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Buzz News Roundup, 9/10

BuzzSugar — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:17:04 -0700

The fourth Indiana Jones movie has an official title: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was announced by an excited Shia LaBeouf at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards.
"Power of 10" is getting six more episodes for midseason, Zap2it reports.
ComingSoon reports that the "Big in reverse" movie 17, starring Zac Efron, has nabbed director Burr Steers (Igby Goes Down).
"My Boys" is getting a third season on TBS, Variety reports.
New Line Cinema has obtained the rights to remake Guillermo Del Toro's creepy ghost child thriller The Orphanage, says Hollywood Reporter.
Billboard has some details on Coldplay's newest album, which is due in 2008.
According to Variety, Karen Moncrieff's mystery-thriller The Dead Girl won the grand prize at the Deauville Festival of American Film on Sunday night.
ABC has bought an hour-long, high-stakes game show called "The Duel," in which competitors try to outwit each other in one-on-one trivia battles, says the Hollywood Reporter.

TV Tonight: "Power of 10"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:00:00 -0700

If Drew Carey hadn't been tapped as the new host of "The Price is Right," his new game show, "Power of 10," might have been just another summer TV diversion. But now the show, which premieres tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific, is more of a trial for how Carey will fare as a full-time game show host.

I keep thinking of "Power of 10" as "Family Feud" without the family. The show's producers polled thousands of Americans on questions from how much they've spent on jeans to whether they were virgins on their wedding day. Then, "Power of 10" contestants have to predict what percentage of Americans answered one way or another, with the contestant with the best handle on the mindset of the American public getting a chance to play for $10 million.

I'm pretty curious to check out this show; I love trying to guess how the average American thinks, and I want to see how Carey performs as host. I'm sure "Power of 10" will have all the annoying pacing of every primetime TV game show - "let's see if you have the right answer ... after this commercial break!" - but I'm still going to give it a shot. To watch a clip from the show, read more

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No, Reality TV Isn't Dead Yet

BuzzSugar — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:28:46 -0700

Wayne Brady has been tapped to host Fox's "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" The show will ask contestants to sing the missing lyrics to up to 10 songs for the chance to win $1 million. This sounds suspiciously like NBC's "The Singing Bee," and America certainly doesn't need two karaoke-themed game shows. For that matter, America doesn't need one karaoke-themed game show.
For the second week in a row, the bad reality roundup includes a Donald Trump project. This time, it's "Pageant Place," a show for MTV that will follow Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA living in the same apartment during their reigns. Apparently, the three beauty queens always live together, so my biggest question is: How has this not been filmed before? (And, on a related note, how do those three egos fit in a New York-sized apartment?)
VH1 has a whopping five new reality shows in the pipeline. Worst among them: "Danny Bonaduce’s Child Star,” featuring the former Danny Partridge looking for the next great kid actor/stage parent combo, and "The Salt 'N' Pepa Show," following the trio's attempted reunion. (But I'm not going to lie: "America's Most Smartest Model," hosted by Ben Stein, is probably going to be awesome.)

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Following the stunning success of "National Bingo Night" and "The Great American Dream Vote" (...kidding), ABC is trying yet another prime-time game show: "Set for Life," hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Contestants will try to win some large amount of money paid as a monthly check for the rest of their lives, though I have no idea what they have to do to get it. According to ABC's press release, "This show does not require skill." Good to know.
Speaking of which, CBS has "Power of 10" lined up for an August debut. In this one, Drew Carey will guide contestants to answer questions posed to the American public; those who correctly predict how the majority of people respond can win up to $10 million. Basically, it's "Family Feud" without the family (or Richard Dawson).

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Link Time! George Clooney Gets Behind A New TNT Show

BuzzSugar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:05 -0700

George Clooney is signing on to exec-produce Delta Blues (with an Elvis impersonator cop!) for TNT - TV Squad
January Jones will star in the Nicolas Cage thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps - Coming Soon
The Short Circuit remake gets a director - MTV Movies Blog
Those DirectTV ads with Chris Farley and David Spade suffer some backlash - E! Online
Kristin Davis talks the Sex and the City sequel - Hollywood Crush
Lots of photos from this past weekend's CMJ Festival - Stereogum
Weezer and Lil Wayne's collaboration "Can't Stop Partying" is pretty darn catchy - Idolator
Check out this list of the best rock-'n'-roll movies - Rotten Tomatoes
Author Augusten Burroughs is working on two new TV series, one for CBS and one for Showtime - Movieline
Norah Jones plays a pirate in her new music video - HitFix
Just in time for Halloween: The 5 scariest TV episodes ever - TV.com
Plus, 10 girl-power inspired costumes (Bella Swan made the list!) - TresSugar