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Dance Moms Season 3 episode 20 recap: Living With the Fibbin’

June 11, 2013 Lori Acken

Once again, Dance Moms nation, we have ourselves an episode that had a splendid opportunity to leave viewers with something positive and lovely for a badly needed change … and blew it resoundingly. We had support for patients and families living with cancer. The power of forgiveness (yes, I know Christi and Kelly aren’t really fighting, but still). The rewards of good sportsmanship and fair play. All shot to hell because whomever is in charge just had to manufacture some drama that makes one little girl seem what I’m virtually certain is unduly insufferable and another, once again — perpetually, […]

Lifetime’s Anna Nicole examines the life and loves of the troubled pinup

June 11, 2013 Lori Acken

The Lifetime original movie Anna Nicole premieres Saturday, June 29 at 8pm ET/PT. Maybe you remember her as the va-va-voom blonde who made Guess the must-wear brand of the ’90s. Or maybe you recall the multiple Playboy spreads — or the reality show that made a prime-time spectacle out of her horrific downward spiral. Or the rabid media coverage of her marriage to octogenarian oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall and the contentious battle for his estate that followed when he died. But odds are you remember Anna Nicole Smith, the teen mom from Mexia, Texas, turned international sexpot turned tabloid train wreck. […]

The Client List Season 2 finale date, time, details

June 5, 2013 Lori Acken

The Client List Season 2 finale will air June 16 with back-to-back episodes that begin at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime. The series’ star, Jennifer Love Hewitt, told Us magazine that she is engaged to costar Brian Hallisay and the couple is expecting their first baby this winter. In the finale’s first hour, “What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am,” Riley (Hewitt) discovers that the client list has been pilfered, which threatens to expose her secret life. Complicating matters, Evan (Colin Egglesfield) discovers that Nikki (Laura Leigh) used to work for Carlyle (Jonathon Schaech) — putting Evan that much closer […]

Dance Moms Season 3 episode 19 recap: It’s Crying Time Again

June 4, 2013 Lori Acken

Welcome back, Dance Moms Nation. How’d you fare in the past two weeks with nothing to fuel your DM obsession but repeats? The second half of Season 3 kicks off with a quick recap of the first — Cathy’s crew is breathing down the Pitt Crew’s necks; Abby’s threatening to go Hollywood for good; mothers are fighting with other mothers — and then we watch as everyone pulls up to the ALDC after a month-long break. Well not quite everyone. Raise your hand if you know the missing mommy … That’s right. It’s Kristie. Turns out, Asia had the opportunity […]

Pretty Wicked Moms cast features 6 feisty Atlanta women

June 3, 2013 Barb Oates

Meet the Pretty Wicked Moms cast — a group of six feisty Atlanta women who star in Lifetime’s new reality/comedy debuting Tuesday, June 4 at 10pm ET. Get a group of moms together and ask their thoughts on raising kids and you’ll get a wide range of advice, opinions and maybe even a bit of one-upmanship on who knows what best. Lifetime puts the spotlight on a group of six feisty Atlanta moms in its unscripted reality series Pretty Wicked Moms (premiering Tuesday, June 4 at 10pm ET). Whether it’s an over-the-top birthday party for a toddler or charting their […]

Devious Maids: Lifetime presents a spicy new soap from Desperate Housewives’ Marc Cherry

June 3, 2013 Lori Acken

Inspired by a popular Mexican telenovela and executive produced by Eva Longoria and her Desperate Housewives boss Marc Cherry, Lifetime’s new nighttime soap, Devious Maids, stars Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Dania Ramirez (Entourage), Roselyn Sanchez (Without a Trace), Edy Ganem (Livin’ Loud) and Judy Reyes (Scrubs) as housekeepers chasing a better life of their own while working for Beverly Hills’ wealthiest families. Like Housewives, the series begins with the women’s stories unfolding as one of their own dies under mysterious circumstances. But if you think that Devious Maids is just Desperate Housekeepers in a tonier locale, you’re in for a […]

The Queen Has Spoken: Interview with Pretty Wicked Moms Emily Dees Boulden

May 31, 2013 Barb Oates

Interview with Lifetime’s Pretty Wicked Moms Emily Dees Boulden Lifetime’s latest “Mom” series offers a bit more humor than the traditional drama associated with a reality series fueled by a group of beautiful, semi-rich and supercompetitive women. The star of Lifetime’s new Pretty Wicked Moms (premiering Tuesday, June 4 at 10pm ET) is the self-described “queen bee” Emily Dees Boulden, a sexy, savvy businesswoman who is owner of Atlanta’s high-end boutique Swank. Emily is mother to Amzie, wife to the ever-patient Pete and BFF to Nicole N. (the doggy mom), who is also a featured cast member on the series. […]

Jewel stars as June Carter Cash in Lifetime’s Ring of Fire

May 24, 2013 Lori Acken

The life story of Johnny Cash’s long-suffering, steel magnolia wife June Carter takes the spotlight in Monday night’s Lifetime original movie, Ring of Fire. Culled from a biography written by the couple’s son John Carter Cash and named for the iconic song Carter penned to exorcise her feelings for the singer when both were married to other people, the film chronicles June’s rise to fame with country music’s legendary The Carter Family and her passion for “The Man In Black” that simmered through her first two marriages until they wed in 1968. Grammy-winning singer Jewel plays June with reverence and […]

Dance Moms Season 3 Tell All Reunion Part 2 recap: For Crying Out Loud!

May 14, 2013 Lori Acken

Welcome back, Dance Moms nation. Did everyone have a nice Mothers Day, even if you didn’t get your own TV special to commemorate it? Are you ready for — or dreading — our two-week sabbatical until Dance Moms starts up again June 4 with what’s looking like a doozy of a summer season? But right now we’ve got one more hour of Dance Moms Season 3 Tell All Reunion (and dance moms in jewel-toned dresses) to get through, so let’s have at it. We begin with a solo Abby once again, and this time JC Superstar Executive Producer wants to talk […]

Dance Moms Season 3 Tell All recap: Children and Violence

May 7, 2013 Lori Acken

Did everyone enjoy “The Mother of All Specials” that preceded tonight’s Dance Moms: Tell-All Reunion Part One, Dance Moms fans? Did it give you a better understanding of why Abby Lee is the way Abby Lee is — or make you more confused, since Mother Miller is calm and kind and often appears as puzzled by her daughter as we are? Did it make you nostalgic for when Dance Moms was more funny and fun, and less cutthroat and stressful —and we got to have Dance Moms fashion moments? Did it make you want to pop Abby’s dad in the […]