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If you're planning a Summertime birthday bash, consider following the lead of Beth Saxton of Beth and Co. When her daughter Carter said she wanted a sixth birthday party inspired by ABC's Wipeout, Beth went all out, throwing an awesome, water obstacle-filled party that would make any 6-year-old (and her parents) smile. "Carter was dead set on this being the theme for her party," Beth says. "It Read more
Sam Raimi will direct a live-action movie based on the video game World of Warcraft. — Variety The Comedy Central series Drawn Together is also getting the feature treatment, but it'll be straight to DVD. — Broadcasting and Cable Adele, Leona Lewis, Kelly Clarkson, and Miley Cyrus are VH1's new Divas. — E! Online Uma Thurman will star in the indie drama Girl Soldier, about a woman who Read more
ABC will show Wipeout opposite the Super Bowl. — The Hollywood Reporter Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler are in negotiations to star together in an untitled comedic bounty hunter movie. — ComingSoon Five people, including Martha Plimpton, have joined the cast of Matthew Perry's Showtime pilot. — Zap2it Kiss has decided to hit the studio next year to record its first new album since Read more
Between Katie Holmes, Katherine Heigl, and that hilarious Scrubs panel, ABC's session at the TCA press tour has already been action-packed. And it's only getting nuttier today, when Shonda Rhimes, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and the ladies of Desperate Housewives take the stage. Before we get to that, here are some great stories I didn't get to share on Wednesday: One of the reasons I'm Read more
Tonight's a big night for game shows: Three new ones are premiering, two on ABC and one on NBC, all with different levels of zaniness. NBC's entry, Celebrity Family Feud, is the most recognizable of the three, as it's the latest in a long series of Family Feud updates. Tonight's show pits Ice T vs. the Rivers clan and Raven-Symone's folks against Wayne Newton's. I'm holding out for The Office vs. Read more
ABC, CBS, and Fox have joined NBC in releasing their Summer schedules in recent days, and while we're still waiting on The CW, this already gives us a pretty good sense of how the season will look. There's a lot of reality, of course, but at least one cool scripted series is also on the schedule. Here are some of the goodies: Swingtown, the CBS series about '70s swinger couples, will finally Read more
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo held hands leaving lunch in Beverly Hills yesterday. Vanessa's been keeping busy during her pregnancy while also filming upcoming episodes of her prime-time game show, Wipeout. Meanwhile Nick is fully engrossed in the baseball season and supporting the Reds. Nick visited Cleveland over the weekend and led his hometown crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Read more
"I'm excited either way! But I always wanted a boy 1st," mom-to-be Vanessa Lachey tweeted to a fan yesterday after being asked whether she was hoping for a boy or a girl. The day before, the 31-year-old Wipeout host had shared a Twitpic of an at-home gender prediction test, and asked followers, "Am I crazy for wanting to try this? I'm such a sucker for this kind of stuff!!!" After receiving a Read more
8:00 Wipeout (repeat) 9:00 My Extreme Affliction: A Special Edition of 20/20 (new) 8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat) 9:00 Criminal Minds (repeat) 10:00 48 Hours Mystery (new) 8:00 Q'Viva! The Chosen (new) 11:00 Alcatraz (repeat) 8:00 Harry's Law (repeat) 9:00 The Firm (new) 10:00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (repeat) 11:30 Saturday Night Live (new, with guests Jonah Hill and The Read more
8:00 Wipeout (repeat) 9:00 Grey's Anatomy (repeat) 10:00 Private Practice (repeat) 12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (repeat, with guests Joan Rivers and Maria Menounos) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (new) 8:30 The Big Bang Theory (repeat) 9:00 Person of Interest (new) 10:00 The Mentalist (new) 11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (repeat, with guest Howard Stern) 12:37 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Read more
