Start the weekend — and next week — right with these great films. All times ET.

July 31
Training Day (2001)
Denzel Washington took home the Oscar for Best Actor in 2002 for his role in this film directed by Antoine Fuqua, playing an experienced cop who knows how to manipulate justice to his own advantage. As he shows a rookie (played by Ethan Hawke) the ropes, the flaws in the system become painfully apparent. AMC, 5pm

August 1
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Henry Fonda gives the performance of a lifetime as Tom Joad in this stark adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel about Depression-era America and the disillusionment of the working class. TCM, 8pm [Read more →]

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The remaining models jet set to Miami for the final two photo shoots of the competition. In the first photo shoot the models are shot in sexy swimsuits on the beach, followed by posing in just body paint with exotic animals of “the jungle.” As an added twist in the competition, the remaining women must walk the runway with professional Wilhelmina models at a live fashion show. In the end, one model is crowned the winner of She’s Got the Look, walking away with $100,000, a coveted contract with Wilhelmina Models, and a photo spread in SELF Magazine.

Find out who comes out on top tonight when She’s Got the Look airs at 9pm ET on TV Land.

And for fun, check out our interview with Kim Alexis before the season started to see how her comments match up with the finished version.

[vimeo TV Land SHE'S GOT THE LOOK FINALE Season 2 Episode 8 Sneak Peek from Mitchell Squires on Vimeo.]

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The cast of FOX’s new fall series Glee are hitting the road this summer in search of “Gleeks.” Cast members Cory Monteith, Lea Michele, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, Dianna Agron and Mark Salling will make appearances at Hot Topic stores in select cities to sign autographs, hold Q&A sessions and give fans a sneak peek at the new show (which already had a sneak preview of the pilot episode in May and is still riding a wave of massive buzz). The series premieres Sept. 9, with an extended director’s cut of the pilot airing Sept. 2, and encore episodes air for three Fridays starting Sept. 4.

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Courtesy of FX

LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2009 – FX has placed a 13-episode order for its next original drama series, Lawman, which was developed by Graham Yost (Boomtown, Speed) and stars Timothy Olyphant (Damages, Deadwood), announced John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX Networks. Lawman will premiere on FX in spring of 2010.

Produced by Sony Pictures Television and FX Productions, Lawman is based on the popular Elmore Leonard character “Raylan Givens” featured in his novels Pronto and Riding the Rap, and in the short story “Fire in the Hole.” Yost, who created and produced the critically acclaimed NBC drama Boomtown, wrote the pilot and will serve as Executive Producer/Writer on the series. Leonard (Cuba Libre, Rum Punch, Get Shorty) will serve as an Executive Producer on the series along with Sarah Timberman (Kidnapped), Carl Beverly (Kidnapped) and Michael Dinner (Karen Sisco), who directed the pilot episode. The pilot was shot in Pittsburgh and Miami, and series production will take place in Southern California beginning this fall. [Read more →]

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Emmy winner Tom Skerritt guest-stars on The Closer

By Anna Belle

The term “Elysian Fields” has numerous meanings. In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields in Elysium were the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. The Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris means the Avenue of the Elysian Fields. There’s an Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans as there is a city in Texas called Elysian Fields.

These are just a few Elysian Fields references I know. When I googled “Elysian Fields” I found about 10 or more.

It’s no wonder I felt a sense of dread after seeing the title and watching the opening … Brenda’s just waking and heading for the bedroom when she hears a noise from somewhere in the apartment. She grabs her gun and cautiously looks around the apartment. [Read more →]

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FOX has made available at Hulu this new performance video from its highly anticipated new fall series Glee. In this scene, Mercedes (Amber Riley) belts out a version of Jazmine Sullivan’s “Bust Your Windows.”

Glee, a musical comedy from Ryan Murphy (nip/tuck), premieres Sept. 9 on FOX.

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Brenda and Sgt. Gabriel are about to crack their case

By Anna Belle

The last couple of episodes of “The Closer” have definitely been worth watching and entertaining, but I haven’t been blogging about them.

I apologize for this but I’m sure you’ve been kept abreast of what’s been happening through tnt.tv (you can watch complete episodes at this site).

“Strike Three” starts out with the sound of a helicopter circling over a crime scene, a sound that’s unmistakable if you’ve ever been in a large metropolitan city with helicopter traffic.

The police helicopter first reports on a victim down and upon circling the scene again and in reply to dispatch not being able to reach the squad initially sent to the scene, reports on seeing both police officers down, out of their car, laying in the street. [Read more →]

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By Ryan

E:60, ESPN’s prime-time sport newsmagazine program, returns Tuesday, July 28, at 7pm, the first of five new shows to be aired weekly through Aug. 25. Tuesday’s program includes:

Vince Young - In his first sit-down interview about the murder of his longtime mentor, Steve McNair, Vince Young tells E:60’s Michael Smith he is ready to lead the Tennessee Titans again, and discusses the emotional impact of the murder and how he will honor is father-figure’s legacy. Young also provides details on the September 2008 night teammates feared he was missing and contemplating suicide after a game against Jacksonville in which he played poorly, was heavily booed by fans and left with a knee injury.

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AMC is not content that you are aware of the upcoming Season 3 premiere of its hit series Mad Men on Aug. 16. First, it took over Banana Republic stores with ’60s fashion chic. Now, the network has partnered with illustrator Dyna Moe to launch the Mad Men Yourself avatar creator. This application allows fans to create and customize ’60s-style digital avatars that reflect the look of Mad Men’s characters (and listen to some light ’60s lounge pop while doing so), from smooth-talking Don Draper to sassy office manager Joan Holloway. Like the popular Simpsons movie and Japanese anime avatar creators, these can be downloaded and shared on various social networks, including Facebook, Twitter and iPhone.

Dyna Moe’s work first became familiar to Mad Men fans in 2008, when she began a project to draw a scene every week of the show. This “Mad Men Illustrated” Flickr set went viral and made the artist/filmmaker/comedian famous.

“The enthusiasm that AMC and [series creator] Matthew Weiner have shown for my illustrations is an honor and very exciting,” says Moe. “I’ve stayed up all night for weeks at a time drawing hundreds of different elements for the avatars — anything you could digitally stick on, near or behind your virtual Sterling Cooper employee. No detail is too small. I know Mad Men enthusiasts everywhere will go ga-ga for this new online activity.”

Along with the avatar creator, AMC will host a weekly caption contest at its website. Each Monday, the site will feature a brand-new Dyna Moe illustration, based on the latest Season 3 episode, for which visitors can submit a caption.

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By Elaine Bergstrom

Yes, it’s coming, and that news comes from Commissioner Gordon himself! Interviewed at Comic-Con, Gary Oldman let slip that filming on a sequel will begin next year, which means we’ll likely see the caped crusader sometime in 2011. “We start filming the next Batman next year, which means it won’t come out for another two years,” Oldman said, before adding, “but you didn’t hear that from me.” With the previous two films raking in over $1 billion, this news hardly comes a surprise.

™ & © DC Comics. © 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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