Pop Culture Checklist

Welcome to the weekly buzz, a segment that offers listings of upcoming shows, movies and local and regional events. It appears every Thursday. Please feel free to add any pop culture information if you don’t see it here.
LOCAL EVENTS
–St. Stephen’s 59^th annual Polish Festival will be held Friday through Sunday at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, 18858 Huron River Dr., New Boston. For details, call 753-5268.
–Estral Beach fireman’s festival will be held Friday and Saturday at the Estral Beach lake front at 7194 Lakeview Blvd. Live bands, a carnival, beer tents, gambling, and an appearance by the Hooter Girls will be on tap.
–“Hot Summer Talents ‘07” features Monroe’s finest young musicians. The outdoor concert will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Loranger Square pavilion in downtown Monroe. It’s free.
–“Shout!” will perform Beatles tribute music at 7 p.m. tonight at St. Mary’s Park.
–Monroe Area Cloudbusters Club will hold a radio-controlled model air show. It will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Nike Park, Newport Rd., in Newport. There will be flight demonstrations and raffles. In case of bad weather, it will be held Aug. 26.
–Outlaw Professional Wrestling presents “Monroe Meltdown” on Saturday. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the first match at 7:30 p.m. at Arthur Lesow Community Center, 120 Eastchester St. Tickets are $5.
 
REGIONAL EVENTS
–13^th annual Woodward Dream Cruise will be held on Saturday in Ferndale.
–The Michigan State Fair runs from Aug. 22 through Sept. 3. The fairgrounds are located at the corner of Eight Mile Rd. and Woodward Ave. in Detroit. For details, visit www.michigan.gov/mistatefair.
–Ypsilanti Heritage Festival will be held Friday through Sunday. Visit www.ypsilantiheritagefestival.com for more information.
–Ann Arbor Antiques Market will be on Sunday. For more information, call (850) 349-9766.
–Toledo Zoo is hosting a “Rock’n’Roar” concert featuring three bands. Music of the 1970’s and 1980’s will be performed. It will be held on Friday.
–The Maumee Summer Fair parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday in uptown Maumee, Ohio.
TV NEWS
Okay, I’m trying to remain hopeful regarding my favorite show, “24,” but I’m holding my breath. There has been another production delay. Filming was supposed to begin Aug. 27, but now shooting will start Sept. 10. The delay is to allow writers to complete enough scripts for the new season-long plot.
This is the second production delay, after the original script fell through. Writers are doing major revamping since last season wasn’t that great.
In other news:
–NBC signed Carson Daly to a two-year deal to host “Last Call with Carson Daly.” He’ll also host NBC’s New Year’s Eve show. The network also added another season of “America’s Got Talent” with Jerry Springer, David Hasselhoff, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan. “Last Comic Standing” with host Bill Bellamy also got the nod for another season.
The finale of “America’s Got Talent” is Tuesday, while “Last Comic Standing” ends Sept. 19.
–Hilary Duff and Nick Cannon will co-host the 9^th annual Teen Choice Awards at 8 p.m. Aug. 26 on Fox. Some of the categories include Choice Breakout TV Show, Choice Sidekick and Choice Rumble. Fans can vote until Sunday at www.fox.com/teenchoice.
Here are some shows premiering in the next week:
–On Disney, “High School Musical 2” kicks off at 8 p.m. Friday. 
–“Find Your Style,” a show where a designer helps design-challenged homeowners, begins at 10:30 p.m. Saturday on HGTV.
–On WE, “American Princess” premieres at 10 p.m. Sunday. 12 women travel to England, where they’re trained in etiquette, grooming, presentation and aristocratic style to compete for cash and an English title.
–“Anchorwoman” begins 8 p.m. Wednesday on Fox.
–ABC Family debuted its own original series last week called “Slacker Cats.” It’s a grown-up series about a group of cats and the humans from whom they free-load. It stars Buckley and Eddie, two felines who go through adventures together in the town of Wendell.
It features the voices of stand-up comedian Harland Wiliams, Kiersten Warren (“Desperate Housewives”), comic Emo Philips, Nicole Sullivan (“MADtv”), Niecy Nash (“Reno 911”), and others.
It airs at 10 p.m. Mondays on ABC Family. For more information, check out the official site at http://a51.abcfamily.go.com/shows/slackercats/Home/index.html.
MUSIC
–The Beastie Boys added more shows to their tour. Among the dates added, they will perform at The Fillmore in Detroit on Sept. 24.
–Regina Spektor, the Russian-born singer who has been dubbed the anti-folk songstress, will launch a fall tour. She’ll be at The Fillmore in Detroit on Oct. 10. If you’ve never heard of her, check out her music. It’s really good! Her latest CD, released last year, is called “Begin to Hope.”
–The Counting Crows is releasing a new album, “Saturday Nights, Sunday Mornings.” It’s expected to be ready in November.
On Sept. 18, the band will release a double CD of “August And Everything After,” that features a re-mastered version of the band’s 1993 debut along with demos and a complete 1994 concert from Paris.
–The Eagles will release a new album in more than 28 years. It comes out in October. The first single, “How Long,” from the album “Long Road Out of Eden” hits the radio airwaves today. The album only will be sold at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and Walmart.com.
–The Flaming Lips announced a fall tour. It kicks off Sept. 7 in Chicago, and they will perform Oct. 1 at Clutch Cargo’s in Detroit. Last April, they released their latest album called “At War With the Mystics.”
 
MOVIES
Here is a list of movies premiering this weekend:
–Death at a Funeral
–The Invasion
–The Last Legion
–Superbad
–The 11^th Hour
–The King of Kong
 
DVD
Here is a list of some of the upcoming DVD releases on Tuesday, Aug. 21:
–Broken English
–The Dark Backward
–House: Season Three
–The Lives of Others
–Perfect Stranger
–Serenity
–RoboCop: 20^th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
–South Park: The Complete Tenth Season
–Ugly Betty: The Complete First Season

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