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DANCING WITH THE STARS Recap: Season 16 Finals with Zendaya in the lead

By PAMELA HARLAND 05/21/2013

Val Chmerkovskiy and Zendaya in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Week 10 - The Finals | ©2013 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Jacoby Jones, Zendaya Coleman, Aly Raisman, Kellie Pickler, Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: May 20th, 2013 It’s almost over, season 16 of DANCING WITH THE STARS had its season finale, part one with some spectacular dance routines. Everyone brought their “A” game to the dance floor for three different dances! In the end, Zendaya Coleman & Val Chmerkovskiy edged out Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough for first place by one point. Both couples earned two perfect scores for their routines tonight but in the Cha Cha relay Coleman & Chmerkovskiy gained five extra points while Pickler & …Read On »

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Candice Glover Wins AMERICAN IDOL Season 12

By PETER BROWN 05/16/2013

Stars: Randy Jackson, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Ryan Seacrest Network: Airs on Fox, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm Original Telecast: May 16, 2013 It all comes down to this as Seacrest loves to document each and every week of the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL. However, this time it really does come down to this. Of course, you know now that Candice Glover has won Season 12 of AMERICAN IDOL meaning that Kree Harrison is the runner up on the show. That’s the short version of the story. In reality, the finale to the show that …Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 16 Recap: Ingo Rademacher eliminated from DWTS

By PAMELA HARLAND 05/15/2013

Kym Johnson and Ingo Rademacher in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 16 | ©2013 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Jacoby Jones, Zendaya Coleman, Aly Raisman, Ingo Rademacher, Kellie Pickler Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: May 14th, 2013 Remarkably, for one of the first times ever on DANCING WITH THE STARS the right four couples are going to the finals. Sadly, but rightly so, Ingo Rademacher & Kym Johnson are not. On this, the 300 episode of DWTS, season 16 is about to conclude on this ninth week of competition, with just one week left Kellie Pickler & Derek Hough, Jacoby Jones & Karina Smirnoff, Aly Raisman & Mark Ballas and Zendaya Coleman & Val Chmerkovskiy are …Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Recap – Season 16: New dance challenge duos for Semi-Finals

By PAMELA HARLAND 05/14/2013

Ingo Rademacher in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 16 | ©2013 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Jacoby Jones, Zendaya Coleman, Aly Raisman, Ingo Rademacher, Kellie Pickler, Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: May 13th, 2013 What a powerful night on DANCING WITH THE STARS. They came out and gave it their all in the semi finals and scored some of the highest marks ever. Jacoby Jones, along with partner Karina Smirnoff, finally achieved perfection getting a perfect 30 from the judges, ending the night in a tie with Aly Raisman & Mark Ballas with a score of 59 out of 60. Kellie Pickler & Derek Hough, who also received a perfect 30, are nipping …Read On »

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Exclusive Interview: Tracy Spiridakos talks REVOLUTION Season 1

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/13/2013

Tracy Spiridakos in REVOLUTION - Season 1 - 'The Song Remains the Same" | ©2013 NBC/Brownie Harris

In NBC’s REVOLUTION, Monday nights at 10 PM, all the electricity in the world went out fifteen years ago. Tracy Spiridakos’ character Charlie Matheson is a young woman who has lived nearly her whole life in this brave new world. Now she, her uncle Miles (Billy Burke) and their allies are on a quest to find out what’s actually happened. The good news: some people have electrical power again. The bad news: the people who have the power are very, very bad. Spiridakos, a native of Winnipeg, Canada, previously worked for REVOLUTION creator Eric Kripke on his series SUPERNATURAL, was …Read On »

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TV Review: GLEE – Season 4 – “All or Nothing” – Season Finale

By CARL CORTEZ 05/11/2013

Lea Michele in GLEE - Season 4 finale - "All or Nothing" | ©2013 Fox/Mike Yarish

Stars: Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Chord Overstreet, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Jenna Ushkowitz Writer: Ian Brennan Director: Bradley Buecker Network: Fox, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: May 9, 2013 Well, that was a big pile of nothing. The GLEE Season 4 finale “All or Nothing” is about as anti-climactic as they come. It feels like a series finale after everyone involved with the show has given up, not a show with two more seasons committed to it. The joyous, cool and innovative GLEE, …Read On »

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AMERICAN IDOL Recap: Angie Miller eliminated from the show

By PETER BROWN 05/10/2013

Angie Miller is eliminated on AMERICAN IDOL | (c) 2013 Fox/Michael Becker

Stars: Randy Jackson, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Ryan Seacrest Network: Airs on Fox, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm Original Telecast: April 4, 2013 After this week, it will be the finale of the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL, and after numerous changes announced recently, it will be a decidedly different show next year. But who went home? By now you know that unfortunately Angie Miller was voted off leaving Candice Glover and Kree Harrison to battle it out for the title. It was a bit of a shock seeing as how Angie was penned as a …Read On »

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MAMA Highlights this week in Blu-ray and DVD Releases

By PETER BROWN

MAMA | (c) 2013 Universal Home Entertainment

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: MAMA – A pretty good but pretty sad horror flick about two girls that get lost once their father goes off the deep end and takes them to a remote shack in the middle of nowhere after killing his wife. As he just about kills the girls …Read On »

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Exclusive Interview: Jason O’Mara rolls the VEGAS dice

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN

Jason O'Mara in VEGAS | ©2012 CBS/Lorey Sebastian

In VEGAS, Dennis Quaid plays farmer-turned-Las Vegas sheriff Ralph Lamb, who has to team up with casino owner/gangster Vincent Savino, played by Michael Chiklis, in the first-season finale, CBS, Friday May 10 at 9 PM. Jason O’Mara plays Jack Lamb, Ralph’s brother and now a deputy sheriff who has become romantically entangled with mob boss’ daughter Mia Rizzo, played by Sarah Jones. This situation has cost Jack dearly. As VEGAS is set in 1960-61, this marks the third TV series in a row that’s seen O’Mara playing a period role. He previously starred in the U.S. remake of LIFE ON …Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 16 Recap: Sean Lowe kicked off DWTS

By PAMELA HARLAND 05/08/2013

Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 16 | ©2013 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Jacoby Jones, Zendaya Coleman, Aly Raisman, Ingo Rademacher, Kellie Pickler, Sean Lowe Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: May 7th, 2013 The Bachelor is denied a rose on DANCING WITH THE STARS. Sean Lowe with partner Peta Murgatroyd is cast off the show in week eight, just one week shy of the semi finals. It was time for him to leave and start making wedding plans while the final five get back to hard work for the semi finals. Ironically, the only other celeb who could have possibly gone home before Lowe was Ingo Mademacher who, with partner …Read On »

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