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The Cleaner on A&E
Benjamin Bratt plays William Banks in A&E’s new original series “The Cleaner”. Banks is a married father of two who made a pact with God during the birth of his second child. At the time he made the pact he was “slamming dope” and desperately wanted to get clean. When he was finally successful in [...]
The Closer Back for Season 4
“The Closer”, TNT’s hit drama starring Golden Globe winning Kyra Sedgwick, is returning to television July 14, 2008 for a fourth season. Fans can expect to get to know central character, Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson a little better as many of the stories will delve deeper into her chaotic personal life. New viewers [...]
Fresh Drama for Summer
Good drama in the summertime is hard to find. Traditionally, the summer months are filled with reruns on the Big Three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). The past few years, though, the Big Three have been filling their slots with reality based programming, leaving some unfulfilled. Enter cable networks. They’ve discovered the best time to [...]
The Andromeda Strain Contest
CONTEST IS CLOSED Enter to win a prize pack from The Andromeda Strain on A&E! I’m excited to announce my very first contest here at Simply Stating. In an effort to help promote the premier of The Andromeda Strain on A&E I will be offering two prize packages to two lucky entrants. Some Background: A&E [...]
Fantasia Stole the Show
The buzz around Wednesday’s episode of “American Idol” wasn’t about who got the boot (Syesha) or who is in the top two (David Archuleta and David Cook). Nope. The fans are way more interested in an over-the-top performance by past Idol winner, Fantasia. Fantasia, the passionate, raspy-voiced single mother from North Carolina, to this day [...]
First Plus-Sized “Top Model”
Whitney Thompson has made TV history- sort of. She is the first ever Plus-size winner of “America’s Next Top Model”. The 20 year-old Floridian student says that she hopes to be a role model for younger girls struggling with their own body image issues. [...]I honestly think that girls will look up to me and [...]
Police Brutality Caught on Tape
A TV news helicopter crew shot footage of a dozen police officers brutally beating a small group of men during a traffic stop. The footage shows three police cars stopping a car on a city street, two days after a city officer responding to a bank robbery was fatally shot. About a dozen officers are [...]
