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Here is your upcoming weekly TV calendar for Saturday, April 9 to April 15: Saturday, April 9: The Mentalist on CBS at 8 PM (Reair) Harry’s Law on NBC at 8 PM (Reair) Law & Order: Los Angeles on NBC at 9 PM (Reair) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC at 10 PM (Reair) Being Human on BBC …

The box office news was very lengthy so it’s getting its own column for this week: Relative newcomer actor-singer Diego González Boneta (Pretty Little Liars and 90210) will play leading man Drew Bowie in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, working alongside Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin and others). Boneta got his start as a singer in …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS Congratulations to the winners of the 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, including Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, Zac Brown Band, Reba McEntire, The Band Perry, Garth Brooks and Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers. Mark your calendars! True Blood will be back …

On the first day of WonderCon this past weekend, one of the first TV-based panels featured at the annual fete in San Francisco was focused on the upcoming alien invasion mini-series Falling Skies that will air on TNT. As moderator Jenna Busch took the stage to introduce the panelists, the audience was shown an exclusive clip of the series that …

In our ongoing series saluting women behind the scenes in Hollywood, this week’s spotlight is put on producer and writer Gabrielle Stanton. Gabrielle was born in South Orange, New Jersey where she graduated from the women’s Barnard College in Manhattan. She worked as the national publicity coordinator in the New York office of the Public Broadcasting Service for a number …

Give CBS 5 minutes, they’ll get you hooked on The Good Wife. The show, fronted by such strong females as Julianna Margulies, Archie Panjabi, and Christine Baranski, is that rare breed: a character-driven procedural. The cast is top notch, the writing is excellent, and the storylines engrossing. Still not convinced you should watch? Check out this five-minute catch up video …

At the end of any series, there’s a moment of sadness mixed with hope as you watch the characters’ final stories, knowing that there’s not much else left for them. But as that moment passes, you also know that you’ll still be left with memories. Having already watched the fifth and final season of Friday Night Lights as it aired …

Over the last three weeks my columns have highlighted some of the books that have been made into TV shows over the last decade (or thereabouts), including – but not limited to – The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars. Now, my next three columns will focus on what is called TV “tie-in novels” that are based on …

Debuting his new comedy series Breaking In, Christian Slater shared in a conference call with NiceGirlsTV what continues to draw him to such a variety of television roles and his hopes for his new series on Fox. Playing an independent security consultant who employs a rag-tag group of social manipulators — aka con artists and thieves — in order to …

Leverage fans will descend on Portland, OR, again this June for the second annual Con-Con, sponsored by Coca-Cola. Running June 3-5, this year’s events will include Q&As with some of the cast; autograph and photo sessions; an evening reception hosted by TNT and an official banquet, to name a few.   Con-Con 2011 returns to the Governor Hotel, which has …