Archive for September, 2014

LAUREN CONRAD & WILLIAM TELL ARE MARRIED

September 15, 2014

LAUREN CONRAD & WILLIAM TELL ARE MARRIED
http://www.eonline.com/news/578719/lauren-conrad-and-william-tell-are-married

CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

September 15, 2014

CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Heidi Montag (MTV’s The Hills) – 28 years old
Prince Harry of Wales – 30 years old
Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters) – 35 years old
Amy Davidson (8 Simple Rules) – 35 years old
Tom Hardy (“The Dark Knight Rises”) – 37 years old
Josh Charles (The Good Wife) – 43 years old
Dina Lohan (Living Lohan) – 52 years old
Lisa Vanderpump (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) – 54 years old
Tommy Lee Jones – 68 years old
Oliver Stone – 68 years old
Jessye Norman (Opera Singer) – 69 years old

 

 

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

September 15, 2014

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

ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 9/15/14)
ABC: The View (Season 18 Premiere) at 11am
FOX: The Real (Premiere) at 11am
ABC: Dancing with the Stars (Premiere) at 8pm
HGTV: Urban Oasis (Premiere) at 11pm
ID: Twisted (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop Hollywood (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD: Eating America with Anthony Anderson (Finale) at 10:30pm
FOX: MasterChef (Finale) at 8pm
NBC: American Ninja Warrior (Finale) at 8pm

Saturday Night Live writer and The Daily Show correspondent Michael Che will go in front of the SNL cameras as co-anchor of its “Weekend Update” segments, alongside Colin Jost. He replaces Cecily Strong, who remains onboard as a regular. As for possible viewer backlash over the move, “No point in being angry or sad for me for something I’m genuinely happy about!” posted Strong on Instagram. “Unless you are a person who just enjoys being angry or sad.” Season 40 of the NBC sketch comedy premieres September 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ben McKenzie was injured Friday on the set of upcoming Fox drama Gotham. “Holy concrete wall, Batman!” McKenzie posted on Instagram, along with pics of a gash on his head, “fight sequence gone awry….Back to work Monday.” Gotham bows Monday, September 22 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jenna Wolfe joins Today as the NBC morning show’s first Lifestyle and Fitness Correspondent, as well as serving as NBC News National Correspondent. “This new role is tailor-made for Jenna,” said NBC News president Deborah Turness. “Anyone who has seen her health and fitness segments on Today, as well as her reporting across all of our platforms, knows what a brilliant expert she is.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ready for more Bud Bundy? E! reports a Married…With Children spinoff is in the works at Sony Pictures Television, bringing back David Faustino as the Bundy son. Married, one of Fox’s first original series, ran from 1987-1997.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TNT gave the go-ahead for a 10-ep season two for Murder in the First. The police drama averaged over 4.7 million viewers in Live+7 this summer, with 1.3 million A25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The sixth and final season of USA’s White Collar, originally scheduled to debut in 2015, will make an earlier bow: Thursday, November 6.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS daytime game show The Price Is Right brings back classic grocery game “Time is Money” with a new spin for season 43, launching Monday, September 22. Let’s Make a Deal returns for season six the same day.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mandy Moore (Entourage) will recur on Fox’s upcoming Red Band Society as a doctor. Hospital drama premieres Wednesday, September 17 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mykelti Williamson (Justified) joins season three of Nashville, in a recurring role that calls for the actor to show off his singing pipes. ABC country music drama returns Wednesday, September 24 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS scored with Thursday Night Football. The premiere delivered the net’s largest primetime Thursday audience (19.44 million viewers) since 2007 and its best among A18-49 (6.9 million) since 2006.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Up against football, the season 16 premiere of NBC’s Biggest Loser was down 30 percent in the A18-49 demo from its season 15 launch, to 1.6/5.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bad news: Ratings for the first Friday airing of Fox’s Utopia dipped to .7 among A18-49, from .9  for its Tuesday ep, and to 1.8 million total viewers from 2.5 million. Good news: In Live+3, the reality show jumped 20 percent from its September premiere, to a 2.4 rating among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The season five premiere VH1’s Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn hit a series high.7 rating among A18-49, up 24 percent over last season’s premiere. The episode garnered over 1 million total viewers; combined with a 10:30 PM encore, it was seen by 1.3 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Director/writer Theodore J. Flicker died in his sleep September 12. He was 84. The co-creator of Barney Miller also worked on TV shows including The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show and The Streets of San Francisco.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor Denny Miller died September 12 of ALS. He was 80. Miller appeared on numerous TV series, including I Dream of Jeannie, I Spy, M*A*S*H and Dallas, as well as having regular roles on Wagon Train and Mona McCluskey.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
No Good Deed – $24.5 million
Dolphin Tale 2 – $16.6 million
Guardians of the Galaxy – $8 million
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $4.8 million
Let’s Be Cops – $4.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

ADRIEN PETERSON INDICTED FOR CHILD ABUSE

September 13, 2014

ADRIEN PETERSON INDICTED FOR CHILD ABUSE
http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/12/adrian-peterson-indicted-for-child-abuse/

JOAN RIVERS DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED THROAT PROCEDURE FIRED

September 13, 2014

JOAN RIVERS DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED THROAT PROCEDURE FIRED
http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/12/joan-rivers-doctor-fired-yorkville-endoscopy-clinic/

CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

September 13, 2014

CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Tiara Thomas (R&B Singer) – 25 years old
Emmy Rossum (Shameless) – 28 years old
Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”) – 33 years old
Ruben Studdard (American Idol) – 36 years old
Benjamin McKenzie (The O.C.) – 36 years old
2 Chainz (Rapper) – 37 years old
Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) – 40 years old
Jessica Seinfeld (Author, Jerry’s wife) – 43 years old
Josh Hopkins (Cougar Town) – 44 years old
Jason Statham (‘The Transporter”) – 47 years old
Louis CK (Comedian) – 47 years old
Amy Yasbeck (Wings) – 52 years old
Rachel Ward (The Thorn Birds) – 57 years old
Peter Scolari (Bosom Buddies) – 59 years old
James Pantoliano (The Sopranos) – 63 years old
Linda Gray (Dallas)  – 74 years old

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MOVIES/ NYC STREET FAIRS/ MEGA MILLIONS/ POWERBALL

September 12, 2014

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

ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/12/14)
DESTINATION AMERICA: Alaska Monsters (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Z Nation (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Mysteries At The Museum (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Elbow Room (Finale) at 12:30pm
VELOCITY: All Girls Garage (Finale) at 8pm
VELOCITY: Car Fix (Finale) at 8:30pm

(SATURDAY 9/13/14)
COOKING: Lorraine’s Fast, Fresh And Easy Food (Premiere) at 11:30am
PBS: Great Performances (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: Reckless (Finale) at 8pm

(SUNDAY 9/14/14)
ABC: Countdown To Miss America at 8pm
ABC: The 2015 Miss America Competition at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Amish Haunting (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: American Dad (Premiere) at 9pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Farm Queens (Premiere) at 6pm
HGTV: Buy Like A Mega Millionaire (Premiere) at 1pm & 1:30pm
HGTV: Lakefront Bargain Hunt (Premiere) at 8pm and 8:30pm
PBS: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: Unforgettable (Finale) at 10:30pm
SPIKE: Hungry Investors (Finale) at 9pm

Barbra Streisand will make her first late night TV guest appearance since 1963, as Jimmy Fallon’s sole guest “for a night of talk, comedy and performances” on NBC’s Tonight Show on Monday, September 15. Streisand’s new album, Partners, gets released the next day.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The former Late Show intern who filed a class action suit against CBS and David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants production company for unpaid wages withdrew the lawsuit and issued an apology, saying in a letter that she was “caught in a weak, vulnerable time, facing student debt.” In fact, Mallory Musallam told the New York Post, “I have nothing but respect for David Letterman and the whole organization.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former NFL-er Tim Tebow joins ABC’s Good Morning America as a contributor starting Monday, September 15. Tebow, already an analyst for Disney-owned ESPN and known for his religious faith, will follow inspiring stories of triumph across the country for the morning show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS can’t get enough football this fall. Four gridiron greats will guest on CBS dramas: Tony Gonzalez plays a special agent on NCIS, airing Tuesday, September 30 at 8p, while Boomer Esiason, Eric Dickerson and Phil Simms play themselves on, respectively, Blue Bloods Friday, October 3 at 10p; Hawaii Five-0 Friday, October 31 at 9p and Elementary Thursday, November 13 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Discovery Fit & Health and ABC News are partnering for a quick-turn documentary, Ebola: Inside the Deadly Outbreak, about the highly infectious disease. The one-hour special, featuring ABC News chief medical editor Dr. Richard Besser and produced by ABC News’ Lincoln Square Productions, airs Thursday, September 18 at 10p, part of a special night of programming titled “Ebola: Are We Next?”.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1 movie Drumline: A New Beat premieres Monday, October 27 at 9p. The film, inspired by the 2002 movie about a marching band, starring Nick Cannon, was produced in partnership with Fox Television Studios and exec produced by original film producers Wendy Finerman, Dallas Austin and Jody Gerson, along with Cannon.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AMC ordered a 10-ep second season of Game of Arms. The unscripted series focused on the subculture of arm-wrestling averaged 747,000 total viewers and 450,000 among A18-49 its first go-round.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime is back documenting Tori Spelling’s drama-filled life for Tru Tori. Season one of the reality show over-delivered the net’s 2014 primetime average by 74 percent among W25-54, 47 percent among A18-49 and 15 percent with total viewers. Filming has started for the first of eight new eps from Studio Lambert and All3Media premiering Tuesday, October 21 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Two series return to Spike TV on Sunday, October 5 at 9p. Bar Rescue takes the 9p slot, with nightlife expert Jon Taffer helping turn around struggling establishments, followed at 10p by “gotcha!” renovation show Catch a Contractor.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Science Channel’s The Unexplained Files, the net’s most-watches series of 2013, returns for season two Tuesday, September 16 at 10p, with an analysis of bones that appear to belong to a human over nine feet tall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

David Fumero (CSI: Miami) landed a series regular role on season two of Starz’s Power, as a SoCal transplant in the NYC-set drama.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Arjay Smith (Perception) will play a street-smart kid on the seventh and final season of FX’s Sons of Anarchy, airing Tuesdays at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Portia Doubleday (Carrie) and Carly Chaikin (Suburgatory) join USA pilot Mr. Robot, about computer programmer with a social disorder.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s Good Morning America led NBC’s Today by 738,000 total viewers and by 135,000 among A25-54 the week of September 1, according to Nielsen, the fourth straight week GMA increased its news demo lead compared to its year-ago week lead.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chuck Todd’s first outing as moderator of Meet the Press – featuring an exclusive interview with President Obama – earned the Sunday morning news show its most-watched week in six months, up 19 percent year-over-year among A25-54, and 11 percent in total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor Richard Kiel died September 10. He was 74. The 7-foot-2 performer, who played assassin Jaws in two James Bond movies, appeared in TV series including The Twilight Zone, The Rifleman and Laramie.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Dolphin Tale 2 – Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, Nathan Gamble, Cozy Zuehlsdorff, Austin Stowell, Betsy Landin
No Good Deed – Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Kate Del Castillo, Henry Simmons, Mirage Spann, Kenny Alfonso, Dan Caudill
The Drop (Limited Release) – Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, Ann Dowd, Michael Aronov, James Frecheville
Bird People (Limited Release) – Josh Charles, Anais Demoustier, Roschdy Zem, Taklyt Vongdara, Geoffrey Cantor, Camelia Jordana Radha Mitchell, Manuel Vallade
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Limited Release) – Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Viola Davis, William Hurt, Isabelle Huppert
My Old Lady (Limited Release) – Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Dominique Pinon
The Skeleton Twins (Limited Release) – Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, luke Wilson, Ty Burrell, Boyd Holbrook, Joanna Gleason, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Paul Castro Jr.

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday September 12, 2014
Midtown East Block Party – on 54th St. from Lexington to 3rd Ave.

Saturday September 13, 2014
Waverly Place Festival – on Waverly from Broadway to 5th Ave.
Guardian Angels Fair – on Broadway from 47th to 57th St.
Woodside Festival (Queens) – on Woodside Ave. from 63rd St. to Roosevelt Ave.

Sunday September 14, 2014
52nd St. Jazz Fair – on 52nd St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
92nd St. Y Lexington Ave. Festival – from 79th to 96th St.
Myrtle Ave. Fair (Brooklyn) – from Forest to Wycoff Ave.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $52 million

You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

www.NYLottery.org

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $149 million.

Powerball is played in 43 states.

www.NYLottery.org

HUGH GRANT BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON HIS THIRD LOVE CHILD

September 11, 2014

HUGH GRANT BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON HIS THIRD LOVE CHILD
http://www.eonline.com/news/578497/hugh-grant-breaks-silence-on-his-third-love-child-i-love-him-very-much

KARDASHIAN STORE ON LAS VEGAS STRIP CLOSING AFTER 3 YEARS

September 11, 2014

KARDASHIAN STORE ON LAS VEGAS STRIP CLOSING AFTER 3 YEARS
http://www.accesshollywood.com/kardashian-store-on-las-vegas-strip-closing-after-3-years_article_98656

KHLOE KARDASHIAN BREAKS UP WITH FRENCH MONTANA

September 11, 2014

KHLOE KARDASHIAN BREAKS UP WITH FRENCH MONTANA
http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/11/khloe-kardashian-breaks-up-with-french-montana-still-not-over-lamar/