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Kat Dennings to Costar in Whitney Cummings CBS Pilot

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Kat Dennings

Co-executive produced by Michael Patrick King, "Two Broke Girls" centers on two under-employed New Yorkers trying to make it in the big city.

Kat Dennings has closed a deal to co-star in comedian Whitney Cummings’ CBS pilot Two Broke Girls.
The single-camera comedy from Warner Bros. revolves around two under-employed New Yorkers trying to make it in the big city. Cummings wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Sex and the City alum Michael Patrick King. 
 
It’s not the first time Dennings has worked with King; the actress broke out when she landed a part on a 2000 episode of Sex and the City playing a precocious 13-year-old who hires Samantha to do publicity for her bat mitzvah. She went on to land supporting roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Big Momma’s House 2 and Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming Thor.
 
Stalwart comedy director James Burrows will direct the Two Broke Girls pilot, which should give Girls a fighting chance if past experience is any guide. Burrows  -- a co-creator ofCheers – has directed myriad pilots including Will & Grace, The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. Last year, he directed the pilots for CBS’ Mike & Molly, $#*! My Dad Saysand Better with You. 

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Kat Dennings to Costar in Whitney Cummings CBS Pilot

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Kat Dennings

Co-executive produced by Michael Patrick King, "Two Broke Girls" centers on two under-employed New Yorkers trying to make it in the big city.

Kat Dennings has closed a deal to co-star in comedian Whitney Cummings’ CBS pilot Two Broke Girls.
The single-camera comedy from Warner Bros. revolves around two under-employed New Yorkers trying to make it in the big city. Cummings wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Sex and the City alum Michael Patrick King. 
 
It’s not the first time Dennings has worked with King; the actress broke out when she landed a part on a 2000 episode of Sex and the City playing a precocious 13-year-old who hires Samantha to do publicity for her bat mitzvah. She went on to land supporting roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Big Momma’s House 2 and Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming Thor.
 
Stalwart comedy director James Burrows will direct the Two Broke Girls pilot, which should give Girls a fighting chance if past experience is any guide. Burrows  -- a co-creator ofCheers – has directed myriad pilots including Will & Grace, The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. Last year, he directed the pilots for CBS’ Mike & Molly, $#*! My Dad Saysand Better with You. 

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Oscars Nixing Montages, Elaborate Nominee Tributes From Telecast (Exclusive)

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Producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer have booted a number of familiar elements from the Feb 27 show.

As preparations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards move into high gear, producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer have booted a number of familiar elements from the Feb 27 show.
Gone will be the movie montages -- like last year’s salute to horror movies -- that often contribute to the broadcast’s unwieldy running time. While there will be film clips from the ten best picture nominees and brief filmed introductions to different segments of the show, “Within the body of the show, we are not doing any film montage sequences,” Cohen tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. 
 
Gone too will be the relatively new tradition, established just two years ago, of using five presenters to offer tribute testimonials about each of the best actor and actress nominees. “We’re not going to do that this year,” Cohen says. “What we did love about it was that it was a moment where each of the nominees really gets their due. [But] we found a version of that, without using the five people on stage, from the 1970 Oscars, and we stole it.”
 
The producers also have enlisted the nominees’ mothers to participate in promotion and pre-show activities, and some of them will be in the audience for the telecast. 
 
This year’s producing team is restoring individual performances of the four nominated songs, which were eliminated last year. Producers were upset that Cher, a major audience draw, was not nominated for her Burlesque ballad, “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me.”
 
“We were surprised, and we were disappointed,” Cohen says when of the song, which won its composer and lyricist Diane Warren a Golden Globe but failed to earn an Academy nom.
 
They have lined up most of the other names associated with the songs that were nominated, though: Randy Newman will perform his “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3; Mandy Moore and Zachary Levy, who sang the duet “I See The Light” on the Tangled soundtrack will reteam with composer Alan Menkin; and Gwyneth Paltrow, who sings “Coming Home” in Country Strong will reprise that tune on the broadcast.
 
Because Dido, who was nominated along with Rollo Armstrong and A.R. Rahman for the song “If I Rise,” from 127 Hours was not available, the producers have drafted Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine to appear with Rahman.
 
 “We feel we really lucked out, and this is a good year to bring the best song performances back,” Cohen says.

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Oscars Nixing Montages, Elaborate Nominee Tributes From Telecast (Exclusive)

Posted by mista

Producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer have booted a number of familiar elements from the Feb 27 show.

As preparations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards move into high gear, producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer have booted a number of familiar elements from the Feb 27 show.
Gone will be the movie montages -- like last year’s salute to horror movies -- that often contribute to the broadcast’s unwieldy running time. While there will be film clips from the ten best picture nominees and brief filmed introductions to different segments of the show, “Within the body of the show, we are not doing any film montage sequences,” Cohen tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. 
 
Gone too will be the relatively new tradition, established just two years ago, of using five presenters to offer tribute testimonials about each of the best actor and actress nominees. “We’re not going to do that this year,” Cohen says. “What we did love about it was that it was a moment where each of the nominees really gets their due. [But] we found a version of that, without using the five people on stage, from the 1970 Oscars, and we stole it.”
 
The producers also have enlisted the nominees’ mothers to participate in promotion and pre-show activities, and some of them will be in the audience for the telecast. 
 
This year’s producing team is restoring individual performances of the four nominated songs, which were eliminated last year. Producers were upset that Cher, a major audience draw, was not nominated for her Burlesque ballad, “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me.”
 
“We were surprised, and we were disappointed,” Cohen says when of the song, which won its composer and lyricist Diane Warren a Golden Globe but failed to earn an Academy nom.
 
They have lined up most of the other names associated with the songs that were nominated, though: Randy Newman will perform his “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3; Mandy Moore and Zachary Levy, who sang the duet “I See The Light” on the Tangled soundtrack will reteam with composer Alan Menkin; and Gwyneth Paltrow, who sings “Coming Home” in Country Strong will reprise that tune on the broadcast.
 
Because Dido, who was nominated along with Rollo Armstrong and A.R. Rahman for the song “If I Rise,” from 127 Hours was not available, the producers have drafted Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine to appear with Rahman.
 
 “We feel we really lucked out, and this is a good year to bring the best song performances back,” Cohen says.

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Britney Spears' 'Hold It Against Me' Video

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Twitter users react to the singer's latest video, which premiered Thursday night on MTV.

Britney Spears debuted the new video for her single "Hold It Against Me" on Thursday night.
The video debuted at 9:55 p.m. ET/PT on MTV, and the singer also tweeted a link to it.
"Without further adieu, I present my video for Hold It Against Me, directed by the wonderfulJonas Akerlund," she wrote, then added: "Hope you guys love it as much as I do. If you didn't I'll kung fu kick you like I did to that chick in the video."
There were several instant, mixed reactions from Twitter users.
"FINALLY. Thank you BritneySpears for FINALLY actually doing a lot of choreo in a video! This is the BritneyI LOVE!" wrote JorBae, while JordannLewis added: "Killed it!!! PS her body looks AMAZING !"
Another Twitterer called glamloverx wasn't as enthusiastic: "Just watched BritneySpears's Hold it against me video.... doesn't interest me. She is too the same as everyone else."
Spears had posted a 30-second sneak peek Thursday ahead of the full video's release after her managed tweeted that its debut would be delayed.
Watch the full video below (please be patient; the video takes a moment to load).
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Britney Spears' 'Hold It Against Me' Video

Posted by mista

Twitter users react to the singer's latest video, which premiered Thursday night on MTV.

Britney Spears debuted the new video for her single "Hold It Against Me" on Thursday night.
The video debuted at 9:55 p.m. ET/PT on MTV, and the singer also tweeted a link to it.
"Without further adieu, I present my video for Hold It Against Me, directed by the wonderfulJonas Akerlund," she wrote, then added: "Hope you guys love it as much as I do. If you didn't I'll kung fu kick you like I did to that chick in the video."
There were several instant, mixed reactions from Twitter users.
"FINALLY. Thank you BritneySpears for FINALLY actually doing a lot of choreo in a video! This is the BritneyI LOVE!" wrote JorBae, while JordannLewis added: "Killed it!!! PS her body looks AMAZING !"
Another Twitterer called glamloverx wasn't as enthusiastic: "Just watched BritneySpears's Hold it against me video.... doesn't interest me. She is too the same as everyone else."
Spears had posted a 30-second sneak peek Thursday ahead of the full video's release after her managed tweeted that its debut would be delayed.
Watch the full video below (please be patient; the video takes a moment to load).
click on down link

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Prince William-Kate Middleton Wedding Sends Cable Networks Into Programming Frenzy

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Catherine Middleton & Prince William

A slew of shows and specials about the royal family will precede the couple's April 29 nuptials.

Royal fever is catching on in the U.S., and cable networks plan to capitalize on the frenzy with a series of specials leading up to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
In addition to Lifetime, which plans to air a biopic about the couple titledWilliam and Kate, other networks such as BBC, TLC and Wedding Central will bombard U.S. audiences with programming to generate excitement about the event, which will take place April 29 at Westminster Abbey.
 
BBC Worldwide America, the American branch of the U.K.-based public broadcaster, leads the pack with the most extensive pre-wedding coverage. The network has already aired two specials, William & Kate: Modern Monarchy and Modern Monarchy: Here and There, and intends broadcast up to half a dozen others about the royal family before the event.
 
The network’s aggressive wedding drive will culminate with Royally Mad, a two-part series that takes four American royal wedding fanatics to London for their first time to visit the people and locations that feature into William and Kate’s story. So You Think You Can Dance's Cat Deeley will host the show, set to premiere April 12.
 
"We wanted to do a combination of programming that took an affectionate look at the wedding but could also have a sense of humor," Perry Simon, general manager of BBC Americas, told the Associated Press. He added, "It's wedding fever here. All wedding, all the time."
 
TLC also has a number of royals-themed programs on its slate, including specials on Princess Diana’s bridesmaid India Hicks and hoarders of royal memorabilia. Meanwhile, Wedding Central, a relatively new offshoot of women’s network WE TV, is working on its first original program, a documentary called William and Kate: The Wedding of the Century that will feature interviews with the people involved in making the big day happen.
 
The wedding itself will receive extensive coverage on most major news programs, but will not be broadcast in 3D as previously rumored.

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Prince William-Kate Middleton Wedding Sends Cable Networks Into Programming Frenzy

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Catherine Middleton & Prince William

A slew of shows and specials about the royal family will precede the couple's April 29 nuptials.

Royal fever is catching on in the U.S., and cable networks plan to capitalize on the frenzy with a series of specials leading up to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
In addition to Lifetime, which plans to air a biopic about the couple titledWilliam and Kate, other networks such as BBC, TLC and Wedding Central will bombard U.S. audiences with programming to generate excitement about the event, which will take place April 29 at Westminster Abbey.
 
BBC Worldwide America, the American branch of the U.K.-based public broadcaster, leads the pack with the most extensive pre-wedding coverage. The network has already aired two specials, William & Kate: Modern Monarchy and Modern Monarchy: Here and There, and intends broadcast up to half a dozen others about the royal family before the event.
 
The network’s aggressive wedding drive will culminate with Royally Mad, a two-part series that takes four American royal wedding fanatics to London for their first time to visit the people and locations that feature into William and Kate’s story. So You Think You Can Dance's Cat Deeley will host the show, set to premiere April 12.
 
"We wanted to do a combination of programming that took an affectionate look at the wedding but could also have a sense of humor," Perry Simon, general manager of BBC Americas, told the Associated Press. He added, "It's wedding fever here. All wedding, all the time."
 
TLC also has a number of royals-themed programs on its slate, including specials on Princess Diana’s bridesmaid India Hicks and hoarders of royal memorabilia. Meanwhile, Wedding Central, a relatively new offshoot of women’s network WE TV, is working on its first original program, a documentary called William and Kate: The Wedding of the Century that will feature interviews with the people involved in making the big day happen.
 
The wedding itself will receive extensive coverage on most major news programs, but will not be broadcast in 3D as previously rumored.

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Robert Downey Jr. May Shoot 'Inherent Vice' for P.T. Anderson This Fall

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Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. is making plans to fill the fall hole in his schedule with the lead role in Inherent Vice for writer-directorPaul Thomas Anderson.
Anderson has been working on a screenplay adaptation of the 2009Thomas Pynchon novel while trying to get another film -- an untitled exploration of a religious organization sometimes referred to as The Master -- off the ground. Once Downey dropped out of Disney's Oz, the Great and Powerful last month, it freed him to do another movie later this year after he shoots The Avengers for Marvel and Disney. His commitment to Anderson's movie has recently grown serious.
Vice is a comparatively accessible Pynchon work that tells the story of a stoner detective who gets wrapped up in a number of mysteries in 1969 L.A. while the Manson Family trial growls in the background.
Downey, who last starred in Due Date and Iron Man 2, has wrapped filming on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows for director Guy Ritchie and Warner Bros. That sequel comes out in December. The actor has a number of projects in development at his Team Downey shingle, plus Iron Man 3 to film for Marvel and Disney in time for a summer 2013 release. Avengers is scheduled to begin shooting in the coming months.
Anderson last wrote and directed There Will Be Blood, which grossed $76 million worldwide in 2007. He has spent the last few years developing The Master for Philip Seymour Hoffman to star, and now he is trying to secure financing for both films.
Both Anderson and Downey are repped by CAA, which declined to comment.

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Robert Downey Jr. May Shoot 'Inherent Vice' for P.T. Anderson This Fall

Posted by mista
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. is making plans to fill the fall hole in his schedule with the lead role in Inherent Vice for writer-directorPaul Thomas Anderson.
Anderson has been working on a screenplay adaptation of the 2009Thomas Pynchon novel while trying to get another film -- an untitled exploration of a religious organization sometimes referred to as The Master -- off the ground. Once Downey dropped out of Disney's Oz, the Great and Powerful last month, it freed him to do another movie later this year after he shoots The Avengers for Marvel and Disney. His commitment to Anderson's movie has recently grown serious.
Vice is a comparatively accessible Pynchon work that tells the story of a stoner detective who gets wrapped up in a number of mysteries in 1969 L.A. while the Manson Family trial growls in the background.
Downey, who last starred in Due Date and Iron Man 2, has wrapped filming on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows for director Guy Ritchie and Warner Bros. That sequel comes out in December. The actor has a number of projects in development at his Team Downey shingle, plus Iron Man 3 to film for Marvel and Disney in time for a summer 2013 release. Avengers is scheduled to begin shooting in the coming months.
Anderson last wrote and directed There Will Be Blood, which grossed $76 million worldwide in 2007. He has spent the last few years developing The Master for Philip Seymour Hoffman to star, and now he is trying to secure financing for both films.
Both Anderson and Downey are repped by CAA, which declined to comment.

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CNN Hires Camille Grammer for Oscar Coverage

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Camille Grammer
CNN has hired Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammeras a celebrity and fashion commentator for its 2011 Oscar coverage.

Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and syndicated radio host Carlos Diaz are also part of the Showbiz Tonight Oscar team along with hosts AJ Hammer andBrooke Anderson.Grammer, the ex-wife of Frasier starKelsey Grammer, will be part ofShowbiz Tonight's red carpet team for the Showbiz Tonight: Road to Goldspecial airing Sunday, Feb. 27.
CNN Entertainment and Showbiz Tonight senior executive producerDave Levine said in a statement, "We can't wait to get Camille's unabashed take on Hollywood's biggest night. She will be perfect for Showbiz Tonight."

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CNN Hires Camille Grammer for Oscar Coverage

Posted by mista
Camille Grammer
CNN has hired Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammeras a celebrity and fashion commentator for its 2011 Oscar coverage.

Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and syndicated radio host Carlos Diaz are also part of the Showbiz Tonight Oscar team along with hosts AJ Hammer andBrooke Anderson.Grammer, the ex-wife of Frasier starKelsey Grammer, will be part ofShowbiz Tonight's red carpet team for the Showbiz Tonight: Road to Goldspecial airing Sunday, Feb. 27.
CNN Entertainment and Showbiz Tonight senior executive producerDave Levine said in a statement, "We can't wait to get Camille's unabashed take on Hollywood's biggest night. She will be perfect for Showbiz Tonight."

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Photographers Caught Pamela Anderson Off Guard

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Looks like photographers caught Pamela Anderson off guard when she was leaving a houseparty in Beverly Hills last night.
Her black dress turned transparent in the flashlights, revealing that she wasn’’t wearing a bra, reports the Daily Mail.
The unforgiving camera flashes surprisingly got the better of Pamela, who has been under the spotlight for more than 20 years.
The 43-year-old ’Baywatch’ star realised her mistake only after happily posing for a couple of pictures.
Wide-eyed she then held an arm across her chest as she walked to her car.
Pamela-Anderson-takes-in-Li

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Photographers Caught Pamela Anderson Off Guard

Posted by mista
Looks like photographers caught Pamela Anderson off guard when she was leaving a houseparty in Beverly Hills last night.
Her black dress turned transparent in the flashlights, revealing that she wasn’’t wearing a bra, reports the Daily Mail.
The unforgiving camera flashes surprisingly got the better of Pamela, who has been under the spotlight for more than 20 years.
The 43-year-old ’Baywatch’ star realised her mistake only after happily posing for a couple of pictures.
Wide-eyed she then held an arm across her chest as she walked to her car.
Pamela-Anderson-takes-in-Li

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