Posts Tagged “ABC”
- A "Who’s Who" of top female singers, including Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Sheryl Crow, Rihanna, Melissa Etheridge and nine others will join to record a single to benefit the Stand Up To Cancer initiative, which will air on ABC, NBC and CBS on September 5. This bunch, including a pair of cancer suvivors in Etheridge and Crow, won’t just stand up to cancer–they’ll obliterate it with the sheer force of their collective wills…
 Avril Lavigne is having difficulty performing a concert in Malaysia, where officials say her show would be, "unsuitable to Malaysian culture" and its scheduled date of August 29 is too close to the nation’s independence celebration. Avril needs to follow the lead of Beyonce, who was in a similar situation recently–she made sure her costumes were inoffensive, her songs weren’t controversial, and her multi-zillion dollar husband was standing by just in case to write them a big check…- The Olympics have been good to Michael Phelps, and Michael Phelps has been very good to NBC–its coverage of the summer games grabbed the top 7 spots in TV ratings last week, pulling in an average audience of 28.7 million. Al Roker had better hope Phelps has no major weatherman aspirations…
 The people of Milwaukee honored one of their own–on TV at least–when they unveiled a bronze statue of Arthur Fonzerelli, better known as "The Fonz" from 70’s sitcom icon Happy Days. Most of the cast of the show was on hand, except for the guy who played Potsie–he spent the day on the show’s Hollywood set, wondering where everybody else was…- Roger Moore, who played James Bond in 7 films in the 1970’s and 80’s, writes about his experiences in a memoir out November 4 and reveals that many of the stunts left him in less than ideal conditon–including one boat-chase scene that catapulted him into a wall, cracking teeth and twisting his knee. Apparently, the villan for the rest of the movie was the stunt coordinator…
- Bobby Brown is in more legal trouble–only this time it’s from his own attorneys, who say he owes them $90,000 in fees stemming from his divorce from Whitney Houston. At least this time it isn’t any of those drug dealers he stiffed…
Tags: 2008 Summer Olympics, ABC, Avril Lavigne, Beyonce, Bobby Brown, CBS, Happy Days, James Bond, Malaysia, Mariah Carey, Michael Phelps, NBC, Rihanna, Sheryl Crow
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- Jessica Simpson guested on The View yesterday and reported that despite the rumors, she and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo are still a couple, adding, "I don’t really know about wedding bells, but I still love him, and I’m still with him and, so, that’s a good sign!" Romo has been a good influence on her–she now understands why his teammates don’t wear spurs and boots…
- Coldplay’s new album Viva La Vida topped the sales charts last week, pulling down 721,000 copies–with well over a third of them digital downloads. The band also appeared on The Daily Show last night to sing a couple of songs from the album, one of the few times the show has actually done that…
- Danity Kane’s Aubrey O’Day heads to Broadway to join the cast of Hairspray . She joins fellow Making The Band alum Ashley Parker Angel in the show–I assume they both understand this is not a reality show…
- Talk of a Sopranos film heated up when one of the cast said recently that the idea is in the talking stages with creator David Chase and star James Gandolfini. So does that mean that Tony’s not dead?
- Verne Troyer, best known as Mini-Me from the Austin Powers flim franchise, is in a little pickle–a sex tape of him and a former girlfriend is in play, with an adult film distributor offering $100,000 for it. That seems like a lot of dough, but I understand that it’s not as, uh, "short" as you’d think…
- NBC’s Celebrity Family Feud was beaten in its premiere Tuesday night by ABC’s obstacle-course game Wipeout. I was sure people would have tuned in just to see if Mrs. Ice-T’s top would have come off…
Tags: ABC, Coldplay, Danity Kane, Jessica Simpson, NBC, Sopranos, The Daily Show, The View, Tony Romo
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- Britney Spears is seeing her children again, now that a visitation agreement was worked out with Kevin Federline–she’s had three visits with them the past week. It’s wonderful–they’re back to calling her "Mommy" instead of "that no-underpants lady"…
- NBC’s much-ballyhooed Internet seriess Quarterlife couldn’t even manage that–it’s been yanked from the schedule after just one episode. You know you’re in trouble when there’s a bigger audience on the all-pottery channel…
- Fall Out Boy has been hinting about a "special guest guitarist" featured on a cover of Michael Jackson’s Beat It included on their new live DVD out April 8, and gossip says that John Mayer’s the one who’ll do his own version of Eddie Van Halen–the axe-slinger on Jacko’s original version…
- Taylor Swift is perfectly happy to be still living with her parents and family in Nashville, saying that she’s in no hurry to grow up, and that "I like watching my brother grow up when I can…I want to be there and witness whatever normalcy I can". As we know all too well, "normal celebrity" is now an unfortunate oxymoron…
- ABC has moved to renew five of its reality series: Dancing With The Stars, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Supernanny, Wife Swap and America’s Funniest Home Videos. There’s a lot of crying during these shows–mostly from displaced writers…
- Nicole Ritchie has reportedly been offered the role of Roxie Hart in the current Broadway run of Chicago. I had no idea Roxie was an anorexic, no-talent twit…
Tags: ABC, Beat It, Britney Spears, Broadway, Dancing With The Stars, Fall Out Boy, John Mayer, Kevin Federline, Michael Jackson, NBC, Nicole Ritchie, Taylor Swift
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- OneRepublic’s huge hit Apologize is only the second song ever to sell 3 million downloads, and lead singer Ryan Tedder–who wrote the song–thinks its popularity is partly because the song keeps getting discovered by older generations…
- Jon Eardly, the attorney who claims he represents Britney Spears, says he won’t give up his effort to her conservatorship case to federal court–despite the court’s ruling that he is not her attorney. This guy needs to convince a judge that Britney isn’t too out of it to hire him to represent her–only every time he opens his mouth, he convinces anyone still listening of the opposite…
- Jessica Simpson is off to Kuwait soon to again perform for US troops stationed there. I’m sure she’ll sing her lungs off–exactly what every one of those guys there is praying for…
- A study has found that nearly half of American teenagers didn’t buy a CD last year–not a surprise when you learn that iTunes has passed Best Buy to become the #2 US music retailer. There’s probably kids who would look at one and wonder if it’s Blu-Ray…
- Whoopi Goldberg said she accepted the apology of Oscars show producer Gil Cates for leaving Whoopi out of a montage of past show hosts. I hear she was very gracious–didn’t call him "honkey" or "cracker" once…
- Jay Leno will be a very in-demand dude once he exits The Tonight Show as planned in 2009, with reports that ABC and Fox would like him to join their networks and Sony offering a nationally syndicated series to him. Why not–he’s very funny, incredibly popular, and apparently could care less about the feelings of his writers…
Tags: ABC, Britney Spears, Fox, iTunes, Jay Leno, Jessica Simpson, OneRepublic, Oscars, Whoopi Goldberg
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