RUSSELL BRAND NOT SEEKING KATY PERRY’S MONEY IN THEIR DIVORCE
http://www.accesshollywood.com/report-russell-brand-not-seeking-katy-perrys-money-despite-lack-of-prenup_article_60215
VIEW THE DOCUMENTS HERE
http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/08/katy-perry-divorce-russell-brand-maiden-name/
CELEBRITY NEWS: FEBRUARY 8, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity
Seth Green – 38 years old
Vince Neil (Motley Crue) – 51 years old
Mary Steenburgen – 59 years old
Brooke Adams (Monk) – 63 years old
Robert Klein – 70 years old
Nick Nolte – 71 years old
Ted Koppel – 72 years old
John Williams (Composer, “Star Wars”) – 80 years old
FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/8/12)
FOOD: Restaurant: Impossible (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Vegas Stripped (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
Syfy is renewing its reality competition series Face Off for a third season, giving the new season a 10-episode order. Production on the third season begins this spring for a summer 2012 premiere. Casting for trained and self-taught special effects makeup artists is presently underway and the current second run of Face Off airs on Wednesdays at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bounce TV made two separate, multi-year licensing deals with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Paramount Home Media Distribution to acquire African-American targeted movies. Titles acquired from Warner Bros. include Bird, Shaft, Greased Lightning, The Mack, Let’s Do It Again and Rosewood. Titles from Paramount include Critical Condition, Mahogany, Lady Sings the Blues, Best Defense, Vampire in Brooklyn and Heart Condition. Select new titles will air in Bounce TV’s Brown Sugar Saturday Night, the network’s new weekly movie primetime franchise that showcases urban cinema with a 1970s skew.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC Family has ordered the drama pilot Bunheads from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino to series. Sutton Foster stars as a Las Vegas showgirl who suddenly gets married and moves to the small town where her husband lives. The new wife works at a dance school operated by her new mother-in-law.
(Source: Cynopsis)
New single-camera comedy pilot, NBC’s Friday Night Dinner cast Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Allison Janney (West Wing) to play the parents, Gene and Barbara, per THR. The plot, adapted from a UK format by Greg Daniels centers on a quirky family that has dinner together every Friday night. Universal Television is producing with Howard Klein, Ken Kwapis and Daniels serving as EPs.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/5/12)
1) Adele – 21 – 121,940 (After 50 weeks – 6,385,230)
2) Lana Del Rey – Born To Die – 76,634
3) Leonard Cohen – Old Idea – 41,031
Other Debuts
8 ) Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance – 25,674
20) The Fresh Beat Band – Music From The Hit TV Show – 17,332
27) Metallica – Beyond Magnetic – 13,696
35) Soja – Strength To Survive – 11,838
47) Drive – Soundtrack – 9,079
POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $250 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. & SUSAN LEVIN WELCOME A SON
http://www.accesshollywood.com/robert-downey-jr-and-wife-susan-welcome-baby-boy_article_60162
BEYONCE SHOWS OFF POST BABY BODY
http://www.accesshollywood.com/beyonce-steps-out-for-first-time-since-giving-birth_article_60151
MADONNA ANNOUNCES 2012 WORLD TOUR
http://www.accesshollywood.com/madonna-announces-world-tour-stops-in-new-york-london-and-los-angeles_article_60148
JAY-Z PERFORMS AT CARNEGIE HALL WITH ALICIA KEYS AND NAS
http://www.accesshollywood.com/jay-z-performs-at-carnegie-hall-for-charity-with-alicia-keys-and-nas_article_60132
KRIS HUMPHRIES SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT
http://www.accesshollywood.com/access-exclusive-kris-humphries-sets-the-record-straight_article_60119
CELEBRITY NEWS: FEBRUARY 7, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/top
Tina Majorino (“Napoleon Dynamite”) – 27 years old
Ashton Kutcher – 34 years old
Essence Atkins (Half & Half) – 40 years old
Chris Rock – 47 years old
Garth Brooks – 50 years old
James Spader – 52 years old
Miguel Ferrer (Desperate Housewives) – 57 years old
FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 2/7/12)
ABC: The River (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Orange County (Premiere) at 9pm
OXYGEN: Jersey Couture (Premiere) at 10pm
Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI on NBC has become the most-watched television program in US history and the highest-rated Super Bowl event in 26 years, based on fast national data from Nielsen. Super Bowl XLVI was watched by a record 111.3 million total viewers from 631p to 958p, besting last year’s Super Bowl XLV on FOX with 111.0 million viewers. The top five most-watched programs in US history now include: 1. Super Bowl XLVI (NBC) at 111.3 million; 2. Super Bowl XLV (FOX) at 111.0 million; 3. Super Bowl XLIV (CBS) at 106.5 million; 4. M*A*S*H Finale (CBS) at 106.0 million; and 5. Super Bowl XLIII (NBC) at 98.7 million. Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI also posted a 47.0 rating and a 71 share, a +2% increase over last year’s Super Bowl XLV and is the highest-rated Super Bowl since 1986 (Bears-Patriots, Super Bowl XX with a 48.3/70). In addition, Sunday’s half-time show featuring Madonna is the most-watched ever with 114.0 million viewers from 8-830p. Directly after Super Bowl XLVI, NBC aired the season two premiere of The Voice which averaged a 16.3 rating among A18-49 and 37.6 million total viewers, becoming the highest-rated entertainment program with A18-49 viewers in six years.
(Source: Cynopsis)
According to TiVo, the top 10 commercials from Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI on NBC are:
1. Doritos Nacho Cheese “Man’s Best Friend”
2. M&Ms “Ms. Brown”
3. Doritos Nacho Cheese “Sling Baby”
4. Pepsi “Kings Court”
5. Volkswagon Beetle “The Dog Strikes Back”
6. NFL.net New Fantasy Game “Win a Million Bucks”
7. Acura NSX “Seinfeld”
8. Fiat 500 Abarth “Supermodel”
9. Chevy Camaro “Happy Grad”
10. E*Trade Baby “Fatherhood”
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network picked up the rights to Undercover Boss UK and Undercover Boss Australia which will be titled on both networks as Undercover Boss: Abroad. TLC will air the 28 one-hour episodes back-to-back on Mondays at 9p and 10p starting February 13 over 14 weeks. OWN will air the series in a similar fashion on Tuesdays at 8p and 9p beginning March 13. Undercover Boss: Abroad is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and is produced by Studio Lambert, a unit of All3Media Group. Furthermore, both networks will add Undercover Boss Canada later this spring.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jonathan Groff (Glee) is joining the second season of political series Boss on Starz. Groff will play an ambitious new member of Mayor Kane’s corrupt office.
(Source: Cyynopsis)
Former All My Children cast member, Thorsten Kaye landed a recurring role on NBC’s new musical drama Smash (which debuted Monday night). Kaye will begin with the show’s sixth episode playing a love interest for Anjelica Huston’s character.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $32 million
Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
