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Drop Dead Diva Season 5 premieres June 23 on Lifetime

Faithful fans battled for and won a fifth season of Drop Dead Diva, Lifetime’s unique and charming dramedy about a shallow model who dies suddenly and is resurrected in the body of a plus-sized attorney. The 13-episode Season 5 premieres Sunday, June 23 at 9pm ET/PT, followed by the series premiere of Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry’s eagerly awaited new nighttime soap Devious Maids. The Season 5 premiere — aptly titled “Back From the Dead” — picks up where Season 4 left off, with Jane (Brooke Elliott) searching for her fiancé Owen (Lex Medlin, Southland) after he saw her share […]

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Kids

Dance Moms Season 3 Episode 18 recap: Apple Sass

So we’ve reached the midterm of Dance Moms Season 3, Dance Moms nation. Everybody ready for a couple of reunion shows and a dab of a spring break before we have back at it come summer? But first we have two hours of midseason finale to get our tanks on “full” and get us through, so let’s get to it. While Abby’s taking stock of what numbers we have to get crackin’ on now that The View is behind us, Kelly actually asks her permission to take the solo-less Brooke to see a music manager. Abby says she’ll think about […]

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Documentary

Dear Mom Love Cher: Cher honors her roots in a charming Lifetime special

When I was a kid, I wanted to be Cher. Well into adulthood, I have yet to change my mind. From her early days as the exotic half of Sonny & Cher to her stunning reinvention as an award-winning movie star — and her poster-child status for women with independent hearts, lively love lives and bold fashion choices throughout — Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere Bono Allman has always been my kind of dame. Turns out, she comes from a long line of them. I talked with the entertainment icon for her can’t-miss Lifetime special Dear Mom, Love Cher and discovered a […]

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Kids

Dance Moms Season 3 episode 17 recap: The View, Screw You, And Cathy, Too

As we open this week’s episode, Dance Moms nation, the Pitt Crew is setting up shop at Stepping Out Studios in New York City. Because not only are we all going to appear on The View, but we’re also attending a competition while we’re out here. The Masters of Dance competition. Our first time ever. It’s basically another in10sity Dance thing — in Bernardsville, New Jersey, not the Big Apple proper — so we’re hardly new to the setup, but whatever. We’re going. And so are Cathy and the Lad Apples. This is hardly a surprise. The pyramid has a […]

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Drama

“Call Me Crazy” continues Lifetime’s Five project; Laura Dern speaks

Call Me Crazy: A Five Movie Saturday, April 20 Lifetime, 8pm ET A young woman alone in a library starts to hear voices, threatening whispers that have her clawing at air and screaming for them to stop — just please stop. It might sound like the beginning of a horror movie, but it’s actually the setup for Call Me Crazy, Lifetime’s latest addition to its acclaimed, star-studded Five series of anthology movies directed by women. The original Five film back in 2011 interwove a quintet of stories exploring the effect of breast cancer in people’s lives. This collection explores mental […]

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Kids

Dance Moms Season 3 Episode 16 recap: Queens For A Day

Abby’s got her cranky pants on again as we launch this week’s Dance Moms — in large part because the Dance About Democracy finished No. this in last week’s competition: And that don’t mean peace, boys and girls. Plus, not only are we getting beat by Cathy’s scab-a-rific imported Apples, we’re getting beat by, like, nobodies now. And this has got to change. Pyramid time. Mackie is bottom of the bottom because she didn’t dance. Then Paige. Abby — with a completely straight face — says Paige did a disservice to her country by holding the flag upside down in […]

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Drama

Stalkers: Lifetime movie is serious Saturday night fun

If the perpetually gloomy weather has you contemplating a Saturday night on the sofa with some popcorn and your PJs, Lifetime has the perfect TV movie to occupy your time. Based on a true story and starring Drea de Matteo, Mena Suvari and Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Stalkers takes the woman-in-peril theme that the network does so well and amps it up with genuine scares and tough-cookie ladies who carry the show. Well, and also, Henry Simmons (NYPD Blue) to look at, which makes everything that much better if you ask me. Originally tapped as a possible back-door pilot, a la […]

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Drama

Devious Maids air date announced by Lifetime

Lifetime has announced that it will premiere its long-awaited nighttime soap, Devious Maids, Sunday, June 23 at 10pm ET/PT. Culled from the hit telenovela Ellas son la Alegría del Hogar, and executive produced by Eva Longoria and her Desperate Housewives boss Marc Cherry, 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 their dreams while working for Beverly Hills’ most prominent families. All My Children’s Susan Lucci costars. Want to get to know your maids before the show begins? Here’s a quick who’s who. […]

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Kids

Dance Moms Season 3 Episode 15 recap: Schlock the Vote

After last week’s Dance Moms debacle against Cathy and the Lad Apples, the only thing Abby is impressed with this week is how Asia and Kristie were the first to show up for practice. After that, she wants to know how four strangers, taught by some dude they never met, still managed to tell a story via dance better than her own yahoos who have performed together since forever. Let’s take our rage to the pyramid. Bottom of the bottom is Mackie, by virtue of her injury. Then Brooke, who never works hard enough. Then Chloe, who shoulders the most […]

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Reality TV

Project Runway Season 11 episode 11 ends on a surprise

If you want to be surprised by last night’s Project Runway, do I have to tell you that you really need to stop reading this post right now? Ok, so I won’t be giving too much that a Project Runway fan of average intelligence couldn’t discern pretty quickly. But seriously, if you want the illusion of suspense to remain, don’t watch the video embedded below. Lifetime, can we talk? Just you & me. Come on over & sit on down next to me. I just want to talk to you as a fan. Someone who loves Project Runway, even when […]