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Ellen Degeneres Returns With Comedy 'Weitz And Wong'
Ellen Degeneres is returning to Abc to produce 'Weitz and Wong', a project that will see her reteam with writer Alex Herschlag, whom she worked with on the ground breaking Disney sitcom, 'Ellen', according to...
By WENN on 14 October 2011
Beyonce Baby Due February But 'Fake Bump' Story Rumbles On
Beyonce has announced her and husband Jay Z's first child together is due to be born in February 2012. The R&B superstar revealed the news while appearing on Australia's Channel 7 on Sunday night (9th...
By WENN on 12 October 2011
Cassidy Sues Over Profits From The Partridge Family Merchandise
Former teen idol David Cassidy is taking his battle for merchandising compensation from his days on 1970s show The Partridge Family to court.The singer/actor shot to fame as Keith Partridge on the popular Abc sitcom...
By WENN on 05 October 2011
Espn "Fires" Hank Williams Jr. Over Obama Comment
ESPN on Monday yanked Hank Williams Jr.'s "Are You Ready for Football" theme from its Monday Night Football telecast after Williams earlier in the day likened President Obama to Hitler. The company issued a statement...
By Lew Irwin on 04 October 2011
Cheryl Burke Praises Rob Kardashian For Weight Loss
Cheryl Burke has heaped praise on her 'Dancing with the Stars' partner Rob Kardashian for losing weight. The beautiful dancer has been really impressed with how the reality TV star - the brother of Kim...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 October 2011
Soap Producers Awaiting Union Nods To Cut Online Costs
Plans to relaunch the ABC soaps One Life to Live and All My Children on the Internet are moving forward, with producers Prospect Park announcing that they have signed a deal with Ron Carlivati to...
By Lew Irwin on 03 October 2011
Farrah Fawcett Foundation Investigated For Fraud
Farrah Fawcett's cancer research foundation is under investigation for fraud, according to a U.S. report.Officials at the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, established after the actress' death in 2009, have been asked to turn over financial records...
By WENN on 26 September 2011
All My Children Airs Final Episode
After over 40 years on US TV, the much lauded series ‘All My Children’ came to an end last night on Abc, leaving only ‘General Hospital’ and ‘One Life To Live’ as the broadcaster’s only...
By Lew Irwin on 24 September 2011
Courteney Cox Developing 'The New Friends' With Husband
Courteney Cox, the American actress who rose to fame playing the ultra-obsessive Monica Gellar on Friends, is developing a new sitcom already being described as "one of pilot season's hottest properties", according to TVLine.com.Cox and...
By WENN on 23 September 2011
Katie Holmes Is 'How I Met Your Mother' Pumpkin
Katie Holmes has been cast for the role of the promiscuous pumpkin on the Halloween special of 'How I Met Your Mother'.The 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' actress - whose last TV role was...
By Bang Showbiz on 23 September 2011
Ratings For Emmys Dip Again
Television's annual Emmy awards, once one of the medium's highest-rated annual events, landed in seventh place on the Nielsen ratings list for last week, outranked by NBC's Sunday-night football telecast, which aired opposite it, a...
By Lew Irwin on 21 September 2011
Ron Artest 'Metta World Peace' Given The Dancing Boot
Metta World Peace has been given the boot from 'Dancing with the Stars'. The basketball player - who recently changed his name from Ron Artest - became the first contestant of this series to be...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 September 2011
Metta World Peace Leaves Dwts
Metta World Peace has been voted off 'Dancing with the Stars'.The basketball player - who was formerly known as Ron Artest - and partner Peta Mergatroyd departed the celebrity ballroom contest last night (20.09.11) after...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 September 2011
Brooke Burke Becomes 'Brooke Charvet' After Name Change
Brooke Burke, the American television personality and Abc show host, is taking her husband's name and will now be known as Brooke Charvet. Brooke debuted her new name on last night's episode of Dancing With...
By WENN on 20 September 2011
Reba Mcentire Making Tv Return
Country music star Reba Mcentire is heading back to the small screen after signing up to front a new sitcom.The veteran star previously appeared in her own show, Reba, which ended in 2007 after six...
By WENN on 15 September 2011
Garner Producing New Tv Comedy About Geeks
Actress Jennifer Garner is bringing hit non-fiction book The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth to the small screen.The pregnant Alias star's new show will follow several quirky students through high school and demonstrate how distinct...
By WENN on 10 September 2011
Univision A Big Ratings Winner
Nielsen's top ten ratings list was turned on its ear this week as Univision's telenovela (limited-run soap opera) Fuerza del Destino captured three of the positions among the key demographic group of adults 18-49, making...
By Lew Irwin on 08 September 2011
Parker Planning A Long Getaway To Avoid Mean Tabloids And Paparazzi
Sarah Jessica Parker is planning a long family break far away from her native New York and Hollywood, so she can fulfil her travelling dreams.The Sex and the City star admits she's growing tired of...
By WENN on 07 September 2011
Carol Burnett Returns To All My Children
Carol Burnett is set to make her 'All My Children' return today (06.09.11).The 78-year-old actress - who has made guest appearances in 'Glee' and 'Law and Order' - will reprise her role as Verla Grubbs,...
By Bang Showbiz on 06 September 2011
Susan Lucci Slams Frons Over All My Children Cancellation
Veteran actress Susan Lucci has taken aim at Abc chief Brian Frons in her new autobiography for axing U.S. soap opera All My Children.TV bosses announced earlier this year (11) that the longrunning beloved show...
By WENN on 05 September 2011
Chaz Bono Speaks Out Against Dwts Critics
Chaz Bono has spoken out for the first time about the criticism he has received since signing up for the 13th season of hit Abc show Dancing With The Stars."It's made me realize I'm really...
By WENN on 04 September 2011
Billie Joe Armstrong Kicked Off Southwest Flight
Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of punk-rock group Greenday has been kicked off a south-western flight from Oakland, California to Burbank, California on Thursday night (01.09.2011)Announcing his surprise on Twitter the 39-year-old rocker said "Just...
By WENN on 04 September 2011
Thanks To Talent , Football, Nbc's Got Ratings
It was another week for NBC's peacock to crow. The struggling network saw its America's Got Talent rank first and second in the Nielsen ratings, with the two-hour Tuesday edition averaging 12 million viewers and...
By Lew Irwin on 31 August 2011
Ron Artest Named In The New Cast Of Dancing With The Stars
Ron Artest has been named in the 13th season of hit Abc show 'Dancing With The Stars'. The basketball star and occasional rapper will be joined by soccer player Hope Solo, talk-show host Ricki Lake...
By Lew Irwin on 30 August 2011
Networks Blowing In The Wind
President Obama today (Friday) urged Americans to take the threat of Hurricane Irene "seriously." Certainly the broadcast networks and the cable news networks are, as well as stations on the East Coast in cities that...
By Lew Irwin on 26 August 2011
Sara Gilbert Splits With Girlfriend Of 10 Years
Sara Gilbert, the American television personality and actress, has split with ALISON ADLER, her girlfriend of 10 years. Gilbert, best known for co-hosting 'The Talk', began dating the television producer and writer in 2001, reports...
By Lew Irwin on 25 August 2011
Abc Moving In On Nbc In Morning And Early Evening
While NBC has struggled for years as generally the last-place network in primetime, it has remained dominant in two other time periods, the morning with the Today show, and in the early evening with NBC...
By Lew Irwin on 25 August 2011
General Mills Denies It Caved To Anti-gay Group
General Mills appears caught in a "damned if it does; damned if it doesn't" dilemma. After the Florida Family Association targeted General Mills and other advertisers of ABC Family Channel's Pretty Little Liars following the...
By Lew Irwin on 22 August 2011
Kim Kardashian Wedding: The Celebs Turn Out
Kim Kardashian's wedding dominated the headlines this weekend, and the celebrity turnout was predictably high. Ellen Degeneres was worried that she hadn't scored an invite, and tweeted "'No invitation to @KimKardashian's wedding yet. #WorstThingInTheWorld" but...
By Lew Irwin on 21 August 2011
Kim Kardashian's Wedding Is A Multi-million Dollar Business
Kim Kardashian will wed pro-basketball star Kris Humphries in a star-studded ceremony tomorrow and although the event will cost an astronomical amount, it is little compared to what the Kardashian family will earn from it,...
By Lew Irwin on 19 August 2011
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