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Basic cable network TV Land plans to air a variety of special programming this weekend in tribute to actress Farrah Fawcett, who passed away at age 62 after a long battle with cancer, and recording artist Michael Jackson, who passed away at age 50 after a heart attack. Both entertainment icons died on Thursday, June 25.
Says TV Land president Larry W. Jones: “Airing these tributes allows our viewers to remember and understand the legacies that will continue into the future. We invite our audience to remember where they were the first time they heard The Jackson 5 singing …read more

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Dear Grrl TV Readers and Passersby,
Best wishes for a fantastic holiday season and a prosperous, productive New Year.
And, while you’re here, treat yourself to a chance to win one of the giveaways currently being hosted around these parts: the Starked.com Holiday Contest and the Ghost Whisperer Spirit Guide Contest.
Cheers!

Photo: David Boreanaz and Ty Panitz, “The Santa in the Slush,” Bones (Isabella Vosmikova/FOX)

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Golden Girls star Estelle Getty, who played cranky Sophia Petrillo on the long-running series, passed away at the age of 84 years on Tuesday morning, July 22.
Afflicted with Lewy Body Dementia, she retired from acting around 2000, but will never be forgotten for her memorable roles as Sophia and also Tutti Bomowski from the feature film Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
This Friday, July 25, Lifetime Television will air a five-hour marathon from noon until 5pm EST featuring ten episodes of The Golden Girls that showcase Getty’s beloved character.
Fans can even directly participate in the planning of the tribute by …read more

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If you came to the party late, Grrl TV and many other blogs in the b5media Entertainment Channel participated in a Blog Off last Friday, June 20, to benefit The Actors Fund. Our goal at each participating blog was to publish one post per hour over the 24 hours of June 20, and that’s exactly what I did.
The following is a summary of the posts I published during this important, fun, and draining event. Those who are interested can still make donations to The Actors Fund at the Donate Now page; it’s never too late to support such …read more

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No, we don’t watch the daytime show of homemaker extraordinaire (and extraordinarily rich) Martha Stewart here at Grrl TV on a regular basis.
But we know who she is, we think she’s very pretty, and we’re slightly interested when we learn that an entire country has banned her, like the United Kingdom reportedly did somewhere around the present time when it refused to grant her a visa to step foot on its turf.
Why, you ask? Well, in case you hadn’t heard, dear Martha is a convicted crook and has been for a while now.
It’s really too bad, too, because if …read more

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Remember back at the beginning of this month, when Oscar-winning actress Tatum O’Neal was arrested for trying to buy illegal drugs on a New York City street? Well, if you thought such a public criminal incident would have a negative impact on her career, you were wrong.
According to TV Guide, it’s like nothing has happened when it comes to the people who run her most recent show, the FX dramedy Rescue Me. O’Neal plays the substance-abusing, loudmouthed sister of star Denis Leary’s character on the series, and cocreator Peter Tolan expects the actress to return to complete relevant …read more

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Grrl TV is a member of the Entertainment Channel at b5media, which will be collaborating with its fellow Business Channel this Friday during a 24-hour blog-a-thon in support of both The Actors Fund and ACCION International.
The Great b5media Blog Off will begin on June 20th at 12:01am, in each writer’s respective time zone, to celebrate the summer solstice, an event that has occurred on June 21 since 1975; this year, it arrives on June 20. Writers from the b5media Business and Entertainment channels will be posting fresh news at least once per hour for a full 24 hours.
The Entertainment Channel’s …read more

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Basic cable’s Lifetime may be known as a network with programming geared specifically towards women, but this weekend, in recognition of Father’s Day on Sunday, June 15, it’s taking time to celebrate the men in families who are parents. As a result, this Saturday and Sunday, viewers will be treated to a special Bad Dad/Good Dad themed movie weekend.
On the small screen, Saturday is devoted to bad dads, while Sunday will flip to the opposite side, focusing on good dads. Of particular note on the second day is the encore presentation of Lifetime Movie Network’s excellent first original …read more

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How’s this for embarrassing?
Recently, Actress Tatum O’Neal has been seen mostly in her recurring role on Denis Leary’s FX dramedy Rescue Me. The 44-year-old daughter of Ryan O’Neal is also the youngest Oscar winner ever following her win for Paper Moon at the tender age of ten. Now the ex-wife of tennis legend John McEnroe can add crack and cocaine arrestee to that impressive resume after getting caught red-handed yesterday buying the drugs from a dealer near her upscale apartment in lower Manhattan.
Shocking as the arrest alone is, the embarrassing part I refer to above is O’Neal’s reported …read more

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Can one television show really derail a career if an entertainer is talented, professional, and has no (or few visible) personality problems? Hmmm… That just might be the question when it comes to the latest news straight from the New York Post’s infamous Page Six gossip column.
Actress Drea de Matteo was allegedly overheard complaining in Manhattan that since appearing on the canceled NBC sitcom Joey, the overhyped series that starred then-fresh Friends alum Matt LeBlanc, her career has been pretty much kaput.
Prior to that failed series, the New York native had an Emmy-winning supporting role on The Sopranos …read more

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