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Scariest Scary Movie #13 – Carrie

October 20, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Carrie (1976, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving) Take Carrie to the prom. I dare you! Quick plot: Wallflower Carrie White (Spacek) discovers she has telekinetic powers, and eventually decides to use them to get back at her high-school tormentors and religious fanatic mother. Based on Stephen King’s first novel. Scariest scene: The slaughter at the prom is probably more famous, and that shower scene at the beginning plays on some primal adolescent fears, but the very last scene is one of the most genuinely shocking moments in horror-movie history. And the worst part is, you should TOTALLY see it […]

Scariest Scary Movie #14 – Friday the 13th

October 20, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Friday the 13th (1980, Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby) They were warned… They are doomed… And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them. Quick Plot: A group of teenagers arrive to work at a newly re-opened summer camp site, Camp Crystal Lake. Local townsfolk warn the newcomers about the camp’s bloody history – that years before, a young boy drowned and two counselors were brutally murdered. No one listens. Scariest Scene: Definitely the Carrie-like twist at the end. Final Say: Who didn’t jump out of their seat at some point during this movie? Friday the 13th is the […]

Family Guy Season 7 Episode 3 Recap: Road To Germany

October 20, 2008 Channel Guide Contributor 1

Hooray, we got the film-style opening credits! Road to Germany opens with the Griffins’ Oscar party. Mort’s intestines aren’t happy with his choice of pills that night, and he goes in search of a bathroom. Since Quagmire’s secretly recording Meg’s bathroom experience, Mort wanders into Stewie’s room, sees what appears to be a port-a-potty, and goes in. When he doesn’t come back downstairs, Brian goes in search, and he and Stewie discover (with the help of Rick Moranis and the backup singers from Little Shop of Horrors) that Mort actually stepped into Stewie’s time machine. Determined to rescue the poor […]

"E:60": Chris Paul, Brock Lesnar And Competitive Eating

October 20, 2008 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

Posted by Cubicle QB Features on the Oct. 21 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60: Chris Paul Chris Paul is one of the NBA’s top stars. His work ethic is exceptional. He won the league’s Rookie of the Year award in 2005 and last season was a runner-up for the NBA Most Valuable Player (2008). This summer, he was a member of the U.S. Men’s Basketball team that won the gold medal for the first time since 2000. On the court or in any competition, Paul hates to lose. Off the court, no professional athlete could be […]

8 Questions With … David Zayas

October 19, 2008 Channel Guide Contributor Comments Off

1. What has been your strangest fan encounter? David Zayas: I was in a supermarket one time, and this woman came up to me and says, “Your wife should give you a second chance. I just don’t understand it. You should give me her number so I can talk to her.” I thought she was fooling, but she was serious. 2. You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three magazines. What are they? Sports Illustrated, any women’s magazine — I learn a lot about women by reading them — and something like Vanity Fair. 3. What’s your favorite sports […]

Harry Connick Jr. Stars As A Real-Life Cancer Doc In Lifetime’s “Living Proof”

October 19, 2008 Lori Acken Comments Off

As film projects go, few seem quite as preordained as Lifetime‘s powerful new docudrama, Living Proof. And here’s the proof. The script, based on the nonfiction bestseller Her-2, which chronicles Dr. Dennis Slamon’s fight for his revolutionary new breast cancer drug Herceptin and the dying women depending on it, wound up in the hands of film star Renée Zellweger — whose own publicist, Nanci Ryder, was successfully treated by Dr. Slamon just a few years before. The actress immediately signed on to executive produce, tapping Harry Connick Jr., her friend and costar in the upcoming feature Chilled in Miami, as […]

Scariest Scary Movie #15 – Pet Sematary

October 17, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Pet Sematary (1989, Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby) Sometimes dead is better. Quick Plot: Beyond a small town’s pet cemetery lies an ancient burial ground that has the power to bring back the dead. After tragedy strikes Louis Creed’s family, grief and desperation drive him into the real “sematary.” He soon finds out that the dead don’t always come back the same. Scariest Scene: For me, the scariest scene is just before the end, when after everything, after Louis has to kill his undead cat and undead son, he picks up his wife’s body and starts carrying it to […]

Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling: The Draft

October 17, 2008 Channel Guide Staff 1

On Saturday, Oct. 18 (or, in layman’s terms, tomorrow) Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling premieres on CMT at 8pm ET/PT. On the show, Hulk Hogan tries to turn 10 celebrities — Danny Bonaduce, Todd Bridges, ButterBean, Trishelle Cannatella, Dustin Diamond, Erin Murphy, Dennis Rodman, Frank Stallone, Tiffany, and Nikki Ziering — into pro wrestlers, with the help of his fellow judges Eric Bischoff and Jimmy Hart and coaches Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake and Brian “Nasty Boy” Knobs. As both fantasy sports geeks and ’80s wrestling fans, Mike and johnnysweeptheleg have decided to hold a HHCCW fantasy draft, in which they […]

THE FEARFUL FIVE! #13

October 17, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

SO FUNNY IT’S SCARY: TOP 5 SPOOKY COMEDIES Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at channelguidemag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos may contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) Whether eliciting nervous laughter, surprised chortles on occasion, or chuckles and giggles throughout, some horror films do not take themselves too seriously and blur the line between comedy and scares. Sometimes the humor eases the tension; sometimes it is such dark humor, though, that it makes viewers […]

“My Name Is Earl”: We’ve Got Spirit

October 17, 2008 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

Earl discovers that Randy always wanted to be a cheerleader, but since Earl used to torment male cheerleaders, Randy never pursued his dream. So now Earl has to cross Randy off his list by enrolling himself and Randy in the Kimmi Himler Cheer Academy. (As a cheerleader in college, Kimmi [Jenna Elfman] had her face disfigured when the live badger mascot they were renting ran amok in the gym.) But the Camden cheer team — which also includes Preggers, Headgear, Chunk and Black Girl — doesn’t get any respect from the other squads or Kimmi. Randy and Earl rally the […]