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This is either going to be really good or so bad, it’s great. But either way, ABC’s relaunch of Battle of the Network Stars (premiering Thursday, June 29 at 9/8c) is looking like the summer’s must-see — especially since on Tuesday the full list of competitors was released. The celebrities we’re most psyched to see throwing down in events like the kayak relay race and dunk tank:

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Recently, CBS served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 7 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Little Yellow House," and it turns out that we'll see Teresa get personally invested in her latest case as her brother is brought on to be a key witness to a murder, and more! In the new, 7th episode press release: A murder investigation is going to become personal for Lisbon when her brother is the key witness. Press release number 2: A murder investigation will become personal for Lisbon when she learns that her underachieving younger brother, Jimmy, is being sought as a key witness. Rob Belushi and Derek Phillips guest star as Jimmy and Stan, Lisbon's brothers. Guest stars feature: Robert Belushi (Jimmy Lisbon), Derek Phillips (Stan Lisbon), Milissa Sears (Karen Lisbon), Tom Gallop (Charlie McInnis), Jeremy Ratchford (George Holiday), Michael Cory Davis (Benjamin Bennett), Janelle Marra...

Recently,CBS dished out the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Criminal Minds" season finale episode 24 of season 9. The episode is entitled, "Demons," and it sounds like things will get quite intriguing and intense as the Bau encounters a web of corruption during an investigation in Texas, and more. In the new,24th episode press release: as a team member's life hangs in the balance, the Bau is going to uncover a web of corruption during a murder investigation in Texas. Press release number 2: The Bau is going to continue its murder investigation in Texas, and clues are going to uncover a deep web of corruption that could be the motive for the killings. In the meantime, as one team member’s life hangs in the balance, another concerned Bau member will have to face a sad secret from the past, and Garcia will thrust into action to save a colleague.

Last night, CBS released the new,official, synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Criminal Minds" episode 23 of season 9. The episode is entitled, "Angels," and it sounds like things will get quite intriguing and intense as the team looks into a religious murder case that might turn fatal, and more! In the new, 23rd episode press release: A murder investigation in Texas with religious overtones, could put the lives of the Bau in danger. Press release number 2: When the Bau is called to Texas to consult on the murders of prostitutes, evidence is going to point to killings with religious overtones. But as they delve further into the investigation, the team might put their lives at risk. Esai Morales returns as Bau Section Chief Mateo Cruz. Guest stars will feature: Michael Trucco as Owen McGregor and Brett Cullen as Preacher Mills. Other guest stars will feature: Kevin E. West (Sheriff Coleman...

There are times I forget who I’m supposed to be.

Rebel (2013) is a documentary through PBS recounting the story of Loreta Velazquez (Romi Dias), a woman who dressed as a man and fought in the Civil War. Velazquez was a Cuban immigrant to New Orleans where she was raised to be a woman of high-ish society. But, against her father’s wishes, she marries a white American soldier and has a family. When that family dies one by one, Velazquez takes up her dead husband’s uniform—a Confederate uniform—and joins the war as an officer. Various academics in history and Women’s Studies provide the historical context to the occasionally reenacted tale as provided in Velazquez’s memoir The Woman in Battle (1876).

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