Give me 55,000 cans of beer and I'm there. That's what's promised by the premiere of Hillbilly Deluxe, a look at the dee-lux lifestyles of rich and famous hicks...

2008

Jun

TRIBUTE: SEVEN WORDS ABOUT THE LATE GEORGE CARLIN By Diane Werts

I could joke that those are the seven right there. (And they're not even dirty!) But why should somebody like me try joking while invoking one of the smartest comic minds (and mouths) of all time?...

2008

Jun

HOT SPOT: COLDPLAY PLAYS STEWART By Diane Werts

That's not Rod, either. It's Jon...

2008

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BET AWARDS: LET'S STAY TOGETHER? (OR MAYBE NOT) By Diane Werts

Any awards show that gives Al Green a lifetime achievement award is good-to-go in my book. But for how long beyond this week's Green bash should the BET Awards continue?...

2008

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WEIRD & WILD: 'ROLLER BOOGIE' By Diane Werts

Xanadu comes out with a special-edition DVD Tuesday, and now Roller Boogieairs commercial free! What more does a disco baby need?...

2008

Jun

ON VOD: 'CAMP ROCK' PREVIEW By Diane Werts

Parental warning -- Camp Rock overkill about to commence! Remember how many times your tweens just had to watch High School Musical? And High School Musical 2?...

2008

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FLICK PICKS: 'POSSE' AT 15 By Diane Werts

Mario Van Peebles' western Posse was released 15 years ago as a black-cast oater featuring his director dad Melvin (Sweet Sweetback's), Isaac Hayes, Blair Underwood, "Tiny" Lister, rappers Big Daddy Kane and Tone Loc, and token white guys like Stephen Baldwin...

2008

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WEB TO TUBE: 'RATE MY SPACE' By Diane Werts

Can 150 million page views be wrong? We'll find out Thursday, when the much-trafficked online site Rate My Space becomes the HGTV series Rate My Space (9 p.m. ET)...

2008

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HOT SPOT: 'QUANTUM LEAP,' 'DEAD ZONE' REPEATS By Diane Werts

The ION network makes its own leap back weeknights this summer by stacking some escapist hours of recent vintage...

2008

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TV DVD: FATHER'S DAY DADS By Diane Werts

From "Father Knows Best" to "Married . . . With Children," we've got some fun (and funky) DVD recommendations for Sunday's Father's Day yearly salute. Either of the wildly unrelated comedies above provides amusing viewing, along with a few other sets we've seen and recommend...

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Diane Werts

Associate Editor

Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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