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FOX closing up “House” for good

May 18, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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Dozens of shows cross their season finish lines this month, but for FOX’s House, it’s the end of the line for good. An era-defining show with a tenacious following, House certainly gave its all over eight seasons to earn that loyalty. As the series draws to a close in a two-hour finale this Monday, May 21 at 8pm ET, we thought we’d take a look back at its accomplishments and at what made it so vital to our viewing habits. “I actually haven’t fully unpacked my suitcase because I constantly expect to be fired any day, now.” So Hugh Laurie [...]

Bill Engvall stars in Hallmark Channel’s “Kiss at Pine Lake”

May 14, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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Hallmark Channel pulls off a bit of a “first” this month with one of its original films. Comedian Bill Engvall, who’s been doing standup routines about parenting for decades, steps into his first dramatic role in Kiss at Pine Lake. The film is about Luke (Barry Watson), a young philanthropist trying to save the summer camp of his youth, and Zoe (Mia Kirshner), the girl who haunts his camp memories, representing the development firm that’s trying to wheedle it away from him. Engvall’s role is of Zoe’s father, though they’re largely estranged since her parents’ divorce. It’s a small part [...]

Genie Francis is back for Hallmark’s “Notes From the Heart Healer”

May 10, 2012 | By Karl Paloucek
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One of Hallmark Channel’s more successful original movie franchises gets a third installment this month in Notes From the Heart Healer. Genie Francis returns as advice columnist Peyton MacGruder, who, while on a visit to a harbor town as part of a tour for her just-published book, has a baby left on her doorstep by a teen, Violet (Laci Mailey), who can no longer afford to take care of him. Obviously concerned for this abandoned young life, Peyton is forced to confront her own emotions, having been pressured to give up her own child under similar circumstances. Thrilled on one [...]

Cat Cora, Curtis Stone and 12 brave chefs take you “Around The World In 80 Plates” on Bravo

April 30, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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What do you get when you combine the sumptuousness of tasty travel shows with the excitement of cooking competitions — and throw in celebrity super chefs Cat Cora and Curtis Stone to curate the action? Bravo’s most ambitious series yet. Around the World in 80 Plates launches 12 adventurous chefs on a culinary quest for supremacy that spans five continents and 10 countries in a mere 40 days. In the first half of each episode, two teams of contestants must successfully navigate the city, completing challenges to win a locally prized “exceptional ingredient.” Then the crews take over a popular eatery [...]

Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen and Philip Kaufman tell us about HBO’s “Hemingway & Gellhorn”

April 30, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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When iconic screenwriter/director Philip Kaufman set his sights on creating a film about the peerless war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and her tumultuous relationship with her second husband, writer Ernest Hemingway, he knew exactly who he wanted to embody his title characters. Problem was, his Gellhorn wasn’t available. Or so he was told. Still reeling from the death of his beloved wife and screenwriting partner Rose, Kaufman ventured out to the January 2010 groundbreaking ceremony for the Family Violence Prevention Fund’s International Conference Center in San Francisco — and came face-to-face with United Nations Development Fund for Women goodwill ambassador Nicole [...]

7 Questions With … “Common Law’s” Michael Ealy

April 20, 2012 | By Stacey Harrison
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When asked about the risk of looking too long into Michael Ealy’s deep blue eyes, Warren Kole — Ealy’s costar in the upcoming USA Network series Common Law — jokingly compared it to staring directly into the sun. Stare too long, and you’ll get lost, or perhaps go blind. Audiences will get plenty of chances soon to ignore that warning, as Ealy headlines the comedy Think Like a Man, which opens today in theaters, and can see him reviving the buddy-cop genre Fridays beginning May 11 in Common Law. RELATED: “Common Law” brings buddy-cop formula to USA Network You’re at a magazine rack [...]