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CELEBRITY NEWS: NOVEMBER 19, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Tyga (Rapper) – 23 years old
Erika Alexander (Living Single) – 43 years old
Jodie Foster (“Silence of the Lambs”) – 50 years old
Meg Ryan (“Sleepless In Seattle”) – 51 years old
Allison Janney (The West Wing) – 53 years old
Terrence “T.C.” Carson (Living Single) – 54 years old
Ann Curry (Today Show) – 56 years old
Ahmad Rashad (Sports Broadcaster) – 63 years old
Calvin Klein – 70 years old
Ted Turner – 74 years old
Larry King – 79 years old

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 11/19/12)
ENCORE: Lonesome Dove (Premiere) at 8pm
NICKELODEON: The TeenNick 2012 Halo Awards (Premiere) at 8pm
TRAVEL: The Layover with Anthony Bourdain (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Marrying The Game (Premiere) at 9:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Disapppeared (Premiere) at 10pm

ABC decided to not give back orders to two first season series, Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue.  Both series premiered with modest ratings in September with each averaging a 1.6 A18-49 rating.  Last Resort is from creator Shawn Ryan and Sony Pictures Television and has been airing in the Thursday 8p time slot.  666 Park Avenue, from Warner Bros. Television, has been airing opposite NBC’s Sunday Night Football and tied its series low 1.3 rating in its most recent airing.  ABC will air the remaining episodes of both series’ original 13-episode orders.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Effective immediately, CBS canceled first season comedy Partners.  This move comes after Partners posted a series low 1.8 rating among A18-49 in its most recent airing.  CBS will replace Partners in the Monday 830p time period with comedy repeats, including a repeat of Two and a Half Men tonight, until midseason comedies Friend Me or Rules of Engagement can be brought out.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Thursday’s broadcast of the XIII Annual Latin Grammy Awards on Univision attracted 10 million viewers who tuned in to all or part of the live three-hour event.  The broadcast also tallied an average audience of close to 5 million total viewers; 2.6 million A18-49 viewers; and 1.4 million among A18-34.  Additionally, during the broadcast, Univision Communications Inc., unveiled Generacion America, a new empowerment platform dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of Hispanics in America.  This platform is part of Univision’s overall corporate strategy to celebrate the contributions Latinos have made to the US.  Generacion America is developed in partnership with the Immigrant Archive Project and is a multi-faceted initiative that includes video vignettes and events using Univision’s television networks, local television and radio affiliates as well as its digital platforms.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning today, Hallmark Channel’s daytime program Home & Family will see a change with its co-hosts as co-host Paige Davis opted to leave the show with her last day being November 16.  Talk show veteran, Cristina Ferrare will become the new co-host through the holiday season joining Mark Steines.  Hallmark Channel released this statement about the change late last week:
“Hallmark Channel announces today that, sadly, Paige Davis will leave her role as co-host of Home & Family, the channel’s new daily lifestyle program. Her last episode will air on Friday, November 16th. After much thought and careful consideration, and after close to three months away from her own home and family, Paige has decided to temporarily return to New York. We deeply appreciate the contribution Paige made to Home & Family and for the warmth and talent she brought to the set each day. Talk show veteran, Cristina Ferrare will step into the co-host role through the holiday season and will begin appearing on air on Monday, November 19th.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

A third season of Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy is on tap at Showtime.  The web-to-television comedy series received the third season order from Showtime consisting of ten half-hour episodes for 2013.  In the next season, featured guest stars will include Matt LeBlanc of Showtime’s Episodes (and Kudrow’s former Friends co-star), Meg Ryan and Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more celebrities will be announced soon.  Kudrow will continue in the starring role playing the delusional and narcissistic online therapist Fiona Wallace who treats patients in three-minute sessions via webcam.  Web Therapy is created by Kudrow, Don Roos and Dan Bucatinsky for Is or Isn’t Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Next summer, TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland will air a super-sized live episode which launches the show’s summer season on June 19 at 10p.  The series, starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White currently tapes in front of a live studio though this episode marks the first time the show has attempted a live episode on air.  Presently, Hot in Cleveland is shooting its fourth season and new episodes are back on TV Land beginning November 28 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Voice actress, Lucille Bliss, who starred as Smurfette in the 1980s animated series, The Smurfs died November 8 at the age of 96.  Ms. Bliss died of natural causes in Costa Mesa, CA.  Ms. Bliss continued to receive steady work up until the time of her death capping off a career that spanned 60 years.  Ms. Bliss was the original voice of Elroy in the 1960s TV series The Jetsons.  She also voiced characters on The Flintstones and the animated Star Wars spinoffs.  Ms. Bliss never married and had no immediate survivors.  A memorial service honoring her will be held tomorrow at 130p at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former cast member of Entourage, Constance Zimmer will next appear in a recurring role on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.  Zimmer will play Dr. Cahill, a confident professional with a wicked sense of humor.  She will appear in at least four episodes and is scheduled tentatively to begin her role on the Shonda Rhimes drama in late January.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Janina Gavankar (True Blood) has booked a multi-episode run on The CW’s Arrow.  Gavankar will play McKenna Hall, a Starling City PD vice cop who knew Oliver Queen back in his pre-island bad boy days.
(Source: Cynopsis)

2012 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS – WINNER’S LIST
http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards/blogs/show-news/winners-announced-for-the-40th-anniversary-amas 

2012 BLACK FRIDAY DEALS
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – $141.3 million
Skyfall – $41.5 million
Lincoln – $21 million
Wreck-It Ralph – $18.3 million
Flight – $8.6 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: NOVEMBER 16, 2012
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Amare Stoudemire (NBA Player) – 30 years old
Trevor Penick (Making The Band) – 33 years old
Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Dark Knight”) – 35 years old
Brooke Elliott (Drop Dead Diva) – 38 years old
Missi Pyle (“The Artist”) – 40 years old
Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope) – 42 years old
Lisa Bonet (The Cosby Show) – 45 years old
Dean McDermott (Tori & Dean) – 46 years old
Diana Krall (Jazz Singer) – 48 years old
Dwight Gooden (former Baseball Player) – 48 years old
Marg Helgenberger (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) – 54 years old

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 11/16/12)
ANIMAL PLANET: Raised Wild (Premiere) at 9pm
CW: America’s Next Top Model (Finale) at 8pm
CMT: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team (Finale) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 11/17/12)
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Fatal Vows (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Jeremy Renner, Musical Guest: Maroon 5 at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 11/18/12)
ABC: The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards at 8pm
OWN: Oprah’s Favorite Things : 2012 (Premiere) at 8pm
PBS: The Dust Bowl (Premiere) at 8pm
GMC: I Forgive You  (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Married To The Army: Alaska (Premiere) at 10pm
TV GUIDE: Celebrity Style Story (Premiere) at 11pm
UNIVISION: Mira Quien Baila! (Finale) at 8pm

NBC gave a limited back order to its first season comedy, Guys With Kids.  The Jimmy Fallon-produced sitcom received four additional episodes.  In its most recent airing, Guys With Kids averaged a 1.3 rating with A18-49 and 3.8 million total viewers.  These added episodes bring Guys With Kids up to 17 total episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Yesterday, FX renewed its anthology series, American Horror Story for a third run with 13 total episodes bowing in fall 2013.  Jessica Lange will return for the third installment of the Ryan Murphy/Twentieth Century Fox Television production.  The title and plot have yet to be revealed.  Currently, the series’ second season, American Horror Story: Asylum is up +19% both in total viewers and among A18-49 over the first season, averaging 5.23 million total viewers and 3.88 million with A18-49 on a Live+7 basis.  The second season finale will air January 23.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On Monday evening in New York City, two-time Academy Award winner and two-time Emmy winner, Jessica Lange, star of FX’s American Horror Story will present the 2012 International Emmy Founders Award to Ryan Murphy at the 40th International Emmy Awards.  In turn, Ryan Murphy will present the 40th Anniversary Special Founders Award to television veterans Normal Lear (All in the Family) and Alan Alda (M*A*S*H) and other awards.  Regis Philbin is hosting the event held at the Hilton New York.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Style Network will premiere the next installment of its Big Rich Texas franchise when Big Rich Atlanta debuts January 20 at 8p.  Big Rich Atlanta is set inside the exclusive world of an Atlanta country club where over-the-top wealthy mothers and daughters do whatever it takes to stay on top of the social scene.  Big Rich Atlanta is produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also in January, E! debuts Kourtney & Kim Take Miami, the latest series in the Kardashian reality franchise.  The new series is produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Bunim/Murray Productions and follows sisters Kourtney and Kim as they make the beach city their home base for several months to open their DASH Miami boutique.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX’s Touch has added Mykelti Williamson and Frances Fisher in recurring roles when the second season returns February 1.  Williamson will play LAPD Detective Lang who has seen it all and possesses a keen sense for the truth while Fisher will play Nicole Farington, the ultra-organized head of Astor Corps.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz
Anna Karenina (Limited Release) – Keira Knightly, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew MacFadyen, Domhnall, Gleeson
Silver Linings Playbook (Limited Release) – Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday November 17, 2012
Astor Place Festival – from Lafayette St. to Broadway
ADA’s World’s Largest Block Party – on Madison Ave. from 42nd to 57th St.

Sunday November 18, 2012
Union Square Broadway Festival – from 17th to 23rd St.
6th Ave. Autumn Fair – from 34th to 42nd St.

HOLIDAY SHOPS
They opened this week and will run until Christmas Eve.
The Holiday Shops at Bryant Park – 42nd & 6th Ave.
(Mon. – Fri. 11am – 8pm, Sat. 10am to 9pm, Sun. 10am to 6pm)

Grand Central Holiday Fair – 42nd & Lexington Ave.
(Mon. – Sat. 10am – 8pm, Sun. 11am – 7pm)

The Holiday Gift Shops at St. Bartholomew’s – 325 Park Ave. on 50th St. 
(Mon. – Fri. 8am to 8pm Daily)

Holiday Market At Union Square – 14th St. & Broadway
(11am to 8pm (Closed Thanksgiving)

The Seaport Holiday Shops – At the Grand Entrance Walkway of the South Street Seaport
(Every day from 10am to 9pm)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $26 million

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

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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $214 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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

Shailene Woodley (“The Descendants”) – 21 years old
YaYa DaCosta (“In Time”) – 30 years old
Chad Kroeger (Nickleback) – 38 years old
Sydney Tamiia Poitier (Private Practice) – 39 years old
Jonny Lee Millier (Elementary) – 40 years old
Jay Harrington (Better Off Ted) – 41 years old
Rachel True (Half & Half) – 46 years old
Kevin Eubanks (former bandleader “The Tonight Show) – 55 years old
Alexander O’Neal (R&B Singer) – 59 years old
Beverly D’Angelo (“Vacation” movies) – 61 years old
Sam Waterston (Law & Order) – 72 years old
Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) – 83 years old
Judge Joseph Wapner (former Judge on “People’s Court”) – 93 years old