Archive: March 2010 (191-200 of 463)

Mar 18 2010 01:47 PM ET

Ty Burrell adopts daughter

Modern Family funnyman Ty Burrell and wife Holly have adopted a baby girl. This is the couple’s first child.

Mar 18 2010 01:17 PM ET

CBS orders new series 'Beat the Chefs'

CBS has announced a new food reality series called Beat the Chefs, in which everyday families and chefs face-off in a cooking challenge, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This is the network’s first reality cooking competition.

Mar 18 2010 01:11 PM ET

Abbie Cornish to star in Madonna's 'W.E.'

Variety reports Bright Star actress Abbie Cornish will star in W.E.the new period drama about the love affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson that Madonna is directing. Cornish has also signed on to co-star opposite Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro in the thriller Dark Fields, which focuses on a man trying out an experimental drug.

Mar 18 2010 01:03 PM ET

Panasonic 3-D TVs sell out

Panasonic Corp. has announced that its much-hyped 3-D televisions have already sold out in their first week on the market. The company is now reportedly taking back orders due to the high demand. Panasonic’s 3-D televisions went on sale March 10 for $2,899.99, which included 3-D glasses and a 3-D Blu-Ray player.

Mar 18 2010 12:57 PM ET

'Top Chef' tour announces dates for 2010

Bravo is once again taking its hit series Top Chef on tour beginning April 14 in St. Louis, MO. Fans can meet contestants from the series, get autographs, and taste dishes from the chefs. This year, the Top Chef tour will make stops in 21 U.S. cities.

Mar 18 2010 12:30 PM ET

Identity of father of Padma Lakshmi's daughter revealed

According to People, venture capitalist Adam Dell is the father of Padma Lakshmi’s daughter. The Top Chef host had kept his identity a secret since she announced her pregnancy last October. People‘s source says Dell and Lakshmi are in the midst of working out visitation rights. (Dell splits his time between Austin and New York.) Lakshmi’s daughter, Krishna, was born in February.

Mar 18 2010 12:10 PM ET

Ratings: 'American Idol' dominates a slow Wednesday

The only show hitting double digits (in millions, that is) on Wednesday was American Idol. Fox also topped the 8 p.m. hour with Human Target, while NBC’s Law & Order: SVU took the 10 p.m. crown. Without a new Cougar Town as its lead-in, Ugly Betty dropped to 3.3 million viewers. She made the appointment to get her braces off, people. Come back next week.

Time Show Viewers (in millions)
8 p.m. Human Target (Fox)
Mercy (NBC)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
America’s Next Top Model (The CW)
Scrubs (ABC)
8.0
5.6
5.5 (repeat)
3.8
3.5
8:30 p.m. Gary Unmarried (CBS)
The Middle (ABC)
5.9
4.2 (repeat)
9 p.m. American Idol (Fox)
Criminal Minds (CBS)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Modern Family (ABC)
20.1
7.6 (repeat)
5.1 (repeat)
4.9 (repeat)
9:30 p.m. Cougar Town (ABC)
High Society (The CW)
3.6 (repeat)
1.2
10 p.m. Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
CSI: NY (CBS)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
9.5
7.5 (repeat)
3.3

Source: Nielsen

Read more:
American Idol recap: Sympathy for the Bedeviled
American Idol: On the scene at the Top 12 results night — you could cut the tension with a body pillow!
America’s Next Top Model recap: Starving, hysterical, naked
High Society recap: ‘People don’t have jobs and stuff down here’

Mar 18 2010 09:05 AM ET

Ian McKellen: 'Hobbit' begins shooting in July

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

In a post on his official website, actor Ian McKellen confirmed that the long-gestating Hobbit project will begin shooting this July in New Zealand, with two films planned. “Filming will take over a year,” says the announcement, which confirms that McKellen will reprise his role as the wizard Gandalf. “Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started.  The script too proceeds.  The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth. The director Guillermo del Toro is now living in Wellington, close to the Jacksons’ and the studio in Miramar.”

Mar 18 2010 08:00 AM ET

Report: Google, Intel, and Sony teaming up for Google TV

Categories: Industry News, Tech, TV Biz

Google, Intel, and Sony are joining forces to create Google TV, according to the New York Times. The open-source Android-based platform will integrate web functions onto a user’s TV screen, and could be available “as soon as this summer.”

Mar 18 2010 06:20 AM ET

Blockbuster may file for bankruptcy

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Blockbuster Inc. said in a regulatory filing late Tuesday that the company was suffering “significant liquidity constraints” and could have to file for bankruptcy protection due to competition from DVD-by-mail company Netflix inc. and DVD vending machines operated by Coinstar Inc., according to the Associated Press. Shares of Blockbuster dropped 30 percent Wednesday after the announcement. Blockbuster has had to close down 1,300 stores and is looking to close hundreds more.

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