Next Thursday, November 28, is Thanksgiving Day in America. For thousands of bystanders and millions of television viewers, the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York is as traditional as turkey and stuffing. This year marks the 87th year of Macy’s parade. It will feature 15 giant helium balloons of cartoon and pop culture characters, 1,200 dancers and cheerleaders, …

After the holiday parade, before the football and around the time the smell of turkey consumes the house, Thanksgiving Day television viewing will once again go to the dogs. More than 2,000 of the top American Kennel Club-sanctioned pooches, including dozens from the Lehigh Valley, will compete for prestige and $20,000 in prize money during the National Dog Show, set …

Though the feature directorial debut of “The Sopranos” director David Chase, the coming-of-age rock and roll drama Not Fade Away, went largely unnoticed, that’s not stopping him from moving on to his sophomore effort. Deadline has word that Paramount Pictures has picked up a spec script from Chase that will be the next film he directs. Little Black Dress will …

On the upcoming final season of Mad Men, fans may be treated to Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) and Ted (Kevin Rahm) reuniting and getting together once and for all. Rahm recently spoke with Access Hollywood and discussed possibilities for Mad Men season 7. “You get them a day before the table read. Someone drops them off at your house, but they …

The Star Wars: Episode VII photo has been released featuring a “behind-the-scenes” look at the production team, JJ Abrams and R2-D2. The tweet on the Bad Robot account shows Abrams and exec Kathleen Kennedy visiting the LucasFilm workshop. Fans are excited by any news and while the photo offers little insight or real content, the enthusiasm is certain to be …

ACTOR turned blues singer Hugh Laurie excels with his second album ‘Didn’t It Rain’ – a successful follow up to his million selling debut album ‘Let Them Talk’. Based on these 13 catchy numbers it’s fair to say the former Dr House is in rude health and captures the spirit of the American Blues scene perfectly. There is a more …

California’s first public-accessible Dunkin’ Donuts opened at Barstow Station on Monday. The coffee-and-donut chain has been popular on the East Coast for decades and is about to make a major run at the California consumer. Since January, the company has made 70 franchise agreements to open free-standing restaurants starting in 2015. A Dunkin’ Donuts spokesperson could not confirm exact locations …

Animated comedy Family Guy, now in its 12th season, isn’t exactly known for its emotional depths and drama. Indeed, with its wacky, irreverent jokes and ever-changing internal logic, it’s a programme that has barely changed since its 1999 debut. It even managed to survive its 2003 cancellation, returning two years later effectively the same as ever. Even more so than …

For those of you ready to dive back into the world of Westeros, there is at least some good news officially breaking today: You’re at least another step closer courtesy of filming for “Game of Thrones” season 4 finally concluding this week. This has been a long and extensive production as always, with it starting earlier this summer. Three countries …

The anticipation of a death is an unsettling experience — even if that death is of a character on television. We viewers went into last night’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, titled “Flight,” much like the family member of a cancer patient goes into the hospital for the last time: with complete and utter dread, knowing the end is near. We …

A piece of Wild West history is due to go on sale on Monday when the revolver gunfighter James “Wild Bill” Hickok carried on the day he was shot down at a Deadwood saloon, is set to be auctioned off in San Francisco. Bonhams Auctioneers put the Smith & Wesson #2 revolver, estimated at a value of between $300,000 and …