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CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 3, 2025
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Camila Cabello (ex-member of Fifth Harmony) – 28 years old
Jessica Biel (7th Heaven, Justin Timberlake’s wife) – 43 years old
Buddy Valastro (Cake Boss) – 48 years old
David Faustino (Married With Children) – 51 years old
Tyler Florence (Chef) – 54 years old
Julie Bowen (Modern Family) – 55 years old
Tone Loc (Rapper) – 59 years old
Laura Harring (NCIS: Los Angeles/Gossip Girl) – 61 years old
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Olympian) – 63 years old
Paul Anthony (Full Force) – 65 years old
Miranda Richardson (“The Hours”/“The Crying Game”) – 67 years old
Hattie Winston (CBS’s Becker/ The Electric Company) – 80 years old

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

ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/3/25)
ACORN TV: Recipes for Love and Murder (Premiere)
DISNEY+: Daredevil: Born Again (Premiere)
HBO: Celtics City (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Hot Wheels Let’s Race (Premiere)

NBC’s lineup of three new shows on Sunday, February 23reached 15 million total viewers, reports the network. Including NBC, Peacock, Bravo, E!, SYFY, USA and CNBC, the premiere episode of “The Americas” drew 6.7 million viewers in Live+3 viewing, to rank as the most-watched nature documentary on linear television in more than 15 years. And while “Suits LA” and “Grosse Pointe Garden Society” weren’t rating smashes in their initial linear telecasts, they jumped +87% and +90% with streaming factored in (to 4.7 million and 3.3 million, respectively, over three days). NBCU notes that it would have taken 10 ads on competitive broadcast and cable prime entertainment to deliver the same search impact as one ad in its February 23 primetime lineup, and viewers were +48% more likely to search for brands advertised than viewers of competitive broadcast and cable prime entertainment season-to-date.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Golden Globes organization is halting the $75,000 annual salary it had been paying former members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association since 2023, after the HFPA was acquired by Penske Media Eldridge. Those members will be offered $102,500 in severance, with voters invited to reapply for accreditation each year, Globes president Helen Hoehne told members on Friday. The move puts the Globe in line with the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys, which do not pay voters.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A&E Network is bringing back “Accused: Guilty or Innocent?” and adding new series “Accused: Did I Do It?”, docuseries that take a deep dive into the justice system. “Accused” Guilty or Innocent,” following the stories, as they unfold, of people facing trial for serious crimes they allegedly committed, returns Thursday, March 20 at 9p. “Accused: Did I Do It?”, focused on cases that have already been fully adjudicated, debuts Thursday, March 27 at 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season six of “Bargain Mansions” has its streaming premiere Friday, March 28 on Max and discovery+. The renovation series follows Tamara Day and her father Ward as they breathe life into dilapidated, bargain priced mansions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO inked a two-year first-look deal with Sharon Horgan (“Bad Sisters,” “Catastrophe”) and her production company Merman, which began this month. HBO has also given a straight-to-series order for the first project under this deal, a comedy with Horgan serving as writer, star, and executive producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime has greenlit “A Sorority Mom’s Guide to Rush” (w/t), a new unscripted series from Vice Studios. Each one-hour episode will follow girls during the application process, moving into the dorms and on-campus Rush week, all leading up to Bid Day. The series will debut later this year on Lifetime.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apple TV+ has picked up “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,” a dark comedy from creator and showrunner David J. Rosen (“Citadel”) starring Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”) as a newly divorced mom who falls into a rabbit hole of blackmail and murder. The series from Apple Studios and Counterpart Studios will be executive produced by Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon for Genre Films under their first-look deal with Apple TV+, and Bard Dorros for Anonymous Content.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Off The Fence has entered into a development deal with US journalists Gloria Gomez and Robin Carter. Under the agreement, OTF will co-develop and produce new true-crime series based on the intelligence, access and contacts amassed by Gomez and Carter during their careers as investigative journalists. First out of the gate: “Love & Death Row: The Rosalie Bolin Story.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

So long, Skype. Microsoft is shuttering the app on May 5, with users given the option of migrating their contacts and chat history to Teams. Microsoft spent $11 billion to acquire Skype in 2011.
(Source: Cynopsis)

97TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS (OSCARS) – COMPLETE WINNERS LIST
https://www.eonline.com/news/1414038/oscars-2025-winners-complete-list-live-updates

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Captain America: Brave New World – $15 million
Last Breath – $7.8 million
The Monkey – $6.4 million
Paddington in Peru – $4.5 million
Dog Man – $4.2 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)