September 7, 2008
Perhaps unknown to many fans of the show, Lawrence O'Donnell, who appears in a recurring capacity on HBO's Big Love as the family attorney, is actually a political analyst who has had very strong views on certain things. The producer of The West Wing recently said unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's downfall wasn't due to his Mormon faith. O'Donnell plays a Mormon lawyer on Big Love, a drama about a fundamentalist Mormon family who practices polygamy.
“It was much more do to with his wealth and his flip-flopping,” clarified O'Donnell. “Romney is like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Liberals who turned conservative to further their political careers.”
August 24, 2008
Daveigh Chase, who plays child bride of a prophet Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton) on HBO's Big Love, will soon be headed to the big screen to frighten audiences with her latest thriller film. After appearing as Jake Gyllenhall's younger sister in the cult movie Donnie Darko in 2001, the 18-year-old actress will be reprising her role as Samantha Darko in the sequel thriller called S. Darko.
This isn't Chase's first movie role. Prior to landing the role of Rhonda Volmer on Big Love, she first won the lead role as the voice of Hawaiian girl Lilo Pelekai in the Disney animated feature Lilo & Stitch. For her performance in the film, Chase won an Annie Award in 2003 and was offered to star in the follow up TV series, Lilo & Stitch: The Series.
August 17, 2008
Big Love, the HBO drama about a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy, has always filmed in Santa Clarita, northwest of downtown Los Angeles. And although most of the much awaited third season will still be shot on the show's main set, fans will be able to see a change of scenery when the series returns with new episodes in January 2009.
In fact, the cast and crew of Big Love is presently in Woodland, California as part of a weeklong filming stint that will take them all over Yolo and the neighboring counties.
August 14, 2008
Fans who have been waiting for the return of HBO's slate of summer programming will have to wait a little bit longer than expected. As a result of the writers' strike, the fifth season of Entourage,has been delayed until the Fall while Big Love season 3 and the return of Flight of the Conchords are off until 2009. Also being delayed is True Blood, the highly anticipated new vampire series from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball. Though the network won't have much original programming to offer during the summer months, they will have the seven-hour miniseries Generation Kill, which is from the producers of The Wire.
August 10, 2008
Anne Dudek, also known as Amber "Cutthroat Bitch" Volakis on House, has just confirmed that she is expecting a baby. In fact, she brought her baby bump out in full force to the season 2 premiere of AMC's critically acclaimed series Mad Men in Los Angeles Monday.
"I'm having a baby," Dudek told People with excitement.
August 1, 2008
We still have to wait until January 2009 before we can catch a glimpse of new episodes of the HBO drama Big Love, and so are the cast and crew. Before productions get into full swing, some of its stars have pursued other projects. Ginnifer Goodwin, for one, is starring in the film He Just Isn't That Into You, whose release date has been moved to February 2009. Amanda Seyfried is riding on the success of her film Mamma Mia! The writers haven't taken a break, either; one of them, in fact, is staging a play off-Broadway.
Rodrigo Aguirre-Sacasa, who has penned a few episodes for the critically-acclaimed drama, is set to premiere his newest Broadway play, King of Shadows, on September 7 in New York City. The play, set in San Francisco, centers on Nihar, a 15-year-old homeless boy who sells sex to others in order to survive. He claims he is being pursued by supernatural demons. Jessica, a young social worker, takes care of the boy, and he immediately forms a bond with her teenage sister, threatening to change her perspective on everything she values.