Archive for February, 2013

STEVE MARTIN BECOMES A DAD FOR THE FIRST TIME AT 67 YEARS OLD

February 13, 2013

STEVE MARTIN BECOMES A DAD FOR THE FIRST TIME AT 67 YEARS OLD
http://www.accesshollywood.com/steve-martin-becomes-a-dad-at-67-report_article_76160

CELEBRITY NEWS: FEBRUARY 13, 2013

February 13, 2013

CELEBRITY NEWS: FEBRUARY 13, 2013
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Prince Jackson (Michael Jackson’s son) – 16 years old
Mena Suvari (“American Beauty”) – 34 years old
Robbie Williams (Take That) – 39 years old
Kelly Hu (“The Scorpion King”) – 45 years old
Neal McDonough (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) – 47 years old
Peter Gabriel (Genesis) – 63 years old
Stockard Channing (Grease) – 69 years old
Jerry Springer (The Jerry Springer Show) – 69 years old
Peter Tork (The Monkees) – 71 years old
George Segal (Just Shoot Me) – 79 years old
Kim Novak  (“Vertigo”) – 80 years old

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL/ CASTING CALL

February 13, 2013

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

ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 2/13/13)
CBS: Survivor: Caramoan (Premiere) at 8pm
TLC: Hoarding: Buried Alive (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: My Strange Addiction (Premiere) at 10pm
TNT: Southland (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Lou Rawls (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: Hot In Cleveland (Finale) at 9pm
TV LAND: Happily Divorced (Finale) at 10pm
VELOCITY: Wheeler Dealers (Finale) at 9pm

Comcast has bought out GEs remaining stock in NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion. The buy-in, originally planned for next year, was accelerated, giving Comcast 100% control of its US Entertainment holdings.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Core Fusion: The name for the upcoming ABC and Univision joint news and lifestyle network for US Hispanics has been announced: Fusion, set to launch the second half of this year.  Ben Sherwood, president of ABC News said, “Our goal is for this audience to come to Fusion to be informed, entertained and empowered.”  At launch, five large cable distributors have already signed on to carry the network including Cablevision, Charter, Cox, AT&T U-verse and Google Fiber.  Based in Miami, programming will encompass the economy, entertainment, music, food, immigration issues, pop culture, education, politics, health and wellness and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Atlanta’s social scene is the setting of Bravo Media’s next new docu-series, Married to Medicine, premiering Sunday, March 24 at 9p.  The series follows the lives of six of Atlanta’s socially elite women who are involved in the world of medicine as doctors or wives of doctors as they juggle busy careers and charitable events.  Married to Medicine is produced by FremantleMedia North America and developed by Purveyors of Pop.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season three of I Love Jenni, an original Hispanic celebrity reality series premieres Sunday, April 14 at 9p on mun2.  The series spotlights Latin music superstar Jenni Rivera; footage was shot a month prior to her untimely death last December. I Love Jenni is from Jenni Rivera Productions and is also an original mun2 production.  The series airs with English language subtitles.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Multimedia company Al Roker Entertainment Inc. (ARE) inked a development deal with Dina Manzo, the star of HGTV’s Dina’s Party and a former cast member of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey.  Plans are in the works for a docu-series that will depict Dina’s next chapter of her life.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/10/13)
1) Josh Groban – All That Echoes – 145,041
2) Tim McGraw – Two Lanes of Freedom – 106,604
3) Various Artists – Now 45 – 86,642

Other Debuts
7) Red – Release The Panic – 41,497
9) Coheed & Cambria – Afterman: Decension – 40,616
15) Joe Budden – No Love Lost – 29,846
34) Jim James – Regions of Light & Sound of God – 16,694
40 ) Avant – Face The Music – 13,992
54) Mumford & Sons – Roads To Red Cross – 9,874

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $50 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
FOX’s The X Factor will be launching its nationwide search for talent beginning March 6 in Los Angeles followed by Charleston, SC on March 19; New Orleans on April 14; Long Island, NY on April 25; and Denver on May 14.  More information about the auditions can be found at: www.thexfactorusa.com/.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ALEC BALDWIN & HILARIA THOMAS ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD TOGETHER

February 12, 2013

ALEC BALDWIN & HILARIA THOMAS ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD TOGETHER
http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/02/12/alec-baldwin-hilaria-baldwin-pregnant-expecting-baby/

 

JENNY MCCARTHY COMES TO COUSIN MELISSA MCCARTHY’S DEFENSE FOLLOWING INSULTS FROM FILM CRITIC

February 12, 2013

JENNY MCCARTHY COMES TO COUSIN MELISSA MCCARTHY’S DEFENSE FOLLOWING INSULTS FROM FILM CRITIC
http://www.accesshollywood.com/jenny-mccarthy-comes-to-cousin-melissa-mccarthys-defense-following-insults-from-film-critic_article_76151

BEYONCE TO PERFORM AT ESSENCE FESTIVAL

February 12, 2013

BEYONCE TO PERFORM AT ESSENCE FESTIVAL
http://www.accesshollywood.com/beyonce-to-perform-at-essence-festival_article_76142

CELEBRITY NEWS: FEBRUARY 12, 2013

February 12, 2013

CELEBRITY NEWS: FEBRUARY 12, 2013
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Elle Varner (R&B Singer) – 24 years old
Mike Posner (Singer) – 25 years old
Christina Ricci (“The Addams Family’’) – 33 years old
Gucci Mane (Rapper) – 33 years old
Sarah Lancaster (Chuck) – 33 years old
Josh Brolin (“No Country For Old Men”) – 45 years old
Chynna Phillips (Wilson Phillips) – 45 years old
Tracy Reese (Fashion Designer) – 49 years old
Arsenio Hall – 57 years old
Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains) – 60 years old
Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers) – 61 years old
Patricia Field (Fashion Designer) – 72 years old
Bill Russell (former NBA Player) – 79 years old

 

 

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MEGA MILLIONS

February 12, 2013

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

ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 2/12/13)
OXYGEN: The Face (Premiere) at 9pm (also premiering on Bravo & Style)
WEATHER: Reef Wranglers (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Africa (Finale) at 10pm
FOOD: Chopped Champions (Finale) at 10pm

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address will air on most channels starting at 9pm tonight.

Yesterday The CW handed early renewals to freshmen series Arrow as well as returning series The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural for the next fall season.  Arrow is the network’s best series debut since 2009 when it launched last October and currently ranks as CW’s most-watched series with 4.3 million weekly viewers.  The Vampire Diaries will be back for a 5th season while Supernatural notches its ninth season in the fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A third season of Food Network’s hidden camera series Restaurant Stakeout bows March 13 at 10p.  New York restaurateur Willie Degel is back using his covert surveillance techniques to show struggling restaurant owners what really happens when their employees think no one is watching.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Singer/songwriter and actor John Legend is in business with USA Network on a drama series called The Edge as part of his exclusive production deal with Universal Cable Productions and his Get Lifted Film Co. The drama is about an idealistic Harvard Business School grad who joins a financial firm only to discover the company has dark secrets.  Justin Herber and Adam Hoff are writing partners on the project and will be EPs along with Legend and Get Lifted partners Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC’s Dracula drama series has cast Thomas Kretschmann as professor Abraham Van Helsing and Oliver Jackson-Cohen is also joining the cast as Jonathan Harker, a journalist desperate to climb the ranks of aristocracy in this 1890s set drama thriller starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Dracula.  NBC bypassed the traditional pilot stage for this series and ordered 10 episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sunday’s telecast of the 55th Annual Grammy Awards on CBS delivered 28.37 million total viewers become the second largest audience for this awards event since 1993, according to Nielsen’s updated preliminary Live + Same Day ratings.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also on Sunday, the season 3B premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC at 9p attracted 12.3 million total viewers, a +51% increase over last year’s 2B premiere.  The 9p airing also delivered 7.7 million among A18-49, a +44% bump over last year’s season 2B debut.  Following at 10p, the season 3B premiere of Talking Dead drew 4.1 million total viewers and 2.7 million with A18-49, a +37% and a +396% boost respectively over last season’s 2B premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $13 million

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

“BUCKWILD” STAR SALWA AMIN BUSTED IN DRUG RAID

February 11, 2013

“BUCKWILD” STAR SALWA AMIN BUSTED IN DRUG RAID
http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/11/buckwild-star-arrest-salwa-amin-drug-possession/

AHMAD RASHAD & SALE JOHNSON ARE GETTING A DIVORCE

February 11, 2013

AHMAD RASHAD & SALE JOHNSON ARE GETTING A DIVORCE
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20672818,00.html