Thank goodness my sons have moved on to Wolverine, War Machine and whatnot. Nick Jr. on March 14, at noon/ET, will premiere Dora Undercover Spies, a new hour-long movie featuring that ageless explorer. Then, later that night, The N will debut Degrassi in Kenya, a documentary in which seven of the series' cast members team up with Free the Children, a nonprofit educational organization.The Degrassi adventures continue (and get a bit less altruistic) on April 4, when The N unveils The Degrassi Spring Break Movie, which promises "breakups, makeups and mayhem." Well, of course it does.
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Having twin almost-five-year-old sons, how could I possibly pass up the opportunity to talk to Dora the Explorer herself, aka voice actress Kathleen Herles. Here is where it gets funny, though: I assumed that, a la Bart Simpson, Kathleen would be some middle-aged lady. Nope. Ms. Herles is but a teen. As Nickelodeon presents the new original movie Dora Saves the Mermaids (premiering Monday at 7 pm/ET), Kathleen shared a look into el mundo de Dora. ¡Vamanos! (As they say.)
TVGuide.com: I have to say, when I learned just a moment ago that you were only 16, I had to rejigger my questions a bit….Kathleen Herles: [Laughs] Yeah, I'm 16….
TVGuide.com: So I come home the other day and my sons say, "Daddy, you’ve got to record the Dora and the mermaids movie!" They must have caught a commercial.Herles: Awww! That's so cute!
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Alec Baldwin's abrupt decision to leave CAA for as-yet-to-be-determined pastures may have been fueled in part by a video spoof posted at FunnyOrDie.com, a website cocreated by another CAAer, Will Ferrell, and placing poor Dora the Explorer on the receiving end of his answering-machine harangue. "Baldwin asked CAA to take it off [the site], and they didn't," a source tells the New York Post's Page Six. Others, though, contend that Baldwin parted ways with the 10-percentery because they still pimp his ex-wife, Kim Basinger. Baldwin's rep quips about the video spoof, "Three-year-olds everywhere are upset that Dora... and her friends are being dragged into this." Or as Swiper would say, "Oh, man!"
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NBC's Saturday Night Live tackled its largest audience in 10 months this past weekend, with Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning carrying the ball as guest host and American Idol Carrie Underwood crooning. The real highlight, though, as any parent will tell you, was TV Funhouse's Dora the Explorer spoof. Biting, simply biting. (See video here.)On April 14, Shia LaBeouf (rhymes with LaWhof) hosts, with phone-book-adjacent musical guest Avril Lavigne.
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TV Land has elected former president Bill Clinton to serve as a keynote speaker at the cabler's March 23 upfront. Oh, what Monica used to do up front.... Nick Jr. premieres a new episde of Dora the Explorer, "Star Mountain," on March 12.... Flushed Away unseated The Departed as the top DVD seller last week, while Babel was the No. 1 rental/OTC sleep aid.... DVD release dates have been set for Children of Men (March 27) and The Good Shepherd (April 3).
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