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What to watch this week

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Thursday, June 10

IN THE LIFE The Daily Show’s film critic, Frank DeCaro , hosts the monthly queer omnibus that tonight examines how gay and lesbian artists use life experience to create art. This week features John Waters and Harvey Fierstein . 10 pm on PBS, repeated at 3 am

Friday, June 11

BIOGRAPHY Two-hour episode tracks the roller-coaster career of Liza Minnelli . Followed at 10 pm by the slightly less glamorous life of Cher . 8 pm on A&E, repeated at midnight

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Blue Rodeo AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Blue Rodeo

showcase their Daniel Lanois -produced Days In Between set, and journeyman John Hammond interprets the Tom Waits songbook in this 2002 rebroadcast. Midnight on PBS

Saturday, June 12

MULHOLLAND DR. (2001, dir David Lynch, w/ Naomi Watts, Ann Miller, Chad Everett and Billy Ray Cyrus) Innocent Hollywood wannabe Watts becomes entangled in murder, the mob and memory loss in Lynch’s typically bizarre exercise in film noir. 8 pm on CBC

TRADING SPACES: UNGLUED Paige Davis and company ditch the decorating for what they do best – bickering and backstabbing – on this all-bloopers special. 10 pm on TLC, repeated at midnight

THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999, dir Sofia Coppola, w/ Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett) A group of friends unravel the mystery of five beautiful teenage sisters in Coppola’s understated debut. Soundtrack by French electronic duo Air . 10 pm on Showcase, repeated at 1:15 am

Sunday, June 13

DRAWING OUT THE DEMONS 2004 doc traces bad-boy art star Attila Richard Lukacs ‘s journey from skinhead cause célèbre to drug addict and back again. 8 pm on Bravo

Monday, June 14

AC/DC LIVE AT DONNINGTON Classic metal – Back In Black, Highway To Hell, For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) – performed in concert by Angus and crew in front of a rabid 1991 festival crowd. 2 pm on MuchMore Music

Tuesday, June 15

P.O.V.: GEORGIE GIRL Documentary chronicles the life of one-time prostitute Georgina Beyer , who started life as a New Zealand farm boy and morphed from cabaret star to grassroots community leader to member of parliament, the world’s first transsexual to hold national office. 10 pm on PBS, repeated at 3 am

LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN

Chop-socky Jackie Chan promotes his remake of Around The World In 80 Days while Franz Ferdinand – the new-wavers from Scotland, not the archduke dude – make their first North American TV appearance. 12:35 am on NBC/CKVR, repeated 5 pm Wednesday on Star

Wednesday, June 16

81/2 (1963, dir Federico Fellini, w/ Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale and Anouk Aimée) Taking its name from the number of movies Fellini had completed at that point, his masterwork follows a blocked director who has no idea what he’s going to film for his next imminent project. 1 am on Bravo

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