ROSIE O’DONNELL TALKS ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF HER SHOW ON OWN
http://www.accesshollywood.com/rosie-odonnell-on-cancellation-of-own-talk-show-not-a-nightmare-its-a-good-thing_article_62230
Archive for March, 2012
ROSIE O’DONNELL TALKS ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF HER SHOW ON OWN
March 20, 2012CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 20, 2012
March 20, 2012CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 20, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity
Chester Benington (Linkin Park) – 36 years old
Kathy Ireland – 49 years old
Holly Hunter – 54 years old
Spike Lee – 55 years old
Vanessa Bell Calloway (“Coming To America”) – 55 years old
William Hurt – 62 years old
Pat Riley – 67 years old
Hal Linden (Barney Miller) – 81 years old
Carl Reiner – 90 years old
FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MEGA MILLONS/ CASTING CALL
March 20, 2012FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 3/20/12)
TLC: The Little Couple (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
ABC FAMILY: Switched At Birth (Finale) at 8pm
TNT: Southland (Finale) at 10pm
FOX set its season finale dates for several series: May 21 at 9p is the series finale for House preceded by a one-hour retrospective episode at 8p; American Idol will air its two-night season finale on May 22 and 23; and Glee also airs its season finale on May 22 after the final competition episode of American Idol. For its comedies, FOX will conclude the second season of Raising Hope on April 17; New Girl airs its season finale on May 8; and the Sunday animated comedies The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy with an hour-long episode all end their seasons on May 20 though American Dad will end its season a week prior on May 13. Other dramas The Finder and Fringe will air season finales on May 11 with Bones season ender on May 14.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On Monday, MTV renewed Jersey Shore for a sixth season and the full cast will be returning to the show. Production is set to commence this summer. MTV is also airing Jersey Shore: The Reunion this Thursday at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A new cast from The Big Easy is highlighted in a new season of VH1’s Tough Love: New Orleans opening April 15 at 9p. The new season watches as love experts and Master Matchmakers Steve and JoAnn Ward usher women looking for love in New Orleans through their dating boot camp. Tough Love: New Orleans is from High Noon Entertainment and Flower Films.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On the heels of canceling its talk show, The Rosie Show, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has eliminated 30 positions at the network’s Los Angeles and New York offices. The responsibilities of these staffers will be distributed through the network’s venture partners, Discovery Communications and Harpo Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sunday’s season two finale of AMC’s original series The Walking Dead at 9p became the series’ highest-rated episode ever. The finale episode attracted 9.0 million viewers as well as 6.0 million with A18-49; 5.3 million among A25-54; and a cume of 10.5 million total viewers combining the 9p episode with an encore at 1130p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Original series The Walking Dead on AMC cast Danai Gurira (Treme, The Visitor) as Michonne, a character featured in Robert Kirkman’s comic book series described as a mysterious woman with a sword. Gurira’s character was introduced in the recent season two finale episode and will reappear in the third season.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $241 million
Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
CASTING CALL
A major cable network and the producers of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and The Real Housewives of Orange County are looking for wealthy, materialistic families with household staffs including personal chef, nanny, gardener, assistants, etc. in the Los Angeles area. If you or your family live the good life in L.A. and have all the trappings that go with it, the producers want to hear from you. Please send an email or find out more information to: myfamilshowcasting@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
PlayboyTV is casting males and females 21 and over for the fifth season of its program Foursome produced by DuBose Entertainment and airing on the Playboy Channel. The show is looking for sexy single women and men, all ethnicities accepted. Interested applicants can audition in person at PlayboyTV’s Woodland Hills production office or if you live outside the Los Angeles area, you can Skype in your audition. You can live anywhere as long as you are a US citizen or have a green card and are 21 years and older. Please send an email ASPA to: CastingbyMindy@gmail.com and include your full name, contact phone number, city/state where you live and two photos of yourself (close up and full body shot – jpg format, small file size only).
(Source: Cynopsis)
BOBBI KRISTINA IS NOT ENGAGED BUT WEARING WHITNEY HOUSTON’S RING
March 19, 2012BOBBI KRISTINA IS NOT ENGAGED BUT WEARING WHITNEY HOUSTON’S RING
http://www.accesshollywood.com/rep-bobbi-kristina-wearing-whitney-houstons-ring-not-engaged_article_62197
MISTRIAL DECLARED IN “DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES” FIRING CASE
March 19, 2012MISTRIAL DECLARED IN “DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES” FIRING CASE
http://www.accesshollywood.com/mistrial-declared-in-nicollette-sheridans-desperate-housewives-firing-case_article_62182
JOSH LUCAS TIES THE KNOT
March 19, 2012JOSH LUCAS TIES THE KNOT
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20579740,00.html
“KONY 2012” HONCO JASON RUSSELL HAS A COMPLETE MELTDOWN IN PUBLIC
March 19, 2012“KONY 2012” HONCO JASON RUSSELL HAS A COMPLETE MELTDOWN IN PUBLIC
http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/16/kony-honcho-arrested-for-allegedly-masturbating-in-public/
Here’s the video:
http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/18/jason-russell-video-naked-meltdown-kony/
KEITH SWEAT SCREWED OVER TWICE BY FORECLOSURE
March 19, 2012KEITH SWEAT SCREWED OVER TWICE BY FORECLOSURE
http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/19/keith-sweat-foreclosure/
CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 19, 2012
March 19, 2012CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 19, 2012
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Bruce Willis – 57 years old
Harvey Weinstein – 60 years old
Glenn Close – 65 years old
Ursula Andress (“Dr. No”) – 76 years old
FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE/ CASTING CALL
March 19, 2012FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/19/12)
ABC: Dancing With The Stars (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Touch (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: La La’s Full Court Life (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Styled By June (Premiere) at 9:30pm
MTV: Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV TR3S: MTV, Musica y Mas: Bienvenida Realidad (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC FAMILY: Pretty Little Liars (Finale) at 8pm
First season drama Grimm was handed a second season renewal by NBC. Airing on Friday nights, Grimm’s most recent episode tallied 5.2 million total viewers and a 1.5 rating with A18-49. Grimm also saw an 87% bump among A18-49 viewers based on DVR Live+7 data, the largest increase of any network series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Late last week, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network said its daily talk show The Rosie Show is canceled after being on the air for five months. The final show of The Rosie Show is being taped tomorrow and the final episode will air March 30 at 7p. The Rosie Show premiered on OWN October 10, 2011 and was produced in Chicago by Harpo Studios in association with KidRo Productions, Inc. and SantaBu Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo took its newest dating reality series Love Broker off its schedule after airing two episodes. The series premiered March 5 and featured matchmaker Lori Zaslow attempting to form love matches in New York City. The first two episodes drew in less than 500,000 viewers. Bravo is expected to air the remaining episodes this summer though a return date for the series has not been set. Bravo will replace Love Broker tonight at 10p with Bethenny Ever After.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season four of MTV’s Teen Mom will the last to feature Maci Bookout, Farrah Abraham, Catelynn Lowell and Amber Portwood, per a statement from the network to Us Weekly. The fourth season of Teen Mom is expected to debut this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
New fall drama Widow Detective for CBS selected John Corbett to star as the lead. Corbett will play a decorated police detective who becomes a surrogate husband, lover and father to families of partners who died while on duty. The drama is from Carol Mendelsohn, and writer David Hubbard who will be EPs with Julie Weitz. Corbett most recently appeared on NBC’s Parenthood.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Former stand-up comedian and SNL cast member Dennis Miller was tagged for ABC’s comedy pilot Awesometown which also stars Ben Rappaport. The ensemble comedy is about four young professionals who work and live together in New York. Miller will play Nelson Burke, the genius boss of Burke Architecture. 20th Television is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Worldwide syndicated radio co-host Ellen K of On Air with Ryan Seacrest was selected as the narrator for TLC’s upcoming season of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and for the new series My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding. The new season of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding showcases outrageous weddings and extravagant celebrations of gypsies and travellers living in the UK and debuts on TLC March 23 at 10p. My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding will debut later this spring. Both series are from Firecracker Films. Ellen K is also the broadcast voice for The Grammy Awards, SAG Awards and American Music Awards among other events in addition to her nightly segment Inside Hollywood on KTLA/Los Angeles.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
21 Jump Street – $35 million
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – $22.8 million
John Carter – $13.5 million
Project X – $4 million
A Thousand Words – $3.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
CASTING CALL
A new, untitled series for a major cable network is seeking people who have been on a real date from hell that ended in criminal charges. Examples might include you escaped your date’s violent attack or your date’s ex broke in on you resulting in a death. The show is looking for real stories that are cautionary tales or against all odds survival stories. The cases featured in the program will be verifiable, investigated and adjudicated in a court of law. If you or someone you know has been through this type of date from hell, please send stories to: BADDATESCASTING@AOL.COM and include the name of the daters, names of additional persons involved in the incident, location of the date and when it occurred, describe the crimes that occurred (murder, kidnapping, robbery, etc.), describe how the daters met, any links to news stories concerning the case and your contact information (phone and email). All submissions are kept discrete and confidential.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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