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Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on multi-talented actress, producer and director Roxann Dawson. Born Roxann Caballero in Los Angeles, California she attended the same high school as Angelina Jolie, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz and David Schwimmer. She went on to graduate from the University at Berkeley with a degree in Theater Arts, landing her first acting role …

I was reading through TV Guide’s excellent updated round-up of pilot projects just now, and in the midst of all the casting additions, one named jumped out at me: Jennifer Ehle. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?, I thought calmly. ELIZABETH BENNET?!?! A quick check at IMDb shows that yes indeed, that Jennifer Ehle is heading for prime time! The project, currently …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS The season finale of the ABC drama Detroit 1-8-7 has been moved to Sunday, March 20 at 10 PM. The next new episode will air March 8 at 10 PM followed by another new episode on March 15 and then the finale on March 20. Mark your calendars! …

Here is what you can look forward to seeing on the major and cable channels throughout March, including new and returning shows as well as made-for-TV movies: March – Breaking Bad will continue its marathon of back-to-back episodes every Wednesday night March 4 – Lifetime will reair episodes from Season 1 of Drop Dead Diva starting tonight at 9 and …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Writer, Singer, Dancer, Producer and Actress Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon. Maurissa was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, coming from a family deeply-rooted in the world of entertainment. Her father Tommy has been a transportation coordinator for Hollywood movies for nearly three decades while her brother Kevin is a director whose …

Continuing with our fairy tales in modern television series, I couldn’t help but see a similarity between True Blood‘s Sookie Stackhouse and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. Sookie, of course, represents Goldilocks, but let’s take a look at the ‘three bears’. There are a couple variations of the story, with the three bears representing a family made up of Father, …

It’s pilot season in TV land, which means every day we hear news of some new project that could be the next breakout series. In the midst of all the noise and press releases and people sneaking on set to take photos of shows that may or may not end up on the schedule next season, a trend is appearing: …

This week’s Nice Boy is by special request from my daughter, who is a huge NCIS fan. Mark Harmon is not only very easy on the eyes, but his talent is unlimited. He currently plays Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS, one of CBS’s longer running series’. Having been around since the mid-70s, Harmon’s is a face you’ve seen …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS Ready for the time warp? The CW is going to reair the very first hour of Smallville on April 8 at 8 PM. The first episode of this long-running series originally aired on October 16, 2001. A repeat of Supernatural will be aired that night with new episodes …

Have you missed an episode of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars this season? Now is your chance to catch up. On Monday, February 21, Presidents’ Day, ABC Family is running a marathon of all the episodes beginning with “Moments Later”. George Washington once said that he could never tell a lie, but the Pretty Little Liars just can’t seem to …