Carol Barbee to Receive Two Awards for “Three Rivers”

June 8, 2010 By 2 Comments

According to a press release issued today by Donate Life Hollywood, Carol Barbee, creator of Three Rivers, will be receiving a Donate Life Hollywood Inspire Award as well as a Crystal Heart Award for the 2009 medical drama’s contribution to raising donor awareness.

The influence of the show starring Alex O’Loughlin, Kate Moennig, Daniel Henney, Alfre Woodard, Justina Machado and Christopher Hanke was such that at least four families consented to organ donation during the period that the initial eight episodes aired in the US last fall.

A national survey initiated by Donate Life America and pharmaceutical company Astellas shows a six percent increase in adults’ willingness to register as organ donors, which can possibly be attributed to Three Rivers.

“Donate Life Hollywood worked closely with the creator Carol Barbee who had a keen interest in assuring that her show did not harm and helped when it could. The result is that the show saved lives,” says Donate Life Hollywood campaign director Tenaya Wallace.

Both awards will be presented to Ms. Barbee on June 12th during the Donate Life Hollywood Inspire Awards dinner and ceremony in Beverly Hills.

The Inspire Award is presented annually for accurate and inspiring organ donation storylines on television and in film. The Crystal Heart Award will be presented jointly by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations and the Coalition on Donation. Sponsored by the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, it is awarded annually to the most effective media broadcast in America.

Other Inspire Award winners this year include an episode of Army Wives, an episode of Undercover Boss, two episodes of Extreme Makeover Home Edition and an episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

Three Rivers was also the recipient of Donate Life Hollywood’s first Inspire Award in June 2009 for the medical accuracy and inspiration of its pilot episode.

For more information:

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AOLR Weekly Wrap-Up #45

June 6, 2010 By 4 Comments

Hawaii Five-0 updates:

  • It’s been a while since we’ve had a good poll, so head over to E! Online to pick which new CBS show appeals the most to you! It’s a no brainer, but it’s such a rush to see Hawaii Five-0 at 58.6%…
  • Canadian paper The Suburban published a small piece on Peter Lenkov, who hails from Chomedey, Quebec:

    “CBS asked if I’d be interested in coming up with a new take on the series,” Lenkov confided to me. “It was my dad’s favorite show. That’s primarily why I took the gig.”

    One of the interesting casting choices was that of Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim as Chin Ho Kelly. Australian Alex O’Loughlin will play Detective Steve McGarrett and Scott Caan will portray Detective Danny “Danno” Williams. Can we expect to hear a lot of the infamous “Book ‘em Danno,” from McGarrett to Williams as in the original? “Of course,” says Lenkov, a California resident who will now have to take up a secondary residence in Hawaii. And this just in from Lenkov. Hawaii Five-O has been picked up by Global.

  • Check out a photo of the original Steve McGarrett’s 1974 Mercury Marquis from the Hawaii Five-0 set. The car will make a brief appearance in the pilot and was loaned to the production by former H50 stuntman John Nordlum.
  • If you’re on Twitter, you might want to follow the Hawaii Five-0 writing team: @mike_schaub, @PLenkov, @jrorci and @boborci. Mike Schaub is a writer’s assistant and joined the team recently from Lost and J.R. is Rick, Roberto Orci’s brother. Of the four, J.R. tweets the most and Peter just joined. Here’s a picture posted by J.R. of the writers on Day One.
  • Peter Lenkov tweeted that Hawaii Five-0 will be at the San Diego Comic Con, which takes place this year 22-25 July! They are trying to get the whole cast to attend, but “most likely half the cast though.” As long as it’s the right half!  :wink: Peter hints at the date possibly being the Friday morning, i.e. 23 July.
  • The BBC posted an excellent article based on interviews with Alex O’Loughlin and Daniel Dae Kim at the LA Screenings:

    “The difference between this show and the original is that in the original you didn’t know where McGarrett came from,” explains O’Loughlin.

    “You didn’t know his back story and in this one you do. You know why he comes to the island – it’s all revealed in the pilot and that’s how we kick the show off.

    “He’s a navy seal. He has a mission that he sets out on in the beginning of the pilot, and that’s what leads him to the beginning of our adventure which will be Hawaii Five-O.”

Other items:

  • Voting for Donate Life Hollywood’s Person of the Year closes at midnight  tonight (Pacific time). Our Aussie is ahead at the moment, but let’s not rest on our laurels and keep voting. Donate Life encourages everyone to vote as often as they can, so here is the link again: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5926Z2M!
  • The TCA 2010 Summer Press Tour will be held 6-8 August, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. During this bi-annual industry conference, the networks will present their shows for the new season to the 200+ members of the Television Critics Association who write about television for various media outlets in North America. For us fans this means the start of a hectic period leading up to the premiere of Hawaii Five-0 with undoubtedly lots of photos, interviews and videos! And who knows, maybe our Aussie songbird will show off his warbling skills again and this time an enterprising journalist will capture it for us on video. There is no information yet on when CBS will be hosting their TCA events.
  • AdWeek published an extensive analysis of the upfronts per network. About CBS, they write:

    CBS headed into upfront week with the strongest schedule, attracting nearly 12 million viewers on average in prime time and with a nearly 2 million viewer lead over the nearest competitor, Fox (which continues to dominate in delivery of adults 18-49). With a combination of smart scheduling moves and development, CBS did more to shore up weaknesses than the other networks, most analysts concur.

  • Media Life Magazine also took a close look at CBS’s fall schedule:

    After years of stability, CBS’s schedule this fall is all about change. The network canceled seven shows, added five new ones and changed timeslots for five others. But while it represents an aggressive approach for a network most consider conservative, media buyers and planners also think the network will do quite well with the new schedule. It moved several shows that already win their timeslot, “Survivor” and “The Big Bang Theory,” into relatively weak time periods that they will likely dominate. New shows including “Hawaii Five-0″ and “Bleep My Dad Says” are getting the sort of buzz usually reserved for young-skewing programs on Fox, ABC or NBC. And axing older shows like “Ghost Whisperer” and “Cold Case” will save the network lots of money on talent and production over the next year. No surprise, then, that CBS is expected to lead in year-to-year CPM increases when the upfront market breaks.

  • The CW’s second promo for the Moonlight rerun is pretty hot – check it out on YouTube!
  • Canwest published an article about Moonlight being aired on the CW that was picked up in numerous Canadian papers: “Undead gumshoe revived to duo with Diaries”.
  • CBS has also been promoting both the new episodes of Three Rivers as well as Hawaii Five-0, and sometimes both at the same time. Two videos uploaded by Deb: Win-Loss promo and a combined promo.
  • Jean Smart will join the Seattle Brain Cancer Walk on June 26th to honor her sister Georgia Smart, who passed away in January after a battle with glioblastoma. Georgia was a resident of Seattle.

Gallery updates:

  • I added the one-sheet for Hawaii Five-0 as well as the logo to the promo materials album.
  • Many MQ Three Rivers episodic stills have been replaced by HQs, especially in the Ryan’s First Day album.
  • Also new: The Back-up Plan posters from Colombia, Greece, Turkey, Romania and a second poster from Spain.
  • More HQs have been added to the London and LA premiere albums as well as the upfront album.
  • Don’t forget to check out the magazine/newspaper scans too – recently added are Aussie articles from New Weekly and TV Week as well as various newspaper items.

I hope you all have a great week ahead!

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AOLR Weekly Wrap-Up #44

May 30, 2010 By 7 Comments

This will hardly come as a surprise, but there are lots of Hawaii Five-0 updates to share :smile: :

  • Matt Roush went through the networks’ fall lineups for Access Hollywood. “Hawaii Five-0 stands out because it’s a brand name, a classic iconic series.” View the clip on YouTube – with thanks to Deb!
  • DVR Divas also invited Matt Roush to discuss the new shows with them. You can view the video or listen to the audio; they reach H50 at 13:37. I’ve also added a transcript:

    “[Mike and Molly] is going to be hammocked in between Two and a Half Men and Hawaii Five 0 which is a slam dunk I suppose. Clips for that look explosive, they’ve poured a huge amount of money into that Hawaii Five-0, it’s sexy as hell and it isn’t just Alex O’Loughlin carrying the show, ’cause I don’t think he can carry a show by himself. You’ve got DDK, you’ve got Grace Park, you’ve got Scott Caan who stole those clips, and they all have charisma and I think they’re going to lift him as well and with Hawaii, the exotic locale and everybody looking wonderful, explosions… it almost has a more of an A-Team feel than the old Hawaii Five-0 feel. I think CBS has a definite hit in that one.”

  • EW PopWatch is casting doubt on CBS Marketing president George Schweitzer’s claim that the Hawaii Five-0 theme song “is the most enduring theme in the history of television.” Popwatch refers to a recent article in Variety about the importance of signature tunes for remakes:

    • “We’re going to treat it as a lead character of the show,” [Schweitzer] added, including a full main-title sequence (in an era when there are few left) featuring a new recording of the theme that is “as close to the iconic, classic version as possible.”

    Schweitzer believes the “Five-O” theme is not just about nostalgia but appeals to younger converts — as evidenced by the millions of hits on YouTube for multiple versions, including Brian Setzer’s live performance in Japan and various amateur renditions.

    For “Five-O,” Schweitzer said CBS’ radio network will be drafted into service, playing various versions and possibly even “marathons” of “Five-O” music, which has been recorded by many artists, including Henry Mancini and a bizarre rendition by Sammy Davis Jr.

    “We will do many things to market the show just based on the music alone,” Schweitzer said, citing online competitions, mashups and social media. “It’s part of the culture, so we want to make that culture work for modern media.”

  • From an upfront report at RBR.com:

    The clear audience favorite was the trailer from series remake, Hawaii Five-O which had some exciting action sequences. Tassler remarked, “This is not your father’s Hawaii Five O.”   Unfortunately, many of the attendees weren’t old enough to remember their father’s version of the series. Attendees were happy to learn that Daniel Dae Kim, one of the stars of ABC’s recently departed Lost, was cast in the role of Detective Chin Ho Kelly. The audience also enjoyed listening to the famous theme music. In fact, the theme music will be heavily promoted throughout the summer in advance of the series premiere.

  • Here’s a third promo posted by Deb that aired on CBS for the show – it’s only 8 seconds long, so don’t blink :wink: !
  • Brandy McDonnell at The Oklahoman posted another article on her blog about Alex, this time in relation to Hawaii Five-0. Upon being asked about taking on the role of Steve McGarrett, Alex responds:

    “Yeah, that was a big decision for me and, I mean, it was ultimately and evidently … an offer I couldn’t turn down. And I’m really glad I took it up. So yeah, you become more realistic about what it means to sign that seven-year contract and become a little more discerning. But I feel like I’ve made the right decision.”

  • According to Tim Ryan, the series will begin filming on July 15th on Oahu. It sounds like finding studio space may be a challenge for the production as ABC is still renting the Hawaii Film Studios despite the fact that Lost has long since wrapped. Tim also writes that CBS is planning a Sunset on the Beach event for the Hawaii Five-0 premiere!
  • Someone had to go and do a study of the number of tweets on Twitter for the new fall shows! I haven’t done a comparison, but am just enjoying the fact that the official CBS uploads of the Hawaii Five-0 Fall Preview video on YouTube has logged over 42,000 views. The opening credits video posted by The Collider is now at over 73,000 views. The show’s popularity has risen by 231% on IMDb.
  • From a cute article posted at NBC’s PopcornBiz:

    But the biggest change: Detective Steve McGarrett is going to have some emotional issues, darnit!

    It is 2010 after all. Men are allowed to have these things.

    The character, classically played by Jack Lord, has been given to Alex O’Loughlin and he will have his own way of dealing with some Oprah-esque issues — like a tattered relationship with his sister played by Taryn Manning.

    “My character was written in humanize (McGarrett),” Manning tells PopcornBiz. “I play his younger sister and she’s kind of upset at the world and wants to get closer to her brother.”

    Scarily, we are talking about emotional closeness. On a cop show.

  • According to the Futon Critic, however, Mary Ann McGarrett didn’t make the final cut of the pilot episode (although she could of course still be appearing in a later episode). The Futon Critic posted a first-look review in which they try hard to find fault with the pilot, but can’t quite seem to succeed!
  • For another interview with Taryn Manning, check out this video on YouTube.

The Back-up Plan updates:

  • A “new” interview with Alex and Jennifer at the press junket by ViewCave.
  • From a lovely review by the Express Advocate in Oz:

    The chemistry with Australian actor, Alex O’Loughlin (The Oyster Farmer), is palpable, with scenes that many will relate to.

    The women in the audience at the screening seemed to agree, regularly gasping in delight.

    :giggle:

    What surprised me the most was the range of emotions The Back-up Plan covered, and all with plenty of verve.

    If you are looking for a romantic escapade into the world of pregnancy dilemmas, this is your movie.

  • Another review worth a read posted by The Reel Reviewer:

    The following predictability is the one I depend on with every ticket I buy for a romantic comedy … the ever necessary good-looking guy. His smile lights up the screen and you can grate cheese on his abs, which are displayed often. And no complaints here. However, this sort of newcomer, Alex O’Loughlin, really carried the role well. He proved to have good comic timing and likable expressions that gave me the ability to read him easily and consistently.

    The Reel Reviewer considers “The Back-Up Plan” a good plan A for a predictable romantic comedy.

Three Rivers updates:

  • Daemon’s TV have posted some stills from episode 10, Every Breath You Take of Alex as Andy Yablonski.
  • If you don’t mind a major spoiler, check out the closing scene of episode 9 A Roll of the Dice on YouTube – with thanks to Labormieze!
  • I was hoping we would have some clarification by now about the Win-Loss episode CBS is airing on June 5th. I hear it’s supposed to be the unaired pilot (the title certainly sounds familiar), but it’s puzzling because the entertainment release issued by CBS is clearly that of the first episode, i.e. Place of Life. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens!

Other items:

  • Check out the CW’s promo for Moonlight on YouTube! The show premieres this Thursday at 9/8c.
  • The SyFy channel is doing another Moonlight marathon on Thursday as well, showing all 16 episodes, starting at 8 AM and finishing at 4 AM on Friday.
  • Sabine Atkins has been invited to attend the Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival including the cocktail party on June 11th. Of course all Donate Life Hollywood Person of the Year nominees have been invited as well, including Alex O’Loughlin. There is no guarantee that he will be present; however, if he does attend, Sabine may get the opportunity to interview him briefly. To this purpose, she is inviting fans to submit questions for Alex, preferably pertaining to his work as an ambassador for Donate Life. You are welcome to email your questions to questions@alexoloughlinfansfordonatelife.com no later than June 9th. Thanks, Sabine – we’ll keep our fingers crossed for you!

Gallery updates:

  • If everything in the print publications album appears to have been updated, that’s because I had to set it up again after accidentally deleting it.  :wacko: Worth checking out are the hi-res scans from the Aussie OK! and another version of the Joanne Hawkins interview with Alex, this time in The Sunday Mail (Brisbane).
  • I’ve also added 27 more HQs of Alex at the LA premiere, an album with pictures from the premiere after party and HQs of Alex and Jason Dohring at the New York Comic Con in April 2008.

That’s all for now – I hope you have a great week!

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Reminder: Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival & Person of the Year Awards

May 26, 2010 By 5 Comments

[Updated 01-June-10]: Alex O’Loughlin has confirmed his attendance at the cocktail party on June 11th – please continue to vote for him!

Please remember to vote for Alex O’Loughlin as Donate Life Hollywood’s Person of the Year before June 6th!

Alex is one of five nominees who are eligible for the award thanks to their efforts in inspiring people to register as organ and tissue donors.

The Person of the Year will be announced on Friday, June 11th at a VIP cocktail party at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills.

*** Vote for Alex! ***

The cocktail party also marks the kickoff of Donate Life Hollywood’s Film Festival, an annual event that celebrates the entertainment industry’s accurate and inspiring organ and tissue donation storylines while showcasing real-life dramatic and entertaining stories of donation and transplantation.

The day-time film festival activities at the Paley Center on Saturday, June 12th include panels and screenings and are open to industry professionals, film students, the organ donation community, medical professionals and the general public.

With the event, the organizers aim to:

  • Share real-life stories to help inspire writers
  • Encourage writers to deepen their knowledge via panel discussions
  • Offer writers, producers and network executives opportunities to connect
  • Inspire transplant surgeons and entertainment leaders to stimulate the industry to handle organ donation storylines with more consideration

On Saturday evening, the annual by invitation only Donate Life Hollywood Inspire Awards dinner and ceremony will take place. The Inspire Awards honor television episodes featuring organ donation and transplant storylines that entertain, enlighten and inspire audiences.

For more information, visit http://www.donatelifehollywood.org/filmfestival.html!

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Vote for Alex O’Loughlin as Donate Life Hollywood’s Person of the Year!

May 15, 2010 By 6 Comments

Donate Life Hollywood has opened the voting for their “Person of the Year” award and Alex O’Loughlin is one of five nominees! The Person of the Year is an individual who has worked closely with the national Donate Life campaign to inspire Americans to register as organ and tissue donors. In addition to Alex, All-4-One, Les Moonves, Chris Klug and Alex Band make up this year’s group of nominees.

Alex became closely involved with the Donate Life community when he joined the cast of CBS’s 2009 medical drama Three Rivers. In addition to becoming a trained Donate Life Hollywood ambassador, he also wore his Donate Life pin and wrist band in episodes of the show as well as during public events and various television appearances. Always willing to do what he can, Alex also filmed a CBS Cares public service announcement to encourage Americans to register as donors and recorded a video greeting for an international organ donation conference in Berlin in October 2009.

Voting is open until June 6th and the Person of the Year will be announced on June 11th at a cocktail party to be held in Beverly Hills at the Paley Center.

To access the survey and log your vote, please click on the link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5926Z2M

Thanks to Alex O’Loughlin Fans for Donate Life for the heads up!

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