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*Simon Cowell talks straight in a recent interview with Terri Seymour of “Extra,” chatting about what great new things we can look forward to in the next season of “The X Factor,” especially with the addition of Kelly Rowland and Latin pop star Paulina Rubio. “I thought all these shows are beginning to look the [...]
*Viewers of Bravo’s new reality series “Newlyweds: The First Year” know that Alaska and Kim Gedeon of New York take the “honor and obey” portion of the woman’s traditional wedding vow very seriously. In the first episode of the season, Kim admits that she struggled with the whole “wives submit to your husbands” notion for [...]
*E! News says it has confirmed that the first “American Idol” alum turned judge will be Jennifer Hudson. The Oscar winner, according to E!, has signed a deal to join the judges panel for season 13, and the other two spots may be filled by former “Idol” contestants Kelly Clarkson and Adam Lambert or Clay [...]
*Love her or not, anyone who saw Mariah Carey on “Good Morning America” today has to admit that she was a boiling hot mess — from her complaining about the early hour, to her near wardrobe malfunction, to her sad attempt at one of her vintage “high-pitched” runs that was neither high, nor pitched. Carey [...]
*“Glee” newcomer Jacob Artist is the latest star from the show to sign with United Talent Agency for representation. Artist, of African American and Polish descent, joined the cast of Glee in the just-wrapped fourth season as Jake Puckerman, half-brother of regular character Noah “Puck” Puckerman. His co-stars Cory Monteith, Naya Rivera, Jayma Mays and [...]
*Music and TV producer Russell Simmons has inked a two-year first-look deal with HBO, bringing him back to the premium cable network that ran his groundbreaking series “Def Comedy Jam.” Under the pact, Simmons will create and develop projects for the channel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam, which ran from 1992-97 [...]
*So how does one become a Broadway superstar? While there are countless paths to New York’s Great White Way, beginning actors all cite the same three pathways to the big stage – audition, audition, audition. “I auditioned for a lot of summer stock, and then I auditioned for ‘The Secret Garden’ on Broadway, and [...]
*During President Obama‘s counterterrorism policy speech at National Defense University this afternoon, Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin started shouting out demands to close Guantanamo Bay, causing the commander in chief to pause until she finished, and take a rare trip off the teleprompter. “I’m about to address it, ma’am,” Obama said as Benjamin went off [...]
*Press junkets can be tedious – sitting in the same room, answering the same questions from journalists via dozens upon dozens of satellite interviews, all day long, for several days in a row. You have to get a nap in whenever you can. And if you’re Morgan Freeman, that means in the middle of an [...]
*“American Idol” season 12 champ Candice Glover will perform at “The National Memorial Day Concert 2013,” broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on May 26 beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The 90-minute program will be co-hosted for the eighth year by actors Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise. The evening [...]
OWN to air its first two scripted series May 28-29, 2013 produced by Tyler Perry *“I connect with Linda in a lot of ways,” said Kendra C. Johnson (“Phat Girlz”) about her role in the Tyler Perry produced comedy series “Love Thy Neighbor” to air on OWN as one of its first scripted programs to [...]
*Funk icon George Clinton says he will use his upcoming reality TV show to highlight his various legal battles over the copyright to his songs. The Parliament/Funkadelic legend is caught up in a myriad of current lawsuits over the use of his back catalog. In January, he was ordered to give up the rights to [...]
*The first photo of the new judging panel for “The X Factor” were released Wednesday, with newcomers Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio joining Demi Lovato and Simon Cowell. The above shot was taken on Tuesday during the first day of auditions in Charleston, SC. Mario Lopez will be the show’s sole host after season 2 [...]
*Uh oh! Somebody’s not happy on the set of “Love & Hip Hop: New York.” According to TMZ, some cast members have refused to go to work. And as you may have guessed it’s all because of money. Sources say all cast members were supposed to be present Tuesday in NYC to film a trailer [...]
*Oprah can’t stop, won’t stop. The media mogul is on a roll. After struggling a bit with the launch of OWN and finally reaching an even ground, Oprah is moving on to the UK. OWN and partner, Discovery Networks International (DNI) announced they have partnered to launch an OWN programming block in the UK. The [...]
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