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06/30/09 Above all else, "Two Lovers" will be known as the last film for the talented Joaquin Phoenix before he gave up acting and went off the deep end, as evidenced by his bizarre behavior during his February appearance on "Late Show With David Letterman."  |  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA

06/16/09 This fall, NBC hits the road with a different kind of medical show: their new EMT drama Trauma .  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle WA

06/14/09 10:00 (CBS) The Martha Stewart Show: A visit to Martha's New York farm. 10:00 (FOX) Maury: A woman tells her cousin she is sleeping with his girlfriend. 10:00 (MY) The Tyra Banks Show: Tyra talks with people struggling with sex addiction. 11:00 (ABC) The View: Dr. Larry Norton.  |  The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY

06/12/09 11 a.m. Jerry Springer: Tangy gives her man an ultimatum; Carol wants her stepson to break up with his controlling girlfriend; Therron wants a second chance with his girlfriend. 1 p.m. The Tyra Banks Show: Tyra spends the hour talking to people with sex addictions. 1 p.m. The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Singer Mariah Carey; 6-year-old solar system expert Brandt Bickford. 3 p.m. Maury: Guests reveal devastating secrets to loved ones. 10:35 p.m.  |  St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO

05/19/09 Notorious , with a superb cast (Angela Basset, Derek Luke, Jamal Woolard, and Anthony Mack), is a profound, suspenseful, and entertaining true story of a mega star, Biggie Smalls, chronicling the life and death of Christopher Wallace.  |  Blogcritics.org Video

05/19/09 The large order of new shows at ABC include "Cougar Town," "The Deep End," "Eastwick," "Flash Forward," "The Forgotten," "Hank," "Happy Town," "The Middle," "Modern Family," "Shark Tank" and "V." In addition, the network is bringing back the ratings-weak "Better Off Ted," "Castle," "Scrubs" and "True Beauty."  |  The Fresno Bee - Fresno CA

05/04/09 NBC announced today that it is picking up six new series -- including two medical dramas -- for next season.  |  Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL

05/04/09 Jay Leno's bid for prime-time triumph next season will be backed by nurses, paramedics and filmmaker Ron Howard.  |  The Denver Post - Denver CO

05/04/09 In an unusual move, NBC announced its new fall shows yesterday but not its fall schedule, which is now expected May 19 during "upfront week" when other broadcasters unveil their fall lineups and solicit advertising upfront, before the start of the TV season.  |  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA

05/04/09 On Monday, the fourth-ranked broadcast network announced to reporters and advertisers most of the programs that will be in its lineup next season.  |  Show Tracker

05/04/09 Damien Lewis' police drama, "Life," has been officially canceled. ?  |  Theater Dogs

05/04/09 Jay Leno's bid for prime-time triumph next season will be backed by nurses, paramedics and filmmaker Ron Howard.  |  The Orange Leader - Orange TX

05/04/09 "Trauma," "Parenthood," "Mercy" and the event series "Day One," as well as two new comedies including "Community" and "100 Questions."  |  Starpulse

05/04/09 NBC announced today that it is picking up six new series -- including two medical dramas -- for next season.  |  TV Guy

05/04/09 For the second year in a row, NBC separated itself from its competitors by announcing the programs that will be on its schedule in the 2009-10 season two weeks before the rest of the broadcast networks present their schedules to advertisers in Manhattan.  |  Show Tracker

04/23/09 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, semi-retired pro wrestler and infrequent actor ("They Live"), hammers Mickey Rourke with kudos for his Oscar-nominated portrayal of the over-the-hill title character in "The Wrestler," new on DVD and Blu-ray.  |  Sex and The Single Movie Critic

04/20/09 It is anyone's guess at this point as to how NBC is going to deal with its shrunken schedule next fall -- including, presumably, a fair number of the people with shows currently on NBC.  |  Zap2it