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CELEBRITY NEWS: JULY 7, 2015
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Sevyn Streeter (R&B singer) – 29 years old
Cassidy (Rapper) – 33 years old
Michelle Kwan (Figure Skater) – 35 years old
Troy Garity (“Barbershop” movies) – 42 years old
Lisa Leslie (WNBA Player) – 43 years old
Cree Summer (A Different World) – 46 years old
Jackie Christie (VH1’s Basketball Wives LA) – 46 years old
Allen Payne (House of Payne) – 47 years old
Jorja Fox (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) – 47 years old
Jim Gaffigan (Comedian) – 49 years old
Billy Campbell (Once And Again) – 56 years old
Shelley Duvall (“The Shining”) – 66 years old
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) – 75 years old
Doc Severinsen (The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson) – 88 years old

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

ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 7/7/15)
E!: Total Divas (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: Hollywood Cycle (Premiere) at 10pm
FYI: The Seven Year Switch (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Hollywood Game Night (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Little People, Big World (Premiere) at 9pm
AHC: What History Forgot (Finale) at 10pm
HGTV: Flip pr Flop (Finale) at 9pm
ID: Southern Fried Homicide (Finale) at 9pm

Despite short notice, ESPN is moving its July 14 ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic from Trump National Golf Club, in the wake of Donald Trump’s offensive comments about immigrants from Mexico. “This charity outing benefits The V Foundation’s Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund, providing resources for important cancer research for minority populations, including Hispanics and African Americans,” said the net. “Our decision reflects our deep feelings for our former colleague and support for inclusion of all sports fans. Diversity and inclusion are core values at ESPN, and our decision also supports that commitment.” On Saturday, Trump admitted to Fox News he hadn’t anticipated the repercussions of his remarks to be “quite this severe.”
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Submissions for Screen Actors Guild Award nods are open at http://www.sagawards.org/submissions through Thursday, October 2 at 5p. Nominees will be announced Wednesday, December 9, with trophies handed out on a live simulcast on TNT and TBS Saturday, January 30.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hillary Clinton’s first post-presidential candidate national TV interview airs tonight on CNN’s The Situation Room at 5p, encoring on Anderson Cooper 360 at 8p. Clinton declared in April.
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Hallmark’s not the only one getting a head start on Santa (tonight: A Princess for Christmas). For the second year, Music Choice is celebrating “Christmas in July” with holiday music now through July 19 on its Sounds of the Seasons Music Channel, expanding to Music Choice On Demand from July 13-July 26.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syfy ordered season three of Bitten. The supernatural thriller from Entertainment One starts production on 10 new eps this summer in Toronto.
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A special one-hour episode of Up’s Bringing Up Bates features a new grandchild and a marriage proposal on Thursday, July 9 at 9p.
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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy officially launches on Disney XD Saturday, September 26 at 9:30p, but that won’t be the first sighting of the animated superhero series. A sneak peek at the first episode airs Saturday, September 5 a 9p, and ten two-minute videos will run during August focusing on the main characters.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Stand-up special Jay Pharoah: Can I Be Me? Premieres Saturday, August 1 at 10p on Showtime. The SNLer’s first hour-long comedy special features impressions of President Obama, Kanye West and Will Smith, among others.
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On the heels of the USA’s FIFA Women’s World Cup win comes Nickelodeon’s Soccer Superstar, a four-night search for the best teen female soccer player. Reality competition kicks off Wednesday, July 8 at 9p during the NickSports block on Nicktoons.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Extant) landed a series regular role on season seven of CBS’s The Good Wife. There’s room for a new face, with the departures of original cast member Archie Panjabi as well as Matthew Goode after one season. “We’ve loved and admired Jeffrey Dean Morgan for years, and we were thrilled to hear that Julianna [Margulies] did too, so it was a no-brainer to ask himto join our troupe,”said The Good Wife creators/executive producers Robert and Michelle King.
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Jeremy Sisto (The Returned) won the lead role in ABC’s upcoming Wicked City, reports Deadline. Adam Rothenberg played the role in the pilot.
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Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead) joins Masters of Sex in a story arc as a volunteer sex surrogate. Season three launches Sunday, July 12 at 10p.
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It wasn’t exactly a nail-biter, but the USA’s big 5-2 win over Japan in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final was the most-watched soccer game ever in the U.S., according to early numbers, with 25.4 million viewers for Fox, versus 18.22 million for the USA/Portugal Men’s World Cup game on ESPN in 2014 and up 89 percent versus the USA/Japan final in 2011. Among A18-49, the game delivered a 7.9 rating.
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Good news for Fox was bad (but not surprising) news for ABC and CBS. Opposite the record-breaking World Cup game, ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud drew a 1.5/5 rating among A18-49, down from 1.9 last week, while CBS’s Big Brother tied a series low with 1.6. NBC was stuck with rain-delay coverage, with NASCAR Coke Zero 400 held until 11:15p due to weather.
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Telemundo’s Spanish-language broadcast of the Women’s World Cup 2015 delivered a record 1.27 million total viewers, up a whopping 97 percent versus the 2011 U.S. Spanish-language broadcast.
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Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay on Thursday hit a series high rating of .7 A25-54 (660,000 impressions), up 60 percent year over year, and ranked fourth in its 10p timeslot in cable with over 1.2 million viewers.
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The second episode of USA’s Mr. Robot delivered 1.41 million viewers among A18-49 in Live+3, up 36 percent from its premiere. Among total viewers, the drama saw a 13 percent boost to 3.2 million viewers. The series, airing Wednesdays at 10p, has already been renewed for a sophomore run.
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MTV’s Scream also got a healthy Live+3 lift. The slasher series’ premiere drew over 6.0 million viewers, including 3.1 million in target demo P12-34, up 45 percent. Second episode airs tonight at 10p.
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Mega-producer Jerry Weintraub died July 6. He was 77. In addition to major film and music work, Weintraub won three Emmy Awards, most recently for Behind the Candelabra.
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