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HAWAII FIVE-0 Holds Season Five Blessing

Hawaii Five-0 Holds Season Five Blessing with Promises of Extra Episodes, a Fifth Sunset on the Beach, and the Return of Beloved Actress Carol Burnett Hawaii Five-0 cast and crew returned to the Island set to begin filming Season Five on Tuesday. On hand for the traditional Hawaiian blessing were series stars Alex O’Loughlin (Steve McGarrett), Daniel Dae Kim (Chin Ho Kelly), and Grace Park (Kono Kalakaua). Hawaii News Now (HNN) was also on hand to cover the live-streamed event,

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Halle Berry and Steven Spielberg’s EXTANT Explores New Ground for CBS and Amazon Prime

Anticipation looms large as Steven Spielberg sits at the helm of CBS series Extant, starring Halle Berry as Astronaut Molly Woods. The futuristic Extant has Berry returning from a year-long mission in space, where she’s left behind a dark secret. As the episode unfolds, Berry’s character undergoes the mandatory physical exam required of all returning outer space travelers, only to find that she is pregnant. To add to this mystery, a significant period of time has been deleted from monitoring

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Antonio Jaramillo Snags Guest Spots on GANG RELATED and DALLAS

Antonio Jaramillo will have his hands full this TV season playing on not one, but two, of television’s most anticipated dramas. Childhood Loyalties On June 19, Jaramillo introduces Beto to audiences of Fox’s Gang Related and portrays the character through a two-episode arc.  I spent a few moments on the phone with Jaramillo and got some insight into the role.  “I play a guy named Beto, a childhood friend of Ryan Lopez (Ramon Rodriguez) who’s willing to risk his life

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Kristin Booth talks the SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED Finale

Hallmark original series Signed, Sealed, Delivered may make you cry.  It may make you laugh.  But it will never disappoint. Kristin Booth, who plays Shane McInerney on the Martha Williamson series, recently spoke with me about her role and about what makes the show so unique. Who Is Shane? “Shane is a very modern woman, very independent, self-sufficed.  She has the capability to break into a mainframe to get information.  She can be dangerous in the wrong hands, that’s for

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Time-Out With SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED star Eric Mabius

Hallmark’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered has a somewhat unique television presence these days in that its content is suitable for the entire family – a sentiment actor Eric Mabius (Oliver O’Toole) agrees with. That’s why when the network recently held a teleconference with Mabius, I knew I had to participate. A Unique Perspective “I find most shows unwatchable nowadays,” Mabius began, “short of a few comedy things. And I don’t know if that’s because I’ve changed or because I have two

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Claire Coffee Previews a GRIMM Finale

Just in time for the Grimm Finale, I had an opportunity to chat with Claire Coffee (Adalind Schade) and to get the scoop from her point of view on what’s been happening with Adalind. First Love First of all, I wondered where Adalind’s heart is. She’s changed so much since the birth of her baby, Diana. I wanted to know if Coffee thought there had been a true change. “Well,” she told me, “as we saw in the last few

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CBS Charters New Ground at Upfronts 2014

On Wednesday, CBS Upfronts announced a much-anticipated full year of original programming for its 2014-15 television season. Nina Tassler, Chairman of CBS Entertainment, and Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive VP of CBS Primetime, presented the 2014-15 lineup. Under the Dome, declared by President and Chief Executive Officer Les Moonves as the most watched new show of the past year, will premiere its second season on June 30, with an episode penned by Stephen King. New programming brings the likes of Oscar-winning

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HAWAII FIVE-0 Airs Season Finale Amidst Flurry of Cast Changes

The Season Finale of Hawaii Five-0 airs on Friday amidst a frenzy of cast changes, one of them being the addition of two recurring characters to regular roles. A Cop’s Cop Back in November came word that Chi McBride (Captain Lou Grover) would become a regular cast member of the Five-O reboot. McBride had premiered his character in the series and walked the red carpet at the Sunset on the Beach Premiere Event for Season Four. At the time of

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Time Out with THE MILLERS’ Nelson Franklin

Adam Miller is such a nerd, but not unlike any of the characters Nelson Franklin has played over the years – characters like Robby in New Girl and Nick in The Office. Adam vs. Robby When I talked with Franklin, he told me he thinks Adam is really a split between Robby and Nick, with Robby shouldering the most similarities. “Robby’s a really nice guy that doesn’t have any social skills, really smart, but super nerdy. He doesn’t have any

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Jesse Spencer Opens Up About CHICAGO FIRE

On the heels of the news that Chicago Fire will be renewed for a third season, I had the opportunity to speak with Jesse Spencer (Lt. Matthew Casey) just before he headed out the door for a well-deserved hiatus. Big Episodes Coming I asked Spencer if he’d tease for viewers just a bit about what they might expect in remaining episodes of the season. “There’s a really big episode coming up,” he teased. “I think it’s Episode 20 or 21.

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