ELLEN DEGENERES WINS TOP US HUMOR PRIZE IN DC
http://www.accesshollywood.com/kennedy-center-to-honor-ellen-degeneres-with-mark-twain-award_article_64719
Archive for May, 2012
ELLEN DEGENERES WINS TOP US HUMOR PRIZE IN DC
May 15, 2012BRET MICHAELS SETTLES CASE OVER 2009 TONY AWARDS MISHAP
May 15, 2012BRET MICHAELS SETTLES CASE OVER 2009 TONY AWARDS MISHAP
http://www.accesshollywood.com/bret-michaels-settles-case-over-2009-tonys-mishap_article_64699
JESSICA SIMPSON IS LAUNCHING A MATERNITY LINE
May 15, 2012JESSICA SIMPSON IS LAUNCHING A MATERNITY LINE
http://www.accesshollywood.com/jessica-simpson-launching-maternity-line_article_64685
CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 15, 2012
May 15, 2012CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 15, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity
Jaime Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos) – 31 years old
David Charvet (Baywatch) – 40 years old
Emmit Smith (Dallas Cowboys) – 43 years old
Chazz Palminteri (“The Usual Suspects”) – 60 years old
Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding “) – 72 years old
Madeleine Albright – 75 years old
FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MEGA MILLIONS
May 15, 2012FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 5/15/12)
BRAVO: Pregnant In Heels (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: NCIS (Finale) at 8pm
CBS: NCIS: Los Angeles (Finale) at 9pm
CW: 90210 (Finale) at 8pm
ABC: Private Practice (Finale) at 10pm
NBC: Fashion Star (Finale) at 10pm
OXYGEN: Best Ink (Finale) at 10pm
SYFY: Dream Machines (Finale) at 10pm
TLC: The Little Couple (Finale) at 10pm
Bravo set the premiere date for its upcoming docu-series Miss Advised about three single relationship experts who struggle with their own love matches for June 18 at 10p. The series focuses on love gurus Julia Allison in Los Angeles, Amy Laurent in New York City and Emily Morse in San Francisco. The series is produced by RelativityREAL and Ashley Tisdale’s Blondie Girl Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season three of A&E Network’s series Storage Wars debuts with back-to-back episodes on June 5 at 10p and 1030p. The series, which averaged 4.7 million total viewers during season two, follows teams of bidders at auctions as they buy contents inside storage containers. Storage Wars is produced by Original Productions, a FremantleMedia Company for A&E Network.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A third season of RuPaul’s Drag U is back on Logo starting June 18 at 9p. The next season with eight one-hour episodes, has drag queens tranforming women with new hair styles, makeup and fashion tips getting them ready for their lip-sync stage performances. Visiting celebrity “professors” featured in the new season include Donna Mills, Brittany Snow, Angela Kinsey, Joely Fisher, Robin Givens among others. Series is from World of Wonder Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Mitchell Guist, star of HISTORY’s reality series Swamp People died of an apparent seizure Monday morning while cruising on the Belle River in Louisiana. HISTORY and Original Media, producer of the series released the following joint statement: “We are extremely saddened to report that our friend and beloved member of the Swamp People family, Mitchell Guist, has passed away earlier today. Mitchell passed on the swamp, doing what he loved. We appreciate your respect for the Guist family’s privacy and hope you join us in sending our thoughts and prayers to his brother, Glenn, and the rest of the Guist family.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Yesterday morning, Richard Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment announced NBC’s primetime schedule highlights including the network’s plan to expand comedies on Tuesdays and Fridays for a total of five hours of comedy in primetime. Musical competition show The Voice returns with a fall edition to anchor the primetime schedule airing two hours on Mondays at 8p and an additional weekly hour on Tuesdays at 8p along with six new scripted series and four for mid-season. NBC also has four new alternative series on the docket.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Other returning scripted series on NBC include Law & Order: SVU, The Office, 30 Rock (for its 7th and final season), Community, Parenthood, Parks and Recreation, Whitney and Up All Night. Alternative returning series are The Celebrity Apprentice, Fashion Star, The Biggest Loser and Betty White’s Off Their Rockers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC has further renewed Dateline NBC, Rock Center with Brian Williams as well as Smash and Grimm both of which were previously announced as pickups earlier in the season.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Yesterday afternoon, Peter Rice, Chairman/Entertainment at Fox Networks Group and Kevin Reilly, President/Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company presented the FOX primetime schedule for the 2012-2013 season at the Beacon Theatre in New York.
(Source: Cynopsis)
One of the biggest announcements at the presentation surrounded The X Factor as the network confirmed pop singers Britney Spears and Demi Lovato will join the series as judges for season two. Spears and Lovato join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid on the judges’ panel, replacing Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger. Additionally, FOX announced Glee will move this fall to Thursday nights at 9p following The X Factor.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On Tuesdays, FOX has a four-pack of comedies lined up including two new sitcoms: The Mindy Project and Ben and Kate which join returning sitcoms Raising Hope and New Girl. Furthermore, FOX has one new drama added to its fall schedule, The Mob Doctor and two series for mid-season: the comedy The Goodwin Games and the drama The Following.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX’s returning series include American Dad (season 8), American Idol (season 12), Bob’s Burgers (season 3), Bones (season 8), The Cleveland Show (season 4), Cops (season 25), Family Guy (season 10), Fringe (season 5), Glee (season 4), Hell’s Kitchen (season 10), Kitchen Nightmares (season 5), MasterChef (season 3), Mobbed (specials), New Girl (season 2), Raising Hope (season 3), The Simpsons (season 24), So You Think You Can Dance (season 9) and Touch (season 2). Other specials include the American Country Awards, New Year’s Eve Live and Teen Choice 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $25 million
Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
CASTING CALL
A new docu-series for a major cable network is looking for single women who are ready to get married but need to find Mr. Right. If you have the dress picked out and still need to find your perfect mate, please send an email to: SaveTheDateShow@gmail.com and include your name, city, email, phone number, two recent photos and a paragraph description about yourself and all the steps you are taking to make your wedding dreams come true. You must be 21 years or older to apply.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MICHAEL JACKSON COSTUMES WILL GO ON A WORLD TOUR BEFORE BEING SOLD
May 14, 2012MICHAEL JACKSON COSTUMES WILL GO ON A WORLD TOUR BEFORE BEING SOLD
http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jackson-costumes-exhibited-sold-092026747.html
“DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES” FINALE: ENDS WITH GRACE AND HUMOR
May 14, 2012“DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES” FINALE: ENDS WITH GRACE AND HUMOR
http://www.accesshollywood.com/desperate-housewives-finale-farewell-with-grace-and-humor_article_64654
CHRIS HEMSWORTH & ELSA PATAKY WELCOME A DAUGHTER
May 14, 2012CHRIS HEMSWORTH & ELSA PATAKY WELCOME A DAUGHTER
http://www.accesshollywood.com/avengers-star-chris-hemsworth-and-wife-elsa-pataky-welcome-baby-girl_article_64631
CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 14, 2012
May 14, 2012CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 14, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity
Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) – 19 years old
Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook) – 28 years old
Amber Tamblyn (“The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants”) – 29 years old
Sofia Coppola – 41 years old
Cate Blanchett (“Lord Of The Rings” movies) – 43 years old
Danny Wood (New Kids On The Block) – 43 years old
Tim Roth (“Pulp Fiction”) – 51 years old
Robert Zemeckis (Director of “Forrest Gump”) – 61 years old
George Lucas (creator of “Star Wars” movies) – 68 years old
FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE/ CASTING CALL
May 14, 2012FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 5/14/12)
VERIA LIVING: Rock Your Yoga (Premiere) at 7am
NBC: America’s Got Talent (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD: Invention Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: The Bachelorette (Premiere) at 9:31pm
DISCOVERY: Kurt Sutter’s Outlaw Empires (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: How I Met Your Mother (Finale) at 8pm & 8:30pm
CBS: Two And A Half Men (Finale) at 9pm
CBS: Mike & Molly (Finale) at 9;30pm
CBS: Hawaii Five-O (Finale) at 10pm
CW: Gossip Girl (Finale) at 8pm
CW: Hart Of Dixie (Finale) at 9pm
FOX: Bones (Finale) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: Make It Or Break It (Series Finale) at 9pm
NBC: Smash (Finale) at 10pm
Lifetime approved a new docu-series, The Houston Family Chronicles (wt) that allows viewers inside the lives of the late Whitney Houston’s family. The series will chronicle Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister-in-law and manager; Pat’s daughter, Rayah; Whitney’s brother, Gary; daughter, Bobbi Kristina; and her mother, Cissy Houston. The series will follow Whitney’s family as they pick up the pieces following the untimely death of the pop star icon. Lifetime has ordered 10 one-hour episodes which will premiere this year produced by Jarrett Creative.
(Source: Cynopsis)
This fall, VH1 will answer the question, what has happened to popular TV, movie and pop stars from the last 20 years? The series Miss You Much, hosted by actress/comedienne Catherine Reitman will answer this question by profiling three favorite stars of the past each week. Miss You Much will have 8 half-hour episodes slated to premiere in September. A few of the celebrities profiled include Jamie Walters of 90210, Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees, Lark Voorhies from Saved By the Bell, Jeremy Jackson of Baywatch among others. The series is executive produced by Shelly Tatro, Karla Hidalgo and Jeff Olde for VH1.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC has renewed many series for 2012-2013 including the first year shows Scandal, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23, Last Man Standing, Once Upon a Time, Revenge and Suburgatory in addition to granting third seasons to Body of Proof and Happy Endings; fourth season renewals to The Middle and Modern Family; a fifth season of Castle; a sixth season of Private Practice; a ninth season of Grey’s Anatomy as well as renewing the reality series Dancing With the Stars, Shark Tank, The Bachelor, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Wife Swap and Celebrity Wife Swap.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC has canceled: Charlie’s Angels, GCB, Man Up, Missing, Pan Am, The River and Work It.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Renewals for CBS include its comedy Two and a Half Men back for a 10th season with Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones from Warner Bros. Television along with The Amazing Race, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY, 48 Hours Mystery, The Good Wife, Hawaii Five-O, How I Met Your Mother, The Mentalist, Mike & Molly, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest, 60 Minutes, Survivor, 2 Broke Girls and Undercover Boss.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS has canceled the following series: CSI: Miami, and the first-year series Unforgettable, A Gifted Man, NYC 22 and the midseason comedy Rob! as well as How To Be a Gentleman.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Returning series for The CW include Gossip Girl for a sixth season, Nikita for a third season and first-year series Hart of Dixie for a second run as well as America’s Next Top Model. These add to the previously-announced renewals including The Vampire Diaries, 90210 and Supernatural.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Canceled series on The CW include H8R, Remodeled, Ringer and The Secret Circle.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX’s renewals include American Dad, American Idol, Bob’s Burgers, Bones, The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, Fringe, Glee, Hell’s Kitchen, New Girl, Raising Hope, The Simpsons, Touch and The X Factor.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Canceled series on FOX consist of Alcatraz, Allen Gregory, Breaking In, The Finder, I Hate My Teenage Daughter and Terra Nova.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC has canceled Awake, Are You There, Chelsea?, Bent, BFF, Free Agents and Harry’s Law.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
On Saturday Night Live this past weekend the 100th SNL Digital Short aired with a several cameos by Justin Beiber, Justin Timberlake, Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Will Ferrell and Michael Bolton.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/snl-digital-short-100th-digital-short/1401418
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Marvel’s The Avengers – $103.2 million
Dark Shadows – $28.8 million
Think Like A Man – $6.3 million
The Hunger Games – $4.4 million
The Lucky One – $4.1 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
CASTING CALL
A new fashion competition show, Making the Brand is in development and is currently casting in Southern California for fashion entrepreneurs aged 18 to 35 who will compete for the chance to transform their own label into a world-class brand. The winner will receive a one-year lease on their own Beverly Hills boutique, a major cash prize and exclusive distribution in a major national retailer. To apply for the competition show, send an email to: MakingTheBrandCasting@gmail.com and include your name, age, photo, contact info, brand and company history, images of products and your website/Facebook/Twitter info.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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