Seven-time Grammy Award winner Toni Braxton will embark upon her first major concert tour in 10 years this spring, it was announced on Friday. The "Libra" tour — which kicks off in Atlantic City on March 10 and continues through mid-summer — will feature greatest hits from such albums as Secrets, The Heat and More Than a Woman.
The New York Daily News reports that Jessica Simpson may come clean about her crumbled marriage to Nick Lachey in a no-holds-barred heart-to-heart with Diane Sawyer. While an ABC News rep tells the paper, "Diane has interviewed Jessica in the past and would welcome the opportunity to sit down with her again," Simpson's spokesperson insists the blonde bombshell has "no plans" to rehash the romance with any journo. What's more, her rep tells the News that an US Weekly cover story about Jess cavorting in carnal ways with Maroon 5's Adam Levine are "not true. Jessica is a single girl."
Per the New York Post, producer Cameron Mackintosh has announced that Les Miserables, which had its final curtain call in May 2003, will return to Broadway with a new cast for a six-month run beginning Nov. 9 (previews start Oct. 21), at the Broadhurst Theatre. So don't you fret no more, M'sieur Marius!
The N's Instant Star, which launched its second season just last week (Fridays at 8:30 pm/ET), picks up where the cheer- and tear-filled finales of American Idol leave off, chronicling the travels of Jude Harrison, a young reality-contest champ suddenly thrust into the spotlight and the discord-filled world of pop music. TVGuide.com swapped e-mails with Star's star, Alexz Johnson — currently in Germany promoting Final Destination 3 — to find out if Instant exposure has affected her. TVGuide.com: Who put the "z" in Alexz and why? Is it one of those Canadian things I'll never understand, like metrics and poutine?Alexz Johnson: My mom and dad put the
Revenge has a new name (and a sssmokin' body). Tamara, starring music-video-dancer-turned-actress Jenna Dewan and from the creator of Final Destination, is a new horror film now playing at a theater near you. Oh, and did we mention that revenge smells nice and flowery, too? Actually, that's just the fragrance (not Curious, you can pretty much bet) worn by Justin Timberlake's post-Britney girlfriend as she sits down for a one-on-one with TVGuide.com. TVGuide.com: So the moral of this movie is what Mom always told us: "Don't pick on the drab girl who's into the occult or else she'll clean up nice and unleash on you a load of hurt."Jenna Dewan: Yes, and we like that. That's what I love about the movie, is that it does have a big moral to it — "You reap w
NBC's The Office, which was originally slated to air its season finale on March 30 — as boss man Steve Carell breaks away to film Evan Almighty — instead will extend its sophomore run to May 11, using a combo of repeats and one additional new episode. Elsewhere on the Peacock: Joey returns March 7 at 8 pm/ET, and Scrubs moves up a half-hour to Tuesdays-at-8:30 effective March 28, the same day Teachers, a new comedy, debuts at 9:30.
Hate me if you must for teasing you with the picture on the right, but hear me out. US Weekly is reporting that Kid Rock has a sex video floating around out there, and it costars Creed frontman Scott Stapp, who just tied the knot on Feb. 10! The six-year-old tape allegedly shows both musicians engaging in explicit sex acts on a tour bus — but not together (although they do talk to each other in the midst of their individual "encounters"). Hey, as long as no sheep are involved, says Rock's former flame. (Read on, gutterbrain....)
Tom Cruise and his pregnant fiancée, Katie Holmes, are refuting talk that they have split up. Characterizing a Life & Style story as "malicious fallacies" and "100 percent false," a rep for the duo says in a statement, "[They] are still moving forward with their wedding plans, as well as planning for the arrival of their child." The celeb weekly's woes may not end there, either. Cruise's lawyer tells Star — does no one have the number for Time or Newsweek? — "I will be sitting down with Tom to discuss... whether we bring a lawsuit. If it was up to me, I would sue."
On April 28, puppeteer Caroll Spinney, the man who has brought Big Bird to life since Sesame Street's 1969 debut, will be honored at the Daytime Emmys with a Lifetime Achievement Award. At last week's nominations event, TVGuide.com chatted with Spinney about his fine-feathered friend's big night — but alas, not before he put away his other alter ego, a certain green Grouch. (Kids, click away now before I traumatize you with too much about Sesame Street's inner workings.) TVGuide.com: I see that you just packed Oscar away in his duffel bag....Caroll Spinney: That's what he likes best. That way, he doesn't have people bothering him. TVGuide.com: How has your j
Producer Michael Bay, who in addition to Pearl Harbor has brought us intentionally frightening fare such as remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror, now is setting his sights on resurrecting Jason Voorhees in a Friday the 13th redo. Alas, with no director or stars attached yet, insiders tell the Hollywood Reporter that it's unlikely the slasher pic will be ready in time for Friday, Oct. 13 — which is OK. This has more of a Christmas-release, feel-good vibe to it.
Paul Reiser is mad about cars. Or, more specifically, a car dealership. OK, even more to the point, he's mad about a sitcom pilot he's currently developing for CBS about a guy who sells cars for a living. At the same time, the Mad About You alum is happy to be bringing The Thing About My Folks — which he wrote and produced, and in which he plays son to one of his idols, Peter Falk — to DVD. Reiser found a few minutes to speak with TVGuide.com about his new TV foray (including whether there's a role in it for Falk), and the very special "extra" included in the Folks DVD. TVGuide.com: I just wanted to amend
Talk about making a splash: Surface, NBC's freshman sea-creature feature, signed off last Monday with a finale filled with lots of tidal waves and slithery beasties — if not satisfying answers about what exactly is going on. TVGuide.com had the pleasure of picking the brain of series cocreator Josh Pate by hitting him with some burning questions (including, yes, "Will Surface be back in the fall?") TVGuide.com: Was it always the plan to have all the principals finally unite in the first-season finale?Josh Pate: Yes. Yes it was. We always wanted to 'cross the streams.'" At first NBC gave us a full pickup, and then they gave us this weird 15 [episode] order, so where the finale fell was changed around, but we always wanted the characters
Talk about making a splash: Surface, NBC's freshman sea-creature feature, signed off last Monday with a finale filled with lots of tidal waves and slithery beasties — if not satisfying answers about what exactly is going on. TVGuide.com had the pleasure of picking the brain of series cocreator Josh Pate by hitting him with some burning questions (including, yes, "Will Surface be back in the fall?") TVGuide.com: Was it always the plan to have all the principals finally unite in the first-season finale?Josh Pate: Yes. Yes it was. We always wanted to 'cross the streams.'" At first NBC gave us a full pickup, and then they gave us this weird 15 [episode] order, so where the finale fell was changed around, but we always wanted the characters
While all those media-maven types theorize about the true meaning of Las Vegas' upcoming time-slot change — NBC's Monday-night mainstay is moving to Fridays at 9, starting March 3 — Vanessa Marcil won't be bothered. As the Montecito's hostess with the oh-so-mostess, she is relishing her dream job, a role she values a distant second behind that of mother to son Kassius, who turns 4 in March. In this candid Q&A with TVGuide.com, the brunette beauty cheers "Viva Las Vegas" — and reveals at least two celebrity crushes. TVGuide.com: When I called you to set this up, it sounded a bit festive in the background. Were you at a strip club with your Vegas pals, or were
Last week was an emotional roller-coaster for Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Just days after brother-in-law Matt Hasselbeck's Seattle Seahawks were deprived of a Super Bowl win, she and the other ladies of ABC's The View racked up 10 Daytime Emmy nods. Is this the year that they at last grab the gold for Outstanding Talk Show Host? Just minutes after the nominations were announced, TVGuide.com caught up with Hasselbeck, aka that sunny Survivor, to discuss the show's chances and to tackle a very hot topic — the questionable refereeing during that Super Bowl loss. TVGuide.com: First of all, congratulations on The View's nominations [including best talk show]!Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Thank you. The show's been nominated right from the jump, so it's nice to know it's always been in the game. It's certainly deserved it every single year. TVGuide.com: From where you're sitting, when
ABC's World News Tonight, already in the process of filling the void left by the injured Bob Woodruff, will find itself sans its other coanchor, Elizabeth Vargas, this summer. The veteran newswoman is pregnant with her and husband Marc Cohn's second child together, the couple announced Friday, and is due to deliver in late summer. "During such a difficult time for all of us, it's good to get such wonderful, life-affirming news," ABC News president David Westin said in a statement. OK, at this point I think ABC may have to resort to promoting Invasion's Larkin. What, she's pregnant, too? Argh.
Barry Manilow has landed at the top of the Billboard 200 chart for the first time in 29 years, with his just-released album, The Greatest Songs of the Fifties. Asked to comment, a clubgoer named Lola growled, "Hey, it's great and all, but he's not my type." Oops, that was the Kinks' Lola. Em-bar-ras-sing.
Donald Trump wants to test the mettle of someone hoping for an Olympic medal. For Season 6 of The Apprentice — to start production this summer, and for the first time in Los Angeles — NBC invites fans to pick an Olympian to join the ranks of Trump Corp. employee wannabes. Now through Feb. 26, visit NBCOlympics.com to cast your vote for one of 12 participating athletes to brave the boardroom this fall. (Apprentice Season 5, meanwhile, begins Feb. 27, featuring regular business-minded folk who can't luge.)
On ABC's mid-season hit, In Justice (Fridays at 9 pm/ET), Jason O'Mara and Kyle MacLachlan head up the National Justice Project, a group that works hard (and TV-fast!) to get wrongfully convicted people pulled out of prison. TVGuide.com spoke with O'Mara about his transition from rugby star to actor, about In Justice's upcoming controversial episode, and about — get this — the woman he and this writer have in common. TVGuide.com: For starters, I want to say that I love the show and have it on my TiVo list. Good stuff!Jason O'Mara: Yeah, last week's episode was good, wasn't it? We sort of felt it was a bit of a watershed for us because it
Having shaken those tagalong Gorillaz, Madonna uncorked very big news on Thursday's The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "OK, are you guys ready? I can't hide it anymore — I'm going on tour this summer," the Material Woman announced to the studio audience. No details came forth, but the buzz is that any new stage show would focus on her latest Confessions on a Dance Floor disc. "Her last tour was kind of a 'greatest hits' tour, and I don't think she would want to repeat all the songs," Madge's rep, Liz Rosenberg, recently told Rolling Stone. "But there are a few off the list that she left out." Ooh, like "Jimmy Jimmy"?!
Dismantling an atomic bomb apparently requires a lot of gold-plated gramophones. U2 rocked Wednesday night's Grammy Awards, besting the rest with five wins (including album of the year), while Mariah Carey, snubbed in such major contests as best record, song and album, was only able to parlay her pack-leading eight nods into three trophies. Among those who miffed Mimi: Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" garnered honors for female pop vocalist, while Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was named record of the year. The list of winners can be found, no, not in Sly Stone's Mohawk, but here.
Tina Scheer may have learned to logroll when she was 7, but nothing prepared her for being thrown the way she was by the very first tribal council for Survivor: Panama — Exile Island (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET on CBS). The day after her torch was shockingly snuffed, TVGuide.com invited the logging sports promoter to get her cuts in. TVGuide.com: First of all, is the term really "lumberjill"?Tina Scheer: Lumberjill! One word, just like lumberjack. TVGuide.com: It's nice that somebody at some time decided to come up with that.Tina: [Laughs] It's better than being a lumberjackess! TVGuide.com: Your talents sure seemed to come in handy. The older-women's shelter was the best of
