Celeb News Aggregate
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MANDATORY VIEWING OF THE WEEK (UNLESS YOU HATE BILL MAHER)
Real Time with Bill Maher (Season Premiere) -- 11/10c on HBO
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The success of Warner Bros’ Journey to the Center of the Earth will likely pressure exhibitors and distributors to find ways to roll out digital presentation systems more quickly. Journey delivered an opening weekend gross of $20.58M, with 57 percent of the gross coming from theatres equipped to show the film in Real D 3D.
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TV veteran Regis Philbin is "recovering well" just a week after undergoing a triple heart bypass operation.
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TV veteran Regis Philbin underwent a successful triple heart bypass operation on Wednesday morning.
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American Idol finalist Clay Aiken angered Kelly Ripa while co-hosting Live with Regis and Kelly on Friday when he covered her mouth with his hands to stop her from speaking.
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Forbes names Mel Gibson as most powerful celebrity; Andy Dick pleads not guilty to marijuana charges; and Madonna takes Esther as her Kabbalah name. Plus find out how Bono got caught smoking and get the skinny on reactions to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.
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John 'J.J.' Jackson, one of the first MTV on-air personalities, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack while driving home from dinner in Los Angeles. Also: Catherine Zeta-Jones Donald Trump Janet Jackson Ben Affleck Jon Stewart Morgan Freeman Djimon Hounsou Alicia Silverstone Beauty Shop
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News, Mar. 4 Spider-Man 3 in Works, Kim Basinger vs. Alec Baldwin Settled, Steven Spielberg Holds Comments on The Passion of the Christ Batman Begins Christian Bale Gary Oldman J.K. Rowling Harry Potter Missy Elliot
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Filmmakers Kyle Rankin and Efram Potelle, the subject of HBO's Project Greenlight, say they did not finish watching the TV series because they thought it portrayed them negatively. Also: Julianne Moore Bart Freundlich Sean "P. Diddy" Combs Mike Tyson Kobe Bryant Al Franken Kelly Ripa Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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The second annual Tribeca Film Festival, which ran from May 3-11, more than doubled last year's traffic. Also: 29th annual Saturn Awards Steven Spielberg Peter Jackson Nicole Kidman Luther Vandross Eminem Just for Laughs Festival Bill Cosby Kelly Ripa Brad Garrett M. Night Shyamalan Ashton Kutcher The Woods Peter Boyle Scooby Doo 2
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The buzz is starting as the major networks get ready to present their hottest pilots to advertisers in New York to determine what will or won't make it to the final fall schedule.
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Queen Latifah and a very pregnant Catherine Zeta-Jones have agreed to perform a duet from their musical Chicago at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. Also: Angelina Jolie Monica Lewinsky Kelly Ripa Dixie Chicks Ozzt Osbourne Brett Ratner Rush Hour 3 Superman Morgan Freeman Colors Straight Up Cedric the Entertainer Mike Epps The Honeymooners
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News Roundup for Sept. 5 - Madonna ticks off Londoners with comment about public housing ruining London view. Other celebrities included Ted Nugent Lance Bass Billy Wilder Kelly Ripa Jason Priestley My Big Fat Greek Wedding Nia Vardalos LeAnn Rimes
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All My Children actress and Live with Regis and Kelly co-host Kelly Ripa could walk away with two Emmys this year Ripa was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the ABC soap and her morning chat show with Regis Philbin received a nod for Best Talk Show
29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Kelly Ripa Regis Philbin Susan Lucci Mark Consuelos All My Children ABC
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Kelly Ripa, co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly and a cast member of the soap opera All My children, said on Monday that she expects to extend her originally announced four-week maternity leave following the birth Saturday of a baby girl in New York.
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Talk-show host Kelly Ripa has given birth to a baby daughter, she told Regis Philbin over the phone Monday morning during the live broadcast of Live With Regis and Kelly. Ripa named the child Lola Grace Consuelos, the last name taken from her soap-star husband Mark Consuelos, with whom she already has a 3-year-old son. Ripa told Philbin that she will likely take a longer-than-expected maternity leave, telling him she'd probably require more than a month off.
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2001-The race is going be tight this year.
As the TV season winds down and moves into the May sweeps, the major networks are duking it out for those coveted No. 1 spots, especially in the adults 18-49 group that advertisers love and the ego-boosting title of the most-watched network. This kind of tight primetime competition hasn't been seen in the TV arena in many years, but the reality TV explosion has truly changed the landscape and kept network execs on their toes.