Famous Canadians Sarah McLachlan, Donald Sutherland and Wayne Gretzky were among those who ushered in the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, despite a pause in the proceedings to acknowledge the death of an athlete earlier in the day.
Flags flew at half mast and the Olympic stadium's scoreboard bore a message of dedication to Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died Friday during a practice run. The Georgian delegation wore black armbands in the Parade of Nations.
Olympic luger killed in training crash
Jacques Rogge, head of the International Olympic Committee, and John Furlong, president of chief executive of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, began their welcoming remarks with...
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A spokesperson for Rachael Ray puts a fork in a Perez Hilton report that the celebrity chef's marriage is (albeit yummy) toast. "That report is totally false," the rep tells TV Guide. "Rachael and [husband] John [Cusimano] enjoyed a happy Fourth of July in the Hamptons".... Songstress Nelly Furtado is engaged to Demacio "Demo" Castellon, the sound engineer who worked on her 2006 album Loose, says People.... Former Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson and his wife Kristin welcomed their first child, a son named Mason, on Tuesday.
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Ashton Kutcher's MTV series will premiere its eighth and final season on April 10 — three days after the cabler "sneak peeks" all eight new episodes in a back-to-back marathon. This time around, Punk'd's prey include Hilary Swank, "Magic" Johnson, Nelly Furtado and Jewel. The series wraps up June 5 with a "Punk'd Awards" show — or so Ashton wants us to believe. Just watch, it'll be all test patterns.
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• Margot Kidder (Superman) will guest-star on the Feb. 11, "Valentine's Day Massacre" episode of ABC's Brothers & Sisters, playing a wayward (gee, really?) friend of Sally Field's Nora.• Grammy nominee Nelly Furtado will guest-star on the Feb. 7 CSI: NY, playing a world-class shoplifter and an ingenious master of disguise. • Another Grammy nominee, Mary J. Blige, will guest on Ghost Whisperer on Feb. 9. Blige, whose music is featured in the episode, plays the coach of a high-school cheerleading team whose members are being disabled by "freak accidents." Save the cheerleaders, save Melinda's Wonderbra!• Reported below earlier, although that Ryan Seacrest/"Nudity" title may have scared you off: American Idol alumna Katharine McPhee will appear on the Feb. 1 episode of Ugly Betty, as a celebrity guest at the "Mode" Fashion Week runway show.
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The highlights of a November-sweeps press release from Fox:• In all-new episodes of Prison Break, Michael is determined to reunite with Sarah, while Mahone and Kellerman are dead-set on keeping them apart, permanently (on Nov. 6); T-Bag makes the ultimate sacrifice to get his hand on Westmoreland's millions, while Lincoln says goodbye to another loved one (Nov. 13); Bellick makes a stunning confession, as Michael and Lincoln make their run for the border (Nov. 20); and alliances are turned upside-down once again (in the series' Nov. 27 fall finale).• On Nov. 15, in one of three new Bones episodes, Brennan and Hodgins, the Grave Digger's latest victims, are forced to try to solve their own kidnapping from an underground grave.• Sweeps guest stars include Everwood's Chris Pratt (in a multi-episode arc on The O.C., starting Nov. 2); film vet David Morse (in four episodes of House, starting Nov. 7); Arrested Development's Jessica Walter (Happy Hour, Nov. 16); and Jane Sey...
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