Archive for March, 2013

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MOVIES/ MEGA MILLIONS/ POWERBALL

March 15, 2013

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

ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/15/13)
HGTV: Flea Market Flip (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Blood Relatives (Premiere) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 3/16/13)
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Deadly Sins (Finale) at 9pm

(SUNDAY 3/17/13)
TRAVEL: Trip Flip (Premiere) at 8pm
E!: Playing With Fire (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Vikings (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Gypsy Sisters (Finale) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Spiritual Healer “John of God” (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah Presents Master Class: Tom Brokaw at 10pm

Academy Award winning director Ang Lee is set to make his television directorial debut. Lee will direct the FX drama pilot Tyrant from FOX21 and FX Productions, his first project since Life of Pi. “No one could be a more perfect film maker to bring Howard Gordon, Gideon Raff, and Craig Wright’s Tyrant to indelible life,” said John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX Networks.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime Networks Inc. has extended its exclusive output agreement with The Walt Disney Studios to continue to air DreamWorks Studios’ films theatrically released by Disney through 2018. The films will air across Showtime, The Movie Channel, and Flix, as well as its multiplex channels.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chris Hayes is moving to MSNBC‘s primetime lineup. The journalist, who has hosted the weekend morning show Up With Chris Hayes since September 2011, is slipping into the 8p slot. He’ll fill the void left by Ed Schultz, whose program The Ed Show, is moving to the weekends.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS Corporation has launched a new CBS App for iPhone and iPad users, offering full-episode streaming of its programming from primetime, daytime and late night. It will offer original and second-screen features for NCIS, The Good Wife and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation among many others. Daytime and late night programming will be available within 24 hours after initial airing, while most primetime programs will be available on the eighth day after broadcast. CBS will introduce similar full-episode streaming apps for all major mobile and tablet platforms later this year, including Android and Windows 8.
(Source: Cynopsis)

There’s more Betty White coming to the tube and viewers can be a part of it. TV Land will debut the The Golden Girls on Saturday, March 16. Marathons will start on Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17, from 3-11p, followed by a week-long primetime tribute to each of the characters. Then, fans take over the air. Viewers can go online now and choose their favorite episodes on TV Land’s Facebook Page, then watch the results on Friday, March 22 from 7-10p. After launch week, the show will settle into its regular time slot at 7p, Monday through Saturday, and 5p on Sundays.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Law & Order: SUV alum Christopher Meloni has landed the starring role in the untitled FOX comedy pilot based on the Justin Halpern book I Suck at Girls. He’ll play Jack Dunlevy.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apolo Ohno has been named the host of GSN‘s Minute to Win It.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone -Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, James Gandolfini, Alan Arkin
The Call – Halle Berry, Abigail, Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, Michael Imperioli, David Otunga
Upside Down (Limited Release) – Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess
Spring Breakers (Limited Release) – Heather Morris, Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez, James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $12 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 $216 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

www.NYLottery.org

 

 

LIL WAYNE HOSPITALIZED AGAIN FOR SEIZURES

March 14, 2013

LIL WAYNE HOSPITALIZED AGAIN FOR SEIZURES
http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/14/lil-wayne-hospitalized-seizures/

 

TAMAR BRAXTON SHOWS OFF HER BABY BUMP

March 14, 2013

TAMAR BRAXTON IS PREGNANT
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/tamar-braxton-talks-pregnancy-im-in-my-last-trimester-2013143

ED ASNER RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL

March 14, 2013

ED ASNER RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL
http://www.accesshollywood.com/ed-asner-released-from-hospital_article_76643

CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 14, 2013

March 14, 2013

CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 14, 2013
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Sammi Giancola (Jersey Shore) – 26 years old
Jaime Bell (“Billy Elliot”) – 27 years old
Taylor Hanson (Hanson) – 30 years old
Chris Klein (“American Pie” movies) – 34 years old
Elise Neal (All Of Us) – 47 years old
Tamara Tunie (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) – 59 years old
Billy Crystal – 65 years old
Quincy Jones – 80 years old
Michael Caine (“The Dark Knight”) – 80 years old

 

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ BROADWAY

March 14, 2013

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

ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 3/14/13)
WE: Braxton Family Values (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Funeral Boss (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Frenemies: Loyalty Turned Lethal (Finale) at 10pm

Fans of USA Network‘s Psych will get the chance to determine the show’s ending via a live interactive event to mark the show’s 100th episode on Wednesday, March 27 at 10p. The multi-platform experience kicks off on March 13 across web, social and mobile with a Psych-themed interactive countdown calendar, custom polls, trivia and challenges across all the show’s social channels. “This is a great example of how USA can event-ize a broadcast and take fan engagement to new heights before, during and after the show,” said Alexandra Shapiro, executive vice president, marketing & digital.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family presents the Season 3 finale of Pretty Little Liars, followed by a sneak peek of the full first episode of Twisted, the new drama series set to premiere this summer, on Tuesday, March 19. Pretty Little Liars airs at 8p, followed by Twisted at 9p. Avan Jogia, who plays Danny Desai on Twisted, will answer fan questions live via Twitter on Tuesday, March 19during the show’s East Coast feed at his handle @ATJogia.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV is set to debut an all-new Thursday night lineup with the series premieres of The Show With Vinny and Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. Vinny Guadagnino, formerly of Jersey Shore, tackles late night with The Show With Vinny. The new talk show takes celebrities into Guadagnino’s family home in Staten Island, NY. It will premiere on Thursday, May 2 at 10p. Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, a half comedy starring Bo Burnham as a teenager who opts to pursue fame and stardom instead of attending college, will premiere Thursday, May 2 at 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In celebration of General Hospital‘s 50th anniversary, SOAPnet is airing a 50-hour marathon of classic episodes from the series, beginning Friday, March 29 at 10p and running through Monday, April 1 at 12a. Events kick off with the very first episode from 1963 and will include shows from every decade, leading up to special 50th anniversary episode on General Hospital airing Monday, April 1 at 2p on ABC and 9p and 12a on SOAPnet.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen has renewed Bad Girls Club for an 11th season. In addition, the network has ordered an all-star challenge version of the series: Bad Girls All Star Battle. The latter will reunite 14 of the more popular cast members from the show’s previous ten seasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Dermot Mulroney has been tapped to star in NBC‘s untitled conspiracy thriller by Rand Ravich. He’ll play Bill Gibson, a former CIA analyst.
(Source: Cynopsis)

John Stamos has landed a recurring guest-starring role in season three of USA‘s Necessary Roughness. He’ll play Connor McClane, the founder a sports and entertainment management company.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Abbie Cornish has been cast as the female lead in Discovery Channel‘s first scripted mini-series Klondike (wt). Cornish is known for her roles in Sucker Punch, Bright Star and Limitless.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Soccer player Brandi Chastain, a two time Women’s World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist, has joined the cast of the ABC reality series Splash.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Plays by Edward Albee, August Wilson, Martha Clarke & more for the 2013-2014 Broadway Season.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/168016/plays-by-edward-albee-august-wilson-martha-clarke-more-on-tap-for-signature-theatres-2013-14-season/

CARDINAL JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO IS THE NEW POPE WHO WILL USE THE NAME POPE FRANCIS

March 13, 2013

CARDINAL JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO IS THE NEW POPE WHO WILL USE THE NAME POPE FRANCIS
http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/13/new-pope-announced-cardinal-cardinal-jorge-mario-bergoglio/

MIRANDA KERR INJURED IN HAS A NECK INJURY AFTER L.A. CAR WRECK

March 13, 2013

MIRANDA KERR INJURED IN HAS A NECK INJURY AFTER L.A. CAR WRECK
http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/13/miranda-kerr-car-wreck-accident-injury-neck-brace-back/

ED ASNER HOSPITALIZED

March 13, 2013

ED ASNER HOSPITALIZED 
http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/13/ed-asner-hospitalized-medical-emergency-during-live-performance/

CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 13, 2013

March 13, 2013

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

 

Emile Hirsch (“Into The Wild”) – 28 years old
Danny Masterson (That 70’s Show) – 37 years old
Common – 41 years old
Adam Clayton (U2) – 53 years old
Kathy Hilton – 54 years old
Dana Delany (Body of Proof) – 57 years old
William H. Macy (“Fargo”) – 63 years old
Neil Sedaka (Singer/Composer) – 74 years old