Ghost Whisperer's Melinda, by graphic artist Joselle "Josie" Ho
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The results are in and it's official: Ghost Whisperer has received two Emmy nominations! Our brilliant composer, Mark Snow, was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series — the episode submitted for consideration was "Leap of Faith"
"Leap of Faith" was written by P.K. Simonds — and if you've seen it, you'll agree that he did a fabulous, fabulous job and it was directed beautifully directed by Ian. This is Mark's second Ghost Whisperer Emmy nod since we've been on the air. Kudos to all!
Also, Ghost Whisperer was nominated for ...
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Kenny Johnson here, subbing for Bailey Chase. I'm going to blog the "Moooo" episode of Saving Grace because the plotline surrounds Hasidic Jews, and I found it fascinating.
Here in L.A., I live in the middle of the Hasidic community and have always been curious about the outfits, the sideburns, their beliefs, etc. So in preparation, I watched a two-hour documentary to ...
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Most of us play many parts in life. I am a writer, a godfather, a producer, a spouse, a son, a brother, a boss and a friend, to list just a few (of the more repeatable) things I am called during the course of an ordinary week. The concept of identity is a little like the illusion of motion and matter, for even the most solid object constantly moves. That's why assuming someone's persona is poured in concrete is a recipe for disaster.
So is standing beside Lts. Flynn and Provenza, both of whom often demonstrate a casual disregard for being sucked into career-threatening sinkholes. Fortunately, as active detectives, they are used to finding themselves on the wrong side of ...
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Aldis Hodge, Leverage
What's happening, people? This is Aldis Hodge, but you probably know me better as Hardison, your neighborhood tech thief.
The whole Leverage cast is so happy and excited to get to another season. So far, we've shot half of it, and I can already tell you that you're in for an even crazier ride. The cons are ...
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Jennifer Love Hewitt at the 2007 Comic-Con
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We just wrapped shooting the first episode of Season 5, and Love did an incredible job directing it! It's challenging to direct the premiere of any show on network TV, let alone one that you actually star in and executive-produce as well! Congrats, Love! If you want to see her in action, check out Love's Directing Journal, which we created for the last episode she directed in Season 4. We promise, you'll get to see, on-line, Love directing the premiere of Season 5 as we get closer to the broadcast date — Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 pm.
The Ghost Whisperer music department is tenacious in casting the nets for great ...
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Another day in paradise. I'm sitting on our balcony again, listening to the rush of the wind (perhaps the wind never stops here), the occasional sound of hammering of nails, trying to get comfortable. It seems that no position is without pain. Today's pain is my left groin muscle. Owwww!
There are many clouds in the sky today, but they are moving at a rapid pace, revealing sun every few minutes. Below me, hotel staff is cleaning the pools with a large machine that is traveling along the pool's bottom surface. It reminds me of those ...
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The Closer
The desire to change our lives for the better, to give more meaning to our daily existence, is one of humanity's nobler urges. When we struggle to better ourselves, we can also improve our families, our neighborhoods, our cities and even our country. The impulse to help out at a community center, for example, or to reclaim teenagers lost to gangs, or the ambition to graduate from college, or to drive a nicer car or own a bigger home, or the desire to get married and have children, or to build churches and governments: all are activities that, in one way or another (spiritual or material), exemplify our confidence in civilization over chaos.
So if we are constantly driven to do better, why is it that ...
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So we're nearing the end of our first week in production, and what a week it's been. If you walked across the Universal Lot today, you would be stunned by the activity of the construction workers, cranes — beeps and horns, and dust, and a blur of hardhats, including ours — every time we walk out on Grandview's newly built town square. You'll notice a new edition to the town square: a gazebo. We used it on the Warner Brothers Lot while the Universal Lot was "indisposed." It worked so well for us in scenes with Melinda, Jim, Eli, Delia and Ned that we decided to install one in our newly built old town square. And don't worry, the iconic soldier statue isn't going anywhere. It's also on the square.
Since last you checked in with us, Love has been tackling shoot days like the pro that she is. She's a triple threat here in Hollywood — Love is an executive producer, director and the star of the series; tough to top that!
Speaking of executive producers, don't forget to check out P.K. Simonds' new blog. He and our crack writing team ...
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News flash! CBS has confirmed Ghost Whisperer's premiere date for Season 5's all new original episodes. It begins on Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 pm. Can't wait!
Last week we had our very first production meeting of Season 5 with Jennifer Love Hewitt at the helm as director of Episode 501, "Birthday Presence." Love's got quite a few surprises ...
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Within the intelligence community, the phrase "walking back the cat," loosely translated, means trying to figure out how an agent or an operation went south. Analyzing a professional disaster can be every bit as complicated as... well, convincing a cat to go in reverse. So when Special Agent Fritz Howard decides to ask his wife to help him locate a missing person, he leaves out details that might make his seemingly simple request sound overly complex or irritating. Yes, Fritz actually manipulates Brenda by purposely underplaying what he needs her to do. Can you believe it?
Well, turnabout is fair play.
And for those anxious to discover how marriage has changed our happy couple, here comes Fritz Howard, unabashedly pursuing his own agenda, demanding that Brenda follow him on trust alone. Can she do it?
Lt. Provenza also has something to report: the answer to his new wardrobe and curious mood swings.
And, finally, what are we to do with Kitty's ashes?
I know many of you were upset that Brenda lost her cat ...
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