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*There is life after “House” for Omar Epps. The actor, who played Dr. Eric Foreman on the long-running Fox drama, has been tapped to topline the ABC drama pilot “The Returned,” The Hollywood Reporter has learned. From “Criminal Minds’” Aaron Zelman and based on the Jason Mott novel, “The Returned” asks what happens when the [...]
*Jesse Jackson Jr.’s life is just crumbling. Since the representative was caught in the middle of scandal and admitted to the hospital for bipolar disorder, he’s been under the microscope. According to reports, federal investigators launched a probe of the politician’s finances on Friday, but it’s totally unrelated to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s attempted sale of [...]
*Following his sudden breakdown, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is putting his D.C. Victorian-style home up on the market for $2.5 million, reports the Chicago Tribune. The Democratic congressman, 47, has been out on medical leave for the past three months after abruptly leaving his position; to be hospitalized for bipolar disorder at the Mayo Clinic. [...]
*Daymond John was in Dallas last week to share his story about how he grew FUBU from ten t-shirts in his closet to a multi-million dollar name brand. Listen to enough speakers and their counsel starts to duplicate, which confirms the validity of it. But when it comes to knowing your affiliations – John called [...]
Back in September, we reported that a 101-year old woman in Detroit was kicked out of her home that she owned with her husband after 60 years. Her son got her into this mess with a reverse mortgage he thought he could use for updates to the house. But, none of the updates were made. [...]
*”Prison Break” star Wentworth Miller will appear as a guest-star on Fox’s “House,” TVLine reports. The actor will play a patient of the week after Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) gets released from jail. “He plays a real altruist,” creator David Shore tells the site. “And there’s some question as to whether that’s his symptom or [...]
*The guy we all remember as “Urkel” is starting to work with regularity again in Hollywood. Jaleel White is making a guest appearance on the hit show “House.” On the premiere episode, House (Hugh Laurie) and White will be prison buddies, picking up where the show left off in the previous season. Meanwhile, White is [...]
*Randy Jackson must have had a wild weekend that led to one of those drunken emotional moments where the person starts falling all over folks and telling them how much they love everybody and getting nostalgic. How else do you explain his shocking, yet distorted trip down memory lane? But, one thing doesn’t make sense. Normally drunks are truthful, but [...]
*While Fox hasn’t given an official renewal to “House,” it appears to be only a matter of time – as star Omar Epps has signed a deal to return for its eighth and likely final season. Co-stars Robert Sean Leonard has also signed, while Lisa Edelstein is close to re-signing, Deadline reports. Leonard, Epps and [...]
*As expected, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted today to repeal the 10-month-old healthcare reform law, a symbolic rebuke to President Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment. The move fulfilled a pledge Republicans made to voters in the 2010 campaign for a swift vote to undo what they called the “job-killing” measure. The repeal effort is likely [...]
*They want to repeal the healthcare overhaul, pare back financial regulations, slash federal spending and curtail the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency. In essence, they want to challenge the agenda of the Obama administration at every turn. The new GOP chairmen of key House committees such as Appropriations, Budget, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight [...]
*The Senate has voted to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, ending the legal ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. It passed the Senate in a 65-31 vote. Earlier six Republicans joined Democrats in a procedural vote that brought the measure to the floor. President Obama announced he would sign [...]
*The election night results brought forth a much expected outcome, a Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and some “slippage” in Democrat seats held in the Senate. The reasons were several for the outcome, but it is not the end of the world. The Democrats (and everybody else) need to stop their snivelin’. Wipe [...]
*We’re not sure what they’re thinking in Arizona, but Wednesday half of the state legislature approved a bill that would require President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate if he hopes to be on the state’s ballot when he runs for re-election. The House approved the measure on a 31-29 vote, sending it to [...]
*The remake of the nation’s health-care system has hit a parliamentary snag in the Senate, and appears likely to be headed back to the House for one final vote before becoming law, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said. The legislation makes a handful of changes to the sweeping health bill signed into [...]
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