Q: I looked up actress Arlene Martel, who appeared in classic shows such as "Perry Mason" and "Star Trek," and saw that she was once married to a Robert Palmer. Is this the musician Robert Palmer?
You might as well face it, Robert Palmer is a pretty common name.
For those who don't recognize it, I'm not trying to be rude, it's a reference to English pop singer Robert Palmer's 1985 pop smash, "Addicted to Love." But it's also true — Robert Palmer is a common name. So common that the Pennsylvania-born actor Robert Palmer, the one who married fellow thespian Arlene Martel, chose to go by a different name, Boyd Holister, for most of his career.
Q: I looked up actress Arlene Martel, who appeared in classic shows such as "Perry Mason" and "Star Trek," and saw that she was once married to a Robert Palmer. Is this the musician Robert Palmer?
You might as well face it, Robert Palmer is a pretty common name.
For those who don't recognize it, I'm not trying to be rude, it's a reference to English pop singer Robert Palmer's 1985 pop smash, "Addicted to Love." But it's also true — Robert Palmer is a common name. So common that the Pennsylvania-born actor Robert Palmer, the one who married fellow thespian Arlene Martel, chose to go by a different name, Boyd Holister, for most of his career.
The Janes, on HBO
This premiering documentary follows a group of women in the 1970s who risk their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. Directed by Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes, this film is a timely reaction to recent U.S. events.
Little People, Big World, on TLC
Back-to-back new episodes begin on the farm as pumpkin season gets underway. With things still tense between Matt and Zach, however, Zach and Tori skip the festivities to focus on their upcoming move and on Jackson, who needs surgery for his bowed legs.
In the Dark, on CW
Murphy (Perry Mattfeld) and friends continue to investigate the death of one of their own in this drama's fourth and final season. After the blind, hard-living Murphy turned herself over to police in the Season 3 finale, a new set of problems arises.
Q: I saw an episode of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" recently in which someone was eating Let's brand potato chips. Then I saw the same brand in an episode of "Community." Is that a real chip company? I've never seen them for sale before.
If you're not a props master on a TV show, it's unlikely anyone has ever tried to sell you Let's chips.
Let's is a fake brand made by Independent Studio Services, the California-based props company behind many pretend TV products. (Heisler Golden Ale, consumed on such disparate shows as "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Prison Break," is also an ISS product; as is Fight Milk from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.")
Q: I saw an episode of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" recently in which someone was eating Let's brand potato chips. Then I saw the same brand in an episode of "Community." Is that a real chip company? I've never seen them for sale before.
If you're not a props master on a TV show, it's unlikely anyone has ever tried to sell you Let's chips.
Let's is a fake brand made by Independent Studio Services, the California-based props company behind many pretend TV products. (Heisler Golden Ale, consumed on such disparate shows as "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Prison Break," is also an ISS product; as is Fight Milk from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.")
The Great Food Truck Race, on Food Network
Tyler Florence hosts the new season of this fun, on-the-road competition series, premiering tonight. Seven teams, comprised of the best food truck cooks in the United States, hit the road to show off their culinary skills in a battle of the taste buds.
Late Laughs for the week of June 5 - 11
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Apple is no longer the world's most valuable company. The company was just surpassed by Saudi oil giant Aramco. It's just nice to see a Saudi oil giant catch a break, isn't it?
According to a new poll, half of Americans think life in France is better than life in the United States. They even admit that they fantasize about living in France. To which French people were like, "What a coincidence! We think we're better than you guys, too!"
New Releases for the week of June 5 - 11
The Contractor
After he was involuntarily discharged, U.S. Special Forces Sgt. James Harper (Pine) must find a way to pay off his debt and support his family. So, along with his best friend, Mike (Foster), he joins a private contracting organization under the command of fellow veteran Rusty Jennings (Sutherland). On his first assignment, however, Harper finds himself in trouble as the contractors aren't the type of men he had expected to work with. Now, hunted and on the run, the elite soldier is caught up in a conspiracy that forces him to fight for his life long enough to make it home and find those responsible for betraying him.
Director: Tarik Saleh. Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, J.D. Pardo, Florian Munteanu, Kiefer Sutherland. 2022. 103 mins. Action.
Catch the Fair One
Native American boxer Kaylee (Reis) is at the end of her career. Sleeping in a shelter and working during the day as a waitress, she has more than just boxing on her mind. Consumed by the memory of her missing sister, Weeta (Borrero), Kaylee goes undercover in a sex trafficking organization and meets the kingpin, Bobby (Henshall), hoping he has answers to her sister's whereabouts. Kaylee may have found herself in too deep, however, and she must now put her professional skills to good use in order to save herself and find her sister.
Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka. Stars: Kali Reis, Mainaku Borrero, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Michael Drayer, Lisa Emery, Kimberly Guerrero, Kevin Dunn. 2021. 85 mins. Crime/Thriller.
Compartment No. 6
Finnish grad student Laura (Haarla) has just left her Russian lover in Moscow and boarded the northbound train for Murmansk, a remote port city off the Barents Sea. Paired in the sleeping compartment with a loutish Russian miner named Ljoha (Borisov), who is on his way to one of the area's largest mines, it seems the two are complete opposites. But as the journey continues, the travelers chip away at each other's facade and begin to see the world through a more complicated lens than their prejudices had previously allowed.