Don't Miss Monk: The new season of our favorite show "Monk" begins this evening at 10 p.m. on the USA Networks.
Madonna's (Colorist) Man: Celebrity hair colorist Steven Tapp will be touring with Madonna throughout the U.S. for her color touch-ups. Tapp says, “To maintain her new very light, bright blonde locks that I created for the tour, I fly out to see Madonna every few weeks. She’s a wonderful person to work with.” His celebrity clientele includes Carmen Electra, Naomi Watts, Christina Applegate and Cameron Diaz.
New Cinemax Documentary: More than 20 years ago, college student Steve James became a Big Brother to Stevie Fielding, a troubled 11-year-old from rural Illinois. After graduating, James moved away and lost contact with Stevie. Ten
years later, James returned to find out about who Stevie had become.
From the award-winning director of "Hoop Dreams," the acclaimed feature documentary "Stevie" takes a compelling look at how years of poverty, neglect and abuse have affected the development of a troubled young man. Debuts Tuesday, July 27, 2004 on Cinemax.
Inaugural Event: Discovery Health Channel's inaugural Discovery Health Channel Medical Honors celebrates the nation’s premiere health and medical pioneers of the 21st Century for their remarkable discoveries and lifesaving contributions to the field of medicine.
Discovery Health Channel will honor those unsung individuals and organizations dedicated to improving and protecting health around the world. The unprecedented Hollywood-style Honors, in association with the National Health Museum, will be held June 23, 2004 at D.A.R. Constitution Hall and hosted by famed TV personality and talk show host, Regis Philbin. Discovery Health Channel will broadcast the event on July 8, 2004 at 8 p.m.
Partnering Organizations:
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Hospital Association
• American Lung Association
• Biotechnology Industry Organization
• Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Celebrity presenters include:
Dr. Drew Pinsky
Marlo Thomas
ER's Yvette Freeman
Christoper Reeve (via tape)
Dr. Ben Carson
Da Ali G Show's Back: According to Rolling Stone, "The best interviewer working in television today is not the host of 'Nightline' or 'Meet the Press.' His name is Ali G." Called "the funniest British comedy invasion since 'Monty
Python'" by the Detroit Free Press and "irresistibly, corrosively
funny" by the New York Times, he's back on HBO for a second season of six new episodes when "Da Ali G Show" returns Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 10:30 p.m. following the new comedy series "Entourage," with other editions debuting on subsequent Sundays at the same time.
Sacha Baron Cohen crosses America exploring different aspects of our culture through the unique points of view of his three alter-egos: Ali G, a "wanksta journalist," dressed in his trademark yellow track suit, wraparound glasses and pullover hat; Borat, Kazakhstan's premier journalist; and Bruno, the übercool Austrian fashionista.
Each show features real-world encounters between Ali G, Borat and
Bruno and real-life celebrities and everyday American citizens in a variety of settings. Among the notables interviewed on the show this season are journalist Sam Donaldson, conservative icon Pat Buchanan, former governor and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman and educator-linguist Noam Chomsky.
Edition #7: "Respek"
Ali G talks with Sam Donaldson, "boss man of ABC News," about
Nixon's "Waterworld" crisis, journalist biases and TV ratings, among other critical issues. Borat over-imbibes with a pair of genial gents at a wine tasting in Mississippi. Ali G probes the legal travails of "The Simpsons" with former LAPD police chief Daryl Gates, then questions a pair of ATF dog trainers about bomb-sniffers and canine discrimination.
Edition #8: "Peace" debuts Sunday, July 25, 2004
Ali G has a serious sit-down with conservative icon Pat Buchanan,
pondering the prospect of presidential partnerships, "him"igration pros and cons, and Iraq's possession of "BLTs." Borat hits the campaign trail in Oklahoma with a congressional candidate, then delivers a speech to the City Council after getting tips from the state's Republican Party chairman. Ali G presides over a family roundtable discussion with Michael Easley (senior pastor, The Immanuel Bible Church), Karen Mulhauser (Veteran Feminists of America), Diane Knippers (president of the Institute of Religion and Democracy) and Roger Lancaster (professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies), then visits a farm in search of the answer to a question on everybody's mind: Why are there are so many Vietnam veterinarians?
