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CELEBRITY NEWS: FEBRUARY 26. 2013
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Corinne Bailey Rae (Soul Singer) – 34 years old
Erykah Badu – 42 years old
Greg German (Ally McBeal) – 55 years old
Michael Bolton – 60 years old
Bill Duke (“Car Wash”) – 70 years old
Fats Domino – 85 years old

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

ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 2/26/13)
ABC: Celebrity Wife Swap (Premiere) at 8pm
PBS: Makers: Women Who Make America (Premiere) at 8pm
BIO: Casanova Killers (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: The Golden Boy (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Robot Combat Leauge (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Armed & Ready (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
MTV2: Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family (Premiere) at 11:30pm

ABC’s live broadcast of “The Oscars” on Sunday from 830-1140p attracted an average audience of 40.3 million total viewers and delivered a 13.0 rating among A18-49, based on Nielsen’s Fast National ratings.  This year’s Oscars has become TV’s most-watched entertainment telecast in three years and the Seth MacFarlane-hosted show also scored generous year-to-year gains with A18-34 viewers (+20% – 11.3 rating vs. 9.4 rating).
(Source: Cynopsis)

E!’s three-hour Live from the Red Carpet: The 2013 Academy Awards from 530-830p averaged close to 3.7 million total viewers and 1.9 million among A18-49.  These totals are up +3% and +8% respectively over the Red Carpet coverage for the 2012 Academy Awards.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Following the success of primetime series Love It or List It in its fifth season, HGTV is premiering a spinoff series Love It or List It Too featuring Jillian Harris, interior designer and season 5 star of The Bachelorette.  Beginning Monday, March 4 at 11p and airing every Monday, 26 one-hour episodes follow Harris and real estate agent Todd Talbot as they compete for homeowners’ final decision to remain in their home or buy a new one.  This Friday at 8p, HGTV premieres another new series – Auction Agent – starring Missouri State Auction Champ Christie Hatman in five half-hour episodes.  HGTV has also renewed Hawaii Life and Scoring the Deal for second seasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV One explores real-life stories of love gone wrong in new docu-series Deceived, debuting Monday, March 25 at 9p.  Deceived is produced by Juma Entertainment for TV One.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC renewed Breaking Amish for a second season. Production on eight one-hour episodes is currently underway. Produced by Hot Snakes Media for TLC, the show premieres in May 2013.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Christine Lahti, presently recurring on CBS’ Hawaii Five-O, was cast as the female lead in the network’s drama pilot Beverly Hills Cop, based on the movie franchise.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s comedy Keep Calm and Karey On about a family of petty thieves has added Jane Seymour and Majandra Delfino playing mother and daughter.  The comedy is produced by 20th Television with Shawn Levy, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements as EPs.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The X Files’ Gillian Anderson and 666 Park Avenue’s Rachael Taylor have joined NBC’s untitled drama thriller pilot from Rand Ravich.  Ravich will write the pilot and executive produce the 20th Television project along with Far Shariat.
(Source: Cynopsis)

British actor Jamie Bell, who starred in the film Billy Elliot, turns to television for his next role in AMC‘s drama pilot Turn.  Bell will play the lead role of Abraham Woodhull.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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CELEBRITY NEWS: FEBRUARY 25, 2013
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Isabelle Fuhrman (“The Hunger Games”) – 16 years old
Rashida Jones (Parks And Recreation) – 37 years old
Chelsea Handler – 38 years old
Justin Jeffree (98 Degrees) – 40 years old
Sean Astin (“Lord of The Rings”) movie – 42 years old
Nancy O’Dell (Entertainment Tonight) – 47 years old
Tea Leoni (“Bad Boys”) – 47 years old
Alexis Denisof (“The Avengers”) – 47 years old
Carrot Top – 48 years old
Sally Jessy Raphael – 78 years old

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

ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 2/25/13)
E!: Fashion Police: Oscar Edition at 8:30pm
GOLF: The Haney Project (Premiere) at 9pm
GOLF: Feherty (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: Burning Love (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: After Lately (Premiere) at 10:30pm
ABC FAMILY: Bunheads (Finale) at 9pm
BRAVO: Vanderpump Rules (Finale) at 10pm
DIY: House Crashers (Finale) at 11pm

Glee-ful Fox star Jane Lynch will be moonlighting on a different network as NBC on Friday named her host of its upcoming show Hollywood Game Night. NBC picked up eight episodes of the one-hour competition from Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner last December.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new half-hour unscripted series, Forever Young, debuts on TV Land with back-to-back episodes beginning Wednesday, April 3 at 10p.  The six episodes focus on what happens when five “juniors” under the age of 30 and five “seniors” over the age of 70 live together in the same house. Forever Young is from Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg’s Katalyst and Eyeworks USA’s EPs JD Roth and Todd A. Nelson.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E! announced that Sunday, April 21 at 10p is the premiere date of its new series What Would Ryan Lochte Do? starring the swimming superstar.  Following at 1030p is the season two debut of Married to Jonas starring Kevin and Danielle Jonas.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OSCARS – WINNERS LIST
Here is the list of winners from last night’s show.
http://oscar.go.com/nominees

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Identity Thief – $14.1 million
Snitch – $13 million
Escape From Planet Earth – $11 million
Safe Haven – $10.6 million
A Good Day To Die Hard – $10 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)