Today's TV highlights

9.30PM, TV3
ROVE LIVE
Wow, all the stars come out tonight. There's whoever got chucked out of Australian Big Brother this week. There's that guy who used to be in Savage Garden. And there's that guy from Powderfinger flogging his solo album.

9.30PM, TV ONE
PAPARAZZI
Final of the doco series about the workings of a London photo agency, Big Pictures, run by Ocker Darryn Lyons, who's now in the Australian version of Dragons' Den.


MOVIES
Rated out of 5 stars

8.40PM, PRIME
BEHIND THE MASK
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Donald Sutherland stars as Dr Bob Shushan, an overworked father who runs a clinic for the mentally and physically challenged. When he has a heart attack, he is saved by a janitor (Matthew Fox from Lost) and the two become friends.

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
JERSEY GIRL
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Vehicle for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, about a music industry PR who is widowed and slowly adjusts to solo parenting, helped by his dad (George Carlin) and a video store clerk (Liv Tyler). Sweet but pointless. (2004)

11.30PM, TV3
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS
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Examines the life of Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, considered a counter-revolutionary by the Cuban Government because of his writing and his homosexuality. Serving two years in prison, he writes letters for inmates and smuggles out a novel, which wins accolades around the world. Visually stunning, with an outstanding performance from Javier Bardem. Johnny Depp and Olivier Martinez also star. (2000)


SPORT

FRIDAY, TV ONE LIVE 7.30PM
NETBALL: NATIONAL BANK CUP FINAL: WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC V SOUTHERN STING
The Sting have dominated this series since its inception in 1998, appearing in all nine finals. They have won six titles but were beaten in the final by the Magic last year and must travel to Hamilton to try to reverse that result.

SKY SPORT 1 AND SKY SPORT 3 LIVE 2.30AM
SOCCER: WORLD CUP
1ST QUARTER-FINAL
GERMANY V ARGENTINA
At the time of writing this was one of two quarter-finals in which the teams were known, and what a cracker it will be, with hosts Germany against an on-form Argentina. The second quarter-final (potentially Italy v Switzerland) follows at 6.30am.

Two more quarterfinals are on Sunday (again live at 2.30am and 6.30am), with England v Portugal followed by a possible Brazil v Spain clash. The semifinals will be live on Wednesday and Thursday at 6.30am. TV One has live coverage of two quarterfinals - the later ones on Saturday and Sunday - and live coverage of both semifinals.