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The Showtime Original Series Californication is back with an all-new season, and this time famed novelist and NYC transplant Hank Moody is heading back to school as a college professor. The truth-telling, hard-living scribe struggles to balance his new life as the Big Man on Campus, while raising a rebellious daughter to “do as I say, not as I do.”

andPOP is giving away 10 copies of the soundtrack to the newest season of Californication. Artists include:

- Rob Zombie
- Warren Zevon
- Sheryl Crow
- Nick Cave
- Jorge Claderon
- Neil Nathan
- Shaw Blades

Contest ends Nov 15th 2009.

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Hank Moody (David Duchovny, X-Files) and his various neuroses spring back to life when the shocking and sexy SHOWTIME hit series CALIFORNICATION debuts its Golden Globe nominated second season on DVD August 25 from Showtime Networks, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment.  This two-disc set features all 12 smart, edgy second season episodes plus loads of all-new bonus features.

Heralded by critics as “Showtime’s steamier answer to Entourage” (Variety) and “amongst the absolute best on TV” (Eclipse Magazine), CALIFORNICATION follows Duchovny’s Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Hank Moody as he struggles with his multitude of addictions while raising his daughter with his on-again/off-again girlfriend. CALIFORNICATION features a stellar supporting cast that includes Natasha McElhone (Ronin), Pamela Adlon (King of the Hill), Madeleine Martin (Ice Age: The Meltdown), Madeline Zima (The Nanny) and Evan Handler (Sex and the City). READ MORE »

The Red Hot Chili Peppers apparently have a hot temper.

In a suit filed today, the Chili Peppers accused Showtime of violating federal trademark laws with their new David Duchovny show, “Californication,” which has the same name as the famous Red Hot Chili Peppers album.

Anthony Keidis, the lead singer, said that “‘Californication’ is the signature CD, video and song of the band’s career. For some TV show to come along and steal our identity is not right.”

The word has been around since 1972, originally meaning the “haphazard, mindless development that has already gobbled up most of Southern California” and used in Time magazine.

The band formed in Los Angeles in 1983, and released the “Californication” album in 1999.