This July, HBO Canada's got The Season 6 Premiere of ENTOURAGE
Programming Highlights / Movie Central
Posted by RAD on Jun 17, 2009 - 05:42 PM
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this july, a new season of ENTOURAGE, WITHOUT WARNING: THE JAMES BRADY STORY, BLINDNESS and more!
ENTOURAGE – SEASON 6
(WORLD PREMIERE; ORIGINAL SERIES)
Sunday, July 12 at 10:30 p.m. (day-and-date with HBO in the U.S.)
For Vince, Eric, Drama and Turtle, life in Hollywood’s fast lane can be an intoxicating roller-coaster of a ride. After hitting some speed bumps the last couple of years, Vince’s career is in high gear after his role in a new Martin Scorsese film. But now that Vince is back on top, is it finally time for the entourage to step out of his shadow? This season, Vince has bounced back after the opening of Gatsby. Meanwhile, the guys each take steps to develop their own careers, and Ari looks to build up his agency with the help of a new partner, Andrew Klein (Gary Cole). Entourage stars Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Golden Globe and three-time Emmy®-winner Jeremy Piven, and Rex Lee. This seasons guest stars include Bow Wow, Jay Leno, Kobe Bryant with more to be announced.
WITHOUT WARNING: THE JAMES BRADY STORY
(NETWORK PREMIERE; ORIGINAL FILM)
Saturday, July 4 at 8 p.m.
This film follows the story and the triumphant struggle of James Brady, President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary who was left severely wounded after the 1981 assassination attempt on the President. Starring Beau Bridges and Joan Allen.
BLINDNESS
(NETWORK PREMIERE; FEATURE FILM)
Sunday, July 5 at 9 p.m.
Adapted from Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago’s masterwork, Blindness is a harrowing tale about the fragility of mankind. Directed by the Academy Award® nominated Fernando Meirelles, from a screenplay by the Tony Award® winning Don McKellar, Blindness takes place in a city which is ravaged by an epidemic of instant “white blindness.” Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created “society of the blind” quickly breaks down. Hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak. There is, however, one eyewitness to the nightmare: a woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague who follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. Blindness stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal. This Canadian film received support from the Corus Made with Pay Fund and Astral Media’s The Harold Greenberg Fund.
HARD TIMES FOR AN AMERICAN GIRL: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
(NETWORK PREMIERE: ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY)
Saturday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m.
Children interview American legends such as folksinger Pete Seeger, artist Faith Ringgold, poet Philip Levine, and others to learn about how living through the Great Depression and the 1930s changed their lives. Mixing archival films, photos and kids discovering history, this half-hour documentary directed and produced by Amy Schatz.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING NOTES AND PREMIERES ON HBO CANADA
· Real Time with Bill Maher will be on hiatus Friday, July 3 and Friday, July 10. New episodes resume on Friday July 17 at 10 p.m.
· HBO’s 12-part miniseries From the Earth to the Moon will air as a marathon on Monday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
SCHEDULING NOTE
· New episodes of Hung and True Blood will be on hiatus Sunday, July 5, returning on Sunday, July 12.
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