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“Dance Moms” recap: You’re (Un)dead to Me!

June 13, 2012 Lori Acken

So, Dance Moms Nation, did everyone go out and buy themselves a bike-a-tard to futz with since we hung out last? No? Me either. I wanted to, but apparently bike-a-tards are not appropriate office attire, even when all you do is write about TV. Even if you dress it up with a jacket and some pumps. Um, if any of you try that, could you please take a picture and Tweet it to me? @ChannelGuideLLA On with the episode. Abby is clearly not over the general disaster that was last week’s trip to Cali because she gets on the girls […]

First Look: Christopher Atkins in Lifetime’s “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening”

June 6, 2012 Lori Acken

Here it is, Christopher Atkins fans! Our first look at the original Blue Lagoon heartthrob as high-school teacher Mr. Christiansen in Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, Lifetime’s teen-centric modernization of the notorious, classic coming-of-age tale. In the new incarnation, Atkins’ character helps in the hunt for Emma and Dean, an overachieving high-school girl and underachieving boy (played by Home and Away‘s Indiana Evans and Brenton Thwaites) who end up on a deserted island after falling off a boat while on a class trip to Trinidad. The cast also includes Denise Richards (Anger Management) as Emma’s devastated and determined mom. Here’s a sneak peek […]

New “Liz & Dick” photos of Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler

June 6, 2012 Lori Acken

Lifetime has released new official photos of Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor and Grant Bowler as Richard Burton in the network’s Original Movie, Liz & Dick, which will debut this fall on the network. Say what you will about Lohan’s casting — you have to admit hers is a stunner. Bowler’s ain’t so bad either. What do you think? Photo Credit: Richard McLaren/Lifetime

“Dance Moms” recap: The More They Stay The Same

June 6, 2012 Lori Acken

Everybody remember where we left off in April? Maddie stumbled. Chloe soared. Abby bent over, let us see her shake her tail feathers — then hightailed it outta Jersey in shame. Everybody good? Before we begin, quick moment of silence for Hubby Rik who got his priorities goofed and is working right now instead of patrolling the Pitt Crew for swears and apologies. I guess he will just have to read the little missus’s recap to find out what happens, now won’t he? Or maybe I’ll wait up for him and act the whole thing out. • Missed the episode? […]

First official photo from Lifetime’s “Liz & Dick”

June 4, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Lifetime released this first official photo from its original movie Liz & Dick, which started principal photography in Los Angeles today and will debut later this year on the network. The biopic stars Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor and Grant Bowler as Richard Burton in a telling of the celebrity couple’s sometimes rocky romance. There was some controversy at the time of Lohan’s announcement as being cast in the part of Taylor. What do you think of the photo? ___________________ Credit: Richard McLaren/Lifetime

“Dance Moms” star Christi Lukasiak talks Chloe, Joffrey and the show’s new season!

June 1, 2012 Lori Acken

The last time I spoke with Dance Moms’ Christi Lukasiak, the show’s second season was soon to premiere — and Lukasiak was still trying to wrap her head around her near-overnight transition from devoted mom perpetually trapped in a tyrant’s dance studio to devoted mom perpetually trapped in a tyrant’s dance studio on TV’s most talked-about train wreck. My research entailed being an earnestly devoted viewer of the show. • Read Channel Guide‘s first interview with Christi Lukasiak Six months later, on the cusp of the season’s summer premiere, Lukasiak, her comrades in the parents loft at Pittsburgh’s Abby Lee Dance Company, and […]

“Dance Moms: Miami” finale recap: Mamas & Mia!

May 30, 2012 Lori Acken

Anybody else think this season flew by? I think this season flew by. Yes, that means that we can get back to business with Abby Lee and her disobedient minions, but still. Finales are always sad. Well, usually. Speaking of always sad — it’s time for The List. Victor’s still tickled about how well we all did in San Antonio, but still … this week we have to own it. Er, own what? Doesn’t matter — since Angel wasn’t there to see the ownership of San Antonio with his own eyes, he doesn’t believe it anyway, so whatever it is, it […]

“Dance Moms: Miami” episode 7 recap: If You’re Happy and You Know It, Please Shut Up

May 23, 2012 Lori Acken

It’s my life. It’s my time. It’s my Tuesday night — after spending a merry Tuesday afternoon at my desk watching the Miami Mommies duke it out on Twitter (giving the actual show some stiff competition, I’m telling you). If you Tweet and don’t follow the mamas, you should. It’s like social-media, non-contact, professional wrestling without quite so much Spandex. But anyway, the episode. As we prepare to do The List, Abby and Sammy are MIA. Victor says this is ridiculous and that the other mothers should call their wayward counterpart and demand her attendance straightaway. Victor has clearly not been […]

Memorial Day 2012 programming

May 16, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Here’s a look at the various specials and movies airing on and around this Memorial Day, which remember those who have served in the military, and particularly those who were lost. All times are Eastern. Programming subject to updates; check back for changes and additions. My Vietnam Your Iraq (encore) — PBS, May (check local listings). Vietnam War veterans who have children who served in Iraq tell their stories. The program showcases the pride and fear a family shares when one is deployed. The War (encore) — PBS, May (check local listings). Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s epic, seven-part 2007 […]

“Dance Moms: Miami” episode 6 recap: Welcome to the Circus!

May 16, 2012 Lori Acken

Good Lord, people, if you are not following the individual Dance Moms on Twitter, you totally should. Despite their longwinded brouhahas in the Mom Room, those women can throw down in 140 characters or less. I’m not even sure when they are pretending just to get us to tune in anymore. It’s as good a show as the show, sometimes. Speaking of which, let’s get to recapping, shall we? • Missed the episode? Watch it online now for free! Victor could not be happier with the way last week’s Access Broadway performances went. Angel could. Angel! Really? What?! Everybody won. […]