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CELEBRITY NEWS: APRIL 5, 2013
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Hayley Atwell (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) – 31 years old
Juicy J (Three 6 Mafia) – 38 years old
Pharrell Williams (Music Producer) – 40 years old
Christopher Reid (Kid ‘N Play) – 49 years old
Greg Mathes (Judge Mathis Show) – 53 years old
Colin Powell (former Secretary of State)  – 76 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 4/5/13)
HISTORY 2: America’s Book of Secrets (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook (Premiere) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 4/6/13)
ANIMAL PLANET: My Cat From Hell (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Melissa McCarthy, Musical Guest: Phoenix at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 4/7/13) 
CBS: 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at 8pm
AMC: Mad Men (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: River Monsters (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Mega Dens (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD: Chopped All-Star (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Jane Fonda & Mary Williams (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: Kim And Kourtney Take Miami (Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: Shameless (Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: House of Lies (Finale) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Californication (Finale) at 10:30pm

The dramatic journeys of nine lucky people, who are given a second shot at pursuing their dream career, is explored in the new USA Network reality series The Moment. Executive produced by Charlie Ebersol and Justin Hochberg of THE Company, the show premieres Thursday, April 11 at 10p. Hosted by former NFL quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner, each one-hour episode profiles an ordinary person who has been secretly nominated by a loved one. Leaving the comforts of home behind, they train under the guidance of a top-notch mentor, who will help them prepare for an interview that could  change their lives. The series explores a wide range of coveted professions from NASCAR driver to White House chef to Notre Dame football coach.
(Source: Cynopsis)

How do you like your pizza? Cooking Channel will explore the options, when it takes viewers on an journey across the country in Pizza Cuz, premiering Monday May 6 at 9p. Over the course of six episodes, Francis Garcia and Sal Basille, owners of Artichoke Basille’s Pizza in New York City, travel everywhere from San Francisco to Philadelphia to their own backyard of Brooklyn, tasting and discovering everything related to pizza along the way.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CNBC Prime has added the next series to its primetime line-up. Crowd Rules, a  New York studio-based reality competition series from Embassy Row and executive produced by Michael Davies, will premiere Tuesday, April 30 at 9p. Each week, the show will feature three small businesses that compete in front of an audience of 100, who vote to decide who wins a $50,000 prize. Entrepreneur and jewelry designer Kendra Scott, NY1 Anchor Pat Kiernan and a weekly guest industry expert lead the examination of the small businesses in order to help the studio audience.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cliques, jealousy and love all blend together in VH1‘s Off Pitch, a new series about the Grand River Singers, a young adult choir with one goal: to take their act out of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and onto a larger stage — like the Sheboygan Bratwurst Festival. The show premieres Wednesday, April 17 at 10p. Off Pitch is executive produced by Tim Hamilton, Colleen Steward and Shannon Keenan Demers for Tremendous! Entertainment, Inc. Executive producing for VH1 are Jill Holmes, Tom Huffman and Jeff Olde.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Here’s your chance to hang with the band. Entertainment One (eOne) is teaming up with rock legend Gene Simmons on the new reality series Busted. Created by Simmons, the show goes on tour with some of the biggest rock bands in the world, where every rock star, band mate, family member and roady is a moving target. Hosted by Gene Simmons, Busted takes audiences backstage with an all-access pass to the never before seen hysterical practical jokes pulled on tour. Executive producers include John Morayniss, Tara Long and Jeff Hevert on behalf of eOne and Gene Simmons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NickMom has ordered 13 episodes of Instant Mom [wt], the primetime TV block’s first original scripted comedy series. Starring Tia Mowry-Hardrict, the half-hour series follows a young party girl who trades in cosmos for carpools when she marries an older man. Executive-produced by Howard Gould and Aaron Kaplan, the show is set to premiere later this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Authentic Entertainment, the producers of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Flipping Out, and Auction Kings, has launched its first casting website, MyLifeisaRealityShow.com. The site provides people in all areas of the country, the opportunity to be discovered with the potential for an unscripted series. A page dedicated to Submit Your World offers instructions on how to submit casting videos for consideration.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Famed film critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Roger Ebert died Thursday, after a battle with cancer. Ebert, who reviewed movies for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years and on television for 31 years was 70.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Evil Dead – Jane Levy, Shilah Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Liz Blackmore
Jurassic Park 3D – Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck
6 Souls – Julianne Moore, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Conroy, Nate Cordory
The Company You Keep – Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf Julie Christie, Susan Sarnadon, Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick

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CELEBRITY NEWS: APRIL 4, 2013
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Austin Mahone (Singer) – 17 years old
Jamie Lynne Spears (All That on Nickelodeon) – 22 years old
Natasha Lyonne (“American Pie” movies) – 34 years old
David Blaine (Magician) – 40 years old
Jill Scott – 41 years old
Mixmaster Mike (The Beastie Boys) – 43 years old
Nancy McKeon (The Facts of Life) – 47 years old
Robert Downey Jr. (“Iron Man” movies) – 48 years old
David Cross (Arrested Development) – 49 years old
Hugo Weaving (“The Maxtrix” movies) – 53 years old
David E. Kelley (Writer/Producer) – 57 years old
Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope) – 63 years old
Craig T. Nelson (Parenthood) – 67 years old
Clive Davis – 81 years old
Maya Angelou – 85 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 4/4/13)
BRAVO: Tabatha Takes Over (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Hannibal (Premiere) at 10pm
OUTDOOR: Jack Link’s Major League Fishing (Premiere) at 9pm
TBS: Men At Work (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Casino Confidential (Premiere) at 8pm
TLC: America’s Worst Tattoos (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: NY Ink (Premiere) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: North Woods Law (Finale) at 10pm
HISTORY: Big Rig Bounty Hunters (Finale) at 10pm
WEATHER: Hacking The Planet (Finale) at 8pm

It’s finally confirmed. Tonight Show host Jay Leno will leave the NBC program in spring 2014, the network announced on Wednesday. Leno will be replaced by Jimmy Fallon, the current host of NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. As part of the transition, The Tonight Show will return to New York. Lorne Michaels will be the show’s executive producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Everyone’s favorite nanny, Jo Frost, is returning in the new TLC series, Family S.O.S. with Jo Frost. Frost will be giving advice to fractured families of all sizes and structures, from rebellious teenagers causing conflict to bullying at school to battling parents on the edge of divorce. TLC has ordered six episodes of the series, kicking off with a 90-minute premiere on May 28 at 9. Five hour-long episodes will follow. Eyeworks USA is the producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime‘s Project Runway is getting super sized for the remainder of its season with expanded two-hour episodes, starting Thursday, April 11 at 9p. It all leads up to the show’s two-part finale, beginning April 18, which showcases the finalists working on their collection and hometown visits with co-host and mentor Tim Gunn. On April 25, the season concludes with the final runway show at Lincoln Center, where Michael Kors returns as the finale’s guest judge to help determine the winner with Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Zac Posen. In addition, on Thursday, May 2 at 9p, The Project Runway Season 11 Reunion Special airs, featuring all 16 designers from the season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS‘ new reality series The American Baking Competition is set to premiere on Wednesday, May 29 at 8p. Based on the hit UK format The Great British Bake Off, the American series will be hosted by comedian Jeff Foxworthy. The winner will be crowned the best amateur baker in America and win $250,000. He or she will also be awarded a publishing contract to publish their own cookbook with Simon and Shuster’s Gallery Books. Executive producers are Richard McKerrow and Jay Bienstock; the production company is Love Productions Ltd.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The search for Bigfoot continues. Animal Planet‘s hit series Finding Bigfoot has been renewed for a third season, rolling out with 12 new episodes this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chef Gerry Garvin returns to the Cooking Channel in search of the best Southern-inspired dishes in the second season of Road Trip with G. Garvin, premiering Tuesday, May 7 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Disney Channel has ordered a third season of Austin & Ally. Production resumes in Los Angeles in July, with season three scheduled to premiere in October 2013.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Academy Award nominated actor Sam Shepard is joining the cast of Discovery Channel‘s first, scripted mini-series Klondike [wt]. Shepard will play the role of Father Judge.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ari Melber has been tapped to co-host MSNBC‘s The Cycle. He replaces Steve Kornacki, who departed to host Up.
(Source: Cynopsis)