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Review: Lost Girl
The still curiously named SyFy channel has imported a Canadian series titled Lost Girl and it is showing Mondays at 10 pm EST. Similar to the import of the first season of Sanctuary, the channel has snagged an existing quirky show that is a modest hit for its ever changing lineup. Lost Girl is the very sexy tale of a mysterious woman named Bo. For the last decade, Bo has roamed the country feeding her hunger … Read entire article »
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Review: Unforgettable
One addition to the CBS lineup for Fall of 2011 is the police drama Unforgettable. Starring Without a Trace veteran Poppy Montgomery, it adds a little quirk to the usual ensemble cast detective story. Montgomery plays a former Syracuse, NY, police detective who is discovered to be living in New York City by her former boss and ex-lover. She is haunted by the childhood death of her sister. Her character, Carrie Wells, has a problem, hyperthymestic … Read entire article »
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All My Children’s J.R. Martinez Tells Soldier’s Tale
In the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, appearance is almost everything and plastic surgery – to achieve the perfect body, the perfect face, and perfect skin – is commonplace if tabloids and TV shows can be believed. So, as soap opera star J.R. Martinez of “All My Children” sees it, he fits right in. After all, he’s had more than 30 surgeries. The only difference between Martinez and other young actors: Instead of getting a nose … Read entire article »
Filed under: Media, Medicine, Military, Television
Dr. House Tackles Pox Illness
In Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare never wrote “A pox on both your houses”. He used the word “plague” instead of “pox”. The word just sounds older than plague, and in the author’s time either term would have been used for the pox and the plague were universal. Episode 7 of Season 7 of the hit television show, House, M.D., featured the pox as its difficult to diagnose illness. It turns out that there are a number of illnesses that are now called pox, all of which feature sores and rashes of some type. Perhaps the original pox, syphilis was also known as the “Great Pox”. It is a sexually transmitted illness that seems to have been far more severe centuries ago than it is today. The appearance of sores on the genitals … Read entire article »
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Ice Road Trucker Season Four
Season Four of the History Channel’s series Ice Road Trucker begins tonight at 9 pm. Heart throb and hottie Lisa Kelly continues double clutching and gear jamming her way alongside the big boys. Show Schedule Season Premiere Sunday, June 6, at 9/8c Episodes in the next 2 weeks Sunday, Jun 6, 8/7c Arctic Thaw: TVPG L Sunday, Jun 6, 9/8c Breaking Through: TVPG L Wednesday, Jun 9, 9/8c Breaking Through: TVPG L Sunday, Jun 13, 8/7c Breaking Through: TVPG L Sunday, Jun 13, 9/8c The Polar Bear Returns: TVPG Wednesday, Jun 16, 9/8c The Polar Bear Returns: TVPG Amazon.com Widgets … Read entire article »
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Miley Cyrus to end Hannah Montana show
Looks like Miley Cyrus is wrapping up the Hannah Montana show. While some Disney execs seem to be out of the loop, there has been confirmation that this is the show’s last season. Amazon.com Widgets Miley turns 18 on November 23, 2010. She may be looking to move into adulthood through another entertainment venue, probably the movies. She is still in the Disney stable, at least until she takes after many of the women that preceded her and fall apart with drugs, lesbian affairs and a career in the toilet. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Music and Performers, Television
Real World – Baghdad
A two-man team from MTV’s “Real World” program spent a week at Joint Security Station Saydiyah here filming the final portions of a follow-up story on one of the show’s former participants. Army Spc. Ryan Conklin of the North Carolina National Guard’s Company B, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, starred in the Brooklyn edition of the show and received notice of his deployment during filming. MTV followed the Gettysburg, Pa., native through part of his mobilization and pre-deployment training, and is filming the final portion, his deployment to Iraq, for the follow-up story. At the end of June and early this month, photography director Jason Williams and producer Matt Ruecker covered Conklin patrolling Baghdad’s Saydiyah neighborhood and participating in everyday life at this small base. The “Real World” program involves … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Television, War on Terror
Saving Grace – Season 3 WOW!
The first episode for season 3 of the television drama Saving Grace just blew the lovely wife and me away. Talk about kicking it up a notch. The first episode for season 3 is the one that ought to be on the Emmy reel, and on the resume of every actor that appeared. Christina Ricci is Grace’s temporary partner, a street cop looking to move up. It is inspired casting. Ricci plays the character well, and Holly Hunter and Ricci combine to create a feminine powerhouse at the core of the show. IMDB shows Ricci as in only three episodes, but I truly hope she is scheduled for more. Holly Hunter does her usual fantastic job as Grace. Bailey Chase and Kenny Johnson as newly partnered detectives Butch Ada and Ham Dewey … Read entire article »
Filed under: Original writing, Politics, Reviews, Television
Yesterday’s Snow and New Media
Channel 8, local CBS affiliate, did something very cool with their home page yesterday. They had what they called a live “blog” running. It was actually more of a Twitter stream, but it worked whatever you call it. Folks could comment on the weather, send in photos and converse in a way that is not the usual interaction between television and consumers. I was a part of it for a while and I enjoyed it greatly. Also spent some time on Twitter, talking with folks locally and from Channel 13 and Channel 8. At Channel 8 I was able to chat with on air weathermen, producers, the assignment desk and their web guru. They updated us with official statements and reports they received from other sources. We updated them with snow depths, wind … Read entire article »
Filed under: Media, Tech, Television
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