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WWE’s Alexa Bliss on ‘Unleash Your Warrior’ Breast Cancer Campaign and Why Pink is Her Color

October 4, 2017 Scott Fishman 1

Beyond entertaining millions of WWE fans every week, Alexa Bliss finds one of the best parts of her job is the community outreach.’ This includes WWE’s partnership with Susan G. Komen in the fight against breast cancer. For the sixth consecutive year, the two organizations are encouraging people to “Be Strong, Act Bold, Always Believe.” WWE created a limited edition “Unleash Your Warrior” t-shirt. Available on WWEShop.com and live events, 100 percent of the net proceeds benefit Komen research grants focusing on metastatic breast cancer. The disease is responsible for the nation’s 40,000 annual breast cancer deaths. Fans can also […]

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‘The Story Of Us With Morgan Freeman’: Nat Geo Expands Freeman’s “Story” Franchise From God to Man

October 3, 2017 Lori Acken 1

Several years ago, Morgan Freeman and his producing partners Lori McCreary and James Younger traveled the globe to explore the uniting power of faith for National Geographic’s smart and intensely moving The Story of God With Morgan Freeman, which bowed in 2016. Critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated, the series debuted a shorter second season last January, even as the group was already at work on another approach to spotlighting global unity in a time where we can’t even get along with our neighbors. “Story of God felt so eye-opening to all of us,” Younger explains. “Then we realized that religion is […]

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Swim Team: Lara Stolman’s Insightful PBS Film Spotlights Autism, Athleticism and the Power Of Hope

October 2, 2017 Lori Acken Comments Off on Swim Team: Lara Stolman’s Insightful PBS Film Spotlights Autism, Athleticism and the Power Of Hope

Michael “Mikey” McQuay Jr., Robert Justino and Kelvin Truong each have the lanky bodies and lean muscles that are hallmarks of champion swimmers. Star members of the Jersey Hammerheads swim team, the boys idolize Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, and are laser focused on the starting block and lightning fast in the water — earning medal upon medal in local, regional and statewide competitions near their New Jersey homes. All three are also on the autism spectrum — a challenge that could make achieving their full athletic potential improbable. But these guys and their dozen-plus teammates have a pair of […]

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When are my Favorite Halloween Shows Coming on this October?

September 28, 2017 Channel Guide Staff 2

Park your broomsticks and lay down your hatchets — Fright Guide is back! This free special publication from Channel Guide Magazine highlights the best Halloween programming airing in October. It’s a month’s worth of thrillers, horror and scare-you-out-of-your-seat TV. Download the Fright Guide today. And if you’re really into Halloween, why not spend some time with some spooky-themed back issues of our sister publication, ReMIND Magazine? We’ve got issues devoted to Ghoulish Greats, Spooktaculars and our latest issue full of straight-up Halloween fun!

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Preview: All Your ‘This Is Us’ Questions Answered

September 19, 2017 Kellie Freeze 4

This Is Us Returns: Sept. 26 at 9/8c on NBC Where We Left Off: Jack isn’t dead, but his relationship with Rebecca might be. What To Expect: This Is Us was last year’s breakout smash and introduced the lovably complicated Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) and their “Big Three.” “The series is fundamentally about the family dynamic and how our childhood, and our parents, and the bonds that we form with them and our siblings if we have them, fundamentally shape who we are as people,” Moore shares. “The good, the bad, and sort of everything in between.” […]

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Marty Scurll Talks Bringing ‘The Villain’ to Life in Ring of Honor

September 15, 2017 Scott Fishman Comments Off on Marty Scurll Talks Bringing ‘The Villain’ to Life in Ring of Honor

In a little more than a year after Marty Scurll’s debut, he has emerged one of the Ring of Honor’s most captivating performers. The 28-year-old Englishman may be known as “The Villain” but remains popular among fans. A unique in-ring style and intriguing persona, complete with slightly terrifying mask and trademark umbrella, has made him a red hot star on the rise. With Death Before Dishonor on the horizon, the former Television Champion took time to reflect on his time in ROH so far. Please note no fingers were broken during the course of this interview. What has it been […]

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The Deuce Begins on HBO

September 8, 2017 Lori Acken Comments Off on The Deuce Begins on HBO

What Was Times Square Really Like in 1970? Deuce Gives the Unflinching Details Emmy winner David Simon, who also teamed up with Deuce co-creator George Pelecanos on the acclaimed series The Wire and Treme, calls their newest unflinching drama — which begins Sunday, Sept. 10 at 9/8c — “a critique of market capitalism and the marginalization of the people who labor.” Which, in this case, are the pimps, hookers, bar workers, hamstrung cops and other seeking souls who populated Times Square (“the deuce” is local speak for 42nd Street) in the gritty early ’70s. James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, who […]

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‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair on the Hard Knocks, Hard Partying and Hard Lessons of a Pro Wrestling Life

August 17, 2017 Lori Acken Comments Off on ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair on the Hard Knocks, Hard Partying and Hard Lessons of a Pro Wrestling Life

Legendary pro wrestler Ric “Nature Boy” Flair would be the first to tell you that the job’s demands on one’s body, mind and personal life are, in a word, brutal. Throw in a passion for self-promotion and an epic good time and you have the makings of potential disaster. Flair — of whom I’ve been a fan since I watched AWA’s All-Star Wrestling broadcasts with my dad as a kid — and sat down with me at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in late July to talk all things Richard Fliehr, pro wrestling and his upcoming ESPN 30 for […]