SNY already had some of the best announcers in baseball. John DeMarsico, the network’s director, has made every game feel like a trip to the movies. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Television”
‘Law & Order’ Crew Member Is Fatally Shot at Brooklyn Film Location
By Gotham Rex on July 19, 2022
The man, who was enforcing parking restrictions on a Greenpoint block before filming began on Tuesday, was sitting in a car when he was killed by a lone gunman. Source: New York Times
How Dan Perlman, of ‘Flatbush Misdemeanors,’ Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on July 8, 2022
After singing lessons and some basketball, the actor, who is “easing back into standup,” stops by a few comedy clubs. Source: New York Times
Directing the Beatles Was Just One Part of His Long and Winding Career
By Gotham Rex on July 5, 2022
The filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who attracted some social media scrutiny after his appearance in Peter Jackson’s “Get Back,” finds peace in New York’s Hudson Valley. Source: New York Times
Andrew Giuliani’s Vaccination Status Will Bar Him From Debate Studio
By Gotham Rex on June 12, 2022
The Republican candidate for governor of New York is unvaccinated and says he has “natural immunity” to the coronavirus. Source: New York Times
A Central Park Birder Has a New TV Show
By Gotham Rex on May 17, 2022
Christian Cooper’s encounter in Central Park with a white woman who called 911 to falsely accuse him of threatening her spurred a national outcry. Now he is hosting a birding series for National Geographic. Source: New York Times
Ariana DeBose to Host This Year’s Tony Awards Ceremony
By Gotham Rex on May 4, 2022
The nominees are to be announced on Monday, and the awards ceremony is to take place on June 12. Source: New York Times
Paul Herman, Mainstay of Gangster Movies, Is Dead at 76
By Gotham Rex on March 31, 2022
Over a four-decade career, he was perhaps best known for his role on “The Sopranos.” But he also had dozens of film credits, including “Goodfellas” and “The Irishman.” Source: New York Times
Jack Willis, TV Producer and Empathetic Filmmaker, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on March 18, 2022
A survivor of a crippling accident, his documentaries and news coverage for public television focused on poverty, race and other social issues. Source: New York Times
Fake Heiress Anna Sorokin, Who Swindled Elite, to Be Deported to Germany
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
Ms. Sorokin, whose fictionalized story was the subject of the TV show “Inventing Anna,” had been detained by immigration authorities on charges of overstaying her visa. Source: New York Times
Ex-Fox News Producer Charged for Working With Russian Oligarch
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2022
John Hanick was on Konstantin Malofeev’s payroll after Mr. Malofeev’s backing of Crimean separatists led to sanctions, an indictment says. Source: New York Times
The Writer Who Brought Real-Life Brooklyn to Soap Operas
By Gotham Rex on February 25, 2022
Mary Ryan Munisteri worked on “Ryan’s Hope,” a soap opera set in a real place, New York City, and grounded in reality about women’s lives. Source: New York Times
‘The Gilded Age’: What Is Fact and What Is Fiction?
By Gotham Rex on February 21, 2022
The HBO period drama sets invented melodrama within actual historical story lines. Here are the back stories of elements that shape the world of the series. Source: New York Times
Gloria Rojas, Trailblazing Latina Broadcaster, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2022
“I remember thinking,” she once said, “that if they hire another Hispanic, they’ll have to let me go, since who needs two?” She helped change that. Source: New York Times
‘The Answer Is Not to Abandon Our Streets’
By Gotham Rex on February 4, 2022
President Biden outlines his strategy for helping New York accelerate the fight against gun violence. Source: New York Times