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If you thought that the only deadly simian that you would see on your screen this year was Osgood Perkins' adaptation of Stephen King's The Monkey, you thought wrong. Next month, a cult-classic movie by horror master George A. Romero (Night of the LivingDead) is getting the 4K Uhd treatment: Monkey Shines. The 1988 movie is often overshadowed by Romero's more famous movies, but this one earned a small cult status after an initial lukewarm reception. The special 2-disc edition will be released on June 3.

Monkey Shines tells the story of Allan (Jason Beghe), a man who suffers a terrible accident that makes him quadriplegic. After that, he is given a service monkey appointed to help him with daily tasks. The problem is that the adorable Ella suddenly starts to develop a fiercely aggressive behavior, putting the lives of several people at risk.

The horror movie was written by Romero himself,...

Ellen Pompeo's first leading role in a television series since Grey's Anatomy debuts with an underwhelming Rotten Tomatoes score. Pompeo made her first on-screen appearance in an episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order before guest-starring in various television series, including the comedy Strangers with Candy, the medical drama Strong Medicine, and the iconic sitcom Friends. Though her film career has struggled to take off, her overall career took a significant turn in 2002 when she garnered attention for her performance in the romantic drama Moonlight Mile.

In 2005, Pompeo was cast as the titular Dr. Meredith Grey in ABC's medical drama, Grey's Anatomy, following her journey from a surgical intern to a fully certified doctor and eventually the hospital's chief of general surgery. The character became immensely popular, establishing Pompeo as one of television's most acclaimed and highest-paid actresses. By Grey's Anatomy season 19, Pompeo stepped back as a series regular,...

Lisa Kudrow remembers her Friends TV mom, Teri Garr, following news of her death.

Garr died at the age of 79 due to multiple sclerosis, which was first diagnosed in 1999. Kudrow shared the small screen with Garr in multiple episodes of the NBC sitcom and paid tribute to her late co-star.

“Teri Garr was a comedic acting genius who was and is a huge influence on me and I know I’m not alone in that,” Kudrow said in a statement to People. “I feel so lucky and grateful I got to work with Teri Garr.”

Garr played the role of Phoebe Abbott on Friends, Kudrow’s Phoebe Buffay, and Ursula Buffay’s estranged mother. Her first appearance was in the 1997 Season 3 finale episode titled “The One at the Beach.” In the episode, Phoebe meets with a woman she believes is her parents’ friend. Phoebe later discovers that the woman is her biological mother.

Nicholas Pryor, whose nearly seven-decade acting career included hundreds of episodes of soap operas, playing Tom Cruise’s dad in Risky Business and Kathleen Robertson’s dad on Beverly Hills, 90210, died October 7. He was 89.

Fellow actor Jon Lindstrom announced the news on social media, saying in part: “Nick was an Actor’s actor, and an exceptional friend. … He was a mentor, a sounding board, a trusted confidant, and even a father-figure beyond, yes, playing my own father on #Gh and #PortCharles.” See his full post below.

Pryor racked up nearly 175 screen credits and half-dozen more on Broadway. After getting his screen start guesting on such 1950s and early ’60s TV series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Doctors, he played Tom Baxter in more than 75 episodes of the NBC daytime drama Another World. That led to a starring role on The Nurses, a 1965-67 continuation of CBS’ The Nurses, which...

Grey's Anatomy is set to release another exciting season with a vibrant cast. Grey's Anatomy season 21 will feature several popular returning characters, like Meredith Grey and Miranda Bailey, who have appeared since the medical drama's very first season in 2005. However, the new installment will also feature characters that have not been seen in a long time.

Grey's Anatomy season 21 is set to feature reappearances by both Kali Rocha and Jesse Williams, who were once series regulars but have since left the show. The season will also address the Grey's Anatomy season 20 finale that ended in mass firings and dramatic love triangles. The new and returning characters in season 21 are sure to be a part of Grey's Anatomy's strongest cast yet.

Grey's Anatomy Season 21 Cast

Actor

Character

Ellen Pompeo

Dr. Meredith Grey

Chandra Wilson

Dr. Miranda Bailey

James Pickens Jr.

Dr. Richard Webber

Kevin McKidd

Dr. Owen Hunt

Caterina Scorsone

Dr.

Jennifer Love Hewitt is beloved by anyone who came of age during the 90s. The actress was a breakout star of the teen horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer, and she became well known for playing Sarah Reeves Merrin on the series Party of Five.

Jennifer has continued to appear in various movies and TV shows over the years. She’s appeared in popular shows, such as The Client List, Criminal Minds, and 9-1-1, where she plays Maddie Buckley.

As 9-1-1 prepares to return for its eighth season on September 26, 2024, get to know more about Jennifer’s relationship with her husband Brian Hallisay.

Jennifer Love Hewitt attends Fox Summer TCA 2018 All-Star Party at Soho House on August 2, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Jennifer Love Hewitt Has Been Married to Brian Hallisay Since 2013

Jennifer met her husband Brian through work. The pair...

Mary J. Blige remembers the first time she got positive feedback for her acting. “When I was 7, I did a Christmas play in school, and the word from the other students and teachers was that me and this guy who was also in the play did very, very, very well,” she says. “It put something in me like, ‘Okay maybe I can really do this,’ and I always wanted to act [after] getting that feedback. At some point, I kind of left it alone and got into the music business.”

Choosing the music business early in her career has more than worked out for Blige. To date, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, won nine Grammys and is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in October. And she’s not stopping. She just released “Breathing” with rapper Fabolous, the lead...

Updated with Giancarlo Esposito statement: The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal is remembering his former co-star Carl Weathers.

In an Instagram message posted following news of Weathers’ death, Pascal wrote simply “words fail...

Renowned director Robert Lieberman, best known for his work on the sci-fi cult classic Fire in the Sky, passed away at 75 in Los Angeles after a prolonged battle with cancer.

According to Deadline, the news of Lieberman’s death was confirmed by his manager, John Bauman. Lieberman began his career as an assistant editor in commercials, but his talent quickly propelled him into the director's chair by the mid-1970s. Over the course of his 50-plus-year career, he directed over a thousand commercials for prominent brands like McDonald's, Hallmark, and Oreo, earning accolades such as the DGA Award in 1979 and 1995.

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Alongside his partner Stuart Gross, Lieberman founded Harmony Pictures, a company through which he collaborated with a diverse range of talents, from President Bill Clinton and Ray Charles to Jerry Lewis, Michael Jordan, Anne Hathaway, and Kenan Thompson.

Robert Lieberman, who directed films including Fire in the Sky and D3: The Mighty Ducks, episodes of The X-Files, Dexter and Criminal Minds and thousands of commercials, has died. He was 75.

Lieberman died July 1 in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, his son, Nick Lieberman, who co-directed Searchlight Pictures’ Theater Camp, which hit the big screen this weekend, announced.

Lieberman helmed TV spots for such companies as McDonald’s, Hallmark and Oreo and worked with talent ranging from President Clinton, Ray Charles and Jerry Lewis to Michael Jordan, Anne Hathaway and Kenan Thompson. He received more than two dozen Clio Awards and, in 1979, the inaugural DGA Award for commercials.

Much of his work was done through Harmony Pictures, the company he founded with Stuart Gross.

In addition to Fire in the Sky (1993), starring D.B. Sweeney and Robert Patrick, and the hockey sequel D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996), starring Emilio Estevez,...

Robert Lieberman, who directed the sci-fi cult classic Fire in the Sky and won the inaugural DGA Award for Commercials, has died in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He was 75.

His death on July 1 was confirmed by his manager, John Bauman.

Lieberman kicked off his 50-plus year career as an assistant editor in commercials but by the mid-’70s had worked his way up to directing. He ended up helming more than a thousand spots for McDonald’s, Hallmark, Oreo among countless others and winning the DGA Award in 1979 and 1995. He worked with talent ranging from spanned from President Bill Clinton, Ray Charles and Jerry Lewis to Michael Jordan, Anne Hathaway and Kenan Thompson, and much of this work was done through Harmony Pictures, the company he founded with partner Stuart Gross.

Lieberman was in the vanguard that brought a more cinematic, filmmaker’s eye to television. He...

Jossara Jinaro, a veteran television actress, filmmaker, producer and SAG activist, died of cancer on April 27, according to a post on her Facebook page by her husband, Matt Bogado.

“With great sorrow, I announce the passing of my wife, Jossara Jinaro on this date, April 27, 2022. Jossara bravely fought cancer and came home to be surrounded by family. Jossara was an amazing wife, mother, artist, and friend. She had the most beautiful, kind soul and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Even in her last moments, she was still fighting. She is now resting in peace and will be remembered forever. Myself, Liam, and Emrys will miss her so deeply, although we know she is in our hearts and guiding us every step of the way.”

Bogado added that a public memorial service will be held in the Bay Area at some point.

Jinaro had a long Hollyood career, appearing in various drama series,...

Lifetime is getting an early grip on 2022 holiday movies. The network announced three new movies on Monday to kick off their festive programming.

“A New Orleans Noel” comes from executive producer Whoopi Goldberg and follows Grace Hill (Keshia Knight Pulliam) who finds herself working alongside her polar opposite, Anthony to fix up the home of icon Loretta Brown, portrayed by the one and only Patti Labelle. Tim Reid also stars as a man who has returned to town and catches Loretta’s eye.

“A New Orleans Noel” is produced by Evergreen Films and directed by Angela Tucker. Executive producers include Daniel Lewis, Rick Carter, Tom Leonardis and Pulliam. This will be the second Lifetime film Goldberg has produced this year, as she previously worked on “Caught in His Web.” She previously produced and starred in the network’s 2014 movie “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” and served as an...

Black-ish‘s Jenifer Lewis is set as a lead alongside Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon in Bayer’s half-hour Showtime comedy series I Love This for You.

Co-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This for You is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. It centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer) who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Working to shed her life-long label as “that cancer girl,” she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and forms a meaningful friendship with her idol Jackie (Shannon), the charismatic host at the network, all against the backdrop of a highly competitive workplace run by an unstable billionaire, where people play dirty to succeed.

Lewis will play Patricia, the icy, enigmatic founder and CEO of a popular home shopping network.

Jenifer Lewis has joined the upcoming Showtime comedy series “I Love This For You.”

Lewis joins previously announced series lead Vanessa Bayer and cast members Molly Shannon, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel.

Inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, the series centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer) who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Working to shed her life-long label as “that cancer girl,” she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and forms a meaningful friendship with her idol Jackie (Shannon), all against the backdrop of a highly competitive workplace run by an unstable billionaire, where people play dirty to succeed.

Lewis will play Patricia, the icy, enigmatic founder and CEO of a popular home shopping network. Cybil Shepherd was previously set for the role, but she exited around the...

“Black-ish” star Jenifer Lewis has been cast as a lead alongside Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon on the upcoming Showtime comedy series “I Love This for You,” filling a role previously held by the now-exited Cybill Shepherd.

Inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, “I Love This for You” centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer) who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Working to shed her life-long label as “that cancer girl,” she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and forms a meaningful friendship with her idol Jackie, all against the backdrop of a highly competitive workplace run by an unstable billionaire, where people play dirty to succeed.

Lewis will play Patricia, the icy, enigmatic founder and CEO of a popular home shopping network. The part was originally played by Shepherd for the comedy’s pilot,...

The Super 8 hit the stage in a two-hour episode of “The Masked Singer” on Wednesday night before a pair mystery performers were eliminated from the reality TV competition. First Grammy winner Bobby Brown was revealed as the Crab and then Daytime Emmy winner Tamera Mowry-Housely was unmasked as the Seashell. It wasn’t a very good day at the beach! Tamera’s final performance was “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany.

See ‘The Masked Singer’ reveals for all seasons: Celebrities and costumes through the years

“I think you knew the moment I pinched your cheek,” Tamera joked with host Nick Cannon during her unmasked interview. After being complimented for her great performances each week, Tamera raised her hand and asserted, “You guys! Holy crap! I haven’t been on a stage like this, singing, in over 20 years. So to have made it this far means a lot because...

Exclusive: Tamera Mowry-Housley is expanding her relationship with Crown Media Family Networks, signing a new overall deal to star in and executive produce original films for the network. First up is holiday-themed Christmas Comes Twice, set for premiere Sunday, December 13 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. Additionally, Mowry-Housley will join Home & Family as a contributor beginning in December.

“We are thrilled to officially welcome Tamera Mowry-Housley to the Hallmark family,” said Michelle Vicary, EVP, Programming & Network Program Publicity, Crown Media Family Networks. “Having worked with Tamera on a few original movies previously it is a joy to have her star and executive produce more projects with us. The really exciting part of this deal is that she will join our talented cast of Home & Family, one of the best lifestyle shows in television.”

Mowry-Housley previously starred in Hallmark movies A Christmas Miracle, which she also executive produced, and Christmas Angel.

The coronavirus couldn't have come at a worse time for currently airing broadcast television hoping to end their full seasons.

Heck, it's not good for upcoming series or pilots under consideration, either.

While it's possible bubble shows might get a second life so their already carved path continues and viewers can snuggle in with what's already comfortable, if production stoppage goes on for a long time, seasons might not end at all and fall TV could get delayed until January 2021.

But amidst all of the chaos, there are silver linings.

We talk about the glut of great programming all the time and how impossible it is to watch what you want. What better time to check out alternatives than when all of your time is spent indoors?

Two streaming networks that I believe are highly valuable have extended their normal seven-day free trial to 30 days. With that much time with each entity,...

When Jennifer Aniston won a SAG Award Jan. 19, the mainstream media seized on one fact: She and her ex Brad Pitt were together in the winner’s circle. Woo-woo, hot stuff!

For gossip rags, that’s fun, but this angle misses the bigger picture. First, her award for “The Morning Show” was a nice validation for Apple TV Plus. Second, this was a project on which she and Reese Witherspoon are exec producers, meaning actor-producers have moved beyond the realm of “vanity productions,” as such deals used to be called for performers.

The 21st century has seen a sharp rise in actors with successful production companies. That list includes Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek, Eva Longoria and Nicole Kidman.

Though 2019 Oscar nominations inspired protests for lack of gender diversity among directors, the tallies in the best picture rank are better — not 50-50 yet, but getting there. Eight...

Rest in peace, Charlotte Rae. The beloved Facts of Life and Diff’Rent Strokes star sadly died at age 92 in her La home on Sunday, Aug. 5, her rep confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. Charlotte had previously revealed that she had been diagnosed with bone cancer in April 2017. "Last Monday, I found out I have bone cancer. About seven years ago, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — which is a miracle that they found it because usually, it’s too late. My mother, sister, and my uncle died of pancreatic cancer," the actress told People at the time. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) "After six months of chemotherapy, I was cancer-free. I lost my hair, but I had beautiful wigs. Nobody ever knew. So now, at the age of 91, I have to make up my mind. I’m not in any pain right now. I’m feeling so terrific and so glad to be above ground.

Emmy voting for the 2018 nominations ended on Monday, June 25, with the official noms set to be announced in just a few weeks on July 12. I’m a sucker for underdogs, so while I love many of of the actors who are widely expected to be nominated, there are a number of candidates I’m still rooting for even though they have distant 100/1 odds based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users.

But 100/1 odds don’t always turn out to be so bad. Last year there were nine actors who made the cut across more than a dozen categories despite having those odds in our predictions: Jane Fonda (Best Comedy Actress, “Grace and Frankie”), Zach Galifianakis (Best Comedy Actor, “Baskets”), Kathryn Hahn (Best Comedy Supporting Actress, “Transparent”), Wanda Sykes (Best Comedy Guest Actress, “Black-ish”), Samira Wiley (Best Drama Supporting Actress, “The Handmaid’s Tale”), Mandy Patinkin (Best Drama Supporting Actor,...

This week on Battle of the Network Stars, it’s Variety vs TV Sex Symbols as television’s elite compete. The Variety team is made up of Polish American model and TV reality star Joanna Krupa, singer and actor Nick Lachey, TV host and model Vanessa Lachey, French-American actor Gilles Marini and presenter Jack Osbourne. The TV Sex Symbols are Pretty Little Liars actor Keegan Allen, actress and model Traci Bingham, Strong Medicine actress Rosa Blasi, Brant Daugherty also from Pretty Little Liars and Days of Our Lives favorite Galen Gering. Each team has to undertake a variety of physical challenges both together and as individuals....read more...

ABC announced this season's Dancing with the Stars cast live on Good Morning America. The hit series returned for Season 22 With a Live Premiere on Monday, March 21, 8:00-10:01 p.m. The celebrity cast of Dancing with the Stars are slipping into their ballroom shoes and getting ready for their first dance with a lineup of celebrity dancers that includes a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a Peabody Award winner, a Ufc fighter, and Super Bowl 50's Mvp, just to name a few.

As announced this morning, the celebrities with their professional partners heading to the ballroom this season (in alphabetical order) are: Mischa Barton with Artem Chigvintsev. Antonio Brown with Sharna Burgess. Nyle Dimarco with Peta Murgatroyd. Kim Fields with Sasha Farber. Doug Flutie with Karina Smirnoff. Marla Maples with Tony Dovolani. Von Miller with Witney Carson. Wanya Morris with Lindsay Arnold. Geraldo Rivera with Edyta Sliwinska. Jodie Sweetin with Keo Motsepe.

You can’t spell “smother” without “mother” — a lesson that will be abundantly clear now that Jenifer Lewis (Meet the Browns, Strong Medicine) has boarded black-ish in the recurring role of Dre’s (Anthony Anderson) overbearing mom.

Lewis’ character Ruby is described as follows: “She smothers pork chops with gravy, Dre with love, and would like to flat out smother [Dre's wife] Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross), who feels the same way about her.”

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Lewis will make her first appearance later this season, according to the network.

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Rosa Blasi did the big Hollywood wedding once. For her second time down the aisle, she went way more low key. "At my first wedding the photographer was $10,000 and the liquor bill alone was $12,000, but this entire wedding cost us less than $2,700. That has to be some sort of record!" the star of Nickelodeon's The Thundermans says. Blasi, 41, best known for having played Luisa Delgado on Lifetime's Strong Medicine, tied the knot on Saturday with mortgage banker Todd William Harris, whom she met 16 months ago on Match.com. The small, family-only event was held at Nikita restaurant in Malibu. "Something old was me,...

Rosa Blasi did the big Hollywood wedding once. For her second time down the aisle, she went way more low key. "At my first wedding the photographer was $10,000 and the liquor bill alone was $12,000, but this entire wedding cost us less than $2,700. That has to be some sort of record!" the star of Nickelodeon's The Thundermans says. Blasi, 41, best known for having played Luisa Delgado on Lifetime's Strong Medicine, tied the knot on Saturday with mortgage banker Todd William Harris, whom she met 16 months ago on Match.com. The small, family-only event was held at Nikita restaurant in Malibu. "Something old was me,...

A Day Late And A Dollar Short is a Lifetime original movie based on the novel by Waiting To Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back writer Terry McMillan. Whoopi Goldberg has signed on to executive produce and star as an irascible matriarch who learns that her next asthma attack is likely to kill her, and she sets out to fix her fractured family before she dies. Production begins this summer for a 2014 premiere. Goldberg co-starred opposite Angela Bassett in the 1998 movie adaptation of How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and also exec produced the Lifetime drama series Strong Medicine and the 2001 original movie What Makes a Family. Stephen Tolkin will direct Dollar from a script by Shernold Edwards, and Tolkin exec produces with Goldberg, Tom Leonardis, Jeffrey Hayes and Bill Haber.

Congratulations to Jennifer Love Hewitt and Brian Hallisay, who recently announced they’re expecting their first baby together! We wanted to know more about Brian, so we a did a bit of digging! Keep reading to see what we found out.

We already know that Brian Hallisay, 34, stars alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt, 34, on Lifetime’s The Client List, but we were itching to find out more! We came up with five random facts about the man now known as Jennifer Love Hewitt’s baby daddy.

Brian Hallisay — 5 Things To Know About Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Baby Daddy

1. Brian met Jennifer Love Hewitt before they starred on The Client List together. In 2011, he worked on the unaired pilot of NBC’s Love Bites, where he met Hewitt for the first time.

2. Brian grew up in Washington, D.C. and studied at Cornell University, earning a degree in Economics and History.

3. He...

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Thanks for welcoming celebrity blogger Tamera Mowry-Housley!

Best known for her roles on Sister, Sister and Strong Medicine, the actress currently stars on Tia & Tamera, airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Style.

She’s also working on a novel with twin sister Tia and recently wrapped filming on Gmc’s Christmas Angel.

Mowry-Housley, 34, wed Fox News correspondent Adam Housley in May 2011 in Napa Valley.

Due Oct. 30 with their first child, the couple learned in June that they’re expecting a boy.

You can find her on Twitter @TameraMowryTwo.

I can now say that I am down to the wire.

In an age-appropriate role, Tempestt Bledsoe plays a mother of four in NBC's "Guys With Kids." Yet because of her baby face and growing up on "The Cosby Show," people expect her to somehow still be a child, frozen in time.

Bledsoe was Vanessa, the fourth of the five children on "The Cosby Show" (1984-92). Wearing a killer one-shouldered, body-hugging red dress and very high red heels, Bledsoe, 39, reflects on why she was able to resist the pitfalls that engulf so many child stars.

"I wanted to go to college on time, and I did," she tells Zap2it of attending New York University. "When Dr. Cosby found out I was doing that, he moved the shooting schedule" to accommodate her classes, she says.

Decades later, Bledsoe still beams when she says, "He put my grades on his dressing room door."

Bledsoe earned a degree in finance because "I wanted to do something different,...

Rupert Murdoch On Future Of Newspapers Rupert Murdoch restated his faith in the long-term future of newspapers in a weekend address at the annual News Awards in Sydney. Murdoch said that splitting News Corp into separate entertainment and publishing companies next year would see both strive to “dominate against our competitors by providing and distributing the most informative and entertaining content in the world”. He added, “Print will be with us for many, many years”, but we must also provide our readers with the greatest news experience possible on other platforms”. The address was intended as a morale booster for News Ltd.’s journalists after a sweeping restructure by chief executive Kim Williams, which resulted in an estimated 300 layoffs. – Don Groves ‘Strong Medicine’ To Get Reality Treatment In Holland Dutch broadcaster Sbs has commissioned a local reality version of Lifetime drama Strong Medicine. Stories From The Hospital will be produced...

London -- Sony Pictures Television’s Dutch production venture Tuvalu Media will prescribe a Dutch version of hit U.S. drama series Strong Medicine for local viewers. Tuvalu has secured a commission with Sbs to produce Stories from the Hospital, billed as a new reality format based on the U.S. show. The Dutch broadcaster has ordered a series of 30 half-hour episodes for NET5, Sbs’s female-skewing channel aimed at the 20-34 year-old audience. The show, called Dokters locally, will be air weekdays in a primetime 8 p.m. slot, launching in late October. Spt’s international production and distribution

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Thanks for welcoming celebrity blogger Tamera Mowry-Housley!

Best known for her roles on Sister, Sister and Strong Medicine, the actress currently stars on Tia & Tamera, airing Mondays at 8 p.m. on Style.

She’s also working on a novel with twin sister Tia and recently wrapped filming on Gmc’s Christmas Angel.

Mowry-Housley, 34, wed Fox News correspondent Adam Housley in May 2011 in Napa Valley.

Due Oct. 30 with their first child, the couple learned in June that they’re expecting a boy.

You can find her on Twitter @TameraMowryTwo.

My, how fast time flies! From the...

Following a twenty year absence from the New York cabaret scene, Jenifer Lewis returns to the Big Apple for seven performances only at 54 Below. From Broadways Eubie to Hairspray, televisions Jackies Back to Strong Medicine, and films Whats Love Got to Do With It, Beaches, Cars and The Princess and the Frog, Jenifer Lewis, one of Bette Midlers most infamous Harlettes, is a force of nature whose voice is as distinctive as her take no prisoners sense of humor.Just yesterday, Lewis and Shaiman met the press, and you can check out full photo coverage below...

Following a twenty year absence from the New York cabaret scene, Jenifer Lewis returns to the Big Apple for seven performances only at 54 Below. From Broadways Eubie to Hairspray, televisions Jackies Back to Strong Medicine, and films Whats Love Got to Do With It, Beaches, Cars and The Princess and the Frog, Jenifer Lewis, one of Bette Midlers most infamous Harlettes, is a force of nature whose voice is as distinctive as her take no prisoners sense of humor.Earlier today, Lewis and Shaiman met the press, and you can check out a photo preview from the festivities below. Be sure to check back later for full coverage...

Fans of the former ABC television series Lost will remember that Andrea Gabriel - who portrays "Kebi" of the Egyptian Coven in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - was previously well-known for her long-lived recurring role as "Nadia" on the show. In addition to being a Lost and Twilight star, Gabriel has had a wealth of experience with television show appearances on programs like Jag, Law & Order, Strong Medicine, and House M.D., and now she's heading back to the small screen for a recurring role on Gossip Girl! According to Variety, Gabriel will portray a character named "Amira" on Season 6 the soap, a businesswo ....

In New Orleans at 5.5 months – Courtesy Tamera Mowry-Housley

Please give a warm welcome to our newest celebrity blogger, Tamera Mowry-Housley!

Best known for her roles on Sister, Sister and Strong Medicine, the actress currently stars on Tia & Tamera, airing Mondays at 8 p.m. on The Style Network.

She’s also working on a novel with twin sister Tia and recently wrapped filming on Gmc’s Christmas Angel.

Mowry-Housley, 33, wed Fox News correspondent Adam Housley in May 2011 in Napa Valley.

Due Oct. 30 with their first child, the couple recently learned they’re expecting a boy.

You can find her on Twitter @TameraMowryTwo.

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Should Hollywood talent managers remain in danger of losing their hard-earned commissions if they are found to have improperly "procured" employment for clients? That issue, long one of the most sensitive in the entertainment representation community, is coming to the foreground again in the form of a new appeal by legal crusader Rick Siegel that is finding broad if not overwhelming support within the talent management community. Siegel, as you might recall, is the manager (now former manager--he left the business) whose case against actress Rosa Blasi (Lifetime's Strong Medicine) challenged the Talent Agencies Act, the California law

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Fox’s new comedy I Hate My Teenage Daughter has nabbed one of this summer’s big-screen scene-stealers.

Wendi McLendon-Covey, who played Rita, the nympho-esque member of Maya Rudolph’s wedding party in Bridesmaids, has joined the pilot of Teenage Daughter, TVLine has learned exclusively.

The actress will play Principal Diego, the woman running the high school attended by the bitchy offspring of Annie (Jamie Pressly) and Nikki (Katie Finneran). Diego herself is a former mean girl and used to torment Nikki back in the day — and it’s something at which she apparently still excels. Strong Medicine‘s Rosa Blasi...

Amber Heard as Maureen -- Photo by: John Russo/NBC

Of all the new fall shows, none make it more difficult to say you're excited for them than The Playboy Club. Raised eyebrows aside, the show looks very cool, and the show wants to give you a chance to win a trip to The Playboy Club in London. The giveaway is running on their Facebook page - www.facebook.com/NBCThePlayboyClub

At the Facebook page, you need to watch a few short videos, and then answer some questions. It's a great giveaway, and I hope you'll check it out. Besides, you get some interesting sneaks at the show.

Below check out some more info, and check out a couple of clips of the show.

From Academy Award-winning executive producer Brian Grazer, “The Playboy Club” is a provocative new NBC drama about a time and place that challenged the existing social...

Rick, you have continued to stretch yourself as an actor throughout your career!

Rick Schroder has been able to break free of his child star image, which is no small feat. Since the hit TV series Silver Spoons, he’s appeared on shows like NYPD Blue and Scrubs and has even directed! This happily married father of four has a lot to celebrate this year — Get all the details at Astrology.com!

Happy birthday, Rick Schroeder! Even if you’re all grown up, we’ll never forget your adorable role as the privileged Ricky Stratton on the 1980s series ‘Silver Spoons.’ As one of Hollywood’s more fortunate child stars, you’ve been able to stretch our perceptions through your excellent portrayals as a detective on ‘NYPD Blue,’ a doctor on ‘Strong Medicine’ and a field ops expert on ’24.’ Avuncular Jupiter is coming to bear gifts this year in the form of enlivened confidence and,...

Wishing Kwesi Boakye a Happy Birthday today!

A native of Los Angeles, he turns 12 today.

Kwesi has a re-occurring role on Men Of A Certain Age. He’s appeared on Strong Medicine, The Shield, South Park, Days Of Our Lives, Boston Legal, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, The Princess And The Frog and Southland.

His next major production is Lives Of The Saints with 50 Cent, Anthony Anderson, Meg Ryan and John Lithgow.

I’m not very familiar with Shanola Hampton’s work; partly because her resume begins in 2001, and there isn’t a lot on it – mostly bit parts in TV series like Eli Stone, Scrubs, Strong Medicine and Reba.

In the new Showtime series Shameless, she plays Veronica, described as “sassy, sexy… always willing and able to lend a hand, go dancing with gal-pal Fiona or party down with Frank [her neighbors]. She’s smart and wants to pursue a medical career, if only she hadn’t gotten fired from the hospital for stealing supplies. Veronica and her man Kev are totally hot for each other, and their wild sex life borders on adventuresome.”

So, she’s sassy, she’s also a thief, and has a wild sex life. That about sum it up?

The “Frank” mentioned is the star of the show, played by William H Macy – a single father of 6 spirited kids.

Guest blogger David Kennerley: If anyone knows how to fight setbacks with a smile, it's Rosa Blasi. After a dicey divorce from a football pro, the multitalented mom (her daughter just turned 4) skewered the experience by writing "Jock Itch: Memoir of a Retired Jersey Chaser," due early next year. The model-gorgeous actress, best known for starring in Lifetime's "Strong Medicine," had a plum role on "Lone Star," one of the most buzzed-about TV shows this fall. We spoke to the bubbly Blasi on the eve of -- can you believe it? -- Fox's decision to cancel the series.

David Kennerley: You played a so-called "trophy wife" in "Lone Star" and "Make It or Break It." Did you draw from your own experience?

Rosa Blasi: Absolutely. On the East Coast, when I was married to the NFL star, I certainly was a trophy wife. On the West Coast, I have...

In what would be her first major TV gig, Andie MacDowell is thisclose to joining the cast of Fox’s best new fall series, Lone Star. Additionally, Rosa Blasi—of Make It or Break It and Strong Medicine fame—has signed on to recur on the Texas-set drama.

MacDowell, whose deal I’m told is 98 percent done, would play the love interest of Jon Voight’s oil tycoon. Blasi, meanwhile, is set for the role of Blake, the Lady Macbeth-esque trophy wife of Mark Deklin’s character, Trammell.

Lone Star revolves around a con man (played by rising star James Wolk...

"Sister, Sister" actress Tamera Mowry is back to her old flame. The 32-year-old beauty has been engaged to Fox News correspondent Adam Housley, the same person she was once engaged to, E! Online reported.

"Adam proposed to Tamera last week in Italy," a source close to the couple told the site. "They were engaged a few years ago, but broke it off. They have been dating on and off for the past year and now he has put a ring on her finger once again."

Though so, the insider revealed that Tamera, who starred in the show alongside her identical sister Tia Mowry, still has to convince her family that 38-year-old Adam is the one. The source disclosed, "Her family is not crazy about him. Tia and Adam don't always get along, but the couple are happy together and giving it another try."

As for the wedding, the source shared,...

The Game's Tia Mowry and her sister, Tamera (Strong Medicine) are teaming up yet again as the stars and executive producers of the Lifetime Movie Network's Double Wedding.

In the TV movie, (premiering Sunday at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt) the twin sisters search for dates to their grandparents' recommitment wedding. Alas, they wind up unintentionally dating the same man, who thinks they are the same person. Eventually they figure it all out, forcing their suitor to choose between them.

Check out what the Sister, Sister stars had to say about the movie they created and find out why the girls say working together is like a "slumber party."

Watch the video after the jump.

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"It's Jungian," says Sam Trammell nonchalantly when describing how his dreams inspire his acting. He's equally offhand when explaining how as a college student he planned to become a theoretical physicist but was forced to lower his sights: "I was advanced, but I wasn't a genius, and at Brown University I majored in semiotics, which refers to the interdisciplinary study of sign systems and how they work, including linguistic theory, Marxist theory, psychoanalysis, feminist theory, and film theory. I did most of my work in contemporary French philosophy."He certainly never imagined himself an actor, let alone one who plays a shape-shifter on a hit HBO show about vampires. The series is "True Blood," created by Alan Ball based on the novels of Charlaine Harris, and Trammell is enjoying the unexpected development. He admits that early in his career, he had a condescending attitude toward television. He would not have...

R&B superstar Mary J. Blige will be taking on the role of legendary soul and jazz singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Simone, who was known as the High Priestess of Soul, but also sang in a myriad of other genres, flourished in the 1960s and 1970s with a series of civil rights anthems. Some of her most acclaimed songs included “My Baby Just Cares for Me,” “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” and her rendition of Porgy and Bess’ “I Loves You, Porgy.” Cynthia Mort — who previously created HBO’s short-lived Tell Me You Love Me...