Total Request Live has been canceled after ten years, MTV confirmed on Monday. "We want to close this era of TRL in a big celebratory way, and 10 is a great number," Dave Sirulnick, executive producer of TRL told the Associated Press. "This feels like the right time and let's celebrate it and let's reward it." He added "Let's let it have a little bit of a rest for a minute. Been working hard for 10 years!"
The music video show will wrap in a two-hour special on a Saturday in November.
TRL first debuted in September 1998. The show peaked in 1999 with 757,000 viewers tuning in daily, according to Nielsen Media Research, the AP reported.
For the finale, expect to see TRL favorites including former VJ Carson Daly. "Folks who helped make TRL what is, whether that's Justin, and his guys in N' Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Britney, Eminem - I think we would love to see all of them here," Sirulnick told the AP.
"I'm going to miss TRL," rapper Eminem said in a statement. "Where else will I be able to start feuds, defend my honor vigorously and act like an angry teenager on national TV? Oh wait ... The VMAs!"
Source: www.usmagazine.com
The father of Kelly Taylor’s 4-year-old son Sammy will finally be revealed on Tuesday’s episode of 90210, PEOPLE has learned. And Brenda Walsh will be the one spilling the beans! Brenda (Shannen Doherty) and Kelly (Jennie Garth) will be having a serious conversation about Sammy’s dad when Brenda reveals his name. In another twist, the show’s executive producer Gabe Sachs told PEOPLE that there’s a “possibility” the baby’s father could appear on a future episode. Who it could be?
So far, Kelly has mentioned she knew him in high school and they have history together. The couple went their separate ways, but hooked up four years ago. Since then, he’s been out of the picture. In the series premiere, Kelly took a 3 a.m. phone call from Brandon who is now living in Belize. Their late-night talk was interrupted when Sammy walked in. Perhaps another clue?
Sachs and fellow executive producer Jeff Judah already know who they wanted to be the father, and also discussed it with Jennie. He said Shannen and Jennie were great about the news and had a lot of fun. “The two of them love being in on secrets,” he said. Fans will be in on the secret when it’s revealed Sept. 16, 8 p.m. ET on the CW.
Source: www.people.com
The season seven Dancing with the Stars cast was officially announced Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America, and after much Internet speculation on who would be joining the show, there are plenty of surprises.
Here’s the rundown of celebrity contestants and their professional dance partners ready to mambo for the mirror-ball trophy:
• Toni Braxton, singer, 40, and season one DWTS champ Alec Mazo
• Lance Bass, singer, 29, and Lacey Schwimmer
• Ted McGinley, actor, 50, and Inna Brayer
• Cloris Leachman, actress, 82, and Corky Ballas
• Warren Sapp, former NFL star, 35, and Kym Johnson
• Rocco DiSpirito, chef, 41, and Karina Smirnoff
• Kim Kardashian, TV personality, 27, and reigning DWTS champ Mark Ballas
• Maurice Green, Olympic gold medalist track and field star, 34, and two-time DWTS champ Cheryl Burke
• Misty May-Treanor, Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player, 31, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Susan Lucci, Emmy-award winning soap opera actress, 61, and Tony Dovolani
• Jeffrey Ross, 42, comedian, and Edyta Sliwinska
• Cody Linley, 18, actor, and two-time DWTS champ Julianne Hough
• Brooke Burke, 36, TV personality, and Derek Hough
Source: www.people.com
Paula, Randy and Simon are getting some company. Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi is joining American Idol as a judge when the singing competition returns for its eighth season in January 2009. “We are turning the heat up on Idol this year and are thrilled to welcome Kara to the judges’ table,” show creator Simon Fuller said in a statement released Monday. “She is a smart, sassy lady, and one of America’s most successful songwriters. We know she will bring a new level of energy and excitement to the show.”
DioGaurdi is certainly qualified for the job, having written songs for artists as diverse as Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Santana, and Pink. Even Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers have released DioGuardi’s songs.
Adding a fourth judge may seem like a shakeup for TV’s biggest show but, according to executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz, producers always intended to have a fourth judge on the panel. “We’ve seen from our international series that having a fourth judge creates a dynamic that benefits both the contestants and the viewers,” Frot-Coutaz said.
And at least one executive at FOX, Mike Darnell, the network’s president of alternative programming, believes that original female judge Paula Abdul deserves some companionship. “For the past seven seasons, Paula has had to endure the experience of being the only woman at the judges’ table,” Darnell said in a statement. “With Kara by her side, Paula finally has some back-up and now there is going to be a lot more ‘girl power’ on the show.”
Source: www.people.com
No need for fingerprints. A very familiar face has signed on to star in the hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation this season. The Matrix's Laurence Fishburne will replace William Peterson, who's leaving the series after eight years behind the microscope, the Associated Press reports.
Fishburne – who earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It – said he was "elated and delighted" by the news. The actor will reportedly portray a former pathologist turned college lecturer. He meets up with members of the CSI team during a homicide investigation – and ends up joining them.
But, of course, he has a secret: The character's genetic profile has been identified in serial killers. "This gentleman knows this about himself and is ... in this journey to discover who his true character will ultimately become," CBS programming chief Nina Tassler told the AP.
Peterson – who plays team leader Gil Grissom – will depart the series partway through the upcoming season. But he will continue as an executive producer for the long-running series – and he has not ruled out occasional guest appearances.
Source: www.people.com
Kate Gosselin star of Jon and Kate Plus 8 on TLC Network has signed a book deal will Zondervan, a world leader in Christian communications. The book titled Multiple Blessings shares the gripping details of the couple's journey after learning they were expecting sextuplets, while raising twin toddlers.
Kate and Jon Gosselin's twins, Cara and Madelyn, were born on October 8, 2000. Their sextuplets were born on May 10, 2004. The family’s show on TLC has entered it’s third season the books release on November 1st is facing some tough times at the moment. The Gosselins have come under attack recently a neighbor in their development spoke out about it/ The family has posted the following sign in their yard:
It seems that some of the neighbors are not happy about it. The Gosselins seem to be having issues with many people in their lives. Family members seem to be have been cut out of the family’s lives and the neighbor that posted about the development sign says that even though the parents say they raise their children without much help, she sees “volunteers in and out of that house all the time” and goes on to say, “I see the volunteers in the front chasing her kids around and I can see their backyard from my house and see Kate again just sitting on the swing while others tend to her children.”
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt and www.amazon.com
Note: I am a fan of their show and really can’t say either way what is the truth. I have never seen them in person. I am just putting the story out there.
Estelle Getty, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe as the tart-tongued Sophia Petrillo – mother of Beatrice Arthur's character – on TV's The Golden Girls, has died. She was 84.
Estelle's longtime manager, Alan Siegel, told PEOPLE on Tuesday: "As of 5:35 this morning, surrounded by her family in her Hollywood Hills home, Estelle Getty passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. Her family and close friends thank everyone for being so loving and supportive of Estelle in her last few years." For many years, Getty had suffered with Lewy's Body Dementia, which has been described as a type of Alzheimer's disease.
Also starring with Betty White and Rue McClanahan on the NBC sitcom, Estelle's Sophia resulted in her receiving seven Emmy nominations, and a win in 1988. Equally winning were her well-delivered insults on the show. A typical Petrillo put-down: "I think there's a connection between your brain and wallpaper paste."
Specializing in playing "old" (Estelle, only a year older than Beatrice, was in her early 60s when she was cast as octogenarian Sophia), the future TV star was born Estelle Scher, the daughter of Polish immigrants, on New York's Lower East Side. In 1946, she took a husband, retail-glass businessman Arthur Gettleman, whose name she would later adapt as a stage professional. But first, she raised the Gettleman's two sons, Carl and Barry.
Eventually there were off-off Broadway roles, then Harvey Fierstein cast her as his overbearing mother in Torch Song Trilogy, which opened on Broadway in 1982. The spotlight from that show resulted in her landing the role of Sophia. Arthur Gettleman died in 2004. Her sons survive her.
"She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents," her Carl Gettleman told the Associated Press Tuesday. "She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived." Funeral services will be private, said Siegel.
Bea Arthur has released a statement to Usmagzine.com saying, "Our mother-daughter relationship was one of the greatest comic duos ever, and I will miss her.”
Saddened by the news, Betty White (who played the naïve Rose) told Us, "The only comfort at this moment is that although Estelle has moved on, Sophia will always be with us."
Source: www.people.com and www.usmagazine.com
Former Will & Grace star Debra Messing will turn 40 on August 15 — but this is one milestone she won't be celebrating. Not because she fears the dreaded 4-0, but because she’ll be too busy working. “It’s hard to believe,” Debra laughed about her lack of a birthday bash to reporters at Sunday night’s NBC party. “I have no plans, not yet. I will be working, shooting on my birthday unless the executive producers make it so I can have the day off.”
But even if she does have to work, Debra says she hopes her parents will come in to celebrate her birthday either the day before or after and “we’re going to be having a really nice dinner.” The curly-haired beauty is currently wrapped up with shooting the new USA network TV series of The Starter Wife, based on her hit mini-series from last year.
And on the topic of starter wives, Debra, who is married to Damages producer Daniel Zelman, says she's been lucky to not really have first-hand experience in that area. “Unfortunately, in our culture, people are impatient and aren’t willing to work through difficult times,” Debra reflected. “My parents are still together—45 years—so my model has been that love lasts.”
Her folks have taught her “that you have to work every single day and if you just assume that everything is as wonderful as it was the year before, it’s inevitable you’re going to run into problems. Sharing your life and creating family with someone is the most difficult and most rewarding thing you can do and it takes work every day. No one has perfected marriage.”
Source: www.okmagazine.com
I am looking so forward to this series. I really enjoyed the mini-series last summer and I hope that it will be just as entertaining. If you want to check out information on the show the USA Network has a page dedicated to the mini-series.
E! Entertainment Television has picked up Keeping Up With the Kardashians for a third season. The reality series follows the lives of Los Angeles socialite Kim Kardashian and her siblings along with mom Kris and stepfather Bruce Jenner. Khloe K’s trip to the slammer will probably be part of the new season. E! has ordered 10 episodes for Season 3, which will debut in the first quarter. Season 2 of Keeping Up With the Kardashians averaged 1.6 million total viewers per episode, a 36% improvement over Season 1.
“Shannen Doherty will be returning to 90210,” Gabe Sachs, executive producer of the CW’s new spin-off, said during the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills on Saturday. “Shannen is looking forward to returning to 90210,” Shannen’s rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
Shannen, who played the twin sister to Jason Priestley’s character Brandon Walsh for four seasons of the original Beverly Hills, 90210, will return as Brenda Walsh when the new show premieres Sept. 2. Now, Brenda will be a visiting drama teacher who directs a musical at West Beverly High School.
Jennie Garth was the first original 90210 cast member to reprise her role as Kelly Taylor, who will be a counselor who at West Beverly. Earlier this month, Tori Spelling, who played Donna Martin in the original, was also announced as a returning cast member but said she would be unable to appear in the pilot of the spin-off after giving birth to her daughter in June. “I’m looking forward to returning to 90210 in a later episode,” Tori told PEOPLE earlier this month. According to Sachs, original cast members won’t just have cameos. “They will be in multiple episodes,” he said at the TCA event.
Source: http://omg.yahoo.com and www.people.com
William Petersen is leaving CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and many fans of his Gil Grissom will not be happy. Petersen has agreed to return for occasional guest appearances and will remain a "CSI" executive producer but his run as an original cast member will end this coming season, executive producers Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar said Tuesday. The air date for his final episode, the season's 10th, has yet to be determined but probably will be at the beginning of 2009, the producers said. The series debuted in fall 2000.
A number of familiar characters will return in the episodes building up to Grissom's departure, among them his former colleague and flame Sara Sidle, played by Jorja Fox; the Miniature Killer and sexy Lady Heather. "Who better to turn to when you're a scientist in crisis," Mendelsohn said jokingly of Heather (Melinda Clarke).
The decision to leave was Petersen's, the producers said, declining further comment. A call to Petersen's publicist was not returned Tuesday. The actor had taken a break during the 2006-07 season to perform in a play, with Liev Schreiber stepping in as a visiting investigator.
The long-running show remains key for CBS: CSI finished last season as the network's top-rated series, ranking No. 9 among all shows with an average weekly audience of 17 million. Spinoffs CSI: Miami and CSI: New York ranked 16th and 28th, respectively.
The producers were mum about specific plot points but said that Grissom will be reappraising his life after years of high-tech forensics investigations with the Las Vegas Police Department and after facing personal turmoil. "We're talking about a man who has suffered a great deal of loss recently... A man thinking about the next phase of his life," Shankar said. Shankar and Mendelsohn vowed that cast changes won't change CSI. "What makes shows go off the rails is they forget who they are. We're a crime-mystery-forensics drama" with a focus on exceptional cases, Shankar said.
Remember it was just this season that cast regular Jorja Fox left after playing the character of Sara Sidle since the show aired and Gary Dourdan’s run as Warrick Brown…. well that ended in the season finale. So that means three of the original cast members will be gone. This will really change the show. Let’s hope only for the better.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
Here are the fall schedules for the 4 major networks. Please notice that all new shows are in CAPS. (Remember there are a few shows like NCIS and CSI that are always in CAPS and are not new.) Midseason replacements or shows that only got 13 episodes picked up are listed below the fall schedules. The shows are in order of how they will air each night.
THE FOX FALL SCHEDULE:
MONDAY
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Prison Break
TUESDAY
House, FRINGE
WEDNESDAY
Bones, 'Til Death, DO NOT DISTURB
THURSDAY
The Moment of Truth, Kitchen Nightmares
FRIDAY
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, Don't Forget the Lyrics!
SATURDAY
Cops, America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back, MADtv
Midnight Talkshow
SUNDAY
The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Dad
Mid-season: SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, DOLLHOUSE, 24, American Idol, Hell's Kitchen, SECRET MILLIONAIRE, THE CLEVELAND SHOW
THE CBS FALL SCHEDULE:
MONDAY
The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, WORST WEEK, CSI: Miami
TUESDAY
NCIS, THE MENTALIST, Without a Trace
WEDNESDAY
The New Adventures of Old Christine, PROJECT GARY, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY
THURSDAY
Survivor, CSI, ELEVENTH HOUR
FRIDAY
Ghost Whisperer, THE EX LIST, Numb3rs
SATURDAY
CBS Crimetime, 48 Hours Mystery
SUNDAY
60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, Cold Case, The Unit
Midseason: HARPER'S ISLAND, Rules of Engagement
THE ABC FALL SCHEDULE:
MONDAY
Dancing with the Stars, Samantha Who?, Boston Legal
TUESDAY
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, Dancing with the Stars results show, Eli Stone
WEDNESDAY
Pushing Daisies, Private Practice, Dirty Sexy Money
THURSDAY
Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, LIFE ON MARS
FRIDAY
Wife Swap, Supernanny, 20/20
SATURDAY
8 p.m. College football coverage
SUNDAY
America's Funniest Home Videos, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters
Midseason: Lost, Scrubs, The Goode Family, According to Jim, The Bachelor, Primetime: What Would You Do? and the Kutcher/Banks reality project.
THE FALL NBC SCHEDULE:
MONDAY
Chuck, Heroes, MY OWN WORST EMEMY
TUESDAY
THE BIGGEST LOSER: FAMILIES, KATH AND KIM, Law & Order: SVU
WEDNESDAY
KNIGHT RIDER, Deal or No Deal, Lipstick Jungle
THURSDAY
My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office, The Office or SNL THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE, ER
FRIDAY
CRUSOE, Deal or No Deal, Life
SATURDAY
Dateline, Knight Rider repeats, Law & Order: SVU repeats
SUNDAY
NFL football
Midseason: THE PHILANTHROPIST, The Biggest Loser: Couples, Law & Order, The Office spinoff, The Celebrity Apprentice, Friday Night Lights, MERLIN, Medium, KINGS.
Source: http://buzzsugar.com
CW's 90210 spin-off is getting another familiar face: Peach Pit owner Nat! Actor Joe E. Tata tells the Associated Press that he just wrapped up shooting the pilot episode, airing September 2.He says he is still uncertain if he'll return to the show permanently. "The coin's in the air for me," the actor, 71, says. "I guess it comes under the heading of magic test: Let's see if the audience still remembers me."
Tata - who describes Nat as a good guy, always there to help out" - says people still stop him on the street after all these years. "Cops and firefighters say to me, 'I used to watch the show - I mean, my wife did, or girlfriend,'" he said. "But they knew more about the show than I did."
Jennie Garth, who played blonde rich girl Kelly Taylor on the original series, will star in several episodes as a high school guidance counselor. Tori Spelling will reprise her role as Donna Martin in one episode. And Shannen Doherty (a.k.a. "Brenda Walsh") is in talks to star on the show.
Source: www.usmagazine.com
There was one cook remaining in Hell's Kitchen on Tuesday's finale: Christina, 25, who won Gordon Ramsay's Fox show by beating out finalist Petrozza in a challenge that involved serving 50 diners. "I am, like, so happy on 10 different levels," the St. Louis native said after winning. "I can't even explain it."
Christina will now become the executive chef of Ramsay's newest restaurant, London, in West Hollywood, a prize worth $250,000. "It's almost like a fairy tale, you know?" Christina added, while her mom cried. "I guess it really does happen to people, even goobers like me."
Ramsay said he "definitely, definitely made the right choice. "Christina had the least amount of experience coming in, but I sensed something special," he said. "She had the best potential of any contestant."
Runner-up Petrozza had no hard feelings. The contestant congratulated his competitor and said, "It's been a tough journey."
Source: www.usmagazine.com
Chris Noth will not be returning for the eighth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a rep for USA confirms to Usmagazine.com. Chris has played Detective Mike Logan on two of the Law and Order shows. Chris first played Mike Logan on the original show on NBC from 1990 to 1995. He then brought back the character on Criminal Intent in 2005. He also is well known for his role Mr. Big on Sex and the City. He played that character on the HBO series and in the big screen movie that is still in theaters. Meanwhile, Jeff Goldblum is joining the cast of Criminal Intent starting this fall.
Don't expect Luke Perry to join Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth on the CW's 90210 spin-off. “I can’t re-imagine it currently,” Luke told The Billy Bush Show Thursday. “It’s just not something that I’ve thought about to be quite honest,” Luke, who played brooding rebel Dylan McKay revealed. “I don’t see it happening.” As for his former castmates Tori and Jennie, “I wish them a lot of luck. I hope they have a lot of success with it,” Luke said.
Auditions for the eighth season of Fox's American Idol are underway. They kick off July 17 in San Francisco and will head to seven additional cities.
The locations are:
San Francisco, CA: July 17
Louisville, KY: July 21
Phoenix, AZ: July 25
Salt Lake City, UT: July 29
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Aug. 2
Kansas City, MO: Aug. 8
Jacksonville, FL: Aug. 13
East Rutherford, NJ: Aug. 19
Source: www.usmagazine.com
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is retuning to VH1 with a second set of patients. And this group may be wilder than the first. VH1 has released this statement about the upcoming cast:
“Similar to the first cycle, the second season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew will follow the real-life experiences of celebrity patients undergoing detoxification and treatment at a center in the Los Angeles area. The show will follow Jeff Conaway as he checks back into rehab after a series of back surgeries, setbacks and subsequent reliance on pain medications. Joining him in rehab are Sean Stewart (Sons of Hollywood), Amber Smith (model/actress), Rodney King, Nikki McKibbon (American Idol), Steven Adler (Guns n Roses) and Tawny Kitaen (Actress). Gary Busey, who is 13 years sober, will also be joining the cast to share his experiences and thoughts on the recovery process.”
Jeff Conaway is the only cast member from the season to return. (Note: Jessica Sierra from the first season is at the facility under going more treatment, but is not going to be part of the show.) The series is set to premiere in October.
Source: www.vh1.com
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