'Spotlight'ing the 'Truth': Journalism in Cinema, 2015

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Who knew 2015 would become a hit year for journalism in cinema?

It started off with the little seen Jonah Hill pic "True Story", and now two more films about the truth-seeking industry are being released in the heat of Oscar season: "Spotlight" and "Truth".

Both films take place around the same time, early- to mid-2000's, but they couldn't be anymore different. "Spotlight" is an underdog story of sorts about a group of watchdog journalists at The Boston Globe taking down the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, and "Truth" is a group of television legends at CBS covering up their "errors" in a report about Pres. George W. Bush's time in the National Guard.

Neither of these holds a flame to the paramount journalism film "All the President's Men", but damn if they aren't good. And how suiting is it for Robert Redford to star as Bob Woodward in "ATPM" and now portray Dan Rather in "Truth"? Redford is definitely an iconic part of the world of journalism, and that's not even his profession.

At the core of both of these films is the hunt for facts, the hallmark of journalism.

The Big Bang Theory, American Horror Story Lead Critics' Choice TV Nominations

CBS laffer "The Big Bang Theory" and FX's horror drama "American Horror Story: Asylum" earned six nominations for the 3rd Annual Choice TV Awards Wednesday morning.

The NBC comedy "Parks and Recreation" and the Sundance miniseries mystery "Top of the Lake" were close behind with five nominations each.

The Broadcast Journalists TV Association will announce the winners on June 10, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

"Bang" earned nominations for best comedy series, comedy actor (Jim Parsons), supporting comedy actor (Simon Helberg), supporting comedy actress (Kaley Cuoco and Melissa Rauch) and guest comedy performer (Bob Newhart). This is the show's and Jim Parsons third nominations in their categories, and the first for all of the others. Parsons won the inaugural award in 2011.

The other nominated laffers include, all from different networks, include "Louie" (FX), "The Middle" (ABC), "New Girl (FOX), "Parks and Recreation" (NBC)" and "Veep" (HBO)