The following are entertainment highlights for this past week (June 22 through 26): NEWS Rest In Peace: Legendary Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon passed away on June 23 at the age of 86. Rest in Peace: Farrah Fawcett who passed away after her long battle with cancer on June 24. She was 62. Rest in Peace: Michael Jackson who passed …

The Journey into Virtuality is one of lush, green fields, breaking away to two Yankee soldiers from the Civil War peering over a hillside into a Confederate campsite. The dialogue is hushed as the two softly move toward their small band of soldiers, who are ready to advance against their Southern enemies. Before they climb aboard their steeds and proceed …

NBC has announced their fall premiere dates. Mark your calendars: Monday, Sept. 14 10 p.m.: The Jay Leno Show Tuesday, Sept. 15 8 p.m.: The Biggest Loser Thursday, Sept. 17 8 p.m.: Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday 8:30 p.m.: Parks and Recreation 9 p.m.: The Office 9:30 p.m.: Community Monday, Sept. 21 8 p.m.: Heroes Wednesday, Sept. 23 8 …

Here are the premiere dates for CBS’s 2009-2010 series: Thursday, Sept. 17 8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR: SAMOA (19th Installment Premiere) Monday, Sept. 21 8:00-8:30 PM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (5th Season Premiere, OAD 9/19/05) 8:30-9:00 PM ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE (Series Debut) 9:00-9:30 PM TWO AND A HALF MEN (7th Season Premiere, OAD 9/22/03) 9:30-10:00 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY (3rd …

In our continuing article series of actors and actresses who deserve more attention or perhaps even their own show, here are some more for your consideration. Mika Boorem – Mika’s career has mainly been on the big screen, starring in movies like Blue Crush, The Patriot, Mighty Joe Young, Along Came a Spider, Riding in Cars with Boys, Hearts in …

After an uncharacteristically late start (for their standards), the Paley Center for Media’s special presentation of “The Creative Process: Inside House” began with a brief introduction by Craig Hitchcock, who joked that he knew what kind of day it was going to be when he arrived at the center at 8 AM that morning (June 17) to find four (4) …

Here are some of the entertainment news highlights for this past week: NEWS ITV in the UK has canceled Primeval after 3 seasons. However, this may not spell the end of the show (per se) as there is the possibility of a US series or a feature film. More Comic Con Updates: David Tennant and Russell T. Davies will attend …

As I mentioned last week, I’ve collected a long list of actors and actresses who seem to go unnoticed by the general public and I want to give them just a bit more attention.  Here is the next group: Samaire Armstrong – She made a name for herself as Anna on The O.C. and had quite an adventure during her …

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to attend a special film festival coordinated by the organization Donate Life and presented by Astealls Transplant. These two organizations specialize in advancing the future of (organ) transplantation. You may wonder why a tv-oholic like myself would have reason to attend this type of film festival. The answers may not be as simple …

Jada Pinkett Smith is the latest actress to join the roster of TNT’s female-driven programming, starring in the series HawthoRNe set to debut on Tuesday, June 16 at 9 PM (ET/PT). Christina Hawthorne (Pinkett Smith) is the Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital in Richmond, VA. She is compassionate and headstrong. She is described as “the kind of nurse …