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Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on July 14, 2010 at 6:28pm

Superman Comic Brings The Man of Steel to Philly

PHILADELPHIA – One of America's most enduring superheroes has begun a cross-country trek in Philadelphia.

In the pages of DC Comics' latest issue of Superman, which hits stands Wednesday, the Man of Steel embarks on a yearlong journey of more than 1,000 miles with a single step. But for all his strength, insight and intelligence, he still has a thing or two to learn about geography.

The 500 block of South 48th Street is described as the city's "South Side," though no such neighborhood exists in Philadelphia. The area is actually a section of west Philadelphia known as University City, and the flub has generated a little bit of good-natured ribbing from locals.

"We really love to hear that because it means people are reading it and there's a sense of area pride," DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio said. "If we stand corrected, that's OK."

Superman issue No. 701 marks the first installment of the 12-issue "Grounded" series that aims to re-establish the 72-year-old superhero's role as defender of the powerless, a theme that resonated with Depression-era readers.

"At a time in our history when the economy had crashed, and we were recovering from an expensive world war (before we began numbering them), when there was great political upheaval ... he stepped out of the shadows as someone who supported all sides, as long as they were fair and decent," writer J. Michael Straczynski told The Associated Press in a recent e-mail.

"Those times sound a lot like these times, so it makes sense to bring him back around to that role."

During his trek through the city of Brotherly Love, Superman foils a crew of heckling drug dealers, saves an elderly man having a heart attack and talks a despondent woman off a ledge — literally.

Our Krypton-born, Kansas-bred protagonist lacks schooling in the finer points of ordering a cheesesteak — he inelegantly dubs it a "Philly cheese steak sandwich" — but the waitress taking his order lets the faux pas slide. She also cheerfully allows the cash-strapped superhero, who was a vegetarian in another DC series several years back, to work off his bill by cleaning a storage room.

This is really supposed to be Philadelphia?

"They didn't do very well, but they tried," Robert Lefevre, manager of Brave New Worlds comic book store downtown, said with a laugh. "Maybe they confused us with Chicago, which has a South Side. And 'Philly cheese steak sandwich,' nobody says that."

Still, he said customers are responding positively to the issue and sales have been brisk.

Superman's next stop is Detroit, where issues like unemployment and poverty will be woven into a superhero story line, DiDio said. Subsequent locations will be determined based on a recently completed essay contest that asked fans to write about their town and how Superman inspires them.

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on July 28, 2010 at 8:48pm

Yogi Bear' Hits Big Screen With Surprise Voices

by Matt McDaniel · July 28, 2010

He's certainly smarter than the average bear, but he's always been flatter than one, too.


That's changing this December when Yogi Bear makes the leap from 2D TV cartoon to 3D live-action movie. Like "Scooby-Doo" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" before it, "Yogi Bear" will have human actors sharing the screen with computer-animated versions of the animal characters. But what is different in this flick is the big names lending their voices to the CGI stars: Dan Aykroyd as Yogi, and Justin Timberlake as his buddy, Boo Boo.


In the just-released trailer for the movie, you can hear that Aykroyd does a note-perfect version of Yogi Bear's deep, New York-accented voice that was originally inspired by Art Carney's character on "The Honeymooners." And Timberlake's voice is unrecognizably high-pitched and nasally as Boo Boo. It's a stretch from his turn in "Shrek the Third," where his vocal performance as Artie sounded pretty much like himself.


The characters retain the basic look of their animated counterparts. Yogi sports his green hat and necktie, and Boo Boo wears his traditional purple bowtie. (The reason Hanna-Barbara characters all had collars was so that animators would only have to redraw the head without moving the body, saving both time and money).


"Yogi Bear" hits movie screens in 3D on December 17.

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on August 27, 2010 at 7:26pm

How to Make Monopoly Fun

Just how did Monopoly get to be such a classic?

Played by the standard rules, it’s a terrible game; a shallow, tedious, confrontational waste of far too much time. But somehow it’s the most played board game in the world, according to Hasbro.

So chances are your family games closet has one (or more) of the various editions of this classic. Most likely, it’s pushed to the back, where it’s been hanging out ever since that unfortunate incident between Aunt Grace and Grandpa over the hotel on Park Place. They’re still not speaking. But the less said about that, the better. If you’ve got the hankering to pull it out again, here’s a few ideas for how to get the monotony out of your Monopoly.

Set a time limit
If you do nothing else, do this: decide when your game’s going to stop, and stick to it. You can set a hard time limit (although you might have to deal with players deliberately running down the clock) or set a ceiling on the number of turns the game will run. Once you hit the end, call the game, total up assets, and declare the victor.

Free Parking
What happens when you land on “Free Parking?” According to the rulebook, absolutely nothing. Many players introduce a rule whereby if you land on the “Free Parking” square you collect a fixed sum of cash, the accumulated Chance and Community Chest winnings of the other players, or some other windfall. Don’t do this. Putting more cash in circulation is exactly what you don’t want to do in Monopoly, especially when it’s dished out according to the whim of the dice. You’ll just end up prolonging the game, and making the game even more luck-based than it already is.

Closed-bid auctions
Some players find Monopoly’s auction process tiresome, time-consuming, or intimidating. If that’s the case with you, just switch to a closed-bid system. Have every player write down their top bid on a piece of paper and hand them to the banker -- the top bidder wins, and pays the amount the second highest bidder wrote down.

Raise the prices
Often, Monopoly players find there’s just too much money flying around. If you’re playing with a big bankroll, there’s even less strategy to the game; purchasing decisions become trivial, and considering they’re the only decisions you’ll be making for most of the game, that’s a big loss. Try increasing the face prices of all properties by 50 or even 100%, and keep all other monetary values (including mortgage prices) where they are. If your cash doesn’t go as far, you’ll have to think much harder about where to spend it.

Auction off the first turn
In Monopoly, the player who goes first knows he or she isn’t going to wind up paying rent. Conversely, the player who goes last is likely to find many of the starting row properties already owned -- and is likely to wind up with a bill to pay. Here’s a way to level the playing field: have all the players bid for the first-place opportunity with some of their starting cash.

Ditch useless utilities
No smart Monopoly player buys the utilities. Make them worthwhile by turning them into a fifth and sixth railroad. Keep the cost the same as the other railroads, and increase the rent values proportionally for players holding five or six.

Barter
Many Monopoly games adopt this rule as the game wears on, as adding a human dimension to the game deepens its strategy enormously. Under this rule, all deals between players are fair game. Want to lend money and charge interest? Go ahead. Trade properties for a Get Out Of Jail Free card? Sure. Give another player free rent on all your properties, or arrange a profit-sharing deal? Go nuts. Just be prepared for an engrossing session of skulduggery and backstabbing.

Make your own cards
Ever thought your Monopoly game would be livened up by a housewrecking elephant? What about a property boom that doubles prices for the next round? Make your own sets of Chance or Community Chest cards, and you can make your wildest dreams come true. As long as they involve Monopoly boards, that is.

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on August 27, 2010 at 7:36pm

'Dora The Explorer' May Change A Whole Generation

Don't underestimate her just because she's a little girl. "Dora The Explorer" is a multibillion-dollar franchise that may be creating a more enlightened generation, more open to different people and cultures not their own.

Ten years have passed since the Latina Dora became the first bilingual heroine of children's TV and conquered the hearts of kids around the world. Nickelodeon has celebrated the anniversary with a one-hour special that features the voices of Rosie Perez, John Leguizamo and Hector Elizondo, and a documentary with comments from Dora herself, the series' creators, experts from the industry, real-life kids and celebrities such as Salma Hayek and Shakira.

"I think that the fact that kids are identifying with a kid with darker color skin that speaks another language (shows they are more open)," said Chris Gifford, one of the show's creators and executive producers. "Kids want their parents to read them the books and watch Dora with them. ... That's what it's about."

"Dora The Explorer" is seen today in 151 markets and is translated to 30 languages. In English-speaking countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland, Dora teaches Spanish; in other markets — including the Hispanic U.S. markets — the adventurous little girl teaches English.

According to Nickelodeon, "Dora" has generated over $11 billion in worldwide sales since 2002, having sold 65 million units of Fisher Price Dora the Explorer toys, 50 million books and over 20 million DVDs worldwide. In France, publishing house Albin Michel has sold more than 12 million educational Dora books since its launch — or one Dora book for every child in France, the network points out.

Yet, the original idea for the show had nothing to do with a bilingual girl.

"She didn't start as a Latina or a heroine — she was a forest animal," said co-creator and executive producer Valerie Walsh Valdes. "Nickelodeon actually asked us to consider making her a Latina because a recent study said that there were no positive bilingual characters on children's television."

So producers turned to such experts as historian Carlos E. Cortes, author of "The Children Are Watching" and "The Making — and Remaking — of a Multiculturalist."

"He was absolutely instrumental in helping us find the best way to put Dora forward in terms of culture," said Gifford. Cortes advised that Dora should always be inclusive, so producers decided not to give her a particular country of origin.

"I am delighted with the way 'Dora' has come out, particularly the impact it seems to be having in young people," said Cortes, professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Riverside. "The Latino kids take pride having Dora as a lead character and non-Latino kids can embrace someone different."

"I think that Dora has a very specific special relationship with kids at home, not necessarily for being bilingual but as a powerful character who invites kids on adventures," says Brown Johnson, president, Animation, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group. "Here, Spanish words open doors."

In "Dora The Explorer," the Latin flavor is present not only in the language and Dora's features but also in characters such as Isa the Iguana and Tico the Squirrel, scenes, themes and family values. The little star invites her young, preschool viewers to come with her on an adventure, where she usually faces a problem that she cannot resolve by herself.

Dora asks her audience to answer questions in an interactive show that includes silences that are long enough for viewers to suggest an answer.

"The kids are feeling good about putting together the puzzle bridge (that will solve the problem). ... Dora needs THEIR help!" says Walsh Valdes.

Each episode relies on the advice of educators and cultural experts, and can take more than a year to produce, in part because not one gets into the air without first being screened in front of the most honest and feared jury: at least 75 children. "Just the heartbreak to see those kids disappointed! We really take it personally. ... These 3 year olds," Gifford said. They really listen to the children, said Walsh Valdes.

Dora's voice has been portrayed the last three years by Caitlin Sanchez. The 14-year-old succeeded the original voice of Dora, Kathleen Herles, when she left to go to college.

"It's really an honor to play an icon," said Sanchez, who enjoys making the voice of the Latina idol in front of her little fans, who immediately recognize it: "It's Dora!" "She's got Dora inside her mouth!"

"Dora is like the most helping person in the world," the young actress said. "I have learned a lot from her, too. ... She's a great role model."

Stars such as Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek have spoken about the relationship of Dora with their families.

"There's a 'Dora The Explorer' (episode) where Dora's mom has twins — a boy and a girl," Jolie told People magazine in 2008, noting how her older children got ready for the arrival of her own twins. "They watched that a lot."

"I love Dora! She's been such a part of my relationship with my child," said Hayek at the show's 10th anniversary press conference in March. "I love that it's bilingual and that she's a heroine who has Latin roots."

Meanwhile, a Dora balloon made its debut in Macy's 2005 Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, the first time for a Latino character.

"It's flattering, but it also speaks about how Dora has transcended from just being a preschool show. There's something really amazing in her ability to cross over," said Walsh Valdes.

"Dora" has aired against the backdrop of the immigration debate. When the new Arizona law was announced, a photo of Dora behind bars as a suspected illegal immigrant made the rounds on the Internet.

Such is the influence of Dora, Cortes said, that future fans could affect the political future of America. A 5-year-old viewer in 2000 is now 15.

"It will be another three years until they go to college and be able to vote, and I think we may see a difference. You can't be certain, but our hope is that young people of all backgrounds will be more open," he said. "If Dora can do that, her impact is unimaginable."

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on August 27, 2010 at 7:52pm

James Cameron Presents New Footage and Creatures in 'Avatar: Special Edition'

Can James Cameron singlehandedly save the summer box office with the re-release of "Avatar" this weekend? Probably not, as there aren't enough weekends left this blockbuster season, but this does give movie fans an opportunity to see the "Special Edition" -- with an additional nine minutes of new footage -- of the all-time highest grossing film. Of course you'll be able to see it in IMAX and in 3D, but the best reason of all to see it again just might be for the creatures that didn't appear in the '09 theatrical release.

Fortunately, we did get the director to share an exclusive photo of the Sturmbeest, or as the Na'vi call them, "Talioang," whom you'll be able to catch a glimpse of in the re-released version. You'll note these impressive specimens stampeding below the Na'vi in the photo. And like every living thing on Pandora -- and anything from the mind of Cameron -- they are large in scale. Like massive, single-horned, blue cows, the Sturbeests are harmless unless startled by a predator.


Furthermore, in honor of the late summer re-release of "Avatar," Yahoo! Movies got to sit down with James Cameron to discuss his real experiences with native tribes, the highly anticipated sequel and if he'll direct a third film, his thoughts on the next cinematic trend beyond 3D, and the prospects of his own signature line of 3D glasses.

Yahoo! Movies: So, a lot of people have seen Avatar.

James Cameron: I think there are some mud men in New Guinea that haven't seen it.

YM: Ah, so that must be why it's coming out in theaters again.

JC: Actually, when I was down in Brazil I was meeting these guys, these indigenous people that live way out in the rain forest and we had to take a boat, like for a couple days to go meet with them. And they hadn't heard of Avatar, they hadn't heard of me. It was really refreshing. It was nice, you know. They couldn't care less about movies. What they cared about was that they were actually, their ancestral homelands were being destroyed by a hydroelectric dam, and they got their bows and arrows together and they were going to go to war to stop it.

YM: It's like real life. "Avatar" for real.

JC: Like really for real. Not those guys, but some other ones even farther south in the upper Shingu [River] actually took a hundred construction workers on another dam project hostage -- with bows and arrows. And it's not that they are using bows and arrows to make some kind of point in the media. That's what they hunt with.

YM: Right, again, this is authentic. I think the film struck a chord with a lot of people. Those of us that are, say, exploring a new shopping mall. Things like that.

JC: Exactly. We all have that wild, feral version of ourselves inside ourselves. I don't know if you have kids, but my three year old, my six year old, and my nine year old all turn into wild animals. Literally. We all have that. And we feel that sense of a disconnect in our lives from nature more and more as life goes on and as time goes on. I mean, when I was a kid, I lived in a little suburban house, but I spent all my time out in the woods nearby, you know. And kids don't do that anymore. At least, not around here they don't. And they're more focused on games and the internet. It really is a disconnect. We're missing something. And we all feel it.

So when we see "Avatar," and it's about that at a thematic level and it's really what the stakes of the whole story are about, it's what their fighting for, then it actually does resonate. I'm just worried that thirty years from now it wouldn't even resonate with people. That we will have become so disconnected from nature that there is no resonance anymore. And maybe nature is so distressed at that point with so many animals extinct, maybe its not 30 years, maybe it's fifty years -- but the coral reefs are destroyed and so many of the animals are threatened. They're either extinct or so threatened that they have to be separated from the human experience. Then we'll have lost that connection forever. And that's the future of "Avatar." That's what the people coming from earth, that's what they're living. They're out a future if we don't do something about it.

YM: So are you working on any other projects right now? Or maybe these are just some of the expanded themes for the sequel?
JC: It's a vein that's going to run through the second and third film, and what that all means and how it resolves. It's really a collision of civilization. It's a collision between technical civilization and a philosophy or a value system that actually values nature. And values life in a way that we don't. So yeah, that's going to continue through the sequel and the sequel to the sequel. I mean, "Avatar" will go on as long as it needs to. I'll direct at least one more, maybe two. And then after that, it might get turned over to others. It's an open-ended story, it's an open-ended universe. So why not?

YM: Is there anything specific that you can tease us with that we might expect?

JC: I'm not going to say too much about the sequel because, frankly, I think the fun is in the discovery. The fun is in the journey. If you know where you're going, you don't have to go, sort of thing. But I've already sort of teased with the idea that the ocean is going to be a big part of the second film. And that's true. Frankly, that's a fun design challenge. It's an exciting design challenge to do. Think about the diversity and the color palette and the amazing forms that exist in our ocean here, and then you extrapolate that farther to Pandora to a fantasy biosphere.

YM: You can even get a sense of that with the world you created on land.

JC: Well, that's true. The terrestrial forms felt very aquatic, but that's just because I've spent so much damn time underwater. I've always said: the aliens all exist here on earth already, they just might be that big [puts his thumb and index finger together]. And they might be underwater. But all the amazing forms are already here. It's pretty hard to be more inventive than nature, and that was one of our big challenges when we were designing the films -- how are you more inventive than nature is right here? You can't.

YM: So clearly you're the biggest champion of all for 3D technology.

JC: I'm a champion of good 3D. I'm not a champion of bad 3D. And I'm very, very skeptical about "Last Airbender" because it was converted very rapidly in post-production. It wasn't creatively authored in 3D. And I respect M. Night as a director. If he wanted to make a 3D movie he should have made it in 3D. It was probably a studio decision. Same thing with "Clash of the Titans." Louis Leterrier is a very talented director. If he had had some 3D cameras he could have made a great 3D movie. As it was, they just slapped it on after the fact.

YM: And it totally shows.

JC: And it wasn't his decision. You know, they did it while he was off fixing the film in England. I talked to him about it.

YM: You tempted all the studios with the financial possibilities.

JC: I think it's a short-term phenomenon. Basically they saw a gold mine, they saw a gold rush in progress and they didn't want to miss it. So they started saying like, 'hey, we can just retrofit stuff we've got.' Hopefully they've learned their lesson, that that's not good enough. We didn't do that with "Avatar." It was natively authored in 3D. Here's the interesting thing. We're just finishing up now a film called "Sanctum" that I'm an executive producer on. It was shot in Australia, Australian director, all Australian crew and cast. But it was made for a tiny fraction of the cost of "Avatar." It's a drama, kind of survival thriller that takes place inside a cave system. Not science fiction, no monsters, no fantasy stuff, not a lot of visual effects. And modestly budgeted. And the point is, if we can do that film, with high quality 3D, and deliver a white knuckle really intense emotional experience in a movie theater, then anybody can make any movie in 3D. It's not that big a deal. The additional cost to make that film in 3D was trivial compared to the cost of most movies in Hollywood. So it can be done. People are still afraid. There's a lot of superstition around shooting in 3D right now. There's a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings.

YM: What do you think some of the biggest negative suspicions are?

JC: Oh that it's expensive, that your post will be twice as long, that it's going to cost you twice as much, that you can't do visual effects blah blah blah. It's a long list. But it's all the "can'ts." I'm never about "can't." I'm about "can." We can do it. Of course we can do it. If can't was in my vocabulary we wouldn't have even started "Avatar" if you think about it. You can't do photo real human expression, CG character. You can't make a major movie in 3D that's a live action film. You can't you can't you can't. We just didn't pay any attention to that.

YM: And you've had to do that a few times, with a lot of your projects.

JC: Yeah, but that's part of the fun. If I'm not challenging myself, then I'm not enjoying myself. It doesn't matter what the hours are or how hard the work is, or how doomed we feel like while we're doing it. It's worth it if you're going beyond, if you're doing something that's innovative or pioneering. Then it's worth it.

YM: You've really got to be fed up at this point with the "can't" people.

JC: It's just a constant, ongoing challenge. To show people how straightforward it is, how easy the tools are to use, how intuitive it is, and just kind of calm their fears. But we've done it a lot of times: "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "Hannah Montana," "TRON." You know, we've gotten a lot of people walked through that process and they're making movies. It'll accelerate.

YM: Is it too soon to start thinking about what the next extra sensory experience in theaters will be?

JC: 4D, 5D.

YM: Right, more Ds.

JC: No, I think there are improvements to be made to the basic system of display that we have right now. We've been saddled with this 24 frame for second frame rate for 100 years, and it's inadequate. In 3D, it's really important to keep that stuff to a minimum. So I think we need to speed up the frame-rate, which means we need to shoot movies at a higher speed and play them back at a higher speed. Fortunately, the digital projectors can do that. They're just not doing it right now. So that's just a little bit of a conversion. We need brighter light levels, because when you put the glasses on it cuts the light in half. So we need brighter light levels in the theaters. So there's still improvements to be made, but I don't think there's going to be anything radical. If you think about it, we see and hear the world, we see in color and 3D. So it's taken us a hundred years to catch up with the basic human sensory apparatus. But there's nothing remaining, really, other than taste and smell and those don't really relate well to a narrative presentation. Although I've heard that 4D works pretty well, which is where they give you smells and chair movement and things like that, but it's too expensive to do on a mass basis.

YM: Disney's Califonia Adventureland -- don't they do stuff like that?

JC: Well they have 4D theaters, they've got them in Korea and a couple other places. But they're really expensive to put in, $20,000 a chair or something like that. But apparently it's really cool. You can smell -- when you're in the jungle it smells like the jungle. They do it for certain films. I haven't experienced it myself, but I don't know how necessary that all is.

YM: It might come around, you never know.

JC: It sounds distracting to me.

YM: It does sound intense, but people have said that about the 3D.

JC: That's true. But you're still bound by a frame. Inside that frame you have a moving picture, a moving painting, and the more real that is, the better it is supported by sound. It's like surround sound. Surround sound, abused, can actually pull you out of the movie. All of a sudden you think something is happening with you in the theater and it breaks the spell. You don't want to break the spell. That's why anything that distracts you, and makes you aware of being in a movie theater versus focusing your attention onto the story is a negative. But I'm not going to pass judgment on 4D until I've seen it.

YM: Final question: fashion. Will we ever see the "James Cameron signature Ray Ban 3D glasses"?

JC: You know, it's funny to say -- having made this highest-grossing film -- but that sounds too commercial to me. I just want to be a movie maker. If I'm not making a movie, I want to be doing something else that interests me. And that would be deep ocean exploration or some kind of engineering project. Building a new camera, building some robotics, or something. Or I'm making a movie. I always get uncomfortable when I get into other ways of making money, because that just feels like I'm doing something to make money.

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on August 28, 2010 at 4:21pm

The Toy Story3 Movie Is Now A Part OfThe Billion Dollar Movie Club

A few weeks after breaking the record for the highest-grossing animated flick of all time, Pixar's "Toy Story 3" has just become only the seventh movie ever to rake in $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts. The Wrap reports that Disney announced the movie crossed the ten-digit threshold on Friday, making the studio the first to have two billion-dollar earners in one year ("Alice in Wonderland" being the other 2010 release).

The third, and reportedly final, installment in the ground-breaking trilogy drew near universal critical praise and earned $404 million since it opened in June, making it the highest grossing flick of the year.

Other Billion Dollar Movies Are:
2-The Dark Knight
3-Alice In Wonderland
4- Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
5-Lord Of the Rings:The Return Of The King
6-TITANIC
7-AVATAR

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on August 28, 2010 at 6:19pm

TV GUIDE: FALL TV SCHEDULE

Monday 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm
ABC: 8:00 Dancing with the Stars- 10:00 Castle
CBS: 8:00 How I Met Your Mother- 8:30 Rules of Engagement -9:00 Two and a Half Men- 9:30 Mike & Molly (New)-10:00 Hawaii Five-0 New
CW: 8:00 90210- 9:00 Gossip Girl - 10:00 Local
FOX: 8:00 House- 9:00 Lone Star-10:00 New Local
NBC: 8:00 Chuck- 9:00 The Event (New)- 10:00 Chase (New)


Tuesday 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm
ABC: 8:00 No Ordinary Family (New)- 9:00 Dancing with the Stars the Results Show-10:00 Detroit 1-8-7( New)
CBS: 8:00 NCIS- 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles-10:00 The Good Wife
CW: 8:00 One Tree Hill - 9:00 Life Unexpected- 10:00 Local
FOX: 8:00 Glee- 9:00 Raising Hope (New)-9:30 Running Wilde (New)-10:00 Local
NBC: 8:00 Biggest Loser- 10:00 Parenthood


Wednesday 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm
ABC: 8:00 The Middle- 8:30 Better With You (New)- 9:00 Modern Family- 9:30 Cougar Town- 10:00 The Whole Truth (New)
CBS: 8:00 Survivor-9:00 Criminal Minds- 10:00 The Defenders (New)
CW: 8:00 America's Next Top Model- 9:00 Hellcats (New) -10:00 Local
FOX: 8:00 Lie to Me- 9:00 Hell's Kitchen- 10:00 Local
NBC: 8:00 Undercovers (New)- 9:00 Law & Order: SVU- 10:00 Law & Order: Los Angeles New


Thursday 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm
ABC: 8:00 My Generation (New)- 9:00 Grey's Anatomy- 10:00 Private Practice
CBS: 8:00 Big Bang Theory- 8:30 $#*! My Dad Says (New)- 9:00 CSI- 10:00 The Mentalist
CW: 8:00 Vampire Diaries- 9:00 Nikita (New)- 10:00 Local
FOX: 8:00 Bones- 9:00 Fringe-10:00 Local
NBC: 8:00 Community- 8:30 30 Rock- 9:00 The Office- 9:30 Outsourced (New)- 10:00 The Apprentice


Friday 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm
ABC: 8:00 Secret Millionaire- 9:00 New Body of Proof (New) -10:00 20/20
CBS: 8:00 Medium -9:00 CSI: NY- 10:00 Blue Bloods (New)
CW: 8:00 Smallville- 9:00 Supernatural- 10:00 Local
FOX: 8:00 Human Target- 9:00 Good Guys- 10:00 Local
NBC: 8:00 Who Do You Think You Are?/School Pride (New)- 9:00 Dateline NBC- 10:00 Outlaw (New)

Saturday 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm
ABC: 8:00 College Football
CBS: 8:00 Crimetime Saturday- 9:00 Crimetime Saturday- 10:00 48 Hours Mystery
CW: 8:00 Local
FOX: 8:00 Cops- 8:30 Cops- 9:00 America's Most Wanted -10:00 Local
NBC: 8:00 Repeats

Sunday 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm
ABC: 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos- 8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition- 9:00 Desperate Housewives- 10:00 Brothers & Sisters
CBS: 7:00 60 Minutes- 8:00 The Amazing Race- 9:00 Undercover Boss- 10:00 CSI: Miami
CW: Local
FOX: 7:00 The OT- 8:00- The Simpsons- 8:30 The Cleveland Show- 9:00 Family Guy- 9:30 American Dad- 10:00 Local
NBC: 7:00 Football Night in America- 8:00 Sunday Night Football


Dateline NBC, Minute to Win It and The Celebrity Apprentice replace football in March 2011

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on August 31, 2010 at 3:29am

Dancing With the Stars Season "11" Cast Of Stars Revealed!



Dirty, funny, controversial and wildly surprising. Those are the five words that best sum up the twelve celebrities set to shake a tail feather on the new season of Dancing With the Stars.


The cast is sprinkled with big names: Brandy, David Hasselhoff, Michael Bolton, Bristol Palin, Mike "The Situation Torentino, Jennifer Grey, Margaret Cho, Kurt Warner, Rick Fox, Audrina Patridge, Kyle Massey and Florence Henderson (who is the oldest at 76).


The show's 11th season kicks off Monday, September 20th at 8/7c on ABC.

BRANDY

RICK FOX

KYLE MASSEY

MARGARET CHO

AUDRINA PATRIDGE

MIKE "THE SITUATION" TORENTINO

BRISTOL PALIN

DAVID HASSELHOFF

FLORENCE HENDERSON

KURT WARNER

JENNIFER GREY

MICHAEL BOLTON

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on October 28, 2010 at 1:44am

Movie Premiere & Luncheon Photos From Director Tyler Perry's Film "For Colored Girls" Starts Nov. 5


For months rumors have circled around when New Orleans native Tyler Perry's next film, "For Colored Girls" would be released. This weekend, fans were buzzing about the trailer and film poster released by Lionsgate.


The movie debuts November 5.

The new movie is based on Ntozake Shange's 1974 poem, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf," which was turned into a play combining poetry, dance and music.

Tyler's version of the play weaves together the stories of nine different woman: Joanna, Tangie, Crystal, Gilda, Kelly, Juanita, Yasmine, Nyla and Alice. The cast includes some of the stars from Perry's past films: Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington and Whoopi Goldberg.

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on December 4, 2010 at 12:03am

Martha Stewart revamps 'The Simpsons' Home for the Holidays in Dec. 5th Christmas episode

A look inside the Simpsons' home -- which Martha decked out for the holidays




Martha Stewart's next stop: Springfield.

The home décor guru is set to revamp America's most famous cartoon family's home on the December 5th episode of "The Simpsons," according to EW.com.

Stewart will play herself on the Christmas-themed episode, and naturally she will help the family decorate their Springfield home for the holidays.

And leave it to Martha to come up with uber-crafty DIY projects for the whole family.

“Marge is upset that the rest of the family has no Christmas spirit, so Martha comes in and, with military efficiency, completely changes things around,” Executive Producer Al Jean told the outlet. “She tapes up Bart’s and Milhouse’s mouths, sticks ping-pong paddles on their backs, and makes them into wooden soldiers.”

She even uses baby Maggie's head to spray paint stars on the windows. Homer also gets in on the Martha treatment.

“He’s just sleeping on the couch with a copy of Modern Fart Denier magazine on his stomach, so she puts a cute Christmas display with a little train over him,” added Jean.

Jean commended the real Martha Stewart on her fantastic sense of humor about herself, reports the outlet.

The episode airs Dec. 5 on Fox.

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on December 8, 2010 at 3:58pm

Report: Aretha Franklin Suffering From Pancreatic Cancer

Posted Wed Dec 8, 2010 2:26pm PST by Access Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is reportedly suffering from cancer..

According to Detroit's WJBK FOX 2, a relative of the singer told reporter Al Allen that the singer is suffering from the disease. Another relative reportedly said the family is very concerned for the music legend..

Another report from the Detroit News claimed that Franklin has pancreatic cancer, according to a source familiar with the situation..

A rep for the singer was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Access Hollywood..

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, earlier this month, Franklin had surgery for an undisclosed reason..

"The surgery was highly successful," the music icon said in a statement to Access at the time. "God is still in control. I had superb doctors and nurses whom were blessed by all the prayers of the city and the country. God bless you all for your prayers!".

Last month, the multi Grammy-winning music legend announced that she was canceling all concert dates and personal appearances through May..

Permalink Reply by Phoebe Macon on August 7, 2013 at 4:39am

The Butler Movie Premiere & After Party

THE BUTLER tells the story of a White House butler who served eight American

 

presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes that swept

 

American society during this time, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and

 

beyond, and how those changes affected this man’s life and family. Forest Whitaker

 

stars as the butler with Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower, John Cusack as

 

Richard Nixon, Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan, James Marsden as John F. Kennedy,

 

Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson, and many more including Oprah Winfrey, Terrence

 

Howard, Minka Kelly, Melissa Leo, Jane Fonda, and Lenny Kravitz. Academy Award®

 

nominated Lee Daniels (PRECIOUS) directs and co-wrote the script with Emmy®-award

 

winning Danny Strong (GAME CHANGE).

 

 

 

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