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Fear not, My Boys and Jordana Spiro fans. Home network TBS announced on Tuesday that the sitcom about Chicago-based, 20-something sportswriter PJ Franklin will live to see a third season. The run will have a total of nine episodes and will premiere in the first quarter of 2009.
Now all we have to do is wait patiently until then to learn the resolution of the Season Two wedding cliffhanger. It was during the finale that almost-groom Bobby (Kyle Howard) finally began to examine his feelings for PJ, who, unfortunately, had already struck up a relationship with his brother. …read more

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ABC recently announced the network is turning five potential shows into full-fledged series. We Grrl TV lovers are in luck because two of those new pickups star fan favorites Amber Tamblyn, of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Joan of Arcadia popularity, and Alyssa Milano, of Charmed and Who’s the Boss? fame.
Amber’s series is an hourlong crime-procedural dramedy called The Unusuals that sounds like it’s in the funny vein of USA Network’s Monk, for instance. Alyssa’s show, on the other hand, is a half-hour sitcom called Single with Parents. It co-stars veteran actor Beau Bridges, who also …read more

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There’s good news for fans of television shows that pack a laugh. Lifetime recently announced it has a new sitcom coming this fall, the network’s first comedy in an entire decade, believe it or not.
Called Rita Rocks, the half-hour series will star The King of Queens alum Nicole Sullivan as one Rita Clements. Rita would appear to have it all — whatever that means — since she has a husband, a job, and two daughters. But, of course, that only sounds so great on the surface.
Underneath the façade, Rita’s life is in need of some serious rejuvenation. …read more

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And what a lovely shade of pink it was, too! Not that pastel hue that shows every speck of dirt, and not a bold fuchsia capable of inducing headaches. The lovely ladies who star in the hotly anticipated film version of the beloved HBO comedy series Sex and the City — Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Nixon, and Sarah Jessica Parker — strolled a carpet shaded a gorgeous, intense, and posh pink, befitting the gorgeous, intense, and posh actresses themselves.
The occasion was Tuesday’s U.S. premiere of Sex and the City: The Movie in New York, the …read more

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Maybe it’s just me, but I think the CD cover’s black-and-hot-pink color scheme is gorgeous.
Sex and the City: Music From the Original Motion Picture

Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: New Line Records
List Price: $16.98
Recording Artists: Fergie, Jennifer Hudson, Nina Simone, Morningwood, The Weepies, Kaskade, Jem, The Bird & The Bee, India.Arie, Mairi Campbell & Dave Francis, Al Green with Joss Stone, Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steve Tyler and Joe Perry, and The Pfeifer Broz. Orchestra

Image: Amazon.com

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The Hollywood Reporter created an interesting video that contains short interview segments with top television actresses Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives), Tichina Arnold (Rochelle Rock on Everybody Hates Chris), Kyra Sedgwick (Brenda Johnson on The Closer), and Brooke Shields (Wendy Healy on Lipstick Jungle).
If you’ve ever wondered what the entertainers we see on TV like to watch on TV, take a look at the video to find out the answer to that for those four actresses. I’m just a bit surprised that such busy women have time to catch anything on the tube at all since their …read more

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The film version of Sex and the City hasn’t even premiered yet in the United States, but already at least one store is trying to get inside fans’ pocketbooks by offering them the opportunity to purchase select fashions worn by star Sarah Jessica Parker.
Courtesy of Vogue, individuals can watch exclusive behind-the-scenes footage on the magazine’s website to learn more about the clothing and accessories Parker sported during a June cover photo shoot, which revolves around a hypothetical honeymoon in New York for newlyweds Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big. Then check out the special Neiman Marcus section online to spend, …read more

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More footage from Sex and the City: The Movie hit the Internet this week in the form of several short YouTube clips.
In the first one, Carrie breaks some pretty big news during a lunch date with her gal pals Charlotte and Miranda, and Charlotte seems happier than anybody else could possibly ever be.
The second clip features the same three friends taking a stroll outside, raising the question, “When in the world is Samantha going to get there?!”
There’s no relief in the third clip either, which focuses on Carrie and her assistant Louise, played by Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson.
All three clips …read more

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It probably makes no difference what pro critics say — countless fans are going to show up on or shortly after the May 30 U.S. premiere date anyhoo. But, still, the advance reviews for the forthcoming film version of the hit HBO sitcom Sex and the City are underwhelming, to say the least.
Writes Variety: “Best in its small moments, the movie should find receptive gal pals congregating for the mother of all viewing parties, but appeal beyond that core should present New Line with less of a storybook finish than it doubtless would like.”
Writes The Hollywood Reporter: “In need …read more

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