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Oprahs Next Chapter: Mark Burnett and Roma Downey talk ‘The Bible’ controversy

Emmy award-winning producer Mark Burnett and actress Roma Downey, the famous husband-and-wife team behind History’s controversial ratings hit The Bible, will talk about their careers, the miniseries and the recent dustup over their onscreen Satan on this Sunday’s Oprahs Next Chapter. The all-new episode premieres at 9pm ET/PT on OWN. Burnett and Downey will explain what drove them to create The Bible — which they describe as much “a movement” as a miniseries — and discuss their heartbreak upon realizing that the first appearance of Jesus in the TV epic had been eclipsed by an uproar about whether their “Satan,” Moroccan […]

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Lifestyle

Fashion Queens gets full season run on Bravo

Bravo is adding a new twist to the fashion commentary show and extending its limited-run series Fashion Queens to a full 8-episode season. Fashion Queens will air immediately following Watch What Happens Live, beginning Sunday, April 14. Starring celebrity hairstylists Derek J and Lawrence “Miss Lawrence” Washington of Real Housewives of Atlanta, and hosted by New York socialite Bevy Smith, best known for her star-laden Dinner With Bevy soirees, Fashion Queens will offer the trio’s bawdy and comical quips and commentary on fashion trends and events, celeb hits and misses and more. According to the Bravo announcement, each 30-minute episode […]

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Jay Leno officially leaving The Tonight Show; Jimmy Fallon named new host

It’s deja vu all over again as Jay Leno is out at NBC’s The Tonight Show. Only this time, it sounds more permanent. Jay Leno announced today that he will wrap up what has been 22 years of headlining the legendary late-night franchise in Spring 2014. Also today, NBC officially announced what has been buzzed about in recent weeks, that Jimmy Fallon, who is currently hosting another NBC late-night franchise, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, will transition into new hosting duties on The Tonight Show franchise after Jay Leno concludes his run. As part of this transition, The Tonight Show […]

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Drama

“The Talk” celebrates 40th anniversary of “The Young and the Restless”

The CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless will be celebrating its 40th anniversary on Tuesday, March 26, as the long-running favorite leads up to a “killer” wedding between super-couple Victor and Nikki (the couple’s fourth trip down the aisle over the course of the show). The day before the 40th anniversary episode, on Monday, March 25, CBS’ daytime show The Talk will host actors from the series to talk about the iconic soap opera. On the March 25 episode of The Talk, The Young and the Restless cast members Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott), Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Newman), […]

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Tina Fey kicks off Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio Season 19

Bravo’s long-running series Inside the Actors Studio, and its venerable host James Lipton, will welcome actress, comedian, writer and producer Tina Fey to the stage to kick off its 19th season March 19. Best known to TV fans for her work on Saturday Night Live, her acclaimed run on 30 Rock, and a memorable co-hosting gig with Amy Poehler at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, Tina Fey has also been involved with feature films, including Mean Girls, Baby Mama and the upcoming Admission. Tina Fey has won seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards and […]

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Valerie Harper discusses her terminal cancer diagnosis on “The Doctors”

Iconic actress Valerie Harper, famed for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff, Rhoda, revealed this week that in January she learned of a terminal brain cancer diagnosis. Doctors discovered that she suffers from leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare and incurable form of brain cancer, and have given Harper as little as three months to live. On Monday, March 11, Valerie Harper will bravely discuss her condition in her first on-camera interview following the announcement of her diagnosis when she appears on the syndicated talk show The Doctors. Valerie Harper will also be joined […]

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Family

Pastor Rick Warren brings his lessons for a purpose driven life to Oprah’s Lifeclass Feb. 24

His inspirational book The Purpose Driven Life has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages since its 2002 debut. Now Pastor Rick Warren drops by Oprah’s Lifeclass to give viewers an even deeper understanding of how to put his words and ideas into meaningful action. The episode airs this Sunday, February 24 at 9pm ET/PT on OWN.. As the founder of Southern Californa’s Saddleback church — which now boasts some 20,000 members and numerous satellite congregations — Warren has made it his life’s mission to help people answer the question that is the subtitle of his tome: […]

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Sports

“Costas Tonight: State of the NFL” Thursday on NBC Sports Network

A Super Bowl edition of Costas Tonight will examine the state of the NFL with a special airing Thursday, Jan. 31, at 9pm ET on NBC Sports Network. Topics discussed include player health and safety, the Rooney Rule and a preview of Super Bowl XLVII. Guests and interviews include NFL Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett, Arizona Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald, former RB Thomas Jones, NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson, Football Night in America’s Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison, and psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen. Below is the press release from the NBC Sports Group: COSTAS TONIGHT: STATE […]

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Katie Couric to interview Manti Te’o and his parents

Sorry, Oprah. You may have gotten Lance Armstrong, but Katie Couric has beaten you to the interview with the subject of that other recent sports story that people are simultaneously sick of hearing about, yet can’t seem to get enough of. Couric will conduct the first on-camera interview with Manti Te’o and his parents, Brian and Ottilia Te’o, who are speaking out for the first time on camera. Notre Dame football star and Heisman Trophy runner-up Manti Te’o has claimed that he is the victim of a hoax, after it was revealed that his girlfriend never existed, and that her […]