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Kathy Griffin Hosting New ABC Celebrity Dance Competition
Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
Emmy-winning comedienne Kathy Griffin has been tapped to host a new celebrity dance competition on ABC.
Griffin, 48, has signed on to helm Let’s Dance, a new series which will premiere immediately after the Nov. 23 finale of Dancing With The Stars, TheWrap.com has learned. The new series will feature celebrity contestants reenacting their famous routines from past music videos, movies, and musicals on a live weekly dance-off that will run for just five episodes.
“The competition will be hot — and hilarious — as teams of celebrities pay comedic homage to famous dances while competing for a $250,000 grand prize for their favorite charity,” according to a statement from ABC Tuesday. “The show will include single dancers, duos and groups, all competing against each other to wow a panel of judges and viewers across America who will be voting each week leading up to the series finale.”
The panel of judges and celebrity participants will be announced sometime in the next few weeks.
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Naveen Andrews ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Guest Role
Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
Lost’s Naveen Andrews will guest star on an upcoming episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
The 40-year-old actor –best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah on the ABC series – will begin shooting his scenes next week in New York, according to TV Guide.
Details of Naveen’s role are still under wraps, but his episode is scheduled to air in January 2010.
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Rihanna Speaking Out In ‘Glamour’ And With Diane Sawyer
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
Rihanna is speaking out for the first time since being assaulted by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in a Grammy night attack last February. In a poignant interview with Glamour’s December issue, Rihanna, a Glamour 2009 Woman of the Year recipitent, talks about how she coped after the brawl with Brown that garnered international headlines.
“I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears,” the “Russian Roulette” singer recalls in the interview, on newsstands Nov. 10. “That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard.”
Rihanna will be honored — alongside literary legend Maya Angelou and comedian Amy Poehler — at the annual Glamour Women of the Year event in New York City on Monday, Nov. 9.
In an interview with Diane Sawyer due to be aired on ABC’s Good Morning America this Thursday and Friday, the Barbadian-born singer says Chris Brown was “definitely my first big love.”
“This happened to me … it can happen to anyone,” she told Sawyer according to a statement from ABC.
Chris and Rihanna were among the fastest rising R&B artists in the country before the assault, which led to Chris losing several commercial sponsorships and being slapped with five years of probation.
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‘Heroes’ Spoiler: Adrian Pasdar Being Killed Off
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
Sorry Heroes fans, it appears you’ll be bidding farewell to one-half of the Petrelli Brothers before year’s end. According to E!’s Kristin Dos Santos, Adrian Pasdar’s on-screen alter ego Nathan Petrelli is the major character death happening on Heroes later this season.
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Christopher Walken Takes On Lady GaGa’s ‘Poker Face’
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
HA! “Poker Face” becomes pure poetry when read from the lips of screen star Christopher Walken. The acting vet appeared on a special Halloween edition of the BBC’s Friday Night with Jonathan Ross over the weekend, where he gave his rendition of Lady Gaga’s platinum charttopper, “Poker Face”
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Best News I’ve Heard All Day: ‘Southland’ Gets New Life Thanks To TNT, Series To Begin Airing January 2010
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
Southland has found new home! The gritty cop drama canned by NBC last month, thanks to the addition of The Jay Leno Show, will begin airing on TNT in January.
On Monday morning, the cable network announced that it plans to re-air the series’ original seven episodes plus the six new hours that NBC ordered but chose not to air. Southland will air Tuesday nights @ 10PM on TNT.
“This is a perfect opportunity for us to introduce the series to new viewers,” said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, in a statement released today.
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‘Sherlock Holmes’ New Sponsor For ‘Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show’
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
Sherlock Holmes has stepped up to sponsor next Sunday’s Family Guy special.
The upcoming Warner Bros. film will be the sole sponsor of Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show. Last week, Microsoft abruptly backed out as sponsor of the half-hour comedy-variety program, amid complaints of offensive themes and language. A sneak preview from the December release, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, will air during the broadcast.
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“Lost: The Final Season” Commercial Teaser
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
ABC has begun airing a new television commercial teasing the premiere of Lost: The Final Season. Are you excited yet? Well, don’t expect to see any new footage until the first episode premieres early next year. According to E! Online’s Kristin Dos Santos:
“I’m hearing from Lost sources that every single shot of the first few episodes are so revealing that the producers have convinced ABC to NOT SHOW A SINGLE FRAME before the new season airs. No promo scenes, no photos, no nada! So you will be completely in the dark, but it is for good reason: The twists they’re planning are so good, you will WANT to be surprised. Trust me. Your mind gonna go kaplewey.”
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‘Glee: The Music Volume 1′ Cast Member Autograph Signing
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
The cast of the FOX musical comedy Glee are embarking on an autograph signing tour in at least three U.S. cities next month.
The in-store appearances will coincide with the release of the stars’ first cast LP Glee: The Music Volume 1, debuting tomorrow, Nov. 3.
The first 400 fans who purchase the album will get the chance to have the cast members signature after they receive a wristband that allows them to stand in line. The tour runs from Nov. 2 until Nov. 7 and already has two confirmed stops in New York City and one each in New Jersey and Los Angeles.
The cast have recorded a second album, due out in December, as well as their rendition of Wham’s ’80s holiday hit, “Last Christmas.”
Buy ‘Glee: The Music Volume 1′ on Amazon for $8.99
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Zooey Deschanel Guest Appearance On Sister Emily Deschanel’s TV Series ‘BONES’
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by CSS.
A real-life “Sister Act” is on its way to Bones. Zooey Deschanel will join sister Emily Deschanel for a holiday-themed episode of the hit FOX series later this year, The Futon Critic reports.
In this first-ever on-screen pairing of the Deschanel sisters, Zooey plays Margaret Whitesell, a distant relative of Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily). When Brennan ’s father, Max Keenan (guest star Ryan O’Neal), makes contact with Margaret, he invites her to spend Christmas with him and his daughter.
“The Goop on the Girl” episode airs Thursday, Dec. 10 @ 8PM on FOX.
