Archive for April, 2009

New Green Lantern: First Flight Street Date

April 30th, 2009

BURBANK, CA – The street date for Green Lantern: First Flight, the fifth entry in the popular DVD series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies, has shifted to July 28, 2009. A co-production of Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, the illuminated hero’s first-ever full-length animated film will be distributed by Warner Home Video. Green Lantern: First Flight will be available as a special edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray™ Hi-Def for $24.98 (SRP) and $29.99 (SRP), respectively, as well as single disc DVD for $19.98 (SRP).

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Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) leads the cast as the voice of Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern. The cast includes Emmy Award nominee Victor Garber (Milk, Titanic), Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) and Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs). Produced by animation legend Bruce Timm, Green Lantern: First Flight is directed by Lauren Montgomery (Wonder Woman, Superman Doomsday) and scripted by four-time Emmy Award-winning writer Alan Burnett (The Batman).

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The Ghost Whisperer Producers: “Stage Fright”

April 29th, 2009

Before we talk about this week’s episode, we want to tell you all that Ghost Whisperer star Jennifer Love Hewitt is on the cover of Maxim magazine this month! She looks gorgeous in the photo spread, so be sure to get your copy today. (Watch video of the photo shoot using TVGuide.com’s Online Video Guide.)

GHOST WHISPERER

In this week’s brand-new episode, “Stage Fright,” a soap opera film crew descends on Grandview, turning the town upside-down. And they’ve brought a ghost with them. As Melinda unravels the mystery of the ghost’s identity and agenda, she unearths a story as soapy as the show it’s disrupting. To cross the ghost, Melinda and her friends are forced to return the favor, turning the show upside down.

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Barack Obama has not come to New York as President; has visited 10 states

April 28th, 2009

He has visited cities as large as Los Angeles and towns as tiny as Newton, Iowa (population 15,579). He has pitched stimulus plans in Peoria, and Iraq war timetables in North Carolina.

But not once in President Obama’s first 100 days has he set foot in New York – the U.S. city that contributed the most money to his campaign, and the state that gave him more votes than all but California (where he has made two stops).

What’s up with that?

“It certainly is rude, but not surprising,” joked Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf, noting that Obama hardly has to worry about shoring up support in big blue New York. “Why would you spend time here when you know you got it?”

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