Pretty Little Liars: A Modern Day Pinocchio

Everyone knows the story of Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who’s only wish was to become a real boy. However, Pinocchio had a very bad habit of telling lies. Hmm, lies and secrets. Sound familiar? Pretty Little Liars is a show about four modern day Pinocchios. I think there’s enough material to draw some comparisons between the stories. Pinocchio was a wooden puppet …

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Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Martha Mitchell

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Director Martha Mitchell, who actually got her start in 1982 by working in the industry as a Script Supervisor on a small independent film called Liquid Sky and as a Second Assistant Director on a horror film called Madman. Over the course of the next 8 years, she continued to work …

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Review: Pretty Little Liars Take the Heat in Summer Premiere

Tonight was the summer premiere of ABC Family’s hit series, Pretty Little Liars. This episode picks up right after the final scene from last season, with the girls being driven off to the police station by Garrett, who we saw canoodling with Jenna last season. He makes the girls promise to keep the secret of the videos they found, which …

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HAWTHORNE Returns Tonight with Love, Danger, & Marc Anthony

TNT’s HawthoRNe returns tonight for a third season of high-octane drama with Jada Pinkett Smith leading the cast as Director of Nursing Christina Hawthorne, Marc Anthony reprising his role as Detective Nick Renata, and a jaw-dropping twist that will leave fans wanting more. Refresh your memory on HawthoRNe season 2. After ending last season with an engagement and pregnancy, season …

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Can CHLOE KING Break the Catwoman Curse?

ABC Family continues to evolve their brand when they launch a new series tonight, The Nine Lives of Chloe King. While it focuses on a teenage girl, like most of their other original series, this is the network’s first foray into the paranormal. They deserve props for not throwing out yet another vampire series, but was an adaptation of Catwoman …

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Pretty Little Liars Returns Tonight!

I can barely sit still as I type this and wait for tonight’s long awaited return of Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family. When we left the girls, things didn’t look very good as they stand in the middle of Rosewood, police all around the church where Ian’s body was supposed to have been. And of course, a text message …

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Enter the World of Smart Pop Books (Lit 101)

Last month, I brought to our readers a list of Smart Pop Books dedicated to many of today’s favorite TV shows. This time around I will be providing a new three-part series of articles, covering the Smart Pop Books dedicated to many of the popular works of fiction. To review, Smart Pop Books have been published by Benbella Books since …

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FALLING SKIES: Saving Private Benjamin

A few minutes into the premiere episode of TNT’s new action adventure series Falling Skies, executive produced by Stephen Spielberg, things began to look vaguely familiar. War torn landscape? Check. Disparate individuals coming together to fight a mostly faceless invading horde? Check. Mild-mannered Everyman called into leadership role? Check. Son captured by invaders? Check. Separate mission to rescue son? Check. …

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The Weekly Round-Up for June 6 to 10

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS Looks like actors Aml Ameen and Brittany Snow won’t be returning to the NBC legal drama Harry’s Law when it returns this fall for its second season. While the exact reasons for the split have not been announced it was a “mutual decision” with producers and the actors have been …

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Delayed: The Weekly TV Calendar (June 11 to 17)

The weekly calendar was delayed, but here it is: Sunday, June 12: The Glades on A&E at 10 PM (NEW) The Killing on AMC at 10 PM (NEW) Game of Thrones on HBO at 9 PM (NEW) Treme on HBO at 10 PM (NEW) Army Wives on Lifetime at 9 PM (FINALE) The Protector on Lifetime at 10 PM (DEBUT) …

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