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21 July 2017

Story of a Girl: Kyra Sedgwick Adapts Sara Zarr’s Novel Into a Family-Affair Film

Lifetime’s Story of a Girl, which premieres Sunday, begins like many a modern parent-teen nightmare. Middle-schooler Deanna Lambert (an impressive Ryann Shane) is wooed by her big brother’s handsome flatterer of a best pal, takes a giant step toward adulthood and, in no time, learns a video of her “first time” has gone public — branding her a pariah at school and turning her home into a silently simmering war zone. (more)

14 July 2017

Game of Thrones Season 7: Isaac Hempstead Wright says “Bran Should Be Very, Very Frightened!”

Now that he’s officiially Game of Thrones’ omniscient Three-Eyed Raven, the rise of Isaac Hempstead Wright’s Bran Stark as a Westeros power player seems certain as the HBO hit heads into its penultimate season on Sunday. With clans Lannister, Targaryen and Stark — and all their trusted and dubious allies — preoccupied with the Iron Throne, young Bran knows best the bigger threat that looms.

The 18-year-old Brit shared some knowledge of his own about Season 7, the Starks’ future as a family and why we need to get over Hodor. (more)

11 July 2017

CBS' "Salvation" rescues the world from a planet-killing asteroid hurtling toward Earth

Summer’s biggest blockbuster is a quest to save the Earth, and the action can’t be found in your local multiplex — it arrives Wednesday on CBS. Salvation flies onto the airwaves this month when an MIT grad student (Charlie Rowe) discovers that a planet-killing asteroid is six months away from destroying the Earth. He takes his findings to a tech superstar (Santiago Cabrera), and they, together with a Pentagon official (Jennifer Finnigan), set a secret course to save the planet. (more)

30 June 2017

TV Weekly cover: Catching up with Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott

The two hottest faces in TV home improvement look nearly identical. Twins Drew and Jonathan Scott, a real estate agent and contractor, respectively, share their tips and talents on a variety of HGTV series including Brother vs. Brother and the Property Brothers franchise. We caught up with the Scott brothers (their playful older brother J.D. also joins them in some of their adventures) in between shooting scenes for three series, to get to know renovation television’s brightest — and most charming — stars. (more)

16 June 2017

Will Arnett, Mike Meyers team up to bring back "The Gong Show"

ABC’s The Gong Show premieres on Thursday, and we like the sound of TV’s most outrageous new series. Will Arnett serves as executive producer and reveals that The Gong Show isn’t looking for superstars — they’re looking for laughs.

“I thought it was very important that we do something that’s just pure entertainment, something that’s purely fun,” he says. “We’re not a talent show; we’re a variety show.” (more)