Admittedly, he's prejudiced. But John Noble believes Friday's two-hour series finale of the J.J. Abrams-created sci-fi series Fringe will be judged "as one of the great finales of all time. It's certainly going with a bang."
The Australian actor - who's portrayed the mentally-scattered genius Walter Bishop on Fringe for five years - said the cast greeted their latest series of scripts with trepidation, after seasons of narrative arcs that turned on a dime.
"We didn't know until really quite late how Joel (showrunner Joel Wyman) would finish it off. I can honestly say it was everything that I had hoped it could possibly be ... a masterly job tying up our character lines, tying up the great story arc. I was extremely elated when I read the final episodes."
Once Mel Brooks began to "make a noise," thankfully he never shut up There’s an apt evaluation in the first minute of the documentary Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. "Mel was not interested in the little laugh," observes writer/director Barry Levinson. "He literally wanted you to collapse and fall on the ground and can’t ... Read more
'SNL' season finale full of goodbyes As Stefon would say: This Saturday Night Live had everything. Kanye West, Jennifer Garner, Anderson Cooper, a musical super group, a surprise guest appearance from Amy Poehler and what looks like the departure of not one, but three cast members. Bill ... Read more
Reporter congratulates Matthew Perry on sitcom axe In what could be one of the biggest live celebrity interview fails of all time, a Fox sports reporter congratulated Matthew Perry on the cancellation of his show “Go On” (which lasted one season) during an NHL game. The impromptu interview ... Read more
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