Archive: November 2009 (71-80 of 321)

Nov 20 2009 08:11 PM ET

Heidi Klum takes Seal's last name

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Heidi Klum has now legally taken her husband Seal’s last name, People reports. On Friday, a Los Angeles commissioner approved Klum’s legal name change to Heidi Samuel. The couple has been married for more than four years and she gave birth to their fourth child six weeks ago. It’s not yet known if the Project Runway host will use the new surname professionally.

Nov 20 2009 07:35 PM ET

Lou Dobbs considers run for White House or U.S. Senate: report

Categories: Politics, Television

Outgoing CNN television news host and commentator Lou Dobbs said on Thursday that, among other career possibilities, he is considering possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate, according to Reuters. “Right now I feel exhilaration at the wide range of choices before me as to what I do next,” Dobbs said. The 64-year-old veteran CNN anchor announced last Wednesday he was leaving CNN after spending the better part of 30 years at the 24-hour cable news network. He still hosts a daily radio show.

Nov 20 2009 07:27 PM ET

'Doctor Who: End of Time' to premiere Dec. 26

Categories: Television

Doctor Who fans will soon get to see the finale of David Tennant as The Doctor. BBC America will air Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars on Dec. 19, and Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part One will premiere on Dec. 26. The second half of The End of Time special will premiere on a date to be announced soon. A clip of The End of Time, Part One can be found on BBC America’s website. Also, Waters and End of Time (both parts) will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on Feb. 2, 2010.  A five-disc set, Doctor Who: Specials Collection, is also out that day. As previously reported, Tennant will hand over Doctor duties to Matt Smith, who will become the 11th Doctor for the series set to premiere in 2010.

Nov 20 2009 07:24 PM ET

Nicole Richie out of hospital with 'no problems'

Categories: Misc.

Nicole Richie has checked out a Beverly Hills hospital after a bout of pneumonia and is at home resting, according to People. Her boyfriend Joel Madden wrote on his band Good Charlotte’s website that “I stepped off the plane after a month out of the country, and basically went straight to the hospital for the week. But don’t worry all is well and we are home with no problems.”

Nov 20 2009 12:49 PM ET

One dead, nine injured in a Miley Cyrus tour bus crash

Categories: Music

The Virgina State Police has confirmed that a Miley Cyrus tour bus was involved in a deadly crash outside of Petersburg, Va. earlier today. According to a police press release, members of Cyrus’ crew were on board, but the 16-year-old star was not. The driver of the bus, William G. Douglas, 53, of Austin, Texas, died at the scene. The nine other passengers sustained injuries. They exited the vehicle through the front windshield. An investigation is underway to determine why the vehicle went off the road and flipped over.

The Cyrus family posted this message on mileycyrus.com: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Bill ‘Uncle Bill’ Douglas. Members of our tour are like members of our family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family in the midst of this tragedy. He will truly be missed.”

 

Nov 20 2009 12:20 PM ET

Oprah Winfrey says ending her show 'feels right in my bones'

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Oprah Winfrey made it official on a live episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show today that she’ll end her run in daytime on Sept. 9, 2011, 25 years after her show first went on the air. “I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to know when it’s time to say good-bye,” she told the audience. “Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and it feels right in my spirit. It’s the perfect number — the exact right time.”

She did not, however, address her next move, saying only that she hopes people will continue to watch over the next 18 months through to the end of the show’s run. “Over this holiday break, my team and I will be brainstorming new ways that we can entertain you, and inform you and uplift you when we return here in January,” she said. “And then season 25 — we are going to knock your socks off.  So the countdown to the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show starts now and until that day in 2011 when it ends, I intend to soak up every meaningful, joy-filled moment with you.”

Separately, Harpo Prods., which produces the show for CBS Television which syndicates the talk show to 215 U.S. stations and 145 countries, announced that Winfrey will appear and participate in new programming for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network when it launches in January 2011. The cabler is a joint venture with Discovery Communications.

Nov 20 2009 05:58 AM ET

'Thor': 'Obsessed' star Idris Elba joins cast

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

Obsessed star Idris Elba is the latest actor to join the cast of Marvel Studios’ upcoming film Thor, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The movie’s cast already includes Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, and Natalie Portman; Elba is set to play the guardian of Asgard in the flick, which concerns the Norse god of thunder.

Nov 20 2009 05:57 AM ET

Sam Shepard joins Epix's 'Tough Trade'

Categories: Television

Premium cable channel Epix has cast Sam Shepard in its first original pilot Tough Trade, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Trade will be a one-hour drama about the Tucker family of which Shepard will play the patriarch. The family is a Nashville music dynasty that has troubles with drinking, debauchery, and divorce—things which have led them to be morally corrupt and bankrupt. Filming beings Dec. 3, and Epix is shooting for a 2010 premiere.

Nov 20 2009 05:56 AM ET

Big-screen version of 'American Gladiators' in the works

Categories: Movies

Patriot Games screenwriter Peter Iliff has been hired to write a big-screen, live-action version of the 1980s TV show American Gladiators, reports Variety. The story is expected to follow the beefcake Gladiators, who are now superheroes.

Nov 20 2009 05:56 AM ET

'Scream Queens' going for round two on VH1

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies, Television

Scream Queens is coming back to VH1 for a second season, according to Variety. The cable network has picked up another season of the reality-compeition show that, just like in the first season, promises the winner a spot in the next Saw film, after a creatures- and gore-laced boot camp. Actress Jamie King will again host and the season is set to launch in 2010.

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