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Stars Celebrating Birthdays This Week
31 May 2012 5:41 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
June 3: Game-show host Chuck Barris ("The Gong Show") is 83. Singer Ian Hunter is 73. Singer Eddie Holman is 66. Bassist Too Slim of Riders in the Sky is 64. Singer Suzi Quatro is 62. Singer Deniece Williams is 61. Singer Dan Hill is 58. Actor Scott Valentine ("Family Ties") is 54. Guitarist Kerry King of Slayer is 48. Singer Mike Gordon of Phish is 47. Newsman Anderson Cooper is 45. Country singer Jamie O'Neal is 44. Singers Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez of No Mercy are 41. Actor Vik Sahay ("Chuck") is 41. Actress Lalaine Dupree ("Lizzie McGuire") is 25.
June 4: Actor Bruce Dern is 76. Singer-actress Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and The Papas) is 68. Bassist Danny Brown of The Fixx is 61. Actor Parker Stevenson is 60. Singer El DeBarge is 51. Singer Al B. Sure! is 44. Actor Scott Wolf ("Party of Five") is 44. Ron Huebel ("What to Expect When You're Expecting") is 43. Comedian Horatio Sanz ("Saturday Night Live") is 43. Actor Noah Wyle ("ER") is 41. Bassist »
- AP
Review: Teen Wolf Season One
27 May 2012 2:06 PM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
The challenge in producing a teen-centric horror television show is that it will inevitably be compared to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Joss Whedon was note perfect with the casting and theme of high school is a horror movie. It takes a brave showrunner to come up with a variation that avoids duplication and can withstand the comparison. MTV, once the home for teen centric music videos, has gone from reality television to scripted series so it made sense that sooner or later they’d dip a claw into the horror genre. What few expected was how successful they would be.
The 1985 Michal J. Fox comedy Teen Wolf was a largely entertaining film capitalizing on the actor’s immense popularity from NBC’s Family Ties and certainly had a theme worthy of adaptation into weekly television. In both the film and the series, a teen encounters a werewolf and becomes one. »
- Robert Greenberger
Memorial Day Weekend 2012: TV marathons, the Indy 500 and more programming
24 May 2012 9:22 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
It's Memorial Day Weekend and while we should all take a moment to remember our fallen soldiers and maybe thank a veteran, let's not forget that there is a plethora of TV being offered up as well.
So if you've got plans, be sure to get those DVRs set for all the TV and movie marathons, sporting events and specials on Memorial Day Weekend 2012 - and if you don't have plans, settle in with us!
All times Eastern.
Friday, May 25
A&E: "Dog the Bounty Hunter," "Duck Dynasty" and "Storage Wars" marathons, 7 a.m. to
ABC Family: "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie marathon, 2:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
AMC: Military movies marathon, 9 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. the next day ("A Bridge Too Far," "Patton," "The Green Berets," "The Dirty Dozen," "Midway")
Bio: "Dog the Bounty Hunter" marathon, 6 p.m. 4 a.m. the next day
Bravo: "Millionaire Matchmaker" marathon, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Rebecca Wanzo: I Know You're Tired of Hearing about Girls, but How about a Puzzling Piece of History?
30 April 2012 4:54 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
I'm not mad at Lena Dunham, creator of the new HBO show Girls. She wanted to write about her life -- which is filled with white folks -- and people gave her some money to do it. Her voice is a new voice for television. Despite the misogynist rants of Three and a Half Men co-creator Lee Arohnson about television reaching the point of "labia saturation," women have hardly been at the center of television or film production.
I think the backlash against the show -- largely by feminists of color -- is as much about the kind of praise it received as it is about the show itself. When countless reviews gush about her representing this generation, of course it is going to irritate all the people who are invisible on the show and to the critics. Duhnam didn't help herself with the claim that the white casting was an "accident, »
- Rebecca Wanzo
'The Good Wife' season finale postmortem: Creators tease what's next (with a 'Fifty Shades of Grey' reference)
29 April 2012 7:01 PM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t yet seen tonight’s season finale of The Good Wife stop reading now. We asked creators Robert and Michelle King to dissect the hour, which Robert directed, and tease where we’re headed in season 4.
Entertainment Weekly: Let’s start with Kalinda. She described her sexuality to Alicia as “flexible.” Is it flexible when she needs something, or flexible because she truly enjoys both men and women? What should we believe?
Robert King: I think what you want to believe, anyway, is that she can’t distinguish between enjoyment and need or manipulation, »
- Mandi Bierly
Michael Eisner’s Pitch to Online Video Advertisers
25 April 2012 5:25 AM, PDT | Tubefilter.com | See recent Tubefilter News news »
One of the highlights of AOL’s Digital Content NewFront came after AOL CEO Tim Armstrong introduced a short clip highlighting some of the best major motion pictures and television programming of all time (like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Beverly Hills Cop, Cheers, Family Ties, and more), which in turn introduced one of the individuals instrumental in making all of those major motion picture and television programs come to fruition, Michael Eisner. The former-ceo of Disney and founder of new media studio Vuguru (which is behind such online video productions as Prom Queen, The All-For-Nots, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, The Booth at the End, the soon-to-launch-on-aol Little Women Big Cars and Fetching, and more) gave the audience a very abridged version of his career in show business before giving the audience a very brief education in the current state of entertainment. Eisner explained that while New York »
- Joshua Cohen
CBS Sues FamilyNet, ComStar for $1.5M Over 'Happy Days,' 'Family Ties' and Others
20 April 2012 3:19 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Surely, this is a situation that the Fonz would give a thumbs-down to. CBS Television Distribution is suing ComStar Media and FamilyNet for allegedly airing several series, including "Happy Days" and "Family Ties," without paying licensing fees for the programs. Also read: "Happy Days" Lawsuit: Four Actors Say They Were Stiffed on Payments CBS is seeking more than $1.5 million in the suit, which was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in California. According to the suit, CBS and FamilyNet entered a licensing agreement in Dec. 2008, to license the series "Happy Days," "Family »
- Tim Kenneally
CBS Sues FamilyNet for Allegedly Stealing 'Happy Days,' 'Family Ties'
20 April 2012 9:12 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
CBS Television Distribution is suing family-minded ComStar Media for more than $1.5 million in allegedly owed license fees for such old series as Happy Days, Family Ties, My Three Sons and Early Edition. The shows have run on ComStar's FamilyNet Television, but according to a lawsuit filed this week in California federal court, the defendant has asserted the right to air the shows without paying for them. ComStar Media is a Dallas-based company founded by Chris Wyatt and Christian minister Robert Schuller. Wyatt is reported to have worked at CBS himself before starting GodTube.com, a Christian
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- Eriq Gardner
'How I Met Your Mother,' 'Private Practice,' 'Good Wife,' 'Bones': Find out what's next in the Spoiler Room
13 April 2012 9:32 AM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
It’s finale season, so much like in my personal life, I don’t have time for foreplay. (Dear God, I’m going to stop typing now.)
E-mail all requests to spoileroom@ew.com or find me on Twitter. See you next week — and hopefully by then I will have seen a professional about my severe case of word vomit.
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‘How I Met Your Mother’: Its Odd ‘Breaking Bad’ Connection
What on Earth could How I Met Your Mother have in common with Breaking Bad? A lot, hopes executive producer — and self-described “big fan” of the show — Carter Bays. »
- Sandra Gonzalez
Fox Hid Parkinson's Disease Out Of Fear For Career
1 April 2012 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actor Michael J. Fox kept his struggle with Parkinson's disease secret for seven years because he feared it would destroy his ability to find work.
The Family Ties star was diagnosed with the debilitating disorder at the height of his career back in 1991.
Fox kept his medical condition from fans and suffered in silence until 1998 when his symptoms became impossible to hide - and he now admits he purposely kept his health battle secret for the sake of his career.
He tells Parade magazine, "I thought, 'Oh my god, are people going to laugh at me if they know I'm sick? Can I still do my work?'"
Shortly after going public, the actor began hiding behind the camera by taking on a number of voice roles like animated movie Stuart Little - but Fox, who now stars in TV show The Good Wife, insists he's finally regained his confidence.
He adds, "People ask me, 'Does it bother you when you shake in front of people?' No. It sometimes bothers me when I can't do what I want, but I don't give a damn how it looks." »
Watch: Meredith Baxter On Coming Out: 'The Best Possible Thing I Could Have Done'
31 March 2012 6:14 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Meredith Baxter, 64, has been an actress for more than 40 years. She is best known as Elyse Keaton -- the flower-child mom of Michael J. Fox's straight-laced Alex Keaton on program "Family Ties," which ran from 1982 to 1989. But baby boomers may remember her in her first sitcom, "Bridget Loves Bernie" on CBS in 1972, and her run on the show "Family" from 1976 to 1980.
What they likely didn't know is that Baxter struggled with alcoholism for years, putting herself and her children in danger. Baxter has been married three times and has five children, and in December 2009, when the tabloids began writing about her relationship with a woman, she came out about as a lesbian in an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today show.
In this moving video, Baxter talks about how she conquered alcohol, and why coming out was the best decision she ever made. »
- Laura Rowley
Fox Turned To Alcohol To Cope With Parkinson's Disease
30 March 2012 12:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
A devastated Michael J. Fox initially turned to alcohol to cope with his Parkinson's disease diagnosis.
The Family Ties star discovered he had the degenerative disorder back in 1991 and confesses he took to the bottle to drown his sorrows.
He tells Parade magazine, "For a time I dealt with it with alcohol, which turned out to be a disaster. I'd always been kind of a partier, but this was the first time I was drinking in order not to feel something. It had a dark purpose."
The actor eventually quit drinking for good and now Fox credits his wife of 23-years, Tracy Pollan, with helping him get sober.
He continues, "About a year after my diagnosis, I woke up one morning and saw (wife) Tracy's face...She said, 'Is this what you want?' Instantly I knew - no, this isn't what I want or who I am. So I quit drinking in '92.
"I recognised I had choices about drinking, and that made me realise I had choices about Parkinson's as well... Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it."
Fox has been a longtime Parkinson's disease advocate and in 2000 he founded The Michael J. Fox Foundation, which funds research programmes in the hopes of finding a cure. »
Michael J. Fox Dealt with Disease with Alcohol
30 March 2012 8:02 AM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
Michael J. Fox is opening up about battling Parkinson's disease for the past 20 and how he initially coped with his shocking diagnosis.
Fox, 50, who learned he was stricken with Parkinson's when he was in the prime of his career at age 30, admits that alcohol became an early crutch. "For a time I dealt with it with alcohol, which turned out to be a disaster. I'd always been kind of a partier, but this was the first time I was drinking in order not to feel something. It had a dark purpose," he tells Parade magazine.
Michael J. Fox: Charlie Sheen Should Get His Job Back
The Family Ties star adds: "About a year after my diagnosis, I woke up one morning and saw (wife) Tracy's face...She said, 'Is this what you want?' Instantly I knew-no, this isn't what I want or who I am. So I quit drinking in '92. I recognized I had choices »
Shameless Review: Don't Have to Aim Low
18 March 2012 9:10 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
I was so happy to get the call to fill in and cover this week's episode of Shameless, as "A Great Cause" was a great time full of the brand of dysfunctional behavior fans of the show have come to love.
Having been at each other's throats all season long it was refreshing to see Ian and Lip teamed up again, trying to take down Mandy's father together. What a bizarre but not all that shocking of a twist with the truth behind her baby's father. The aloofness Mandy showed when dismissing her dad's drunken attacks was as sad a scene, though, as we have witnessed.
For all the laughter their crazy lives produce, tonight we were reminded of just how dark a world the Gallaghers and their friends live in.
While certain aspects of the show - such as the aforementioned incest or Monica driving around with Liam sitting »
- cfohara4@hotmail.com (Chris O'Hara)
'Community' Stars Talk Weddings, Booze & Sexy Voices
13 March 2012 11:36 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Shave your Twitter beards and get ready to go back to school because "Community" is finally returning this week (Thurs., Mar. 15, 8 p.m. Et on NBC)!
I was on set while they shot this week's big, romantic episode, "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts," which features a Boyz II Men-soundtracked proposal, a possible wedding, a potential new business partnership and the return of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, a.k.a. Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) baby daddy and former ex Andre.
Brown, Warner, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Gillian Jacobs teased drunken breakdowns, wedding planning, surprising new sides of certain characters and what Troy and Abed's idea of "normal" actually looks like.
So Andre proposes again? We haven't seen him in quite a while.
Yvette Nicole Brown: "Mmhmmm. Yeah, it's been a while -- Shirley's referenced baby Ben a few times, and life is going on, but »
- Maggie Furlong
'Community' Stars Talk Weddings, Booze & Sexy Voices
13 March 2012 11:36 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Shave your Twitter beards and get ready to go back to school because "Community" is finally returning this week (Thurs., Mar. 15, 8 p.m. Et on NBC)!
I was on set while they shot this week's big, romantic episode, "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts," which features a Boyz II Men-soundtracked proposal, a possible wedding, a potential new business partnership and the return of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, a.k.a. Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) baby daddy and former ex Andre.
Brown, Warner, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Gillian Jacobs teased drunken breakdowns, wedding planning, surprising new sides of certain characters and what Troy and Abed's idea of "normal" actually looks like.
So Andre proposes again? We haven't seen him in quite a while.
Yvette Nicole Brown: "Mmhmmm. Yeah, it's been a while -- Shirley's referenced baby Ben a few times, and life is going on, but »
- Maggie Furlong
Laverne & Shirley To Be Honoured At TV Land Awards
12 March 2012 2:56 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Quirky TV comedy Laverne & Shirley is to be honoured at the 10th annual TV Land Awards next month.
The cast of the Happy Days spin-off, which starred Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall as two Wisconsin housemates, will be the recipients of the 2012 Fan Favorite Award.
Previous recipients of the honour have included the casts of Family Ties and Home Improvement. »
Kelly Ripa to host the “10th Annual TV Land Awards”
5 March 2012 2:19 PM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
The “TV Land Awards 2012,” honoring classic television, film and music icons, will return to New York City and be hosted by Kelly Ripa (nationally syndicated talk show “Live! With Kelly”), it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, president, TV Land. Ripa previously hosted the show in 2007. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the awards show will honor powerhouse songstress Aretha Franklin with the Music Icon Award and will be held at the Lexington Avenue Armory at Gramercy Park on Saturday, April 14th. The “TV Land Awards 2012″ will air on Sunday, April 29th at 9:00pm Et/Pt. More honorees will be announced in coming weeks.
“We are ecstatic to welcome back Kelly as she reprises her role as host of the ‘TV Land Awards’ this year for our 10th annual celebration,” said Jones. “Her energy, enthusiasm and love of television make her the perfect person to lead the evening »
- John Toob
These Back to the Future trilogy posters from Mondo are rad
1 March 2012 12:09 PM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
One of my favorite film trilogies is definitely Back To The Future. I had the biggest crush on Michael J. Fox. He was actually my first crush starting back in his Family Ties days. For all the Btf fans out there, you might be interested in these new posters from Mondo. Phantom City Creative has designed a poster for each installment. As you will see, every poster has a piece of the DeLorean on it and when all of them are combined they make one really bad ass print. Here's the info on »
- Niki Stephens
Event Report – Teen Wolf Reunion Screening!
22 February 2012 1:39 AM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »
There are few things in this world that rival my love of horror cinema, but one of them is most definitely the sub-genre known as the “80′s comedy”. There’s something really special about almost all of the comedies (and hell even the dramas) of that era. Even the not so good ones at the very least had heart. And one film that I hold in the highest possible regard is Rod Daniel’s 1985 feature film debut Teen Wolf starring (at the time) TV sensation Michael J. Fox. Although shot before Back To The Future, the movie didn’t get a proper release until after that flick was huge at the box office. And over the years with the help of the home video market and non-stop HBO airings, the cult following for Teen Wolf only grew larger and larger eventually spawning a sequel, an animated television series (!) and most »
- RobG
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