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CELEBRITY NEWS: APRIL 11, 2011
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Joss Stone – 24 years old
Jennifer Esposito (Samantha Who?) – 38 years old
Alessandra Ambrosio – 30 years old
Joel Grey – 79 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 4/11/11)
NBC: Law & Order: Los Angeles (Premiere) at 9pm
TRUTV: All Worked Up (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Paranormal State (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
DIY NETWORK: Turf War (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Cake Boss: (Finale) at 9pm
OXYGEN: All About Aubrey (Finale) at 10pm

Animated comedy, The Ricky Gervais Show renewed by HBO for a third season.  Gervais, his collaborating associate Stephen Merchant and friend Karl Pilkington are the voice talent on the show which concludes its second season this Friday.
(Source: Cynopsis)

For the first time, Bravo canceled one of its The Real Housewives series, voting no to a second season of The Real Housewives of D.C.  The series version set in Washington, D.C. bowed in August 2010 and lasted through its finale airing last October.  Bravo continues The Real Housewives editions in New York, Miami, New Jersey, Atlanta and Beverly Hills.
(Source: Cyopsis)

Comedy series How I Met Your Mother in off-net syndication will join the lineup on FX starting this fall.  The series produced by 20th Century Fox Television currently runs in syndication on Lifetime which will continue running the show in reruns even while it debuts on FX.  How I Met Your Mother also airs on broadcast television stations in syndication.   CBS recently renewed How I Met Your Mother for two more seasons in March.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Dina Manzo gains her own show on HGTV as the network commences production on a new weekly party planning series opening in September.  Each episode follows Manzo and her staff at event company Design Affairs as they create extravagant events, from baby showers to graduation celebrations in client’s homes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Hop – $21.3 million
Hanna – 12.4 million
Arthur – $12.2 million
Soul Surfer – $10.6 million
Insidious – $9.4 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: APRIL 8, 2011
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Taran Noah Smith (Home Improvement) – 27 years old
Patricia Arquette – 43 years old
Robin Wright – 45 years old
Julian Lennon – 48 years old
John Schneider (The Dukes Of Hazzard) – 51 years old
Vivienne Westwood – 70 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 4/8/11)
CMT: The Singing Bee (Premiere) at 8pm
CMT: CMT’s Next Superstar (Premiere) at 9pm
WE TV: Frasier (Premiere) at 8pm
DIY NETWORK: King Of Dirt (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Outrageous Food (Premiere) at 10pm
HALLMARK: Whatever, You’re Wrong (Premiere) at 11pm
HALLMARK: Whatever, Martha! (Premiere) at 11:30pm
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?: Ashley Judd (Finale) at 8pm
SYFY: Merlin (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 4/9/11)
ANIMAL PLANET: It’s Me Or The Dog (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Cats 101 (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: Oddities (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Helen Mirren, Musical Guest: Foo Fighters

(SUNDAY 4/10/11)
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: Human Planet (Premiere) at 8pm
E!: Khloe & Lamar (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: The Dance Scene (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Shark Men (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: The Judds (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: River Monsters (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Secret Millionaire (Finale) at 8pm

Three of the Jersey Shore cast mates will get their own spinoff shows from MTV.   Best girlfriends Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWoww” Farley will be featured in one while the second show will highlight Paul “DJ Pauly D” Delvecchio’s steady job as a DJ.  Neither series has a title yet though each received 12episode orders and production will begin later this year for 2012 premieres.  495 Productions, behind the original Jersey Shore is producing both new series.  The full cast is still expected to travel to Italy this spring for the filming of the next season of Jersey Shore.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC scheduled the remaining five episodes of freshman action/drama series The Chase to air starting April 23 at 8p.  The Chase stars Kelli Giddish as a tough US Marshal and its last airing on January 26 delivered 4.17 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Midseason animated comedy, Bob’s Burgers renewed by FOX for a sophomore season.  Produced by 20th Century Fox, Bob’s Burgers is part of the network’s Animation Domination Sunday night block.
(Source: Cynopsis)

 Mary McDonnell promoted to series regular on TNT’s The Closer.  McDonnell will continue as Captain Sharon Raydor for the series’ final seventh season starring Kyra Sedgwick with 21 total episodes 10 airing this summer, five next winter and the final six eps during summer 2012.  There is also speculation McDonnell will replace Sedgwick if TNT opts to continue The Closer franchise or some of The Closer’s present cast will transition into a spinoff titled Major Crimes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Collette Wolfe, recently seen on ABC’s Cougar Town is moving to NBC for the comedy pilot Loveliness, per TVLine.  Wolfe replaces Amanda Loncar’s role on the pilot playing Holly, newly married to Tim (Ryan Hansen) as they  deal with the reality of being a newly married couple.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Amid open auditions for FOX’s upcoming competition series The X Factor, it was revealed the show will sport two hosts mainly to differentiate it from American Idol.  So far, the only judge confirmed is former record label chairman L.A. Reid.  The X Factor will debut this fall on FOX.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Arthur – Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Garner, Nick Nolte
Your Highness – Danny R. McBride, James Franco, Rasmus Hardiker, Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Portman
Hanna – Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Tom Hollander, Cate Blanchett, Olivia Williams
Soul Surfer – Dennis Quaid, AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Lorraine Nicholson, Carrie Underwood

MEGA MILLIONS
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POWERBALL
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