Tuesday, April 5, 2011

A second celebrity dismissed from `Dancing'

A second celebrity dismissed from `Dancing'

A second celebrity dismissed from `Dancing'

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:38 PM PDT

AP - Wendy Williams is saying goodbye to the "Dancing With the Stars" ballroom — and to the cross-country treks she made as she juggled taping her daily talk show in New York and performing on the dance show in Los Angeles.


New Critic, New Host, New Format: Producers Dish on Spicing Up Season 3 of Top Chef Masters

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:20 PM PDT

It's hotter in the kitchen this time around on Top Chef Masters.

In Wednesday's third season premiere, three of the 12 master cheftestants will fail to complete their Quickfire dishes (failures made all the more painful because the chefs are paired off in head-to-head combat). The group is then immediately hit with a round of Restaurant Wars.

Bringing out the contestants' competitive edge is just part of an overall revamp to the Top Chef spin-off, which arrives following viewership declines between the first and second seasons (2.2 million viewers vs. 1.6 million). Gone are host Kelly Choi, critics Gael Greene and Jay Rayner, the five-star rating scale and the tournament-style elimination. The masters are still playing for charity but, by design, they'll feel more...

'Idol': Top 9 Power List!

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:00 PM PDT

Annie Barrett on who's up (Haley!), who's down (sorry, Paul), and a new No. 1 prior to Hall of Fame Night


‘DWTS’ eliminated contestant: ‘I was not pleased with the scores I got but I’m pleased to be going home’

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:59 PM PDT

Tony Dovolani half-joked that he "tried everything" to make his foxtrot with Wendy Williams more interesting – even going so far as having her rub his bootie for Monday's performance – but it wasn't enough to save the talk show host for one more week. On Tuesday, Williams became the second amateur to leave Dancing with the Stars.  "I was not pleased with the scores I got but ironically, I


Chinese newspaper attacks West over detained artist (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:24 PM PDT

A supporter of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei holds a picture of him at Weiwei's art studio to protest the demolition of the place by the government in Shanghai November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - A Chinese newspaper on Wednesday attacked Western governments for demanding the release of detained artist-activist Ai Weiwei, saying he had been testing the bounds of China's laws and would pay a price.

Malaysia brothers bring new twist to bhangra music (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:42 PM PDT

AP - Two Sikh brothers nicknamed "Malaysia's Bhangra Ambassadors" are trying to become international hitmakers in Punjabi dance music with the help of stars from Britain and India.


Wednesday TV Picks: The new 'Breaking In' with Christian Slater on Fox - The Seattle Times

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:41 PM PDT


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NBC prepping for Meredith Vieira's "Today" exit

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:42 PM PDT

Reuters - With media attention focused on turmoil at other network newscasts, NBC's top-rated morning show is quietly weighing its own shake-up as co-host Meredith Vieira considers a future without "Today."


CBS News bureau chief denies being FBI informant

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:37 PM PDT

Reuters - The Washington bureau chief for CBS News denied on Tuesday that he served as an FBI informant during the agency's investigation into the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.


Killer rock star gets Canadian stage gig

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Former French rock star Bertrand Cantat has landed a controversial live theater gig in Montreal after serving four years in prison for the 2003 beating death of his actress girlfriend.


Spoiler! Find Out Who Got Kicked Off DWTS

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:24 PM PDT

Find out which contestant was voted off Tuesday's show


Second Celebrity Booted From The 'Dancing' Ballroom

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:23 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Sometimes a story is better left untold... at least via the medium of dance.

Christian Slater Returns to Comedic Roots for Fox's Breaking In

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:22 PM PDT

To many, Christian Slater will always be known for his dramatic work in films like Interview with the Vampire and True Romance. But that wasn't the case for Breaking In co-creator and executive producer Adam F. Goldberg.

"I sat down with Christian and I basically told him, for me, I think of him as a comedian. Heathers, Very Bad Things, Pump Up the Volume — those are movies that I grew up on and that were really funny," Goldberg tells TVGuide.com. "He was in our top...

5 Things We Learned from NCIS' Pauley Perrette During CBS Tweet Week

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:03 PM PDT

NCIS star Pauley Perrette live-tweeted Tuesday's episode introducing the Port-to-Port Killer, a serial murderer that the team will chase the rest of the season.

CBS kicks off "Tweet Week"

It was a tense hour that saw Gibbs (Mark Harmon) butt heads with Special Agent E. J. Barrett (guest star Sarah Jane Morris) over who should take lead on the sensitive case. Even the burgeoning romance between Ziva (Cote de Pablo) and her finally introduced boyfriend, Ray (Enrique Murciano) turned much more serious than flowers and candlelight

Thankfully, Perrette's tweets — all part of CBS Tweet Week — kept it a little bit lighter....

Weinsteins settle "Scream 4" lawsuit (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:44 PM PDT

Reuters - "Scream 4" will hit theaters on April 15 without the specter of a lawsuit hovering over the horror sequel.


Romano, Spader tapped for "Office" season finale (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Ray Romano, Catherine Tate and James Spader will appear in the hourlong season finale of "The Office" airing on May 19, expanding the pool of potential candidates to replace series star Steve Carell.


NBC prepping for Meredith Vieira's "Today" exit (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:42 PM PDT

Hosts of NBC's Reuters - With media attention focused on turmoil at other network newscasts, NBC's top-rated morning show is quietly weighing its own shake-up as co-host Meredith Vieira considers a future without "Today."

Netflix nabs U.S. rights to stream "Mad Men" reruns (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:39 PM PDT

Matthew Weiner (C) and the cast of Reuters - "Mad Men" reruns will start streaming on Netflix in the United States on July 27, the video service and series producer Lionsgate said Tuesday.

CBS News bureau chief denies being FBI informant (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:37 PM PDT

Reuters - The Washington bureau chief for CBS News denied on Tuesday that he served as an FBI informant during the agency's investigation into the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.


Killer rock star gets Canadian stage gig (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Former French rock star Bertrand Cantat has landed a controversial live theater gig in Montreal after serving four years in prison for the 2003 beating death of his actress girlfriend.


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