Entertainment & Pop Culture Calendar

ENTERTAINMENT & POP CULTURE CALENDAR
Sometimes things change, so everything is tentative.

JUNE

JUNE 22nd
*Kiefer Sutherland due in court.
*Rihanna and Chris Brown both due in court.
*TLC's Jon & Kate make major announcement.
*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.
*Bravo debuts "NYC Prep."
*Food Network premieres "The Best Thing I Ever Ate."
*Music releases due include-
John Mellencamp's "Life, Death, LIVE and Freedom."
Shawn Colvin's "Live."
Pete Yorn's "Back & Forth."
Neal E. Boyd's "My American Dream."
Marie' Digby's "Breathing Underwater."
Cheap Trick's "The Latest."
Escala's "Escala."
Third Eye Blind's "Ursa Major."
Regina Spektor's "Far."
The Mars Volta's "Octahedron."
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,"
Dick Morris "Catastrophe" and Buzz Aldrin's "Magnificent Desolution."

JUNE 24th
*NBC debuts "The Philanthropist" starring James Purefoy.
*Season premiere of MTV's "The Real World."
*Movie releases due include-
"Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" starring Shia LeBeouf & Megan Fox.

JUNE 26th
*FOX's "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader" returns, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.
*Movie releases due include-
"My Sister's Keeper" starring Cameron Diaz.

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

JUNE 29th
*MSNBC debuts fresh programming from Dylan Radigan and Dr. Nancy Snyderman.

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.
*Books due include-Kurt Warner's "First Things First."

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.

JULY 6th
*Happy Birthday Sly Stallone.

JULY 7th
*ABC Family Channel debuts "10 Things I Hate About You" starring Ethan Peck.
*NBC debuts "The Great American Road Trip."
*Music releases due include-
Son Volt's "American Central Dust."
Marcy Playground's "Leaving Wonderland In A Fit Of Rage."
Wonderlicks "Topless At The Arco Arena."

JULY 8th
*Happy Birthday Kevin Bacon.
*Season premiere of "Ghost Hunters International."

JULY 9th
*Happy Birthday Tom Hanks.
*CBS airs the season premiere of "Big Brother."

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.
*Season premiere of HBO's "Entourage" starring Jeremy Piven & company.

JULY 14th
*Music releases due include-
Daughtry's "Leave This Town."
The Dead Weather's "Horehound."
Lisa Lisa's "Life & Love."
Crosby Loggins "Time To Move."
Twista's "Category F5."
*Books due include-Karrine Steffans "The Vixen Manual."

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.
*CNBC airs their tv special, "Porn: Business of Pleasure."
*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.
*FOX's "Hell's Kitchen" is back again already.
*Music releases due include-
Jordin Sparks "Battlefield."
Incubus "Monuments & Melodies."
Sugar Ray's "Music For Cougars."
Our Lady Peace's "Burn Burn."
Ana Popovic's "Blind For Love."

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-
Ashley Tisdale's "Guilty Pleasure."
*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 SOMETIME
*Nancy Grace's novel, "The Eleventh Victim" is due.
*Marina Orlova releases her "Hot For Words" book.

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

AUGUST 3rd
*National Rumpshaker Day!

AUGUST 4th
*Happy Birthday President Barack Obama.
*Music releases due include-
Assjack's "Assjack."
Tantric's "Mind Control."

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.
Amerie's "In Love And War."
Vertical Horizon's "Burning The Days."

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.
*AMC's "Mad Men" starring Jon Hamm returns.

AUGUST 18th
*Music releases due include-
Michelle Branch's "Everything Comes & Goes."
Lita Ford's "Wicked Wonderland."
Lil Wayne's "Rebirth."
Sean Paul's "Imperial Blaze."
Stacey Q's "Color Me Cinnamon."
Sister Hazel's "Release."
Third Eye Blind's "Ursa Major."
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-
Mariah Carey's "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel."
Colbie Caillat's "Breakthrough."
Howie Day's "Sound The Alarm."
Collective Soul's "Rabbit."
Jet's "Shaka Rock."
Delores O'Riordan's "No Baggage."
Landon Pigg's "The Boy Who Never."
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!
(Be sure to check out TVGuide.com)
Fall Music and Movie Previews!
(PauseandPlay.com and JoBlo.com)
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.
(TheFutonCritic.com)
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is expected this month.
Guiter Hero spinoff video game, DJ Hero is expected too.
Jon Stewart's History Channel tv special, "The Naturalized" is set to air sometime this month.
Jeff Dunham's Comedy Central tv series is set to debut this month.

SEPTEMBER 1st
*Music releases due include-
Whitney Houston.
Madonna.
Michael Jackson.
Kid Rock.
The Black Crowes "Before The Frost" and "Until The Freeze."
*Video Games due include-Guitar Hero 5!
*Books due include-Cloris Leachman's "Cloris."

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

SEPTEMBER 8th
*The CW debuts "Melrose Place" starring Ashlee Simpson.
*Music releases due include-
Leona Lewis.
Gwen Stefani.
Alanis Morissette.
The Flaming Lips "Embryonic."
*Books due include-CSI Creator Anthony Zuiker's "Level 26: Dark Origins," 50 Cent's "The 50th Law" and Ken Burns "The National Parks."

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

SEPTEMBER 10th
*The CW debuts "Vampire Diaries" starring Ian Somerhalder.
*NFL Anniversary. (1920)
*TMZ on TV Anniversary. (2007)

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

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

SEPTEMBER 14th
*Dr. Mehmet Oz debuts his tv talker!
*Season premiere of The CW's "Gossip Girl" starring Blake Lively.
*The Jay Leno Show (10pm) debuts on NBC.

SEPTEMBER 15th
*USA Today Anniversary. (1982)
*Music releases due include-
Uncle Kracker's "Happy Hour."
Ryan Star's "11:59."
The Strokes.
Lenny Kravitz.
Beastie Boys "Hot Sauce Committee."
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers "Levitate."
Infected Mushroom's "Legend Of The Black Shawarma."
*Books due include-Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" and Jeffrey Ross "I Only Roast The Ones I Love."

SEPTEMBER 16th
*The CW debuts "The Beautiful Life" starring Mischa Barton.
*"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 20th
*Primetime Emmy Awards.

SEPTEMBER 21st
*Season premiere of ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" Hosted by Tom Bergeron.
*Season premiere of FOX's "House" starring Hugh Laurie.

SEPTEMBER 22nd
*ABC debuts "The Forgotten" starring Anthony Carrigan.
*FOX debuts the animated "Cleveland Show" from "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.
*"Friends" TV Anniversary. (1994)
*Music releases due include-
Shakira.
David Gray's "Draw The Line."
Parramore's "Riot."
Diddy's "Last Train To Paris."

SEPTEMBER 23rd
*ABC debuts "Modern Family" starring Ed O'Neill and Sofia Vergara.
*ABC debuts "Cougar Town" starring Courteney Cox Arquette.
*Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen.

SEPTEMBER 24th
*ABC debuts "Flash Forward" starring Joseph Fiennes.
*Season premiere of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" starring Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey.
*Books due include-Pete Dexter's "Spooner."

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

SEPTEMBER 27th
*Season premiere of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" starring Teri Hatcher and company.

SEPTEMBER 29th
*Music releases due include-
Pearl Jam's "Backspacer."
Christina Aguilera.
Robert Plant.
John Mayer.
Sheryl Crow.
Prince.
Alice In Chains "Black Gives Way To Blue."
Lynyrd Skynyrd's "God & Guns."
*Books due include-Patrick Swayze's memoir and Mitch Albom's "Have A Little Faith: The True Story Of A Last Request."

SEPTEMBER 30th
*ABC debuts "Hank" starring Kelsey Grammer.
*ABC premieres "The Middle" starring Patricia Heaton.

OCTOBER
OCTOBER SOMETIME
*Paul Shaffer's book called "We'll Be Here For The Rest Of Our Lives" is due.

OCTOBER 1st
*Books due include-Eckhart Tolle's "Guardians of Being."

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-
Fiona Apple.
REM.
The Gossip's "Music For Men."
*Books due include-Jeanette Walls "Half Broken Horses."

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.
Maps "Turning The Mind."
*Books due include-Clarence Clemons "Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales."

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

OCTOBER 27th
*Music releases due include-
Paula Abdul ans Sting's "If On A Winter's Night."
*Books due include-Steven Tyler's "Does This Noise In My Head Bother You" and Ted Kennedy's "True Compass."

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.
*Books due include-Michael Crichton's "Pirate Latitudes."

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.
*Books due include-Charles "Sully" Sullenberger's "Highest Duty: My Search For What Really Matters."

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.