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In today’s TV news roundup, NBC announced the date of the “Superstore” series finale, and National Geographic set the release date for “Genius: Aretha.”

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NBC’s “Superstore” will end on March 25 with a one-hour series finale at 8 p.m. The workplace comedy, executive produced by Justin Spitzer, Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green, follows the employees of “Cloud 9,” a fictional big-box store in St. Louis, Mo. as they deal with topical issues like immigration, health care, unionization and the struggles of working in retail. The series stars Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom, Kaliko Kauahi and Mark McKinney.

“Genius: Aretha” will debut on National Geographic on March 21 at 9 p.m. The third installment of the “Genius” anthology, which centers on Aretha Franklin (Cynthia Erivo), will run across four consecutive nights. The only authorized scripted series about Franklin, “Genius” tracks the Queen of Soul’s musical brilliance,...

R&B singer Tank isn’t taking any opportunities to kick former Tgt partner Tyrese while he’s down. “The thing that I’ve always maintained is that last time me and Tyrese did talk we were friends,” Tank told the hosts of TV talk-show “The Real” recently. “I know how much he loves his daughter,” he continued, referring to a messy child-custody battle the “Fast & Furious” actor has been dealing with lately. “And I know how something like that — with your baby — how it can send you into a space that you’ve probably never been before, and things can start to.

Now that the summer is cooling down, we’re entering perhaps the best time of year for cinephiles, with a variety of festivals — some of which will hold premieres of our most-anticipated 2016 features — gearing up. As we do each year, after highlighting the best films offered thus far, we’ve set out to provide a comprehensive preview of the fall titles that should be on your radar, and we’ll first take a look at selections whose quality we can attest to. Ranging from acclaimed debuts at Sundance, Cannes, and more, we’ve rounded up 25 titles that will arrive from September to December (in the U.S.) and are all well worth seeking out.

As a note, these didn’t make the cut, but you can see our reviews at the links: White Girl (9/2), Other People (9/9), London Road (9/9), Goat (9/23), Sand Storm (9/28), Do Not Resist (9/30), The Birth of a Nation (10/7), Desierto...

Housemarque is one developer that has shined thanks to the advent of digital marketplaces. Ever since 2007 they’ve managed to provide quality experiences such as Super Stardust, and Dead Nation. The Finnish developer’s stock has been at an all time high thanks to the success of their PS4 launch title Resogun, and now they’re back to once again tackle the twin stick shooter genre with Alienation.

The top-down shooter is a class-based affair that has players fighting aliens on all corners of the globe. Those who have played other titles in the genre, such as Dead Nation or Halo: Spartan Assault, will feel right at home as it controls as you would expect a modern shooter. The only real unique mechanic is that each of the game’s 3 classes has a trio of abilities that can be triggered by using the controller’s face buttons, but can’t...

TV One has announced the return of its hit series "Born Again Virgin." The scripted comedy returns with more dating adventures of three 30-something best friends, on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. A week before that return, tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 25, TV One will run a "Born Again Virgin" marathon (from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Et/Pt). In addition, TV One is also celebrating "Happy Tanks-giving" during the marathon (2-5 p.m. Et/Pt) with special back-to-back episodes featuring Durrell "Tank" Babbs, who plays Donovan. "Born Again Virgin" returns to find that Jenna has miraculously kept busy blogging about her newly adopted sex-fast and has...

Pushing its way into original scripted programming, TV One will premiere its new scripted comedy, "Born Again Virgin," on Wednesday, August 5 at 10Pm/Et.  The series will follow the dating lives of three 30-something best friends - Jenna (played by Danielle Nicolet), a writer who decides to become celibate after a stream of unsuccessful dates and hook-ups leave her wanting more meaningful relationships; and her girlfriends, Kelly (Meagan Holder), a successful publicist with a trail of bad relationships, and Tara (Eva Marcille), a budding actress who lives a celebrity-inspired lifestyle.  Joining then is Donovan (Durrell "Tank" Babbs), their "hot...

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The Battle for ‘Lawrence of Arabia’: How T.E. Lawrence’s family and friends opposed bringing his story to the screen

T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) ranks among the 20th Century’s oddest heroes. This short, smart, and mischievous British soldier helped organize the Arab Revolt against Turkey, a secondary front of the First World War. He became Emir Feisal’s trusted ally, painfully conscious that the Allies wouldn’t honor promises of independence. After the Paris Peace Conference, Lawrence retreated into the Royal Air Force and Tank Corps as a private soldier, T.E. Shaw… read the full article.

Holding Out For a Heroine: On Being a Woman and Loving Star Wars

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a little girl in possession of a good imagination must be in want of a heroine. At least, this was the truth of my childhood. Like many people of my generation, my...

It is written in the chronicles of our people that, long ago, in the days when the earth below and the sky above were as one, and the gods had not yet deserted the world of men, there was a film called The Fast and the Furious. And it is written that The Fast and the Furious begat 2 Fast 2 Furious, which begat The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, which begat Fast & Furious, which begat Fast Five, which begat Fast & Furious 6, although certain elders of the tribe insist that the latter film was actually titled Furious 6. Adding to the confusion,...

Don’t know about you, but I’m very excited for this one. Hopefully after watching the trailer below you’ll be too. There’s just something cool about tanks I guess. Take the writer of The Fast and the Furious, Training Day and S.W.A.T., who also happens to be the director of Street Kings, End of Watch and […]

Read Five Man, One Tank in the First Trailer for Brad Pitt’s Fury on Filmonic.

Here’s your requisite ’90s flashback for the day.

Ginuwine (along with Tank and Tyrese) stopped by The Arsenio Hall Show Tuesday night — and, caving to crowd demand, performed the 1996 hit “Pony” alongside Tgt. Come for the memories; stay for the thrilled audience members’ dance moves when Ginuwine makes his way into the crowd.

Watch below:

The only question: Donna Meagle couldn’t snag a ticket?...