61st Primetime Emmy Awards Moved A Week Earlier
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards will air a week earlier than originally scheduled.
The television awards show, which was originally scheduled for September 20, will take place on September 13.
The reason is, CBS, which carries the Emmys this year, has a doubleheader NFL game slated for September 20, which could leak into primetime.
“The new date moves the [...]
Natalie Portman Joins New Comedy Movie “Your Highness”
Natalie Portman will be joining Danny McBride and James Franco in the new comedy “Your Highness.”
Written by Ben Best and Danny McBride, the Universal Pictures project focuses on an arrogant, lazy prince, McBride, who must complete a quest to save his father’s kingdom. McBride’s more heroic brother, played by Franco, joins him on the quest.
Portman [...]
“Super Model Hall Of Fame” Special Show To Air
Gary Smith has been hired to direct and produce a two-hour television show special called “Super Models Hall of Fame,” Jaffe & Co. Inc. announced on Thursday.
Smith has closed a deal with executive producers Steve Jaffe and Linda Morand.
The program is planned to be a tribute to the super models of the past six decades. [...]
Chace Crawford To Play Lead Role In ‘Footloose’ Remake
Zac Efron announced a while back that he would not be starring in Paramount’s remake of the 1984 movie musical ‘Footloose’. He had been advise against taking doing any more musical to avoid being branded this early in his career.
Zac starred in the High School Musical, directed by Kenny Ortega. He’s tried to star in [...]
Robin Williams and David Letterman Share Brotherhood
Robin Williams had heart surgery eight weeks ago and is now cracking jokes on the “Late Show with David Letterman” about it. This was Robin’s first appearance since the heart surgery.
Robin says that David and he “are now brotherhood of the zipper chests.” He also made jokes about how “I have one new valve and [...]
Boxer Antonio Margarito Wants To Box Again
Boxer Antonio Margarito is suing the California State Athletic Commission for wrongfully suspending his license. A rep from the California State Athletic Commission inspected Antonio’s hands before a fight and found ‘illegal material inside the knuckle pad’.
Antonio’s trainer He claims that had just wrapped up his hands when the rep decided to inspect them. The [...]
Cyndi Lauper & Husband David Thornton Come Together
Tribeca Film Festival is putting together a film, “Here and There”, where both Cyndi and David will play a part. It’s been almost 20 years since the couple met on the set.
This will be the first the couple play an acting role together since the 1991 “Off and Running.” Cyndi had this to say, “I [...]
Actors & Actress Set For The Making Of “Nightmare”
“Twilight” actor Kellan Lutz, “Terminator” TV show star Thomas Dekker and Rooney Mara have joined the cast of the remake of 1984 horror movie “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
Lutz would play a popular school jock.
Dekker will play a male trying to get back together with his girlfriend. Mara plays a girl who can’t wait to [...]
Tiffani Theissen Set To Star In New USA Series Show “White Collar”
USA Network announced on Thursday they have lit a green light for the show “White Collar,” a new series starring Tiffani Theissen and Willie Garson.
Thiessen is known for her work on “Saved by the Bell,” “Beverly Hills, 90210″ and “What About Brian,” while Garson appeared in “Sex and the City” and “John from Cincinnati.”
“White Collar” [...]
Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards Wants Miss California
The Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards had scheduled Miss California to appear live on the air from Nashville, Tennessee. Miss California, Carrie Prejean, lost the Miss USA pageant after her response to a question on gay marriage.
Carrie was the first runner-up last weekend when Perez Hilton, an openly gay pageant judge, asked the question on [...]
