Celebrity Apprentice Premiere Date Announced
The Celebrity Apprentice has been off the NBC airwaves since Spring 2013, but the Donald is back! The latest season of the celebreality competition series will return to NBC on Sunday, January 4, 2015 @ 9pm ET, before moving to it’s regular Monday @ 8pm ET timeslot.
NBC plans to air back-to-back one-hour installments each week (so double the boardroom showdowns and several firings per night).
The cast includes:
— two-time World Series champion Johnny Damon
— comedian Gilbert Gottfried
— star of Deadliest Catch Sig Hansen
— singer Kevin Jonas
— actor Lorenzo Lamas
— NFL star Terrell Owens
— talk show host Geraldo Rivera
— television and Beverly Hills 90210/Sharknado‘s Ian Ziering
— Gold Medal Olympic snowboarder Jamie Anderson
— actress Vivica A. Fox
— TV host Leeza Gibbons
— reality star Brandi Glanville
— reality star Kate Gosselin
— gold medal Olympian Shawn Johnson
— former Miss USA and star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta Kenya Moore
— and The Cosby Show‘s Keshia Knight Pulliam.
Trump’s children — Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump — will serve as his advisers. The winner of the competition will score a $250,000 donation to his or her designated charity.
H/T: TVLine
Marvel’s Phase Three Announced: Black Panther! Civil War! Captain Marvel!
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 3 has been announced! And it’s everything — everything you could ever want. Black Panther! Captain Marvel! Inhumans! And most importantly, a two-part Avengers: Infinity War!!!
Confirmed films include:
— Captain America: Civil War (2016)
— Doctor Strange (2016)
— Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)
— Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
— Black Panther (2017)
— Avengers: Infinity War Part I (2018)
— Captain Marvel (2018)
— Inhumans (2018)
— Avengers: Infinity War Part II (2019)
Actor Chadwick Boseman has been confirmed as playing Black Panther. Captain America 3 has been subtitled Civil War and will feature Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man. Boseman will also co-star as Black Panther.
H/T: Marvel
DC’s Cyborg Headliner Ray Fisher Didn’t Know He Was Getting His Own Film
Rising star Ray Fisher had no clue his life was going to change in the matter of minutes. The 27-year-old thespian learned just hours before Warner Bros. publicly revealed its slate of mega-budget superhero movies tied to the DC Cinematic Universe, which includes Fisher headlining as the title character in a Cyborg movie set for release in 2020.
Ray Fisher: “I didn’t know the extent to which DC and WB had planned on taking my character. When I signed on, I just wanted to be part of this world. But that specific information, I found out then and there. I didn’t think I’d be getting my own stand-alone film.”
Fisher has become the first African-American actor to score a non-ensemble superhero film since Will Smith’s Hancock in 2008.
In July, the 6’4″ Fisher wrapped shooting his cameo role for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, scheduled for release in March 25, 2016. Cyborg will also turn up in two Justice League movies.
Ray Fisher: “It was surreal. You get this idea of going to work on a Hollywood set as being really stressful and nerve-wracking. But it blew that stereotype away. If they did have stressful times, it wasn’t while I was there.”
H/T: Inside Movies @ EW
The Bachelor Australia‘s Blake Garvey Becomes “Australia’s Most Hated Man”, Reveals “Stripper” Past
The United States has had their own “most hated Bachelor“, now it’s Australia’s turn.
After debuting over the summer as a Bachelor that all of the international community was swooning over, Blake Garvey has become the most-hated man in Australia after The Bachelor Australia aired its final installment of the season. Fans have labeled Garvey a “jerk” and a “douchebag“.
The 31-year-old and his former bride-to-be Sam Frost recorded tell-all interviews which aired on The Project to explain what happened after he dumped her just weeks after proposing during the reality series’ finale. Frost came out on top with viewers, while Blake’s comments failed to go down well with fans.
I’ve had my heart broken throughout this, because I’ve said goodbye to many, many incredible women — all of them, now.
Viewers quickly called him a “love rat”.
Australia was shocked to discover that as the series finale of The Bachelor went to air, Garvey had already called off his engagement to Frost. Garvey made the decision to call off the engagement after the pressures of maintaining a long-distance relationship proved too much.
Post-finale and post-proposal, information about what was occurring behind-the-scenes of the reality television series has come to light. A bachelorette has spoken exclusively to Australia’s Herald Sun anonymously due to the strict nondisclosure agreements that all 29 bachelorettes had to sign. Here are a few tidbits this “anonymous” castaway had to say:
— Halfway through the season Blake was nicknamed “Blake the Fake” by the women.
— Blake was “really vanilla” (aka boring).
— Blake was just a “producer’s puppet”.
— Sam Frost was the most likely to say yes to a proposal, so she was moved up the list, while Blake had his eye on others.
Perth Confidential revealed that Blake Garvey was not only a topless waiter in the past, he’s the owner of Alpha Male Entertainment – a “male entertainment provider”. The website allows people to book an extravagant “hunk-centered” party, involving services like topless waiters and strippers. Garvey had previously claimed he’d given the topless job “a whirl” for two years after falling into it as a favor to a friend. But, it appears as if his foray into the world of adult entertainment is much deeper than that. He registered Alpha Male Entertainment in June 2013.
H/T: Herald Sun
ABC’s Dancing With the Stars Announces Professional Dancers for Season 19
The professional dancer lineup for Dancing With the Stars season 19 was revealed Wednesday on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Here’s a list of the professional dancers:
⋅ Mark Ballas (two-time champ, seven-time finalist)
⋅ Cheryl Burke (two-time champ, seven-time finalist)
⋅ Whitney Carson (SYTYCD alum, entering her second cycle as a DWTS pro)
⋅ Artem Chigvintsev (Strictly Come Dancing champ, first-time DWTS pro)
⋅ Val Chmerkovskiy (Season 16 finalist, entering his seventh cycle as a pro)
⋅ Tony Dovolani (Season 15 champ)
⋅ Allison Holker (SYTYCD all-star, Emmy-nominated DWTS choreographer, first-time pro)
⋅ Derek Hough (five-time champ, Emmy-winning DWTS choreographer)
⋅ Keoikantse Motsepe (Burn the Floor tour vet, first-time DWTS pro)
⋅ Peta Murgatroyd (Season 14 champ)
⋅ Emma Slater (Burn the Floor tour/Broadway show vet, Season 17 DWTS finalist)
⋅ Karina Smirnoff (three-time finalist, Season 13 champ)
The celebrity / professional dancer pairings will be announced September 4 on GMA.
Hosted by Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews, Dancing With the Stars launches its new season Monday, September 15 at 8pm ET / 7pm CT.
H/T: TVLine
Shemar Moore Returns to CBS’ The Young and the Restless
Shemar Moore’s Malcolm Winters is coming home to Genoa City this fall. The Criminal Minds star will return to his daytime television roots when he reprises his fan favorite role on CBS’ The Young and the Restless.
Unfortunately for the hardcore fans… Malcolm’s homecoming will be a short one. Moore will appear in just two episodes, which will air on Wednesday, September 10 and Thursday, September 11.
Shemar Moore: “I am excited about returning to The Young and the Restless as a special guest. This is where I got my start, and I am looking forward to reuniting with my soap opera family.”
Moore originated the role in 1994 and played him until 2002. He then returned for a brief stint in 2004-2005 before joining Criminal Minds.
H/T: TVLine
Jason Momoa Lands Aquaman Role in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Game of Thrones and Stargate: Atlantis alum Jason Momoa has reportedly landed the role of original Justice League member Aquaman in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice opposite Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill as the two heroes, respectively. Filming has already begun on the Zack Snyder film written by Chris Terrio (Argo) from a screenplay by David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight).
Israeli supermodel Gal Godot will play Wonder Woman in the film, which also stars Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons and Holly Hunter. Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane will also reprise their roles from Man of Steel for the film, set for a May 6, 2016 release.
H/T: THR
Ryan Phillippe to Headline ABC’s Secrets & Lies
Ryan Phillippe is headed to the small screen.
The Cruel Intentions, 54 and I Know What You Did Last Summer star is in final negotiations to headline ABC’s drama pilot Secrets & Lies.
Based on an Australian television series, Secrets & Lies is about “a family man who finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. He has no choice but to try to find the real killer as his marriage, his kids, his reputation, and his sanity are all at stake.”
Phillippe got his big break in 1992 on the ABC soap One Life to Live, where he portrayed the first gay teen character on daytime television.
H/T: Entertainment Weekly
Actor Michael B. Jordan Flashed That Awkward Moment Co-stars Zac Efron and Miles Teller on Set
Actor Michael B. Jordan flashed his That Awkward Moment co-stars Zac Efron and Miles Teller during the filming of the bromantic comedy.
Jordan was supposed to be wearing a modesty sock while filming a scene, but as a practical joke, he decided to go full monty and flash his co-stars the whole shebang.
Michael B. Jordan: “I said, ‘F*ck it. Why not make it awkward on them?’ I was fine! I was completely comfortable.”
That Awkward Moment hit theaters yesterday.
H/T: US Magazine
Sinqua Walls Cast as Lancelot on ABC’s Once Upon A Time
ABC’s Once Upon A Time has been in a casting frenzy in recent weeks. Already set to debut during the second season are Sarah Bolger as Sleeping Beauty, Jamie Chung as Mulan, Julian Morris as Prince Phillip, and promoted Emilie de Ravin (“Belle”) and Meghan Ory (“Ruby”/”Red Riding Hood”) to series regulars.
Now, we have news that we’re sure you’re going to like a lot… (or more to the point) a Lancelot!
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