More than 650 people gathered in the Michigan Theater’s main auditorium on Monday evening to hear newsman Dan Rather give his take on historical and current events, his career, and the state of American journalism for a little more than an hour. Ostensibly, the free event—presented by the Ann Arbor ...
Maybe you won’t be shocked to learn that Judah Friedlander—who plays TV writer Frank Rossitano on “30 Rock,” and is bringing his stand-up act to the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase on Thursday—is a performer who’s worn, well, several different hats during his long career. He drew political cartoons and made ...
Michigan senior Lauren Blanchard, left, and freshman Erica Decker, right, lean in as junior Hadas Brown reads a breaking news message on her cell phone before they do a taping of their show on University of Michigan student TV station WOLV. Student-run television station WOLV at the University of Michigan ...
June 24 marks the debut of a new Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing") television drama on HBO, "The Newsroom," starring Chelsea native and Purple Rose Theatre Co. founder/executive director Jeff Daniels. A first glimpse of the show recently surfaced online. In the show, Daniels plays a news anchorman who, after ...
Miriam Shor As an actress, part of University of Michigan alum Miriam Shor’s job is to fall in love with her roles. “I’ve gotten really lucky,” said Shor, of New York. Shor currently plays Cricket Caruth-Reilly on “GCB”—based on Kim Gatlin’s book “Good Christian Bitches”—airing Sunday nights on ABC. She’s ...
U-M junior and Okemos native Connie Shi, who won her first round of the "Jeopardy!" college tournament (which aired on Thursday, February 2), got stopped in her second, semi-final round, which aired on Friday, February 10. Shi was in the lead after the semi-finals' first round of questions, but a ...