Placido Domingo will undergo “preventative surgery” in New York City after suffering severe abdominal pain while performing in Tokyo last week, his publicist tells The New York Times. The 69-year-old tenor anticipates missing no more than six weeks of work. The rep declined to elaborate on the condition leading to the procedure. In addition to singing and conducting worldwide, Domingo is also general director of the Los Angeles Opera and the Washington National Opera. “Please know he’s not having brain surgery, and, knowing Placido, he will be working as they roll the gurney into surgery and again as he leaves recovery,” his rep said in an email to the Times.
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Feb 23
2010
06:00 AM ET
Feb 23
2010
05:51 AM ET
Leah Remini cast in ABC comedy pilot
Leah Remini (King of Queens) will star in ABC’s comedy pilot It Takes a Village, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, written by Casey Johnson and David Windsor (Greek), focuses on two exes, Karen (Remini) and Howard, who raise their 15-year-old boy together along with their new significant others.
Feb 23
2010
05:48 AM ET
'Jersey Shore' wins court battle over including punch footage in DVD release
MTV hit Jersey Shore has won its legal bid to include footage of a man being punched in the DVD of its first season, the Associated Press reports. Steven Izzo Jr., of Bayville, NJ — the man who says he was beaten outside a Seaside Heights nightclub on tape — was seeking to block to release in court, but Superior Court judge Joseph L. Foster ruled yesterday that he had “failed to demonstrate any financial or irreparable harm” he’d suffer from release of the footage. Foster said Izzo is not recognizable on the film because producers obscured his face.
Feb 23
2010
05:34 AM ET
Court to reconsider 'wardrobe malfunction' fine
A federal appeals court will consider reinstating the FCC fine against CBS over Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show after throwing it out two years ago, the Associated Press reports. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia will take up the matter once again today, ruling on whether the $550,000 fine should stand in light of another case that said the FCC could threaten fines for even very brief moments of profanity such as the flash of Jackson’s breast. In 2008 the same court decided the federal agency had been wrong in levying the large fine for the half-second incident.
Feb 23
2010
05:28 AM ET
Kevin James in talks to star with Vince Vaughn in Ron Howard movie
Kevin James is in talks to star opposite Vince Vaughn in the as-yet-untitled Ron Howard movie about a guy who finds out his best friend’s wife is cheating on him, according to The Hollywood Reporter. James will play the friend.
Feb 23
2010
05:14 AM ET
Bristol Palin to appear on ABC Family's 'Secret Life of the American Teenager'
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s oldest daughter Bristol Palin will make a cameo as herself on ABC Family’s teen mom drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager. The episode, in which she’ll appear as one of Amy’s friends at a music program for teen mothers, will air this summer during the hit show’s third season.
Talk about it on PopWatch: Is Bristol Palin’s upcoming cameo on ‘Secret Life of the American Teenager’ good for the children?
Feb 23
2010
05:07 AM ET
TMZ being sued for broadcasting footage of Debbie Rowe interview after Michael Jackson death
An independent producer has filed a lawsuit against TMZ, claiming the website aired leaked and confidential interview footage of Michael Jackson’s ex wife, Debbie Rowe, shortly after the pop star’s death last summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. F. Marc Schaffel Productions claims in the suit to own the 2003 footage of Rowe, some parts of which were aired that year and other parts of which were deemed private and confidential by a joint agreement between the producer and Jackson’s ex. After Jackson was indicted on child molestation charges later that year, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff seized the tapes; the sheriff later returned them, the suit says, and claimed to not have released the confidential portions to anyone. But in July, TMZ broadcast some of those confidential portions that included Rowe joking about needing sedatives to deal with her interview nerves. Once the clips appeared on TMZ, Rowe and Schaffel both demanded they be removed from the site. After first claiming the footage came from a British news station and then revealing the sheriff’s office as the source, the website rescinded the story. Schaffel is now suing TMZ for copyright infringement and conversion, seeking “an estimated value of potentially millions of dollars, the exact amount of which shall be proved at trial.”
Feb 22
2010
06:11 PM ET
'Glee' star Lea Michele inspires new musical
Even before making it big on Fox’s hit Glee, Lea Michele was already a bona fide Broadway star, thanks to 2006′s Spring Awakening. No wonder the theater world is anxious to get her back on the boards. One non-profit theater company in New York has gone so far as to create a show with Michele in mind, the New York Post reports. Reed Prescott, executive director of the New York Theatre Barn, confirms that the brunette belter helped inspire their new musical “Speargrove Presents,” based on a real-life incident in which a town blocked a high school production of “Rent.” He chatted with EW’s Simon Vozick-Levinson about the about the project — and explained why Michele is the best woman for the job:
EW: What can you tell us about the role?
Prescott: It’s the role of Caroline Bonds. It’s a role that’s similar to what she plays on Glee — the queen bee of the high school drama club…. People from the community rewrite the show and take her song out, so she quits the show, which gets misconstrued as a big political move…. At this big school board meeting, she speaks up for herself, and they end up doing a concert of the show at a different location.”
EW: Why Lea?
Prescott: Well, because she has Broadway chops, clearly. She’s actually attended some of our events in the past. We just always had it in mind.
EW: Have you reached out to Lea yet?
Prescott: We haven’t done any hardcore reaching out yet. We’re in the first stage, putting it together a reading.
There is, of course, the little matter of Michele’s insane schedule, as she continues to shoot and promote Glee. Isn’t she way too busy to take on a stage role? Her rep did not return requests for comment. Prescott, meanwhile, remains optimistic. If she says no, “we’ll reach out to someone else,” he says. “But ultimately, we would love Lea Michele.”
Feb 22
2010
03:11 PM ET
'Dancing With the Stars': Lacey Schwimmer will not dance in season 10
Professional ballroom dancer and So You Think You Can Dance alum Lacey Schwimmer will not dance in season 10 of Dancing With the Stars, Schwimmer confirmed via Twitter. Schwimmer joined the cast in 2008 and has partnered Lance Bass, Steve-O, and Mark Dacascos. ABC will officially announce the Dancing With the Stars cast on Monday, March 1, during the Bachelor: On the Wings of Love season finale. Season 10 debuts Monday, March 22.
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