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*Giancarlo Esposito understands that some of his diehard fans — who have shown support ever since his breakout role as Buggin’ Out in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” may not be checking for him in his current gig on NBC’s “Revolution.” The freshman drama had decent enough ratings for NBC to renew it for [...]
*Poor Craig Robinson. Brother man is a really nice guy, but he’s having a crappy week, career wise. First, “Peeples,” his debut as a leading man, flops at the box office. Now, we learn his TV pilot is not being picked up by NBC. First announced as a possibility last fall, in January of this [...]
*NBC has released first clips from NBC‘s new update of “Ironside,” part of the just-unveiled 2013-2014 line-up. As previously reported, Underwood stars as sexy and acerbic police detective who is relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting. This remake of the ‘60s series will find his character pushing and prodding his hand-picked team to solve [...]
*Usher will collaborate with Macy’s to curate the concept, music and design for the Macy’s 4th of July fireworks show, which will be launched from barges off Manhattan. It’s the first time the company has worked with an artist on the concept for its annual show, Macy’s said Thursday. Usher will score the music for [...]
*Former coach Cee Lo Green will return to “The Voice” stage in May, joining a list of visiting performers that includes Rod Stewart, Lady Antebellum, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. Cee Lo and Stewart will perform on the bonus Wednesday, May 8, episode, while Lady Antebellum, Thicke with Williams and T.I. will perform on [...]
*When we watch our news anchors on television, we think that most anyone could do their job, right? You just read the teleprompter and walk off the stage. But even those who have been trained to do the job find it hard to pull it off. A.J. Clemente was on his first day on the [...]
*TNT reality series “Boston’s Finest” ends its freshman season on Wednesday with an episode given more weight in light of Monday’s bombings. As previously reported, the show is a passion project for its producer Donnie Wahlberg, a to-the-bone Bostonian whose tweets made national news yesterday as he sought an update on his New Kids on [...]
*Comedian Seaton Smith has joined the cast of an NBC comedy pilot from John Mulaney. Mulaney also writes and stars in the young ensemble focused on John (Mulaney), whose naïve and often pointless, desire to “be a good person” challenges his friendship with his roommates, Jane (Nasim Pedrad) and Seymour (Griffin Newman). With no real [...]
*It looks like Hoda Kotb may be trying to bow out of NBC’s new albatross known as the “Today” show. According to Entertainment Weekly, the fourth-hour co-host, who has anchored alongside Kathie Lee Gifford since 2007, will see her contract expire this fall and is reportedly taking meetings for other job possibilities. However, a source [...]
Vanessa Bell Calloway’s a quadruple threat with GMC, TV One, Showtime and NBC appearances *Multi-NAACP Image Award nominee veteran actress Vanessa Bell Calloway is a quadruple threat with starring roles in GMC, TV One, Showtime and NBC projects. The Cleveland native stars in the NBC series “Go On” with Matthew Perry and Tyler James (Thursdays [...]
*South Africa-based Triggerfish Animation Studios has added Laurence Fishburne to the voice cast of 3D animated feature “Khumba,” reports Deadline.com. Fishburne joins Loretta Devine, Liam Neeson, AnnaSophia Robb, Jake T. Austin and Richard E. Grant in the story of a plucky half-striped Zebra who’s blamed for a drought by his superstitious herd and meets a [...]
*With his new single “Fine China” to promote, Chris Brown visited NBC’s “Today” Show this morning, setting off both positive and negative reaction on Twitter. The singer performed and sat down for an interview with beleaguered host Matt Lauer, who asked him both about his latest song and his controversial relationship with Rihanna. Brown beat [...]
*NBC reportedly told former “Today” co-anchor Ann Curry that she could not tweet a message of support for her morning show competitor Robin Roberts after she was diagnosed with MDS. According to a lengthy piece about Curry’s treatment at “Today” in New York Magazine, Curry asked the network if she could tweet her well wishes [...]
*Craig Robinson may be getting his own show with NBC, created by “The Office” executive producer, Greg Daniels. According to Deadline, the comedy series is based on the life of a musician-turned-teacher, dealing with the issues of education, politics, and single mothers. The comedic actor is also working on a few films that will premiere [...]
*The second half of NBC’s “Revolution” resumes Monday, with Giancarlo Esposito still wreaking havoc in the world’s chaotic search for electricity, but starting to question a few things about the ruler he fights for. The actor plays Captain Tom Neville, a struggling insurance adjuster before the blackout 15 years ago, and currently a sadistic enforcer [...]
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