History enthusiasts who use Xfinity services, this is your week. From Monday, March 6 through Sunday, March 12, Xfinity is offering free access to content from History Vault, the direct-to-consumer offering from the [History Channel]. The service normally costs $4.99 per month, so it’s an excellent chance for Xfinity internet and cable subscribers to get a free look at the service before committing to a subscription.

7-Day Free Trial $4.99 / month history vault via amazon.com

The free viewing window to History Vault is a part of Xfinity’s “Free This Week program.” It’s a lot like Sling TV’s Freeview promotion, but every week, users of Xfinity internet — as well as X1 TV and Xfinity Flex customers — get free content from a different premium streaming service or cable channel.

Content available from History Vault to select Xfinity customers this week includes:

“America: The Story of Us” “Susan B. Anthony: Rebel for the...

“It’s an epic story of a man’s life,” says “Patrick Melrose” producer Michael Jackson. The title character is “a man with a secret, a man with a problem that he needs to solve, and a man who’s incredibly dysfunctional for most of the story.” But in the end “there’s a certain potential redemption.” We chatted with Jackson and writer David Nicholls on the red carpet at the April 25 Hollywood premiere for the new Showtime limited series, which took place at the historic Linwood Dunn Theater. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

See Benedict Cumberbatch spills secrets of being ‘Patrick Melrose’ at Showtime’s world premiere [Red Carpet Interview]

Based on a series of novels by Edward St. Aubyn, the show follows the life journey of Patrick Melrose (Benedict Cumberbatch) from his privileged yet abusive childhood, to his struggles with addiction and heartbreak, and to his ultimate redemption. Nicholls was...

Alice Eve (Star Trek: Into Darkness) has joined the cast of Marvel’s Iron Fist as… your guess is as good as ours.

The actress’ Season 2 role is not being disclosed, but perhaps there’s a hint to be found in this statement from executive producer Jeph Loeb: “[Alice Eve’s] exceptional talent brings an intrigue and danger to her character unlike anyone else.”

RelatedMarvel’s Daredevil Adds Wilson Bethel as Series Regular for Season 3

Eve recently appeared in the Black Mirror Season 3 episode “Nosedive.”

Iron Fist Season 2 will premiere on a yet-to-be-announced date on Netflix, with new showrunner Raven Metzner (Sleepy Hollow) at the helm.

And so we’ve arrived at an ultra-rare Tuesday national holiday in the States. For some, that means an extra-long holiday weekend. Others might be taking advantage of the day off by watching the Coney Island hot dog-eating contest and then departing from the living room for the remainder of the day.

But for those who will remain glued to the couch on this July 4th, the world of TV has once again provided a treasure trove of non-stop programming. By our count, 36 networks are devoting significant amounts of their Independence Day airtime to a single series. In the spirit of comprehensiveness and giving everyone an equal chance to join in on the fun, here’s a list of this year’s TV marathons, arranged by how well they’ll add to the quality of your holiday.

36. Discovery Life – “Body Bizarre”

Starting at 3 p.m.

There is an episode called...

Companies set to collaborate on feature and TV docs.

Ahead of this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest, UK documentary specialist companies Roast Beef Productions and Nutopia have struck a creative partnership to produce feature and television projects.

Roast Beef, the company behind 2014 Oscar-nominated feature docs The Square [pictured] and Hell And Back Again, will join Nutopia in its newly-expanded London office.

Television-focused Nutopia’s credits include the 2010 Primetime Emmy-winning series America: The Story Of Us and 2013 series The ’80s: The Decade That Made Us.

In their new partnership, the companies will develop feature and television documentaries, including long-form and short-form projects, aimed at the international market.

The Roast Beef team is led by Oscar-nominated producer Mike Lerner and also includes Martin Herring, Havana Marking and Janet Knipe.

The company’s latest feature, Lana Wilson’s The Departure, premiered Tribeca and will have its European premiere at Doc/Fest on June 9.

Nutopia is led by Jane Root. The company...

Just days before this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest kicks off, two powerhouse British documentary specialists have announced that they are joining forces to form a new collaborative partnership.

Roast Beef Productions, behind Oscar-nominated features such as The Square and Hell and Back Again, is teaming with Nutopia, which produced the Emmy-winning series America: The Story of Us, and has 42 hours of programming on North American networks this year alone.

The deal will see Roast Beef move into Nutopia’s newly expanded London offices, with the two harnessing their expertise across the film and TV worlds to develop a new slate of...

The weekend of July 4th is a time for doing American things: grilling, watching fireworks, ignoring zoning restrictions and setting off your own fireworks. But shenanigans are tiring, you know? The sun will give you a sunburn. The grill will make your clothes smell like smoke. We at EW much prefer to test our endurance in other ways, mostly by watching TV.

There’s a whole set of marathons on for the weekend, some highly publicized (can you make it through three straight days of The Walking Dead?), some obscure and ready for love (a marathon of the animated Transformers series,...

History Channel and H2 will premiere a six-part event series World Wars later in 2014, the networks announced today. The project will showcase the 30-year period, featuring interviews with Colin Powell, British Prime Miniter John Major, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, and Sen. John McCain, among others. Stephen David Entertainment (The Men Who Built America) is producing. From today’s announcement: World Wars will tell the story of three devastating decades of war from the perspective of the unique men who came of age in the trenches and later decided the fate of a world on the brink of disaster. World Wars was filmed in the Us and Europe and will premiere later in 2014. The event series will be broadcast on both History and H2 in the Us and internationally. It will also premiere on France Television and Germany’s N24 in those markets. “2014 is the 100 year anniversary of Wwi, and...

Probably the most refreshing thing about Mankind: The Story of All of Us is that it is the first program put out by History in a long time that actually concerns history, not hearsay about aliens or other less than reputable topics. If anything, the series seems to be trying to make up for that deficit in the rest of History’s programming, so jam-packed it is with information. From the producers of the similar America: The Story of Us, Mankind covers every aspect of the history of humanity, from ancient Mesopotamia through to the present day. Each episode focuses on a particular topic that defines the human race or has played a particular recurring role in our history; from "Inventors" to "Warriors," "Revolutions" to "New Frontiers", these themes are delved into with painstaking detail. Nearly all of said information is legitimately very interesting, though the terrible reenactments that History...

New York — CBS is getting a bigger bang out of its most popular comedy.

"The Big Bang Theory" set a series record with 17.6 million viewers last week, the Nielsen Co. said Tuesday. The Thursday night comedy, now in its sixth year on the network, was second only to NBC's Sunday night football game in popularity for the week.

The show, about four geeky technology institute workers, an aspiring actress and their friends, is in its third year on CBS' Thursday night schedule. Its reruns are very popular on TBS and appear to be fueling interest in original episodes.

It was a big CBS week in the ratings. Eight out of the top 10 scripted shows were on CBS, with ABC's "Modern Family" and "Castle" the only two exceptions.

The broad-brush miniseries "Mankind" seems to be a rare misfire for the usually hot History network. Its first episode had 2.1 million viewers last week,...

New York — CBS is getting a bigger bang out of its most popular comedy.

"The Big Bang Theory" set a series record with 17.6 million viewers last week, the Nielsen Co. said Tuesday. The Thursday night comedy, now in its sixth year on the network, was second only to NBC's Sunday night football game in popularity for the week.

The show, about four geeky technology institute workers, an aspiring actress and their friends, is in its third year on CBS' Thursday night schedule. Its reruns are very popular on TBS and appear to be fueling interest in original episodes.

It was a big CBS week in the ratings. Eight out of the top 10 scripted shows were on CBS, with ABC's "Modern Family" and "Castle" the only two exceptions.

The broad-brush miniseries "Mankind" seems to be a rare misfire for the usually hot History network. Its first episode had 2.1 million viewers last week,...

Remember that song from Mary Poppins, “A Spoonful of Sugar”? The History Channel built a brand on it. Then, over the last decade or so, the network (which is now called just History, but we'll use its old name to avoid confusion) upped the ratio, to the point where they aren’t giving us spoonfuls of sugar with our informational medicine, but hiding the pills in two liter vanilla milkshakes smothered with chocolate sauce, whipped cream and sprinkles. Exhibit A is Mankind: The Story of All of Us, which debuts tonight.Actually, maybe I should refer to it as Exhibit B, because it’s a kinda-prequel to 2010’s America: The Story of Us. It has many contributors in common and employs the same aesthetic, which could be summed up as Education: The SuperBowl Trailer. A narrator (the somewhat dude-sounding Josh Brolin, replacing Liev Schreiber) summarizes technological developments that drove, and were driven by,...

The list comprises a mixture of executives, producers, actors and writers, but is it a fair reflection and who has been omitted?

See the list of names in full

No one disputes that women have a long way to go in achieving equal status in broadcasting and film. But it is also easy to fall into the trap of whinging about unfairness, rather than saluting those who win through.

That is the point of the Top 50 Powerlist, relaunched on Thursday by Women in Film & TV, in association with Screen International and Broadcast.

After a first stab in 2010, it is timed to mark and chime with International Women's Day. Tonally, it is striving to change the pitch from minor to major: people of achievement clearly come in both sexes.

Kate Kinninmont, Wftv chief executive, says that in "true womanly style" the list is not arranged in any order, though one ambitious...

DVD Playhouse—November 2011

By Allen Gardner

Tree Of Life (20th Century Fox) Terrence Malick’s latest effort is both the best film of 2011 and the finest work of his (arguably) mixed, but often masterly canon. A series of vignettes, mostly set in 1950s Texas, capture the memory of a man (Sean Penn) in present-day New York who looks back on his life, and his parents’ (Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain) troubled marriage, when word of his younger brother’s suicide reaches him. Almost indescribable beyond that, except to say no other film in history so perfectly evokes the magic and mystery of the human memory, which both crystalizes (and sometimes idealizes) the past. Like Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, this is a challenging, polarizing work that you must let wash over you. If you go along for the ride, you’re in for a unique, rewarding cinematic experience. Also available on Blu-ray disc.

Fact: There's a way to appreciate video incarnations of the Statue of Liberty that doesn't require Dr. Peter Venkman to spray it down with ectoplasmic gunk.

That's not to say you can't appreciate it via Ghostbusters II, but just that maybe, once in a while, you turn off your homemade proton pack and your TV, and find a new way to appreciate American symbolism. Or you can leave the TV on and just pop in America: The Story of Us. The anomalous national identity of the United States has a special place in history (or so we tell ourselves), but this History Channel special examines the people of all walks of life, race, religion, and creed who have come together to make America one of the most diverse places in the world. In honor of its recent re-release, JustPressPlay is giving away a copy the Collector's Edition on DVD to...

The History Channel’s four-disc, 12 part DVD series America: The Story of Us tells the story of America, from its beginnings as a colonial settlement to the superpower it is today. The Story of Us weaves together personal stories through specific major events, giving the film/documentary an almost folksy view of American history.

Narrated by Liev Shreiber, the documentary begins with the first English colonists coming over for gold as they hear about America being painted as a land of opportunity and promise, but very unforgiving. Harsh weather, struggles with natives, lacking a food supply, inability to populate their new home in the beginning left many settlements bereft of more than half of the original members after just a short while. But as the American spirit would dictate, perseverance trumped failure and the colonists forged ahead. The Story of Us uses guest appearances from Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg, Rudy Giuliani,...

DVD Playhouse—July 2011

By Allen Gardner

The Music Room (Criterion) Satyajit Ray’s 1958 masterpiece looks at the life of a fallen aristocrat as a metaphor for an India that is not only becoming Westernized, but modernized technologically and culturally beyond recognition. When the beloved music room, where he has hosted lavish concerts in the past, starts falling into disrepair as attendance drops steadily, the man realizes his way of life is vanishing. Stunningly shot in black & white, one of Ray’s finest works. Bonuses: Documentary on Ray from 1984 by Shyam Benegal; Interviews with Ray biographer Andrew Robinson and filmmaker Mira Nair; Excerpt from 1981 roundtable discussion between Ray, critic Michael Ciment, director Claude Sautet. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.

Beauty And The Beast (Criterion) Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of the classic fairy tale become a beloved classic upon its 1946 release, and hasn’t faded since.

Los Angeles -- As a kid in the 1960s, reality TV king Mark Burnett was thrilled by the special-effects miracle of a sundered Red Sea in "The Ten Commandments."

"How cool was that?" said the producer of "Survivor" and "The Apprentice," who watched Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film when it aired on television.

Now it's Burnett's turn to wow a small-screen audience with epic Scripture stories: He and his wife, actress Roma Downey, are producing the 10-part docudrama "The Bible" for the History channel.

It's set to air in 2013, History channel President Nancy Dubuc said Tuesday.

The series will combine live action with computer-generated imagery to retell stories ranging from Noah and the Ark to Exodus to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Shooting is planned for the Middle East and elsewhere.

Burnett said he and Downey (who starred in a different look at faith, the fantasy series "Touched by an Angel...

The 42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards took place on Wednesday, March 4, celebrating diversity and cultural awareness in Hollywood. Some of our favorite TV stars won big at the ceremony -- check out the full list of television winners below. Did your favorite show or actor take home an award?

Outstanding Comedy Series

30 Rock

Are We There Yet

Glee

Modern Family

Tyler Perry's House of Payne

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

David Mann - Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Dule Hill - Psych

Lavan Davis -Tyler Perry's House of Payne

Phil Morris - Love That Girl!

Terry Crews - Are We There Yet?

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Cassi Davis - Tyler Perry's House of Payne

Essence Atkins - Are We There Yet?

Salli Richardson-Whitfield - Eureka

Tatyana Ali - Love That Girl!

Vanessa Williams - Desperate Housewives

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Craig Robinson -...

The 42nd NAACP Awards Nominations follow below, and guess who stole the show? Well, it’s no surprise that Tyler Perry films would leave their mark but who knew it would be by a landslide? For Colored Girls topped the film category with seven nominations and Why Did I Get Married Too? has four.

The NAACP Image Awards honor accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, as well as individuals who promote social justice through creative endeavors.

Perry is up for a film directing nod (For Colored Girls) alongside Geoffrey Sax (Frankie & Alice), George Tillman Jr. (Faster), Tanya Hamilton (Night Catches Us) and the Hughes Brothers (Book of Eli).

The show will be televised live, tonight, March 4, 2011 at 8/7 c, on the Fox Network.

Courtesy of Variety.com, here’s a list of all Film and Television related nominees:

Motion Picture

Motion Picture

“For Colored Girls...

Exclusive: Studio Lambert, the reality TV production company behind CBS' Undercover Boss, has formed a production partnership deal with Nutopia, the production company launched by former Discovery Channel President and BBC Two controller Jane Root. All American versions of Nutopia’s U.K.-created formats will be produced in the the U.S. in conjunction with Studio Lambert. Nutopia, which was created 2 years ago, has established itself as producer of 'mega docs'; large scale factual series. The company's first such series was the 12-hour America: The Story of Us for History, which was introduced by President Barack Obama and became the network’s most watched special ever. Additionally, Nutopia creates and produces formatted programming for U.K., including celebrity biography show The House That Made Me, which recently premiered on Channel 4. Founded by Stephen Lambert, Studio Lambert set up its American operations in L.A. about two years ago...

Nominees of the 42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards have been read out on Wednesday, January 12. While Willow Smith and Justin Timberlake were unraveled as contenders in music and movie, Disney darling Selena Gomez and "Glee" actress Amber Riley took the television field.

18-year-old Selena earned a nod for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program thanks to her portrayal of Alex Russo in "Wizards of Waverly Place". She is up against "Victorious" beauty Victoria Justice, "True Jackson, VP" star Keke Palmer, "Yo Gabba Gabba: Baby" actor Lance Robertson and "TeenNick Halo Awards 2010" host Nick Cannon.

24-year-old Amber who is known for her role as Mercedes Jones, in the meantime, found herself in competition against "Modern Family" actress Sofia Vergara. They both vie for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series along with Anna Deavere Smith, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Viola Davis.

While the two TV stars received a nomination each,...

Like in the past few years, Tyler Perry is going to shine at this year's NAACP Image Awards. The actor/director's television series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" has just received five nominations in the television categories including Outstanding Comedy Series, on top of two nominations for his other project "Meet the Browns".

The TV fields are divided based on their genres; Comedy, Drama, TV Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special, Daytime Series, News/Information, Talk, Reality, Variety and Kids Programs. While Perry's work is dominating the Comedy, "Grey's Anatomy" leads the Drama with five nominations including Outstanding Drama Series.

Meanwhile, the acting categories in Daytime Drama Series sees equal competition between "The Bold and the Beautiful", "All My Children", and "The Young and the Restless" which take three each. Young stars Selena Gomez and Victoria Justice pop up in the Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program category.

NAACP Awards also...

The 42 annual NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced Wednesday (Jan. 12) by actresses Kimberly Elisa and Sanaa Lathan, rapper 50 Cent, singer Smokey Robinson and actors Columbus Short and Affion Crockett at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, CA.

ABC and NBC led the TV categories with 18 nominations each, followed by CBS and the Lifetime Movie Network with 10 apiece. "Grey's Anatomy" and "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" tied at five noms apiece, while "For Colored Girls" topped all other movies or TV series with seven nominations. Tyler Perry's film and television projects had a combined total of 20 nominations.

The entire list of nominees is as follows:

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

• "30 Rock" (NBC)

• "Are We There Yet?" (TBS)

• "Glee" (Fox)

• "Modern Family" (ABC)

• "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• David Mann - "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (TBS)

• Dulé Hill - "Psych" (USA)

• Lavan Davis...

Tyler Perry dominated the NAACP 42nd Image Awards nominations. The renaissance man received nods from his movies and TV projects. Divided into three categories (television, recording, motion picture), the 42nd Image Awards will be held on March 4th.

Here's the complete list of nominees (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):

Television

Comedy Series

"30 Rock" (NBC)

"Are We There Yet?" (TBS)

"Glee" (Fox)

"Modern Family" (ABC)

"Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Actor in a Comedy Series

David Mann - "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (TBS)

Dulé Hill - "Psych" (USA)

Lavan Davis - "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Phil Morris - "Love That Girl!" (TV One)

Terry Crews - "Are We There Yet?" (TBS)

Actress in a Comedy Series

Cassi Davis - "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Essence Atkins - "Are We There Yet?" (TBS)

Salli Richardson-Whitfield - "Eureka" (Syfy)

Tatyana Ali - "Love That Girl!

The History Channel has gotten considerably more innovative with its programming lately, and America: The Story of Us is its most ambitious venture yet. Conceived as a latter day Roots for the American people as a whole, and probably meant to capture the zeitgeist engendered after the election of Barack Obama (who provides the introduction here), America is an epic retelling of our nation’s history from its earliest beginnings as a haven for religious dissidents up until the present day. But for all its pomp, energy, and good intentions, America is precisely that: a retelling, rather than a discovery of any kind. It is always engaging and cohesive (no small feat for such a huge timeline), but it’s more than a little lacking that most American of qualities, piss and vinegar.

America is divided up into 12 segments, each of them about forty minutes in length. With names like “Heartland,...

The anomalous national identity of the United States has a special place in history (or so we tell ourselves), but this History Channel special examines the people of all walks of life, race, religion, and creed who have come together to make America one of the most diverse places in the world. America: The Story of Us takes an in-depth look at the journey the people of this country have made over time to turn this country into a safe-haven for all cultures. In honor of its release, JustPressPlay is giving away a copy on DVD to anyone out there curious about the American national identity.

To win, just do two things:

1) Follow JustPressPlay on Twitter

2) Tweet the following message - you can do it once a day, each tweet counts as another entry to win

@JustPressPlay I want to learn more about this great country. I want to win...

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The Exploding Girl -DVD Review

Bradley Rust Gray has made a film that champions life and love the way it happens, unfolds, and dissolves: slowly.

All you really need to know about this film, which stars Zoe Kazan as Ivy, a girl you wish you could have known throughout your own formative years, is that it is really an intimate portrait of a woman who has a boyfriend waiting for at the college she’s currently attending, she is coming home for spring break, and she is connecting with her old friend Al (Mark Rendall).

What happens after these two re-connect after having been away from one another for a while is the basis for what can only be called one of...

Welcome to our weekly round-up of featured giveaways here at Fred. Every week, we’ll present a new clutch of DVDs, books, and other cool stuff you can take a shot at winning. All you have to do is click on the graphics below to be taken to their respective contest pages. And good luck!

In conjunction with Chronicle Books, we’re giving away a copy of Day & Night signed by writer/artist Teddy Newton.

In conjunction with New Line Home Video & in celebration of the individual release of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy on Blu-Ray, we’re giving away a Lord Of The Rings Prize Pack

In conjunction with Fox Home Entertainment, we’re giving away three (3) copies of Simpsons: The Complete 13th Season on DVD.

In conjunction with Universal Home Video, we’re giving away five (5) copies of MacGruber on Blu-Ray.

In conjunction with Universal Home Video,...

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The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Fred Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

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Remember those deluxe, ultra-desirable, completely definitive Twilight Zone DVD releases from a few years back? Well, turns out they weren’t nearly as definitive as we thought, because Rod Serling’s classic series arrives in high definition with a ridiculously heightened amount of bonus features. In addition to all 36 episodes plus all of the original bonus content of the old sets, Twilight Zone: Season 1 (Image,...

While perhaps July 4th would have been the best time to release "America: The Story of Us" on Blu-ray and DVD from History Channel/A-and-e Home Entertainment, this ambitious 12-part series stands on its own without the need of a national holiday tie-in. Produced by the same team that created the compelling "Planet Earth," this look at American history drew six million viewers for its premiere, record-setting for the channel. In a time when our economy continues to falter and hope wanes, this is a reminder that if we look to the core of what built America, we can be great again as the series...

Overall it's a pretty jam-packed DVD release day, although you wouldn't know it to look at just the few high profile movies hitting stores today. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the big one, along with summer snoozers Just Wright starring Queen Latifah and Letters to Juliet starring Amanda Seyfried. Indie releases include Werner Herzog's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Ken Loach's soccer dramedy Looking For Eric, and Thai action film Raging Phoenix. On Blu-ray, there's plenty of genre goodness like The Twilight Zone: Season 1, Return of the Living Dead, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and a ton of TV releases, including Fringe, Glee, Bored to Death and Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. Do you see anything worth buying or renting anything this week? Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [1] (+ Blu-ray [2]) Just Wright [3] (+ Blu-ray [4]) Letters to Juliet [5] (+ Blu-ray [6]) Boogie Woogie...

Although a documentary and a biopic focusing on reggae singer Bob Marley have both risen and fallen a couple times in Hollywood, yet another attempt to tell he singer's life story is on the way. Deadline reports Jenny Ash, who recently found success with the doc series "America: The Story of Us," is developing a Bob Marley biopic focusing on the year that the singer spent living in London in 1977. This time in his life isn't just a random choice, but is regarded as one of the most crucial in his life following fleeing Jamaica after someone tried to kill him. Towards the end of his year in London came the revelation that he had cancer. In between there's plenty of life in his story involving The Sex Pistols, a love triangle and much more. With as much love as there is for Bob Marley out there, not just ...

UK director Jenny Ash ("America: The Story of Us") is developing a biopic of reggae legend Bob Marley for Greenacre Films says Deadline.

The story will concentrate on the year Marley spent living in London in 1977 after he fled from Jamaica in the wake of an assassination attempt.

During that year he started an affair with just crowned Miss World Cindy Breakspeare, performed his legendary Rainbow Theatre gig, hung out with the Sex Pistols, and sustained a soccer injury which eventually triggered full-blown cancer.

The focus of the story will be on the love triangle between Marley, his wife Rita and Breakspeare. One big catch however is that the filmmakers don't have rights to the songs yet which Rita Marley controls.

Freshman series "Glee" and "Modern Family" seem to always be at odds during awards shows, and this season's Television Critics Association Awards is no exception. Both shows are up for Acheivement in Comedy, Program of the Year, and New Program.

Jane Lynch is also nominated individually as the only female candidate for Individual Achievement in Comedy. (Hello, Julie Bowen?) "Modern Family" men Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrell are amongst her competition. Nick Offerman, who many considered to be subbed by the Emmy voters this season, and Jim Parsons round out the category.

Other shows that have gone unrecognized by the Emmys this year, but which appear on the TCA nomination list include "Sons of Anarchy," "Parenthood" and "Party Down." The lifetime achievement award will go to James Garner, Bill Moyers, Sherwood Schwartz, William Shatner, or Dick Wolf. The full list of nominees is below.

Individual Achievement In Drama

Bryan Cranston,...