Category Archives: Cancel

Merle Haggard cancels shows due to illness

By doris | Published: September 17, 2010

Full Story at CBC.ca Merle Haggard, the rough-and-tumble country star whose career stretches back to the 1960s, has cancelled all his September concerts because of illness. His publicist Tresa Redburn said he is suffering from a chest infection, but it is unrelated to the lung cancer he was treated for two years ago. Haggard, 73, [...]

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America is voting no on ‘Idol’ Live tour

By doris | Published: July 7, 2010

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com This past season of “American Idol” is widely regarded as one of the show’s worst, and the corresponding Idol Live! tour might be the last nail in season nine’s coffin. The tour, which features the final 10 contestants, has suffered poor ticket sales (example: at press time, Wednesday’s show at Jones [...]

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Hall & Oates joins Arizona boycott

By doris | Published: June 9, 2010

Full Story at Marquee.Blogs.CNN.com The legendary duo has canceled a performance in Phoenix that was scheduled for next month because of the state’s recently signed law that requires police to determine the immigration status of individuals suspected of being in the country illegally

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These TV series are over, but did they satisfy?

By doris | Published: June 3, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com You’re still puzzled by what you watched on “Lost,” haunted by that final scene on “Nip/Tuck,” comforted by that cozy closer in Trafalgar Square on “Ugly Betty” and wondering what’s become of your “Heroes.” Series finales are always tough on both the viewers and the writers. Fans want perfection, and like [...]

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‘Law & Order’ to be canceled?

By doris | Published: May 14, 2010

Full Story at today.msnbc.msn.com Will the criminal justice system be alive on “Law & Order” next fall? It’s down to the wire whether the venerable cop drama will be nabbing more bad guys in a history-making run. With the official announcement of NBC’s 2010-11 schedule due Sunday, the network on Thursday still wasn’t handing down [...]

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Disney to close Zemeckis studio, lay off 450

By doris | Published: March 13, 2010

Now a days money troubles have hit every one. But everyone just keep spending to get into trouble and now everyone is paying for it. It is to bad they have to close the studio.Full Story at news.yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Walt Disney Co plans to close director Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital facility [...]

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Jon and Kate close out ‘Plus Eight’

By doris | Published: November 25, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Jon and Kate Gosselin closed out their “Plus Eight” series Monday night with more of a whimper than a bang and plenty of whining, bitterness and blame. The series finale opened with a shot of a sign posted on the couple’s property declaring, “No film crew or production staff [...]

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Oprah ending talk show in 2011

By doris | Published: November 20, 2009

Full Story at  CNN.com (CNN) — Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday’s “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that she will end her talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. “Oprah will be ending her talk show,” Harpo spokesman Don Halcombe said Thursday. “She will be speaking about it on tomorrow’s live show.” The show [...]

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Aerosmith cancels rest of tour

By doris | Published: August 16, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com “Due to injuries Steven Tyler sustained last week when he fell from the stage during a concert in Sturgis, South Dakota, doctors have advised the lead singer to take the time to properly recuperate from the accident that resulted in a broken shoulder and stitches to his head,” the band said [...]

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Summer TV shows not so hot for critics, bloggers

By doris | Published: July 24, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com It’s not that there aren’t things to watch. On network television, there are plenty of repeats, reality shows and final episodes of series that have been canceled. But summertime viewing on network television can be a wasteland, especially for bloggers and critics whose gig it is to write and report on [...]

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