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    What's Your Damage, Bravo? Winona Ryder-Christian Slater Cult Film 'Heathers' Being Adapted Into a TV Series

    No one at Westerberg is going to let you play their reindeer games -- but someone at NBCUniversal just might, because Michael Lehmann and Daniel Waters' 1988 cult classic "Heathers" is being developed and updated as a potential scripted series for Bravo.

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    Christian Slater Joins Lars Von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac,' Caleb Landry Jones To Lead John Boorman's 'Hope & Glory' Sequel

    Having given late '80s/early '90s idol-turned-TV-hero Kiefer Sutherland a plum role in his last film, "Melancholia," ever-provocative Danish auteur Lars von Trier is looking to pull the same trick again, as Variety reports that Christian Slater is the latest unlikely addition to the director's next ...

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    Breaking 'Common Law': USA Network May Actually Cancel a Series

    USA Network has its dramedy formula down so well that you can diagram it out -- so-and-so is great at his/her work but terrible at life! this fish-out-of-water may actually be just what the system needs! these unlikely partners bicker constantly but when the time comes, they get the job done! Beyond...

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    'Hollywood Exes' Renewed For A Second Season, Adds Daphne Wayans To The Cast

    Another hit reality show for VH1 with black women at the center (well, some of them anyway); and don't say you're not watching, because, clearly, a lot of you are - 1.5 million of you on average.

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    Preview: Oprah Winfrey Speaks Exclusively w/ Usher On 'Oprah's Next Chapter' Sept. 16

    From an OWN press release (watch a preview of the show at the bottom of this post):

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    A&E Gives a Pilot Order to 'Occult,' From Michael Bay and 'X-Files' Writer James Wong

    Having devoted most of his career to date to massive spectacle on the big screen, Michael Bay looks to be getting into television in a major way this year. Having sold eight-episode pirate series "Black Sails" to Starz in May, he also docked a pilot for post-apocalyptic series "The La...

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    Preview: 'Kasha And The Zulu King' (Premieres September 15 On Centric)

    It premiered over the weekend, on Saturday, September 8, on BET, and will premiere this Saturday, September 15, on Centric (10am - 11am) as a part of their Back-to-School Programming Campaign!

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    America ReFramed Brings 52 Weeks of Docs to PBS's WORLD Channel

    The PBS-supported WORLD Channel brings a slate of docs to public broadcasting stations, starting this past Sunday, September 9 at 8pm with the kick-off of its America ReFramed series. Like POV and Independent Lens, America ReFramed will bring nonfiction indie films (60 or 90 mintues in length) to th...

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    Watch: The First Episode of ABC's Nuclear Submarine Drama 'Last Resort' Online Now

    The fall pilot online previews continue with "Last Resort," ABC's upcoming naval drama about the crew of the USS Colorado, a nuclear submarine that goes rogue after Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) and his second-in-command XO Lt. Commander Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) question orders they rec...

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    Erika Alexander Joins Lennie James In Ernest Dickerson-Directed AMC Pilot 'Low Winter Sun'

    While we wait, hoping that the graphic novel she created with her husband is adapted for the screen, Erika Alexander will join Lennie James and Mark Strong in an AMC drama pilot titled Low Winter Sun.

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