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*Monica Raymund, whose recurring character on CBS’ “The Good Wife” just quit over a demotion at the DA office on Sunday’s episode, has been cast as one of the leads in NBC’s new drama pilot “Chicago Fire,” reports Deadline.com. On Wolf Films and Universal TV’s action-driven drama about the complex and heroic men and women [...]
*CNN was the most watched network of all cable news competitors in the ratings for Whitney Houston’s funeral, averaging five million viewers during its coverage of the singer’s Baptist memorial on Saturday, according to Nielsen. The event was televised without commercial breaks from 12:15 to 3:45 p.m., resulting in a spike of 5.4 million viewers [...]
*Rachel Crow, the 14-year-old who famously went into hysterics when she was voted off of “The X Factor,” has scored a talent deal with Nickelodeon that includes starring in her own musical comedy series pilot. In addition, she has been signed by Sony Music-owned Columbia Records in partnership with her “X Factor” coach Simon Cowell’s [...]
*When Mick Jagger held out his mic to the President of the United States during a Black History Month blues jam at the White House last night, the audience in the East Room got another dose of Barack Obama carrying a tune. Obama’s surprise performance came at the end of the playlist when the concert [...]
*Licensed therapist Dr. Tiffanie Davis Henry is bringing her expertise to ABC daytime as the co-host of “The Revolution,” a show in which a team of experts help one female viewer per week lose weight and transform all areas of their lives. Fans of the VH1 reality series “What Chilli Wants” are already familiar with [...]
*Roland Martin is back in the good graces of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) following his on-air apology Sunday in the wake of Super Bowl tweets the group called homophobic. The CNN commentator was suspended by the cable news outlet earlier this month for a pair of tweets that appeared to advocate [...]
*Mariah Carey stopped by “Good Morning America” today to discuss her Jenny Craig weight loss gig, her forthcoming album and the health problems of her husband, Nick Cannon. “Nick is doing well. It’s a very complicated thing and I know he spoke on it himself,” she told Robin Roberts. “I feel a little bit awkward [...]
*Earvin Magic Johnson isn’t the only one moving forward with his own cable network. Today, Sean “Diddy” Combs is scheduled to announce more details about the launch of his music-themed cable channel called Revolt, The New York Times reported, citing confirmation from his PR agency. According to the Times, Combs’ channel could launch at the [...]
*NBA legend-turned-business mogul, Earvin Magic Johnson, is gearing up for the next phase of his expansive business portfolio – running his own network. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Hall of Famer is preparing for the summer launch of Aspire, a 24-hour channel with a focus on what Johnson called positive, uplifting images of [...]
*(Via ABC News) – Years after the peak of her success, Whitney Houston’s unparalleled voice was “gone” and it took years of coaching sessions to get even part of it back, her one-time vocal coach revealed to “20/20.” “It appeared to be so damaged that when I first began working with her, I was not [...]
*Forget ‘LINsanity. Award season has been VIOLAted – in a good way of course – with long overdue accolades for “The Help” star Viola Davis. For the past two months, she and her talented co-star Octavia Spencer have been making the obligatory talk show rounds to promote the film, as well as their Oscar nominations [...]
*It’s no surprise that bad mouthed comedienne Chelsea Handler would ponder the possibility of pursuing a rapping career, especially sense she’s so close to 50 Cent. Well, at least she used to be. But that’s another story. RELATED: Chelsea Handler Revisits Beef with Mariah Carey (Video) Anyway, the star of the upcoming film “This Means [...]
*Eve is on her way back to television and will make her great debut on NBC sitcom “Whitney.” The comedy series stars Whitney Cummings and is based on her real life experiences and stand-up comedy routines, says TheGrio.com. In this coming episode, Eve and Whitney fall on bad terms about who knows what, but everything [...]
*Melissa Harris-Perry is on her way to the top. It seems like the heavy criticism her archenemy Cornel West bestowed upon her hasn’t affected her at all. She’s getting ready to join MSNBC’s news as its newest anchor. According to the network’s president, Phil Griffin, Harris-Perry’s keeping the attention of audiences nationwide, but she didn’t [...]
*I guess you can say they are keeping it in Jersey, right?* TMZ is reporting that New York Giants star running back Ahmad Bradshaw is dating the popular Angelina Pivarnick from the show, Jersey Shore. While the Staten Island girl has denied that the two are dating, multiple sources close to TMZ say that they [...]
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