Archive: April 2009 (241-250 of 341)

Apr 9 2009 02:37 AM ET

Katie Holmes on stage in D.C. for Memorial Day

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After making her Broadway debut last year in the revival of Arthur Miller’s My Three Sons, Katie Holmes is headed back to the stage. Sort of. The actress, who’s married to Tom Cruise, will join actors Gary Sinese, Dianne Weist and others in Washington, D.C. at the National Memorial Day concert on May 24, the Associated Press reports. Holmes, age 30 and Weist will read a veteran’s personal story on stage. In past years, these readings have been based on veterans’ letters home, according to the AP. Gary Sinese and Joe Mantegna will host the concert. General Colin Powell, actor Laurence Fishburne and former American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee are scheduled to appear. The show will be broadcast live on PBS.

Apr 9 2009 02:18 AM ET

'Pop' Winans, gospel patriarch, dies at 76

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David (Pop) Winans,Sr., the Grammy-nominated father of the gospel music Winans, has died in Nashville at 76, the Associated Press reports. The father of singers Bebe and CeCe Winans, who had hit songs with "I’ll Take You There" and "Addictive Love," reportedly died in a hospice, where he had been since January after suffering a heart attack and stroke in October 2008. Funeral arrangements are pending, according to the AP

Apr 9 2009 12:29 AM ET

Joan Rivers to be roasted on Comedy Central

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Legendary comedienne Joan Rivers will be roasted on Comedy Central on July 26, the Associated Press reports. The show will air on the network on Aug. 9. Rivers, 75, launched to fame in the 1980s with her blunt humor and then-ubiquitous catch-phrase: "Can we talk?" In the mid ’90s she (with help from her daughter, Melissa) became the most important/funny/terrifying fashion critic at the Oscars and Golden Globe awards each year. The comedians roasting her this summer may have a tough challenge, though, as Rivers has made an art out of roasting herself. For years she’s made fun of her addiction to plastic surgery and her age. She once joked that the last time she was roasted, "it was a two-for-one special: Joan of Arc and me." Rivers is still performing today. She did a one-woman show at theGeffen Playhouse in Los Angeles last year, and recently appeared on Celebrity Apprentice. Here’s Rivers talking fashion (and dissing stars) on Rachel Ray’s show in January.

Apr 8 2009 09:59 PM ET

'Prison Break' finale to air May 15

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Fox announced today that it will air the series finale of Prison Break on May 15  (8-10 p.m.). According to a Fox spokesperson, the drama’s two-hour send-off features "two major deaths" and the return of four familiar faces. Prison Break, which is currently in its fourth season, returns to the schedule with a final run of episodes starting April 17.

Apr 8 2009 09:30 PM ET

'Nightmare on Elm Street' reboot: Kyle Gallner of 'The Haunting in Connecticut' joins cast

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Kyle Gallner, who can currently be seen in the horror hit, The Haunting in Connecticut, has been cast in New Line’s reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Variety reports. Gallner will play Quentin, one of the teenagers who will be confronting Freddy Krueger (to be played by Watchman star Jackie Earle Haley). Veteran music-video director Samuel Bayer will helm the movie, which will be released on April 16, 2010.

Apr 8 2009 09:26 PM ET

'Top Chef Masters': 'Lost' honchos to be among celeb judges when show premieres June 10

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Bravo has announced that the spinoff reality series, Top Chef Masters, will premiere June 10, according to the Los Angeles Times. The show will feature 24 "world-renowned chefs," as well as a slew of guest judges including Neil Patrick Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Morgan Spurlock, Lost writersCarlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, and allof the prior winners from Top Chef. The winning chef will be awarded $100,000, which will be donated to a charity of his or her choice. Food journalist Kelly Choi will serve as the show’s host.

Apr 8 2009 01:00 PM ET

Leah Remini cast in ABC pilot

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According to the Hollywood Reporter King of Queens star Leah Remini has been cast as a newspaper editor in an ABC comedy pilot called Don’t Try This At Home. Matthew Lillard will play her husband.

Apr 8 2009 01:00 PM ET

New A&E show to chronicle fugitives' tales

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Cable network A&E has ordered nine episodes of a show called The Fugitive Chronicles according to the Hollywood Reporter. The show will dramatize the capture of real life fugitives from both their point of view and that of the law enforcement agencies which hunted them.

Apr 8 2009 01:00 PM ET

HBO renews 'Eastbound & Down'

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HBO has announced that it has commissioned a second season of the comedy Eastbound & Down. New episodes of the show, which stars Danny McBride as a disgraced baseballplayer, will probably be broadcast next year.

Apr 8 2009 12:58 PM ET

Fox orders layoff reality show

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According to the Hollywood Reporter Fox has ordered a new reality show in which employees must decide which of them will be fired. The show is to be called Someone’s Gotta Go.

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