VIDEO CLIPS: This Week's Installments of NASHVILLE-Inspired Web Series ON THE RECORDDecember 7, 2012ABC Music Lounge's "Nashville"-inspired docu-web series, "On the Record," is live at www.abc.com/musiclounge with two new original songs to be featured in the December 5 episode, "When the Right One Comes Along" written by songwriters Georgia Middleman, Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis, performed by Sam Palladio as Gunnar Scott and "For Your Glory" written by Kate York, Leeland Mooring, Jack Mooring and performed by Hayden Panettiere as Juliet Barnes. Check out clips from this week's episodes below!
Sister Sledge to Host Christmas Special in 2013December 7, 2012 With hit singles like 'We are Family,' 'He's the Greatest Dancer,' and 'All American Girls,' Sister Sledge will forever be a part of Pop and R&B history. Now sisters Joni and Debra Sledge team up with industry veterans Neal Ardman, John Oxendine and Ricardo Dias to produce the group's first Christmas Special. The special is slated for air in 2013 and will star Joni Sledge, Debbie Sledge and a cast of seventies and eighties celebrities.
Karin Slaughter's 'Will Trent' Novels to be Adapted into Made-for-TV MoviesDecember 7, 2012Yellow Bird, the studio behind the wildly successful Swedish films based upon Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy (aka THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, and the others featuring literary legend Lisbeth Salander), has picked up the rights to adapt Karin Slaughter's Will Trent novel series for TV. Deadline first broke the news this evening.
Andrew Dice Clay's First Stand-Up Special in 17 Years to Air Dec. 31 on ShowtimeDecember 7, 2012This New Year's Eve, the 'Indestructible' Andrew Dice Clay returns to television with his first stand-up special in 17 years. Laugh through the last remaining hours of 2012 with ANDREW DICE CLAY: INDESTRUCTIBLE! on Monday, December 31 at 10:00PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME. From the moment he takes the stage to the closing credits, the "Diceman" is on fire. Filmed at the Arcada Theatre in Chicago, Clay takes on everything from racial stereotypes to gay marriage and from sexual exploits to his own aging anatomy. True to his notorious persona, Clay is outrageously shocking and offensive - but always hilarious.
VIDEO: Brian Fuente Releases New Music Video For “Sidelined”December 7, 2012Nashville singer, songwriter, musician BRIAN FUENTE has released a new music video for "Sidelined," a focus track off his newly released debut solo EP 1983. The video was unveiled November 6 on BRIAN's newly re-launched website, BrianFuente.com. Check out the video below!
Wolf Trap Announces First Set of Summer 2013 PerformancesDecember 7, 2012Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is proud to announce the initial set of performances scheduled for its highly anticipated 2013 summer season, the first under the supervision of Arvind Manocha, Wolf Trap's new President and CEO. The shows booked to date include 21 different acts and nearly 30 individual performances from a wide array of genres and art forms, including pop, rock, R&B, classical, comedy, musical theatre, films, and more. Performances will be held at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, D.C. metro area's top choice for affordable and easily accessible outdoor entertainment.
SECRETS OF THE ROYAL NURSERY to Air Dec. 13 on LifetimeDecember 7, 2012With the news of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William expecting their first child taking the world by storm, Lifetime has picked up Secrets of the Royal Nursery, a one-hour special set to air on Thursday, December 13th, at 10pm ET/PT, immediately following Project Runway All Stars. Secrets of the Royal Nursery will be the first special dedicated to Catherine's pregnancy to air in the U.S.
VIDEO: Oscar Host Seth MacFarlane Surpises UCLA Class on mtvU's STAND INDecember 7, 2012mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, recently announced that comedian, writer, producer and this year's host of the Oscars®, Seth MacFarlane, is the newest guest professor on the network's ongoing, Emmy®-nominated "Stand In" series. mtvU followed MacFarlane as he travelled to the University of California Los Angeles campus to stun a class full of students during Professor Denise Mann's "Overview of Contemporary Film Industry" course. Check out a clip below!
Country Star LeAnn Rimes to Talk Affair with Eddie Cibrian & More on E! Special, 12/9December 7, 2012With comparisons to legend Patsy Cline, nobody ever had a bigger Country Music debut than LeAnn Rimes, whose "Blue" immediately shot to the top of the charts in 1996. More hits followed, the awards piled up, and the offers kept coming. She crossed over to other genres, and eventually began acting, again with great success. Then, in 2009, Rimes' world changed forever when photos surfaced of LeAnn with her married "Northern Lights" co-star, Eddie Cibrian. Overnight, Rimes went from being America's Sweetheart to being vilified in the press and hounded by the media. Now, LeAnn Rimes sits down with E!'s Giuliana Rancic for the most frank and candid interview of her career. Join Giuliana as she visits LeAnn and Eddie in their home for an exclusive conversation you won't see anywhere else, when "E! Special: LeAnn Rimes" premieres Sunday, December 9 at 8:00pm ET/PT.