OLA RAY TALKS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/hip-hop-media-training/michael-jackson-thriller-girlfriend-ola-ray-grateful-opportunity-191137720.html
OLA RAY TALKS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/hip-hop-media-training/michael-jackson-thriller-girlfriend-ola-ray-grateful-opportunity-191137720.html
FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/25/12)
DISCOVERY: Mobster Confessions (Premiere) at 9pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Sly & The Family Stone (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Diagnosis: Dead or Alive (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Extreme Couponing (Finale) at 10pm
Today is the third anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death (8/29/58 – 6/25/09).
On Saturday, longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a mild heart attack. Paula Askansas, a Sony Television spokesperson said Trebek is expected to make a full recovery and back on the job when Jeopardy! begins production on a new season next month. While Trebeck was in the hospital Saturday, Jeopardy! won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show. Trebek has served as host of the game show for 28 years.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Marc Cherry’s latest drama series, Devious Maids was picked up by Lifetime, where the network ordered the project to series for 2013 with 13 episodes. Devious Maids, which was previously a pilot project at ABC, is about five maids who possess ambition and dreams of their own while they work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. The drama stars Ana Ortiz, Judy Reyes, Dania Ramirez, Roselyn Sanchez, Edy Ganem, Grant Show, Brianna Brown, Rebecca Wisocky, Tom Irwin, Marianna Klaveno, Brett Cullen, Drew Van Acker and former soap star Susan Lucci. Devious Maids is based on the Mexican telenovela Ellas son la Alegria del Hogar and is produced by ABC Studios with Cherry serving as EP along with Sabrina Wind, Eva Longoria, Paul McGuigan, Larry Shuman, David Lonner, John Mass, Paul Presburger and Michael Garcia.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere for MTV’s upcoming comedy, The Inbetweeners has been scheduled for August 20 at 1030p. The series is based on a popular British show by the same name.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MTV bowed the Jersey Shore spin-off series Snooki & JWoww last Thursday with 2.4 million total viewers and delivered a 1.1 rating among A18-49. MTV’s first Jersey Shore spin-off show featuring Pauly D drew in 2.9 million total viewers when it debuted last March.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC’s musical drama Smash is adding Jennifer Hudson in a multi-episode arc for the second season. Hudson will portray Veronica Moore, a Tony-winning Broadway star who plays an important role in the lives of Karen (Katharine McPhee) and Ivy (Megan Hilty). Hudson’s role will be introduced in the season two premiere which will debut in midseason. Hudson won a supporting actress Academy Award for her role in the musical film Dreamgirls.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Brave – $66.7 million
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – $20.2 million
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – $16.5 million
Prometheus – $10 million
Snow White And The Huntsman – $8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
LA TOYA JACKSON TALKS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON & HIS KIDS
http://www.accesshollywood.com/la-toya-jackson-michael-masking-his-children-in-public-helped-make-them-balanced-kids_article_65842
LISA MARIE PRESLEY PULLS A PERSONAL LETTER FROM MICHAEL JACKSON FROM AUCTION
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/deeply-personal-letter-penned-michael-jackson-pulled-auction-170853134.html
MICHAEL JACKSON DEATH HOUSE – SOMEONE HAS MADE AN OFFER TO BUY IT
http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/31/michael-jackson-death-house-offer/
MICHAEL JACKSON COSTUMES WILL GO ON A WORLD TOUR BEFORE BEING SOLD
http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jackson-costumes-exhibited-sold-092026747.html
MICHAEL JACKSON’S ESTATE SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH OLA RAY FROM “THRILLER” VIDEO
http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/10/michael-jackson-ola-ray-thriller-lawsuit-settlement/
PEPSI BRINGS BACK MICHAEL JACKSON FOR NEW AD CAMPAIGN
http://www.accesshollywood.com/pepsi-brings-back-michael-jackson-in-new-ad-campaign_article_64178
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 1/31/12)
RLTV: Stanley On The Go (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Sorority Girls (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Undercover Princes (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Tosh.0 (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Key & Peele (Premiere) at 10:30pm
COOKING CHANNEL: Iron Chef America Countdown (Premiere) at 10:30pm
Glee is doing a tribute to Michael Jackson on the show tonight on FOX at 8pm.
Last Saturday, Univision Network debuted Q’Viva! The Chosen at 7p and the one-hour premiere delivered an average audience of 2.2 million total viewers; 1.0 million with A18-49; and 496,000 with A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sunday’s season four finale of Kourtney & Kim Take New York on E! at 10p tallied 4.5 million total viewers, marking the series’ highest-rated and most-watched telecast ever. The season ender also scored the network’s third most-watched telecast ever among A18-49 with 3.3 million; W18-49 with 2.5 million; W18-34 with 1.6 million; as well as total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox News Channel (FNC) reports that as of the end of the January Nielsen month (January 31), FNC has sustained its #1 position among cable news networks for ten years.
(Source: Cynopsis)
When season three of Downton Abbey premieres on PBS’ Masterpiece, Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Shirley MacLaine joins the cast playing new character, Martha Levinson, the mother of Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern). Season two of Downton Abbey is currently airing on PBS’ Masterpiece on Sundays at 9p (check local listings) and will conclude with a two-hour finale on February 19. Downton Abbey is written and created by Julian Fellowes and is a Carnival/Masterpiece co-production. Liz Trubridge serves as producer and executive producers are Gareth Neame, Fellowes and Rebecca Eaton.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX picked up an untitled comedy pilot from Mindy Kaling (NBC’s The Office) where the writer/actress would star in a role described as a young Bridget Jones-type doctor trying to navigate her personal and professional lives. Universal Television is producing; Kaling will pen the project and be an executive producer. Howard Klein will serve as a nonwriting EP.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Music star and cookbook author, Trisha Yearwood commenced production in Nashville on a new daytime series for Food Network set to premiere this April. The untitled series has six episodes featuring Yearwood as she shares her food traditions and her Southern hospitality with her friends and family. The series is produced by Ellen Rakieten Entertainment and RelativityREAL.
(Source: Cynopsis)
GSN (Game Show Network) is working on a pilot called The American Bible Challenge, an original one-hour game show where contestants compete based on their Biblical knowledge. The show will also feature a format that celebrates the role of The Bible in American society and culture and will attract Bible enthusiasts from across the country. RelativityREAL will produce the show for GSN; RelativityREAL’s Tom Forman and Embassy Row’s Michael Davies are the EPs on the project. Nick Stuart and Maura Dunbar of Odyssey Networks serve as Consulting Producers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $15 million
Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.