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Link Time! 7/30

BuzzSugar — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:30:51 -0700

A roundup of the 15 creepiest kids in movies. - Moviefone
Are these the best (or worst) on-screen drunks? - TV.com
Many blogs are declaring Aug. 4 "A Day Without Megan Fox." Would you like a day without Megan Fox? - Popwatch
Seven gimmicky reality dating shows. - TrèsSugar
ABC is getting focus groups to comment on Ugly Betty's makeover. - The Ausiello Files
Watch other USA characters pay tribute to Monk. - TV Squad
Another new track from the Monsters of Folk. - Vulture
I love this interview with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Kaitlin Olson. - MTV Movies Blog

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Buzz News Roundup, 11/17

BuzzSugar — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:30:27 -0800

Monk has been renewed for an eighth - and final - season. - Variety
ABC's official midseason schedule adds Scrubs and The Unusuals to Wednesdays - and drops Life on Mars and Pushing Daisies. - The Futon Critic
Aaron Eckhart will star in the action film Battle: Los Angeles. - ComingSoon
CBS has ordered more episodes of Gary Unmarried and Worst Week. - The Hollywood Reporter
Maya Rudolph will guest-star on Kath and Kim. - TV Guide
50 Cent's album release has been pushed to January. - Billboard
Nigel Lythgoe and Michael Flatley are bringing a new dance competition show to NBC. - Zap2it
NBC is developing a comedy based on the life of Criss Angel. - Variety

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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:30:57 -0700

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below you can also rent The Ruins starring Jena Malone and the sixth season of Monk.

Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss joins an ever-growing list of Iraq war movies that bit the dust at the box office. This has little to do with the quality of the films and probably more to do with folks not looking for difficult subject matter when they head to the movie theater. But while director Kimberly Peirce's follow up to Boys Don't Cry isn't flawless, it is well worth your time.

Starring Ryan Philippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish and a scene-stealing Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the movie centers around a group of friends and family members in Texas struggling with their loved ones in the military who return from serving in Iraq only to be called back.

Special features include 11 deleted scenes, commentary by director Kimberly Peirce and co-writer Mark Richard, and a featurette titled, "A Day in Boot Camp."

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Psych: Season 2
The men of Psych are quirky and cute together, so it's no wonder that the USA show has built up a following over the years. Now, just in time for the third season premiere, you can find the second season on DVD.

If you're new to Psych, here's a summary of the show's premise: "Psych is a quick-witted comedy/drama starring James Roday as young police consultant Shawn Spencer who solves crimes with powers of observation so acute that Santa Barbara PD detectives think he’s psychic. Psych also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's best friend and reluctant sidekick, Gus, and Corbin Bernsen as his disapproving father, Henry, who ironically was the one who honed his son's 'observation' skills as a child."

Season two included a ton of great guest stars including: Tim Curry, Gina Gershon (as a funny reality show judge), Lou Diamond Phillips, John Amos, Ernie Hudson, Phylicia Rashad, Thelma Hopkins, and Kevin Sorbo. Special features include deleted scenes, audio commentaries, Podcast commentary, and the all-important gag reel.

TV Tonight: Monk and Psych on NBC

BuzzSugar — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:30:20 -0700

In this season's second "Hey, we're out of shows, so let's repurpose something from our cable sister!" move, USA's Monk and Psych get a bigtime airing tonight on NBC. The shows are airing in repeats on Sundays for the next several weeks to fill the void left by the writers' strike, a la Dexter on CBS. But hey, as they used to say all the time, if you haven't seen it, it's new to you - right?

It's possible there are a lot of people who have never seen Monk despite its six years on the air and multiple Emmy and Golden Globe wins for its star, Tony Shalhoub. If you've always wondered who that curly-haired guy is accepting the Best Comedic Actor awards at practically every major ceremony, this is your chance to find out. For the uninitiated, Shalhoub plays Adrian Monk, an obsessive-compulsive detective who solves crimes even the most skilled San Francisco police detectives cannot. While I don't love every episode of Monk, I always get a kick out of the way Shalhoub embodies his character's many tics. I actually wish NBC were showing Monk from the beginning, so longtime fans could reminisce alongside new viewers seeing the show for the first time. Instead, they're just kind of jumping in with a random episode from the show's fifth season - but on the positive side, it guest-stars Andy Richter.

Psych, meanwhile, also jumps in with an episode from the middle of its run - the third installment of its second season, which finds the guys going head to head with the FBI and has its own very special guest star in Lou Diamond Phillips. Will you be checking out either show? To watch a clip of Shalhoub talking about his favorite Monk mysteries, just read more.

Photos courtesy of NBC

Buzz News Roundup, 2/20

BuzzSugar — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:30:51 -0800

Russian novelist Mikhail Bulgakov's book The Master and the Margarita will be adapted for the big screen, writes Hollywood Reporter.
ABC has announced return dates for its shows, including Grey's Anatomy; details are at The Futon Critic, or you can just check out my guide to post-strike TV.
Director David Yates will reportedly return to the director's chair for the seventh and last film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, writes ComingSoon.
Variety reports that Kelsey Grammer will once again play Ebenezer Scrooge in the indie satire An American Carol.
U2 is back in the studio in Ireland to record their next album, Billboard reports.

According to ComingSoon, Harry Potter, 300 and Sweeney Todd lead the nominations for this year's Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films' Saturn Awards.
Monk has been renewed for a seventh season on USA, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
Variety has news that Tyler Perry's signature character Madea will get her own animated TV series for kids.
How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory will swap time slots starting in March, writes Zap2it.

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Link Time! 12/18

BuzzSugar — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:33 -0800

Popwatch wonders if it's about time an award were given out for best CGI character, and would give one out to Nicole Kidman's character's monkey daemon from The Golden Compass.
Cinematical claims you can be the best Santa ever if you pick up some crazy movie memorabilia on eBay, like the college outfit worn by Rachel McAdams in The Notebook.
TV Bloggin hops on the news that Monk and Psych will start airing on NBC in January.
The Amazon Screening Room investigates the supposed video evidence of what Bill Murray's character really said at the end of Lost in Translation.
TV with MeeVee has a great video of everything that exploded on CBS shows this year.
Stereogum has the new video for M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes."
Give Me My Remote wants to know your favorite holiday-themed TV episodes of all time.
Check out the MTV Movies Blog for a shot-by-shot analysis of the Dark Knight trailer.
Vulture presents a pie chart version of Pitchfork's top 100 tracks of 2007.

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TV Tonight: Monk and Psych Get Some Holiday Spirit

BuzzSugar — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:30:00 -0800

Apparently, this is the week of one-off holiday specials on cable. Following Monday's holiday installment of The Closer, tonight brings seasonal episodes of Monk and Psych on USA.

First up is "Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa," which finds Monk looking like the enemy of holiday cheer after he shoots a man dressed as a mall Santa who was throwing toys off a roof. Monk just wants to figure out what the man was really doing there, but being painted as a Santa-shooting bad guy in the press interferes with his mission.

The plot of "Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy," meanwhile, is about what you'd expect from a title like that. The episode finds the Psych boys settling in for a good, old-fashioned Christmas . . . until a neighbor turns up murdered and the evidence points to Gus' dad.

Hey, nothing says "happy holidays!" like murder and mayhem, right? To check out previews for the two episodes, just read more

Photos courtesy of USA

TV Tonight: "Monk" and "Psych"

BuzzSugar — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:30:00 -0700

USA is making quite a name for itself this summer, between the success of "The Starter Wife" and the strong premiere of "Burn Notice." Tonight, two of its more established shows - "Monk" and "Psych" - return to start their new seasons, with a special appearance by Sarah Silverman on "Monk" as Monk's biggest fan.

This is the sixth season of "Monk," a consistent if not always spectacular drama that has delivered a boatload of well-deserved award nominations for star Tony Shalhoub. But now, Shalhoub has started to wonder if it's time to move on; his contract is up in November, and if he doesn't sign a new one, this season could be the show's last. "Psych," meanwhile, gained itself a strong following in its first season, mostly thanks to the silly interplay between stars James Roday and Dule Hill; it's even gotten some Emmy buzz, though it wasn't on the leaked list of comedy series finalists. To watch previews for both shows - the "Monk" one, in particular, perfectly showcases Shalhoub's charms while making me crave a Monk bobblehead - if you read more

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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:14:39 -0700

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, Black Snake Moan also comes out on DVD today, but from my review you can see that I wouldn't highly recommend that film. It's interesting, but not entirely noteworthy.

Shooter
This movie tried to make Mark Wahlberg into a bankable action star, and though that didn't really work, this overlooked shoot-'em-up is definitely worth watching. Designed to stoke your most far-fetched conspiracy theories and entertain you in the process, Shooter follows an endearingly righteous sniper named Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) as he tries to squirm out of being framed in a shady government plot. The somewhat silly premise is bolstered by a good supporting cast - particularly up-and-comer Kate Mara as the widow of Swagger's former partner. For more, check out my review.

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"Monk" - Season 5
Granted, I'm not a regular viewer of "Monk," and so all the seasons kind of blend together for me. But "Monk" isn't the kind of show you have to watch from the start to get a feeling for its greatest charm: Tony Shalhoub's fantastic performance as a skittish, obsessive-compulsive, and oddly brilliant detective. This four-disc set includes a bunch of special features, including both color and black-and-white versions of "Mr. Monk and the Leper," a noir-style episode.

TV Tonight: "Monk" and "Psych" on USA

BuzzSugar — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:11:18 -0800

USA really seems to like its screwed-up detectives. Two of the network's original series, "Monk" and "Psych," focus on crime-solvers who are unconventional at best - and total frauds at worst. New episodes of both shows start airing tonight, Jan. 19.

I'm not a huge fan of "Monk," but I do like watching Tony Shalhoub bumble his way through crime scenes as the everything-phobic Mr. Monk. And while I haven't seen "Psych," which focuses on a police consultant who pretends he's psychic, the presence of "The West Wing" alum Dule Hill as the sidekick might be enough to make me check it out. To see previews of both shows, read more

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