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Grammy Ratings Get A Boost From Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson Tribute

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Awards show draws 26.6 million viewers, up 35 percent from last year. By Gil Kaufman Lady Gaga performs at the 2010 Grammys Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images It should be no surprise that major wins and performances by some of last year’s biggest-selling artists helped lift the ratings for Sunday night’s 52nd annual Grammy Awards . A buzz-inducing performance from Lady Gaga and Elton John , a stunning aerial show from Pink and talked-about nominations for Taylor Swift and Beyonc

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Mary J. Blige, Andrea Bocelli Brought ‘Heavy Emotion’ To Grammy Duet For Haiti

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Our chemistry surprisingly really, really worked,’ she says of the duo’s performance of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water.’ By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli perform at the 2010 Grammy Awards Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images The versatile Mary J

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Will.I.Am, Slash Remix The Who’s ‘My Generation’ For Haiti

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Song will premiere during Super Bowl XLIV, where the Who will be performing at halftime. By Larry Carroll Will.i.am Photo: George Napolitano/ FilmMagic Five decades after they famously sang “I hope I die before I get old,” the Who are still alive and still rocking.

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Kevin Jonas And Selena Gomez On Haiti: ‘Every Little Bit Matters’

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘It’s so empowering to see how many people are coming together to help,’ Gomez says of ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ telethon.

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Football Stars: Gridiron to Hollywood

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood

Terry Bradshaw After 14 years and an unprecedented four Super Bowl wins with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bradshaw split his time between the broadcast booth and the big screen. He’s appeared in such films as Hooper and The Cannonball Run and most recently opposite Kathy Bates in Failure to Launch Continue reading →

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Simon Cowell Teases About Paula Abdul ‘X Factor’ Rumors

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘You’ll have to wait and see,’ departing ‘American Idol’ judge tells Ryan Seacrest. By Jocelyn Vena Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell Photo: Kevin Parry/ WireImage With Simon Cowell’s last season of “American Idol” set to premiere Tuesday night (January 12), rumors are already spreading about the future of the show, as well as who will be joining Cowell on his U.S. version of “The X Factor” in 2011.

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Checkbook Journalism: A User’s Guide

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| 1 Comment

The Society of Professional Journalists is scolding NBC News for buying its “exclusive” interview with David Goldman —the father of that Brazilian kid—by chartering a jet to fly father, son, and NBC reporter back to the U.S. Shocking, indeed

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Adam Lambert Loses Two More ABC Bookings

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

After his AMA performance, Lambert will not appear on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ or ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.’ By Gil Kaufman Adam Lambert Photo: James Devaney/ WireImage The fallout from Lambertgate continues. Two weeks after Adam Lambert set tongues wagging with his hyper-sexualized American Music Awards performance, the singer has reportedly lost out on two more bookings on ABC, which also aired the AMAs. Lambert confirmed via Twitter on Wednesday that he has been unbooked from a December 17 performance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” — which had reportedly been confirmed before the AMAs — as well as the annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest.” “Yes, sadly friends, ABC has canceled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE

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Taco Hell: Bob Griese Suspended By ESPN

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

ESPN college football analyst and NFL Hall of Famer Bob Griese was suspended one week by ESPN after an off-color remark about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya. This is not the week to work at ESPN.

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ABC Considering Admitting the Obvious: Good Morning America Isn’t a News Show

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Good Morning America was for years produced by ABC’s entertainment division, before people got all huffy about “journalism.” Now, as ABC contemplates what to do after Diane Sawyer departs for World News Tonight , it may be headed back. A source familiar with the discussions inside ABC tells Gawker that among the options Disney/ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney is considering for GMA is returning some or all of the broadcast to the network’s entertainment division, a move that would simply formalize the de facto devolution of GMA —along with the other the morning newscasts—into a music-and-cooking show dressed up as a news broadcast.

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