Pop Culture Checklist

Hi everyone! Once again, be sure to check out the TV Finales list — there’s a lot of them! Enjoy your shows!

Latest Pop Culture News

-Keanu Reeves will star in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” There are several versions of this story but plot details of this particular movie are being kept a secret.

-Joan Rivers (who just won Celebrity Apprentice – yeah!!) will star in a new 30-minute series called “How’d You Get So Rich?” It premieres at 10 p.m. Aug. 12 on TV Land.

-Alanis Morissette will appear in at least 7 episodes of Showtime’s “Weeds” this season. She will play a “no-nonsense obstetrician.”

-Sarah Palin has signed with HarperCollins to write her memoirs for publication in 2010. It has not yet been revealed how much she’s getting paid.

-Nicole Kidman has decided not to star in Woody Allen’s next movie, which starts shooting in London this summer. The untitled project co-stars Josh Brolin, Freida Pinto, Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts.

-Fox has picked up a drama based on a CD Comics series called “Human Target.” Mark Valley (Days of Our Lives, Boston Legal, Fringe) will play a freelancer who adopts new identities, becoming a human shield to protect clients.

-Martin Scorsese will direct the biopic “Sinatra.” No word yet on who will play Frank.

-ABC picked up 2 new shows for next fall. A Sci-Fi drama “Flash Forward” is about people blacking out for 2 minutes, 17 seconds and sees visions of themselves in the future. The second show, “Modern Family,” is a comedy about 3 families — one traditional, one gay and one led by Ed O’Neill (Married…With Children) who marries a much younger Latina.

-It looks like a live-action adaptation of “American Gladiators” is coming to the big screen. It will be based on the 1988 TV show.

-The Jack White/Alison Mosshart band, “Dead Weather,” has announced tour dates. They will be performing at The Fillmore in Detroit on July 24.

TV PREMIERES

Tonight – Hotel Babylon (BBCA)

Saturday – Beverly Hills Groomer (Animal Planet)

Monday – The Bachelorette (ABC)

Tuesday – Glee (Fox)

TV FINALES

Tonight – My Name is Earl (NBC); Parks & Recreation (NBC); The Office (NBC); 30 Rock (NBC); Smallville (CW); Supernatural (CW); Bones (Fox); CSI (CBS); Hell’s Kitchen (Fox); Grey’s Anatomy (ABC); Being Erica (SoapNet); Warriors (History)

Friday – Ghost Whisperer (CBS); Flashpoint (CBS); Numbers (CBS); Prison Break (Fox); The Game (CW); America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)

Sunday – Desperate Housewives (ABC); Survivor (CBS); Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC); The Simpson’s (Fox); King of the Hill (Fox); Family Guy (Fox); American Dad (Fox); River Monsters (Animal Planet); Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices (HBO)

Monday – 24 (Fox); Gossip Girl (CW); How I Met Your Mother (CBS); Two and a Half Men (CBS); Rules of Engagement (CBS); CSI: Miami (CBS); One Tree Hill (CW); Paranormal State (A&E); Ax Men (History); Masters of Illusion (MNT); Magic’s Biggest Secrets Revealed (MNT); Bought & Sold (HGTV); Dhani Tackles the Globe (Discovery)

Tuesday – The Mentalist (CBS); Dancing with the Stars (ABC); NCIS (CBS); Without a Trace (CBS); Street Patrol (MNT); Jail (MNT); 90210 (CW)

Wednesday – American Idol (Fox); New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS); Gary Unmarried (CBS); Criminal Minds (CBS)

MOVIES opening on Friday, May 15

-Angels & Demons

Limited release: 99; Big Man Japan; Management; O’Horten; Summer Hours; The Brothers Bloom

DVDs arriving on Tuesday, May 19

-Valkyrie

-Paul Blart: Mall Cop

-My Bloody Valentine 3D

-Driven to Kill

-Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts

-Army of Darkness (Screwhead Edition)

-24: Season Seven

-El Dorado (Centennial Collection)

-Fanboys

-Outlander (Third Rail)

-Russell Brand in New York City

-True Blood: First Season

-Friday Night Lights: Third Season

-The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Centennial Collection)

ALBUMS arriving in stores on Tuesday, May 19

-Eminem, “Relapse”

-Kenny Chesney, “Greatest Hits II”

-Busta Rhymes, “Back on my B.S.”

-Lionel Richie, “Just Go”

-Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, “Live from Madison Square Garden”

-Fat Joe, “Jealous One’s Still Envy”

-Tori Amos, “Abnormally Attracted to Sin”

-Ruben Studdard, “Love Is”

-LeToya, “Lady Love”

-Chrisette Michele, “Epiphany”

-Iron & Wine, “Around the Well”

-DJ Drama, “Gangsta Grillz: The Album. Pt. 2″

-Soundtrack, “True Blood”

-Mat Kearney, “City of Black and White”

-Lakisha Jones, “So Glad I’m Me”

-Richard Elliot, “Rock Steady”

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