WEEKLY BUZZ
The latest Pop Culture news
-Don’t forget the Academy Awards is on Sunday, beginning at 8:30 p.m. on ABC.
-Another “Fockers” movie is in the works. The third installment of the comedy will revolve around the children of the Focker family. Ben Stiller and Teri Polo will star as parents of the little Fockers.
-HBO picked up “Big Love” for a fourth season. The show gets about 5 million viewers and stars Bill Paxton as a polygamous Uta businessman.
-The 5th season premiere of “Rescue Me” will air at 10 p.m. April 7 on FX. An 18-episode sixth season is set to air in 2010.
-Showtime has ordered a second season of “The United States of Tara,” a drama starring Toni Collette as a woman with multiple personalities.
-Michael Vartan (former Alias star) will star opposite Jada Pinkett Smith in TNT’s upcoming series “Time Heals.”
-After 16 years, Late Night With Conan O’Brien signs off on Friday. He is replacing Jay Leno on The Tonight Show on June 1. Jimmy Fallon will take over for O’Brien on March 2. Leno will move to prime time in early September.
TV PREMIERES
Tonight - Being Erica (SoapNet)
Friday - Mistresses (BBCA)
Tuesday - Dark Days in Monkey City (Animal Planet)
TV FINALES
Friday - Monk (USA)
Monday - The Closer (TNT); Rita Rocks (Lifetime); True Beauty (ABC)
Tuesday - Leverage (TNT); 10 Items or Less (TBS)
Wednesday - Top Chef (TBS); Knight Rider (NBC); Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…(Sundance)
MOVIES arriving in theaters Friday, Feb. 20
-Fired Up
-Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail
Limited releases: Delhi; Eleven Minutes; Must Read After My Death; The Velveteen Rabbit
DVDs to be released on Tuesday, Feb. 24
-The Haunting of Molly Hartley
-Cyclops
-Badland
-Breaking Bad: First Season
-Extreme Movie (Unrated)
-Futurama DTV Movies 1-4
-Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
-Protege
-The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
-Just Shoot Me!: Third Season
-My Wife & Kids: Season One
-The Last House on the Left (Collector’s Edition)
-Canterbury’s Law: The Complete Series
ALBUMS arriving Tuesday, Feb. 24
-Jonas Brothers, “Music From the 3D Concert Experience”
-Van Morrison, “Astral Weeks Live at the Holiday Bowl”
-Various Artists, “War Child: Heroes”
-Jake Owen, “Easy Does It”
-Tom Rush, “What I Know”
-Kinky, ‘Barracuda”
-K’Naan, “Troubadour”
-JJ Cale, “Roll On”
-Steve Wilson, “Insurgentes”
-Lamb of God, “Wrath”
-Joe Bonamassa, “The Ballad of John Henry”