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“Dance Moms: Miami” episode 7 recap: If You’re Happy and You Know It, Please Shut Up

May 23, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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It’s my life. It’s my time. It’s my Tuesday night — after spending a merry Tuesday afternoon at my desk watching the Miami Mommies duke it out on Twitter (giving the actual show some stiff competition, I’m telling you). If you Tweet and don’t follow the mamas, you should. It’s like social-media, non-contact, professional wrestling without quite so much Spandex. But anyway, the episode. As we prepare to do The List, Abby and Sammy are MIA. Victor says this is ridiculous and that the other mothers should call their wayward counterpart and demand her attendance straightaway. Victor has clearly not been [...]

“My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding” preview: It’s a Man’s World

May 11, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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Gypsy wedding fans, prepare yourself for some days of Amber and roses (and another quick but delightful glimpse at Pat Baby) when My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding airs its third episode — “It’s a Man’s World” — Sunday night on TLC. The ep spotlights the strict division of freedoms, duties and expectations between the genders — and the challenges women from outside the gypsy culture sometimes face when they fall in love with gypsy men. At the center of the hour is 23-year-old Romany Tommy, a traveling paver and construction worker, who is headed home to West Virginia celebrate his traditional [...]

Comedian Ralph Harris hosts “My Momma Throws Down” on TV One

May 4, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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At long last, television is recognizing the ultimate in food service pros — moms! Tonight, TV One premieres its first-ever cooking competition series, My Momma Throws Down, from the makers of Iron Chef America and hosted by actor/comedian Ralph Harris (Last Comic Standing, Dreamgirls, On Our Own) — or as he introduces himself, “Carol’s oldest boy.” But this more than your average cooking show. Part culinary competition, part Family Feud update, part comedy contest and part mini-lesson on the rich history and traditions of African American cuisine, My Momma Throws Down has something for everyone. Just like a home-cooked meal. To start, each [...]

“Dance Moms: Miami” episode 4 recap: Just Duet!

May 2, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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So, did anybody else get the heeby-shakes from having to wait two weeks for an all-new episode? I mean, last week’s Twitter dealie was slick and all that, but when we’ve been promised a Sammy/Hannah duet and all the maternal hellfire associated, seven more days to ponder it left me just a little queasy. Speaking of a little queasy, that’s pretty much how everyone looks when Victor and Angel remind them of last week’s — you know, in TV time — fifth place finish at Starbound and reiterate that if things don’t shape up and shape up quickly, the weak [...]

“Dance Moms Miami” episode 3 recap: Insecurities Exchange Commission

April 18, 2012 | By Lori Acken
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• Missed the full episode? Watch it now for free! No question about it — when it comes to Dance Moms theme songs, Miami takes the prize. No “my world, my girls” drivel down here. Down in Miiiaaaami, they dance so hot! And everybody’s taking a shot! Including Angel and Victor — Aw yeah! Victor is wearing a cassette-tape necklace that is all kinds of awesome! — who are carping on another group routine that earned first place. “You’re not living up to your full potential,” Angel tells the dancers. Apparently their full potential involves something even better than first. Uber-first! [...]

Channel Guide picks winner of Marquette University’s TV spot competition

March 1, 2012 | By Channel Guide Contributor
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After a full month’s worth of voting by you, our beloved online community, a winner from the Marquette University competition to create a Channel Guide Magazine TV spot has been chosen. After receiving 84% of the votes, the winner is Team Casey, whose spot “Plan Ahead” focused on Channel Guide Magazine’s ability to help plan your busy lives around the shows and specials you don’t want to miss. We’d like to congratulate Team Casey for their effort and dedication to this project; they are certainly deserving of this honor. This TV spot will be considered as our top choice to [...]

Chef Roble Ali Talks Bravo’s upcoming “Chef Roble & Co.”

November 21, 2011 | By Lori Acken
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It’s a tale told by many a chef — how they learned their craft at the knee of a family elder. Not Roblé Ali. Though his grandfather was, indeed, a caterer who once cooked for JFK, Roblé — consulting chef at New York City’s celebrity hotspot Avenue and star of Bravo’s new docuseries Chef Roblé & Co. — says what he learned from his family is that he likes to eat. And eat well. “A light bulb went off in my head one day that, ‘Hey, if I want to eat the way that I want to eat all the time, [...]

“Next Iron Chef Super Chefs” preview: “Food Is Funny”

November 18, 2011 | By Lori Acken
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Alright, I’m getting just a teensy dab testy now. First Robert Irvine. Now Chuck Hughes?!! Awww, men! <sigh> Given my helpless addiction to all things food television and the folks who star in it, I realize that trying to choose whom I’d like to emerge the victor on Food Network’s Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs is like trying to choose which of my kids I like the best, but geeeeez. With Robert’s Macgyver-with-a-steak-knife skills set and Chuck’s utter delight at everything foisted his way — except perhaps toe-foooooo! — losing them in the first weeks of the series is akin [...]

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November 15, 2011 | By Ryan Berenz
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Jeanne Tripplehorn talks about the making of Lifetime’s breast cancer anthology “Five”

September 19, 2011 | By Lori Acken
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On Oct. 10, Lifetime will unveil the newest effort in its 17-year-old “Stop Breast Cancer for Life” initiative — one that may be, according to the network’s president and GM Nancy Dubuc, “the most important film we’ve ever done.” Simply titled Five, the anthology features, yes, five emotional, frequently funny and complexly interwoven short films about women dealing not only with the physical effects of breast cancer and their ensuing treatments, but also a part of the diagnosis often left undiscussed — how such a deeply personal disease affects their sense of self, how they relate to others and how [...]