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Thursday, April 28
NASHVILLE STAR Catch the last shoot-out of the third season of the country version of American Idol. Child star LeAnn Rimes MCs, Poison’s Bret Michaels (!) acts the Cowell curmudgeon and the finalists include a rockabilly cop. 9 pm on CMT
BUSTER KEATON RIDES AGAIN Documentary follows the stony-faced silent movie comic as he makes his last film, The Railroader, in the Canadian Rockies. 10 pm on TVO, repeated at 1 am Sunday
Friday, April 29
MY TANGO WITH PORN When a socially progressive filmmaker joins the Ontario Film Review Board, she discovers her attitude toward pornography isn’t as clear-cut an issue as she believed. 10 pm on Newsworld, repeated at 1 and 4 am
Saturday, April 30
THE JOHNNY CASH MEMORIAL TRIBUTE Recorded at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium last spring and hosted by Tim Robbins , this concert honouring The Man in Black features performances by daughter Rosanne Cash and step-daughter Carlene Carter as well as friends George Jones , Hank Williams Jr. , Kris Kristofferson , Sheryl Crow , John Mellencamp and, er, Kid Rock . 8 pm on Bravo
Sunday, May 1
INSIDE THE ACTOR’S STUDIO Bette Midler tells the student actors how she went from campy crooner in a bathhouse, accompanied by avid pianist Barry Manilow, to Oscar-nominated actor. 5 pm On Bravo
BIGGIE AND TUPAC Confrontational filmmaker Nick Broomfield (Aileen: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, Kurt & Courtney) investigates the unsolved murders of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur and their links to both the FBI and organized crime. 10 pm on Newsworld, repeated at 1 am
Monday, May 2
CLIP TRIP Venezuelan disco-soul revivalists Los Amigos Invisibles present their favourite world music videos. 12:35 pm on MuchMoreMusic, repeated at 2 am
Tuesday, May 3
JUDGING AMY Disillusioned with the juvenile justice system, the single-mom attorney considers running for a U.S. Senate seat on the sixth season finale. Twin Peaks’ Sherilyn Fenn guests and Helen Shaver directs. 10 pm on CBS/Global
Wednesday, May 4
REVELATIONS Typecasting? Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit has a recurring role as an evil Satanist in this apocalyptic miniseries about a Harvard astrophysicist ( Bill Pullman ) and a nun ( Natascha McElhone ) in a race to forestall the Bible-prophesized destruction of the world. 8 pm on NBC
HOMOPHOBIA: THAT PAINFUL PROBLEM HOMOPHOBIA: THAT PAINFUL PROBLEM
Lionel Bernard ‘s documentary looks at recent events, including the murder of Matthew Shepherd in the U.S., violent demonstrations against the recognition of homosexual partners in France and riots in India protesting the release of Deepa Mehta’s Fire, to ask if homophobia is on the rise. 1:30 am on TVO
