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Thursday, June 3
MARLENE DIETRICH: HER OWN SONG Signed to portray the German femme fatale in a just-announced biopic, Gwyneth Paltrow will no doubt be studying this first-rate 2001 doc that follows the legendary actress from her music hall debut to her screen icon days. Never-seen home movies (first-time director David Riva is Dietrich’s grandson) show the extraordinary person behind the enduring image. 10 pm on TVO
VELVET GOLDMINE (1998, dir Todd Hayes, w/ Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Toni Collette, Christian Bale and Eddie Izzard) Glam-rock pastiche finds reporter Bale tracking Citizen Kane-style the mysterious disappearance of Bowie-esque rocker Rhys-Meyers after a faked onstage suicide. Watch for real-life Bowie muse Lindsay Kemp as – what else? – a pantomime dame, and Placebo’s Brian Molko as the leader of the Flaming Creatures. 12:10 am on Showcase
Friday, June 4
THE VIEW Bad boy b-baller Dennis Rodman joins feisty American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino on the couch. 10 pm on Talk
GINGER SNAPS (2000, dir John Fawcett, w/ Emily Perkins. Katharine Isabelle and Mimi Rogers) Low-budget Canadian teen horror flick with a twist has a great premise: goth chick turns metaphoric werewolf. 10 pm on Space
LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN Rockin’ Canadian idol Neil Young makes a rare TV appearance to plug the release of Greendale on DVD. 12:35 am on NBC/CKVR, repeated Saturday 5 pm on Star
Saturday, June 5
AEROSMITH The geriatric Stones tribute band regurgitate their greatest hits by fan request. Here’s ours: stop now. 11 am A&E
Sunday, June 6
BIOGRAPHY Just in time for Pride Month, the series drags out two essential viewings for baby fags and dykes. The first chronicles the tragic life of Judy Garland and why we’re forever friends of Dorothy, while Wednesday’s episode follows Bette Midler from bathhouse to mainstream success. JUDY GARLAND 10 am on A&E BETTE MIDLER Wednesday (June 9) 8 pm on A&E
TONY AWARDS Straight from his role as Judy Garland’s gay son-in-law Peter Allen, The Boy From Oz’s Hugh Jackman hosts the annual salute to the best of Broadway. Look out for Boy George – nominated for his score for Rosie O’Donnell ‘s doomed Taboo – in the Radio City Music Hall audience. 8pm on CBS
Monday, June 7
PASSIONATE EYE: IRAN, VEILED APPEARANCES 2002 documentary examines contemporary Iran 23 years after its Islamic revolution by contrasting paramilitary religious sects with increasingly modernized youth. 10 pm on Newsworld, repeated at 1 am and June 11 at 10 pm
LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Lost In Translation’s Bill Murray hypes his latest gig as Garfield while Polly Jean Harvey asks the musical question Who The Fuck? from her new CD, Uh Huh Her. 11:35 pm on CBS/Omni1
Tuesday, June 8
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL The guiltiest pleasure on the tube, the second Tyra Banks-hosted series’ premiere is much more than a beauty pageant, combining elements of Fear Factor, Survivor, Big Brother and ER. Bonus: supermodel Janice Dickinson as the jury’s über-bitchy Simon. 9 pm on Life
Wednesday, June 9
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin and Mean Girls’ teen queen Lindsay Lohan insert earplugs as noiseniks Sonic Youth take the stage. 11:35 pm on NBC/CKVR, repeated 3:30 am on NBC
