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Hello again! The week is flying by, and I can't wait until my friends get in town for this weekend's Small Press Expo . Check out some headlines while I look for breakfast: - Fox has ordered a full season of Fringe . - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson got married last weekend. - The actor who played the original Mr. Clean has died . - Rosie O'Donnell is planning a prime-time Variety Show for Nov. 26. - Watchmen runs two hours and 43 minutes , and there won't be a sequel. (How could there be?) - Melissa Etheridge and her longtime partner plan to marry ...
Rosie returns to TV; Fox orders more 'Fringe;' Brad and brood land in NY
USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live —
Llseanpennrobinwright Last night: Sean Penn and wife Robin Wright Penn looked happy at the premiere of What Just Happened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. ... Today: Big ratings are expected from the Palin-Biden debate at 9 p.m. ... David Archuleta makes his acting debut playing himself when cameras roll today on Nickelodeon show ICarly. ... The O.J. Simpson jury will hear closing arguments. ... Elsewhere: Rosie O'Donnell returns to TV with Rosieâs Variety Show , live from New York on Nov. 26 on NBC. It is believed to be the precursor to a show that will start in the new year. ... "Mr. ...
Robert De Niro Plays to Character
Vulture —
Yes, yes — we're looking at you. Photo: Getty Images De Niro Paints Houses: Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro just can't escape the mob, having signed on for the Paramount adaptation of Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses. Steve Zaillan is attached to write, and De Niro is cast as Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, the mob hit man believed to have carried out the murder and dismemberment of Jimmy Hoffa. And Scorsese will presumably just point a camera on De Niro, who won't need much directing seeing as he's played this role ...
It's Official! 'Rosie's Cavalcade of Talent and Celebrity Debasement' Coming Soon to NBC [Spice Of Life]
Gawker: defamer —
... NBC had in mind for him, because Defamer HQ opened for business this morning with flocks of winged monkeys dropping pamphlets promoting Rosie's Variety Show, Rosie O'Donnell's live, hour-long mash of song, dance, comedy and teeth-gritting celebrity cameos set for a Nov. 26 trial run before launching into a full season some time in 2009. The show comprises NBC's best laid plans and worst-kept secret in one handy bundle; O'Donnell has been in talks with the 'Cock at least since July, conjuring a catch-all talent show/musical comedy free-for-all just in case Leno defected ...
Coming soon: “Rosie’s Variety Show”
Snarky Gossip —
Rosie O’Donnell, who has kept somewhat under the radar for the past few months, has a new TV show special coming the week of November 26 and it will be a variety show - celebrity talents, comedians, whole bunch of fun stuff. According to Variety, the show will probably get a regular run, especially if it does well the ...
NBC Preps Rosie O'Donnell Variety Special for Turkey Day Eve, Precursor For More?
IAmATVJunkie.com. Life's Rich Electronically-Delivered Pageant —
All right, I want you all, right now, to get up outta those chairs and get down on your knees and ... no, not that. Say it like you mean it, Joe was right! NBC is going to have a weekly talk-variety program on the air in prime time. And this special is the backdoor pilot for series. Sure, I thought it would be Jay Leno first, but apparently Jay doesn't want to work with NBC anymore (would you?) and so the job goes to Rosie, seen above tapdancing with Sandy Duncan during the Encores! NYC semi-staged revival of No, No, Nanette this past May. Variety: The hourlong event will ...
Ro Ro Gets a Show, Yo.
Oh No They Didn't! —
... article states: NBC will air "Rosie’s Variety Show" live from New York on the night before Thanksgiving — Nov. 26 — at 8 p.m. Special, which has been in the works for months, is believed to be the precursor to a regular variety skein fronted by O’Donnell that would bow in the new year. Rosie has legions of fans who remain eager to see her return to television, though the question remains whether she can foray this opportunity into a success. SOURCE
Former 'View' Host Lands Her Own Variety Show
BuddyTV —
... , where she recently appeared as a recurring character. -Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist Source: Variety (Image courtesy of NBC)
