Jamie Foxx says he does not want Miley Cyrus to catch Chlamydia from a bicycle seat or make a sex tape or have a gum transplant.
Out to do damage control, Foxx apologized to Cyrus on Tuesday's Tonight Show for the profanity-laced tirade he made about the actress on his Sirius radio show, The Foxxhole, on Sunday.
"I so apologize to [Cyrus], and this is sincere," Foxx said. "I am a comedian, and you guys know that ...
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TBS' half of Turner's Wednesday upfronts presentation kicked off with renewal news for Tyler Perry's House of Payne (returning in June) and 10 Items or Less. The laugh-centric cabler then announced a development slate featuring:• National Banana Already in Progress, a late-night sketch show exec-produced by Jerry Zucker (Airplane!).• A scripted comedy produced by Def Jam's Russell Simmons and starring Run DMC's "Run."• A half-hour laffer exec-produced by and starring William H. Macy.• A late-night reality series which returns middle-aged men to their frat boy days. (And you thought all it took was a case of Pabst.)• An improv show exec-produced by Jamie Foxx.• Top Ten, which claims to "pit comedians against each other."Bookmark our FALL TV GRID | Review All of Our FALL TV NEWS
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With an eye on the possible writers' strike and a Christmas 2008 release, Columbia is fast-tracking Angels & Demons, the Ron Howard-directed follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, for a February production start.... Also per Variety, Dakota and Elle Fanning will star with Cameron Diaz in an adaptation of the Jodi Picoult novel My Sister's Keeper.... Michael Mann is developing the mob drama Frankie Machine as a star vehicle for Robert De Niro.... According to the Reporter, Woody Harrelson will join Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum in Oliver Stone's new Vietnam drama Pinkville.... Jamie Foxx is a detective investigating race-related slayings in The Zebra Murders.
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At noon today Comedy Central will launch DailyShow.com, a new online destination boasting 16,000 clips, nearly the entire video archive from the past nine years. (Simultaneously, workplace productivity nationwide is expected to drop 85 percent.) Per the Reporter, Kilborn-era material could be added by early 2008.... The reunited Spice Girls will give their debut TV performance on The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, airing Dec. 4 on CBS. Kanye West and Seal will also croon alongside the balconette bras.... Jamie Foxx will duet with the group Rascal Flatts on "She Goes All the Way" during the CMA Awards airing Nov. 7 on ABC.... Boogeyman 2: Unrated Director's Cut arrives on DVD Jan. 8, 2008.
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He's come a long way from Ugly Wanda! Jamie Foxx received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday. "My grandmother's gotta be spreading her wings and flying around in heaven, just so happy," he told a crowd of well-wishers. Meanwhile, Reba McEntire has been named Billboard's first Woman of the Year, meaning, well, she's swell, and there will be lots of pictures of her in the magazine's October Women in Music issue.
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