Category Archives: Entertainment

Former Beatle Ringo Starr on his new album

By doris | Published: February 5, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Ringo Starr walks into the hotel suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel carrying a brown paper bag. It’s his sack lunch, and he’s packed it himself. He’s also driven himself to the hotel and arrived alone — no entourage, no bodyguard, no assistant, no fuss. It’s fitting that CNN’s [...]

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Death certificate: James Farentino died of broken hip

By doris | Published: February 3, 2012

Full Story at TODAYEntertainmentoday.msnbc.msn.com James Farentino, a prolific character actor who in later years played George Clooney’s estranged father on “ER,” was originally said to have died last week following a long illness. But that’s not the whole story, according to the death certificate released today by the L.A. County Department of Public Health and [...]

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Shirley MacLaine joins ‘Downton Abbey’

By doris | Published: February 1, 2012

Full Story at TheClicker.today.msnbc.msn.com Another American is setting up residence at “Downton Abbey.” ITV and Carnival films announced Monday that Shirley MacLaine is joining the U.K. series for its upcoming third season. The Oscar winner’s addition makes her the second American cast member (and character) on the British period drama. She’s set to play Martha [...]

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Seacrest launching a lifestyle, entertainment TV network

By doris | Published: January 23, 2012

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Ryan Seacrest is getting his own TV network after all. The multi-hyphenate, along with partners AEG and talent agency CAA, have struck a deal with billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban to rebrand his HDNET as AXS TV (pronounced Access) beginning this summer. The channel’s programming lineup will rely heavily on live lifestyle [...]

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Harmon ready to tangle with Jamie Lee Curtis on ‘NCIS’

By doris | Published: January 15, 2012

Full Story at TODAY.com Jamie Lee Curtis is gearing up to shake things up both romantically and professionally for Mark Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs on “NCIS” later this season. “We haven’t touched on his personal life in awhile and we’re about to introduce a woman that’s going to get people going,” show boss Gary Glasberg [...]

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Child’s play: 2012 a promising year for kids’ movies

By doris | Published: January 7, 2012

Full Story at Entertainment.msnbc.com Sick of watching that “Smurfs” DVD over and over again? Fear not, parents — 2012 offers a toybox full of animated and other movies for kids. 3-D is a controversial topic. The extra dimension jacks up ticket prices, some kids refuse to wear the special glasses, and often it doesn’t do [...]

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Betty White’s fans just keep getting younger

By doris | Published: November 29, 2011

Full Story at TheClicke.today.msnbc.msn.com She may be 89, but that doesn’t mean Betty White has stopped making new fans. To the likely surprise of TV Land network executives and Betty herself, her show “Hot in Cleveland” apparently has a strong adolescent following. “Twelve-year-old boys!” White told Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford Tuesday on TODAY [...]

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Review: ‘The Muppets’ is a nostalgia trip for kidults

By doris | Published: November 23, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — Remember the Muppets? Silly question — you’re old enough to read, so they probably helped teach you. Back when I was kid, they were huge. “The Muppet Show” ran five seasons, 1976-1981, and spawned half a dozen film spin-offs. The first Muppet movie (“More entertaining than humanly possible!”) boasted [...]

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‘Twilight’ stars cement their place in Hollywood

By doris | Published: November 4, 2011

Full Story at Scoop.today.msnbc.msn.com It’s official! Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner have officially cemented their place in Hollywood. We were there to watch the “Twilight” trio get their hands — and feet — dirty today at their Walk of Fame hand and footprint ceremony outside Hollywood’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and boy, do we [...]

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Was Tim Allen’s return to TV a hit or a miss?

By doris | Published: October 13, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.today.com After a 12-year sitcom absence, actor Tim Allen returned to primetime TV Tuesday night with his latest offering, “Last Man Standing” on ABC. The role of Mike Baxter isn’t exactly a stretch for the actor. While he’s not playing a man’s man with a tool-related TV show, the former “Home Improvement” [...]

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