Blog Profile / The Marquee Blog
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| Archived Since: | February 14, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Sizzling salsas, romantic rumbas on 'DWTS'
It was "Latin Night" on Monday's "Dancing with the Stars," and the seven remaining couples took to the floor to perform to a Latin-centric tune. Country singer Kellie Pickler continued her winning ways last night as her sexy samba earned a 29 from the judges - good enough to win immunity from elimination this week. [...]
While you were working ...
Today's news you might've missed: With the May 24 release date of "Fast and Furious 6" creeping closer, we're due for another trailer. Check out Michelle Rodriguez and plenty of plot exposition below: Ryan Murphy is staffing up for "American Horror Story: The Coven": "Thrilled to announce Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe is joining the cast," [...]
'Great Gatsby' soundtrack: A selection
Songs from "The Great Gatsby's" Jay-Z-produced soundtrack have been popping up all over the place online. Some of them, like Fergie's booming, energetic cut with Q-Tip and GoonRock, "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)," you'll recognize from the trailers: But there's also the xx's song, "Together": And Sia's "Kill and Run": Lana [...]
The Monkees set summer tour dates
The surviving members of The Monkees are staging a tour this summer. The 24-date trek will take the band across the States, from the first stop of Port Chester, New York, on July 15, to the final gig in Portland, Oregon, on August 18. Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, who lost their bandmate [...]
You'll never guess who the model in Ray J's video looks like
Singer Ray J has accused listeners of "going way too deep" with the presumption that his new new song, "I Hit It First," is about Kim Kardashian. But if "I Hit It First" is "about a concept," as Ray J has said, then that concept apparently involves a Kim Kardashian knockoff, because that's who stars [...]
Jason Aldean files for divorce
Country singer Jason Aldean and his wife, Jessica, are officially splitting up. Aldean filed for divorce on April 26 in Tennessee, the same day that reports circulated suggesting that the two were separating. A rep for Aldean could only confirm at the time that the couple's been "having problems." In 2012, Aldean's marriage once again [...]
'Rocky: The Musical' headed for Broadway
Rocky and Adrian are set to give their regards to Broadway. A stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning movie is scheduled to open on the Great White Way in February. Sylvester Stallone, who has portrayed the titular boxer throughout the decades starting with the 1976 film, serves as a producer on "Rocky: The Musical," which opened [...]
'Two and a Half Men' will return but one star won't be a regular
"Two and a Half Men" might be more like "Two Men and a guest star" when it returns to CBS in the fall. The network has renewed the comedy for another season with both Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher signed on to return. But longtime series star Angus T. Jones, who's played Jake Harper since [...]
'Iron Man 3' soars at global box office
"Iron Man 3" won't open in the U.S. until Friday, but it's already a hit overseas. The third film in the "Iron Man" series raked in $195.3 million after opening in 79 percent of foreign markets over the weekend. According to the Hollywood Reporter, that sizable opening was history-making for Disney and Marvel Studios, which [...]
While you were working ...
Today's news you might've missed: The casts and crews of NBC's "Revolution," "Grimm," "Chicago Fire," "Parenthood" and "Law and Order: SVU" can all breathe a sigh of relief: the network announced Friday that they've all been renewed for another season. [TVBytheNumbers] Reports that suggest Jason Aldean and his wife, Jessica Ussery, have split up might [...]
Drake surprises 'Idol' contestant
Girls may love Beyoncé, but they also love Drake. That much was proved when the rapper made a surprise visit to "American Idol" on Thursday, after a little encouragement from his labelmate and friend, Nicki Minaj. "Idol" contender Candice Glover, who stunned viewers a few weeks ago with her performance of "Lovesong," went with a [...]
Lauryn Hill at work on new music
Lauryn Hill's been in the headlines for financial troubles lately, but a silver lining appears to have emerged from that cloud. The Grammy-winning artist revealed in a message posted to her Tumblr account Thursday that she's working on new music, something her fans have been clamoring for since her 1998 solo album, "The Miseducation of [...]
Tilda Swinton leads dance-along at Ebertfest 2013
When she's not sleeping for the sake of art, Tilda Swinton's actually pretty lively. At the late Roger Ebert's film festival, Ebertfest, on April 20, the actress roused a crowd of 1,500 and led them in a dance-along. "This is a spiritual service," Swinton said as she instructed the audience to stand. And then, as [...]
George Jones: Stars react to legend's death
On the day of George Jones' death, several musicians are in mourning over losing not only a great talent, but a great friend. "My heart is absolutely broken. George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world," Dolly Parton tweeted Friday. "My heart goes out to Nancy [...]
Jessica Alba did what to lose the baby weight?
Between all of the cleanses, juice fasts and intense workouts, we're not really shocked by what celebrities do to keep trim. But Jessica Alba has come up with a different - and old-school - method. Alba, 31, has two kids with her husband Cash Warren: there's four-year-old Honor, and 1-year-old Haven. In order to get [...]
Nicki Minaj lands film debut in Cameron Diaz movie
Nicki Minaj is going from music to TV to live-action film. The rapper/singer/"American Idol" judge is in final talks to join a Cameron Diaz comedy called "The Other Woman," according to The Hollywood Reporter. As the title suggests, Diaz plays a woman in a relationship who discovers that she's actually the mistress. Leslie Mann plays [...]
RIP George Jones, and thank you for the music
George Jones created memories. From his first No. 1, "White Lightning," to his singles with Tammy Wynette, CNN commenters recall Jones' music as a soundtrack for the good and the bad times. As the world learns of the country legend's death at 81 on Friday, those memories his music helped build are standing out for [...]
Blue Ivy: A little lady who lunches
Blue Ivy's going to develop quite the palate. Thanks to her internationally famous parents, little Blue has joined in on restaurant meals from Brooklyn to Paris. On Thursday, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were spotted out with their firstborn as they grabbed a bite in the City of Light, where Bey had performed this week as part [...]
While you were working ...
Today's news you might've missed: Justin Bieber is somehow magically tuning out all of the headlines about him today. "Some of the rumors about me....where do people even get this stuff," he tweeted, as Swedish police reported taking a small amount of drugs from his tour bus. "whatever...back to the music." [Justin Bieber's Twitter] After [...]
Zooey Deschanel gets an apology for being wrongfully ID'd
In the middle of the Boston Marathon bombing coverage last Friday, a closed captioning mistake added "New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel to the conversation. Those who were watching Dallas-Fort Worth's Fox affiliate, KDFW, on Friday might've caught the closed captioning mishap. Although the screen was showing a picture of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the caption [...]