Pop Culture Checklist

Latest Pop Culture News

-Emilie de Ravin (Claire) is returning to “Lost” as a full-time series regular for the show’s final season.

-Kirsten Dunst is on board for “Spider-Man 4,” slated for a May 6, 2011 release.

-TBS is in talks to pick up a 13-episdoe season of “My Name is Earl” after NBC axed the show. Talks for new episodes are in the preliminary stages so keep your fingers crossed!

-Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper are in negotiations to co-star in “The A-Team” movie. Neeson would play Col. John “Hannibal” Smith, while Cooper would play Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck. Production begins in August for the June 11, 2010 release.

-Katee Sackhoff has joined the “24″ cast. She will play Dana Walsh, an expert data analyst at CTU with a secret past who is involved with CTU agent Davis Cole (Freddie Prinze Jr.). She’s best known for her role as Kara “Starbuck” Thrace on Battlestar Galactica.

-VH1’s “Best Week Ever” is on a ‘production hiatus’ until 2010. No surprise here. They ruined the show when they got rid of the comics and only featured Paul Thompkin. He’s awful!!

-Showtime ordered 12 episodes for Season 2 of “Nurse Jackie” – wow, that was fast! The show starring Edie Falco is the cable channel’s best debut of an original series.

-Allison Iraheta has signed with 19 Recordings – the same record label as Kris Allen. The 17-year-old rocker came in fourth place in this past season’s American Idol.

-Joy Behar is bumping Lou Dobbs from his repeat slot on HLN (CNN Headline News) to host a 9 p.m. talk show. She will continue to co-host “The View” while doing the prime time show, which begins in the fall.

-I guess ABC can’t get enough dancing on the air. It picked up five episodes of “Let’s Dance” to air during the holidays as a bridge between cycles of “Dancing with the Stars.” It will center on celebrities learning dance moves, but will take on a more comedic approach. They will re-enact famous dance routines, such as Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in “Dirty Dancing.”

-The third season premiere of “Mad Men” will be at 10 p.m. Aug. 16 on AMC with limited commercial interruptions. In case you missed last season, AMC will run a marathon of Season Two on Aug. 10.

TV PREMIERES

Tonight – She’s Got the Look (TV Land); 16 & Pregnant (MTV); Raising Sextuplets (WE)

Sunday – True Blood (HBO); Hammertime: Shaping Up! (A&E)

Monday – Run’s House (MTV)

Tuesday – The First 48 (A&E); Saving Grace (TNT); Wedding Day (TNT); Hawthorne (TNT); The Lazy Environmentalist (Sundance); The Singing Bee (CMT)

Wednesday – The Othersiders (Cartoon); Survive This (Cartoon); Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (BBCA)

TV FINALES

Tonight – Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches (Travel)

Saturday – Pushing Daisies (ABC); The Graham Norton Show (BBCA)

Sunday – Million Dollar Password (CBS)

Monday – Pros vs. Joes (Spike); Greek: At World’s End (ABC Family); I Can’t Believe I’m Still Single: From Portland to Portland (Showtime)

Tuesday – Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (Travel); Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo)

Wednesday – The Unusuals (ABC)

MOVIES arriving Friday, June 12

-Imagine That

-The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

DVDs arriving Tuesday, June 16

- Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail

-The Cell 2

-Born

-The Strange One

-What Goes Up

-Burn Notice: Season Two

-Diary of Anne Frank (50th anniversary edition)

-House of Payne, Volume 4

-Family Guy: Volume 7

-Saving Grace: Season Two

-The Three Stooges: Volume Six

-Transformers: Complete First Season

-Friday the 13th (Part V; Part VI; The Final Chapter; Killer Cut and Widescreen)

ALBUMS arriving Tuesday, June 16

-Incubus, “Moments and Melodies”

-Ashley Tisdale, “Guilty Pleasure”

-Jonas Brothers, “Lines, Vines and Trying Times”

-Twista, “Category F5″

-George Harrison, “Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison”

-Michael Buble, “Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden” (CD/DVD)

-Various Artists, “2009 Warped Tour Compilation”

-Hank Williams Jr., “127 Rose Avenue”

-Holly Williams, “Here With Me”

-Daryle Singletary, “Rockin’ In The Country”

-Laura Izibor, “Let The Truth Be Told”

-Sara Wasserman, “Solid Ground”

-Various Artists, “Platinum Beats 2009″

-Various Artists, “ClubHits 2k9″

-Devin Townsend, “Ki”  

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