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CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 6, 2011
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Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious”) – 28 years old
Adirenne Palicki (Friday Night Lights) – 28 years old
Edyta Sliwinska (Dancing With The Stars) – 29 years oldGeorge Clooney – 50 years old
Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel) – 51 years old
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars) – 56 years old
Lynn Whitfield – 58 years old
Bob Seger – 66 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 5/6/11)
CBS: Flashpoint (Premiere) at 8pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Main Street Mysteries (Finale) at 8:30pm
FOX: Fringe (Finale) at pm

(SATURDAY 5/7/11)
NBC: 137th Annual Kentucky Derby at 4pm 
HGTV: Sarah’s Summer House (Premiere) at 8pm
LOGO: Pretty Hurts (Premiere) at 8pm
HBO: Lady Gaga Monster Ball Concert (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: My Cat from Hell (Premiere) at 9pm
BBC AMERICA: The Graham Norton Show (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Tina Fey, Musical Guest: Ellie Gouldiing at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 5/8/11)
MTV2: Funk Full Flex Throttle (Premiere) at 1:30pm
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: Wild Animal Repo (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD: Best In Smoke (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: Why Not? With Shania Twain (Premiere) at 11pm
CBS: The Amazing Race (Finale) at 8pm
CBS: CSI: Miami (Finale) at 10pm
STYLE: Ruby (Finale) at 8pm
FOOD: Last Cake Standing (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: Ax Men (Finale) at 9pm
ABC: Brothers & Sisters (Finale) at 10:01pm
OWN: The Judds (Finale) at 10pm

Hosts Ryan Dunn and Jessica Chobot, along with a team of experts, execute real-life stunts based on pop culture moments from films, television and videogames in the new series G4’s Proving Ground on G4.  The new series looks at spinning webs like Spiderman to teleporting like Captain Kirk.  G4 opens G4’s Proving Ground on June 14 at 8p.  Bongo Pictures produces the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Production picks back up for E!’s late-night mocku-series After Lately featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the network’s talk show Chelsea Lately following a renewal order for a second season. After Lately just concluded its first run April 24 and averaged 1.0 million total viewers each week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX’s upcoming singing competition series The X Factor officially tapped British pop star Cheryl Cole as one of the judges, joining Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Simon Cowell.  Cole has served as judge on the UK edition of The X Factor for three years.  Cole, Reid, Cowell and a fourth judge to be announced will travel to audition cities searching for the next worldwide superstar or music group.  Auditions continue in Dallas on May 26. The X Factor is produced by Syco Television and FremantleMedia North America.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Neil Patrick Harris once again will host the 65th Annual Tony Awards this year which airs live on CBS June 12.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Longtime CEO of MTV Networks, Judy McGrath announced she is resigning her position.  The company said yesterday a replacement for her position would not be named though those executives reporting directly to Judy – Van Toffler, Doug Herzog and Cyma Zarghami – will now report directly to Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Thor – Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Jaime Alexander, Anthony Hopkins
Something Borrowed – Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski, Colin Egglesfield, Steve Howey
Jumping The Broom – Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Tasha Smith, Loretta Devine
The Beaver (Limited Release) – Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday May 6, 2011
Cinco De Mayo At Grand Central Station Fair – 43^rd St. from Lexington Ave. to 3^rd Ave.

Saturday May 7, 2011
Greenwich Ave. Festival – from 6^th to 7^th Ave.
Third Ave. Merchants Spring Expo – from 23^rd to 34th

Sunday May 8, 2011
Broadway Festival – from 8^th to 14^th St.
Upper Broadway Festival – 60^th to 65^th St.
Amsterdam Ave. Fair – 96^th to 106^th St.

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Today’s Jackpot is $12 million

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CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 5, 2011
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Chris Brown – 22 years old
Adele – 23 years old
Brooke Hogan – 23 years old
Henry Cavil (The Tudors) – 28 years old
Danielle Fishel (Boy Meets World) – 30 years old
Tina Yothers (Family Ties) – 38 years old
Darrin Dewitt Henson (“Soul Food’) – 39 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 5/5/11)
TLC: Pawn Queens (Premiere) at 10pm
TRUTV: It Only Hurts When I Laugh (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING CHANNEL: The Originals With Emeril (Premiere) at 10:30pm
TRUTV: World’s Dumbest…. (Finale) at 9pm
NBC: 30 Rock (Finale) at 10pm

Ten new episodes of the single-camera comedy, Workaholics comprising a second season were ordered by Comedy Central.  Since its April 6 premiere, Workaholics has averaged 1.2 million total viewers for its first four episodes through April 27. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

A third season of MTV’s docu-series Teen Mom is back on the schedule starting July 5 at 10p.  Additionally, Teen Mom was approved for a fourth season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Production began on the sophomore season of Food Network’s primetime series, The Great Food Truck Race featuring Chef Tyler Florence continuing as host.  During the second season, eight different food trucks from around the US will participate in a coast-to-coast culinary road trip visiting a new city each week to compete in various challenges.  The race will stop in Santa Monica, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Denver, Manhattan, KS, Memphis, Atlanta and Miami.  The last food truck standing at the end of the season wins $100,000.  The Great Food Truck Race premieres August 14 at 10p following the Food Network Star finale and episodes will air on Sundays at 9p through September 25. The Great Food Truck Race is produced by RelativityREAL, LLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor/writer Bill Hader is the new host of Turner Classic Movies’ (TCM) franchise TCM Essentials Jr.  Throughout the summer on Sunday nights, Hader will present 13 films aiming at parents and kids starting June 5 with The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.  Hader is best known as a regular on NBC’s Saturday Night Live for the last five years and is also a producer on Comedy Central’s South Park.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jersey Shore star Mike Sorrentino (aka The Situation) inked a development deal with MTV for a potential upcoming series.  A pilot presentation will be filmed yet this year which will be considered for a pickup. 
(Source: Cynopsis)