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FILM/TV BITS: ABC’s ‘Raisin’; TMZ on TV; ‘Sopranos’ in April; Joyce & Uchenna to ‘Race’ again; LL in NFL ad; Brangelina in New Orleans.
*ABC’s adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's “Raisin in the Sun” has been pushed back from a fall 2007 premiere to spring 2008, network execs revealed Sunday at the Television Critics Association Tour. As previously reported, the film will star Broadway cast members Sean Combs, Sanaa Lathan and Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Phylicia Rashad, as well as Bill Nunn, Ron Cephas Jones, Sean Patrick Thomas and John Stamos.
*Popular gossip Web site TMZ.com has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to launch a sister entertainment program on Fox-owned stations nationwide. The half-hour show, titled "TMZ," will air weekdays with a one-hour weekend version. The deal also calls for Fox stations to provide TMZ.com content on their Web sites.
*HBO announced it will begin the final nine episodes of its popular mob-drama “The Sopranos” and a new season of “Entourage” back-to-back on April 8th. The drama’s sixth and final season will be written and directed entirely by the show’s creator and executive producer David Chase.
*Ben Affleck is reportedly selling the $300,000 Bentley given to him by his ex-fiancée, Jennifer Lopez as a gift during their relationship. According to In Touch magazine, the actor is shopping the car around to private collectors to avoid the media publicity of a big auction. Sources say he will donate the proceeds from the sale to a children's hospital in his native Boston, Mass.
*Former “Amazing Race” winners Joyce and Uchenna will return to the reality show competition for an all-star season to begin Sunday Feb. 18 on CBS. The million-dollar couple will face their chief season 7 rivals Rob and Amber, as well as popular teams Charla and Mirna, coalminers David and Mary Conley (“Kentucky”) and seven other all-star teams.
*LL Cool J is among the celebrities set to star in a new Super Bowl ad for the NFL Network. The rapper-actor-author-producer will appear along with Martha Stewart, Paris Hilton and others. According to TMZ, the NFL Network denied a request from Britney Spears to star in the spot, stating “she’s too much of a train wreck.”
*Brangelina have reportedly purchased a home in New Orleans and plan to enroll their two older kids in school there. According to Us Weekly, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie moved to the Big Easy on Jan. 11 and have purchased a $3.5 million, six-bedroom mansion in the city's French Quarter. "We love it there," Jolie told the magazine of their fourth home during the red carpet of Monday’s Golden Globes. "The kids are going to go to school there. We're really looking forward to it." The couple hopes to raise awareness for the hurricane-damaged Gulf Coast region.
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