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Griffin Sticking To Her No Celeb Policy On New Bravo Talk Show ‘Kathy’
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Airing tonight on Bravo, KATHY is a weekly one-hour pop-culture talk show hosted by two-time Emmy Award-winner KATHY GRIFFIN that has survived its first month and is now in its fifth week. TV’s original gossip girl has more than kept her promise to deflate of the egos of everyone who’s anyone and has stayed true to her plan of enforcing a strict “no celebrities” policy. We caught up with her recently at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena where she explained why she’s more at ease with no celebs on the couch.New To Blu: Good Cops Go Bad In ‘Rampart’
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Just out on DVD and Blu-ray, RAMPART is a stunningly complex portrait of a corrupt Los Angeles cop trying to claw his way out of an Internal Affairs investigation that could cost him his job. Co-written (with JAMES ELLROY) and directed by OREN MOVERMAN, the movie stars WOODY HARRELSON, BEN FOSTER (who also produced), ANNE HECHE, CYNTHIA NIXON, ROBIN WRIGHT, SIGOURNEY WEAVER, STEVE BUSCEMI and ICE CUBE.This Just In: A First Look At New ‘Anger Management’ Trailer
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Set your DVR’s for June 28, the confirmed start date for ANGER MANAGEMENT, the highly anticipated small-screen comeback of former TWO AND A HALF MEN star CHARLIE SHEEN. He’ll play “Charlie”, a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management, with a successful private practice. Sharing the screen will be SELMA BLAIR, SHAWNEE SMITH, DANIELA BOBADILLA, MICHAEL ARDEN and NOUREEN DeWULF. FX president JOHN LANDGRAF has admitted that he picked-up the series based solely on a pitch and outlines of the first 15 episodes (something the network very seldom, if ever, does) and yesterday the network released the latest trailer.
ABC Announces New Dramas At SRO Upfront Presentation
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Standing before a full house at New York’s Lincoln Center yesterday, ABC Entertainment honcho PAUL LEE announced that the network will be bringing six new dramas and four new sitcoms to the schedule in an effort to elevate out of its current third place spot in the ratings. We have to admit that if all the slated shows look as interesting as these two, higher ratings shouldn’t be a problem.
Tonight’s Episode Of ‘Criminal Minds’ Puts A Bow On Season Seven
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Airing tonight on CBS, the two-hour season seven finale of the grisly crime drama CRIMINAL MINDS will focus on a pair of serial killers posing as bank robbers to mask their crimes as well as featuring the wedding of one of the main characters. The long-running series employs an ensemble cast that includes SHEMAR MOORE, MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER, THOMAS GIBSON, KIRSTEN VANGSNESS, PAGET BREWSTER, A.J. COOK and JOE MANTEGNA as well as tonight’s guest star TRICIA HELFER.Reginald Veljohnson ‘Gets’ Why TV Pick-Ups Count
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A veteran of stage, screen and television, REGINALD VELJOHNSON is probably best known for his roles on the long-running TV series FAMILY MATTERS and as Officer Al Powell in the hugely successful DIE HARD franchise. An immensely likable performer, he’s currently working as a recurring character on MIKE AND MOLLY and HART OF DIXIE as well as providing a voice in the upcoming animated TRON: UPRISING for Disney XD.Burton & Depp Are Perfectly Fine With ‘Dark Shadows’ Outcome
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Opening in the No. 2 position on the weekend box office chart, DARK SHADOWS failed to live up to expectations with an estimated $28.8 M. Directed by TIM BURTON and starring JOHNNY DEPP, DARK SHADOWS might be an indication that these two need to change their m.o. in the future. But, at the press conference to promote the film, BURTON may have had a feeling about the opening box office when he admitted you can’t please everyone and said that he and his long-time collaborator just wanted to make the kind of movie they’d enjoy themselves. (CLICK ON THE MEDIA BAR FOR AUDIO)
DARK SHADOWS is in theaters now
Elijah Wood Not Sold On CineCon Presentation Of ‘The Hobbit’
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Director PETER JACKSON made worldwide headlines when he presented scenes from his upcoming big screen adaptation of the J.R.R. TOLKIEN classic THE HOBBIT to attendees of this year’s CineCon convention. Using a new technique that projects 48 fps, the film is said to be revolutionary.Broadway Lives! ‘Smash’ Picked-Up For Season Two, Wraps Season One Tonight
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Right on the heels of the official announcement that NBC will be bringing SMASH back for a sophomore season, tonight sees the final episode of season one. Executive-produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG, SMASH is an elaborate musical drama that follows the conception and theatrical mounting of a Broadway production based on the life of screen legend MARILYN MONROE. DEBRA MESSING and ANGELICA HUSTON headline the cast that also includes AMERICAN IDOL finalist KATHARINE McPHEE and WICKED star MEGAN HILTY.Joan Rivers Remembers Johnny Carson: ‘He Was A Total S*#t!’
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Airing tonight on PBS as part of the American Masters series, JOHNNY CARSON: KING OF LATE NIGHT is a two-hour documentary on the life and career of the man who defined the landscape of late night television. Created by two-time Emmy Award winning filmmaker PETER JONES and narrated by two-time Oscar-winner KEVIN SPACEY, the film features 45 original interviews with CARSON’S friends, family and colleagues.
