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Years of Living Dangerously: Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron present a powerful look at climate change

April 10, 2014 Lori Acken

Though it’s produced by a veritable Hollywood power squad — Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron and Jerry Weintraub — and stocked with celebrity correspondents, the real stars of Showtime’s stunning climate-change docuseries Years of Living Dangerously are the everyday souls from around the globe whose lives have been irreparably changed by the weather. While the verity of global warming has been a polarizing issue even before the Kyoto Protocol made greenhouse gases a matter of international policy, the show’s creators and advisers wanted their story to be one of the power of people, not politics. “Politics are covered, but the path […]

TV/Movie Classics: Olivia Newton-John in Vegas with “Summer Nights” show

April 7, 2014 Gerry Strauss

Beloved “Grease” star Olivia Newton-John takes up residency at Las Vegas’ Flamingo with “Summer Nights” show. When Australian-born Olivia Newton-John first embarked on a career in entertainment, she never could have guessed that she’d become someone we’d grow up with, hold onto, and pass along to our children. Yet, her timeless portrayal of Sandy in Grease and her catalog of singable (and danceable) hits have made her a permanent fixture in pop culture. She’s acted and sang with the best, she’s won her battles against breast cancer, she’s reinvented herself, and, through it all, she’s done more than survive… she’s […]

Ballroom Blitz! Tonight on “Dancing With The Stars”: The Switch Up!

April 7, 2014 Kellie Freeze

This week’s episode of Dancing With the Stars promises to shake things up, because every celebrity has swapped professional partners! How will James Maslow dance without sexy siren Peta Murgatroyd? Will Meryl Davis create the same passion with a new partner? I chatted with Anna Trebunskaya, the fiery redhead who danced professionally on DWTS for 10 seasons, for her take on this year’s contestants. Anna had excellent insight into the competition and she also weighed in on who she thinks will win… Charlie White & Sharna and Meryl Davis & Maks are obvious choices to win, but Anna’s also impressed […]

“The Chew” on ABC April 7-11

April 4, 2014 Kellie Freeze

The Chew serves up everything food — from cooking and home entertaining to food trends, restaurants, holidays and more — all aimed at making life better, fuller and more fun. The Chew features celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Michael Symon, and Carla Hall, entertaining expert Clinton Kelly and health and wellness enthusiast Daphne Oz (who is currently on maternity leave). For the week of APRIL 7 – 11 1pmET Monday, April 7– “Pour Some Sugar On Me”– Country super group Little Big Town assist Mario Batali in making sticky, sweet cinnamon rolls; Carla Hall visits Nashville, TN’s Cupcake Collection. Tuesday, April […]

“Dancing With The Stars” Season 18, Episode 3 Recap

March 31, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Now that the couples have 2 dances under their skirts, find out how everyone did in week 3 of Dancing With The Stars. I wonder how everyone is feeling after last week’s double elimination? James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd Dancing the Jive to “The Middle” by Jimmy Eat World James overcame a chubby childhood and intense bullying to become the heartthrob he is today It makes me love him more that he was a little bit of an ugly duckling. He is the hottest thing in Nerd Glasses and that back flip made my heart flip!! Len: “Was that an […]

Weather Channel special looks at Washington mudslide and aftermath

March 31, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Last week’s massive mudslide in Oso, Washington, has claimed the lives of at least 21 people to date, with dozens still unaccounted for and more than 100 homes damaged or destroyed. As the human drama continues to unfold, and the magnitude of the disaster is still being determined, The Weather Channel will be airing a one-hour special called A Town Mourns: The Washington Mudslide to take an in-depth look at the tragedy. The program will explain the weather conditions and other circumstances that allowed the mudslide to occur. It will also explore the hazardous conditions for first responders, rescue and […]

“America’s Got Talent” Audience Ticket Info

March 28, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Tickets Available For New York And LA Auditions The very best part of NBC’s America’s Got Talent is the moment when an ordinary-looking person does something extraordinary. Who can forget last season’s goth teen Andrew DeLeon singing breathtaking opera, Season 5’s unforgettable dancers Team iLuminate, or the voice of an angel that spouted out of child-sensation Jackie Evanchko in Season 5? I love the look of shock on the faces of the judges and the audience members. I love the cheers and even the tears. And for lucky ducks who live in New York or Los Angeles, you can be […]

Those Who Kill finds new home on LMN beginning March 30

March 26, 2014 Barb Oates

For all those fans who have been ranting at A&E over removing Those Who Kill from the network’s lineup after just two episodes, your comments have been heard. The series will get a rebirth on A&E’s sister network LMN (formerly Lifetime Movie Network) beginning Sunday, March 30 at 10pm ET. For newbies of the series it’s a great binge-watching opportunity as the first two previously aired episodes of the series will air at 8pm and 9pm ET prior to an all-new episode in its regular time slot at 10pm ET. When asked for a comment on selecting LMN for the […]

“Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge” Tuesdays on SyFy

March 25, 2014 Kellie Freeze

New Reality Competition Focuses on Puppetry, Animatronics and Creature Effects Tonight, SyFy is premiering a new reality competition show, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge (Tuesdays at 10pmET/PT on SyFy) in hopes of creating a reality competition block that builds off the strength of its powerhouse makeup-effects competition, Face Off. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge follows 10 hopeful creature designers who have come to LA with a singular dream: to land a job working in Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Now, they will pit their talents in creature design, fabrication and mechanization against each other because only one will be awarded a […]

“Coming Back With Wes Moore” examines war veterans’ struggles at home

March 18, 2014 Ryan Berenz

Coming Back With Wes Moore examines war veterans’ struggles at home: This new three-part PBS documentary series reveals how, for some veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, the battle for a new life begins when the war ends. No one comes home from war unchanged. For some veterans, those changes can be as dangerous as war itself. The three-part PBS documentary series Coming Back With Wes Moore (Mondays at 8pm ET beginning May 13) delves into the lives of a handful of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans to explore why some struggle and some succeed in life after their military service. […]