Robin Roberts Has Bone-Marrow Disease, Will Get Transplant from Sister

Robin Roberts is facing another health scare. The Good Morning America anchor revealed Monday that she is battling MDS, or myelodysplastic syndrome, a disease of the blood and bone marrow – and that she will have a bone-marrow transplant, with her sister as a donor. "My doctors tell me I'm going to beat this – and I know it's true," Roberts, 51, writes in an emotional message to fans on the GMA website. "If you Google MDS, you may find some scary stuff, including statistics that my doctors insist don't apply to me. They say I'm younger and fitter than most people who confront this disease and will be cured." Roberts, who beat breast cancer several years ago, will begin chemotherapy immediately. The bone-marrow transplant will happen later this year. "I am very fortunate to have a sister who is an excellent match, and this greatly improves my chances for a cure," she says. She expects to miss "a chunk of time" after the transplant, but hopes to keep working at GMA full time, or close to it, until then. Roberts, who leaned on her sisters during her battle against breast cancer as well, suggested Monday that her cancer treatments were likely the cause of this new medical problem. Still, she is optimistic she'll make a full recovery.

Tommy Chong Reveals He Has Prostate Cancer

Comic Tommy Chong has some serious news, he revealed over the weekend. "I've got prostate cancer, and I'm treating it with hemp oil, with cannabis," Chong, one half of the '70s pothead comic duo of Cheech and Chongb said. Having been officially diagnosed "about a month ago" with "slow stage-one [cancer that I've] had for a long time," the 74-year-old said he first noticed symptoms about eight years ago, while he was behind bars for selling drug paraphernalia. During that period, he was drug-free for three years, he said. "So I know it had nothing to do with cannabis," he said. "Cannabis is a cure." He also made the point that legalizing marijuana "means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested." Chong went on to say he no longer smokes marijuana, having quit about a year ago "for health reasons." Because he's not using it to fight his cancer, he says he is ingesting hemp oil "at night, so I won't be woozy all day."
 After six years together and two children, Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves have tied the knot. The couple wed Saturday evening in a private ceremony in Texas, with Alves taking the groom's last name to officially become Camila McConaughey. Engaged since Christmas Day, they married before close friends and family, including their two kids, Levi, who turns 4 next month, and daughter Vida, 2½. McConaughey, 42, and Alves, 29, a Brazilian model and designer who the actor has said is "the love of my life," kept mum about the wedding – even to some guests – until the last minute. After the ceremony, wedding guests stayed in dozens of tents McConaughey pitched on his sprawling property for the occasion.


'Madagascar 3' roars with $60.4 million debut, holding 'Prometheus' at No. 2
Dreamworks $145 million 3-D sequel Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, which features the voice work of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, and David Schwimmer as lost Central Park Zoo animals, handily won the weekend with $60.4 million. Ridley Scott’s return to sci-fi, Prometheus, invaded theaters in second place with $50 million.
1. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – $60.4 million
2. Prometheus – $50.0 million
3. Snow White and the Huntsman – $23.0 million
4. Men In Black 3 – $13.5 million
5. The Avengers – $10.8 million
 D’Angelo is back. The reclusive R&B singer made his first live U.S. appearance in 12 years at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival early Sunday morning, surprising a few thousand fans during Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Superjam session. “I’ve been waiting 12 years to say this — ladies and gentlemen, D’Angelo!,” Thompson said as the crowd roared. It was his first U.S. show since 2000 and a prelude to an appearance at July’s Essence Music Festival and a European tour with many of the same players who backed him Sunday morning. D’Angelo played live in Europe earlier this year.

The X Factor Judges Walk Out of Kansas City Auditions

Britney Spears wasn't the only one needing a break this time. All four judges of The X Factor walked out of the Kansas City auditions at the Sprint Center on Saturday after a vocally challenged contestant faced away from the panel as he sang. "It was really awkward," says an audience member. "You could tell the judges were done." Spears, Demi Lovato, L.A. Reid and Louis Walsh, who was subbing for an ill Simon Cowell, chose to leave in the middle of the audition rather than remain in front of a contestant who refused to look at them.
 Trace Cyrus and actress Brenda Song have called off their engagement and ended their relationship. "Brenda and I have decided to go our separate ways," Cyrus, 23, said in a statement. "We split up a couple of months ago. We will continue to focus on our careers." The couple got engaged last October, but as of January, Cyrus said he and Song, 24, had not set a wedding date and were instead going to spend the year focusing on their careers. Cyrus, the former lead singer of Metro Station, now performs under the name Ashland High, and Song recently appeared in The Social Network. Continued Cyrus's statement on their split: "I wish Brenda the best and much success in the future. I hope everyone can respect our privacy about this situation." The news comes days after Cyrus's younger sister, Miley, announced her engagement to Liam Hemsworth


Glenn Beck signs $100 million radio deal
Since Glenn Beck and Fox News parted ways last year, you might be under the impression that his star has receded from the national political conversation — if only because Jon Stewart and his Daily Show writers no longer use him as a daily punching bag. But Beck’s morning radio show remains a force, with ratings up nearly 50 percent from five years ago, and routinely trails only Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity in listeners. Today, his company, Mercury Radio Arts, renewed its deal with Clear Channel’s Premium Networks for five more years. Since we began our relationship 10 years ago, Glenn has not only built an incredible connection to his audience on multiple platforms, but has also established himself as a true talent and visionary,” stated Julie Talbott, Premiere Networks president, content and affiliate relations. “We’re incredibly proud of the continued growth and success of our partnership with Glenn and Mercury Radio Arts, and look forward to working together for many more years to come.”Beck’s departure from Fox News has cost him exposure, but just as Howard Stern once sacrificed access for creative control (and money) by shifting his show to satellite radio, the controversial conservative is swimming in financial success. Many fans have followed him to his video-streaming network, and his radio show can be heard daily on more than 400 stations across the country.



TV NEWS
Cee Lo Green is busy coaching on NBC’s The Voice, writing a memoir, working on multiple albums, and prepping a residency in Las Vegas. But he isn’t stopping there: Green is taping a guest spot on TV Land’s new sitcom The Soul Man this week. The TV Land comedy stars Cedric the Entertainer as Reverend Boyce, a former R&B star, and Niecy Nash as his wife, Lolli. Green is set to appear as — what else? — a flashy rival preacher who’s stealing congregation members from Boyce’s church. The Soul Man premieres on TV Land June 20 at 10 p.m.


Also on Sunday, HBO opened a fifth season of True Blood at 9p which attracted 5.2 million viewers which was a decline of -4% over the season four premiere.  The season opener of True Blood did post +3% better than the season four finale episode.  Combined with the 11p encore, True Blood tallied a total of 6.3 million total viewers for the night. 


Three actors are joining a trio of SHOWTIME programs: Valerie Cruz, who has appeared in multiple episodes on True Blood and Dexter, is joining Homeland during season two as Major Joy Mendez.  Cruz' role begins as a guest starring stint that may become a recurring role.  Matt Gerald (Avatar, The Shield) will be a part of Dexter's cast for the seventh season.  He will play a blue-collar violent criminal in a multi-episode run.  Gerald is also in the new ABC drama Last Resort.  For Californication, Maggie Grace was just added as a professional muse to rock bands.  Newcomer Meghan Falcone is joining to play a groupie roommate named Shari to Grace's role.

The season five finale of Mad Men on AMC airing Sunday night marked the highest-rated finale in the series history with 2.7 million viewers.
 
Joy Behar, co-host of ABC's The View will host a new one-hour series, The Joy Behar Show (wt) on Current TV beginning this September.  The Joy Behar Show will air nightly Monday through Thursday at 6p and will repeat the same evening in primetime.  The series will feature topical news and issues along with Behar's sense of humor and perspective as she discusses the latest headlines, pop culture events and more with a rotating group of journalists, analysts and political satirists.  More details on the show's ensemble cast, official title and premiere date will be revealed later this summer. In addition, Behar will guest anchor a week on Current TV while Governor Eliot Spitzer, host of Viewpoint will be on a scheduled vacation.  Joy Behar: One Week Only *Until the Fall will air Monday through Friday, June 18-22 at 8p. 


American Horror Story is in talks with Joseph Fiennes (FlashForward) to play the boss/object of attraction for Jessica Lange’s asylum administrator in Season 2.


Showtime has ordered to series two new dramas, Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex. The Liev Schreiber-starring Donovan centers on a professional “fixer” who is regularly called upon to solve the problems of L.A.’s elite. Paula Malcomson (The Hunger Games), Kate Moennig (The L Word), Steven Bauer (Breaking Bad), Pooch Hall (The Game), Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do!) and Peter Jacobson (House), among others, co-star. Sex, meanwhile, stars Michael Sheen (30 Rock) and Lizzy Caplan (Party Down) as real-life 1960s human sexuality pioneers William Masters and Virginia Johnson, exploring their unconventional lives. The drama co-stars Caitlin Fitzgerald (It’s Complicated), Nicholas D’Agosto (Heroes) and Teddy Sears (American Horror Story). Both 12-episode debut seasons are slated to launch in 2013.


Amy Aquino (ER, Felicity) will recur in Season 3 of Being Human. She’s been cast as a women who aids in finding the now-lost Sally.


Former High School Musical drama queen Ashley Tisdale has graduated to her most adult role to date, scoring a multi-episode arc on the upcoming fifth season of Sons of Anarchy. The ex-Hellcats star will play Emma Jean, a high-priced desirable escort who complicates the club’s life in at least two episodes.