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FILM/TV BITS: Shonda’s Smoke House; Vivica’s loose wig; Barbara McNair dies; ‘Happyness’ DVD.
*Gossip columnist Janet Charlton is reporting that ABC is looking to purchase a medium-sized house near the set of “Grey’s Anatomy” for its creator, Shonda Rhimes. “The house is for Shonda - not to live in, but to write in,” writes Charlton in her column. “It seems she loves to SMOKE and it's against the law for her to smoke at the studio around other writers. So they're getting her a private house where she can write those brilliant scripts and smoke all she wants.”
*Vivica A. Fox’s wig fell off while she was in Miami Friday morning for Super Bowl parties, according to the New York Post’s Page Six. A witness says he saw a “fuzzy thing” fall to the ground as the actress was walking from her car to the Raleigh Hotel at around 2:30 a.m. The witness said he then caught a glimpse of Fox, who “looked strange - she had really, really short, weird hair." Fox reportedly picked up her wig, placed it back on her head and held it in place as she scampered into the hotel. "I forgot - I took my pins out already!" she reportedly said en route.
*Actress-singer Barbara McNair, who starred in such films as “They Call Me Mister Tibbs" opposite Sydney Poitier and “Change of Habit” with Elvis Presley, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a battle with throat cancer. She was 72. McNair’s film debut was the 1968 film, "If He Hollers, Let Him Go." She later turned to the small screen and hosted "The Barbara McNair Show," a musical and comedy program in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As a singer, one of her biggest hits was "You Could Never Love Him."
*It’s good news and bad news for Tracy Morgan and DL Hughley. Their respective NBC shows, “30 Rock” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” have not been cancelled, but the network will yank them from the schedule next month to make room for two new programs, “Andy Barker, P.I.” and “The Black Donnellys.” The latter will take over “Studio 60’s” Monday 10 p.m. slot beginning March 5th. “Barker” will move into “30 Rock’s” vacated Thursday 9:30 p.m. space following “Scrubs” starting March 15. NBC promised to bring back “Rock” on April 19. But the Peacock has yet to announce a return date for “Studio 60.”
*”The Pursuit of Happyness,” starring Will Smith in an Academy Award-nominated performance, will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on March 27 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Both discs will include featurettes “Father and Son: On Screen and Off,” a look at Will Smith and his real life son and co-star Jaden Smith; “The Man Behind the Movie: A Conversation with Chris Gardner,” the man who’s life story inspired the film; Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream; Inside Rubik’s Cube; an audio commentary with director Gabriele Muccino; and “I Can” song.
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