From the Associated Press:

The world’s highest-grossing film and one of the most awarded TV shows are also some of the greenest productions around.

“Avatar” and “30 Rock” were among the winners of the 2010 Environmental Media Association awards on Saturday night, which recognized individuals, organizations and productions that help increase public awareness of environmental issues.

The awards were presented at an eco-friendly ceremony at Warner Bros. Studios that featured organic food and compostable dinnerware. Actors Olivia Munn and Jason Ritter hosted the event, which was sponsored by one of Hollywood’s favorite green-mobiles, Toyota Prius.

Other productions recognized for spreading a green message were the documentary “Gasland” and TV shows “Bones,” “Handy Manny,” “Living With Ed” and “Lights, Camera, Take Action! Backstage With Disney’s Friends for Change.” (more…)

When “Lost” premiered in 2004, it wasn’t a show about good versus evil. It wasn’t a show about faith versus science. It was a show about survivors from a plane crash who were stranded on an island with a mysterious creature. As the show progressed, it meticulously added new mysteries and twists during each of its six seasons. NBC’s “The Event” tries to recapture the excitement of “Lost” but fails to capture the latter show’s ability to build a strong and compelling story. 

While “Lost” was about survivors dealing with the mysteries that surround them, “The Event” is about strange occurrences that affect its characters. 

Jason Ritter plays Sean Walker, a young man who is seen in flashbacks planning to propose to his girlfriend on a cruise. Before they head off on the trip, Walker receives her father’s permission for the engagement. However, when the time comes for the proposal, Walker and his girlfriend are interrupted by screams from a man whose girlfriend is drowning in the nearby water.

Eventually, Walker saves the girl and the two couples become friends. Walker goes on a day trip with the girl he rescued but when he returns to the cruise, he no longer shows up in the cruise’s directory. His girlfriend and he are mysteriously missing from the ship’s records. (more…)

“WWII In HD” is an excellent 10-hour, five part series narrated by Gary Sinise of “Forrest Gump” and “CSI: New York. “  Three episodes air tonight on the History Channel.

The series shows the war through the eyes of 12 Americans who fought in the war or contributed to it in some way. Using diaries, journals, and new interviews, it follows these Americans as their personal journeys intersect with one another throughout the war effort. Hollywood actors, including LL Cool J of  “NCIS: Los Angeles,” Rob Lowe, Amy Smart, Jason Ritter, and Steve Zahn, portray the young voices of the Americans. The original Americans include a war reporter, an Army nurse, a young African American from Toledo who became a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a second-generation Japanese American, and a Jewish immigrant from Austria who wound up in the Pacific Theater. (more…)