Archive: March 2010 (211-220 of 463)

Mar 17 2010 03:31 PM ET

Summit to produce teen thriller 'Puzzle Palace'

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies, Twilight

Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the Twilight film series, is set to produce the teen thriller Puzzle Palace, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Palace, which is written by US Weekly editor David Guggenheim, follows a kid who gets locked inside a police station while attempting to steal evidence. The news comes two days after Summit announced the pick-up of another film, The Last Witch Hunter.

Mar 17 2010 02:47 PM ET

Judge orders arrest warrant for Lil Wayne

Categories: Music

The Associated Press reports a Yuma County Superior Court judge in Arizona issued a bench warrant for Lil Wayne after the rapper failed to show up in court for a trial management conference. An attorney for Lil Wayne said the rapper could not attend, since he began a one-year jail sentence in New York on March 8. (Lil Wayne is serving time for having a loaded gun on his person on a tour bus.) Lil Wayne is facing drug and weapons charges in Yuma County after he was arrested in January 2008 when authorities found cocaine, Ecstasy, and a handgun on his bus.

Mar 17 2010 02:37 PM ET

Sandra Bullock cancels London premiere amidst rumors of marital trouble

Categories: Movies

People reports that Sandra Bullock, 45, has pulled out of the London premiere of The Blind Side. Her cancellation coincides with recent tabloid rumors of infidelity involving the Oscar-winner’s husband Jesse James, 40. Bullock issued a statement through a Warner Bros. rep: “Due to unforeseen personal reasons, a trip abroad to support The Blind Side has been deemed impossible at this time. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your continued support of the film.”

Mar 17 2010 02:13 PM ET

DMX sentenced to six months in jail

Categories: Music

Rapper DMX (né Earl Simmons), 39, was sentenced to six months in an Arizona prison and 20 months probation yesterday for violating the terms of his probation by regularly using drugs, Reuters reports. Simmons was arrested last week when he admitted to his probation officer that he had been using cocaine, for which he faced five counts of violating his probation.

Mar 17 2010 02:09 PM ET

Kevin Costner expecting seventh child

Actor Kevin Costner, 55, and wife Christine Baumgartner Costner are expecting a baby in June, according to People. This will be the seventh child for Costner, who has two sons with Christine and four children from previous relationships.

Mar 17 2010 01:51 PM ET

'Wonder Years' star Danica McKellar expecting first child

Categories: Celebrity Babies!

Danica McKellar, 35, best known for her role as Winnie on The Wonder Years, is expecting her first child this fall with her husband of one year, Mike Verta, People reports. McKeller, who recently guest starred on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory, is releasing her third book, Hot X: Algebra Exposed, this August.

Mar 17 2010 01:49 PM ET

'CSI' star Gary Dourdan's girlfriend arrested, domestic violence alleged

Categories: Television

The girlfriend of former CSI star Gary Dourdan, 43, was arrested yesterday in Venice, Calif., the Los Angeles Police Department confirms to EW. TMZ reports that Maria Asis del Alamo, 21, allegedly assaulted the actor and was booked on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge, but police would not confirm those details.

Alamo was released the same day on $20,000 bail. Her court date is set for April 6.

Mar 17 2010 01:31 PM ET

Ratings: 'American Idol' wins Tuesday as most shows drop in viewership

Fox’s American Idol won Tuesday night as usual, but it and most other network offerings were down in average viewership from last week. The only network that wasn’t down: The CW! The total viewership for NBC’s Parenthood‘s dropped 8 percent from last week — about an average third-episode drop, but that show could really benefit from a stronger lead-in. The Biggest Loser, also suffering from low viewership this season, was up against a two-hour American Idol.

Time Show Viewers (in millions)
8:00 p.m. American Idol 9 (Fox)
NCIS (CBS)
The Biggest Loser (NBC)
Lost (ABC)
90210 (The CW)
22.6
17.6
7.2
3.9
1.9
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
Lost (ABC)
Melrose Place (The CW)
15.0
8.8
1.2
10:00 The Good Wife (CBS)
Parenthood (NBC)
Flash Forward Recap (ABC)
13.4
5.9
4.3

Source: Nielsen

Read more:
‘Lost’ recap: Working the angles
‘American Idol’ recap: The Jaggered edge
‘The Biggest Loser’ recap: The transformers
‘The Good Wife’ recap: Twist!
’90210′ recap: Trying to connect

Mar 17 2010 01:18 PM ET

Amy Poehler and Will Arnett expecting second child

Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler and actor husband Will Arnett (Arrested Development) are expecting their second child, her rep confirmed to EW. To accommodate Poehler’s pregnancy and still roll out with a third Parks and Recreation season on time this fall, the series plans to push back its summer hiatus to film a few episodes with Poehler before she takes maternity leave. The couple are already parents to a one-year-old son, Archie.

Mar 17 2010 01:05 PM ET

'Kitchen Nightmares' to return for third season

Categories: Television, TV Biz

Fox announced today that Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant revival reality series Kitchen Nightmares has been renewed for a third season. The show, which debuted on Fox in fall 2007, sends the renowned chef to declining restaurants in need of a shape-up.

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