Hot in Cleveland – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Hot in Cleveland – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Hot in Cleveland Season One (Paramount Home Video-2010) TV Land as a cable network was created as a home for classic television series from the past.  Spawned from the surprising success of Nick at Nite, TV Land became a full-time haven for shows like All in the Family, I Love Lucy, The Ed Sullivan Show, M*A*S*H, … Continue reading

Kyra Sedgwick and James Duff – Bringing in The Closer
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Kyra Sedgwick and James Duff – Bringing in The Closer

Kyra Sedgwick and James Duff – Bringing in The Closer by Jay S. Jacobs For years it was unheard of for movie actors to take roles on television series, but Kyra Sedgwick has played a huge role in changing that concept. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Sedgwick had made a name for herself in … Continue reading

Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula – Knocking Back a Few with Men of a Certain Age
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Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula – Knocking Back a Few with Men of a Certain Age

Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula Knocking Back a Few with Men of a Certain Age by Jay S. Jacobs How do you follow up arguably the most popular situation comedy of the last decade?  Ray Romano faced that dilemma just a couple of years ago when his classic sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond went out on … Continue reading

Joe Maddalena – Digging for Hollywood Treasure
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Joe Maddalena – Digging for Hollywood Treasure

Joe Maddalena Digging for Hollywood Treasure by Jay S. Jacobs If you have ever fantasized about tickling the ivories on Sam’s piano from Casablanca, or maybe holding Han Solo’s blaster from the original Star Wars, or following the Yellow Brick Road, then Joe Maddalena is your man. Maddalena has made a passion for the movies and collecting into … Continue reading

Rick Springfield Does Everything For You
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Rick Springfield Does Everything For You

Rick Springfield Does Everything For You by Ronald Sklar To look at him, even today (and he’s looking pretty kick ass for age 61), you would never know that Rick Springfield has been battling the demons of depression since his childhood in Australia. “I had a little inkling [about depression] when I tried to off … Continue reading

Amy Yasbeck Shares Her Love and Laughter
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Amy Yasbeck Shares Her Love and Laughter

Amy Yasbeck Shares Her Love and Laughter by Ronald Sklar Copyright ©2010 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: October 21, 2010.   Beloved actor John Ritter’s sudden death sent shock waves both around the world and close to home. Ritter died on September 11, 2003, which was by coincidence the second anniversary of the attack on the World … Continue reading

Butch Patrick – Wolfman in Love
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Butch Patrick – Wolfman in Love

Butch Patrick Wolfman in Love by Ronald Sklar Our Butch is in love. And his alter ego, Eddie Munster, is howling with joy. Butch Patrick, 57 (born Patrick Alan Caples), is the actor who played the only wolf/son of Herman and Lily Munster on The Munsters on CBS from 1964-1966 (and forever in reruns). The former-child-actor has … Continue reading

Anthony Zuiker Is Not Afraid of the Dark
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Anthony Zuiker Is Not Afraid of the Dark

Anthony E. Zuiker Is Not Afraid of the Dark by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2010 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: October 13, 2010.   When you have created three of the most popular shows on television, what can you do for an encore? How about revolutionizing the way people experience a novel? That lofty goal is in … Continue reading

Adrienne Barbeau – Love Writes
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Adrienne Barbeau – Love Writes

Adrienne Barbeau Love Writes by Ronald Sklar Writers are taught to “write what you know,” so when actress Adrienne Barbeau took her first writing class, she wrote about being eaten alive by rats. “I had just made a low-budget horror film over in Russia,” she tells me from her California home. “I was supposed to … Continue reading

Autumn Reeser – No Ordinary Actress
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Autumn Reeser – No Ordinary Actress

Autumn Reeser No Ordinary Actress by Jay S. Jacobs During this past year, Autumn Reeser has had regular roles on two TV series – playing both a socially inept science nerd and a ball-busting Hollywood agent. Don’t talk to her about typecasting. The attractive 30 year old has been on the Hollywood radar for the … Continue reading