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VH1 Pulls Ev and Ocho

Ev and Ocho
'Ev & Ocho' Wedding Special - Photo Credit: Mike Colón/Getty
In what’s definitely a smart move by the network, VH1’s announced they will not be premiering the reality series Ev and Ocho on September 3, 2012. The network’s pulled the series from their schedule following the arrest of now-former Miami Dolphins player Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson.
 
Per the network:

Due to the unfortunate events over the weekend and the seriousness of the allegations, VH1 is pulling the series ‘Eve and Ocho’ from its schedule and has no current plans of airing it.”

Evelyn Lozada (Basketball Wives) and Chad Johnson wed on July 4th. Marital bliss doesn’t seem to have lasted long as Ocho was arrested on a domestic battery charge on Friday, August 10, 2012 for allegedly head-butting Ev. Yes, head-butting. On Saturday, August 11th, the Miami Dolphins released the troubled player.
 
In a press conference today, Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said the decision to drop Johnson wasn’t reactive or based on a single incident.
 

‘Stars Earn Stripes’ Preview: Cast, Plot Details, and Trailer

The Cast of Stars Earn Stripes
Todd Palin, Dolvett Quince, Picabo Street, Dean Cain; Standing: Eve Torres, Nick Lachey, General Wesley Clark, Smantha Harris, Terry Crews, and Laila Ali (Photo by: Chris Haston © NBCUniversal, Inc.)

STerry Crews and Nick Lachey star in season one of NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes, a reality series hosted by General Wesley Clark, Retired. The one-hour series joins the primetime lineup on August 13, 2012.

The Plot: In this fast-paced competition, the eight celebrities will gather at a remote training facility where they will be challenged to execute complicated missions inspired by real military exercises. From helicopter drops into water, to long range weapons fire, the contestants will be tested physically, mentally and emotionally.

Each will be paired with a special operative from a military branch or one of our first-responder forces, including former U.S. Army Delta Force and Green Berets, U.S. Navy SEALS, U.S. Marines, and police officers, who will train alongside their partner and compete in the missions with them. Each of the teams is competing for a cash prize on behalf of a military, veterans or first-responder charity.

Committed to hiring recent vets on the crew, Stars Earn Stripes hopes to inspire other employers throughout the country to make similar commitments to our returning heroes and to show audiences just how incredible these heroes’ service missions really are.

The Stars Cast
World Boxing Champion Laila Ali
Actor Dean Cain
Actor/Former National Football League player Terry Crews
Singer/Actor/Producer Nick Lachey
4-Time Iron Dog snowmobile Race Champion Todd Palin
The Biggest Loser Trainer Dolvett Quince
Olympic Gold Medalist Picabo Street
WWE Diva Eve Torres

And The Operatives:
Dale Comstock
J.W. Cortes
Brent Gleeson
Chris Kyle
Andrew McLaren
Grady Powell
Tom Stroup
Talon Smith

News:
First responders and military personnel announced
Season 1 has a winner





Frank Ocean Cancels Tour Plans

From Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean has canceled his upcoming concerts, including tour dates with Coldplay as well as his scheduled festival performances. And he also cut short his performance at Norway’s 2012 Oya Festival citing vocal problems after performing just four songs.

According to a report from The Music.com-au, Ocean had been 15 minutes late to start his set on the main stage at the Oya Festival but then sounded good through four songs. “[…] the set was just hitting its stride when, suddenly, he disappeared off stage. Moments later something was announced in Norwegian. Turns out the disembodied voice was saying that Ocean had lost his voice and would not be returning to the stage,” reports The Music. “A disappointing outcome considering all seemed to be shaping up excellently at the time.”

Ocean then issued a statement via Way Out West festival organizers announcing the cancellations:

From Frank Ocean:
“Lem me start by saying I feel like an a**hole right now. But a tough decision had to be made in regard to my schedule over the next months and the casualities of that decision include my appearances at upcoming festivals in Europe and my opening slot on the European leg of the Coldplay World Tour. Sorry as f*ck. I’ll be back if you’ll have me.'”

Meanwhile, the Way Out West festival people had this to say:

“Frank Ocean has just informed us that he will be unable to perform this evening at Way Out West. Both Frank Ocean and we hoped hoped for the best, but unfortunately he will not be performing. The good news is that Looptroop Rockers will be filling in and performing an exclusive gig at Way Out West. They have graced festival stages all over Europe this summer and now they’re coming to Gothenburg and WOW!”

Alanis Morissette 2012 Tour Dates Announced

Havoc and Bright LightsAlanis Morissette’s new album, Havoc and Bright Lights, drops on August 28, 2012 and in support of its release the Grammy-winner is hitting the road for a North American tour. The Guardian Angel Tour 2012 begins in Montclair, New Jersey on August 25th and wraps up on November 1st in Phoenix, Arizona.
 
According to the tour announcement, Morissette will be singing songs off her new album as well as songs from throughout her 17 year career.
 
“The songs from the last 17 years are blending together like great friends. Thankfully, there is a timelessness in their content and passion, for me! The show covers the gamut of every chord choice and every emotion I have ever felt. I am spent afterwards, happily so. I am thrilled to be able to play and tour with my family, blending my personal and artistic fulfillment into one sweaty, feisty, expressed, communal traveling circus!” said Morissette. “I look forward to connecting with everyone face to face, as well as through the many social networks of this exciting new climate.”
 

Guardian Angel Tour Dates

DATE CITY VENUE
8/25/12 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre
8/26/12 Huntington, NJ The Paramount
8/29/12 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
9/24/12 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s
9/26/12 Pomona, CA Fox Theater
9/29/12 Las Vegas, NV Desert Breeze Park
10/1/12 Big Sur, CA Henry Miller Library
10/4/12 Vancouver, BC Center for Performing Arts
10/5/12 Seattle, WA Moore Theater
10/7/12 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
10/8/12 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
10/10/12 Denver, CO Paramount
10/12/12 Minneapolis, MN State Theater
10/13/12 Chicago, IL Riviera Theater
10/15/12 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
10/16/12 Montreal, QC Metropolis
10/17/12 Boston, MA House of Blues
10/19/12 Waterbury, CT Palace Theater
10/22/12 New York, NY Terminal 5
10/23/12 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
10/25/12 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
10/26/12 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
10/28/12 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
10/30/12 Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
11/1/12 Phoenix, AZ Comerica
 
Tickets go on sale on August 17, 2012 at TicketMaster.com.
 
Source: Collective Sounds
 

‘The New Normal’ Preview: Cast, Plot and Trailer

The New Normal Cast
Ellen Barkin as Nana, Andrew Rannells as Bryan, Justin Bartha as David, Georgia King as Goldie in ‘The New Normal’ (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)

NBC’s set to debut the new half-hour comedy The New Normal on September 11, 2012. Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells star as a couple who believe their lives would be complete if they added a baby.

Ellen Barkin stars as Nana, Georgia King plays Goldie, Bebe Wood is Shania, and NeNe Leakes plays Rocky.

The Plot: These days, families come in all forms – single dads, double moms, sperm donors, egg donors, one-night-stand donors… It’s 2012 and anything goes. Bryan (Rannells) and David (Bartha) are a Los Angeles couple and they have it all. Well, almost. With successful careers and a committed, loving partnership, there is one thing that this couple is missing: a baby.

And just when they think the stars will never align, enter Goldie (Georgia King), an extraordinary young woman with a checkered past. A midwestern waitress and single mother looking to escape her dead-end life and small-minded grandmother (Ellen Barkin), Goldie decides to change everything and move to L.A. with her precocious eight-year-old daughter. Desperate and broke – but also fertile – Goldie quickly becomes the guys’ surrogate and quite possibly the girl of their dreams. Surrogate mother, surrogate family.

Flight to Fly at Film Festival

Denzel Washington stars in Flight
Denzel Washington stars in 'Flight' - Photo © Paramount Pictures, All Rights Reserved
Try saying that 10 times quickly.
 
Robert Zemeckis’ Flight, the dramatic mystery thriller starring Denzel Washington, will be the Closing Night film at the 2012 New York Film Festival. The NYFF runs September 28th through October 14th, and tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning September 9th.
 
Announcing the world premiere of Flight, Richard Peña, Selection Committee Chair & Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center said, “We’re delighted to welcome Robert Zemeckis to the New York Film Festival for the first time. A director equally known for delighting audiences as well as for pushing the technological limits of filmmaking, Zemeckis has created with Flight a remarkable film about one man’s journey to some of the darkest parts of his soul.”
 
Rose Kuo, Executive Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center added, “Robert Zemeckis has shown his diversity as a storyteller in comedies, dramas and has skillfully translated narratives into special effect environments. It is a pleasure to see him bring to life this complicated, tragic-comic portrait of a man in crisis, with an exceptional and poignant performance by Denzel Washington.”
 
Flight will hit theaters on November 2, 2012.
 
The Plot:
 
Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every passenger on board. Although he is immediately acclaimed as a hero, the legal, moral and ethical aspects of Whip’s behavior before and after the accident are much more ambiguous than initially meet the public eye.
 
Source: New York Film Festival
 

Hell on Wheels Cast Talks Season 2

“I think that we’ve done a really good job of making this second season a more character-driven show,” says Anson Mount in this behind the scenes video from the set of AMC’s Hell on Wheels. Kicking off tonight, season two finds ‘Cullen’ (Mount) adjusting to life after Hell on Wheels while Elam (Common) is charged with dealing with a posse that’s been robbing Durant’s (Colm Meaney) payroll.
 
“I’m just going where Elam’s going to go, where the writers are going to take him. But I think it’s a very great place and I already love where we are with him,” explains Common. “I feels great to be in that position of power and to walk around town with some muscle.”
 
Watch the video:
 

 

Michael Phelps Goes from Olympic Gold to Golf

The Haney ProjectIf you hold more Olympic medals than any other human who’s ever walked the planet, you’re photogenic, and articulate, you can probably pretty much choose what TV project you want to become involved with, right? It appears that Phelps, the winner of 22 Olympic medals, has chosen a golf show as his next big project.
 
The record-breaking Olympic swimmer has retired from competitive swimming and is now ready to take on the sport/leisure activity of golf. He’ll be coached by Golf Channel’s Hank Haney as he tackles the world’s best golf courses as the focus of the fifth season of The Haney Project debuting in February 2013.
 
“I have traveled the world through swimming, but really haven’t had an opportunity to experience the world through my travels,” said Phelps in the official announcement. “As I enter this next chapter of my life, I think I will be able to shift my competitiveness to anything I put my mind to and golf is one of the things I want to focus on. If I have a goal of dropping a certain amount of shots, or working on my short game or putting, those things are going to keep me motivated and fire me up and keep me excited. I want to play all the world’s great golf courses, but I’d like to play them well. I’m excited about this project with Golf Channel and I’m looking forward to working with Hank and see what we can do together on the golf course.”
 
“We look forward to chronicling Michael’s transition from the most-decorated Olympian in history to a frustrated golfer trying to enjoy playing the world’s greatest golf courses,” added Golf Channel President Mike McCarley. “Golfers everywhere will be able to relate to his quest to improve his game.”
 
Phelps and Haney will be starting work on The Haney Project next month.
 
Per Golf Channel:
 
Each episode of The Haney Project will follow Phelps on his quest to play better golf, whether it’s one-on-one instruction on the golf course with Haney or developing lessons he will be able to practice on his own. The series also will showcase Phelps in his own environment with cameos by famous friends and other experts who check in on him during his journey, including his mother, Debbie Phelps.
 
Source: Golf Channel
 
Posted by Rebecca Murray
 

‘Guys with Kids’ Preview: Plot, Cast and Video

Guys with Kids Cast
Jamie Lyn Sigler as Emily, Zach Cregger as Nick, Tempestt Bledsoe as Marny, Anthony Anderson as Gary, Jesse Bradford as Chris in 'Guys with Kids' - Photo © NBCUniversal, Inc.

NBC’s introducing the half-hour comedy Guys with Kids on September 26, 2012. Emmy Award winner Jimmy Fallon executive produces and Jesse Bradford and Anthony Anderson lead the show’s cast.

Zach Cregger, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tempestt Bledsoe, and Erinn Hayes also star in season one.

The Synopsis: Guys with Kids is a comedy about three thirty-something dads who try to hold on to their youth as they face the responsibilities of having kids. Thankfully, Gary (Anderson), Chris (Bradford) and Nick (Cregger) have each other to help navigate the highs and lows of fatherhood — while still trying desperately to remain dudes.

Balancing work or staying at home, happily married or happily divorced, taking care of the “littles,” while maintaining a social life is a daily challenge. Whether it’s hosing down their babies in the kitchen sink or hitting the bar strapped with “babybjörns,” these guys are taking on fatherhood in ways no one has ever seen before. Nick and Gary’s wives — Emily (Sigler) and Marny (Bledsoe)–as well as Chris’s ex-wife Sheila (Erinn Hayes)–also offer their own parenting advice.

Dads today are more involved in their kids’ lives than ever, and these guys are no exception. No tantrum is too loud, no diaper is too dirty — Nick, Chris, and Gary are up to the challenge.

The Expendables 2 – Trailers, Photos and Cast

The Expendables 2 Last Supper Poster
'The Expendables 2' Last Supper Poster - Poster © Lionsgate Films
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Jason Statham [full cast list under the ‘Cast’ tab]
Directed By: Simon West
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Genres: Drama, action
Running Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence throughout
Video: Liam Hemsworth talks Expendables 2
News: Filming updates
 
Official Synopsis: The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal…
 
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — five tons of weapons-grade plutonium, far more than enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that’s nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother.
 
That is done the Expendables way….
 
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Jason Statham – ‘Lee Christmas’
Jet Li – ‘Yin Yang’
Dolph Lundgren – ‘Gunner Jensen’
Chuck Norris – ‘Booker’
Jean Claude Van Damme – ‘Jean Vilain’
Bruce Willis – ‘Mr Church’
Arnold Schwarzenegger – ‘Trench’
Terry Crews – ‘Hale Caesar’
Randy Couture – ‘Toll Road’
Liam Hemsworth – ‘Billy the Kid’
Scott Adkins – ‘Hector’
Yu Nan – ‘Maggie’
Amanda Ooms – ‘Pilar’
Nikolette Noel – ‘Sophia’
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The Expendables 2 Last Supper Poster
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Sylvester Stallone in 'The Expendables 2'
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