of Sterling Cooper are some of the strongest points on the show.
One relationship that sits at the very heart of the show is that between Don and Peggy, played by Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss respectively. What begins as a simple employer/employee relationship evolves into that of a surprisingly close mentor/mentee. Don is one of the first men in their workplace to believe in Peggy's...
One relationship that sits at the very heart of the show is that between Don and Peggy, played by Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss respectively. What begins as a simple employer/employee relationship evolves into that of a surprisingly close mentor/mentee. Don is one of the first men in their workplace to believe in Peggy's...
- 11/3/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
Robert Morse, who brought a playful, eccentric sensibility to AMC’s “Mad Men” as the namesake head honcho of fictional ad agency Sterling Cooper, has died. He was 90.
Morse was a two-time Tony Award winner, beginning with best actor in a comedy for the 1961 production of “How to Succeed at Business Without Really Trying.” He won again in 1990 for playing Truman Capote in the play “Tru,” this time for best actor featured in a play, making him one of only four actors to win both honors.
He also won an Emmy for a live TV performance of “Tru” a few years later.
But it was his turn as Bert Cooper, head of ad agency Sterling Cooper on AMC’s “Mad Men,” that modern audiences will remember best.
Morse played Cooper as a benevolent, eccentric leader who loved exotic artwork and going barefoot, insisting on both a tight ship and a light mood.
Morse was a two-time Tony Award winner, beginning with best actor in a comedy for the 1961 production of “How to Succeed at Business Without Really Trying.” He won again in 1990 for playing Truman Capote in the play “Tru,” this time for best actor featured in a play, making him one of only four actors to win both honors.
He also won an Emmy for a live TV performance of “Tru” a few years later.
But it was his turn as Bert Cooper, head of ad agency Sterling Cooper on AMC’s “Mad Men,” that modern audiences will remember best.
Morse played Cooper as a benevolent, eccentric leader who loved exotic artwork and going barefoot, insisting on both a tight ship and a light mood.
- 4/21/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
Robert Morse, the impish actor and singer who found early fame and success as the Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and enjoyed a late-career second act as an eccentric elder statesman of advertising in AMC’s Mad Men, died yesterday. He was 90.
His death was confirmed by son Charlie to Los Angeles’ ABC affiliate Wednesday night, and was announced on Twitter this morning by Larry Karaszewski, a writer, producer and VP on the board of governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
“My good pal Bobby Morse has passed away at age 90,” Karaszewski wrote. “A huge talent and a beautiful spirit. Sending love to his son Charlie & daughter Allyn. Had so much fun hanging with Bobby over the years – filming People v Oj & hosting so many screenings.”
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His death was confirmed by son Charlie to Los Angeles’ ABC affiliate Wednesday night, and was announced on Twitter this morning by Larry Karaszewski, a writer, producer and VP on the board of governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
“My good pal Bobby Morse has passed away at age 90,” Karaszewski wrote. “A huge talent and a beautiful spirit. Sending love to his son Charlie & daughter Allyn. Had so much fun hanging with Bobby over the years – filming People v Oj & hosting so many screenings.”
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- 4/21/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Morse, who translated Broadway stardom into a film career in the 1960s, then re-emerged decades later as one of the stars of “Mad Men,” has died. He was 90.
Writer-producer Larry Karaszewski, who serves as a VP on the board of governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, tweeted news of Morse’s death on Thursday.
“My good pal Bobby Morse has passed away at age 90,” he wrote. “A huge talent and a beautiful spirit. Sending love to his son Charlie & daughter Allyn. Had so much fun hanging with Bobby over the years – filming People v Oj & hosting so many screenings.”
Morse was Emmy nominated five times for playing the sage Bertram Cooper, the senior partner at the advertising firm that was the focus of AMC’s prestigious series “Mad Men,” from 2007 to 2015. In 2010, he shared the SAG Award that “Mad Men” won for outstanding performance by...
Writer-producer Larry Karaszewski, who serves as a VP on the board of governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, tweeted news of Morse’s death on Thursday.
“My good pal Bobby Morse has passed away at age 90,” he wrote. “A huge talent and a beautiful spirit. Sending love to his son Charlie & daughter Allyn. Had so much fun hanging with Bobby over the years – filming People v Oj & hosting so many screenings.”
Morse was Emmy nominated five times for playing the sage Bertram Cooper, the senior partner at the advertising firm that was the focus of AMC’s prestigious series “Mad Men,” from 2007 to 2015. In 2010, he shared the SAG Award that “Mad Men” won for outstanding performance by...
- 4/21/2022
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
In the heady moments of celebration after England’s victory over Denmark in this year’s Euros semi-final, the sight of team manager Gareth Southgate prompted ITV pundit Gary Neville to comment: “The standard of leaders in this country the past couple of years has been poor. Looking at that man, he’s everything a leader should be: respectful, humble, he tells the truth.”
The former Man U right-back’s words, directed at the political rulers of a country riven by Brexit, tap into a modern craving for decency. Fed a diet of self-serving narcissism from our public figures, we hunger for more wholesome fare: moral character, humility, honesty, kindness. In the year of horrors that was 2020, that appetite was temporarily sated on TV by fictional football manager Ted Lasso.
Played in the Apple TV series by Jason Sudeikis, Ted’s thoroughgoing decency won everyone over to The Lasso Way.
The former Man U right-back’s words, directed at the political rulers of a country riven by Brexit, tap into a modern craving for decency. Fed a diet of self-serving narcissism from our public figures, we hunger for more wholesome fare: moral character, humility, honesty, kindness. In the year of horrors that was 2020, that appetite was temporarily sated on TV by fictional football manager Ted Lasso.
Played in the Apple TV series by Jason Sudeikis, Ted’s thoroughgoing decency won everyone over to The Lasso Way.
- 7/25/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
It’s been a staying-in kind of year. That New Year’s Resolution you made to travel more? It’s gained 20 pounds, started cutting its own hair and is now in a jigsaw club with your neighbour Ken. The only marathon you’ve completed in 2020 is a Battlestar Galactica rewatch. The only mountain you’ve climbed is the metaphorical one it takes to shower daily. That beach trip you’d planned? It went okay actually. You made some bells by selling coconuts to Nook’s Cranny and dug up a bunch of Manila Clams with a flimsy shovel.
For obvious reasons, escape is on our minds this year more than most. So we started thinking, if you had your wishing socks on, where in the collected imaginations of everyone who’s ever dreamt up a film, TV show, game or book, would you spend the holidays? On the holodeck of...
For obvious reasons, escape is on our minds this year more than most. So we started thinking, if you had your wishing socks on, where in the collected imaginations of everyone who’s ever dreamt up a film, TV show, game or book, would you spend the holidays? On the holodeck of...
- 12/24/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The Neighborhood is keeping it in the family.
The CBS comedy has cast Beth Behrs‘ real-life husband Michael Gladis (Mad Men) in an upcoming episode, TVLine has learned exclusively.
More from TVLine'The Neighborhood' EP Tees Up Calvin and Dave's Big Road Trip, Return of Gemma's Sister'The Neighborhood': Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield and EP Weigh in on Black Lives Matter EpisodeSEAL Team Recap: Unfit to Operate -- Was It Hard to Watch a Bungling Bravo?
Gladis is set to play Calvin’s “personable and dryly funny” physician, Dr. Fisher. After Dave learns that Calvin hasn’t seen a doctor in nearly a decade,...
The CBS comedy has cast Beth Behrs‘ real-life husband Michael Gladis (Mad Men) in an upcoming episode, TVLine has learned exclusively.
More from TVLine'The Neighborhood' EP Tees Up Calvin and Dave's Big Road Trip, Return of Gemma's Sister'The Neighborhood': Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield and EP Weigh in on Black Lives Matter EpisodeSEAL Team Recap: Unfit to Operate -- Was It Hard to Watch a Bungling Bravo?
Gladis is set to play Calvin’s “personable and dryly funny” physician, Dr. Fisher. After Dave learns that Calvin hasn’t seen a doctor in nearly a decade,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Matthew Weiner was a novice showrunner when the “Mad Men” pilot was being shot with the legendary New York production designer Bob Shaw. When AMC picked up the pilot and production moved to Los Angeles, Weiner panicked: How was another production designer going to retroactively re-establish the 1961 Madison Avenue advertising world, which Shaw had crafted from real locations, in Los Angeles on a basic cable budget? Shaw gave Weiner a name: Dan Bishop. “[It was] the first time I saw everybody in the office,” recalled Weiner upon visiting Bishop’s fully dressed Sterling Cooper set. “I can’t explain it, to have this world brought to life and it exceeds your imagination.” Weiner knows how rare it is to have something exist perfectly on the screen of your imagination and for somehow it to become richer, more dynamic and meaningful in reality, but on “Mad Men,” it was an experience that became common.
- 7/6/2020
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Despite being off the air for half a decade, AMC’s classic period drama Mad Men has found itself in the middle of quite a busy week.
On July 1, Lionsgate, the production company behind Mad Men, cut deals with Amazon and AMC (the show’s original network) for streaming and re-run rights to the series. All 92 episodes of the show will be available to stream on Amazon Prime’s IMDb TV channel on July 15. Amazon Prime also received international rights to the show and will make it available to stream around the world soon. Meanwhile, AMC’s portion of the deal will begin in the fall and will mean that the network will be able to re-air episodes and also host them online for streaming video on demand purposes.
Additionally Starzplay will host the series in Europe, Latin America and Japan beginning Oct. 1.
Of course, Mad Men re-enters the streaming...
On July 1, Lionsgate, the production company behind Mad Men, cut deals with Amazon and AMC (the show’s original network) for streaming and re-run rights to the series. All 92 episodes of the show will be available to stream on Amazon Prime’s IMDb TV channel on July 15. Amazon Prime also received international rights to the show and will make it available to stream around the world soon. Meanwhile, AMC’s portion of the deal will begin in the fall and will mean that the network will be able to re-air episodes and also host them online for streaming video on demand purposes.
Additionally Starzplay will host the series in Europe, Latin America and Japan beginning Oct. 1.
Of course, Mad Men re-enters the streaming...
- 7/2/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
When Peggy Olson first started her career at Sterling Cooper, the fledgling advertising superstar was hired as Don Draper’s secretary, a gig that Joan Holloway wryly deemed “something between a mother and a waitress.” Of course, the beloved AMC series wasn’t far off — not about that, and not about a lot of things — but it’s still striking when a clip of this interaction pops up early in Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s “9to5: The Story of a Movement.” Following the rise of a group of female office workers who began to organize in the early ’70s, the filmmakers’ followup to their Oscar-winning “American Factory” handily lays out the specific conditions that led to this essential, if little-known chapter of American history. For many, it was being treated like Peggy: an “office wife,” an invisible “girl,” an underestimated force to be reckoned with.
Bognar and Reichert...
Bognar and Reichert...
- 6/25/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Thompson on Hollywood
When Peggy Olson first started her career at Sterling Cooper, the fledgling advertising superstar was hired as Don Draper’s secretary, a gig that Joan Holloway wryly deemed “something between a mother and a waitress.” Of course, the beloved AMC series wasn’t far off — not about that, and not about a lot of things — but it’s still striking when a clip of this interaction pops up early in Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s “9to5: The Story of a Movement.” Following the rise of a group of female office workers who began to organize in the early ’70s, the filmmakers’ followup to their Oscar-winning “American Factory” handily lays out the specific conditions that led to this essential, if little-known chapter of American history. For many, it was being treated like Peggy: an “office wife,” an invisible “girl,” an underestimated force to be reckoned with.
Bognar and Reichert...
Bognar and Reichert...
- 6/25/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Dark and gritty remakes are the plat du jour of TV’s golden age, especially when drawing from comic books. However, Sabrina Spellman’s story earns the imposing shadows and prodigious screams that color her new Netflix series, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” Ditching the bright and cheery tone established in Archie Comics’ original incantation and continued in the 1996 sitcom, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” it leans hard into the “witch” affiliations even without the word in its title. While still a teen story at heart — and one built for the masses — Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s take is laden with demons, trolls, warlocks, and more, all of which growl with enough menace to evoke a steady stream of shrieks.
What’s even more welcome than effective frights is how eager “Chilling Adventures” is to embrace the genre’s inclusive, progressive spirit. The teens of Greendale High like dissecting the allegories within zombie movies...
What’s even more welcome than effective frights is how eager “Chilling Adventures” is to embrace the genre’s inclusive, progressive spirit. The teens of Greendale High like dissecting the allegories within zombie movies...
- 10/15/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Actress Teyonah Parris has signed with CAA and Shelter PR, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. She previously was with Apa.
The Juilliard graduate got her big break on AMC's Mad Men as Dawn Chambers, Sterling Cooper's first African-American employee, recurring for three seasons. She was a series regular on Starz's Survivor's Remorse (where THR critic Daniel Fienberg called her "excellent") and this fall simultaneously recurred on Fox's Empire as Det. Pamela Rose, who has a pivotal multi-episode arc with Andre.
In film, Parris' credits include Justin Simien's 2014 feature version of Dear White People (where she ...
The Juilliard graduate got her big break on AMC's Mad Men as Dawn Chambers, Sterling Cooper's first African-American employee, recurring for three seasons. She was a series regular on Starz's Survivor's Remorse (where THR critic Daniel Fienberg called her "excellent") and this fall simultaneously recurred on Fox's Empire as Det. Pamela Rose, who has a pivotal multi-episode arc with Andre.
In film, Parris' credits include Justin Simien's 2014 feature version of Dear White People (where she ...
- 5/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Actress Teyonah Parris has signed with CAA and Shelter PR, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. She previously was with Apa.
The Juilliard graduate got her big break on AMC's Mad Men as Dawn Chambers, Sterling Cooper's first African-American employee, recurring for three seasons. She was a series regular on Starz's Survivor's Remorse (where THR critic Daniel Fienberg called her "excellent") and this fall simultaneously recurred on Fox's Empire as Det. Pamela Rose, who has a pivotal multi-episode arc with Andre.
In film, Parris' credits include Justin Simien's 2014 feature version of Dear White People (where she ...
The Juilliard graduate got her big break on AMC's Mad Men as Dawn Chambers, Sterling Cooper's first African-American employee, recurring for three seasons. She was a series regular on Starz's Survivor's Remorse (where THR critic Daniel Fienberg called her "excellent") and this fall simultaneously recurred on Fox's Empire as Det. Pamela Rose, who has a pivotal multi-episode arc with Andre.
In film, Parris' credits include Justin Simien's 2014 feature version of Dear White People (where she ...
- 5/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Not great, Bob!
Mad Men alum Vincent Kartheiser has been cast in Danny Strong’s legal drama pilot at Fox, TVLine has learned.
The potential Fox series is set in a law firm that reopens investigations that led to wrongful convictions, with the team putting themselves at risk to exonerate the innocent. In February, Russell Hornsby was cast as male lead Ezekiel “Easy” Boudreau, “a savvy, pragmatic and cool” lawyer employed by the firm. The female lead character, whose history includes being wrongfully found guilty (and later exonerated) in a high-profile case and dealing with the publicity fallout that went along with it,...
Mad Men alum Vincent Kartheiser has been cast in Danny Strong’s legal drama pilot at Fox, TVLine has learned.
The potential Fox series is set in a law firm that reopens investigations that led to wrongful convictions, with the team putting themselves at risk to exonerate the innocent. In February, Russell Hornsby was cast as male lead Ezekiel “Easy” Boudreau, “a savvy, pragmatic and cool” lawyer employed by the firm. The female lead character, whose history includes being wrongfully found guilty (and later exonerated) in a high-profile case and dealing with the publicity fallout that went along with it,...
- 3/12/2018
- TVLine.com
"Mad Men" fans love to hate Pete Campbell, and with good reason. But as actor Vincent Kartheiser recently admitted, there's an X factor to Pete's infamy -- his face.
"I just have one of those faces you just wanna rip to pieces," Kartheiser, who plays Pete, said in an interview with the Vulture.
Campbell dodged fan speculation of suicide only to become Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's official punching bag, getting hit in the face numerous times in "Mad Men" Season 5.
While Kartheiser has apparently had to deal with the inherent "punchability" of his mug since he was a kid, he rightfully credits the the "Mad Men" writers with carefully sculpting animosity towards his character over the seasons. Pete has impregnated Peggy, blackmailed Don and "pimped out" Joan. But as hard-to-swallow as those actions may be, they probably wouldn't sting as much if they weren't perpetrated by the cast's most eager weasel.
"I just have one of those faces you just wanna rip to pieces," Kartheiser, who plays Pete, said in an interview with the Vulture.
Campbell dodged fan speculation of suicide only to become Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's official punching bag, getting hit in the face numerous times in "Mad Men" Season 5.
While Kartheiser has apparently had to deal with the inherent "punchability" of his mug since he was a kid, he rightfully credits the the "Mad Men" writers with carefully sculpting animosity towards his character over the seasons. Pete has impregnated Peggy, blackmailed Don and "pimped out" Joan. But as hard-to-swallow as those actions may be, they probably wouldn't sting as much if they weren't perpetrated by the cast's most eager weasel.
- 6/13/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
It’s been a busy season at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (R.I.P.), full of new arrivals, rites of passage, abrupt departures (professional and corporeal), divorces, fistfights, acid trips and assignations. And the tumultuous events taking place on the surface have been mirrored by changes beneath it -- although in contrast to the elegant character profiles traced by Matthew Weiner and his writing staff, the show’s stylistic calculations sometimes come across as ad hoc, tailored to the needs of a given moment or a specific episode rather than fitting into an overarching plan. Especially in the opening stretch of this fifth go-round, the six weeks leading up to midpoint episode "At the Codfish Ball" -- a highlight of both the season and the series -- the show made several uncharacteristic departures from the naturalistic master style laid out in the pilot episode, from the temporal loops of "Far...
- 6/13/2012
- by Sam Adams
- Indiewire
Trying to predict what happens on Mad Men is a fool’s game. That’s because the show’s creator/head writer/executive producer/genius, Matthew Weiner (I didn’t think I could ever worship a small-screen auteur the way I used to worship Scorsese when I was in college — but Weiner wins that level of awe in me), learned a lesson well from his former capo David Chase, and that is to keep the lid of omertà clamped tight over everything that happens. When you’ve got a genuinely great television series, leak and reveal…nothing. Maintain the sacredness of silence.
- 6/13/2012
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW.com - PopWatch
And Bam, just like that, with one wry smile Don Draper is back. This season's pure lack of Don came to an inevitable end Sunday night, when millions of viewers tuned in to a cheapened Megan, a beat-up Pete, a dead Lane, an aging Joan, a rising Peggy -- and Roger Sterling's ass.
Chalk it up to character development, this season Matthew Weiner put some serious work into his defensive line-up, and man aren't we all hoping it'll pay off when the show's star quarterback, Mr. Draper himself, returns to carry Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce all the way to the top. Did you hear that speech he gave to Dow Chemical? He's back...
In the larger context of the series, this season was the season of the Not Don -- and it left nothing but a capacious gap in the show's usual modus operandi: catering to the creative masturbations of...
Chalk it up to character development, this season Matthew Weiner put some serious work into his defensive line-up, and man aren't we all hoping it'll pay off when the show's star quarterback, Mr. Draper himself, returns to carry Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce all the way to the top. Did you hear that speech he gave to Dow Chemical? He's back...
In the larger context of the series, this season was the season of the Not Don -- and it left nothing but a capacious gap in the show's usual modus operandi: catering to the creative masturbations of...
- 6/12/2012
- by Lila Kalick
- Aol TV.
In one of the early episodes of the fifth season of Mad Men, Roger Sterling asks the question that stated a major theme for the entire season: When are things going to go back to normal?
When it comes to Don Draper and his third wife, Megan, the answer may lie in Don's come-hither look at the blonde in the bar in the final scene of the the fifth season finale.
When Don asked Megan to marry him at the end of the fourth season of Mad Men, I was disappointed. I wanted Don to do things differently than he had with Betty. He seemed to have a chance with the blonde career woman. But he dumped her for Megan, a model-esque secretary who he slept with one night on the sofa in his office. Shades of Betty, whom he met while she was modeling fur coats for him. Both Megan and Betty were intelligent,...
When it comes to Don Draper and his third wife, Megan, the answer may lie in Don's come-hither look at the blonde in the bar in the final scene of the the fifth season finale.
When Don asked Megan to marry him at the end of the fourth season of Mad Men, I was disappointed. I wanted Don to do things differently than he had with Betty. He seemed to have a chance with the blonde career woman. But he dumped her for Megan, a model-esque secretary who he slept with one night on the sofa in his office. Shades of Betty, whom he met while she was modeling fur coats for him. Both Megan and Betty were intelligent,...
- 6/12/2012
- by Lauren Cahn
- Aol TV.
Just as "Mad Men" fans begin coming to terms with the fact that they won't be seeing the employees of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce for some time, Sir Richard Branson's airlines pop Michael Ginsburg into a new romantic comedy.
Virgin Airlines (Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia) debuted "Departure Date," a short film starring Ben Feldman (Ginsburg on "Mad Men") and Nicky Whelan as in-flight lovers. According to Ad Week, it's the first short to be filmed at 35,000 feet.
"Departure," which was produced by the airlines, ad agency Eleven and Virgin Produced (the company's in-house media arm), cost $1 million to make. Virgin is reportedly negotiating a TV deal for the ad/film. Kat Coiro ("L!fe Happens") directed, but the most interesting thing about the project is its unlikely list of supporting actors: Janeane Garofalo, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall and Max Brown all make appearances in the short.
Virgin Airlines (Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia) debuted "Departure Date," a short film starring Ben Feldman (Ginsburg on "Mad Men") and Nicky Whelan as in-flight lovers. According to Ad Week, it's the first short to be filmed at 35,000 feet.
"Departure," which was produced by the airlines, ad agency Eleven and Virgin Produced (the company's in-house media arm), cost $1 million to make. Virgin is reportedly negotiating a TV deal for the ad/film. Kat Coiro ("L!fe Happens") directed, but the most interesting thing about the project is its unlikely list of supporting actors: Janeane Garofalo, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall and Max Brown all make appearances in the short.
- 6/12/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The fifth season of AMC's "Mad Men" came to a close Sunday night, wrapping up what has been arguably among its strongest seasons yet. No small feat considering the show has taken home four consecutive Emmys for Best Drama and been proclaimed one of the best shows on TV by nearly every critic reviewing the medium. After a run of 13 almost uniformly excellent episodes, it becomes harder to remember that this season had gotten off to a rocky start. When the network decided to pull the show out of its summer slot to make room for the other best show on TV ("Breaking Bad"), fans had to endure a brutal 17-month wait. Contract negotiations between creator Matthew Weiner and the studio were made public and gave both the network and creator some negative buzz to overcome.
And when the show finally returned this spring, the two-hour premiere may have satiated...
And when the show finally returned this spring, the two-hour premiere may have satiated...
- 6/12/2012
- by Cory Everett
- The Playlist
Just as "Mad Men" fans begin coming to terms with the fact that they won't be seeing the employees of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce for some time, Sir Richard Branson's airlines pop Michael Ginsburg into a new romantic comedy.
Virgin Airlines (Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia) debuted "Departure Date," a short film starring Ben Feldman (Ginsburg on "Mad Men") and Nicky Whelan as in-flight lovers. According to Ad Week, it's the first short to be filmed at 35,000 feet.
"Departure," which was produced by the airlines, ad agency Eleven and Virgin Produced (the company's in-house media arm), cost $1 million to make. Virgin is reportedly negotiating a TV deal for the ad/film. Kat Coiro ("L!fe Happens") directed, but the most interesting thing about the project is its unlikely list of supporting actors: Janeane Garofalo, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall and Max Brown all make appearances in the short.
Virgin Airlines (Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia) debuted "Departure Date," a short film starring Ben Feldman (Ginsburg on "Mad Men") and Nicky Whelan as in-flight lovers. According to Ad Week, it's the first short to be filmed at 35,000 feet.
"Departure," which was produced by the airlines, ad agency Eleven and Virgin Produced (the company's in-house media arm), cost $1 million to make. Virgin is reportedly negotiating a TV deal for the ad/film. Kat Coiro ("L!fe Happens") directed, but the most interesting thing about the project is its unlikely list of supporting actors: Janeane Garofalo, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall and Max Brown all make appearances in the short.
- 6/12/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
"Mad Men" almost could have ended last night. We would have complained, of course: Complained that we would never again get to see striking images like Joan in her red dress, standing with the remaining partners of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, surveying their new view from the 38th floor. That we would never again see Don Draper sitting alone, watching images of the woman he loves. (In what seemed like a lovely call back to the season 1 "Carousel" speech.) We could have complained about never again seeing poor Pete Campbell,...
- 6/11/2012
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
"Not every little girl gets to do what they want. The world could not support that many ballerinas." --Marie Calvet (Julia Ormond) Season five of "Mad Men" came to an end last night not with a bang or a whimper -- it was more of an exhausted sigh, the kind that escapes you when you look at yourself in the mirror and can only see what time is doing to the face you used to have. It's been an even more melancholy than usual arc this year for the show, which saved for its late episodes the one-two-three punch of Joan (Christina Hendricks) being rented out like a call girl for the betterment of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) finally leaving for greener pastures and Lane (Jared Harris) making a permanent exit by hanging himself at the office. All that drama in its rearview, the show chose...
- 6/11/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Uh. So.
I can't really call last night's Mad Men finale an anticlimax, because none of the miserable characters' arcs were building toward anything monumental. Or interesting. Or urgent. Hell, even Megan's outfits have been lackluster lately, and you know I think she's the swanky-ass Emma Peel of this shebang. I'd watch a full season of Megan trying on headbands as a Junior Vasquez remix of "Zou Bisou Bisou" played on loop. In the season finale, she'd throw the headband at Sally and opt for a Funny Girl bob. Fyi.
The main mystery of season five, the incessant "hanging"/"suicide" motif, was resolved last week with shady Lane's death, so I really should be Ok with the fact that Matthew Weiner treated the show's fifth season finale as a quiet coda, right? Wrong, yo. I was annoyed. The finale was a perfect microcosm of what's wrong with season five: We didn't get enough of anybody.
I can't really call last night's Mad Men finale an anticlimax, because none of the miserable characters' arcs were building toward anything monumental. Or interesting. Or urgent. Hell, even Megan's outfits have been lackluster lately, and you know I think she's the swanky-ass Emma Peel of this shebang. I'd watch a full season of Megan trying on headbands as a Junior Vasquez remix of "Zou Bisou Bisou" played on loop. In the season finale, she'd throw the headband at Sally and opt for a Funny Girl bob. Fyi.
The main mystery of season five, the incessant "hanging"/"suicide" motif, was resolved last week with shady Lane's death, so I really should be Ok with the fact that Matthew Weiner treated the show's fifth season finale as a quiet coda, right? Wrong, yo. I was annoyed. The finale was a perfect microcosm of what's wrong with season five: We didn't get enough of anybody.
- 6/11/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
AMC's Emmy-winning drama closed out its fifth season with a quiet episode steeped in the aftermath of a fan-favorite character's suicide.
By Josh Wigler
Jon Hamm in the "Mad Men" season five finale
Photo: AMC
How does one top an episode punctuated by a fan-favorite character's shocking suicide? If you're "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner, you don't — and that's perfectly fine.
The Emmy-winning AMC drama closed out its fifth season on Sunday with all the subtlety and nuance the show has become known and loved for. Instead of ramping up the season-long suicidal undertones with an explosive finale, the season's closing episode, "The Phantom," instead explored the ramifications of Lane Pryce's death and how his drastic decision affected the people he left behind.
Mortality was the theme of the hour, even for those unconnected to Lane. Every character from über-confident Don Draper to the self-loathing Pete Campbell gave a good,...
By Josh Wigler
Jon Hamm in the "Mad Men" season five finale
Photo: AMC
How does one top an episode punctuated by a fan-favorite character's shocking suicide? If you're "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner, you don't — and that's perfectly fine.
The Emmy-winning AMC drama closed out its fifth season on Sunday with all the subtlety and nuance the show has become known and loved for. Instead of ramping up the season-long suicidal undertones with an explosive finale, the season's closing episode, "The Phantom," instead explored the ramifications of Lane Pryce's death and how his drastic decision affected the people he left behind.
Mortality was the theme of the hour, even for those unconnected to Lane. Every character from über-confident Don Draper to the self-loathing Pete Campbell gave a good,...
- 6/11/2012
- MTV Movie News
AMC's Emmy-winning drama closed out its fifth season with a quiet episode steeped in the aftermath of a fan-favorite character's suicide.
By Josh Wigler
Jon Hamm in the "Mad Men" season five finale
Photo: AMC
How does one top an episode punctuated by a fan-favorite character's shocking suicide? If you're "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner, you don't — and that's perfectly fine.
The Emmy-winning AMC drama closed out its fifth season on Sunday with all the subtlety and nuance the show has become known and loved for. Instead of ramping up the season-long suicidal undertones with an explosive finale, the season's closing episode, "The Phantom," instead explored the ramifications of Lane Pryce's death and how his drastic decision affected the people he left behind.
Mortality was the theme of the hour, even for those unconnected to Lane. Every character from über-confident Don Draper to the self-loathing Pete Campbell gave a good,...
By Josh Wigler
Jon Hamm in the "Mad Men" season five finale
Photo: AMC
How does one top an episode punctuated by a fan-favorite character's shocking suicide? If you're "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner, you don't — and that's perfectly fine.
The Emmy-winning AMC drama closed out its fifth season on Sunday with all the subtlety and nuance the show has become known and loved for. Instead of ramping up the season-long suicidal undertones with an explosive finale, the season's closing episode, "The Phantom," instead explored the ramifications of Lane Pryce's death and how his drastic decision affected the people he left behind.
Mortality was the theme of the hour, even for those unconnected to Lane. Every character from über-confident Don Draper to the self-loathing Pete Campbell gave a good,...
- 6/11/2012
- MTV Music News
When Digital Spy interviewed Jon Hamm before the start of season five of Mad Men, he posed us the questions: "Do people ever really change? Or do they just move in circles?" His comments can now be looked back upon as a spoiler for the journey Mad Men took in season five. Fights, LCD-trips, suicides and the arrival of Jaguar at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce may have hinted at new beginnings or change for the show's leads. However, by the end of this week's finale episode 'The Phantom', it appeared nothing had changed at all. Pete was a snivelling wretch, who managed to get his own, but appears to have learned nothing from his affairs or disgusting behaviour towards the late Lane Pryce. Roger is still a womanising sleaze. He just happens to be a womanising sleaze on LCD who likes standing around in his birthday suit now. Meanwhile, Don...
- 6/11/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Troubled Don! Ascendant Peggy! Poor Lane! Following the finale of a controversial season of Mad Men on Sunday night, I examine the 13 most memorable moments from its fifth season. At The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, "Mad Men Season Five's 13 Most Memorable Moments," in which I explore and analyze 13 of the fifth season's most memorable moments, including two from the season finale ("The Phantom"). Mad Men’s fifth season, which came to a close on Sunday, began with the joy and optimism felt by newlyweds Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Megan (Jessica Paré), only to slowly let in a narrative darkness that manifested itself in squandered dreams, hopeless enterprises, larceny, and even the death of a major character. Husbands and wives warred, ex-spouses sniped, children grew into adults, and partners fell out. This all played out against a backdrop of monumental social and political change during which...
- 6/11/2012
- by Jace Lacob
- Televisionary
Life moves on after Lane Pryce's (Jared Harris) untimely demise last week. Ironically business at Sterling Cooper Draper—minus the Pryce—is booming, but Don Draper's (Jon Hamm) personal life is unraveling. Is the fairy tale of season five finally over? Want to know what happened on the season finale of Mad Men? Find out now: More: True Blood Season Premiere Recap: New Vampires and Bloody High Stakes in Bon Temps What We Learned Dream Maker: Poor Megan (Jessica Paré) spends much of the episode wallowing in self-pity. She can't get a job and Don won't use his pull to help her land a national commercial. Although we must say we kind of love this...
- 6/11/2012
- E! Online
The following recap contains spoilers. If you haven’t watched the Mad Men season finale, go do so, them rejoin us. Everyone else, read on!
Much like horse racing’s I’ll Have Another, the Mad Men finale was a letdown in what could’ve been its third and crowning victory of the season. (And there, the horse talk end, folks. I was more of a My Little Pony than National Velvet girl.)
After the final-act surprises in the past two episodes — Peggy quits! Lane dies! — I wanted something amazing to send us into the next season. Instead, we got...
Much like horse racing’s I’ll Have Another, the Mad Men finale was a letdown in what could’ve been its third and crowning victory of the season. (And there, the horse talk end, folks. I was more of a My Little Pony than National Velvet girl.)
After the final-act surprises in the past two episodes — Peggy quits! Lane dies! — I wanted something amazing to send us into the next season. Instead, we got...
- 6/11/2012
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Only time will tell what will happen to Joan, Don, Peter, Roger and the rest of the beloved "Mad Men" characters in Sunday night's Season 5 finale (10 p.m. Et on AMC).
But instead of attempting to draw conclusions about what's to come, HuffPost TV is taking a look back at the stars of "Mad Men" before the AMC drama was a glimmer in creator Matt Weiner's eye.
Want to see Christina Hendrick's (Joan Harris) sexy stint on MTV's late-night soap "Undressed" in 1999? Or another "Mad Men" female lead in a teen lesbian drama with Mischa Barton (plus, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp)?
How about John Slattery (Roger Sterling) playing a politician with a urination fetish on "Sex and the City" a decade ago?
There's also Aaron Staton in a sweater vest on "7th Heaven" before becoming Sterling Cooper account executive Ken Cosgrove, January Jones (Betty Draper) as a kinky...
But instead of attempting to draw conclusions about what's to come, HuffPost TV is taking a look back at the stars of "Mad Men" before the AMC drama was a glimmer in creator Matt Weiner's eye.
Want to see Christina Hendrick's (Joan Harris) sexy stint on MTV's late-night soap "Undressed" in 1999? Or another "Mad Men" female lead in a teen lesbian drama with Mischa Barton (plus, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp)?
How about John Slattery (Roger Sterling) playing a politician with a urination fetish on "Sex and the City" a decade ago?
There's also Aaron Staton in a sweater vest on "7th Heaven" before becoming Sterling Cooper account executive Ken Cosgrove, January Jones (Betty Draper) as a kinky...
- 6/10/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Bad news for "Mad Men" fans who thought they were watching a five-season documentary -- Don Draper is not a real person. We know, we know -- your mind has been blown.
On June 8, Tom Scocca's Slate article, "Don Draper’s Shocking Secret: He Doesn’t Exist," blew the lid off that secret for good, and managed to anger some of the show's fans.
Twitter user Eric Thurm called the article "one of the most condescending things" he'd ever read, while Dov Friedman, called it "aggressively awful."
In the article, Scocca explains that "Don Draper is a made-up person inside your television set. He is a pattern of lit-up dots moving in front of your eyes for one hour, on Sundays, during the season run of the Mad Men program, which mercifully ends this weekend."
Though viewers of the AMC drama are more than aware that Draper, his family and...
On June 8, Tom Scocca's Slate article, "Don Draper’s Shocking Secret: He Doesn’t Exist," blew the lid off that secret for good, and managed to anger some of the show's fans.
Twitter user Eric Thurm called the article "one of the most condescending things" he'd ever read, while Dov Friedman, called it "aggressively awful."
In the article, Scocca explains that "Don Draper is a made-up person inside your television set. He is a pattern of lit-up dots moving in front of your eyes for one hour, on Sundays, during the season run of the Mad Men program, which mercifully ends this weekend."
Though viewers of the AMC drama are more than aware that Draper, his family and...
- 6/10/2012
- by Stephanie Marcus
- Huffington Post
Bad news for "Mad Men" fans who thought they were watching a five-season documentary -- Don Draper is not a real person. We know, we know -- your mind has been blown.
On June 8, Tom Scocca's Slate article, "Don Draper's Shocking Secret: He Doesn't Exist," blew the lid off that secret for good, and managed to anger some of the show's fans.
Twitter user Eric Thurm called the article "one of the most condescending things" he'd ever read, while Dov Friedman, called it "aggressively awful."
In the article, Scocca explains that "Don Draper is a made-up person inside your television set. He is a pattern of lit-up dots moving in front of your eyes for one hour, on Sundays, during the season run of the Mad Men program, which mercifully ends this weekend."
Though viewers of the AMC drama are more than aware that Draper, his family and advertising company...
On June 8, Tom Scocca's Slate article, "Don Draper's Shocking Secret: He Doesn't Exist," blew the lid off that secret for good, and managed to anger some of the show's fans.
Twitter user Eric Thurm called the article "one of the most condescending things" he'd ever read, while Dov Friedman, called it "aggressively awful."
In the article, Scocca explains that "Don Draper is a made-up person inside your television set. He is a pattern of lit-up dots moving in front of your eyes for one hour, on Sundays, during the season run of the Mad Men program, which mercifully ends this weekend."
Though viewers of the AMC drama are more than aware that Draper, his family and advertising company...
- 6/10/2012
- by Stephanie Marcus
- Aol TV.
Only time will tell what will happen to Joan, Don, Peter, Roger and the rest of the beloved "Mad Men" characters in Sunday night's Season 5 finale (10 p.m. Et on AMC).
But instead of attempting to draw conclusions about what's to come, HuffPost TV is taking a look back at the stars of "Mad Men" before the AMC drama was a glimmer in creator Matt Weiner's eye.
Want to see Christina Hendrick's (Joan Harris) sexy stint on MTV's late-night soap "Undressed" in 1999? Or another "Mad Men" female lead in a teen lesbian drama with Mischa Barton (plus, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp)?
How about John Slattery (Roger Sterling) playing a politician with a urination fetish on "Sex and the City" a decade ago?
There's also Aaron Staton in a sweater vest on "7th Heaven" before becoming Sterling Cooper account executive Ken Cosgrove, January Jones (Betty Draper) as a kinky...
But instead of attempting to draw conclusions about what's to come, HuffPost TV is taking a look back at the stars of "Mad Men" before the AMC drama was a glimmer in creator Matt Weiner's eye.
Want to see Christina Hendrick's (Joan Harris) sexy stint on MTV's late-night soap "Undressed" in 1999? Or another "Mad Men" female lead in a teen lesbian drama with Mischa Barton (plus, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp)?
How about John Slattery (Roger Sterling) playing a politician with a urination fetish on "Sex and the City" a decade ago?
There's also Aaron Staton in a sweater vest on "7th Heaven" before becoming Sterling Cooper account executive Ken Cosgrove, January Jones (Betty Draper) as a kinky...
- 6/10/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
MTV News recaps the turbulent events at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in the lead-up to tonight's season finale.
By Josh Wigler
Jessica Paré and Jon Hamm in "Mad Men"
Photo: AMC
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The fifth season of "Mad Men," which concludes Sunday night (June 10) at 10 p.m. Et on AMC, has seen more than its fair share of ups and downs: There were tremendous triumphs for certain parties but horrific downward spirals for other Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employees. Whether or not the year was kind to your favorite "Mad Men" character, everyone can agree that season five of the Emmy-winning drama was an eventful one. Indeed, it just might be the very best season yet.
In case you've been lagging behind on your "Mad Men" viewing and don't have time to catch up ahead of the big night, here's...
By Josh Wigler
Jessica Paré and Jon Hamm in "Mad Men"
Photo: AMC
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The fifth season of "Mad Men," which concludes Sunday night (June 10) at 10 p.m. Et on AMC, has seen more than its fair share of ups and downs: There were tremendous triumphs for certain parties but horrific downward spirals for other Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employees. Whether or not the year was kind to your favorite "Mad Men" character, everyone can agree that season five of the Emmy-winning drama was an eventful one. Indeed, it just might be the very best season yet.
In case you've been lagging behind on your "Mad Men" viewing and don't have time to catch up ahead of the big night, here's...
- 6/10/2012
- MTV Movie News
It began with "Zou Bisou Bisou," but the fifth season of "Mad Men" wasn't zou much fun after that.
There were interesting episodes, thoughtful ideas and great scenes scattered throughout the long-awaited fifth season, and of course the acting, directing and production values on the show are still top-notch. It's not that "'Mad Men' is no longer a worthy show, but it's hard to avoid the feeling that "Mad Men" didn't live up to its enormous potential this season. I still love these characters and this world, but, let's face it, this year, as least for a subset of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce fans, something was a little off. Or, at times, a lot off.
It wasn't just the self-absorbed, unpleasant behavior on display that was off-putting -- I certainly expect a generous amount of that on the show, which is, after all, about the sordid and sad...
There were interesting episodes, thoughtful ideas and great scenes scattered throughout the long-awaited fifth season, and of course the acting, directing and production values on the show are still top-notch. It's not that "'Mad Men' is no longer a worthy show, but it's hard to avoid the feeling that "Mad Men" didn't live up to its enormous potential this season. I still love these characters and this world, but, let's face it, this year, as least for a subset of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce fans, something was a little off. Or, at times, a lot off.
It wasn't just the self-absorbed, unpleasant behavior on display that was off-putting -- I certainly expect a generous amount of that on the show, which is, after all, about the sordid and sad...
- 6/10/2012
- by Maureen Ryan
- Aol TV.
MTV News recaps the turbulent events at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in the lead-up to tonight's season finale.
By Josh Wigler
Jessica Paré and Jon Hamm in "Mad Men"
Photo: AMC
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The fifth season of "Mad Men," which concludes Sunday night (June 10) at 10 p.m. Et on AMC, has seen more than its fair share of ups and downs: There were tremendous triumphs for certain parties but horrific downward spirals for other Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employees. Whether or not the year was kind to your favorite "Mad Men" character, everyone can agree that season five of the Emmy-winning drama was an eventful one. Indeed, it just might be the very best season yet.
In case you've been lagging behind on your "Mad Men" viewing and don't have time to catch up ahead of the big night, here's...
By Josh Wigler
Jessica Paré and Jon Hamm in "Mad Men"
Photo: AMC
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The fifth season of "Mad Men," which concludes Sunday night (June 10) at 10 p.m. Et on AMC, has seen more than its fair share of ups and downs: There were tremendous triumphs for certain parties but horrific downward spirals for other Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employees. Whether or not the year was kind to your favorite "Mad Men" character, everyone can agree that season five of the Emmy-winning drama was an eventful one. Indeed, it just might be the very best season yet.
In case you've been lagging behind on your "Mad Men" viewing and don't have time to catch up ahead of the big night, here's...
- 6/8/2012
- MTV Music News
Mad Men star Jared Harris has appeared to suggest that Elisabeth Moss has left the AMC series. Harris's own character Lane Pryce was dramatically killed off in Mad Men's latest episode 'Commissions and Fees' when his embezzling was discovered by Don Draper (Jon Hamm). The actor has now claimed that Moss is leaving Mad Men as well following her character Peggy Olson's decision to quit Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce earlier this season. "Actors are always ending jobs. It isn't a big deal in that sense. Also other people had left the show that had been there since the beginning," Harris told The Daily. "Elisabeth [Moss] left the episode before and she'd been there since the beginning. "Michael Gladis (Paul Kinsey) left in season three [though reappeared for one episode this season]... (more)...
- 6/6/2012
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
Ever since May 20, Christina Hendricks has been in defensive mode. That was the night that Mad Men’s steely bombshell, Joan, did the unthinkable. She slept with a lecherous Jaguar dealer in exchange for a partnership stake in Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. No sooner had Joan’s fitted dress fallen from her pale shoulders in the episode titled “The Other Woman” did the Twittersphere explode with opinions ranging from horrified shock to guilty delight. Photos: Unzipping Joan: Christina Hendricks Is TV's Most Talked-About Bombshell In a series long driven by the exploits of Jon Hamm’s Don Draper, Hendricks’ Joan suddenly has
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- 6/6/2012
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yes, things didn't end so well for Lane Pryce on Mad Men, but is that any reason to forget all the good times we've shared with him? (Remember the Pete-punching and the pubis-mentioning?) In an effort to celebrate Lane's legacy to Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Vulture has put together this "In Memoriam" video of the character's best moments, and we believe that watching and enjoying it is what Lane would have wanted. Well, maybe not for Don ... a spiteful, suicidal Lane wouldn't have wanted Don to take any pleasure from this moment. But the rest of you not-Dons, have at it!
- 6/5/2012
- by Sarah Frank
- Vulture
When "Mad Men" creator Matt Weiner teased that this season would be "every man for himself," even the most creative fans couldn't have imagined some of the shocking twists and turns we've seen.
The latest? The end of the road for one of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's partners, Lane Pryce, played to tragic perfection by Jared Harris. Lane has been in free fall mode all season -- mercilessly phone-flirting with a stranger, fighting Pete in the office, kissing (and continuing to sexually harass) Joan and, the pièce de résistance, forging Don Draper's name on a company check to "temporarily" bonus himself out of his financial dire straits.
This all ultimately led Lane getting fired by Don, who promised to repay Lane's debts, but insisted he "think of an elegant exit" from the company he helped build because he could no longer be trusted. Lane's bumpy road at attempted suicide (of course the Jaguar wouldn't start!
The latest? The end of the road for one of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's partners, Lane Pryce, played to tragic perfection by Jared Harris. Lane has been in free fall mode all season -- mercilessly phone-flirting with a stranger, fighting Pete in the office, kissing (and continuing to sexually harass) Joan and, the pièce de résistance, forging Don Draper's name on a company check to "temporarily" bonus himself out of his financial dire straits.
This all ultimately led Lane getting fired by Don, who promised to repay Lane's debts, but insisted he "think of an elegant exit" from the company he helped build because he could no longer be trusted. Lane's bumpy road at attempted suicide (of course the Jaguar wouldn't start!
- 6/5/2012
- by Maggie Furlong
- Huffington Post
Jared Harris has been keeping a big secret for the past few months. Spoiler Alert ahead!! His character of Lane Pryce on "Mad Men" committed suicide on this week's penultimate episode ("Commissions and Fees") of the fifth season by hanging himself in his own office. In an exclusive video chat with Gold Derby, Harris admitted, "I was not surprised, but I was disappointed. You know, I was sad to not be working with all these guys. That was going to be coming to an end... I shed a little tear in the car on the way home." The character of Lane Pryce joined Sterling Cooper at the beginning of the third season when his British company took over the New York advertising firm. He became the financial chief of the office and then helped them break off from his bosses and became a partner in the new firm of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.
- 6/5/2012
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Warning: Stop reading now if you have not yet watched last night's stunning episode of Mad Men.
Jared Harris minces no words when discussing the final act of Lane Pryce, the troubled British account man of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce who took his own life this week following mounting financial troubles and the feeling he'd never rise to a prominent stature within the firm.
"It was a cowardly act," he told TV Fanatic and other outlets on a conference call today. "It was vindictive and it was a passive aggressive…
"His choice of doing it [in the office] was a f-ck you to the office and to Don. And the topper to that was the boiler plate suicide note. He's trying to dig a hole and make Don feel like he was wrong and make them feel as bad as they made him feel."
Harris, of course, has known for months about...
Jared Harris minces no words when discussing the final act of Lane Pryce, the troubled British account man of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce who took his own life this week following mounting financial troubles and the feeling he'd never rise to a prominent stature within the firm.
"It was a cowardly act," he told TV Fanatic and other outlets on a conference call today. "It was vindictive and it was a passive aggressive…
"His choice of doing it [in the office] was a f-ck you to the office and to Don. And the topper to that was the boiler plate suicide note. He's trying to dig a hole and make Don feel like he was wrong and make them feel as bad as they made him feel."
Harris, of course, has known for months about...
- 6/5/2012
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
If you’re a Mad Men fan, you’re probably still in shock — or denial — about last night’s devastating penultimate episode of season 5. Spoiler Alert! EW joined a conference call with Jared Harris this afternoon to find out when Harris discovered his time at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce was done, to discuss his favorite Lane Pryce moments, and of course, to talk about that grisly scene.
After the table read for episode 10, Weiner pulled Harris aside. “ said, ‘Let’s go up to my office,’ which I knew wasn’t a good sign, and then he offered me incredibly expensive brandy,...
After the table read for episode 10, Weiner pulled Harris aside. “ said, ‘Let’s go up to my office,’ which I knew wasn’t a good sign, and then he offered me incredibly expensive brandy,...
- 6/4/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW - Inside TV
Lane Pryce's suicide on Sunday's (June 3) episode of "Mad Men" was, says actor Jared Harris, his character's final F.U. to Don Draper and Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce -- a company where he believed he'd never got his due in terms of stature and financial gain.
"It was vindictive and it was a passive aggressive act," says Harris in a conference call the day after his character's exit from the show. "His choice of doing it there was a f*** you to the office and to Don. And the topper to that was the boiler plate suicide note. He's trying to dig a hole and make Don feel like he was wrong and make them feel as bad as they made him feel."
"It was a cowardly act," he adds.
Even though Harris is sorry to leave a show that he describes as "still building," he gets show creator Matt Weiner...
"It was vindictive and it was a passive aggressive act," says Harris in a conference call the day after his character's exit from the show. "His choice of doing it there was a f*** you to the office and to Don. And the topper to that was the boiler plate suicide note. He's trying to dig a hole and make Don feel like he was wrong and make them feel as bad as they made him feel."
"It was a cowardly act," he adds.
Even though Harris is sorry to leave a show that he describes as "still building," he gets show creator Matt Weiner...
- 6/4/2012
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