Entertainment & Pop Culture Calendar (UPDATED!)

MAY
MAY 24th
*Alot of TV Marathons. See the whole list at TVGuide.com or EW.com.

MAY 25th
*ABC debuts "Here Come The Newlyweds."
*TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8" airs it's season premiere.
*A&E debuts "Obsessed," similar to A&E's hit "Intervention," but this one deals with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, General Anxiety Disorder or a variety of phobias, the unscripted tv series gives viewers a chance to see first-hand how an obsession can radically affects a person's life.
*A&E airs the season premiere of "Intervention."

MAY 26th
*The CW debuts "Hitched or Ditched."
*TLC debuts "The Little Couple."
*TVs Funniest Phrases tv special hosted by Jane Krakowski.
*Music releases due include-
Mandy Moore's "Amanda Leigh."
Varsity Fanclub's "Varsity Fanclub."
Grizzly Bear's "Veckatimist."
Marilyn Manson's "The High End of Low."
Phoenix's "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix."
The Wallflowers "Greatest Hits."
*DVDs due include-"New In Town" starring Renee Zellweger & Harry Connick Jr.
*TV Shows On DVD-Season One of "Manhunters: Fugitive
Task Force."

MAY 27th
*ABC debuts the animated "Goode Family" from Mike Judge.
*ABC's "Wipeout" with John Henson returns.
*ABC's "Surviving Surburbia" starring Bob Saget returns.
*A&E's season premiere of "Dog The Bounty Hunter" starring Duane "Dog" Chapman and family.
*A&E debuts "Tattoo Highway."

MAY 28th
*Scripps National Spelling Bee airs on ABC.

MAY 29th
*Jay Leno's final "Tonight Show."
*FOX debuts "Mental" starring Annabella Sciorra and Chris Vance.
*TLC's "What Not To Wear" with Stacy London & Clinton Kelly returns.
*Movie releases due include-Disney/Pixar's "Up" starring
Ed Asner and "Drag Me To Hell" starring Alison Lohman,
Justin Long and Lorna Raver.

MAY 31st
*MTV Movie Awards Hosted by Andy Samberg.
*Spike TV debuts "Jesse James Is Dead" starring Jesse James.
*History debuts "Expedition: Africa," which looks FANTASTIC! They're really pushing this. I even saw a trailer for it in the theatre.

JUNE
JUNE 1st
*Conan O'Brien debuts as host of "The Tonight Show."
*NBC brings back "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here!"
*CNN TV Anniversary. (1980)

JUNE 2nd
*Music releases due include-
Dave Matthews Band's "Big Whiskey And The Groovrux King."
Elvis Costello's "The Secret, The Profane And The Sugar Cane."
Eels "Hombre Lobo."
Holly Williams "Here With Me."
Iggy Pop's "Preliminarties."
Franz Ferdinand's "Blood."
Paolo Nutini's "Sunny Side Up."
Lou Gramm Band's "Lou Gramm Band."
Chickenfoot's "Chickenfoot."
Rancid's "Let The Dominos Fall."
The Sounds "Crossing The Rubicon."
311's "Uplifter."
*DVDs due include-"Revolutionary Road" starring Leo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet and "He's Just Not That Into You" starring Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck & Scarlett Johansson.
*TV Shows on DVD due include-Season One of "Raising The Bar" starring Mark Paul Gosselar and Season One of "The Cleaner" starring Benjamin Bratt.

JUNE 4th
*NBC debuts "The Listener" starring Craig Olejnik.
*USA Network debuts "Royal Pains" starring Mark Fauerstein & Jill Flint.
*Season premiere of USA Network's "Burn Notice" starring Jeffrey Donovan.
*Comedy Central debuts "Tosh.0" starring Daniel Tosh.

JUNE 5th
*TV Land launches the tv classic "Roseanne" starring Roseanne.
*Movie releases due include-
"Land Of The Lost" starring Will Ferrell.
"Away We Go" starring Jim Gaffigan.
"The Hangover" starring Zach G. & Heather Graham.

JUNE 7th
*Happy Birthday Prince.
*E! debuts "Kendra" starring Kendra.
*Lifetime airs the season premiere of "Army Wives" starring Kim Delaney.
*Food Network airs the season premiere of "Next Food Network Star."
*G4 debuts "Web Soup" Hosted by Chris Hardwick.
*Neil Patrick Harris hosts The Tony Awards.

JUNE 8th
*Season premiere of Bravo's "My Life On The D List" starring Kathy Griffin.
*Season premiere of Lifetime's "Army Wives" starring Kim Delaney.
*Showtime debuts "Nurse Jackie" starring Edie Falco.
*Showtime's "Weeds" starring Kevin Nealon has it's season premiere.
*Season premiere of TNT's "The Closer" starring Kyra Sedgwick.
*Season premiere of TNT's "Raising The Bar" starring Mark Paul Gosselaar.

JUNE 9th
*Happy Birthday Michael J. Fox and Johnny Depp.
*Music releases due include-
The Blackeyed Peas "The END."
Rhett Miller's "Rhett Miller."
Sonic Youth's "The Eternal."
Dirty Projectors "Bitte Orca."
Kasabian's "The West Rider Pauper Asylum."
*DVDs due include-"Gran Torino" starring Clint Eastwood and "Crossing Over" starring Harrison Ford.
*Books due include-Melissa Gilbert's "Prarie Tale: A Memoir."

JUNE 12th
*Movie releases due include
"Imagine That" starring Eddie Murphy.
"The Taking Of Pelham 123" starring John Travolta & Denzel Washington.

JUNE 13th
*Happy Birthday Tim Allen.

JUNE 14th
*Happy Birthday Donald Trump.
*A&E debuts "Hammertime" starring MC Hammer.
*Season premiere of HBO's "True Blood" starring Anna Paquin.

JUNE 16th
*Season premiere of TNT's "Saving Grace" starring Holly Hunter.
*TNT debuts "Hawthorne" starring Jada Pinkett Smith.
*Ghostbusters video game is due.
*Music releases due include-
Don Henley's "The Very Best Of."
Incubus "Monuments And Melodies."
Twista's "Category F5."
Street Sweeper Social Club's "Street Sweeper Social Club."
The Jonas Brothers "Lines, Vines And Trying Times."
Spinerette's "Spinerette."
Ashley Tisdale's "Guilty Pleasure."
*Books due include-Lauren Conrad's "LA Candy."
*TV Shows on DVD due include-"Snoop Dogg: Fatherhood" Best Of.

JUNE 19th
*Movie releases due include
"Year One" starring Jack Black.
"The Proposal" starring Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds.

JUNE 21st
*NBC debuts "Merlin" starring Colin Morgan.

JUNE 22nd
*ABC Family Channel debuts "Make It or Break It" starring Peri Gilpin.

JUNE 23rd
*ABC debuts "The Superstars!"
*NBC airs the season premiere of "America's Got Talent" Hosted by Nick Cannon this time around.
*Music releases due include-
Lil Wayne's "Rebirth."
Shawn Colvin's "Live."
Pete Yorn's "Back & Forth."
Neal E. Boyd's "My American Dream."
Marie' Digby's "Breathing Underwater."
Escala's "Escala."
Third Eye Blind's "Ursa Major."
Regina Spektor's "Far."
The Mars Volta's "Octahedron."
Big Head Todd & The Monsters.
Dream Theatre's "Black Clouds & Silver Linings."
*DVDs due include-"Pink Panther 2" starring Steve Martin and "Inkheart" starring Brendan Fraser.
*Books due include-Bret Michaels "Roses & Thorns,"
Glenn Beck's "Common Sense" and Buzz Aldrin's "Magnificent Desolution."

JUNE 24th
*NBC debuts "The Philanthropist" starring James Purefoy.
*Season premiere of MTV's "The Real World."

JUNE 26th
*FOX's "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader" returns, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.
*Movie releases due include-
"Transformers: Revenge Of The
Fallen" starring Shia LeBeouf & Megan Fox and
"My Sister's Keeper" starring Cameron Diaz.

JUNE 28th
*HBO debuts "Hung" starring Thomas Jane.

JUNE 30th
*FOX debuts "More To Love" dating competition.
*Happy Birthday Michael Phelps.
*Music releases due include-
Rob Thomas "Cradle Song."
Moby's "Wait For Me."
Killswitch Engage's "Killswitch Engage."
Wilco's "Wilco."
*DVDs due include-"12 Rounds" starring John Cena.

JULY
JULY 1st
*NBC debuts "The Great American Road Trip."
*Movie releases due include-
"Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs" starring Ray Romano and "Public Enemies" starring Johnny Depp.

JULY 3rd
*Happy Birthday Tom Cruise.
*FOX's "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader" Hosted by Jeff Foxworthy returns.

JULY 5th
*Movie releases due include-"Land Of The Lost" starring
Will Ferrell.

JULY 6th
*Happy Birthday Sly Stallone.
*VH1 debuts "The Great Debate!"

JULY 7th
*ABC Family Channel debuts "10 Things I Hate About You" starring Ethan Peck.
*CMT debuts "Blonde Charity Mafia."
*Music releases due include-
Son Volt's "American Central Dust."
Marcy Playground's "Leaving Wonderland In A Fit Of Rage."

JULY 8th
*Happy Birthday Kevin Bacon.

JULY 9th
*Happy Birthday Tom Hanks.

JULY 10th
*Movie releases due include-
"Bruno" starring Sasha Baron Cohen" and I Love You, Beth Cooper" starring Hayden Panettiere.

JULY 11th-19th
*Fort Wayne 3 Rivers Festival!

JULY 12th
*Happy Birthday Bill Cosby.

JULY 14th
*Music releases due in
clude-
Daughtry's "Leave This Town."
The Dead Weather's "Horehound."
Lisa Lisa's "Life & Love."
Crosby Loggins "Time To Move."
Jordin Sparks.
Twista's "Category F5."

JULY 15th
*TNT's season premiere of "Leverage" starring Tim Roth.
*TNT debuts "Dark Blue" starring Dylan McDermott.
*Comedy Central debuts "Michael & Michael Have Issues" starring Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter.
*Movie releases due include-
"Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince" starring Daniel Radcliffe.

JULY 19th
*Samuel L. Jackson hosts the ESPY Awards.
*HGTV airs the season premiere of "HGTV Design Star."

JULY 20th
*ABC debuts "Dating In The Dark" Hosted by Rossi Moreale.
Each week, three single men and three single women, all looking for love, will move into a house together, but be totally sequestered from the opposite sex. While they will have no chance of seeing each other in the light, they will have the opportunity to date in a completely dark room. Looks will be taken out of the equation as the men and women get to know each other and form bonds in total darkness. After several days of dating in the darkroom, the participants will select the one member of the opposite sex that they want to see revealed in the light. For the first time, the participants will see whom they've been dating, wooing, kissing, snuggling with and forming bonds with. And after they see each other in the light for the first time, they have to make the difficult decision...do they stay with the person they fell for in the dark, or leave them behind?

JULY 21st
*ABC Family Channel debuts "Ruby & The Rockits" starring Alexa Vega.
*Music releases due include-
Sugar Ray's "Music For Cougars."
Our Lady Peace's "Burn Burn."
Ana Popovic's "Blind For Love."
Tantric's "Mind Control."

JULY 24th
*Movie releases due include-
"G-Force" starring Nicolas Cage.
"The Ugly Truth" starring Katherine Heigl & Gerard Butler.
"Orphan" starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard & Isabelle Fuhrman.
"The 500 Days Of Summer" starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.

JULY 27th
*VH1 debuts "The T.O. Show" starring Terrell Owens.

JULY 28th
*FOX debuts "More To Love."
This follows a single average guy with a big waist and an even bigger heart as he romances several confident and secure plus-size women.

*Music releases due include-
Ryan Starr's "11:59."
*TV Shows On DVD due include-The Complete Series of "Life On Mars" starring Harvey Keitel and company, Season One of "Dollhouse" starring Eliza Bushku and "Criss Angel: Mindfreak" The Most Dangerous Escapades.

JULY 29th
*FOX airs the season premiere of "Moment Of Truth" Hosted by Mark L. Wahlberg.

JULY 30th
*Happy Birthday Arnold Schwarzenegger.

JULY 31st
*E!'s TV Anniversary.
*Movie releases due include-
"Funny People" starring Adam
Sandler and "They Came From Upstairs" starring Ashley
Tisdale.

AUGUST
AUGUST 2nd
*VH1 debuts "Megan Wants A Millionaire."

AUGUST 3rd
*National Rumpshaker Day!

AUGUST 4th
*Happy Birthday President Barack Obama.
*Music releases due include-
Collective Soul.

AUGUST 7th
*Movie releases due include-
"G.I. Joe" starring Dennis Quaid, "Julie & Julia" starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams and "Shorts" starring William H. Macy.

AUGUST 9th
*Happy Birthday Whitney Houston.
*ABC's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" hosted by Regis, returns.

AUGUST 11th
*Music releases due include-
Creed's "Full Circle."
Joan Jett.
Van Halen.
Def Leppard.

AUGUST 12th
*TV Land debuts "How'd You Get So Rich" with Joan Rivers.
*TV Land debuts "Make My Day."

AUGUST 14th
*Movie releases due include-
"District 9" starring Jason Cope.

AUGUST 16th
*Happy Birthday Madonna.

AUGUST 18th
*Music releases due include-
Michelle Branch's "Everything Comes & Goes."
Lita Ford's "Wicked Wonderland."
Stacey Q's "Color Me Cinnamon."
Secret Machines.

AUGUST 19th
*Happy Birthday Bill Clinton, John Stamos, Matthew Perry
and me...Zack Skyler!
*Season premiere of "Ghost Hunters" on Sy Fy (formerly Sci-Fi...weird, I know...why did they do that?!?).

AUGUST 20th
*Lifetime takes over for Bravo and begins with a fresh tv season of "Project Runway" with Heidi Klum and company.
*Lifetime debuts "Models Of The Runway."

AUGUST 21st
*Movie releases due include-
"Inglorious Basterds" starring Brad Pitt.
"Final Destination: Death Trip 3D" starring Nick Zano.

AUGUST 25th
*Happy Birthday Regis Philbin.
*Music releases due include-
Colbie Caillat's "Breakthrough."
Howie Day's "Sound The Alarm."
Jet's "Shaka Rock."
Delores O'Riordan's "No Baggage."
Hockey's "Mind Chaos."
Hall & Oates box set collection.

AUGUST 26th
*Marvel will release Models Inc. comic book.

AUGUST 28th
*Movie releases due include-
"Max's Mardi Gras" starring
Nicholas D'Agosto & Carmen Electra.

SEPTEMBER
Sometime This Month:
Fall TV Preview!
Possible tv series include-ABC's "Let It Go" starring Lauren Graham.
Fall Music and Movie Previews!
Syndicated TV Series due this month include-Dr. Mehmet Oz,
Marie Osmond and "Yahoo Buzz" Hosted by Anada Lewis.
George Lopez TBS tv talker may debut this month.
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is expected this month.
Jon Stewart's History Channel tv special, "The Naturalized" is set to air sometime this month.

SEPTEMBER 1st
*Music releases due include-
Madonna.
Michael Jackson.
Kid Rock.
Mariah Carey's "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel."

SEPTEMBER 7th
*ESPN's TV Anniversary. (1979)

SEPTEMBER 8th
*Music releases due include-
Leona Lewis.
Gwen Stefani.
Alanis Morissette.
The Flaming Lips "Embryonic."

SEPTEMBER 9th
*The Beatles: Rock Band video game is due!
*Movie releases due include-
"9" starring Elijah Wood.

SEPTEMBER 10th
*NFL Anniversary. (1920)
*TMZ on TV Anniversary. (2007)

SEPTEMBER 11th
*Movie releases due include-
"Whiteout" starring Tom Skeritt
and Kate Beckinsale.

SEPTEMBER 13th
*"Everybody Loves Raymond" starring Ray Romano TV
Anniversary. (1996)

SEPTEMBER 14th
*Dr. Mehmet Oz debuts his tv talker!

SEPTEMBER 15th
*USA Today Anniversary. (1982)
*Music releases due include-
The Strokes.
Lenny Kravitz.
*Books due include-Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol."

SEPTEMBER 16th
*"Frasier" starring Kelsey Grammer TV Anniversary. (1993)

SEPTEMBER 17th
*"Home Improvement" starring Tim Allen TV Anniversary. (1991)

SEPTEMBER 18th
*Movie releases due include
"The Informant" starring Matt Damon.
"Jennifer's Body" starring Megan Fox.
"Armored" starring Matt Dillon.
"Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" starring Bruce Campbell.

SEPTEMBER 19th
*Talk Like A Pirate Day! ARRRRRRR!!!

SEPTEMBER 22nd
*"Friends" TV Anniversary. (1994)
*Music releases due include-
Shakira.
Parramore's "Riot."

SEPTEMBER 23rd
*Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen.

SEPTEMBER 25th
*Happy Birthday Will Smith.
*Movie releases due include-
"Surrogates" starring Bruce Willis.

SEPTEMBER 29th
*Music releases due include-
Christina Aguilera.
Robert Plant.
John Mayer.
Sheryl Crow.
Prince.

OCTOBER
OCTOBER 2nd
*Movie releases due include-
"Toy Story: 3D" starring Tim Allen & Tom Hanks.
"A Serious Man" starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Sari Wagner and Jessica McManus.
Michael Moore's latest documentary.

OCTOBER 4th
*"Desperate Housewives" starring Teri Hatcher & company
TV Anniversary. (2004)

OCTOBER 6th
*Music releases due include-
REM.

OCTOBER 7th
*FOX News Channel TV Anniversary. (1996)

OCTOBER 9th
*Movie releases due include-
"Zombieland" starring Woody
Harrelson.

OCTOBER 13th
*Happy Birthday Sasha Baron Cohen.
*Music releases due include-
Bobby Brown.

OCTOBER 16th
*Movie releases due include-
"Where The Wild Things Are"
starring Forest Whitaker.

OCTOBER 20th
*Music releases due include-
Avril Lavigne.

OCTOBER 23rd
*Movie releases due include-
"Astro Boy" starring Nicholas Cage & Freddie Highmore.

OCTOBER 27th
*Music releases due include-
Paula Abdul.

OCTOBER 28th
*Happy Birthday Julia Roberts.

NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 3rd
*Happy Birthday Roseanne.
*Music releases due include-
Shania Twain.
*Books due include-John Grisham's "Ford Country" and
Al Gore's "Our Choice."

NOVEMBER 6th
*Movie releases due include-
"A Christmas Carol" starring Jim Carrey, "The Wolfman" starring Benicio Del Toro, "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" starring George Clooney and "The Box" starring James Marsden and
Cameron Diaz.

NOVEMBER 8th
*TMZ.com Anniversary.

NOVEMBER 10th
*Music releases due include-
Pat Benatar.

NOVEMBER 13th
*Movie releases due include-
"2012" starring John Cusack and "Tooth Fairy" starring Dwayne Johnson, Billy Crystal and Ashley Judd.

NOVEMBER 17th
*Music releases due include-
The Hives.
Weezer.

NOVEMBER 19th
*Happy Birthday Larry King.

NOVEMBER 20th
*Happy Birthday Joel McHale.
*Movie releases due include-
"Sherlock Holmes" starring
Robert Downey Jr., "Planet 51" starring Dwayne Johnson
and "New Moon" starring Robert Pattinson & Kristen
Stewart.

NOVEMBER 24th
*Music releases due include-
Celine Dion.

NOVEMBER 25th
*Movie releases due include-
"Old Dogs" starring John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Robin Williams.

NOVEMBER 28th
*Happy Birthday Jon Stewart.

DECEMBER
DECEMBER 1st
*Music releases due include-
The Vines.

DECEMBER 2nd
*Happy Birthday Britney Spears.

DECEMBER 4th
*Movie releases due include-
"Brothers" starring Tobey
Maguire.

DECEMBER 8th
*Music releases due include-
Aerosmith.
The White Stripes.

DECEMBER 11th
*Movie releases due include-
"Nine" starring Daniel Day Lewis
and Nicole Kidman and "The Lovely Bones" starring Mark
Wahlberg & Rachel Weisz.

DECEMBER 15th
*Music releases due include-
Sting.

DECEMBER 18th
*Movie releases due include-
"Avatar" starring Sigourney Weaver.

DECEMBER 22nd
*Music releases due include-
Beck, Seal & Jewel.

DECEMBER 21st
*Happy Birthday Ray Romano.

DECEMBER 25th
*Movie releases due include-
Disney/Pixar's "The Princess & The Frog" starring Anika Noni Rose.

DECEMBER 29th
*Music releases due include-
The Natural.