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CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 26, 2012
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Keira Knightley (“Pirates Of The Caribbean” movies) – 27 years old
Jonathan Groff (Glee) – 27 years old
Amy Smart (“The Butterfly Effect”) – 36 years old
T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy”) – 39 years old
Leslie Mann (“Knocked Up”) – 40 years old
Kenny Chesney – 44 years old
Michael Imperioli (The Sorpranos) – 46 years old
Jennifer Grey (“Dirty Dancing’) – 52 years old
Leeza Gibbons – 55 years old
Martin Short (Saturday Night Live) – 62 years old
Vicki Lawrence (The Carol Burnett Show) – 63 years old
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) – 64 years old
Diana Ross – 68 years old
Nancy Pelosi – 72 years old
James Caan (“The Godfather”) – 73 years old
Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”) – 78 years old
Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) – 81 years old
Sandra Day O’Connor (U.S. Supreme Court) – 82 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/26/12)
CURRENT TV: Full Court Press: The Bill Press Show (Premiere) at 6am
CURRENT TV: Talking Liberally: The Stephanie Miller Show (Premiere) at 9am
ABC FAMILY: The Secret Life Of The American Teenager (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: Make It Or Break It (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah’s Lifeclass: The Tour (Premiere) at 8pm
VME: Los Pilares De La Tierra (Pillars Of The Earth) (Premiere) at 10pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: 4 Wheeler Off-Road Ultimate Adventure (Premiere) at 11pm
FOX: Alcatraz (Finale) at 8pm

FX is placing its anthology series, American Horror Story in the miniseries category for the next Emmy Awards. According to the network, American Horror Story qualifies as a miniseries even though it could compete in the drama category. Last year, the PBS series Downton Abbey swept the miniseries category winning several Emmys though this next year it will be placed in the drama category competing against such drama series as AMC’s Mad Men and others.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Thursday’s season finale of Lifetime’s Project Runway All Stars averaged 2.4 million total viewers and directly following the season finale of Project Runway All Stars: After the Runway attracted 1.4 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cast in a new TV role, Alyssa Milano will next be seen in ABC’s new drama series Mistresses. Milano plays Savannah, a successful married attorney who spends long nights working with her attractive new law partner. Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes and Jes Macallan play the other three females leads. Also joining Mistresses is Jason George, playing Milano’s character’s husband while Brett Tucker was cast to play her lover. Mistresses is set to premiere in summer 2013.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS’ CSI: Miami co-star Eva LaRue was selected to guest star in ABC’s untitled Mandy Moore comedy pilot. She will play Veronica, one of Annie’s (Moore) sisters. LaRue has an option on the ABC pilot to become a regular cast member should the pilot be picked up to series. The Moore project is in first position for LaRue to her role on CSI: Miami.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Saturday Night Live alum Jenny Slate joined the CBS comedy Super Fun Night about three nerdy female friends on their weekly quest to have a “super fun” time each Friday night. The project is from writer/co-EP and star Rebel Wilson. Slate will play Helen-Alice, best friend to Wilson’s character Kimmie. The multi-camera comedy is from Conan O’Brien’s Conaco in association with Warner Bros. Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After her turn on NBC’s drama Prime Suspect, Maria Bello is joining FOX’s new drama series Touch. In a multi-episode run, Bello will play a mother whose daughter shares the same gift as the main character (David Mazouz).
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC’s TV version of the Hannibal Lecter films tapped Hugh Dancy as Will Graham, the troubled though talented young FBI agent who works with the world’s most notorious serial killer. NBC has ordered 13 episodes of the project produced and written by Bryan Fuller.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Hunger Games – $155 million
21 Jump Street – $21.3 million
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – $13.1 million
John Carter – $5 million
Act Of Valor – $2.1 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 23, 2012
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Mario Lavandeira Jr. (aka Perez Hilton) – 34 years old
Michelle Monaghan (“Mission Impossible III”) – 36 years old
Keri Russell – 36 years old
Richard Grieco (21 Jump Street) – 47 years old
Marc Cherry (creator, Desperate Housewives) – 50 years old
Catherine Ann Keener (“The 40 Year Old Virgin”) – 53 years old
Yvette Stevens (aka Chaka Khan) – 59 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/23/12)
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?: Helen Hunt (Premiere) at 8pm
TLC: My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (Premiere) at 10pm
CMT: Sweet Home Alabama (Finale) at 9pm

(SUNDAY 3/25/12)
PBS: Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Harry Connick Jr. & Branford Marsalis (Premiere) at 8pm
AMC: Mad Men (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Long Island Medium (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Leave It To Niecy (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: America’s Most Unusual Town (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah Presents Master Class: Jon Bon Jovi (Premiere) at 10pm

Musical drama series Smash received a second season renewal from NBC. The series, produced by Universal Television in association with DreamWorks Television and Madwoman in the Attic, is NBC’s top-rated drama among A18-49 and total viewers. Smash, airing on Mondays at 10p, is up 160% in the demo versus the network’s season average in the time period and with total viewers Smash has increased the time period by 100% (7.7 million vs. 3.9 million).
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX is pulling its first season sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter altogether from its schedule. FOX originally took the comedy off its April schedule though was still airing a couple episodes on Tuesdays. In its place on Tuesdays starting next week, FOX will air repeats of Raising Hope.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Romance and match-making take to the seas in Lifetime’s new docu-dating series Love for Sail debuting April 10 at 10p. The one-hour show follows single women as they board a Norwegian Cruise Line ship looking for love while cruising in the tropics. Lifetime ordered eight episodes of the series produced by Studio Lambert.
(Source: Cynopsis)

This July, GMC TV, offering inspirational music and family entertainment is moving its headquarters to new offices in College Park, a suburb of Atlanta. The new facility will offer more production and studio space for the network as well as operational headquarters for ASPIRE, the new cable network being launched by Magic Johnson Enterprises. GMC’s new company base will be located near the George International Convention Center and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season three of PBS’ Downton Abbey chose Ed Speleers to play a footman, reports THR. Season three has also added Cara Theobold and Lucille Sharp to play new maids as well as Matt Milne as another footman. Previously-announced veteran actress/entertainer Shirley MacLaine will also appear in the upcoming new season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX’s serial killer drama cast Maggie Grace (Lost) for a recurring role as a young doctor who is the only surviving victim of the serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy). The killer is being tracked by an FBI investigator played by Kevin Bacon. Warner Bros. Television is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
The Hunger Games – Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Amandia Stenberg
The Trouble With Bliss (Limited Release) – Michael C. Hall, Brie Larson, Peter Fonda, Lucy Liu, Brad William Henke
Brake (Limited Release) – Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, J.R. Bourne
The Deep Blue Sea (Limited Release) – Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russel Beale

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