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Buzz News Roundup, 5/21

BuzzSugar — Mon, 21 May 2007 14:24:25 PDT

"The Apprentice" wasn't on the schedule NBC unveiled last week, but Donald Trump refused to be fired - he quit instead, Reuters reports, moving on to "a major new TV venture."
Julia Roberts is set to produce and star in a movie about Joan Root, a wildlife conservationist who was murdered in Kenya last year, says the BBC news.
Let's just say it wasn't exactly "National Bingo Night" after all - the ABC game show limped to a third-place finish on Friday, writes Zap2it.
"Studio 60"'s expensive, grand set has been torn down, says the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Variety tells of an Overboard! reunion: Goldie Hawn has signed on to direct and star in the comedy Ashes to Ashes with Kurt Russell joining her.
"On the Lot" contestants will have to feature Ford and Verizon products in their films, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
Fiona Apple and Nickel Creek will team up for a summer tour, Billboard reports.
The LA Daily News brings us news that Anthony Michael Hall (yes, the geek from The Breakfast Club!) will be joining the cast of The Dark Night.

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Buzz News Roundup, 5/18

BuzzSugar — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:30:53 PDT

The film world is freaking out over the news that Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino will star together again in an indie film titled Righteous Kill, as reported by Variety.
According to Zap2It, Eric Roberts (Thompson on "Heroes") and Nestor Carbonell (Richard on "Lost") have been added to the cast of Batman sequel The Dark Knight.
"House" has nabbed the post-Super Bowl slot, Zap2it reports.
E! Online talks about Madonna's new song "Hey You," which she recorded in honor of the Live Earth concerts. You can download the song here at MSN.
Billboard says we can relive the mid-1990s with the Counting Crows-Live-Collective Soul concert tour.
The TV adaptation of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," which ABC passed on earlier this week, is looking for a new network, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich had a movie theater built specifically for hospitalized children at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, says Variety.
"National Bingo Night," indeed: More than 3 million play-at-home cards have been printed for tonight's premiere, says the Futon Critic.

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Casting Call: "National Bingo Night"

BuzzSugar — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:15:41 PDT

Hey, all you energetic risk-takers: A new TV show wants you. But it's not "Survivor" or even the return of "Fear Factor." It's bingo.

ABC's new game show, "National Bingo Night," is set to premiere May 18, and the network is looking for competitors willing to play "fast-paced, high-stakes bingo" in front of a live studio audience. I get the high-stakes part (after all, you can win cash and fabulous prizes), but fast-paced? Isn't the pace of bingo kind of glacial by design?

Auditions will be held in Nashville, Denver and Phoenix. Anyone want to go and report back? I'd love to know what the "bingoplex" looks like in person. For more details on the audition sites,

read more Denver March 24 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. KMGH-TV 123 Speer Blvd. (323) 845-3014 abcbingo5@gmail.com Nashville March 24 noon to 5 p.m. Cadillac Ranch 305 Broadway (323) 845-3015 abcbingo3@gmail.com Phoenix March 31 noon to 5 p.m. Phoenix City Grill 5816 North 16th St. (323) 845-3012 abcbingo1@gmail.com Anyone wishing to submit their information in advance should e-mail their picture and a biography to one of the above addresses. Source