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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS The USA Network has picked up White Collar, Royal Pains and Psych for another season each. Royal Pains has received a 16 to 18 episode order with Psych and White Collar both getting 16 episode orders. Human Target is being moved yet again. The premiere will now air …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Andrew Lloyd Webber has finally found his Wizard of Oz: Stage legend Michael Crawford — who originated the role of the Phantom in Webber’s Phantom of the Opera 24 years ago — will take on the role as the ruler of Oz in the forthcoming London-based production. This is …

Undercovers – NBC 8/7c – SERIES PREMIERE “Pilot” – Outwardly, Steven Bloom (Boris Kodjoe) and his wife, Samantha (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), are a typical married couple who own and operate a small catering company in Los Angeles — with help from Samantha’s easily frazzled, handful of a sister, Lizzy (Mekia Cox). Secretly, the duo were two of the best spies the …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Glee, Modern Family, The Good Wife, Nurse Jackie and the box office movie Precious were named winners of the 2010 Humanitas Prize, an honor given to films and TV shows that explore the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way. Congrats to all of those involved in these projects. …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, country legend Merle Haggard, composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, and director and choreographer Bill T. Jones are this year’s recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. Universal Pictures and NBC will produce a three part film franchise and a TV series based on the Stephen King …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Congrats to all the Emmy Award winners!!! TELEVISION NEWS The BBC and Doctor Who show runner Steven Moffat have confirmed today that the upcoming 13-episode sixth season of the series will be split into two blocks to air several months apart. The split is the result of a request …

Music and television have always been a package deal for me. I can’t have one without the other. For me, a TV series simply isn’t any good without some kind of musical accompaniment – whether it’s an original piece created by a talented composer or a full-fledged song by a singer or band that is either featured as the theme …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Congratulations are in order for the winners of the Creative Arts Emmys that were presented this last weekend, including John Lithgow, Ann-Margret, Betty White, Neil Patrick Harris,Anne Hathaway, Robot Chicken, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie and The Old Spice Body Wash commercial. TELEVISION NEWS The CW will be …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS An apparel line inspired by the FOX’s musicomedy Glee was launched at Macy’s over the weekend. Now fans can proudly advertise their Gleek status (for under $35). While you shop for your Glee hoodie or fashion top, Macy’s will immerse you in the Glee experience with in-store vignettes and …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Congrats to the winners of the 2010 Teen Choice Awards. Comic strip queen Cathy Guisewite has announced that she will end her iconic Cathy comic strip this October after 34 years. The strip has spawned over 30 books and an Emmy winning animated TV special in the ’80. TELEVISION …