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CELEBRITY NEWS: JANUARY 6, 2014
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Rayan Lopez  (Mindless Behavior) – 18 years old
Eddie Redmayne (“Les Miserables”) – 32 years old
Julie Chen (The Talk) – 44 years old
Gabrielle Reece (Vollyball Player) – 44 years old
John Singleton (Director) – 46 years old
Nigella Lawson (Chef) – 54 years old
Howie Long (NFL Sportscaster) – 54 years old
Rowan Atkinson (“Mr. Bean’s Holiday”) – 59 years old
Trudie Styler (Sting’s wife) – 60 years old

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

ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/6/14)
ABC: The Bachelor (Premiere) at 8pm
AXS TV: The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands (Premiere) at 11pm
FOOD: Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Mystery Diner (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: House Hunters International: Where Are They Now? (Premiere) at 10:30pm
MTV: Teen Wolf (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: Wolf Watch (Premiere) at 11pm
PBS: Antiques Roadshow (Premiere) at 8pm
REELZ: The Shift (Premiere) at 9am
REELZ: Marie (Premiere) at 10am
REELZ: Snapped (Premiere) at 1pm
REELZ: Solved (Premiere) at 3pm
REELZ: Solved: Extreme Forensics (Premiere) at 4pm
REELZ: Cracked (Premiere) at 11pm
REELZ: Kin (Premiere) at 12am
TRAVEL: Hotel Impossible Undercover (Premiere) at 10pm
UNIVISION: Que Probes Tan Ricos (Premiere) at 10pm
VERIA LIVING: VLC (Premiere) at 11am
CBS: Hostages (Finale) at 9pm

MSNBC‘s Thomas Roberts will replace Way Too Early host Brian Shactman, whose exit from the news net was announced on Friday. “Thomas’ unique personality and point of view are just the right mix to lead in to Morning Joe,” said MSNBC president Phil Griffin. Roberts, currently host of MSNBC Live at 11a, assumes his new, 5:30a post starting Monday, January 13. Shactman, who stepped in for Willie Geist when Geist joined Today in November 2012, said of his departure, “I don’t want politics to be my only focus.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox Sports will live-stream the Super Bowl, Bruno Mars halftime included – but access to postseason games leading up to the February 2 match-up will require a subscription to a pay-TV provider. CBS is streaming its playoff games for free, as NBC did on Saturday.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC aired its first promo for The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Saturday night. The video features snippets of all the hosts since the talker’s 1954 debut with Steve Allen (including Conan O’Brien). Fallon begins his run Monday, February 17.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Vine is growing – users can now “like” and share videos and see their home feed on a new Web version of the video-sharing social net. Full profiles let users browse each other’s catalogues, and a new feature called TV Mode allows them to view Vine videos in sequence, on a full computer screen.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tia & Tamera won’t be back for a season four, confirmed T&T star Tamera Mowry-Housley via Twitter. The reality series first aired on Style Network, then ran in repeats on E! and Oxygen. (Style was rebranded as Esquire in September.) On December 31, Mowry-Housley tweeted thanks to her fans, saying the show would not be back.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Frozen – $20.7 million
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones – $18.2 million
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – $16.3 million
The Wolf of Wall Street – $13.4 million
American Hustle – $13.2 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: JANUARY 3, 2014
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Eli Manning (NFL Player) – 33 years old
Kimberley Locke (American Idol, 3rd Season) – 36 years old
Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years) – 39 years old
Mel Gibson (“Lethel Weapon” movies) – 58 years old
Victoria Principal (Dallas) – 64 years old
Dabney Coleman (Boardwalk Empire)  – 82 years old
Robert Loggia (Scarface) – 84 years old

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

ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 1/3/14)
COOKING: How To Live To 100 (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Elbow Room (Premiere) at 3pm
SPORTSMAN: Young Wild (Premiere) at 9:30pm
TLC: Something Borrowed, Something New (Premiere) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 1/4/14)
BIO: Dinner Party Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Rev Run’s Renovation (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: The Kitchen (Premiere) at 11am
ID: Scorned: Love Kills (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: Raising Whitley (Premiere) at 9pm
SPORTSMAN: Dressed To Kill (Premiere) at 6:30pm
SPORTSMAN: The Outdoor Option (Premiere) at 7:30pm
HBO: 24/7 Red Winga/Maple Leafs: Road To The NHL Winter Classic (Finale) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 1/5/14)
BRAVO: Blood, Sweat & Heels (Premiere) at 9pm
COOKING: Emeril’s Florida (Premiere) at 2:30pm
DIY: A Bryk at a Time (Premiere) at 8am
DIY: West End Salvage (Premiere) at 8pm
DIY: Building Alaska (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Behind the Build : HGTV Dream Home (Premiere) at 10am
HGTV: Beachfront Bargain Hunt (Premiere) at 8pm
HGTV: Island Hunters (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: The Curse of Oak Island (Premiere) at 10pm
MSNBC: Heist (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Downton Abbey (Premiere) at 9pm
SPORTSMAN: Dog Soldier TV (Premiere) at 10:30pm
UNIVISION: Lo Que Mas Quieres (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: Thicker Than Water (Finale) at 10pm
MILITARY: The Bible’s Greatest Secrets (Finale) at 10pm
TLC: Breaking The Faith (Finale) at 10pm

Netflix released results of a study that said binge-watching doesn’t keep viewers on the couch – it can actually get them on the treadmill. In a survey conducted by the streaming service, 45 percent of respondents said they would be more motivated to exercise if they could watch their favorite shows on-demand, commercial-free. Favorite genre to jog to? Thirty-six percent of respondents said sitcoms.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix released results of a study that said binge-watching doesn’t keep viewers on the couch – it can actually get them on the treadmill. In a survey conducted by the streaming service, 45 percent of respondents said they would be more motivated to exercise if they could watch their favorite shows on-demand, commercial-free. Favorite genre to jog to? Thirty-six percent of respondents said sitcoms.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN network acquired television rights to the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom from the Weinstein Company, for a window beginning in 2017. “Nelson Mandela was Oprah’s hero, and ultimately, the inspiration behind Oprah’s school in South Africa,” said OWN president Erik Logan. “His story of forgiveness and redemption is a gift not only to the people he touched, but to the world.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Monday’s winner on The Price Is Right took home the CBS game show’s biggest prize in its 57-year history. Sheree L. Heil, from Tacoma, Wash., landed an Audi R8 V8 Spyder Quattro S Tronic worth $157,300 playing the game Gas Money.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Leading into the second half of Teen Wolf‘s season three on Monday, January 6 at 10p, MTV is running a Wolf marathon, with limited commercial interruption, starting at 4p. At 11p, new half-hour talker Wolf Watch makes its debut.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chef Emeril Lagasse gets another taste of restaurants in the Sunshine State during season two of Emeril’s Florida, premiering Sunday, January 5 at 2:30p on Cooking Channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN‘s Raising Whitley comes back for season two with expanded hour-long eps. The docu-series, chronicling the adventures of actress/comedian Kym Whitley as she raises a child thrust in her care, returns Saturday, January 4 at 9p.
(Souree: Cynopsis)

Luke Grimes, who joined True Blood last season as James, is not sticking around for the HBO drama’s seventh season when it wraps its run, reports TVLine. “The role of James is being recast due to the creative direction of the character,” an HBO rep told the web site.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne) will star in CBS pilot The McCarthys, reports Deadline. Metcalf will play the mother in a sports-loving Boston family in the comedy from Sony TV and Olive Bridge Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Longtime foreign correspondent Mike O’Connor died of a heart attack on December 29. He was 67. O’Connor, who worked for CBS News and NPR over the course of his career, campaigned vigorously for the safety of journalists in Mexico.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor James Avery died on December 31. He was 65. Avery, who had multiple film and television roles, was best known as Phillip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actress Juanita Moore died on December 31. She was 99. After a career in movies including Imitation of Life, for which she received a supporting actress Oscar nomination, Moore appeared in TV series such as E.R. and Judging Amy.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor Joseph Ruskin died of natural causes on December 28. He was 89. Ruskin, who was a long-time SAG board member, appeared in numerous films and television series including The Twilight Zone and Star Trek.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Television editor Marco Natale Zappia died on December 22 in California. He was 76. Zappia earned 20 Emmy nominations during his career and won twice, for Hee Haw and Christmas in the Holy Land. He worked on numerous shows, including Home Improvement, All in the Family and Roseanne.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones – Demi Lovato, Katie Featherston, Gregory Plotkin
The Best Offer (Limited Release) – Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Donald Sutherland

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