Joey told me just the other day that big news was pending (yet hush-hush), and here it now is: The former Blossom heartthrob is set to make his Broadway debut playing Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago, Broadway.com reports. Lawrence, who next Wednesday guests on a pivotal episode of CSI: NY, will fill the role from May 4 through June 17, at which point fellow Dancing with the Stars alum Harry Hamlin takes over (while wife Lisa Rinna steps in as Roxie). Pussycat Dolls castoffs, meanwhile, are being offered a five percent discount on Les Miz tickets.In related news: The aformentioned Lisa Rinna has been retained by TV Guide Channel to front forthcoming red carpet specials. See the TV Guide News Report for more.
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Lisa Rinna on Dancing with the Stars
It was one raunchy results night. Returning celeb Lisa Rinna, wearing a cut-down-to-there black sequined minidress, was about to perform a song-and-dance number from her upcoming Broadway stint as Roxie Hart in Chicago. In the commercial break, host Tom Bergeron turned to her and warned that she'd better keep her dress on. Rinna shot back, "Unless you want better ratings…. "
The crowd ate it up. And besides, it's hard to argue with Dancing's runaway sex appeal. Comedian Kathy Griffin, sitting ringside, was smitten with the show's new golden boy, Apolo Anton Ohno, who performed an encore of his pe
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Presidential contender Hillary Clinton speaks to voters in a town-hall-type setting on Monday's Good Morning America.... The New York Post "hears" that Lisa Rinna and hubby Harry Hamlin may join Broadway's Chicago. Gee, ya think?.... The John Waters-hosted 'Til Death Do Us Part drew 1.2 million viewers on Monday, giving Court TV a 27 percent improvement in that 10 pm hour versus a year ago.... Contestant auditions for National Bingo Night begin March 24 at the ABC affiliate in Denver, Colorado, and the Cadillac Ranch in Nashville.
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Lisa Rinna, Tease
Daytime drama star turned soap-opera journo turned Dancing with the Stars alum Lisa Rinna is continuing her fancy footwork, juggling a new reality competition — Oxygen's Tease, which she hosts (premiering tonight at 9 pm/ET) — with DWTS' ongoing cross-country tour. TVGuide.com grabbed a few minutes with the fabulously coiffed brunette to comb through her many projects, which include a long-awaited date on Broadway.
TVGuide.com: What title do you think your husband, Harry [Hamlin], would be OK with me using for this Q&A? Can I do "Lisa Rinna Is a Big Tease?"Lisa Rinna: [Laughs
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Talk about unwrapping your gifts. During a Q&A to tout Tease, the upcoming Oxygen reality contest she is hosting, Dancing with the Stars alum Lisa Rinna told TVGuide.com that she is reconsidering Playboy's invite to pose. Having previously shrugged it off, figuring she had been there, doffed that — back in 1998, when she was six months pregnant — Rinna now says that as she keeps lean and mean during the DWTS tour, pals are encouraging her to grin and bare it. "Just yesterday, my makeup artist said to me, 'You know, you might want to rethink Playboy...,' because my body is in pretty good shape," she shared with an embarrassed laugh. "So... maybe. We'll see." And how.
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In an interview with E!, Dancing with the Stars alumna Lisa Rinna revealed that she and hubby/fellow Dancing fiend Harry Hamlin will be joining the Broadway revival of Chicago (as Roxie and Billy) once the DWTS tour wraps up. Not on Rinna's itinerary, however, is baring her leaner, meaner bod for Playboy. "They asked me to do it right after I was on Dancing, but I've already done it, when I was six-months pregnant," she explains. "I thought, why don’t we just leave it at that." Is someone afraid of getting a "6" from Bruno Tonioli?
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Is Dancing with the Stars' Season 1 winner, Kelly Monaco, among those fox-trotting to a venue near you? No, but Season 2 champs Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke will join Joey McIntyre, Lisa Rinna, Joey Lawrence, Willa Ford and Harry Hamlin and their respective pro partners on a 38-city tour kicking off Dec. 19 in San Diego, and finishing Feb. 11 in Atlantic City, N.J. In related news, ABC has announced that Show Me the Money, a new quiz show hosted by William Shatner, will premiere Nov. 22 at 8 pm, replacing Dancing's results show.
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Even after being told he was voted out, Jerry Springer was still cracking jokes: “Thank you for having me. And thank you for letting me go home.” It’s that mixture of sincere humbleness and self-deprecating humor that I’m going to miss most about Jerry. I think Tom Bergeron said it best when he called Jerry “the heart and soul of this show.” This season would not have been the same without him. He gave the show a sweet paternal subplot, a little age variety and some wry commentary — much funnier commentary than Samantha Harris provides (could he possibly sub for her the remainder of the season? Just a suggestion). And in spite of his constant wisecracks, he didn’t treat this competition merely as a joke — he did try to learn the dances. While he sometimes fell short in terms of natural ability and technique, he did succeed in entertaining the crowd. Jerry, you will be missed.Speaking of people missed, MIA Season 1 professional champ Alec ...
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George Clooney
Joan & Melissa LIVE at the Academy Awards5:30: I'm so glad my colleagues over at the channel have decided to go blue for the red carpet. Setting the tone for the evening, Joan Rivers begins with a slightly disturbing scene in which she spreads 'em for Matt Dillon in Crash and groans a lot. And she warns us that there are many more such scenes from the nominated movies to come. Next she gives a nod to Isaac Mizrahi's infamously presumptuous Golden Globes coverage at rival E!. "I would never be so presumptuous!" she declares while she pokes Lisa Rinna in the boob. Instead of groping her interviewees, she'll be using cards to indicate whether they are wearing underwear and/or have real breasts. This'll be interesting.
5:33: Joan gives her own thank-you speech tailor-made to offend her entire crew: "We are color-blind here at TV Guide. Right, black person?" Then she fills the time
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Lisa Rinna may have something better to show for her Dancing with the Stars run than that ugly trophy Drew Lachey had to lug home. Sources at the ABC show tell the New York Post that the Soap Talk sexpot is stepping in as Tom Bergeron's cohost for Season 3, replacing Samantha Harris (who herself is rumored to be bound for Good Morning America).
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