As I mentioned in my
writeup of the Pushing Daisies panel at
Comic-Con, one of the greatest moments was getting to hear an impromptu song from Kristin Chenoweth upon the request of one very cute, very young fan.
I was able to pull the song off my recorder, and so now, you can check Chenoweth's gorgeous rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" for yourself. The audio isn't perfect — I wasn't expecting to be recording a Tony winner (and
Emmy nominee and onetime Miss Oklahoma runner-up!) when I woke up on Saturday — but even with some fuzz, you'll get the idea.
In case you missed it,
Comic-Con 2008 took over San Diego this past weekend, and Buzz was there getting the dish on all our
favorite TV shows and movies that are about to hit the big and small screens. What am I looking forward to the most?
Watchmen!
Hands down, one of the highlights of my
Comic-Con experience was getting to meet Simon Pegg and his
Spaced cohorts, despite the brevity of our interaction. I sat down for a quick roundtable interview with Pegg and his costar on Spaced, Jessica Hynes, along with Edgar Wright, Pegg's frequent partner in crime (
Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) and the director of Spaced.
In the British comedy, Pegg and Hynes play Tim and Daisy, who rent a flat in London under the pretense that they are a couple.
Yesterday, I told you about the
rowdy panel of filmmaking greats I attended at
Comic-Con. Today, I've got some notes from the television "Visionaries" event, which brought together showrunners Josh Schwartz (
Chuck and
Gossip Girl), Josh Friedman (
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (
Lost), and Bryan Fuller (
Pushing Daisies). Here are just a few of the highlights:
- A running joke throughout the panel was teasing Josh Schwartz about Gossip Girl in any way possible.
Entertainment Weekly held a few "Visionaries" panels at
Comic-Con that brought together some of the greats in the TV, movies and comic book worlds. At the filmmakers panel, it was mostly a kick to see Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow, Zack Snyder and Frank Miller all at one table. It turned into the Smith-Apatow comedy hour, but that seemed to suit the audience members (myself included) just fine.
It's one thing to
hear all about the twists and turns coming up on the second season of
Chuck. But it's another thing entirely to get to see them — and that's exactly what happened over the weekend when Josh Schwartz, Zachary Levi, and the rest took the stage at
Comic-Con. While there's no official version of the almost 7-minute trailer, E!'s Kristin Dos Santos, who moderated the panel,
got her spies out to capture the video from the big screen.
A herd of cattle grazing in a parking lot probably isn't the weirdest thing I saw during
Comic-Con, but it's not too far off. The dozen or so cows had a purpose, though, serving as a clue along the way during a
Fringe-related
scavenger hunt in San Diego.
If you've seen the Fringe pilot — which several thousand more people now have seen following the San Diego screenings — you'll get the cow thing, which also
came up at TCA; if not, stay tuned for Fall.
Jul 28 2008 - 6:45am by
Molly
Wow could this line up of
Comic-Con attendees be any more fun? Talk about a
manjoyment fest, yummy. Joshua Jackson missed the
I've been reporting from
Comic-Con these past few days, but here's a hodgepodge of random extra bits and pieces from my weekend.
- There was a panel I basically happened to attend by accident, which ended up being for this spooky-looking movie The Wolf Man, due in theaters April 3, 2009. Then, to everyone's surprise, the stars of the film, Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt, came onstage to talk about it.
I'm finally recovered(ish) from my busy weekend in San Diego for Comic-Con! A ton of the festival's action took place on Friday and Saturday, so just in case you missed it, here's a handy-dandy guide to all of my write-ups:
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TV-Related Posts
True Blood Sucks In the Enthusiasm at Comic-Con
First Look: Dexter's Third Season
First Episode of Heroes Season Three Screened at Comic-Con
Lost Producers Say Seasons Five and Six Will Be Rewarding
Pushing Daisies Delightfully Teases Season Two at Comic-Con
Cows — and Roberto Orci — Promote Fringe in San Diego
First Look: Chuck Season Two
Kristin Chenoweth Sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
A Chat With Spaced's Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, and Jessica Hynes
EW's Television Visionaries Talk Sci-Fi and Pies
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