Archive for April, 2012

LADY GAGA & JUSTIN BIEBER TO PLAY ALIENS IN “MEN IN BLACK III”

April 26, 2012

LADY GAGA & JUSTIN BIEBER TO PLAY ALIENS IN “MEN IN BLACK III”
http://www.accesshollywood.com/lady-gaga-and-justin-bieber-to-play-aliens-in-men-in-black-iii_article_63885

CELEBRITY NEWS: APRIL 26, 2012

April 26, 2012

CELEBRITY NEWS: APRIL 26, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Channing Tatum (“21 Jump Street”) – 32 years old
Jordana Brewster (“Fast Five” movies) – 32 years old
Tom Welling (Smallville) – 35 years old
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins (TLC) – 42 years old
Melania Trump – 42 years old
Kevin James (The King Of Queens) – 47 years old
Jet Li – 49 years old
Debra Wilson(Mad TV)  – 50 years old
Joan Chen (“ The Last Emperor”) – 51 years old
Carol Burnett – 79 years old

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ BROADWAY

April 26, 2012

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 4/26/12)
BRAVO: Don’t Be Tardy For The Wedding (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: 7 Days Of Sex (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Conversation With Amanda De Cadenet (Premiere) a 11pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Sins & Secrets (Finale) at 10pm

Katie Couric, currently a special correspondent for ABC News and host of her upcoming syndicated daytime talk show Katie, is set to host a weekly original digital video series titled Katie’s Take from ABC News and Yahoo! beginning May 1. Couric will delve into topics and issues that affect her viewers such as health, nutrition, parenting and wellness. Each episode will include interviews with top experts along with Couric’s own personal perspective.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A fourth season of Drop Dead Diva premieres on Lifetime with 13 new episodes starting June 3 at 9p. The one-hour comedic drama’s ensemble cast is headlined by Brooke Elliott and for the new season Kim Kardashian will begin her multi-episode run in the season opener playing relationship guru, Nikki LePree. The upcoming new season is currently in production in Atlanta and is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also on June 3, Animal Planet debuts a new season of Call of the Wildman at 10p. The new season has 16 new half-hour episodes featuring Kentuckian “Turtleman” as he rids homes and businesses of a variety of critters including muskrats, river otters, beavers, squirrels and even wild coyotes. Call of the Wildman is produced by Sharp Entertainment for Animal Planet.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The original Whale Wars series will open its fifth season on Animal Planet June 1 at 9p. Over eight new episodes and a one-hour recap special, the series will follow the Sea Shepherds’ annual whale defense campaign in the Southern Ocean. In this upcoming new season, the Sea Shepherds will face tougher challenges as the Japanese whalers are more aggressive and the crew is taking on more inexperienced rookies. The Lizard Trading Company produces Whale Wars as well as the new companion series, Whale Wars: Viking Shores which debuts on Animal Planet this Friday at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen is also bringing back a second season of The Glee Project from Ryan Murphy Television and Embassy Row premiering June 5 at 10p as well as The Next Big Thing: NY from BBC Worldwide Productions and Omelette Bar Productions premiering June 12 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The daily talk show Bethenny starring reality star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel will begin a test run on June 11 on six Fox-owned TV stations. If the test is successful, the Fox stations will likely launch the new talk show in national syndication perhaps as early as this fall. The test run could last six weeks, though could be longer or shorter depending on the results. The Fox stations participating in the test run include WNYW/New York (11a); KTTV/Los Angeles (2p); WTXF/Philadelphia (11a); KDFW/Dallas (1p); KSAZ/Phoenix (11a); and KMSP/Minneapolis (10a). Bethenny will be based from the studios of Warner Bros. and Telepictures Productions in Burbank. Telepictures Productions is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Patrick Swayze’s wife Lisa Niemi attends the opening night of Ghost.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/161439/lisa-niemi-sends-good-thoughts-and-loving-kisses-to-late-husband-patrick-swayze-on-ghosts-opening-night/

JIMMY FALLON SLOW JAMMIN’ THE NEWS WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

April 25, 2012

JIMMY FALLON SLOW JAMMIN’ THE NEWS WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2012/04/slow-jammin-the-news-with-president-barack-obama/

KATHERINE HEIGL & JOSH KELLEY ADOPT ANOTHER DAUGHTER

April 25, 2012

KATHERINE HEIGL & JOSH KELLEY ADOPT ANOTHER DAUGHTER
http://www.accesshollywood.com/katherine-heigl-and-josh-kelley-adopt-again_article_63830

BEYONCE NAMED PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN 2012

April 25, 2012

BEYONCE NAMED PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN 2012
http://www.accesshollywood.com/beyonce-named-peoples-worlds-most-beautiful-woman-2012_article_63813

CELEBRITY NEWS: APRIL 25,2012

April 25, 2012

CELEBRITY NEWS: APRIL 25,2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl) – 42 years old
Renee Zellweger (“Jerry Maguire”) – 43 years old
Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) – 48 years old
Talia Shire (“The Godfather”) – 66 years old
Len Goodman (Dancing With The Stars) – 68 years old
Al Pacino (“The Godfather”) – 72 years old

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL

April 25, 2012

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/25/12)
VH1: Behind The Music: Brandy (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: American Guns (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: Auction Kings (Premiere) at 10pm
MILITARY CHANNEL: Great Planes (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Total Blackout (Premiere) at 10pm

Summer premiere dates revealed for one returning series and two new shows on CBS: A new 14th edition of Big Brother resumes its three-night-a-week schedule beginning July 12 at 9p. Additional weekly air dates include Sundays and Wednesdays at 8p. New dating series 3 opens with a special 90-minute episode on July 22 right after the Sunday airing of Big Brother. CBS also slated new unscripted series, Dogs in the City to bow May 30 at 8p. Big Brother is from Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol USA. 3 is co-produced by Magical Elves, 1492 Television and Keshet Broadcasting. Dogs in the City is from CBS’ Raquel Productions in association with Shed Media and Carol Mendelsohn Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Premium cable network HBO picked up two more seasons of Real Time with Bill Maher. The three-year agreement keep’s Maher on the network through 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning this Thursday, Discovery Fit & Health debuts the six-part UK series Embarrassing Bodies at 10p. The series documents real people who have humiliating medical conditions such as extreme body hair to rotting teeth.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new Discovery Channel series examines the world of gangs and crime families who have reached prominence when Kurt Sutter’s Outlaw Empires launches May 14 at 10p. Each of the six episodes relates the full story of a well-known American outlaw dynasty. Studio Lambert and Sutterink produce the series for Discovery Channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family renewed The Lying Game for a second season. The drama series is based on a young adult book series of the same name by Sara Shepard. Production will begin later this summer and The Lying Game will premiere in the winter.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians gained three additional seasons and will be on the air through season nine, reports THR. The new deal includes all members of the Kardashian family and furthermore, this deal extends E!’s first look rights for all of the family’s non-scripted ideas, concepts and projects. Production is underway on the next season by Ryan Seacrest Productions and the seventh season debuts May 20 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Producer and host, Ryan Seacrest inked a new deal with FOX to remain with the network for two more years. Seacrest is currently the host on American Idol.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Rome actor Ray Stevenson landed a major recurring role on Showtime’s Dexter, per THR. Stevenson will play a top-ranking member of the Eastern European crime ring that comes to Miami to find out who killed one of his associates. Season seven of Dexter opens September 30.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/22/12)
1) Tuskegee – Lionel Richie – 114,110 (After 4 weeks – 536,967)
2) Jason Mraz – Love Is A Four Letter Word – 102,127
3) Adele – 21 – 89,744 (After 61 weeks – 8,825,074)

Other Debuts
4) Train – California 37 – 75,488
8 ) Future – Pluto – 41,224
12) Jack Johnson – Jack Jackson & Friends – 25,790
14) Thousand Foot Krutch – End Is Where We Begin – 23,245
17) Neon Trees – Picture Show – 18,769
25) SWV – I Missed Us – 14,726
28) Eric Hutchinson – Moving Up Living Down – 13,700
31) Chris Botti – Impressions – 12,615

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $173 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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JACK OSBOURNE & LISA STELLY WELCOME A DAUGHTER

April 24, 2012

JACK OSBOURNE & LISA STELLY WELCOME A DAUGHTER
http://www.accesshollywood.com/jack-osbourne-and-fiancee-welcome-baby-pearl_article_63785

KARDASHIANS SIGN A NEW REALITY SHOW DEAL WITH E!

April 24, 2012

KARDASHIANS SIGN A NEW REALITY SHOW DEAL WITH E!
http://www.accesshollywood.com/kardashians-sign-deal-to-stick-with-e-entertainment-network-for-3-more-years_article_63769