The Ricky Gervais Show (TV Series 2010- )
Animation | Comedy
Based on the series of podcasts that Gervais did with longtime partner Stephen Merchant, this comedy team convenes to bring HBO an animated series about their hilarious friend Karl Pilkington.
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington
Creator: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington
The Ricky Gervais Show (TV Series 2010- )
Animation | Comedy
Based on the series of podcasts that Gervais did with longtime partner Stephen Merchant, this comedy team convenes to bring HBO an animated series about their hilarious friend Karl Pilkington.
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington
Creator: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2013 (TV 2013)
Awards
Nickelodeon's 26th Annual Kids' Choice Awards were held on March 23, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET live from the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. Josh Duhamel, the star of the Transformers: Dark of the Moon, New Year’s Eve, and Safe Haven, served as the host of the event. The "Orange Carpet" was set up in front of Galen Center on Jefferson Boulevard. Voting on the 22 categories began on Thursday, February 14, 2013.
Starring: Chris Pine, Steve Carell, Kaley Cuoco, Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Neil Patrick Harris, Logan Lerman, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Sandra Bullock, Jaden Smith, Lucy Hale, Kristen Wiig, Ashley Tisdale, Miranda Cosgrove
Director: Joe DeMaio
High School DxD (TV Series 2012- )
Action | Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
The story follows Hyoudou Issei, a dim-witted, lecherous second-year high school student who is killed by a girl on his first date ever. Issei is reincarnated as a devil, and from that day forward, he serves as an underling of Rias Gremori, a high-level devil who is also the prettiest girl on Issei's campus.
Starring: Yôko Hikasa, Yûki Kaji, Ayana Taketatsu
Creator: Takao Yoshioka
mtvU Woodie Awards 2013 (TV 2013)
Awards | Music
mtvU has its own annual awards show, the Woodie Awards, which they say recognizes "the music voted best by college students." Previous winners have included 2005's Death Cab for Cutie, Motion City Soundtrack, and The Afters; 2006 winners include 30 Seconds to Mars, Plain White T's, mewithoutYou, The Subways and Gnarls Barkley. The 2006 ceremony was also notable for the altercation of Elijah Wood and Scott from the music blog Stereogum with Jared Leto. The 2008 awards had a huge fan voting for the Best Music On Campus award, where The Bride Wore Black won the award and Chasing Arrows came in right behind. Winners at the 2008 Woodie Awards included Paramore and There for Tomorrow. Winners at the 2009 Woodie Awards included Green Day, Kings of Leon, Matt & Kim, NeverShoutNever, Tech N9ne and Hotel of the Laughing Tree.
Starring: Machine Gun Kelly, Danny Brown, Kimbra, Mark Foster, A-Trak, Earl Sweatshirt, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, The Lonely Biscuits
Africa (TV Series 2013- )
Documentary
Eye to eye with the unknown – the world's wildest continent. David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa as it has never seen before
Starring: Forest Whitaker, David Attenborough, Simon Blakeney
Creator: Mike Gunton
White Collar (TV Series 2009- )
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery
White Collar is about the unlikely partnership of a con artist and an FBI agent who have been playing cat and mouse for years. Neal Caffrey, a charming criminal mastermind, is finally caught by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke. When Neal escapes from a maximum-security prison to find his lost love, Peter nabs him once again. Rather than returning to jail, Neal suggests an alternative plan: He'll provide his criminal expertise to assist the Feds in catching other elusive criminals. Initially wary, Peter quickly finds that Neal provides insight and intuition that can't be found on the right side of the law.
Starring: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen, Sharif Atkins, Marsha Thomason, Hilarie Burton
Creator: Jeff Eastin
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2013 (TV 2013)
Awards
The 24th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2013 was held on February 24, 2013.[1] Miss Chinese International 2012 Kelly Cheung of Chicago, USA crowned her successor, Gloria Tang of Vancouver, Canada at the end of the pageant.
Starring: Catherine Ouyang, Boonyisa Chantrarachai, Jessica Chen, Cynthia Qiu, Carat Cheung, Denise Tan, Lauren Weinberger, Natasha Nicole Lee, Qing Qing Yang Liu, Vivian Li, Samantha Chin, Stella Kae, Sunnia Liu, Jessica Song, Gloria Tang
Host: Eric Tsang, Sammy Leung, Sharon Chan
The 85th Annual Academy Awards 2013 (TV 2013)
Awards
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony (referred to as The Oscars), honoring the best films of 2012 in the United States, took place February 24, 2013. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presented its annual Academy Awards to honor the best films of 2012 in the United States. The ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Seth MacFarlane hosted the Academy Awards for the first time.
Life of Pi won four awards (the most for the evening) including Best Director for Ang Lee, and Argo won three awards including Best Picture. Les Misérables also won three awards; Django Unchained, Lincoln and Skyfall won two awards each. Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress award for her role in Silver Linings Playbook. Daniel Day-Lewis won a third Best Actor (the most for any actor) for his role as President Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln.
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeremy Renner, Anne Hathaway, Channing Tatum, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Downey Jr., Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe, Samuel L. Jackson, Helena Bonham Carter, Chris Evans, Charlize Theron, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen, Meryl Streep, Aaron Tveit, Seth MacFarlane, Daniel Radcliffe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, Christopher Plummer, Barbra Streisand, Jean Dujardin, Queen Latifah, Octavia Spencer, Adele, Norah Jones, Shirley Bassey, Kirk Kelly
Director: Don Mischer
Film Independent Spirit Awards 2013 (TV 2013)
Awards
The Independent Spirit Awards (originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards. The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. In 2007, the ceremony was slightly changed to Film Independent's Spirit Awards. Since 2006, winners have received a trophy depicting a bird sitting atop of a pole with the shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole.
The awards show was previously held inside a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, California, usually on the day before the Academy Awards (since 1999; originally the Saturday before). Since 1994, the show has been broadcast on the Bravo network and Independent Film Channel.
The 28th Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, celebrating the films of 2012, was held on February 23, 2013.
Starring: Andy Samberg, Derek Connolly, Stephen Chbosky, Matthew McConaughey, Mynette Louie, Adam Leon, Peter Nicks, Michael Haneke, Helen Hunt, Ben Richardson, David O. Russell, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes
Macross 7 (TV Series 1994-1995)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Music | Sci-Fi
It has been 35 years since Lin Minmei brought peace between the Zentradi and the humans. Basara and his band "Fire Bomber" are a struggling up and coming group on the Macross 7, an intergalactic colony ship traveling through space looking for a new planet to call home. During its flight, an unknown alien race appeared and started laying siege upon the colony. However, its attacks are not conventional – instead of trying to destroy them, they steal what is known as "spiritia," leaving victims in a catatonic state. Basara, yearning to have his music heard, flies into the battle zone in his Valkerie to spread the message of music.
Starring: Yumi Fukamizu, Yoshiki Fukuyama, Shô Hayami, Yô Inoue, Junko Iwao, Nobutoshi Kanna
Director: Tetsurô Animo, Masami Shimoda
The BRIT Awards 2013 (TV 2013)
Awards | Music
The 2013 BRIT Awards were held on 20 February 2013. This was the 33rd edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London, and was presented by James Corden. Leading the nominations were Mumford and Sons and Emeli Sandé with four nominations each, but Sandé and Ben Howard ended up as the most successful winners, with two awards each. The statue for 2013 was designed by Damien Hirst. Coverage on ITV attracted more than 6.5 million viewers, with a peak of 7.5 million, the biggest audience for the awards in ten years.
Starring: James Corden, Mumford & Sons, One Direction, Emeli Sandé, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Robbie Williams, Muse, Ben Howard, Coldplay, Adele, Tom Odell, Lana Del Rey, Black Keys, Frank Ocean, Paul Epworth
Game of Thrones (TV Series 2011- )
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and the icy horrors beyond.
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Iain Glen, Alfie Allen, John Bradley, Aidan Gillen, Conleth Hill, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Cunningham, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Jerome Flynn, Nathalie Emmanuel, Rory McCann
Creator: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
The British Academy Film Awards (TV 2013)
Awards
The British Academy Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is the British counterpart of the Academy Awards. As of 2008, it has taken place in the Royal Opera House, having taken over from the flagship Odeon cinema on Leicester Square. The 66th British Academy Film Awards took place on 10 February 2013.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Daniel Day-Lewis, Emmanuelle Riva, Christoph Waltz, Anne Hathaway, Juno Temple, Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis, Quentin Tarantino, David O. Russell, Thomas Newman, Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson, Tessa Ross, Alan Parker
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV 2013)
Awards | Music
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show is broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the second time by LL Cool J. Nominations were announced on December 5, 2012 on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special co-hosted by LL Cool J & Taylor Swift and broadcast live on CBS from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Fun, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach received the most nominations with six each, all of whom were consisted of male artists.
The Recording Academy presented all four general field awards to male artists. Gotye and Kimbra won the Record of the Year for "Somebody That I Used to Know", becoming the second Australian and first New Zealand act to win the award. Mumford & Sons won the Album of the Year for Babel, and Fun won the Song of the Year (with Jeff Bhasker) for "We Are Young" as well as the Best New Artist. Kelly Clarkson won the Best Pop Vocal Album for Stronger, becoming the first and only artist to win the award twice. Dan Auerbach won the most number of awards during the ceremony, with four (including three as part of The Black Keys); followed by The Black Keys, Gotye, Jay-Z, Skrillex, Kanye West, with three each. Other multiple winners include: Chick Corea, Fun, Kimbra, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Matt Redman and Esperanza Spalding with two awards each.
The Recording Academy introduced three new categories to the 78 awards previously presented at the 54th ceremony-Best Classical Compendium, Best Latin Jazz Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album, bringing it to a total of 81 awards. 70 of them were presented at the pre-telecast at the Nokia Theatre, with the remaining 11 were presented at the main ceremony. Bruce Springsteen received the MusiCares Person of the Year award on February 8, 2013 at the 23rd Grammy Benefit Gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two nights prior to the main ceremony. The official poster was designed by Artist Erika Iris Simmons. The program producer is AEG Ehrlich Ventures, with Ken Ehrlich serving as executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz as director and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich as writers.
Starring: LL Cool J, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Fun., Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Miguel, Wiz Khalifa, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Mikky Ekko, Dr. John, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars, Sting, Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley, The Lumineers, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Zac Brown, Brittany Howard, Mavis Staples, T Bone Burnett, Juanes, Frank Ocean, Travis Barker, Chuck D, Tom Morello, DJ Z-Trip
Director: Louis J. Horvitz
30 Rock (TV Series 2006-2013)
Comedy
Emmy Award Winner Tina Fey writes, executive produces and stars as Liz Lemon, the head writer of a live variety programme in New York City. Liz's life is turned upside down when brash new network executive Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin in his Golden Globe winning role) interferes with her show, bringing the wildly unpredictable Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) into the cast. Now its up to Liz to manage the mayhem and still try to have a life.
Starring: Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin, Keith Powell, Katrina Bowden, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, John Lutz, Maulik Pancholy
Creator: Tina Fey
30 Rock (TV Series 2006-2013)
Comedy
Emmy Award Winner Tina Fey writes, executive produces and stars as Liz Lemon, the head writer of a live variety programme in New York City. Liz's life is turned upside down when brash new network executive Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin in his Golden Globe winning role) interferes with her show, bringing the wildly unpredictable Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) into the cast. Now its up to Liz to manage the mayhem and still try to have a life.
Starring: Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin, Keith Powell, Katrina Bowden, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, John Lutz, Maulik Pancholy
Creator: Tina Fey
Great Barrier Reef (TV Series 2012)
Documentary
Stretching a full 2000 kilometres in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of islands, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is breathtakingly beautiful. Selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981, it is one of the wonders of the natural world. These programmes offer a definitive guide to the secrets of the reef – how it was created, how it works, the intricate relationships between its inhabitants and how climate change and other factors might shape its future. Using the latest specialist filming and visual techniques, the series captures the magic of the reef as it has never been seen before.
Starring: Monty Halls, Karl Stefanovic
Director: James Brickell
Labyrinth (TV mini-series 2012)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
The series follows two women, modern-day archeologist Alice Tanner (Vanessa Kirby) and medieval Alaïs Pelletier du Mas (Jessica Brown Findlay) who lives through the Crusades and Cathar massacres in medieval France-and their quest to find the Holy Grail. Alice, a volunteer at a French archaeological excavation, discovers the skeletal remains of two people in a cave, as well as a labyrinth-engraved ring, which attracts the attention of unscrupulous individuals. In 1209, newly married Alaïs is living in Carcassonne, a stronghold of Cathars who have been declared heretical by the Church. Alaïs and her father are protecting three sacred books that reveal the secret of the Holy Grail from the Crusaders.
Starring: John Hurt, Tom Felton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tony Curran, Vanessa Kirby, Sebastian Stan, Emun Elliott, Katie McGrath
Creator: Kate Mosse
Lost Girl (TV Series 2010-2016)
Drama | Fantasy
Lost Girl focuses on the gorgeous and charismatic Bo, a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who takes up the fight for the underdog while searching for the truth about her own mysterious origins.
Starring: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Zoie Palmer, Richard Howland, Ksenia Solo, K.C. Collins, Rachel Skarsten
Creator: Michelle Lovretta
