May 6, 2008
The creators of Big Love have had their share of instinctive “yuck” to polygamy when what they saw onscreen had a different veneer to what seemed so palatable in the script. However, their initial aversion to the unusual practice of marriage has softened as they've worked on the premise of the HBO series.
"I couldn't tell what I was watching," series creator Mark V. Olsen said. "Is it a cult at work? Or is this a loving, valid family? It was very disturbing to me. But at the end of the day, I kind of like walking that line and letting the audience make up their own minds."
May 1, 2008
The hype surrounding the recently-raided polygamist compound in West Texas has certainly attracted more attention to the HBO series Big Love. Although the premise of the series centers on a Utah polygamist family that practices plural marriage and keeps it a secret from the outside world, cast member Ginnifer Goodwin says that the show is a far cry from the renegade sect run by fundamentalist Warren Jeffs.
On Big Love, Goodwin plays Margene Heffman, one of Bill Paxton's character's three wives. While her character's clothes are dowdy, the 29-year-old actress points out that Margene doesn't really identify with those women in the Texas sect.
April 24, 2008
Ginnifer Goodwin hasn't been seriously involved with anyone since her spilt with American Pie actor Chris Klein. Nevertheless, that doesn't seem to bother the 29-year-old actress who is presently just eager to start working on the new season of HBO's Big Love.
Going on its third season, Big Love follows Bill Paxton as modern-day Utah polygamist Bill Henrickson who lives in suburban Salt Lake City as he balances his three wives, seven children, and a mounting avalanche of debt and demands. On the series, Goodwin plays third wife Margene Heffman.
April 7, 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, Big Love season 3, the fifth season of Entourage, and the return of Flight of the Conchords have all been delayed until the fall. 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.
February 16, 2008
After three long months, the writers' strike has finally come to an end. The walkout had severely crippled the television industry, but now that its all over, networks are scrambling to get their shows back on production in an effort to salvage the current season. The scene is different over at HBO, however, with Big Love co-creator Will Scheffer saying that they won't be in production for at least another three months.
“It's great we can have that much time to work on the quality of the show,” Scheffer told the Los Angeles Times. “A lot of networks will be rushing things into production, and people won't have much time to think.”
February 4, 2008
Chloe Sevigny isn't just an Academy and Golden Globe Award-nominated actress. She's also a budding clothing designer, and tonight, is set on celebrating the new fashion line that she made exclusively with Opening Ceremony. The event kicks off at 10pm at Webster Hall in New York City, featuring a special performance by The Slits and DJ sets by her brother, Paul Sevigny, Benjamin Cho, Leo Fitzpatrick, Brian DeGraw and Nate Lowman.
Sevigny, who currently appears on the HBO drama series Big Love, has been working on the clothing line for Opening Ceremony since last fall. She told Paper magazine that her partnership with the chic New York boutique came about “so organically.” She had told Fashion Wire Daily that if she were to design a clothing line, she would most definitely work for Opening Ceremony. When Humberto Leon, the boutique editor, learned of this, he immediately contacted the actress and made a deal.