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Gellar & Whedon: Together Again At Paley’s BUFFY Reunion!!
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Sarah Michelle Gellar will join “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” mastermind Joss Whedon and many of her co-stars at the March 20 “Buffy” Paley Fest reunion in Los Angeles.
This may or may not mark the first time Whedon and Gellar have been in the same room together since “Buffy” wrapped production five years ago.
Others scheduled for the reunion include Amber Benson, Nicolas Brendan, Emma Caulfield, Eliza Dushku, Seth Green, James Marsters and Michelle Trachtenberg.
Additional panelists will be announced at a later date, so we needn’t yet write off Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head or David Boreanaz.
The complete Paley line-up, released today, does not list Gellar, but Paley organizers have just written to assure me she is now aboard:
The Paley Center for Media Announces
Twenty-Fifth Annual William S. Paley Television Festival
March 14 to 27, 2008, at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood
Festival to Include: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reunion , 40th Anniversary Celebration of Elvis’ ’68 Comeback Special, and an Evening with Judd Apatow & Friends
First Ever PaleyFest New Series Premiere: Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union with Tracey Ullman in person
The Casts and Creators of Chuck, Damages, Dancing with the Stars, Dirty Sexy Money, Friday Night Lights, Gossip Girl, Mad Men, and Pushing Daisies
Los Angeles, CA— The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) will present the twenty-fifth annual William S. Paley Television Festival (PaleyFest08) from March 14 to 27, 2008 at its new festival location at the historic Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood . Named for William S. Paley, founder of both the Paley Center and CBS, the annual television festival has celebrated television’s rich and diverse programming and the creative process behind the medium for the last twenty-five years. During each evening, the audience views episodes or highlights of the featured work and has the opportunity to ask questions of the cast and creative team or the individual involved in its production. For the first time in its twenty-five year history, PaleyFest08 will present the world premiere of a new television series – Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, with special guest Tracey Ullman, on March 26 just days before its broadcast premiere on March 30, 2008.
“The Paley Festival has become a pop culture phenomenon in Los Angeles, offering TV fans a unique way to connect with the casts and crews of their favorite series as well as the opportunity to celebrate media icons and innovators,” said Pat Mitchell, the president and chief executive officer of The Paley Center for Media. “For twenty-five years, we have celebrated the best of television with the creative teams who make the breakthrough programs, and this interaction between creative community and media enthusiasts has made this annual festival a 'Must Be There' event.”
Since the first Festival in 1984, the Paley Center has honored nearly three hundred programs, including 24, Alias, American Idol, Battlestar Galactica, Cheers, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, The Family Guy, Friends, Grey’s Anatomy, The Golden Girls, Gunsmoke, House, The Honeymooners, Laugh-In, Lost, M*A*S*H, My Name Is Earl, The O.C., The Office, Roots, Route 66, Sábado Gigante, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Six Feet Under, South Park, thirtysomething, Ugly Betty, The Untouchables, The West Wing, and The X-Files, along with such personalities as Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, John Frank enheimer, Jim Henson, Bob Hope, Angela Lansbury, Jack Lemmon, Mary Martin, Carl Reiner, Gene Roddenberry, Garry Shandling, Flip Wilson, Jonathan Winters, and many others. PaleyFest panels are recorded and are available for viewing at the Paley Center in New York and Los Angeles .
The PaleyFest08 schedule is as follows—please note that events/participants are subject to change:
Elvis ’68
Comeback Special 40th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Priscilla Presley, Steve Binder (Producer/Director), and Bones Howe (Producer). Additional panelists to be announced.
Pushing Daisies
Saturday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Kristin Chenoweth (“Olive Snook”), Bruce Cohen (Executive Producer), Bryan Fuller (Creator/ Executive Producer), Dan Jinks (Executive Producer), Swoosie Kurtz (“Lily Charles”), Peter Ocko (CoExecutive Producer), Lee Pace (“Ned”), and Barry Sonnenfeld (Director/ Executive Producer). Additional panelists to be announced.
The Comedy World of Judd Apatow and Friends
Monday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Judd Apatow with special guests, personally selected by Mr. Apatow, from his television and feature film projects.
Chuck
Tuesday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Adam Baldwin (“John Casey”), Chris Fedak (Executive Producer), Joshua Gomez (“Morgan Grimes”), Scott Krinsky (“Jeff”), Sarah Lancaster (“Ellie Bartowski”), Mark Christopher Lawrence (“Big Mike”), Zachary Levi (“Chuck Bartowski”), Julie Ling (“Anna”), McG (Executive Producer), Ryan McPartlin (“Captain Awesome”), Vik Sahay (“Lester”), Josh Schwartz (Executive Producer), and Yvonne Strahovski (“Sarah Walker”).
Friday Night Lights
Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Zach Gilford (“Matt Saracen”), Jason Katims (Executive Producer), Jesse Plemons ("Landry Clarke"), Jeffrey Reiner (Executive Producer), and Aimee Teegarden ("Julie Taylor"). Additional panelists to be announced.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reunion
Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Amber Benson (“Tara Maclay”), Nicolas Brendan (“Xander Harris”), Emma Caulfield (“Anya”), Eliza Dushku (“Faith”), Seth Green (“Oz”), James Marsters (“Spike”), Michelle Trachtenberg (“Dawn Summers”), Joss Whedon (Creator). Additional panelists to be announced.
Dancing with the Stars
Friday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Tom Bergeron (CoHost) and Samantha Harris (CoHost). Additional panelists to be announced.
Gossip Girl
Saturday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Penn Badgley (“Dan Humphrey”), Chace Crawford (“Nate Archibald”), Amy Kaufman (Producer), Bob Levy (Executive Producer), Blake Lively (“Serena van der Woodsen”), Leighton Meester (“Blair Waldorf”), Taylor Momsen (“Jenny Humphrey”), Kelly Rutherford (“Lily van der Woodsen”), Stephanie Savage (Executive Producer), Josh Schwartz (Executive Producer), Matthew Settle (“Rufus Humphrey”), Jessica Szhor (“Vanessa Abrams”), Ed Westwick (“Chuck Bass”), and Cecily von Ziegesar (Author). Additional panelists to be announced.
Damages
Monday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Noah Bean (“David Connor”), Rose Byrne (“Ellen Parsons”), Glenn Close (“Patty Hewes”), Ted Danson (“Arthur Frobisher”), Tate Donovan (“Tom Shayes”), Anastasia Griffith (“Katie Connor”), Željko Ivanek (“Ray Fiske”), Glenn Kessler (CoCreator/Executive Producer/Writer), Todd A. Kessler (CoCreator/Executive Producer/Writer), and Daniel Zelman (CoCreator/Executive Producer/Writer).
Dirty Sexy Money
Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Greg Berlanti (Executive Producer) and Craig Wright (Executive Producer) with the cast and the creative team of Dirty Sexy Money.
PaleyFest08 Series Premiere:
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union
Wednesday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Troy Miller (Executive Producer/Director), Gail Parent (Executive Producer), Tracey Ullman (Creator), and Bruce Wagner (Executive Producer).
Mad Men
Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Matthew Weiner (Creator/Executive Producer) and the cast of Mad Men.
TICKETS
PaleyFest08 Premium ticket packages will go on presale Monday, February 4 through Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Individual tickets will go on sale to Paley Center Members on Thursday, February 7, 2008. Individual tickets will become available to the general public beginning the following Sunday, February 10, 2008. For Paley Center Members, ticket prices are $50 and $35 per event. For the general public, tickets are $60 and $45 per event.
PaleyFest08 Premium ticket packages presale window from Monday, February 4 at 9:00 a.m. PT through Wednesday, February 6 at 5:00 p.m. PT via TicketWeb at www.ticketweb.com or call TicketWeb toll-free at (866) 468-3399 (service charges apply).
Individual tickets can be purchased by Internet or telephone (service charges apply) via TicketWeb at www.ticketweb.com or call TicketWeb toll-free at (866) 468-3399 beginning at 9:00 a.m. PT on February 7 for Paley Center Members and at 9:00 a.m. PT on February 10 for the general public.
Tickets for all events are also available on Festival evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood at 6360 Sunset Boulevard (near the corner of Vine Street ).
If you are not already an Paley Center Member and would like to qualify for the Member discount, you may purchase Memberships when buying PaleyFest08 tickets via TicketWeb (service charges apply to phone and Internet sales) only from January 25 through the end of Festival.
Please note: There is a four-ticket limit per person, per event. For sold-out evenings, tickets may become available at the Cinerama Dome box office at show time. There are no refunds or exchanges. There are no on-site tickets sales at the Paley Center . Events and participants are subject to change.
FESTIVAL HOTLINE
Information about PaleyFest08 is available through the recorded Festival hotline: 310.786.1010 as well as at www.paleycenter.org.
SPECIAL THANKS
Bank of America is a Signature Sponsor of the twenty-fifth annual William S. Paley Television Festival. The Paley Center also thanks its Platinum Media Partner, the Los Angeles Times, and its Travel Partner, American Airlines, for their generous support of this year’s PaleyFest08.
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Twenty-Fifth Annual William S. Paley Television Festival
March 14 to 27, 2008, at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood
Festival to Include: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reunion , 40th Anniversary Celebration of Elvis’ ’68 Comeback Special, and an Evening with Judd Apatow & Friends
First Ever PaleyFest New Series Premiere: Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union with Tracey Ullman in person
The Casts and Creators of Chuck, Damages, Dancing with the Stars, Dirty Sexy Money, Friday Night Lights, Gossip Girl, Mad Men, and Pushing Daisies
Los Angeles, CA— The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) will present the twenty-fifth annual William S. Paley Television Festival (PaleyFest08) from March 14 to 27, 2008 at its new festival location at the historic Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood . Named for William S. Paley, founder of both the Paley Center and CBS, the annual television festival has celebrated television’s rich and diverse programming and the creative process behind the medium for the last twenty-five years. During each evening, the audience views episodes or highlights of the featured work and has the opportunity to ask questions of the cast and creative team or the individual involved in its production. For the first time in its twenty-five year history, PaleyFest08 will present the world premiere of a new television series – Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, with special guest Tracey Ullman, on March 26 just days before its broadcast premiere on March 30, 2008.
“The Paley Festival has become a pop culture phenomenon in Los Angeles, offering TV fans a unique way to connect with the casts and crews of their favorite series as well as the opportunity to celebrate media icons and innovators,” said Pat Mitchell, the president and chief executive officer of The Paley Center for Media. “For twenty-five years, we have celebrated the best of television with the creative teams who make the breakthrough programs, and this interaction between creative community and media enthusiasts has made this annual festival a 'Must Be There' event.”
Since the first Festival in 1984, the Paley Center has honored nearly three hundred programs, including 24, Alias, American Idol, Battlestar Galactica, Cheers, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, The Family Guy, Friends, Grey’s Anatomy, The Golden Girls, Gunsmoke, House, The Honeymooners, Laugh-In, Lost, M*A*S*H, My Name Is Earl, The O.C., The Office, Roots, Route 66, Sábado Gigante, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Six Feet Under, South Park, thirtysomething, Ugly Betty, The Untouchables, The West Wing, and The X-Files, along with such personalities as Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, John Frank enheimer, Jim Henson, Bob Hope, Angela Lansbury, Jack Lemmon, Mary Martin, Carl Reiner, Gene Roddenberry, Garry Shandling, Flip Wilson, Jonathan Winters, and many others. PaleyFest panels are recorded and are available for viewing at the Paley Center in New York and Los Angeles .
The PaleyFest08 schedule is as follows—please note that events/participants are subject to change:
Elvis ’68
Comeback Special 40th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Priscilla Presley, Steve Binder (Producer/Director), and Bones Howe (Producer). Additional panelists to be announced.
Pushing Daisies
Saturday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Kristin Chenoweth (“Olive Snook”), Bruce Cohen (Executive Producer), Bryan Fuller (Creator/ Executive Producer), Dan Jinks (Executive Producer), Swoosie Kurtz (“Lily Charles”), Peter Ocko (CoExecutive Producer), Lee Pace (“Ned”), and Barry Sonnenfeld (Director/ Executive Producer). Additional panelists to be announced.
The Comedy World of Judd Apatow and Friends
Monday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Judd Apatow with special guests, personally selected by Mr. Apatow, from his television and feature film projects.
Chuck
Tuesday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Adam Baldwin (“John Casey”), Chris Fedak (Executive Producer), Joshua Gomez (“Morgan Grimes”), Scott Krinsky (“Jeff”), Sarah Lancaster (“Ellie Bartowski”), Mark Christopher Lawrence (“Big Mike”), Zachary Levi (“Chuck Bartowski”), Julie Ling (“Anna”), McG (Executive Producer), Ryan McPartlin (“Captain Awesome”), Vik Sahay (“Lester”), Josh Schwartz (Executive Producer), and Yvonne Strahovski (“Sarah Walker”).
Friday Night Lights
Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Zach Gilford (“Matt Saracen”), Jason Katims (Executive Producer), Jesse Plemons ("Landry Clarke"), Jeffrey Reiner (Executive Producer), and Aimee Teegarden ("Julie Taylor"). Additional panelists to be announced.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reunion
Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Amber Benson (“Tara Maclay”), Nicolas Brendan (“Xander Harris”), Emma Caulfield (“Anya”), Eliza Dushku (“Faith”), Seth Green (“Oz”), James Marsters (“Spike”), Michelle Trachtenberg (“Dawn Summers”), Joss Whedon (Creator). Additional panelists to be announced.
Dancing with the Stars
Friday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Tom Bergeron (CoHost) and Samantha Harris (CoHost). Additional panelists to be announced.
Gossip Girl
Saturday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Penn Badgley (“Dan Humphrey”), Chace Crawford (“Nate Archibald”), Amy Kaufman (Producer), Bob Levy (Executive Producer), Blake Lively (“Serena van der Woodsen”), Leighton Meester (“Blair Waldorf”), Taylor Momsen (“Jenny Humphrey”), Kelly Rutherford (“Lily van der Woodsen”), Stephanie Savage (Executive Producer), Josh Schwartz (Executive Producer), Matthew Settle (“Rufus Humphrey”), Jessica Szhor (“Vanessa Abrams”), Ed Westwick (“Chuck Bass”), and Cecily von Ziegesar (Author). Additional panelists to be announced.
Damages
Monday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Noah Bean (“David Connor”), Rose Byrne (“Ellen Parsons”), Glenn Close (“Patty Hewes”), Ted Danson (“Arthur Frobisher”), Tate Donovan (“Tom Shayes”), Anastasia Griffith (“Katie Connor”), Željko Ivanek (“Ray Fiske”), Glenn Kessler (CoCreator/Executive Producer/Writer), Todd A. Kessler (CoCreator/Executive Producer/Writer), and Daniel Zelman (CoCreator/Executive Producer/Writer).
Dirty Sexy Money
Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Greg Berlanti (Executive Producer) and Craig Wright (Executive Producer) with the cast and the creative team of Dirty Sexy Money.
PaleyFest08 Series Premiere:
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union
Wednesday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Troy Miller (Executive Producer/Director), Gail Parent (Executive Producer), Tracey Ullman (Creator), and Bruce Wagner (Executive Producer).
Mad Men
Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 p.m.
In Person: Matthew Weiner (Creator/Executive Producer) and the cast of Mad Men.
TICKETS
PaleyFest08 Premium ticket packages will go on presale Monday, February 4 through Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Individual tickets will go on sale to Paley Center Members on Thursday, February 7, 2008. Individual tickets will become available to the general public beginning the following Sunday, February 10, 2008. For Paley Center Members, ticket prices are $50 and $35 per event. For the general public, tickets are $60 and $45 per event.
PaleyFest08 Premium ticket packages presale window from Monday, February 4 at 9:00 a.m. PT through Wednesday, February 6 at 5:00 p.m. PT via TicketWeb at www.ticketweb.com or call TicketWeb toll-free at (866) 468-3399 (service charges apply).
Individual tickets can be purchased by Internet or telephone (service charges apply) via TicketWeb at www.ticketweb.com or call TicketWeb toll-free at (866) 468-3399 beginning at 9:00 a.m. PT on February 7 for Paley Center Members and at 9:00 a.m. PT on February 10 for the general public.
Tickets for all events are also available on Festival evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood at 6360 Sunset Boulevard (near the corner of Vine Street ).
If you are not already an Paley Center Member and would like to qualify for the Member discount, you may purchase Memberships when buying PaleyFest08 tickets via TicketWeb (service charges apply to phone and Internet sales) only from January 25 through the end of Festival.
Please note: There is a four-ticket limit per person, per event. For sold-out evenings, tickets may become available at the Cinerama Dome box office at show time. There are no refunds or exchanges. There are no on-site tickets sales at the Paley Center . Events and participants are subject to change.
FESTIVAL HOTLINE
Information about PaleyFest08 is available through the recorded Festival hotline: 310.786.1010 as well as at www.paleycenter.org.
SPECIAL THANKS
Bank of America is a Signature Sponsor of the twenty-fifth annual William S. Paley Television Festival. The Paley Center also thanks its Platinum Media Partner, the Los Angeles Times, and its Travel Partner, American Airlines, for their generous support of this year’s PaleyFest08.
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What a twist!
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any chance they'll ever film more buffy?
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I really wish I was financially able to go there and witness such greatness. I'd give anything just to shake Joss Whedon's hand.
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It's just him announced so far, but since it's "The Comedy World of Judd Apatow and Friends", will we see anybody from Forgetting Sarah Marshall there? As in, you know, *her*? ;D Video, please of that one. It doesn't even have to be high-def.
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lets just hope that SOMETHING good comes of this reunion.
we don't really need the show to come back on the air but we'd love to get a film or at least some character tv movies out of this. keep your fingers crossed, some of these people don't despise the show/man that made them stars and some of them seem like they could use the work. -
Brendan showed up on Criminal Minds as a tech-geek type. It was done in such a way that he could become a recurring character, but who knows.
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...which had a GREAT cast and was very funny, but like most FOX shows was axed before it had a chance. Pick up the DVD set.
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throws herself in front of bus.
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i heart buffy.
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Man, I always loved that poster and get a little verklempt just seeing it...wish I could have been there. Are you going to the reunion event, Herc?†
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As big of a Buffy fan as I've always been, I still don't quite get what the deal is between SMG and Whedon and why she seems to have a hate-on for Buffy. I think there was something about sex scenes with Spike, but what's the bigger story?
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And it fucking ROCKED.
This event would be, while maybe not as laid back as the Buffy Bash, the sweetest Jossfan happening in years.
I will try my very hardest, utmost, whatever, to be there. To partake in what may be an historic evening in BtVS fandom. To be present would be... a gift.
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as far as i understand, SMG doesn't get along with him anymore and she seems to think that her career was hurt by the show. as if she had an acting career before the show? ...and david boreanaz had said after angel's run that he was tired of the character and ready to try something new. i don't think he despises whedon, but i'm pretty sure SMG does. i really hope i'm wrong though... i'd love to see them both back in those roles somehow.
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Well, as for the supposed Buffy hate-on I just mentioned, it seems that SMG has recently said that while she doesn't really think a movie would work, she'd probably be there if there was a really good script and she thought the audience would like it.
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That's what I always heard was the end to their professional relationship. Everyone's heard the gossipy rumors, but it seems that they both still hold each other in high regard, they were just very, very tired.
And no way does SMG think BtVS ruined her career. She was/is iconic as Buffy. She will always have that. I can see how that could be a detriment in certain circles, but I can also see how she would be hella proud. I would be. -
that people complained about Buffy and Spike's relationship because Spike tried to rape her. I can understand if these were supposed to be two normal people, but the whole point of that rape scene was to show that Spike was a monster because he didn't have a soul, and thus Buffy could never be with him. Once he got his soul back, he was no longer inherently evil, and was literally a different person (if still kind of a dick). (I bring this up because someone mentioned that SMG didn't like the Buffy/Spike relationship, and I remembered that that always bugged me, lol. Carry on.)
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...but she's still going to be there? The only reason I can think that she would is because her film career isn't going as planned and she's hedging her bets by falling back on past glory. She certainly never gave a rat's ass about the show when it was actually on the air. Still, it would be interesting to see her and Whedon do the fake "after YOU my dear Alphonse" number. As for Hannigan and Boreanaz showing up -- if they get on the same stage as SMG it will probably signal the apocalypse.
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They've added her name to the line-up. I'm sure this will sell-out faster than Hannah Montana, which is why people are begging the organizers to make a DVD of this.
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Why is that? I mean the Hannigan / Boreanaz, Gellar comment. I don't follow all the gossip, I just love the shows. Was there a rift involving the three of them or are they just the ones "too busy" to do such "slumming" as returning to the BtVS fold?
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I live 5 blocks from there. Saw the Heros pannel last year. Simpsons too.
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I remember reading that SMG wanted the show to end after the series left The WB. I read she was constantly complaining about the scripts and wanted more input with the character of Buffy. I also read she was very unhappy doing the musical episode (Once more with Feeling) because she never participated in the sing-a-longs at Joss' house like the rest of the cast did.
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Remember the Robot Chicken episode when she and Seth Green did the send up of Buffy and SMG says smugly "And that's how the last Season of Buffy would have been...."
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she didn't even attend the wrap party of her own show. That's bitchy
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Watch videos of past the Paley Center events. The tapes of these events are part of the Paley Center's collection. (To see the entire video of an excerpted event, come to the Paley Center in New York or Los Angeles, where you can access the program through the Library.)
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But no Alyson Hannigan? At least not yet? Even Amber Benson is going to be there & she refused to return to the show after her character Tara was killed. She said something like she didn't want to return as a ghost (which was actually a manifestation of the First) because the way the character was written- she felt it would disrespect the relationship between Willow & Tara.
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I'd happily shell out the money to hang out with Whedon and the supporting cast who all seem like real people in intervews. Fuck pompous Gellar and Boreanaz though, they are both dead to me.
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Yeah don't really like Gossip Girl, but its ok to watch with the sound down. Taylor Momsen - what a young goddess, think I am going to hell
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Ever see her on a talk show? She has a couple of cute well rehearsed stories to tell. She laughs in all the right places and reveals nothing about herself or what she thinks about anything. A talk show is just another acting gig. She never hangs with fellow castmates. She doesn't talk about past roles like Buffy. She doesn't go to fan conventions. She is above it all. She is very unapproachable. She is more human on screen. If she lowers herself to appear at some place like Comic-Con, it will be to promote a new movie not for a Buffy discussion. There has to be something in it for her. She won't do it just to hang with (or give back something to) fans. I love her as an actress and give her all the kudos in the world for her work on Buffy. I don't think anyone could have done it better. But as a human being, she's a cold fish.
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When Buffy was on the Wb it was essentially her show. When it was picked up by the UP network for an additional two seasons it was considered to much more of an ensemble. People make a big deal about actors etc not getting along but really how many people with whom you work do you pal around with?
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They can assure you all they like.
If she's not officially listed, she ain't coming.
Face it. She hates the show that made her a household name. Maybe when she's old and used up like a burlap sack, she'll find some grudging acceptance for the residual cheques it keeps bringing in. Like Shatner but with some hair and a singing voice. -
I would tend to agree. The last thing I would ever want to do is hang with anyone I work with. 8 hours a day is enough. I think most people are the same, they have family, friends and a life. Work is work.
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HAHAHAHA TO ALL YOU PRICKS FROM THE OTHER BOARD HATING ON HER. YOU SACKS OF SHIT
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to be fair, i don't think being the lead in a show like Buffy is an 8 hour gig. i think that when a show like that is being shot, it's probably more like 16 hours a day most days a week. of course, there are the extended breaks when the show isn't in production, but i don't think an office job is the right comparator.
As i understand it, entirely through rumour and the internet, the tension between SMG and Whedon/the rest of the cast was that she was very focused on her work and career and less so with the being friends with everyone on the set. which was apparently summed up in the way that she announced she was quitting the show to a magazine first rather than tell her fellow cast members. and also how she didn't attend the wrap party for the final ep.
my guess is that, despite all this alleged bad blood or whatever, SMG and Whedon will be all happy and smiles when they appear on the panel together. i don't think she'd attend just to be a bitch to everyone and Whedon doesn't strike me as the kind of guy to hold a grudge. -
she married that man-bimbo Freddie Prinze Jr. she is so fucking stupid to hate on the Buffy world. she has here and there roles and well, she is def. going to fade to black very soon.
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Really? That must be why after starring in an awesome TV show as a strong, intelligent female she is continuously type cast in crap movies as a ditzy 15 year old girl. I mean, her movie career has been one terrible choice after another and it has nothing to do with Buffy. I mean, maybe if she was in movies where she was a vampire/demon hunter I could see that. But instead she has made terrible "Romantic comedies" and some pseudo horror schlock which most people had seen 10 years earlier when the original Japanese version came out. Maybe the movie version of Alice will turn things around for her. I think she's a great actor, but her movie choices have been pretty brutal. As for Boreanaz? Hell, the guy played the same character for 8 years straight. Of course he was tired of it. Actors like having a steady job but they get into the business to try different parts. Being one character for 8 years would exhaust anyone. What I hope for is that this will encourage Whedon to get off his ass and make a new TV show. It's the form he's easily the best at. I still hate what he did with Firefly when he moved it to the big screen. Reminded me of Galaxy Quest only without the sense of irony. Make a new TV show, or ANY sort, and put SMG in it.
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Joss is doing a TV new show called Dollhouse starring Eliza (Faith). He got a sweet contract too, so Evil (Fox) can't cancel it after three episodes. Herc had a story up just before the strike.ˇ
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My comparison still stands. If 8 hours a day is more than enough to be around someone's co-workers imagine the extended hours of a 1 hour action show. Being the lead in a 1 hour action series is the toughest gig there is in the business.
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15 year old girl movies? WTF?
She's had plenty of roles in different movies since Buffy and a lot in the works now. She can do whatever the hell she wants, not what people want or thinks she should do. She did a couple of horror flicks, the Scoobies, and some romantic stuff. Sure it would be cool to see a Buffy\Angel movie but I don't blame SMG or anyone else for not wanting to come back and the same character they played for so long. Both shows had good runs, not as long as they should have but they both went out in style I thought and the new comics are cool too. The reunion thing would be cool to see. SMG rules.. -
All the stuff I've ever heard was that it was a mutual agreement between SMG and Whedon for the show to end. Yeah it sucked that it went away but if they did it any longer it would have gotten stale. I guess they could have gone on without her and called it Buffy's family, that would have been lame though. And Buffy wasn't a boring character, she was great, as were the others on the show.
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from the Mad Men and Chuck panels. But I guess that would be an Angel reunion. Maybe Alyson's too busy hanging out with the Apatow crowd? And Tony Head is actually working, but in the UK. Where's our Watcher show? God, I would give my Mr. Pointy to be at Paley.
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She doesn`t seem to be beating back the casting people at the moment. Anyone think the rest have fell out with her?
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when Buffy finished. She hasn't done anything good since. She does come across a prima donna. Charisma Carpenter and Eliza Dushku were way hotter anyway.
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This, the possibility of an Arrested Development movie and the Marjane Satrapi interview? it's been a great week this far
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I was on Astor Place coming from school and I ran right into her. She smiled at me and I smiled back. But I didn't OD and yell BUFFY! She then asked if I knew where Barnes and Nobel was. When I told her she thanked me and went on her way. She was really sweet. I always liked Gellar but I heard she was a bitch. So meeting her erased that for me. Also I agree, I can't stand to be around my coworkers after work as well. So imagine working 14 hour days where u are in almost every fucking scene. I would need downtime too. A real bitch would pull a Milano and tried to get people fired.
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She's talented, but she really needs to go back to TV. I read on Eonline that Gellar was shopping around for a TV project, but the strike put a stop to that for now. She needs a Lost or a Grey's Anatomy right about now. I'm sure any showrunner would love to have her on board.
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yeah i never saw her on the extras on the buffy ( she was in the once more with feeling extra) dvd, maybe just maybe she has a fucking life!. working 14 + hours a day for 8 moths per year for 7 years is bound to drive people insane. she doesnt do the whole hollywood thing. maybe just maybe she doesnt wnat to. Its not inconcievable. what do you wnat from her exactly? just because she's not pimping herself out on every tabloid and tmz video you call her bitch? grow up motherfuckers. she's an actress, not a publicity hungry whore. she keeps herself to herself and away from that whole hollywood crapfest.
maybe just maybe she will turn up, its would be nice for the whole team to be there together one more time. appreaciate the show.. appreciate the actress, but dont slag her off cause shes not ending in in a rehab clinc -
...it was her film career.
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yeah, i was actually agreeing with your overall point, sorry if it seemed like i didn't.
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Seem to bear out some of the things said here. She's said a couple of times in interviews that unlike the rest of them (who formed long-lasting frienships), Gellar preferred to keep relationships with the cast and crew on a strictly professional basis, and that while she didn't know exactly why, she respected Gellar's decision because no matter what she was always a dedicated professional on set.
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Doing a Buffy movie would actually do SMG's career a great service. Southland Tales and The Return wasn't helpin' anybody.
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Which is of course a story is that in the begining SMG and Joss were very close, father and daughter type of close. Then when Joss went off to start "Angel" and put Marti Noxon in charge of the show, SMG was not happy. Seems she was not at all thrilled with Season Six as it's suckiness nearly destroyed the show (musical number aside). She came backj for 7 knowing it would be the last; but told no one until mid-way when she told Joss and he agreed. Not telling anyone it was over till mid season upset Alyson who thought it was 'low' to inform folks they were gonna be unemployed over the holidays... and so forth a such and such but, anyway... who really knows, right? Unless you were there, it's all Hollywood BS.
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was guaranteed to be a 5 minute on-stage lesbitastic encounter between SMG and Michelle Trachtenberg. Yummy.
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After going over a number of interviews and articles, I think the story goes like this: SMG and Joss were very close who, by season 4, often consulted with each other over story direction. She was upset when the show moved to UPN and Joss to other projects (Angel \ Firefly) but he assured her everything was going to be fine. It was at first but as time went on, she became frustrated with the scripts and believed many of them had Buffy doing things that she believed Buffy wouldn't do. She took her beliefs to the writers but despite what they said, she saw little change. She then went to Joss directly who agreed with her and informed the writers that the only one who knew Buffy better than himself was SMG. She finally saw some results in the final scripts. It is said it was around this time that both realized the show could only work if each made 100% commitment and since both wanted other projects, the decision came to end Buffy.
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I do think Alyson Hannigan will attend since she and her husband Alexis Denisoff are the godparents to Joss Whedon's son. At least I hope she attends. I do see Alexis at a local coffee shop every now & then (some friends have seen Alyson but I haven't).
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You are sounding just like that You Tube guy who did the "Leave Brittany Alone" rant. What was his name, Chris Crocker, I think. I think you can have a life apart from show biz. But you don't have to wear your big old smiling and frowning theater masks ALL the time. You can be yourself once in awhile in public. Take the mask off. If you're not going to reveal anything of yourself, why bother to appear in public at all. Acting is not like your average office job. These are people you cry with, scream at, get naked with, lots of things that I don't do at my office. I would think that would be a bonding experience. Although I don't hang out with everyone I ever worked with I have a few life long friendships that started at the workplace. SMG and Freddie are like Ken and Barbie living in the Malibu beach house. Pretty to look at but not much upstairs.
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I think anyone who is a fan has heard about the season six muck up. There is the jealousy angle, because Willow was getting some prime time, and there is also Buffy going OOC (out of character). And in the series she did go OOC in season six - doublemeat palace, screwing Spike - but Joss wanted to take her in that rutterless course and Sarah wanted the Hero. Can't blame her really but I think that is why we got the over the top Buffy speeches in season seven: He was trying to placate her OR! he was rubbing her nose in it (I think the latter, as we actually had Andrew with a video camera blah, blah, blah, buffycakes over a speechy talk in the kitchen).
However!! I just finished watching season five not ten minutes ago, and by gum, if that season doesn't keep growing on me as time passes. In the past, seasons two, three and four were almost constantly interchangable - Angel, Faith, Drucilla, Spike - but season five is has past two and is gaining ground on four.
The inculsion of baby sister Dawn, in what should have been a cliche to rival the worst Growing Pains episode, became tender and caring (mostly on SMG selling of the character). Spike's inner and outer juxtaposition on Villian v. Hero became a story that rivaled poetry. And while Clair Kramer gave us a great vapid God, Joel Grey was the evil star (shallow cuts; shallow cuts.)
I am amazed that something such as this has been off the air for FIVE YEARS - seven, if you count S5 - and can still be thrilling and seemilingly so original. It was like it was lightening in a bottle. U -
Seriously, what the fuck?ô
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The guy acts as if he fucking hated Buffy/Angel. When he was on talk shows promoting "Bones", people would mention "Angel", and he would laugh as if it was some childish thing, and act compeltely above it. It really put me off him, as if it were not for Whedon's show, the guy wouldn't have a career now, and he of all people should realize that although the shows may have had "embarassing" concepts, they told some unbelievable stories. He can't honestly believe that anything he's done on "Bones" is better than anything having to do with Wesley on Angel, or "The Father Will Kill the Son". When speculation on an "Angel" movie was happening, I was positive it would not move forward just because Boreanaz seems like he never wants to touch that character again, and that's a huge shame. Glad that Gellar at least is starting to realize the value of those shows though.
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Any interview ive saw her in she has said she has been glad to play a role model for girls and the like. And the reason she didnt ike S6 is because they made her have sex with Spike in a dumpster, on the balcony of a club and anywhere else that totally degraded her. And after the attempted rape the Buffy character was still dependant on Spike through season 7. That whole season 6 and 7 situation was just crazy, it wasnt Buffy and i cant blame her for leaving.
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That's just bogus. She loved "Buffy", so much so that she was real pissed when Joss left and the writers started betraying her character. I'm sure if Joss made a "Buffy" script, she would sign on.
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The only chance we have for a new buffy show or movie will be in the form of a re-launch around ten years from now with an all new cast, hopefully with Whedon on board.
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While I'm a huge Buffy/Angel fan myself, I have no wish to see SMG and DB reprise their roles unless its what they really want to do--which from everything I've heard, they don't. I don't understand how anyone can be so mean as to infer that the reason they don't care to do it is because they harbor some ill feelings for the show or its creator. I say let them get on with their careers. If you wish to see Buffy/Angel, buy the DVDs and watch them over and over to your hearts content--like I did.
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I need to be there. They should film this. Someone should. I want to see this and redrider, shut up. We like a show, nothing wrong with that.
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According to the Paley website, they film each event.
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I really tried to like it.
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They can't hear your through their Whedon-haze. They cancelled the show four years ago, and they're still talking about it like it's still on. They make Trekkies want to say "Wow, check out those crazy obsessive geeks!"
When Whedon dies, expect them to try to declare a national day of mourning, and be prepared for a lot of Browncoats and Scoobies slashing their wrists in grief.
I tried to watch it, too. I think you have to have the attention span of a spastic hamster choking on a caffeinated grape to enjoy Whedon's work.
Either that, or we missed the episode where Joss hypnotizes and brainwashes the audience into watching the other episodes and LOVING THE SHIT OUTTA THEM.
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but Hamtaro Hentai is loosely translated as "a spastic hampster choking on a caffeinated grape". So actually that analogy does not work.
BTW if you are not interested in Buffy, then go away- us cool kids don't like it when you hang around our table looking forlorn.
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