Swizz Beatz & Friends Partner with VH1 For Songwriters Music Series New YorkDecember 20, 2012 VH1 Save The Music Foundation's 2012 Songwriters Music Series finale will return on Thursday, January 17th at Hard Rock Cafe New York in Times Square after being postponed due to Hurricane Sandy. Superstar artist and producer Swizz Beatz will bring together a collection of his famous friends for a one of a kind evening! All funds raised will benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation and go towards the creation of the Tri-State Sandy Music Relief Fund, which will allow the Foundation to provide special grants of instruments to schools affected by the storm.
Updated Synopsis for ELYSIUM Just ReleasedDecember 20, 2012An updated synopsis for Neill Blomkamp's ELYSIUM, starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura and William Fichtner, has just been released. Check it out below!
Ram Country on Yahoo! Music to Broadcast 2012 RAM JAM ConcertDecember 20, 2012 On Dec. 29, Ram Country on Yahoo! Music will broadcast 2012 Ram Jam, an exclusive concert at Marathon Music Works in Nashville featuring live performances from some of country music's hottest talent, including Zac Brown Band , Kellie Pickler , Easton Corbin , Brantley Gilbert and Billy Currington.
FX Orders a Fifth Season of THE LEAGUEDecember 20, 2012 FX has picked up a fifth season of its acclaimed comedy series The League, ordering 13 episodes, announced Nick Grad, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, FX Networks. The League season four finale airs tonight with back-to-back all new episodes at 10:30 and 11:00 PM ET/PT (see descriptions in bold below).
Holy Bleep! KATHY to Premiere 1/10 on BravoDecember 20, 2012 For the first time ever, Bravo Media will premiere 'Kathy,' live! The weekly prime-time talk show hosted by two-time Emmy award winner Kathy Griffin will return on Thursday, January 10th at 10P.M. ET/PT. The live premiere will feature Kathy joined by celebrity guests Liza Minnelli and Jane Lynch as they break down the week's pop culture headlines, celebrity scandals and top television moments. In addition to her celebrity guests, this season will feature Kathy joined by her fun-loving mother, Maggie, always-adorable assistant, Tiffany and will introduce her new staff through a special look at how she runs the office.
FASHION POLICE To Host 2012 Year End Special on E!, 12/28December 20, 2012Wonder who the biggest Fashole of 2012 is? Well, turn off the phone, grab a cozy blanket and a hot toddy and curl up on the couch for the show that has been an entire year in the making. E!'s 'Fashion Police 2012 Year End Special' offers the perfect start to the long holiday weekend, as fashion's fiercest foursome recap the year's most elegant fashion victories along with the most 'impressive' trainwrecks. And, what a year it has been! From the Red Carpets to the runways to just out and about, celebs have turned up fashion heat this year as never before, and the 'Fashion Police' team, comprised of Joan Rivers, Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and George Kotsiopoulos, will be here for the most important hour of television any fashionista can watch in 2012.
20/20: THE YEAR WITH KATIE on ABC is Up in Ratings Year-to-YearDecember 20, 2012 Despite coming out of repeat programming at 9:30pm against the final half-hour of Fox's 2-hour Wednesday finale of The X Factor and NBC's 2-hour Miss Universe Pageant, A Special Edition of 20/20: The Year with Katie Couric was up over its year-ago telecast (on 12/15/11) in both Adults 18-49 (+7%) and Adults 25-54 (+5%).
MISS UNIVERSE 2012 Up 15% in Viewership from Last YearDecember 20, 2012* From 8-10 p.m. ET, 'Miss Universe 2012' (1.8/5 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) grew by 13 percent versus last year's telecast in 18-49 rating (to a 1.8 from a 1.6) and was up 15 percent in total viewers (6.1 million vs. 5.3 million). Note that last year's coverage ran from 9-11 p.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. In total viewers, this is the biggest 'Miss Universe' audience in four years (since 2008, 6.7 million). Versus NBC's average in the time period last season, 'Miss Universe' is up 50 percent in 18-49 rating (to a 1.8 from a 1.2, L+SD non-sports). 'Miss Universe' ranked #2 in the time period among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in 18-49, total viewers and all other key ratings measures.
FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES to Open at the American Museum of Natural History on 1/5December 20, 2012 Flight of the Butterflies, a breathtaking new giant-screen adventure that takes viewers on the epic 3,000-mile journey traveled every fall by half a billion monarch butterflies, opens at the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, January 5, 2013. The film is the awe-inspiring story of two unlikely heroes that share a common strength. Based on true events, it follows the perilous journey of the iconic monarch butterfly in one of the most incredible migrations on Earth and the determined scientist, Dr. Fred Urquhart, who spent 40 years trying to discover the mysteries surrounding their journey and secret winter hideaway.