NBC has banned the cast of Fox hit Glee from appearing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, reports TMZ. Macy’s reportedly invited the cast to perform in the parade, but when executives at NBC, the network that airs the parade, found out, they put their foot down.
Let’s not kid ourselves, this is pretty hot. In a recent interview Hayden explains the kiss was her idea.
In a year littered with celebrity passings, one more soul was added to the list today as Houston-born actor Patrick Swayze died- after a nearly two year battle with pancreatic cancer.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the 57-year-old Dirty Dancing star passed away with family at his side.
“Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” said a statement released Monday evening in Los Angeles by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.
Swayze first came forward about his diagnosis in spring 2008, but decided to undergo treatments at the Stanford University Medical Center and still continue working at the same time-most recently on A&E’s now cancelled series The Beast. The actor was told he had Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN), a rare stage IV pancreatic cancer.
It’s every man’s dream to be able to read minds (and we all know why for obvious reasons) but here at andPOP we haven’t developed that talent. However CTV/NBC have developed a show following paramedic Toby Logan who has this special skill. andPOP dropped by the set of The Listener for a behind the scene look at the show.
It looks like the cops of “Southland” will be back on the mean streets of L.A. in the fall.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has picked up the midseason drama for 13 episodes, likely for the network’s fall lineup.
The show is expected to move from its 10 p.m. Thursday timeslot to 9 p.m. – thought not necessarily on Thursday – in order to make room for “The Jay Leno Show,” which is slated to air at 10 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
Tim Russert’s autopsy results reveal that the veteran NBC newsman and a host of “Meet the Press” and the “Tim Russert Show” died from a heart attack, report E! News.
“Russert, age 58, was known to have asymptomatic coronary artery disease, which resulted in hardening of his coronary arteries,” said Dr. Michael Newman, Russert’s personal physician. “A fresh clot ruptured in Russert’s left anterior descending coronary artery, causing the fatal heart attack.”
Newman also stated that the autopsy showed that Russert had an enlarged heart.
“The New York Times” was the first to report Russert’s untimely death Friday. This year, Russert was named on of “Time” magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Russert is survived by his wife “Vanity Fair” writer Maureen Orth, and their son, Luke.
“Scrubs” fans can relax: the show isn’t over after all! It’s just moving.
After NBC heavily advertised last week’s episode, a fairy tale theme, as the series finale, many fans were confused and disappointed. It contained timeline errors and did not justifiably sum up the series.
Star Zach Braff posted an explanation in a MySpace bulletin yesterday. “I was not allowed to say it until today, but Scrubs will be moving to ABC for its final season,” he confessed. “We are currently filming the 8th and final season. The true finale of the show will air on ABC in the fall. NBC merely promoted the Fairy Tale episode as the finale, as it was the last episode they owned.”
The episode featured fan favourite Dr. Cox as the chief of medicine, though he had recently left. Braff explained that the episodes had been aired out of order due to the writer’s strike.
It’s official: Jimmy Fallon has a steady job again.
The 33-year-old SNL alum has finalized talks to take over as host of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” O’Brien will be moving into Jay Leno’s old digs when he retires next year.
At a news conference in New York on Monday, Fallon claimed that “It’s a comedian’s dream to get this job.” He also said that he had missed performing for a live audience.
Fallon will be right at home at the NBC talk show, with SNL creator Lorne Michaels as his boss again.
It’s been a good year for Fallon. He recently married Nancy Juvonen, Drew Barrymore’s producing partner.
Despite the impressive failure of Quarterlife earlier this year, NBC is hoping the second time is the charm, and has picked up another Internet-based series.
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the peacock network has picked up Gemini Division – starring Rosario Dawson – and Woke Up Dead from Electric Farm Entertainment.
Both series will be run online – on NBC’s website, and on the old-fashion, traditional television way.
Gemini Division will premiere this summer, while Woke up Dead will be tested on other NBC-Universal television stations before the peacock runs it.
NBC doesn’t want to let go of ‘Project Runway.’ The company is going to court in an attempt to block the show from moving to Lifetime.
The network accused the Weinstein Company, which owns ‘Project Runway’, of “violating its rights by making the deal with Lifetime,” the New York Times reports.
According to NBC, they were promised the opportunity to match any offers made for the program. They claim that Harvey Weinstein, the chief executive of the Weinstein Company, made the deal with Lifetime in February and continued to make fake negotiations for two more months.
The Weinstein Company’s lawyer, David Boies, stated that “We believe that this lawsuit is without merit. While good for the market for lawyers, it is always unfortunate when parties try to win in court what they have lost in the marketplace.”
‘Project Runway’ is supposed to debut on Lifetime in November.
