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YouTube is expected to announce Friday that it has partnered with several big names to present TV-style channels that will feature professionally produced shows, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Although YouTube has been known to be a hub for amateur-produced fare such as wacky cat videos, makeup application tutorials, backyard stunts or personally recorded greetings, the video-sharing site is looking to branch out with programming that will compete with satellite and cable TV providers.
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America's Next Top Model
Though the lineup leaked months ago, on Thursday the CW confirmed the cast of the upcoming "all-star" cycle of America's Next Top Model (premiering Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 9/8c). Eight out of the 14 aspiring whatevers are 25 years old or older, which is hilarious since even at a decade younger they'd still be kind of old to be getting into modeling. But America's Next Top Model is not the real world or even the fashion world (which is also not the real world), and creator/host Tyra Banks recently told Good Morning America that this cycle will be about more than just modeling anyway. "I have the girls singing songs, doing music videos, creating perfumes. You can't just be a model anymore ... Now it's about celebrity-celebrity, so that's what I'm doing with my all-stars," she said.
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Joining her in doing celebrity-celebrity with her all-stars will be the usual motley crew of guest judges. Hilariously...
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Anthony Zuiker
CSI creator Anthony Zuiker is heading out of the crime lab and into the Wild West for his next project.
The writer and producer is developing a modern-day Western crime drama, Desperado, for CBS, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Not unlike FX's Justified, Desperado will blend modern ...
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Ann Margret
Cheers to to CSI for bringing Ann-Margret back to the Strip.
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The Viva Las Vegas vet brought glamour, pathos and sex appeal to her role as a Sin City philanthropist with a dark secret who's ...
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CSI
With CSI in production on its 11th season, creator Anthony Zuiker realized his show needed "event" episodes, he says, "to fight for every eyeball you can." To that end, he's written tonight's chilling installment — his first CSI script since one he wrote in 2006 for CSI: NY.
"I desperately wanted to go back to CSI because I sorely missed it," explains Zuiker, who also launched a popular book series. In 2009, he released Level 26: Dark Origins, featuring lawman Steve Dark hunting down a crazed serial killer named Sqweegel...
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Justin Bieber
Multi-platinum teen sensation Justin Bieber will guest-star in the upcoming 11th season premiere of CSI, CBS announced Thursday.
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Bieber, whose hits include "One Time" and "My World," will make his acting debut as "Jason McCann, a troubled teen who is faced with a terrible decision regarding his only brother—a decision that leads him into an explosive confrontation with the CSIs," the network said. The story will conclude later in the season.
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CSI
"Do not read this book. Experience it. Welcome to the Dark side," says CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker, referring to his latest project: it's a book he calls the world's first digi-novel because it combines words with video footage.
Dark Origins is the first in a series of crime thrillers debuting online that follow hero Steve Dark in his quest to track down a serial killer. The interactive experience can be found at Level 26.com.
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"About every twenty pages of this crime novel, I will provide the reader with the option of logging in to www.level26.com to watch 2-3 minutes of motion picture footage which will bridge the story from one chapter to another," Zuiker says. "Before your eyes, the characters will come alive." Bringing the 20 episode series to life is ...
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CSI mastermind Anthony Zuiker has inked a seven-figure deal to launch a trilogy of "digital novels" in an effort to encourage reading among youths, Variety reports.In an effort to catch up with the times, the project incorporates interactive media, with the use of two-minute online videos and a social networking site, which readers can access after every five chapters. At each book's conclusion, readers can discuss the novel on community message boards and make suggestions for future manuscripts.The books will be a crime series, and the first, Sqweegel, is targeted for a fall 2009 release date by Dutton."I want to give traditional crime novel readers a more immersive experience," Zuiker said, adding that multiplatform experience "offers publishing a chance to catch up with the YouTube generation that has lost passion for reading." —Joyce Eng
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Anthony Zuiker has inked a deal to pen his memoirs for a division of HarperCollins, detailing among other things his rise from Las Vegas bellhop to CSI auteur/Hollywood power player, and opening up about his gangster dad. "Most shocking is Zuiker's recollection of his father's suicide... which happened the night he was on stage at the People's Choice Awards collecting his fourth statue for CSI," the publisher previews for the Reporter. "In a scene that could have been pulled from [CSI], Zuiker flew right to the scene and attempted to piece together his father's last hours." The tentatively titled Mr. CSI is eyed for a fall 2009 release. — MWM
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