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Tuesday, February 12

©Facebook / Mark Balelo Mark Belelo, 40, best known for his appearances on "Storage Wars," committed suicide Monday, by carbon monoxide poisoning. Balelo had been arrested on a drug-related charge Saturday, and upon release from jail was distraught. He called his fiancée, telling her he was afraid he might hurt himself. She met him at his office, and the two spoke for a few hours, before Balelo took a nap. When he woke up, he seemed to be in a better state of mind. His fiancée left Sunday evening. Monday morning an employee found him dead in his car, parked in the garage at his auction house. Balelo first appeared on "Storage Wars" during the second season. He was referred to by some on the show as "Rico Suave," due to the fancy clothes he wore to the auctions. He was also the subject of ire from the other bidders, as he would show up to bid with large amounts of money, easily outspending everyone else.
 John Cho Welcomes Daughter Exclusive  Actor John Cho is a dad again! The Go On star and his wife welcomed a daughter recently, Cho’s rep confirmed. Baby girl is the second child for the couple, who are also parents to a son. No further details are available. Cho currently stars alongside Jason Bateman in Identity Thief and will reprise his role as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek Into Darkness in May. He is also well known for his roles in American Pie and the Harold and Kumar films.


Don Johnson Gets $19M In Lawsuit Over ‘Nash Bridges’ Contract
Don Johnson got $19 million in a lawsuit from Rysher Productions over the television show Nash Bridgers. Johnson has been fighting for a share of the profits from Nash Bridges since 2010. Johnson sued Rysher Entertainment for not living up to their contract. Johnson claimed that his contract gave him 50% of the show’s profits if Nash Bridges ran for more than 66 episodes. The show ran for 122 episodes and a jury awarded Johnson 50% of the Nash Bridges copyright in 2010. Rysher knew that it had to pay Johnson but it the two parties couldn’t agree on a sum. A jury awarded Johnson close to $28 million (which ballooned up to $50 million when a judge added interest) after he filed his lawsuit. Rysher appealed the decision and a panel of judges lowered the sum down to $15 million in October. Johnson could  have appealed the case again to the California Supreme Court but it looks like the two parties have finally come to an agreement. A court document filed in January states that Johnson received $19 million from the production company for his share of the Nash Bridges profits. Johnson signed “an acknowledgment of satisfaction” and the case is now closed. Johnson is best known for Nash Bridges and Miami Vice but he’s also made some notable big screen appearances. He was in Machete with Danny Trejo and recently starred alongside Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained.


Michael Vick gets new deal, stays in Philly

Michael Vick has reached a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Newport News native and former Virginia Tech Hokie agreed to a one-year deal with the Eagles. The deal could be worth up to $10 million for next season. “There’s open competition. Both of them [Vick and Nick Foles] are outstanding quarterbacks. Who the starting quarterback is will be decided on the practice field,” first-year Eagles head coach Chip Kelly said at a Monday afternoon press conference. “In this league, you gotta have two (quarterbacks).” “I feel like this is the perfect situation for me. After talking with Chip and looking at the offense, I wanted to be here,” Vick said.


Lil Wayne Ejected From Heat Game After Threatening Fan
Lil Wayne was ejected this weekend from a Miami Heat game after he made a threatening gun gesture at a fan. Wayne wrote:  “So I’m @ da Heat game right, rootin 4 da Lakers kuz dats my team & would u believe they got police 2 make me leave?! Wow!” But there may be a few details missing from the musician’s account of the incident. According to Miami Heat fan Danny Vega, Lil Wayne was ejected after he made a gun gesture at another fan. Vega writes on Twitter: “Random guy yelled at Lil Wayne at #MiamiHEAT game. Weezy looked back, gave him a mean stare & gestured he had a gun … Weezy just got into argument with security at the #MiamiHEAT game. He got kicked out for gun gesture.” The Miami Heat released a statement saying that Wayne was not kicked out of the stadium. Instead, the team says that Weezy chose to leave the game on his own.

TV NEWS
The CW announced early pick-ups for three of its series: Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and Arrow. Arrow gave The CW its best series premiere since 2009, Vampire Diaries is the network’s highest-rated show in target demos and Supernatural is up 15 percent in total audience versus last season. The dramas will be entering their second, fifth and ninth seasons in fall 2013, respectively.


Dancing With the Stars‘ Season 16 cast will be announced Tuesday, Feb. 26 on ABC’s Good Morning America. The long-running competition series’ latest cycle premieres March 18.


The Walking Dead has done it again. Another. ANOTHER. Series-high rating. Sunday night’s midseason return of the AMC zombie drama delivered 12.3 million viewers and a 6.1 adults 18-49 rating — its biggest yet in both measurements.


Lisa Edelstein‘s career is about to get rocked by Scandal. The former House MVP has booked a guest stint on ABC’s sophomore smash. According to sources, Edelstein will play a client of Olivia Pope and Associate on the series, which is returning to a (mostly) case-of-the-week format in this season’s final nine episodes. Edelstein’s post House gigs have included a run onThe Good Wife, a guest stint on Elementary, and an arc on House of Lies‘ current second season.

The Online Network officially announced Monday that production on both the All My Children and One Life to Live revivals is slated to begin Feb. 25. The sudsers will shoot in Stamford, Conn., with new installments launching this spring.


The G4 network will be rebranded the Esquire Network effective April 22, and will — per a press release —  ”capture the classic voice, impeccable style and unmistakable wit that have come to define Esquire, the original men’s magazine and premier authority on contemporary men.” Programming for the revamped channel will feature not only gaming and technology, but also “entertainment, food, fashion, women, humor, travel, competition, danger and more.”

"Lost" star Josh Holloway has found a new gig. Holloway, who played James "Sawyer" Ford on the J.J. Abrams TV drama, will star in CBS's drama "Intelligence." "Intelligence," from writer Michael Seitzman ("North Country") and director David Semel ("American Horror Story: Asylum"), is centered at U.S. Cyber Command, and focuses on a unit that has been created around one agent with a very special gift, a microchip that has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Holloway will play intelligence officer and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Black.























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