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CELEBRITY NEWS: OCTOBER 19, 2018
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Gillian Jacobs (NBC’s Community) – 36 years old
Gabrielle Dennis (Insecure/ The Bobby Brown Story) – 37 years old
Omar Gooding (Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper) – 42 years old
Desmond Harrington (Dexter) – 42 years old
Chris Kattan (formerly of Saturday Night Live) – 48 years old
Trey Parker (co-creator of South Park) – 49 years old
Jon Favreau (“Iron Man 3”) – 52 years old
Ty Pennington (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) – 54 years old
Evander Holyfield (Boxer) – 56 years old
Floyd Mayweather Sr. (former Boxer) – 66 years old
John Lithgow (Third Rock From The Sun/ “Shrek”) – 73 years old
Michael Gambon (“Harry Potter” movies) – 78 years old 

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/19/18)
BRAVO: Get A Room with Carson & Thom (Premiere) at 9pm
COOKING: Extreme Cake Makers (Premiere) at 10:30pm
OVATION: Fake or Fortune (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Treehouse Masters (Finale) at 8pm
PBS: Autumnwatch New England (Finale) at 8pm

(SATURDAY 10/20/18)
ANIMAL PLANET: Wolves and Warriors (Finale) at 10pm
OWN: Black Love (Finale) at 10pm
OXYGEN: Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers (Finale) at 7pm

(SUNDAY 10/21/18)
FOOD NETWORK: Barefoot Contessa: Cook Like A Pro (Premiere) at 12:30pm
GAME SHOW NETWORK: Cover Story (Premiere) at 7pm
HGTV: Hawaii Life (Premiere) at 8pm and 8:30pm
HGTV: Bahamas Life (Premiere) at 9pm and 9:30pm
HGTV: Caribbean Life (Premiere) at 10pm and 10:30pm
PBS: The Woman In White (Premiere) at 10pm
POP: Wolf Creek (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: 90 Day Fiancé (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: American Monster (Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: Shameless (Finale) at 9pm
STARZ: Warriors of Liberty City (Finale) at 8pm

The restructuring of CBS Corp’s executive suite, following the departure of longtime CEO Les Moonves, took a major step forward on Thursday, with President and interim CEO Joe Ianniello naming David Nevins as Chief Creative Officer, CBS Corporation, effective immediately. Nevins was also promoted to Chairman of Showtime Networks Inc., and will remain as the business’ Chief Executive Officer. Christina Spade, Showtime’s Chief Financial Officer, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CBS Corp.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In his new role Nevins will be responsible for the oversight of programming, marketing and research across CBS Television Studios, the CBS Television Network’s Entertainment division, Showtime Networks and, in conjunction with CBS Interactive, programming for CBS All Access, as well as oversee CBS’ interest in The CW. Spade will oversee all financial operations including treasury, tax, accounting, internal audit, information security and real estate.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“David has a brilliant creative mind and an impressive track record of success at Showtime and in the entertainment industry,” said Ianniello. “He is a forward-thinking leader who has driven programming excellence and subscriber growth for the cable network and its growing over-the-top service. The combination of David working with the outstanding and proven creative leaders we have in place will continue to build our position as a global premium content powerhouse.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC rewarded breakout drama Manifest by picking up three more episodes of the series, bringing its total count to 16. The network will run original episodes of the missing plane drama continuously in the first quarter of 2019 without repeats. Manifest joins NBC drama New Amsterdam, which also received a back order.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bette Midler is joining Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker for Freeform’s Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash, celebrating the cult classic film’s milestone anniversary. The two-hour special, filmed at the Hollywood Cemetery, bows Saturday, October 20 at 8:15p as part of Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween” programming event.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Price Is Right hired a new “model” – former NFL player Devin Goda. He joins the game show on Monday, Oct 22 at 11a on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The 73rd Annual Tony Awards are set for Sunday, June 9, 2019 and will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York at 8p on CBS. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment return as executive producers with Weiss serving as director for the 19th consecutive year. Nominations will be announced Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC announced part of its “25 Days of Christmas” programming slate. In this year’s mix are the return of The Great Christmas Light Fight, beginning Monday, November 26 at 8p, and The Great American Baking Show Holiday Edition, premiering Thursday, December 6 at 9p. Former Spice Girl, Emma Bunton, joins Anthony “Spice” Adams as host of the latter.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Telemundo unveiled coverage of the Latin American Music Awards on Thursday, October 25. Red carpet show La Alfombra de Latin AMAs kicks off the night a 7p, followed by the awards ceremony at 8p, and the behind-the-scenes action on Latin AMAs: Acceso VIP at 11:35p. In addition, there will digital coverage via Instagram series Latin AMAs Refreshed, a YouTube “First Look Cam” from the red carpet, the Latin AMAs Social Backstage, featuring interviews with winners, presenters and performers, a Snapchat Official Life Story and Facebook’s Augmented Reality lens.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Heather Graham is set to topline The Hypnotist’s Love Story, a drama picked up by ABC that’s based on the book by Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty. Project centers on successful hypnotherapist Ellen who, after a string of failed romances, is optimistic about her current boyfriend, until he reveals a disturbing truth: a stalker ex-girlfriend.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lionsgate is developing adaptations of its Kim Kardashian West prank show You Kiddin’ Me?! in the UK and Australia. Plus, it’s looking to line up international linear deals for the Facebook Watch format, which features celebrities and their families pulling pranks on the public. British producer Primal Media and Australia’s Eureka are developing local versions of the show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 3 of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath debuts Tuesday, November 27 at 9p on A&E Network, spanning eight episodes and four specials.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ID’s People Magazine Investigates returns on Monday, November 5 at 10p. The 15-episode third season takes viewers to the epicenter of compelling crimes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1’s T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle premieres Monday, October 22 at 9p. New series showcases complicated marriages, young love, health scares and T.I. and Tiny working to keep their family together.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Topics like guns, sleep, technology, cops and more are explored in Adam Ruins Everything’s new season debuting Tuesday, November 27 at 10p on truTV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Smithsonian Channel’s America in Color returns on Sunday, November 18 at 8p. Season 2 dives deeper into historical archives, private collections and home movies, digitizing over 23 miles of footage, in search of people, places and moments that helped define the 20th century.
(Source: Cynopsis)

House Hunters: Home for the Holidays premieres on HGTV on Tuesday, November 27 at 9p and 9:30p. The spinoff features stories of families searching for a new place to celebrate the holidays.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) narrates Bloomberg Philanthropies’ climate change documentary, Paris to Pittsburgh. The film, which explores the efforts of individuals battling severe threats of climate change in their own backyards, bows on National Geographic on Wednesday, December 12 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AXS TV introduces The Day the Rock Star Died on Tuesday, November 6 at 8:30p. The special takes an in-depth look at the life, legacy and death of Whitney Houston.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BBC America monkeys around on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22. Chimp Sanctuary bows at 9p, followed by Chimps of the Lost Gorge at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Two-hour special Leah Remini: The Jehovah’s Witnesses premieres on A&E on Tuesday, November 13 at 9p. Remini and Miki Rinder meet with four members of the organization and explore how other groups besides Scientology can subvert and exploit belief.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Sicilian Tenors, international singers who blend classic opera with Rat Pack shenanigans, are recording their first television special on Sunday, November 3 at Weinberg Theater in Frederick, MD. It will air in May 2019 on Public TV stations across the country as part of Pledge Month.
(Source: Cynopsis)

IFC’s third season of Brockmire announced its lineup of guest stars for Season 3. In the mix are MLB Hall of Fame inductee George Brett, sportscaster Bob Costas, Richard Kind (Red Oaks), Linda Lavin (Alice), Tawny Newsome (The Carmichael Show), Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) and Christine Woods (Hello Ladies).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mark Rufallo has signed on to play twin brothers in HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True… Derek Mio nabbed the lead in season 2 of AMC anthology series The Terror… Christian Camargo (Penny Dreadful) and Hera Hilmar (DaVinci’s Demons) nabbed series regular roles in Apple drama Sec… Anthony Edwards and Julie White (Transformers) landed major recurring roles in the upcoming third season of Designated Survivor, transplanted to Netflix … Louis Anderson is joining TBS dark comedy Search Party in a recurring role… Peter Halpin is heading to the cast of Netflix series Daredevil.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Twitter suspended some 1500 accounts for engaging in “coordinated platform manipulation,” said company officials, following a meme campaign designed to troll liberals as “nonplayable characters,” a term borrowed from video games. The nonplayable meme mocks Trump critics as brainless drones who can’t think for themselves.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lena Dunham’s newsletter website The Lenny Letter could be shutting down as early as today. Digiday reports that Lenny’s contributors have been notified of the closure. Dunham’s three-year-old site began an ad partnership with Conde Nast last year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mothers Matter, a four-part digital investigation into the high rate of death of American mothers from pregnancy related causes, premiered on TEGNA stations’ digital platforms on Thursday. Led by the Atticus investigative unit from WXIA in Atlanta, the series examines how the maternal mortality rating in the U.S. is more than double that of other developed nations, with African American women being three and four times more likely to die from complications of childbirth than any other race. Series is available for local on-air broadcast on Monday, October 22.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Halloween – Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Ginny Gardner, Nick Castle, Haluk Bilginer, James Jude Courtney
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Limited Release) – Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Gregory Korostishevsky, Jane Curtin, Stephen Spinella, Christian Navarro,
Change In The Air
What They Had (Limited Release) – Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Blythe Danner, Taissa Farmiga, Josh Lucas, Sarah Sutherland, Marilyn Dodds Frank
Wildlife (Limited Release) – Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Travis W. Bruyer, Darryl Cox, Mollie Milligan
Change In The Air (Limited Release) – Rachel Brosnahan, Aidan Quinn, Olympia Dukakis, M. Emmet Walsh, Seth Gilliam, Satya Bhabha, Mary Beth Hurt, Macy Gray

NYC STREET FAIRS – MANHATTAN
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NYC STREET FAIRS – BROOKLYN, QUEENS, BRONX, AND STATEN ISLAND
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