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How To Fake A Nuclear Explosion?
2008-03-26 18:45:00
...And get away with it! But before anyone tries to sue me, this far-fetched plan is not my idea. It was dreamed up by a group of artists based in the Czech republic.
More About: News , Nuclear , Czech Republic , Fake , Explosion

Mr. Rude is a Frenchman!
2008-02-21 00:35:00
Sacré bleu! It appears that children's favorite Mr. Rude -- a character who appears in the popular series of Mr. Men books -- is to be given a bit of a makeover in an upcoming British TV series based on the franchise.
More About: England , Iraq , France , The Sun , Jacques Chirac

$1 Billion Later, Hollywood Gets Back To Work
2008-02-19 16:31:00
It's been almost a full week now since Hollywood scribes finally struck a deal with studio bosses and agreed to end the months-old strike. So what can we expect next from our favorite TV shows? Here's a little roundup...
More About: News , Kiefer Sutherland , Ugly Betty , Work

French Cops Say ?Who Called The Press??
2008-02-18 16:13:00
It was a near-perfect raid. Early this morning, before sunrise, roughly 1000 police officers descended upon the Parisian suburb Villiers-Le-Bel. Their target: a suspected group of ringleaders of the riots which struck the neighborhood last November and caused 48 hours of unrest. Less than 6 hours after the operation, controversy is rife about the presence of the press.
More About: Politics , France , French , Press , Royal

Strike Enters A New Year
2008-01-05 20:46:00
The big media story of the end of 2007 looks set to keep on making headlines in 2008. It's been a while since I wrote about it, mainly because negotiations between the WGA and network bosses broke down weeks ago. A few developments are worth noting, so here's a roundup of the latest.
More About: New Year , Strike , Year

Welcome 2008!
2008-01-01 19:56:00
Roastfrog wishes all its readers a happy and prosperous New Year. Bring it on 2008 !
More About: Personal

From Riches To Rags: Once Influential TV Interviewer Is Now A Hobo
2007-12-15 19:45:00
Imagine earning £85000 a year to interview the likes of Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair. That's precisely what Ed Mitchell used to do, before he became an alcoholic tramp who sleeps on a public bench. This morning I happened upon an endearing report about this man from Britain's The Guardian website. Mitchell's story was broken by a local reporter who happened upon the former TV journalist whilst volunteering in a homeless shelter. Here was a man more eloquent and slightly better dressed than the rest, though clearly in need of help. Eventually he opened up about why he was there.
More About: Hobo , Riches

Ask A Stupid Question, Get A Stupid Answer
2007-12-11 13:15:00
Have you been watching the news and felt exasperated by the commentary of the people presenting? Here's what happens when one anchor on a Dutch channel gets egg on her face...
More About: News , Question , Answer , Stupid , Holland

Kidnap Victim Becomes TV Host
2007-12-06 16:58:00
She went into that house a young girl, and left as a young woman. I suppose spending 8 years locked up in a cellar is enough to give anyone a thirst for attention. Today, the TV trade publication Satellifax and various blogs (here's one!) have reported that the famous Austria n kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch is to host a chat show on Puls 4 in February.
More About: News , Host , Victim

BBC Not Blasphemous
2007-12-05 13:55:00
TV bosses take note: we now know that showing a broadway musical which portrays Jesus as a "coprophiliac sexual deviant" is not blasphemous.
More About: News

Muslim-Jewish Romance = Iranian TV Hit
2007-12-03 18:42:00
Boy meets girl in wartime Paris. Boy is Muslim , girl is Jewish . Boy wants to save girl from Nazis but it all ends in tragedy. Introducing Zero Degree Turn, a new TV drama that's been a massive hit in Iran.
More About: Politics , Israel , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Hostage Video: How To Obtain A Proof Of Life
2007-11-30 13:37:00
It’s the video everyone is talking about, and hardly anything happens in it. All it shows is a thin and feeble-looking woman sitting on a wooden chair, surrounded by greenery, almost motionless. And yet this sight alone is enough to bring hope to an entire nation. The woman on the video is Ingrid Betancourt, a Colombian ...
More About: Video , News , Politics , Life , France

Music Fans Dump MTV For The Weather Channel
2007-11-28 15:15:00
Does anybody still remember what the initials MTV actually mean in 2007? "Moronic Teenage Viewing" perhaps? Or is it "Makes Teachers Vomit"? Perhaps the MTV acronym always stood for those things. But one thing the channel defnitely isn't these days is Music Television.
More About: Weather , Fans , Channel , Weather Channel

Murdered For A TV Chat Show
2007-11-26 18:48:00
Ricardo Navaro was abusing Svetlana, and that's why she left him. Their next encounter was on national TV. What she didn't know is that the appearance would cost her her life.
More About: News , Chat , Show

Culture Pub: Seeing The World Through The Prism Of Advertising
2007-11-23 17:22:00
Every once in a while comes along a show which despite all of its critical acclaim, popularity and admiration by media professionals turns out to be too clever for its own good. A French show called Culture Pub (translated: "Ad Culture") fit exactly into this category, which makes it all the more surprising that it managed to last on air a full 18 years before getting the axe.
More About: Internet , World , France , Advertising

Happy World Television Day!
2007-11-21 21:41:00
Have you ever forgotten Mothers' Day? Did you eat any chocolate for Easter? Are you too old for Trick Or Treat? Then today my friend, November 21st, is your day. World Television Day, an obscure yet strangely pleasing calendar event, is something we can each celebrate in our own way.
More About: Events , Happy

Jerry Springer Haunts The BBC
2007-11-20 22:26:00
I'm not a mind-reader, but my guess is that many down at the BBC this week had a crappier Tuesday than most.
More About: News , Jerry , Jerry Springer

Colbert & Stewart Live On? Thanks To The Writers? Strike!
2007-11-18 22:41:00
As the strike continues, writers from the Daily Show and The Colbert Report are biting the hands that feed them via videos posted on the net. Two of my favorites are posted here!
More About: News , Internet , France , Live

Writer?s Strike Coming To An End?
2007-11-17 17:21:00
The two parties involved in the conflict have agreed to sit down together, which means that studio representatives have at least been willing to drop their prerequisite that strike action should stop before negotiations begin.
More About: News , Writer , Strike

Roastfrog has moved
2007-11-17 15:01:00
Facing up to a few issues Roastfrog has been experiencing over the past few weeks, I decided to move the entire site to some spanking new Godaddy servers. The main URL remains Roastfrog.net, so most people shouldn’t notice any difference. Meanwhile RSS is still provided by Feedburner so the newsfeed URL stays the same too (if ...

10 Questions, but will there be any answers?
2007-11-15 22:53:00
A few weeks ago I wrote about 10 Questions , a community-driven site that selects queries for U.S. presidential candidates using a ?wisdom of the crowd? approach. The voting deadline was today. So, do the questions chosen put the filter of journalism to shame?
More About: News , Politics , Internet , Events

TV or not TV? Sarkozy?s Bet
2007-11-14 13:06:00
Hollywood may have been getting a lot of headlines recently for the writers' strike, but in terms of social action nobody can beat the French! How is the government handling the latest strike in the media?
More About: Sarkozy

Don?t Understand The Writer?s Strike?
2007-11-11 12:52:00
With the US film & TV writers' strike about to drift into its second week, it's worthwhile backing up a bit to remember how this all started in the first place.
More About: News , Writer , Strike , Understand , The Writer

The Fine Line Between Crap And Cool
2007-11-09 14:36:00
In most people's minds inventing a new TV show is pretty easy. Somewhere in the office tower of a network TV channel, an over-rich, overweight producer clenches a cigar between his lips, has an "Aha!" moment inspired by a poem which he read whilst sitting on the loo, barks his ideas to a nervous intern, and two weeks later an entire nation is eating dinner in front of The X Factor. The reality of things is much different.
More About: Personal , Music , Cool , Crap , Line

Variety Blasted For Its Strike Coverage
2007-11-08 20:45:00
Amid announcements that hit shows may have trouble making it to screens after the Christmas break, the screenwriters behind them are fighting a battle on many fronts, and the latest involves trade newspaper Variety .
More About: News , Heroes , Ugly Betty , Strike

Take A Guess : What?s The Fastest Growing Site On The Internet?
2007-11-07 13:07:00
YouTube? Nope. MySpace? Wrong again. Facebook? Soo last year! To help you guess what is the new fastest-growing site on the internet, here are a few facts to help you out...
More About: Internet , God , Question , Site , Growing