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CFX Hollywood Desk
Hollywood News Wednesday February 22, 2012
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ON THE TUBE: Wednesday
Live! With Kelly (synd) -- Patricia Heaton (The Middle), guest co-host Carrie Anne Inaba
The View (ABC) -- Star Jones
The Talk (CBS) -- Joan and Melissa Rivers
Ellen DeGeneres (synd) -- Randy Jackson (American Idol)
Stephen Colbert (synd) -- Representative Nancy Pelosi
Conan O'Brien (TBS) -- Jennifer Aniston (Wanderlust)
Jay Leno (NBC) -- Tim Allen (Last Man Standing)
David Letterman (CBS) -- Paul Rudd (Wanderlust)
Jimmy Fallon (NBC) -- Alan Alda
Craig Ferguson (CBS) -- Stylist Carson Kressley, Anne Rice (author, The Wolf Gift)
Jimmy Kimmel (ABC) -- Jessica Alba, retiring Congressman Barney Frank
ABC airs Before They Were Famous With Robin Roberts -- featuring old footage of this year's Oscar nominees.
USA airs the season finale of Royal Pains.
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AMERICAN IDOL: Final Judgment Tonight- Tonight, the American Idol contestants go before the judges one last time in part-one of Final Judgment. The first group of semifinalists will be revealed tonight, with the second set on Thursday.
LAST SEASON FINALISTS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Scotty McCreery (Season 10 Winner). Since winning Idol, Scottys tunes can be heard all over the country charts.
Lauren Alaina. Laurens career has exploded since Idol ended. Her first single, ÂÂgLike My Mother Does,ÂÂh was a big hit on country radio.
Haley Reinhart. Haley was the raspy-voiced blues singer (and resident sexpot) of Season 10. She is currently working on her first album, set to be released this spring.
James Durbin. James was Season 10ÂÂŒs resident rock star. In November 2011, his album Memories of a Beautiful Disaster debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200.
Jacob Lusk. The soulful gospel singer arguably had one of the best voices ever heard on Idol. Shockingly, Lusk was not signed to any record label after Idol.
Casey Abrams. Casey was the scraggly haired wild man during Season 10. Casey and Haley Reinhart teamed up in November to remake the Christmas song ÂÂgBaby ItÂÂfs Cold Outside.ÂÂh He was signed to the Concord Music Group, but weÂÂfre not expected to get a single until 2013.
Paul McDonald. Paul was known for his raspy, strange voice (and equally strange/super-cool rhinestone jumpsuits). Paul and actress Nikki Reed (of Twilight fame) were married in October. In 2011, Paul released an album with his band The Grand Magnolias.
AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 11 TIMELINE
Wednesday, February 22 - Las Vegas Round
Thursday, February 23 - Semifinalists Announced
Thursday, March 8 - Winner Crowned
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THE BIGGEST LOSER: Tasty Temptations
The losers were met by a rotating table full of their favorite fatty foods, with spinning pasta, donuts, candy and Chinese food. The contestant willing to take in the most calories in three minutes gets to rearrange teams. Daphne won by scarfing down nearly 1,900 calories in peanut butter cups. She put Jeremy on the red team, and Conda on the black team.
The challenge was at a shipyard, with each team having to solve a giant puzzle. The red team won.
At the weigh-in, Buddy had the lead with a 12-pound loss. Daphne gained two pounds, and was voted off.
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HITTING DVD & BLU-RAY
Tower Heist is new to DVD and Blu-ray today. Hotel workers plot revenge on a crooked billionaire in the comedy with Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Alan Alda, Tea Leoni, Casey Affleck and Matthew Broderick. It comes with commentary, alternate endings, deleted scenes, a gag reel, interactive storyboards and music featurettes.
In the based-in-fact sports drama The Mighty Macs, an all-girls college basketball team makes it to their first national championship. It stars Carla Gugino, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Ellen Burstyn and James Rebhorn. Extras include deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes featurette.
In Retreat, three inhabitants of a remote Scottish island are cut off from civilization after a deadly virus hits Europe. It stars Cillian Murphy, Thandie Newton and Jamie Bell, and comes with a behind-the-scenes featurette and a photo gallery.
Elizabeth Olsen (younger sister of Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen) joins a cult in the drama Martha Marcy May Marlene, co-starring John Hawkes (from HBO's Deadwood). It comes with the featurettes "Spotlight on Elizabeth Olsen," "The Story," "The Making of Martha Marcy May Marlene," "A Conversation With the Filmmakers," "The Psyche of a Cult" and the "Marcy's Song" music video by John Hawkes.
TV that's available includes the third season of Nurse Jackie and the seventh seasons of Matlock and Weeds.
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UPCOMING MOVIES - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH
GONE (drama, thriller) Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan. A woman's hunts down a kidnapper after her sister is abducted.
TYLER PERRY'S GOOD DEEDS (drama) Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union. Wesley Deeds lives a picture perfect life until he does a good deed that changes him.
WANDERLUST (comedy) Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston. A couple leave behind their crazy life in New York but end up in a community called Elysium, which is much different than what they're used to.
ACT OF VALOR (thriller) Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano. U.S. Navy SEALs try and stop a terrorist plot.
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CHARLIE SHEEN SORRY FOR SAYING ASHTON SUCKS - Charlie Sheen has more words for Ashton Kutcher -- in the form of an apology...A few days after trashing the actor and Two and a Half Men, the Sheenius has taken some of it back via Twitter. The tweet reads, "Dear Ashton: My bad. I was disrespectful to a man doing his best. I got excited and threw you into a crossfire. The rest of my statement I stand behind. You, however, deserve better. Safety in your travels, good sir. -- The late Charlie Harper."...Last week Charlie dissed Ashton in a phone interview with TMZ, saying, "I'm tired of lying. I'm tired of pretending like the show doesn't suck. I'm tired of pretending like Ashton doesn't suck."
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GLEE CO-STARS DATING - Life is imitating art on the set of Glee...Co-stars Cory Monteith and Lea Michele are dating, reports Life & Style...The two were spotted getting cozy on Valentine's Day during a romantic date in L.A. An eyewitness says, "They were into each other all night. She was very happy, flirting and touching Cory a lot. He just stared at her with puppy-dog eyes."...According to a Glee crew member, "Cory is totally into her."
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DREW BARRYMORE PREGNANT? - Rumor has it Drew Barrymore is with child. TMZ snapped the actress, who turns 37 today, clutching what appeared to be sonogram results as she left a doctors office in Beverly Hills last week -- but as for whether she's pregnant, we're still left guessing...Drew recently got engaged to art consultant Will Kopelman.
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Stephen Colbert will publish a children's book called I Am a Pole (And So Can You!) on May 8th. The illustrated story is about a flag pole's quest for identity. In a statement, Colbert said, "I hope the minutes you and your loved ones spend reading it are as fulfilling as the minutes I spent writing it."
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Teen Mom 2 star Leah Messer was allegedly attacked by three woman in West Virginia, TMZ reports. Sources say the 19-year-old was leaving a movie theater with her fiance when the women jumped her.
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A judge has thrown out Joe Jackson's wrongful death suit against AEG and Dr. Conrad Murray, because his wife Katherine filed the same suit first. It's unclear why Joe filed a separate lawsuit instead of joining Katherine's.
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Idol's Adam Lambert to sing with rock band Queen - Adam Lambert has nabbed his dream gig: Singing vocals for the iconic British band Queen as they headline the second day of the U.K. rock festival Sonisphere 2012...The former "American Idol" singer-songwriter will step into the late Freddie Mercury's shoes for the band's July 7 set at Knebworth Park in Stevenage, north of London.
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BETHENNY REVEALS MISCARRIAGE - Bethenny Frankel revealed yesterday that she recently had a miscarriage...In an interview on the Today show, the reality star -- who had been eight weeks pregnant -- said, "That was a very emotional experience. Until you become a woman, you don't know the things that come with it." ...Frankel says she's grateful for her daughter Bryn, who was born in 2010, but as for trying to have another, she said, "I'm not really thinking about it."...Bethenny Ever After kicked off its third season last night.
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JUDI DENCH: I'M NOT GOING BLIND - Judi Dench wants to clear something up -- she's not going blind...After revealing that she suffers from the eye condition macular degeneration, the media jumped to conclusions. She tells Reuters, "I do not wish for this to be overblown... This condition is something that thousands and thousands of people all over the world are having to contend with. It's something that I have learnt to cope with and adapt to -- and it will not lead to blindness."...The Oscar-winning actress had admitted that she needed to have scripts read to her because of her poor eyesight.
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One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols have split. They had been dating off and on for more than six years.
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