JUDGE REFUSES TO SEQUESTER JURORS IN THE MICHAEL JACKSON MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL
http://www.accesshollywood.com/judge-no-sequestering-jury-in-michael-jackson-manslaughter-trial_article_52636
Archive for August, 2011
JUDGE REFUSES TO SEQUESTER JURORS IN THE MICHAEL JACKSON MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL
August 26, 2011DMX ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING IN PHOENIX
August 26, 2011DMX ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING IN PHOENIX
http://www.accesshollywood.com/dmx-arrested-for-speeding-clocked-at-102-mph-on-phoenix-highway_article_52648
CELEBRITY NEWS: AUGUST 26, 2011
August 26, 2011CELEBRITY NEWS: AUGUST 26, 2011
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity
Keke Palmer -18 years old
Evan Ross – 23 years old
Cassie Ventura (Bad Boy Artist) – 25 years old
Macaulay Culkin – 31 years old
Chris Pine (Star Trek) – 31 years old
Thalia – 40 years old
Melissa McCarthy (“Bridesmaids”) – 41 years old
Ola Ray (“Thriller” Video) – 51 years old
FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MOVIES/ NYC STREET FAIRS/ MEGA MILLIONS/ POWERBALL
August 26, 2011FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 8/26/11)
ANIMAL PLANET: Rat Busters NYC (Premiere) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 8/27/11)
FOOD: The Pioneer Woman (Premiere) at 11:30am
COOKING: Brunch @ Bobby’s (Premiere) at 2pm
COOKING: Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day (Premiere) at 3pm
(SUNDAY 8/28/11)
MTV: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show (Premiere) at 8pm
MTV: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV: I Just Want My Pants Back (Premiere) at 11pm
SUNDANCE: Ludo Bites America (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: Leverage: (Summer Finale) at 9pm
Making it official, FOX picked up the formerly-canceled comedy Breaking In for a 13-episode second season which will be back on the network’s schedule in 2012. Breaking In stars Christian Slater and is created by Adam F. Goldberg and Seth Gordon. The sitcom is produced by Happy Madison Productions, Adam F. Goldberg Productions and Sethsquatch, Inc. in association with Sony Pictures Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Following a bidding war between ABC, CBS and NBC, it is expected the Country Music Association Awards will remain on ABC as part of a new agreement. Reports say the multi-year deal on ABC could reach $30 million per year and include a CMA Music Festival during the summer and a Christmas special. ABC has aired the CMA Awards since 2005 and before that CBS had rights to the awards event.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A week before its launch date, new NBC comedy Whitney will be available via video on demand on September 15, per B&C. Whitney, starring comedienne Whitney Cummings and Chris D’Elia makes its broadcast introduction on NBC’s fall schedule September 22 at 930p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
New episodes of Gene Simmons Family Jewels return to A&E Network’s schedule starting October 4 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Shonda Rhimes, creator of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice has sold a new period drama project to ABC titled Gilded Lillys. The drama is set in 1895 about a luxurious hotel, the family who owns it and the hotel’s staff and the guests who stay at the hotel. K.J. Steinberg is writing the script and so far ABC granted a script pick-up of the project. ABC Studios will produce Gilded Lillys and Rhimes will be executive producer along with Betsy Beers. Rhimes also has the new political drama Scandal on the midseason roster at ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Colombiana – Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Cliff Curtis
Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark – Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Alan Dale
Our Idiot Brother – Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Rudd, Emily Mortimer, Shirley Knight Hopkins
NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday August 27, 2011
West 4th St. Festival – from 6th ave. to University
Lexington Ave. Fair – 42nd & 57th St.
Sunday August 28, 2011
Sixth Ave. Summer Fair – 42nd to 56th St.
Amsterdam Avenue Festival – from 76th to 86th St.
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $14 million
Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $61 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
MICHAEL SHOWERS (TREME) FOUND DEAD IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER
August 25, 2011MICHAEL SHOWERS (TREME) FOUND DEAD IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER
http://www.accesshollywood.com/treme-actor-michael-showers-found-dead-in-mississippi-river_article_52647
ESTHER GORDY EDWARDS HAS DIED
August 25, 2011ESTHER GORDY EDWARDS HAS DIED
http://news.yahoo.com/motown-figure-esther-gordy-edwards-dies-age-91-151431261.html
SARA GILBERT & ALLISON ADLER HAVE SPLIT AFTER 10 YEARS
August 25, 2011SARA GILBERT & ALLISON ADLER HAVE SPLIT AFTER 10 YEARS
http://www.accesshollywood.com/sara-gilbert-and-longtime-partner-split-after-10-years_article_52625
JASON BATEMAN & AMANDA ANKA ARE EXPECTING THEIR SECOND CHILD
August 25, 2011JASON BATEMAN & AMANDA ANKA ARE EXPECTING THEIR SECOND CHILD
http://www.accesshollywood.com/another-daughter-on-the-way-for-jason-bateman-and-wife-amanda-anka_article_52612
CELEBRITY NEWS: AUGUST 25, 2011
August 25, 2011CELEBRITY NEWS: AUGUST 25, 2011
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity
Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) – 24 years old
Rachel Bilson (The O.C.) – 30 years old
Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) – 35 years old
Ben Falcone – 38 years old
Claudia Schiffer – 41 years old
Cameron Mathison (All My Children) – 42 years old
Rachael Ray 43 years old
Blair Underwood – 47 years old
Billy Ray Cyrus – 50 years old
Tim Burton – 53 years old
Elvis Costello – 57 years old
Gene Simmons (Kiss) – 62 years old
Regis Philbin – 80 years old
Sean Connery – 81 years old
FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ CASTING CALL
August 25, 2011FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 8/25/11)
ABC: Expedition Impossible (Finale) at 9pm
Thought to be defunct sitcom, Breaking In starring Christian Slater may get a reprieve from FOX. The network is working on a 13-episode second season order for Breaking In which would be part of a bigger deal involving the show’s co-creator Adam F. Goldberg. Sony Pictures Television, the production studio behind Breaking In and another comedy project from Goldberg is tying the two sitcoms together in a package deal for FOX.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Long-time series Inside the NFL received a three-year extension from Showtime and NFL Films just as the series begins its fourth season on Showtime, reports Variety. The series first aired on HBO in 1977 and moved to Showtime in 2008. Featuring anchor James Brown along with ex pro NFLers Cris Collinsworth, Phil Simms and Warren Sapp as commentators, the series is produced by CBS Sports and NFL Films.
(Source: Cynopsis)
As ABC’s final broadcast date of daytime soap All My Children approaches (September 23), SOAPnet revealed plans to honor the multi-decade drama. On September 17 at 7p, SOAPnet will air a mini marathon of AMC episodes under the banner: I Love Lucci with five back-to-back episodes featuring Susan Lucci as Erica Kane. Following on September 18 at 5p, SOAPnet will air All My Children: Last Chance for Romance highlighting seven episodes featuring the show’s most celebrated lovers: Cliff and Nina; Jenny and Greg; Tad and Dixie; Ryan and Gillian; Leo and Greenlee; Zach and Kendall; and Angie and Jesse.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Thursday nights will gain the reality series The Millionaire Matchmaker as the Bravo series moves off of Mondays beginning September 8 at 9p. The series will continue to air a new episode next Monday at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Late-night show Last Call with Carson Daly, currently airing on NBC at 135a, will also air on Fuse, the national music television network of The Madison Square Garden Company. Fuse made a deal with NBCUniversal Domestic Distribution involving the rights to rebroadcast Last Call’s new episodes beginning with the premiere of the 2011 season. Last Call episodes on NBC will air the following day on Fuse. In addition, extra Last Call content will be available via Fuse.tv including extended interviews and performances. Last Call with Carson Daly is produced by Universal Media Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CASTING CALL
Authentic Entertainment is casting for unique, diverse families from around the country for a new documentary-style reality show on a major cable network. The producers are looking for high school students who hesitate to invite friends over because they are embarrassed by their crazy family and parents who have a hobby, job or obsession that many would consider unusual. If your family is bizarre, exciting and different, the producers want to meet you. Interested applicants should send name, contact info, city along with a brief description of what makes your family so bizarre to: info@familycasting.tv.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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