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CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 6, 2012
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Shaquille O’Neal – 40 years old
Connie Britton – 45 years old
D.L. Hughley – 49 years old
Tom Arnold – 53 years old
Anna Maria Horsford (Amen) – 64 years old
Rob Reiner (All In The Family) – 67 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 3/6/12)
FOX: I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Premiere) at 8:30pm
FOX: Breaking In (Premiere) at 9:30pm
A&E: Storage Wars: Teas (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
ENCORE: The Crimson Petal And The White (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV: Demi Lovato: Stay Strong (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: Demi Lovato: Stay Strong Live After Show (Premiere) at 11pm
SPIKE: Ink Master (Finale) at 10pm

Lifetime opens its docu-series Dance Moms: Miami on April 3 at 1030p following the 90-minute spring finale of the dance competition docu-soap Dance Moms. Starting April 10, Dance Moms: Miami will air in its regular time slot of 9p. The new series, produced by Collins Avenue, will go inside the Miami-based Stars Dance Studio following the school’s owners and dance instructors as well as the young dancers they teach in this world of competitive dance.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also set in Miami, new original drama series, Magic City debuts exclusively on Starz April 6 at 10p. The period drama is set in Miami Beach, 1958 at the luxurious Miramar Playa Hotel owned by Ike Evans. The glamorous hotel is the place to be seen from the Kennedys, to the mob and more and is 90 miles away from the unrest happening in Havana, Cuba. Magic City stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Ike; Olga Kurylenko as Ike’s wife Vera; and Danny Huston as mob boss Ben “The Butcher” Diamond along with an ensemble cast. Magic City was created by writer/EP Mitch Glazer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season two of La La’s Full Court Life debuts on VH1 March 19 at 9p and in the new season La La Anthony continues to juggle her burgeoning acting career with motherhood and marriage. Immediately following at 930p on March 19, VH1 launches new series Styled By June following celebrity fashion stylist June Ambrose who is the stylist for many big names in Hollywood such as Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Mischa Barton and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The sixth season premiere of Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty) on Univision Network opened Sunday with an average audience of close to 4.0 million total viewers; 2.0 million with A18-49; and 1.1 million with A18-34. Additionally, the opening episode reached 6.7 million total viewers who tuned in to all or part of the two-hour premiere broadcast.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 5, 2012
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Kimberly McCullough (General Hospital) – 34 years old
Niki Taylor – 37 years old
Eva Mendes – 38 years old
Kevin Connolly (Entourage) – 38 years old
Talia Balsam (“No Strings Attached”) – 53 years old
Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller)  – 57 years old
Michael Warren (Hill Street Blues) – 66 years old
Fred Williamson (Julia) – 74 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/5/12)
WEATHER: Ice Pilots (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Love Broker (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Unsung: David Ruffin (Premiere) at 10pm

FOX is airing the drama The Finder’s first season finale episode this Thursday prior to giving the series a month-long hiatus. FOX will then move The Finder to Fridays beginning April 6 at 8p. Upcoming new reality series Hotel Hell starring chef Gordon Ramsay which was originally scheduled to bow April 6 will now premiere this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Later this spring, USA Network debuts its new 12-episode series Common Law on May 11 at 10p following Fairly Legal which is back starting March 16 for its second season. USA had previously slated Common Law to open in January though in December announced it would move the premiere date to this summer. The one-hour Common Law stars Michael Ealy, Warren Kole, Jack McGee and Sonya Walger and will run through August 10. The series is from CBS Television Studios and Junction Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Docu-sitcom Leave It To Niecy, starring actress/comedienne Niecy Nash opens on TLC March 25 at 10p. The eight episode half-hour series will combine storytelling aspects of the traditional sitcom genre combined with a non-scripted reality show following Nash in her personal life with husband Jay Tucker, her three kids and her opinionated mother. Leave It To Niecy is produced by Shed Media US for TLC. Last June, TLC aired the two-hour special Niecy Nash’s Wedding Bash which drew in close to 5 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

To honor the late Davy Jones, former lead singer of The Monkees, GSN will air an encore of Jones’ appearances on The Newlywed Game this Tuesday at 7p. The episode features Jones and his real-life wife, Telemundo actress Jessica Pacheco that originally aired on January 21, 2010.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Many of the cast members of PBS’ Downton Abbey have been signed for a fourth and a fifth season, reports TVLine. Those who have apparently extended their contracts include Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Elizabeth McGovern (Cora), Hugh Bonneville (Robert), Joanne Froggatt (Anna) and Brendan Coyle (Bates). The cast member’s original contracts carried them through the third season which is currently in production. Downton Abbey has not been officially renewed beyond the third season which is set to debut in the US next January. The season two finale which aired in February attracted 5.4 million total viewers and tallied the best audience in three years for PBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Making a comeback to sitcom TV, Leah Remini (CBS’ The King of Queens, CBS’ The Talk) landed a role on ABC’s comedy White Van Man. The plot is about a guy (Kyle Bornheimer) who is forced to put his dreams on hold to run the family handyman business from his father Tony (J.K. Simmons). Remini will play Tony’s sister Terry who keeps the lead character in line when he tries to sneak out to go to work again. ABC Studios is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Friday Night Lights star Matt Lauria is joining ABC’s period drama pilot Gilded Lilys from Shonda Rhimes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Alex O’Loughlin is taking a leave of absence from production on CBS’ Hawaii Five-O. The actor’s representative made this statement: “Alex is taking a short break from Hawaii Five-0 to receive supervised treatment for prescription pain medication due to a recent shoulder injury.” CBS Television Studios also said in a release: “We respect and support Alex’s decision. Everyone at CBS Television Studios and Hawaii Five-O wishes him well and we look forward to his return.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

In addition to Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto will also return for the second season of FX’s horror anthology series American Horror Story.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The lead for BET’s pilot Single Black Female snagged Gabrielle Union. The project is from The Game producers Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil centered on the host of a popular Atlanta-based talk show (Union).
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – $70.7 million
Project X – $20.8 million
Act Of Valor – $13.7 million
Safe House – $7.2 million
Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds – $7 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 2, 2012
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Bryce Dallas Howard (“The Help”) – 31 years old
Chris Martin (Coldplay) – 35 years old
Daniel Craig (“Casino Royale”) – 44 years old
Jon Bon Jovi – 50 years old
Laraine Newman (Saturday Night Live) – 60 years old