Start spreading the news: 'Storage Wars: New York' returns July 9
Courtney Wagner and Candy Olsen as seen in "Storage Wars New York"
New York, New York. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, as the old saying goes. One A&E series has certainly made it in the City that Never Sleeps, and it's returning with its larger-than-life personalities to heat up summer.
Q: I enjoyed watching Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen play opposite each other in the "X-Men" movies. I heard they're friends in real life -- is that true?
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are very good friends -- close enough, in fact, that McKellen plans to marry Stewart. To his fiancee, that is.
The news broke a while back that McKellen would officiate at Stewart's wedding to jazz singer Sunny Ozell, and it brought to the world's attention an amazing fact: that Magneto and Professor X are friends in real life, too.
Blue Bloods, on CBS
With a serial killer murdering prostitutes on the loose, Jackie goes undercover as an escort as she and Danny try to catch the killer. Erin makes a potential love connection with a man she meets at an art gallery.
Bear is back: Grylls returns to television with 'Get Out Alive'
Bear Grylls as seen in "Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls"
In the ratings-driven world of television, the programs that excel are often a reflection of our society as a whole.
Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, on NBC
Nick Cannon celebrates the nation's 237th birthday as he hosts star-studded musical performances. Mariah Carey will perform, as will country music stars Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift. The show also features stunning pyrotechnics.
Q: My granddaughter loves the movie "From Prada to Nada." Is it true it's based on a book? I look forward to being able to tell her that.
How was your granddaughter to know she was studying classic English literature when she was watching the popular 2011 teen film "From Prada to Nada," about a pair of rich Latina girls who are forced to move from Beverly Hills to poor East L.A. after the death of their father?
The Middle, on ABC
Axl and the band finally get their fist gig playing Orson Dollar Days, but Sue causes trouble when she becomes a "Yoko." Frankie is stumped by a question about herself at a job interview, and Mike pitches in with Brick's Prairie Scout troop.
Body of Proof, on ABC
Megan returns to work to find out a man from her past has been assigned to her latest case. As they investigate a serial killer who's targeting young war veterans, the case gets personal when the killer abducts Megan's teenage daughter.
Q: I just saw the new "Much Ado About Nothing" movie and loved the actress who played the lead, Beatrice. Who is she? Has she been in anything else?
Like most of the cast of the new "Much Ado About Nothing" film, lead actress Amy Acker has worked with director Joss Whedon before.
The film has roots in Whedon's practice of having the actors on his TV shows get comfortable with each other by reading Shakespeare together at his house (indeed, the film is almost exactly that: it's shot entirely at the director's California home and made up mostly of stars of his other projects).
American Ninja Warrior, on NBC
Competitors tackle six extreme obstacles as they go head to head in the qualifying round in Venice Beach in the season premiere of "American Ninja Warrior." Matt Iseman returns as host, and this season he's joined by former NFL player Akbar Gbaja Biamila.
