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  • Charlie Sheen to Star in New Sitcom, 'Anger Management' Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:00AMFormer Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen is planning his return to series television in Anger Management, a new sitcom loosely based on Revolution Studios' 2003 hit comedy feature of the same name.
  • Mila Kunis proves women can be sexy AND funny Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:39PMTypically the cover for GQ‘s Comedy Issue has been reserved for a goofy jokester (Zach Galifianakis, Seth Rogen) rather than, say, a scantily clad sexpot (unless, of course, you count a nude Sacha Baron Cohen, which we most certainly do) like Mila Kunis. Then again, Kunis effortlessly pulls off both feats. (She’s really making it
  • Tyson inspires new Entourage Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 9:03AMMike Tyson, Spike Lee and "Entourage" creator are teaming up for a new HBO drama based on the boxing legend's youth.
  • BILOXI BUSINESSES OFFER TASTY TOUR OF THE WORLD Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 9:27PMBILOXI -- Drive down Pass Road east of Rodenberg Avenue and you’ll find a cluster of shops and restaurants that cater to the international palate.
  • A divagation Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 8:24PMI've often thought that the major weakness in Australian theatre is its writing. We have an astonishing design culture, an embarrassment of talented actors, and directors, young and established, aplenty. But while our theatre artists can work as if they live in the 21st century, writers are trammelled in expectations and conventions that seem to belong in the Menzies imaginary. This struck me f...
  • A divagation Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 8:24PMI've often thought that the major weakness in Australian theatre is its writing. We have an astonishing design culture, an embarrassment of talented actors, and directors, young and established, aplenty. But while our theatre artists can work as if they live in the 21st century, writers are trammelled in expectations and conventions that seem to belong in the Menzies imaginary. This struck me f...
  • A divagation Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 8:24PMI've often thought that the major weakness in Australian theatre is its writing. We have an astonishing design culture, an embarrassment of talented actors, and directors, young and established, aplenty. But while our theatre artists can work as if they live in the 21st century, writers are trammelled in expectations and conventions that seem to belong in the Menzies imaginary. This struck me f...
  • A divagation Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 8:24PMI've often thought that the major weakness in Australian theatre is its writing. We have an astonishing design culture, an embarrassment of talented actors, and directors, young and established, aplenty. But while our theatre artists can work as if they live in the 21st century, writers are trammelled in expectations and conventions that seem to belong in the Menzies imaginary. This struck me f...
  • Tavis Smiley: The ‘Fail Up’ Interview with Kam Williams Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 10:20AM*From his celebrated conversations with world figures to his work to inspire the next generation of leaders as a broadcaster, author, publisher, advocate and philanthropist, Tavis Smiley continues to be a leading voice for change. Smiley is currently the host of his late-night television talk show on PBS as well as the host of a [...]
  • Network perennial: Recycling the past Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 2:20PMAt new lineups for fall, nothing much is new.
  • This weekend: Lady Gaga on ‘Saturday Night Live’; ‘Star Wars’ spoof on ‘Family Guy’ Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 9:30AMCBS' "60 Minutes" will offer two hours, starting at 7 p.m. Sunday. The first hour will feature Scott Pelley's interview with Tyler Hamilton, former teammate of Lance Armstrong. Hamilton accuses Armstrong of using banned substances to win and offers detailed allegations. CBS News says the interview is part of a six-month investigation into Armstrong, who has repeatedly denied using banned ...
  • Motor City Comic Con a feast of sitcoms, sci-fi and superheroes Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 3:11AMCaptain America will share space with other media. / Marvel Comics 12:30-7 p.m. Fri., 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun.
  • Before the Baby Is Born, Dad Needs to Soothe His Own Inner Child Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 11:36PMAlexander Chaplin, left, is a father-to-be, and Zak Orth is one of his friends, in the play “Knickerbocker” at the Public Theater.
  • Marketing Corner: Television Upfront Season Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 8:38PMFor small business owners, advertising can cost substantially, but figuring out time slots and networks spaces that work for you can help save money in the long run.
  • Christine Baranski says not being beautiful keeps career thriving Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 7:10AMChristine Baranski seems uniquely positioned to comment on fame. Her career has had a strange imperishability without ever really ripening. Not only is she in a hit television show, "The Good Wife" on CBS, but she is also playing a dramatic role, after years of doing comedy and musical comedy. As Baranski herself once noted, she seems in a perpetual state of being "discovered." "The Good Wife ...
  • Seinfeld says his London show a big deal Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 5:12AMJerry Seinfeld will perform a stand up gig in the UK for the first time since 1998.
  • Jon Chattman: "Right There": Nicole Scherzinger On Hosting X Factor and Dropping Her New Album Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 4:40PMThis fall, Ryan Seacrest will be displaced as prettiest host on FOX TV. Pussycat Doll and sultry solo artist Nicole Scherzinger has confirmed she'll handle emcee duties for the X Factor.
  • TV Insider Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 10:53AMI have to admit that I've never been a great fan of the British TV whodunit. Sure, over the years I've watched the odd Inspector Morse or Poirot, but they were never as essential to my telly-viewing as, say, Seinfeld, The Good Wife, The West Wing or Doctor Who.
  • ‘Jumping the Broom’ delivers heart, smarts - Fri, 06 May 2011 PST Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 11:53AM“Jumping the Broom” is like a Tyler Perry movie with polish. An ensemble comedy about a wedding that joins a wealthy family of African-American professionals with the groom’s more down-to-Earth working-class Brooklynites, it is well-cast, well-played, passably written and filmed in the warm glow only top-drawer cinematographers can achieve.
  • 'Jumping the Broom' * * * Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 12:17AMJumping the Broom is like a Tyler Perry movie with polish. An ensemble comedy about a wedding that joins a wealthy, Martha's Vineyard family of African-American professionals with the groom's more down-to-Earth working-class Brooklynites, it is well-cast, well-played, passably written and filmed in the warm glow only the top drawer cinematographers can achieve.
  • Will Winnipeg get left at the alter by NHL? Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 7:55PMTV picture on possible NHL return to Manitoba remains fuzzy
  • One Check Stops, One Check Starts: TBS Cancels Tyler Perry’s ‘House Of Payne’ And Gives Him New Sitcom Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 8:03AMTBS wants no more of Tyler Perry’s ‘House Of Payne’… but that doesn’t mean they don’t appreciate how Tyler’s show make it rain on their ratings. For his next trick, Tyler Perry is reviving the two hood-est characters from his
  • A Papal Visit Has Dreamers Dreaming Sunday, April 24, 2011 @ 10:50PMWhat do you get when you take the “sur” out of “surrealism”? That sounds like a question in search of a punch line. But few laughs emerge from the answers provided by the somber new revival of John Guare ’s “House of Blue Leaves,” which opened on Monday night at the Walter Kerr Theater.
  • Ask Tamara: Fifteen and Pregnant! Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 9:32AM*Fifteen and Pregnant! Dear Tamara: My fifteen-year-old niece confided in me that she is four months pregnant. I tried to talk to her and convince her to talk to her mother, but she is too afraid. Though my sister has a history of getting upset and going off, I still think she has the right [...]
  • Two Men Arrested for Trying to Use 50 Cent’s AmEx Card Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 9:32AM*The New York Daily News is reporting that 50 Cent has been the victim of identity theft after two men attempted to make unauthorized purchases using his credit card account. The pair was arrested in West Hartford, Connecticut over allegations they tried to buy two $1,000 flatscreen TVs from a local electronics store last year [...]
  • Fresh Faces Cast in Film Adaptation of Hunger Games Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 9:17AM*Newcomers Amandla Stenberg and Dayo Okeniyi have joined the cast of Lionsgate’s big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novels. The Hunger Games takes place in an unidentified future time period after the destruction of North America, in a nation known as Panem – where North America once stood. Panem consists of a wealthy Capitol [...]
  • Prosecutors: Dr. Conrad Murray Changed His Story Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 8:32AM*Prosecutors say the doctor charged in the death of Michael Jackson tried to change his story about his actions involving the pop star, telling his own experts in the upcoming trial a different story than he told police, reports the AP. Deputy District Attorneys David Walgren and Deborah Brazil filed a motion asking a judge [...]
  • Rihanna’s Secret Siblings Revealed Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 8:17AM*More news about Rihanna’s Barbados life surfaced recently. It turns out that the younger brothers she spoke about aren’t the only siblings she has. According to reports, the singer’s father, Ronald Fenty, has three other children from other women. Rihanna’s eldest half sister, Kandy (32), has two daughters, Brandy (14) and Crystal (11) thay are [...]
  • Matured Michael Vick Gives Chris Brown Some Advice Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 8:02AM*It’s been a long hard road to gain favor again for both Chris Brown and Michael Vick. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Vick, who happens to be a fellow Virginia native, told the paper that (his peer and singer) Brown needs to get focused. “Just put your faith in God,” he said. [...]
  • Michael Giltz: DVDs: "Treme" Frustrating, Fun; "Tangled," The Real "Arthur" and More! Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 3:15PMTREME COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ($79.98 BluRay; $59.99 regular DVD; HBO) -- The new season of Treme begins on HBO April 24. The great cast...
  • Debra Lee Talks Banning Artists’ Videos & Positive Change At BET Networks Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 1:50PMChairman and CEO of the BET network, Debra Lee, is no stranger to receiving negative comments regarding programming on the network. For quite some time, BET was under scrutiny and accused of creating a lineup that wasn’t showing a positive image of the black community. Even BET’s co-founder Sheila Johnson, slammed the network last year, [...]Related posts: BET Founder Ashamed Of The Network… The ...
  • A veteran, anonymous in life, is honored in death Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 5:46PMWhen Andris Baltaisvilks died March 15 at the age of 73 at Poppen Hospice Residence in Muskegon, he left behind no next-of-kin, no possessions, no one to make his final arrangements.
  • Soul icon Patti LaBelle performs Saturday Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 3:43AMPatricia Louise Holte created her first girl group, The Ordetttes, back in 1959. They were successful enough that her mom let Patsy leave high school to go on tour.
  • Anna Calvi - The red and the black and the blonde Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 6:22PMTo anyone familiar with Anna Calvi, it would come as little surprise to discover that there was a time when the 28-year-old singer-songwriter was considering going to art school, such is the ferocity of her vision and the eerie and sophisticated aesthetic that she has carefully constructed. In the end, though, music won out as the overriding passion. After all, Calvi was just four years old when ...
  • Lionsgate extends deal with Tyler Perry [updated] Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 2:04PMLionsgate has renewed its movie and home entertainment agreement with its most prolific supplier, filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry. The new contract keeps Perry, whose films such as "Madea Goes to Jail" and "Why Did I Get Married?" are hugely...
  • The state of British TV: Comedy Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 7:03PMIn the third part of our series on the health of UK television, Brian Logan discusses whether British TV comedy is a laughing matter • Mark Lawson on the state of British drama • Stuart Heritage examines British entertainment "Standup doesn't work on TV", they used to say. Now, nothing else seems to. Until two or three years ago, it was a truth universally acknowledged by TV people that a man ...
  • Oxford will revisit Gertrude Berg and 'Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg' Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 8:54AMThe Oxford Arts Alliance in concert with the Oxford Public Library is presenting a walk down radio and television’s memory lane with the showing of the 2010 movie, “Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg.”
  • E.B. native finds it isn’t always black and white Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 10:05AMBY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — He may not be royalty, but Robert King could be on his way to becoming a household name. read more
  • Hollywood casting in black and white Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 11:29PMHollywood is often accused of whitewashing when it comes to its casting choices. Offenses range from the mundane - sitcoms with all white casts and the token “best-friend–character-of-color” - to the brazen. Take for example the movie 21 . The film was based on the mostly true story of a group of M.I.T. students who pulled a...
  • FROM MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY: Desperate for 'Dexter' Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 6:52AMThe first television I remember was black and white and very large. Its convex and shiny grey screen was surrounded by a wooden console and sported two rabbit ears and several knobs the size of tiny teacups. I have photographs of my older brother and I sitting transfixed in front of that screen when we were very young.
  • Pakistan v New Zealand – live! Saturday, March 12, 2011 @ 6:58PM• Turn on our auto-refresh tool for the latest updates • Email alan.gardner.casual@guardian.co.uk for a chat • Buy our Ashes over-by-over book here WICKET! McCullum 6 b Shoaib (1st over; New Zealand 8-1) 1st over: New Zealand 0-0 (McCullum 0, Guptill 0) Here we go then, with the "Rawalpindi Express" Shoaib Akhtar bowling to Brendon McCullum. Shoaib's first ball - which ...
  • An Outdoor View: It's a guy thing Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 11:58AMand all the guys are here. but never shoot no deer.
  • Oxford will revisit Gertrude Berg and 'Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg' Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 11:09AMThe Oxford Arts Alliance in concert with the Oxford Public Library is presenting a walk down radio and television’s memory lane with the showing of the 2010 movie, “Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg.”
  • Oprah's OWN Network Tries Reality TV to Boost Slumping Ratings Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 12:43PMFiled under: News , Media Oprah 's new cable network -- which has not been able to get much traction since its blockbuster opening week -- is getting the "reboot." Network officials have quietly been telling worried advertisers that OWN , Oprah's new channel, will begin reshuffling its lineup in the next weeks and investing millions in advertising to win back faithful viewers. The network's only ...
  • TV talk shows: Tuesday Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 3:03PMWho's on the talk-show circuit today?
  • Review: PUREs Donuts is sweet but suffers from an unsatisfying script Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 10:17AMEven the best artists can put out work that just doesnt work. Playwright Tracy Letts won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony in 2008 for his play August: Osage County , but his most recent play, Superior Donuts , has not met with the same critical success. PURE Theater tackles the play, meeting with results as mixed as a Krispy Kreme variety pack.
  • Visions of Mexico at Wellesley's Davis Museum Sunday, March 6, 2011 @ 12:01PMDavis Museum hosts two artists who have very different visions of Mexico.
  • Dancing doctor Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 2:21PMLisa Edelstein's Cuddy on "House" (7 p.m., KMSP, Ch. 9) has run a hospital and won the heart of the country's grinchiest doctor. But can she sing and dance?
  • Tuesday's DVD releases: March 8 Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 2:21PMTuesday's DVD releases: March 8
  • Davao gives TV5 a rousing welcome Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 1:12AMYou’d think people in Davao only know 2 channels. Last Saturday, I found out they are also aware of a third. It’s called TV5. There is really no stopping TV5.