Keely's Korner

CELEBRITY NEWS: JUNE 18, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Diana DeGarmo (American Idol Season 3 Runner-Up) – 25 years old
David Giuntoli (Grimm) – 32 years old
Emma Heming (“Perfect Stranger”) – 34 years old
Blake Shelton (The Voice) – 36 years old
Nathan Morris (Boys II Men) – 41 years old
Isabella Rossellini – 60 years old
Carol Kane (Taxi) – 60 years old
Paul McCartney – 70 years old
Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times Movie Critic) – 70 years old

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/18/12)
JLTV: JLTV World News (Premiere) at 7pm
BOUNCE TV: Family Time (Premiere) at 9pm
BOUNCE TV: Uptown Comic (Premiere) at 9:30pm
VH1: Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta (Premiere) at 8pm
LOGO: RuPaul’s Drag U (Premiere) at 9pm
NICK AT NITE: Hollywood Heights (Premiere) at 9pm
SCIENCE: Danger By Design (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: The Glass House (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Miss Advised (Premiere) at 10pm

In another week, Discovery Channel premieres a new six-episode series, Mobster Confessions that chronicles stories of Mafia members who offered firsthand testimonies of their experiences working with America’s most notorious underground families. Mobster Confessions debuts June 25 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last Thursday’s season finale of Don’t Be Tardy for the Wedding on Bravo chalked up series highs with 2.35 million total viewers and 1.31 million among A18-49, based on Nielsen data. True Entertainment produces the series for Bravo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS is dusting off the game show format Win, Lose or Draw, giving a pilot order to Ryan Seacrest’s production company for a remake titled Draw Something. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Embassy Row, the game show pilot project is based on the popular mobile and tablet game from Zynga where celebrities and ordinary people play in front of a live audience to win cash prizes. The pilot will also include an interactive element allowing viewers to play along at home for prizes. Seacrest, Michael Davies and Ryan Seacret Productions’ CEO Adam Sher will all serve as EPs on the pilot which ended up at CBS following a bidding war. A host for the pilot will be determined soon.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Broadway rising star Jeremy Jordan is joining NBC’s Smash for its second season as a series regular. Jordan, who gained recognition for his role on Broadway’s Newsies, will play an attractive Brooklyn-born singer with a self-destructive streak on NBC’s musical drama series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX’s American Horror Story has cast former MTV’s Skins star Britne Oldford for the upcoming second season, reports TVLine. Oldford will play the recurring role of Alma though no description of the character was made available.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On Friday, Nicole Scherzinger related via Twitter that she will next appear as a judge for the new season of X Factor in the UK. Scherzinger, who was a judge during season one of The X Factor on FOX in the US, will be replacing former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland on the original UK version of the competition series. Simon Cowell’s production company Syco Entertainment produces the show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedian and actress, Yvette Wilson died last Thursday at the age of 48. Los Angeles-born Ms. Wilson was best known for her roles on the television comedies Moesha and its spinoff program The Parkers. Ms. Wilson began her entertainment career as a stand-up comedian and went on to land her first acting roles in the 1993 ABC sitcom Thea and in the feature films House Party 3, Friday and Poetic Justice. On the popular sitcom UPN sitcom Moesha, that launched in 1996 and starred the R&B singer Brandy, Ms. Wilson played the role of Andell Wilkerson, owner of the hangout The Den. Ms. Wilson was on Moesha for five seasons and then joined The Parkers for five more seasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Madagscar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – $35.5 million
Prometheus – $20.2 million
Rock Of Ages – $15.1 million
Snow White And The Huntsman – $13.8 million
That’s My Boy – $13 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: JUNE 15, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Elizabeth Reaser (“Twilight” movies) – 37 years old
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) – 39 years old
Leah Remini (The King Of Queens) – 42 years old
Ice Cube – 43 years old
Courteney Cox (Friends) – 48 years old
Helen Hunt (Mad About You) – 49 years old
Polly Draper (ThirtySomething) – 57 years old
Jim Belushi (According To Jim) – 58 years old
Mario Cuomo (Former New York Governor) – 80 years old

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 6/15/12)
TLC: Say Yes To The Dress (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Randy To The Rescue (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Evil, I (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Cold Blood (Finale) at 9pm
USA: Fairly Legal (Finale) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 6/16/12)
FOOD: Home For Dinner with Jaime Deen (Premiere) at 10:30am
FOOD: Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics (Premiere) at 11am
TV GUIDE: StandUp In Stilettos (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: Oddities (Finale) at 9pm
A&E: Flipped Off (Finale) at 11pm

(SUNDAY 6/17/12)
ABC: 2012 NBA Finals at 8pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: The Kardashians (Premiere) at 8pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: 50 Cent (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Gator Boys (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Nightmare Next Door (Premiere) at 9pm
SMITHSONIAN: Air Disasters (Premiere) at 8pm
SMITHSONIAN: Forensic Firsts (Premiere) at 9pm
TNT: Falling Skies (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Watch What Happens Live (Premiere) at 11pm
AMC: The Killing (Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: Nurse Jackie (Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: The Big C (Finale) at 9:30pm
SHOWTIME: The Borgias (Finale) at 10pm
TLC: My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (Finale) at 10pm

NBC announced its schedule of premiere dates for the new Fall 2012 primetime lineup. The network kicks off its new season with commercial-free sneak previews of the new comedies Go On August 8 following the evening coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games and Animal Practice on August 12, airing after the Closing Ceremonies of the London Olympics. On August 13, NBC will debut its new competition series Stars Earn Stripes with a two-hour episode at 8p followed by an advance season premiere of Grimm at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season three of Bachelor Pad returns to ABC’s schedule this summer on July 23 with a two-hour premiere episode at 8p. The new season features fifteen male and female players from the network’s Bachelor franchise who gather together at the mansion to live together and attempt a second chance at love while competing for $250,000. Chris Harrison hosts Bachelor Pad which is produced by Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television, the same production companies behind The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tonight, ABC will air two specials spotlighting legendary tightrope walker Nik Wallenda as he attempts to cross a highwire suspended 173 feet over Niagara Falls. ABC will first air Countdown to Niagara: The Greatest Megastunts of All Time at 8p followed by Megastunts: Highwire Over Niagara Falls Live! at 9p. These specials are anchored by Josh Elliott and ESPN’s Hannah Storm with reporting from Elliott, Storm, Bill Weir and Sam Champion. In addition to ABC’s specials airing tonight, SCIENCE debuts the new series Danger By Design next Monday at 9p documenting Nik Wallenda and his family as they create more death-defying stunts using science, skill and discipline. Danger By Design is produced by RelativityREAL/The Jay and Tony Show for SCIENCE.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nominees for the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced by Kerry Washington, star of ABC’s Scandal and Nick Offerman, star on NBC’s Parks and Recreation on July 19 at 540a PT. The pair will relate the list of nominees along with TV Academy chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theater in North Hollywood. The Primetime Emmy Awards will air live on ABC September 23 from L.A. Live’s Nokia Theatre hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Later next month, Bryan Cranston will host the annual Television Critics Association awards on July 28 held in Los Angeles as part of the TCA press tour. This will be the first time Cranston will host the awards and he is also nominated in the drama category for his starring turn on AMC’s Breaking Bad.
(Source: Cynopsis)

For the fifth time, CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the most-watched TV program in the world after receiving the International Television Audience Award for a Drama TV Series at the 52nd Monte Carlo Television Festival yesterday. This is the fifth time in seven years CSI has been granted this honor which is based on stats from Eurodata TV Worldwide that tallies the highest ratings worldwide in 2011 across five continents. CSI’s star Ted Danson was at the Monte Carlo Television Festival to accept the award for the series. CSI amassed more than 63 million viewers globally.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The premiere of TNT’s Dallas Wednesday night at 9p attracted nearly 6.9 million total viewers, making it the #1 scripted series debut on all of cable for the year-to-date. The new Dallas also tallied 1.9 million with A18-49 and close to 2.5 million among A25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV will debut a new late-night series, The Nikki and Sara Show later this year helmed by comedians Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer airing weekly at 11p. Glaser and Schaefer host the podcast You Had to Be There where they tell jokes, star in sketches, conduct on-the-street interviews and host celebrity guests.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A second season of My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding was ordered by TLC just before the series’ season one finale airs this Sunday at 10p. The series, which highlights the hidden culture and outrageous wedding celebrations of American Gypsies, averaged 1.6 million viewers to date. In addition, TLC will air the one-hour special My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding: The Stanley Sisters, featuring Gypsy sisters Nettie, Mellie, Kayla and Laura on July 1 at 9p followed on the same night by a reunion special titled My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding: The Aftermath at 10p. The series is produced by Firecracker Films for TLC and Peacock Productions is behind the My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding reunion special for the network.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Big Love star Jeanne Tripplehorn is joining the cast of CBS’ Criminal Minds as a series regular for the upcoming fall season. Tripplehorn’s character, described as a new profiler, will be introduced with the season eight premiere. Criminal Minds airs on Wednesdays at 9p on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Rock Of Ages – Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige
That’s My Boy – Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Susan Sarandon, Milo Ventimiglia
Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap (Limited Release, Documentary by Ice-T) – Ice-T, Mos, Def, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West
The Woman In The Fifth (Limited Release) – Kristin Scott Thomas, Ethan Hawke, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, Delphine Chuillot
Your Sister’s Sister (Limited Release) – Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass, Mike Birbiglia

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday June 15, 2012
Grand Central Spring Festival – 41st St. from Lexington Ave. to 3rd Ave.

Saturday June 16, 2012
Waverly Place Festival – on Waverly from 5th Ave. to Broadway
3rd Ave. Festival – from 6th St. to 14th St.
Times Square Expo – on Broadway from 47th to 57th St.

Sunday June 17, 2012
Turtle Bay Festival – on Lexington Ave. from 42nd St. to 54th St.
Seventh Heaven Festival (Brooklyn) – on 7th Ave. from Flatbush to 18th St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $39 million

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

www.NYLottery.org

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $40 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

www.NYLottery.org