Archive for September, 2011

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MOVIES/ NYC STREET FAIRS/ MEGA MILLIONS/ POWERBALL

September 9, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/9/11)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: 4Real (Premiere) at 9pm
SUNDANCE: Unleashed By Garo (Premiere) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 9/10/11)
A&E: Fix This Kitchen (Premiere) at 9:30am
A&E: Disaster Guy (Premiere) at 12pm
FUEL TV: The moto: Inside The Outdoors (Premiere) at 6pm
FOX: Cops (Premiere) at 8pm
HGTV: Dina’s Party (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Donna Decorates Dallas (Premiere) at 10:30pm

(SUNDAY 9/11/11)
FOOD: Sandra’s Money Saving Meals (Premiere) at 9:30am
NBC: Football Night In America (Premiere) at 7pm
UNIVISION: Mira Quien Baila! (Premiere) at 8pm
HBO: True Blood (Finale) at 9pm
HBO: Curb Your Enthusiasm (Finale) at 10pm
HBO: Entourage (Series Finale) at 10:30pm

The series finale of FX’s Rescue Me ended Wednesday at 10p with 2.3 million total viewers and 1.3 million with A18-49. During its seventh and final season, Rescue Me averaged nearly 1.5 million total viewers which is +10% better than the previous sixth season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On Tuesday, Bravo aired the season finale of Flipping Out which delivered its best-rated episode in the series’ history and also the season premiere of The Rachel Zoe Project which scored its highest-rated season debut ever among all key demos, based on Nielsen’s ratings data. The season five conclusion of Flipping Out attracted 1.76 million total viewers and 1.14 million among A18-49. The Rachel Zoe Project opened a fourth season with 1.26 million total viewers and 801,000 with A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC has plans to adapt Candace Bushnell’s 2008 book One Fifth Avenue and Josh Safran will write the adaptation and Mark Gordon is on board to produce. The project is called One Fifth and described as Sex and the City meets The Good Wife about columnist Cassie Bingham who moves back to her downtown apartment located at One Fifth Avenue after her husband asks for a separation. Bushnell will also be involved as producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV host Chris Harrison (current host of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor Pad) is about to get busier as ABC tapped him to emcee its new game show You Deserve It where contestants compete to win up to $500,000 for someone else, sometimes a family member, who is in need. The show’s six episodes begin taping next month though no premiere date has been announced.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Upcoming competition reality series Best Ink on Oxygen Media is set in the world of tattoo artists and has selected TV host/recording artist Kimberly Caldwell (American Idol, Season 2) as host, a tattoo enthusiast herself. Best Ink is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions and is slated to premiere this winter.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A half-hour comedy is being developed at ABC Studios based on the book The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Jennifer Garner’s company Vandalia Films, cites Variety. The book, written by Alexandra Robbins is about seven different students with distinct quirks and how their personalities will prove valuable in adulthood. Bert Royal will write the pilot and Donna Roth and Susan Arnold will produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former star of ER, Laura Innes was cast in a major recurring role on NBC’s midseason drama Awake. Innes will also direct one or two episodes of the series. In the cop drama, Innes will play Captain Tricia Harper, Michael Britten’s (Jason Isaacs) boss at the police department.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Contagion – Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Kate Winslet
Warrior – Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo, Nick Nolte
Creature – Serinda Swan, Mehcad Brooks, Sid Haig, Daniel Bernhardt, Dillon Casey
Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star – Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Don Johnson, Stephen Dorff, Edward Herrmann
Laugh At My Pain (Limited Release) – Kevin Hart
Tanner Hall (Limited Release) – Rooney Mara, Georgia King, Amy Ferguson, Brie Larson, Tom Everett Scott
The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975 (Documentary, Limited Release)  Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge, Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday September 10, 2011
Grammercy Park Neighborhood Summer Festival – on 3rd Ave. from 14th to 23rd St.
3rd Ave. Community Festival – from 66th – 86th St.
Woodside Festival (Queens) – from 63rd St. to Roosevelt Ave.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $44 million

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

www.NYLottery.org

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $20 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

www.NYLottery.org

LADY GAGA TO ROCK TIMES SQUARE FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE

September 8, 2011

LADY GAGA TO ROCK TIMES SQUARE FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE
http://www.accesshollywood.com/lady-gaga-to-rock-times-square-for-dick-clarks-new-years-special_article_53233

LIL WAYNE NOMINATED FOR 18 BET HIP HOP AWARDS

September 8, 2011

LIL WAYNE NOMINATED FOR 18 BET HIP HOP AWARDS
http://www.accesshollywood.com/lil-wayne-tops-nominees-for-bet-hip-hop-awards-with-record-18-nominations_article_53223

MARY TYLER MOORE TO RECEIVE A SCREEN ACTORS GUILD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

September 8, 2011

MARY TYLER MOORE TO RECEIVE A SCREEN ACTORS GUILD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
http://www.accesshollywood.com/mary-tyler-moore-to-receive-screen-actors-guild-life-achievement-award-in-january_article_53214

PARIS COURT CONVICTS DESIGNER JOHN GALLIANO IN ANTI-SEMITISM CASE

September 8, 2011

PARIS COURT CONVICTS DESIGNER JOHN GALLIANO IN ANTI-SEMITISM CASE
http://www.accesshollywood.com/paris-court-convicts-ex-dior-designer-john-galliano-in-anti-semitism-case_article_53192

JURY SELECTION TO BEGIN IN MICHAEL JACKSON DOCTOR’S TRIAL

September 8, 2011

JURY SELECTION TO BEGIN IN MICHAEL JACKSON DOCTOR’S TRIAL
http://www.accesshollywood.com/search-for-jurors-to-begin-in-manslaughter-case-of-michael-jacksons-doctor_article_53181

REESE WITHERSPOON HIT BY A CAR WHILE JOGGING

September 8, 2011

REESE WITHERSPOON HIT BY A CAR WHILE JOGGING
http://www.accesshollywood.com/reese-witherspoon-resting-after-being-struck-by-car-in-la-incident-described-as-minor_article_53166

NEIL DIAMOND IS ENGAGED

September 8, 2011

NEIL DIAMOND IS ENGAGED
http://www.accesshollywood.com/neil-diamond-reveals-engagement-on-twitter_article_53168

CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

September 8, 2011

CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Home Improvement) – 30 years old
Pink – 32 years old
Larenz Tate (Rescue Me) – 36 years old
David Arquette – 40 years old
Brooke Burke – 40 years old
Sid Caesar – 89 years old

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ BROADWAY/ FASHION’S NIGHT OUT

September 8, 2011

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/8/11)
VERSUS: NBC SportsTalk (Premiere) at 6pm
NBC: Sunday Night Football (Premiere) at 8:30pm
USA: Burn Notice (Finale) at 9pm
USA: Suits (Finale) at 10pm
ABC: Rookie Blue (Finale) at 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Futurama (Finale) at 10pm
FX: Wilfred (Finale) at 10pm
FX: Louie (Finale) at 10:30pm

President Barack Obama’s address to Congress airing live on most broadcast and cable news networks at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime set the second season premiere date of Gigolos on October 20 at 11p. The unscripted series, with eight new episodes, takes an uncensored look inside the lives of high-end male escorts Nick, Vin, Steven, Jimmy and Brace as they juggle relationships, friendships and family as well as the demands of their female clients. Prior to the new season debut, Showtime will air the complete first season starting September 8 at 11p with the first two episodes back-to-back with weekly episodes and ending with the last two eps on October 13 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new season of VH1 Tough Love Miami with Master Matchmaker Steve Ward and his mother JoAnn opens October 2 at 8p on VH1. The new season, with eleven one-hour episodes, has the son/mother duo working with eight relationship-challenged women in Miami to help them finally land Mr. Rights. Furthermore, Steve and JoAnn Ward will star in a one-hour docu-special for VH1 called Tough Love: The Wards Get Real airing October 9 at 9p. The series and the special are executive produced by Jim Berger and Pamela Healey for High Noon Entertainment as well as Nancy Juvonen, Drew Barrymore, Ember Truesdell and Chris Miller for Flower Films. Steve and JoAnn Ward are also executive producers for the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The sophomore season of scripted series Workaholics premieres September 20 at 1030p on Comedy Central following the fall season debut of Tosh.0 at 10p. The stars of Workaholics, Adam Devine, Blake Anderson and Anders Holm will also host the red carpet pre-show of the network’s Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen on September 19 at 930p on comedycentral.com and on Comedy Central at 945p. The actual Roast of Charlie Sheen airs at 10p on September 19.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former The Bachelor star Bob Guiney is hosting HGTV’s new series Showhouse Showdown debuting next Monday at 10p. In each episode, local interior designers from across the country will battle to complete ten room makeovers inside two, newly-built identical model homes. Potential buyers will vote for the designer who they think did the best.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In primetime next month, Food Network offers up a new four-episode competition series surrounding Halloween as Halloween Wars bows October 2 at 9p. The series watches as five teams made up of cake decorators, candy makers and pumpkin carvers working together to create Halloween-themed displays. One team is eliminated each week with the final team winning $50,000. Justin Willman (Cupcake Wars) will host the series and cake decorator Shinmin Li and Hollywood conceptual artist Miles Teves will judge the teams along with one rotating celebrity guest judge each week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime’s upcoming new competition series Project Accessory will be hosted byactress/model Molly Sims and lifestyle expert Eva Lorenzotti will serve as the contestant’s mentor. Twelve aspiring artists will be charged with creating the newest and hottest trends in accessories competing for attention from Sims and judges designer Kenneth Cole and InStyle Editor, Ariel Foxman. Lifetime has ordered eight one-hour episodes slated to premiere yet this year following Project Runway All Stars. Project Accessory is produced by The Weinstein Company and Goodbye Pictures.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ER alum Eriq La Salle joins another hospital drama this fall playing a neuropsychiatrist on CBS’ new medical/medium drama A Gifted Man. La Salle landed a multi-episode run when the series debuts on CBS September 23 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Nick Jonas To Replace Daniel Radcliffe On Broadway
http://www.accesshollywood.com/nick-jonas-to-replace-daniel-radcliffe-on-broadway-in-how-to-succeed-in-business_article_53130

FASHION’S NIGHT OUT 2011
Tonight is the 3rd Annual event.
http://fashionsnightout.com/