Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List August 20-26

Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List August 20-26

                         http://starz.mediaroom.com/    Tuesday, August 21   Dirty Dance-A-Thon       Celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the theatrical release of Dirty       Dancing (Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach) with a 24-hour       marathon of the film.       Begins at 6 a.m. (ET/PT) on Encore Love     Friday, August 24   Summer of Stars (More Information:   http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=728)       Flightplan -- (Jodie Foster, Sean Bean, Peter Sarsgaard)       9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz    Starz Cinema World Television Premiere Weekend hosted by Jeff Goldblum   (More Information:   http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=752)         Shut Up and Sing         10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Cinema         Country music superstars The Dixie Chicks were riding high when they         made an onstage statement critical of the U.S. President. Follow the         story as the band struggles to re-define itself amidst a barrage of         negative critical heat.     Saturday, August 25   Starz Saturday Premiere         The Grudge 2 -- (Amber Tamblyn, Jennifer Beals, Sarah Michelle         Gellar)         9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz    Starz Cinema World Television Premiere Weekend hosted by Jeff Goldblum   (More Information:   http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=752)         The Heart of the Game         10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Cinema         The true story of the Roosevelt High girls basketball team led by a         tax professor-turned-coach. The perennial losers become contenders         while their explosive, self-destructive superstar fights to stay         with the team.    Indie Icons (More Information:   http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=737)          Dazed and Confused -- (Richard Linklater)          9 p.m. (ET/PT) on IndiePlex          The contemporary cult classic focuses on the final day of high          school in 1976 for a group of teens who are truly dazed, confused          and wondering where to go next. An early role for Matthew          McConaughey, directed by Richard Linklater.    Kings of Cool (More Information:   http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=737 )         The Good, The Bad and The Ugly -- (Clint Eastwood)         8 p.m. (ET/PT) on RetroPlex         The final chapter of the Man With No Name trilogy. Director Sergio         Leone's Spaghetti Western classic about a drifter, an outlaw and a         sadistic gunman racing to claim a treasure buried during the Civil         War.          The Beguiled -- (Clint Eastwood)         11:05 p.m. (ET/PT) on RetroPlex         A wounded Union soldier creates tension while recuperating at a         Confederate girls school.     Sunday, August 26   Starz Cinema World Television Premiere Weekend hosted by Jeff Goldblum   (More Information:   http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=752)         Pittsburgh         10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Cinema         Does love conquer all?  Jeff Goldblum seeks to find that out in         Pittsburgh.  After the actor gets engaged to his Canadian         actress/girlfriend (whom he's known for three weeks), she tells him         that her visa in the States will expire unless she gets an acting         job.  Why work on Broadway when you can do the "The Music Man"         regionally in Pittsburgh? Thinking she'll have a better chance of         getting the lead as 'Marian, the Librarian,' the couple decides to         do a "buy one -- get one free audition." Goldblum bypasses a Michael         Bay film, which baffles his Hollywood manager, and returns to his         hometown with girlfriend and friends Ed Begley, Jr. and Illeana         Douglas in tow.  Also stars musicians Moby and Alanis Morissette,         Conan O'Brien, and Keith Addis, Goldblum's manager.    Indie Icons (More Information:   http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=737)          The English Patient -- (Anthony Mingella)          9 p.m. (ET/PT) on IndiePlex          During WW II, a pilot suffering from massive burns is cared for by          a military nurse in rural Italy and slowly his story of lost love          and tragedy is revealed. Winner of nine Oscars(R), including Best          Picture and Best Supporting Actress.    

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