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Monday, March 19

 

Neve Campbell and JJ Feild Expecting First Child

The Scream star, 38, is expecting her first child with actor JJ Feild later this year, her rep confirmed. Campbell, who played Julia on Party of Five and Sydney in the Scream series, can next be seen in Sworn to Silence, a Lifetime movie that she also executive produced. Feild, 33, starred in Captain America: The First Avenger, and will next be seen in Austenland. He’s also just begun production on Not Safe For Work.


KONY Founder Jason Russell Detained on Alcohol, Lewd-Conduct Charges

Jason Russell, the filmmaker behind the KONY 2012 Invisible Children viral video, was detained by San Diego police for allegedly being drunk and lewd in public. Russell, 33, was found wearing only his underwear and was masturbating and vandalizing cars , police Lt. Andra Brown says in San Diego. Russell's video, which has been embraced by a number of celebrities, targets Joseph Kony, the leader of a Ugandan rebel army accused of abducting more than 30,000 children over the past 26 years and forcing them into slavery or sex. Ben Keesey, CEO of Invisible Children, says in a statement that Russell was "unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition." "He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better," says Keesey. "The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday. "Jason's passion and his work have done so much to help so many," the statement continues, "and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue. We will always love and support Jason, and we ask that you give his entire family privacy during this difficult time."

 
Comic Gallagher is out of coma, telling jokes
The comedian Gallagher is telling jokes after being taken out of a medically induced coma that doctors put him in following his heart attack last week in Texas. Doctors slowly woke up Gallagher on Sunday morning. His promotional manager, Christine Scherrer, says Gallagher immediately recognized his family and started talking to them. She says he's breathing on his own, moving and joking around. The comedian, whose full name is Leo Anthony Gallagher, is known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer. Scherrer says Gallagher had two stents replaced after collapsing Wednesday before a performance at Lewisville bar, near Dallas. Gallagher had a minor heart attack last March after collapsing while performing in Minnesota.
PHOTO: George Clooney Arrested in Sudan Protest George Clooney was arrested Friday for participating in a staged protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C., organized to bring attention to that country's president, Omar al-Bashir, provoking a crisis with his blockade of humanitarian aide. Regarding the situation, Clooney, 50, had said earlier in interviews that if steps were not taken in the next three to four months, "We're going to have a real humanitarian disaster." He also said he is impressed with President Barack Obama's personal engagement on the situation in Sudan. On Wednesday, the actor testified before Congress about the "campaign of murder" in Sudan.

Is Bobbi Kristina Brown Engaged to 'Adopted Brother'?

The eyebrow-raising relationship between Whitney Houston's daughter and the man raised by the singer as a son may have gone one big, baffling step further. Just a little over a month after Houston died, Bobbi Kristina Brown, 19, was spotted with a ring on her engagement finger following days of very public PDA with Nick Gordon. One source says, "Yes, they are engaged, but the family is trying to coax her away from it. " Another source says, "Nick asked Krissi about a week ago to marry him" and that she's wearing a ring that once belonged to her mom. But the source doesn't know if Brown said yes. The two have been living together in Houston's house and have known each other for years. Gordon reportedly was taken in by Houston more than a decade ago and had been living with the family in her Atlanta home. There is no evidence, however, he was ever legally adopted by Houston, who died on Feb. 11 at age 48.

In 'Housewives' trial, jurors 'hopelessly deadlocked'
Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination trial has gone into extra innings with jurors saying they are "hopelessly deadlocked." The jury of nine women and three men failed to reach a verdict on Friday after a second day of deliberations, pushing the trial into a third week when it resumes Monday. The jury, which is split 8-4 on the verdict, sent a note to Judge Elizabeth Allen White saying that they are "hopelessly deadlocked." "I know how frustrating this process is for you," White told the jury. She then sent the jurors home for the weekend, telling them that if they couldn't come to a verdict on Monday, a mistrial would likely be declared. However, attorneys for both sides are meeting with Judge Helen Bendix in a possible move to settle the lawsuit.
Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith Caught Kissing Courtside | Will Smith Despite reports of trouble in their marriage, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were caught smooching in Philadelphia – on the Jumbotron! Philadelphia-native Smith danced during the game (even though his team lost 84-78) and at one point planted a wet one on his wife for the "kiss cam." The night out was a family affair for the basketball-loving couple, who posed courtside with kids Willow, 11, and Jaden, 13.

'21 Jump Street' cops a $35 million weekend
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill may play totally inept undercover cops in 21 Jump Street, but at the box office, they’re proving much more effective. The R-rated comedy scored a tremendous $35 million in its opening weekend, enough to easily top the chart. In second place, Universal’s smash animated hit The Lorax dipped 41 percent in its third weekend to $22.8 million. After 17 days, the 3D film has found an impressive $158.4 million.
1. 21 Jump Street – $35.0 million
2. The Lorax – $22.8 mil
3. John Carter – $13.5 mil
4. Project X – $4.0 mil
5. A Thousand Words – $3.8 mil



Want My MTVBrett Ratner has become involved in a film adaptation of Craig Marks and Rob Tannebaum's book "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for Sony Pictures. Jody Lambert ("Welcome to People") is adapting the non-fiction book described as an oral history of the rise of MTV in the late 80s and early 90s from those involved in the channel's rise to glory.

Bond Girl
Gran Via Prods. and Wild Fiesta Productions have picked up the film rights to Erin Duffy's recently published novel "Bond Girl." Mark Johnson, Tom Williams and Ben Horton are producing with a scribe currently being sought. The story follows a college grad's efforts to crack an elitist boys' club at one of Wall Street's most esteemed firms. She begins to climb her way up to the top just as the financial crisis hits.



TV NEWS
"The Rosie Show" has been canceled by OWN, with the final show to tape on March 20 and air on March 30 at 7 p.m., the network said. The show, a production of Winfrey's Harpo Studios, O'Donnell's KidRo Productions, Inc., and SantaBu Productions, premiered Oct. 10, 2011. Calling O'Donnell "an incredible partner," Winfrey said, "As I have learned in the last 15 months, a new network launch is always a challenge and ratings grow over time as you continue to gather an audience. I'm grateful to Rosie and the dedicated Rosie Show team for giving it their all." O'Donnell -- who filmed the show in Chicago -- added, "It was a great year for me -- I wish the show was able to attract more viewers -- but it did not. So I am headed back to my home in New York - with gratitude. On we go!"


NBC has renewed its Friday night supernatural procedural "Grimm" for a second season.


"Gossip Girl" will likely be renewed for a shortened sixth and final season. The CW drama is expected to return for a reduced number of episodes like fellow CW drama "One Tree Hill" did for its final season. A spokesman for the network said that CW has not yet made a decision about picking up any of its scripted shows for next year. 


Walking Dead exec producer Robert Kirkman got a jump on Season 3 late Sunday when he broke a major piece of casting news on AMC’s post show chat fest The Talking Dead. Kirkman announced that Treme actress Danai Gurira has landed the pivotal series regular role Michonne, a character popularized in the Walking Dead comics and whose introduction was teased at the end of Sunday’s Season 2 finale.


Jennie Garth has never quite understood the appeal of big city life – and now she's heading out of town with some reality TV cameras in tow. On April 20, Jennie Garth: Little Bit Country premieres on CMT (watch a clip above). The show will follow the newly-single Garth as she and her daughters – Luca, 14, Lola, 9, and Fiona, 5 – ditch L.A. carpools and celebrity shindigs for a simpler life in Santa Ynez Valley, Calif. Along with a farm-averse assistant and a house full of dogs, Garth tackles country life for the first time since leaving her childhood home in rural Illinois. Although the reality show will deal with Garth's recent split from Peter Facinelli after 11 years of marriage, the Twilight actor will not appear on camera.


Jennifer Tilly will lend her voice to The Simpsons, playing herself in an instructional DVD that Lisa watches to learn poker.


Brothers & Sisters grad Matthew Rhys has landed the male lead opposite Keri Russell in FX’s The Americans, an hour-long drama pilot from Joe Weisberg (Falling Skies) and Graham Yost (Justified).  The ambitious project is set in the early ’80s and centers on two KGB spies, Phillip (Rhys) and Elizabeth (Russell), posing as married Americans in suburban Washington, DC. Despite their arranged union, the couple’s bond grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War.


Karate Kid Ralph Macchio — who romanced Hilda on Ugly Betty — will guest-star as a love interest for Fran Drescher’s character on TV Land’s Happily Divorced.


Pretty Little Lucy Hale, Glee‘s Heather Morris, Up All Night‘s Nick Cannon and rapper Mac Miller have joined the lineup of guest hosts for the return of MTV’s Punk’d on March 29 at 10/9c. The unsuspecting celebrity marks include Dianna Agron, Lauren Conrad, Zac Efron, Shenae Grimes, Ian Harding, Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Hutcherson, Jersey Shore’s Ronnie and Snooki, Chloe Grace Moretz and others.














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