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William Shatner & Terry Bradshaw – It’s Never Too Late
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William Shatner & Terry Bradshaw – It’s Never Too Late

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William Shatner & Terry Bradshaw It’s Never Too Late by Jay S. Jacobs Better Late Than Never has one of the crazier television premises to come along in a while.  Take four pop culture living legends – two from television and two from athletics: William Shatner, a/k/a Captain Kirk of Star Trek, Henry Winkler better … Continue reading →

Roots (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Roots (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Roots (Lionsgate Home Video-2016) In 1976, the original Roots miniseries was a defining cultural event.  It was not the first of the miniseries – or “novels for television,” as they dubbed the form at the time.  A 1974 version of Leon Uris’ QB VII was the first miniseries to be filmed by the American networks. … Continue reading →

Show of the Summer – Hersheypark Stadium – Hershey, PA – August 20, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)
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Show of the Summer – Hersheypark Stadium – Hershey, PA – August 20, 2016 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)

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Shawn Mendes, Daya, Jack and Jack, Sabrina Carpenter & Debbie Ryan  – Show of the Summer – Hersheypark Stadium – Hershey, PA – August 20, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures. Photos by Maggie Mitchell © 2016 Continue reading →

Simon Cowell and Mel B – Keeping Watch on America’s Talent
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Simon Cowell and Mel B – Keeping Watch on America’s Talent

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Simon Cowell and Mel B Keeping Watch on America’s Talent by Abby Bekele America’s Got Talent returned to TV for its 11th season this year with returning judges, Howie Mandel, Mel B and Heidi Klum, along with host Nick Cannon. This year a new member was added to the judges’ panel – although he is … Continue reading →

Hanging with the Ballers
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Hanging with the Ballers

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Hanging with the Ballers Professional Football isn’t all that meets the eye. There is a whole different game behind the scenes: from lying and cheating to using drugs and partying. The hit HBO show Ballers explores exactly that. In the first season of the series Spencer Strasmore, played by Dwayne Johnson, is struggling to find … Continue reading →

The Magicians – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Magicians – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Magicians Season One (Universal Home Video) The Magicians is sort of like what Hogwarts Academy from the Harry Potter books would be like if it were visualized by MTV – lots of gorgeous college-aged students misbehaving and experimenting with spells, sex and bacchanalia. This new series, which debuted on SyFy Channel last December, is … Continue reading →

Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd and Bob Gale – Gotta Get Back in Time to Back to the Future
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Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd and Bob Gale – Gotta Get Back in Time to Back to the Future

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Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd and Bob Gale Gotta Get Back in Time to Back to the Future by Jay S. Jacobs As hard as it is to believe, the movie Back to the Future is now further in our collective rearview mirror than the Enchantment Under the Sea dance was to Marty … Continue reading →

And We Say To Ourselves, What a Wizard World
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And We Say To Ourselves, What a Wizard World

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And We Say To Ourselves, What a Wizard World Wizard World Philadelphia Comic-Con – Philadelphia Convention Center – Philadelphia, PA – June 2-5, 2016 You know the old song that goes “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right”?  Well what if those clowns are Pennywise the Dancing Clown and the jokers are… … Continue reading →

Stephen Amell Better Watch His Speed
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Stephen Amell Better Watch His Speed

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Stephen Amell Better Watch His Speed by Jay S. Jacobs What is cooler than playing a beloved character from an iconic comic franchise?  How about playing two? For several years, Stephen Amell has been making his bones playing the title character in the hit CW series Arrow, which was the cornerstone in the network’s current … Continue reading →

Dana Carvey and Freddie Prinze, Jr. – Making Good First Impressions
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Dana Carvey and Freddie Prinze, Jr. – Making Good First Impressions

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Dana Carvey and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Making Good First Impressions by Jay S. Jacobs Everyone has one. An impression, that is. The ability to change your voice and mannerisms to portray another person – usually a celebrity – for a good-natured laugh. While impressions play a huge role in comedy television, it’s rather surprising that … Continue reading →