Around the Tubes: 6/14/13

I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Killing Kennedy, Vice, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks, Spell-Mageddon, Kristin Errett, Sublime, BET Awards '13, Crowning New York, and Guinness World Records® Unleashed.

- John Kennedy, Jackie, and even Harvey Lee Oswald’s wife have already been cast in National Geographic’s upcoming Killing Kennedy and now the man who (supposably) pulled the trigger has been cast and will be played by Will Rothhaar last seen on Last Resort. Robert Kennedy has also been announced: Jack Noseworthy who I will always know as the dude from Dead at 21, as Robert F. Kennedy. And if that is not enough, we now have our first look as Rob Lowe as JFK and Ginnifer Goodwin as his wife:

First look of Rob Lowe as President John F. Kennedy on the set of National Geographic Channel’s KILLING KENNEDY, which started production this week in Richmond, Va. The television event will air on Nat Geo this November. Photo by Kent Eanes/National Geographic Channel

First look of Ginnifer Goodwin as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on the set of National Geographic Channel’s KILLING KENNEDY, which started production this week in Richmond, Va. Nat Geo will air the television event this November. Photo by Kent Eanes/National Geographic Channel

- Vice heads to North Korea for its season finale tonight at 10:00 on HBO. But do not worry, the show will be back for a second season. Until then, here is a preview of what you will see tonight.


- TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will present the AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks, a star-studded special celebrating the comedy legend. The highest honor for a career in the movies, the American Film Institute bestowed the honor on Brooks during a black-tie gala held in Hollywood on June 6. Many of Hollywood’s most revered luminaries turned out for the tribute, which will premiere on Saturday at 9:00.

- In a story I broke last week, ABC Family is going through with Spell-Mageddon (the show based on The Challenge spelling challenge) and now they have a host: Alfonso Ribeiro who may be better known as Carlton Banks. The show is set to premiere Wednesday July 24 at 9:00.

- If you are in the mood for some new music in the pop area like Sara Bareilles, check out Kristin Errett who just released her debut album Confessions of a Songbird which you can grab on iTunes.

- On Monday, June 17, a global online viewing party will occur to celebrate the eagerly anticipated DVD and CD release of Sublime’s 3-Ring Circus: Live at the Palace – October 21, 1995. This concert catches the trio of late frontman / guitarist / songwriter Bradley Nowell, bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh in top form before a packed house at the legendary Hollywood, CA venue. The classic concert will be broadcast live on Facebook to over 1 billion Facebook users and on sublimelbc.com. For $1.99 viewers can watch, listen and interact together on facebook.com/sublime and sublimelbc.com starting at 9:00. The show will be out on DVD and CD the next day.


- The BET Awards ‘13 is shaping up to be the most explosive yet, with rapper Kendrick Lamar recently announced as a performer live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 30th at 8:00.

- Smithsonian Channel is in production on a one-hour special that reveals one of modern day’s most daring engineering feats: the installation of a 408-foot spire atop One World Trade Center. Crowning New York will air later this year to coincide with the official ceremony that will mark the lighting of the beacon atop the historic skyscraper.

- truTV will go into production on brand new episodes of its hit series Guinness World Records Unleashed on Wednesday, June 19, at the historic Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Hosted by Dan Cortese (MTV Sports), the series features daring and fearless record hopefuls as they attempt to secure their place in history by breaking some truly outrageous world records. All new episodes of Guinness World Records Unleashed are set to launch on truTV later this year.