April 28, 2004 |
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April 28, 2004 |
COSTLY FRIENDS
NBC will fetch roughly $2 million per 30 seconds of commercial time for Friends' May 6 finale, a record for a sitcom. The previous benchmark — $1.7 million — was set by Seinfeld... |
SOUR NOTE
The mother of tin-eared American Idol crooner John Stevens is coming to her son's defense. According to Entertainment Tonight, Lynn Stevens went to Idol... |
IN DEFENSE OF JEN
Sir Elton John is weighing in on Jennifer Hudson's shocking ouster from American Idol last week, calling the whole thing "incredibly racist." John — who rubbed ... |
MIXED REACTION
P. Diddy — oops, forgive me, Sean Combs — received lukewarm reviews for his stage debut in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, which opened Monday night... |
MORE TROUBLE FOR CBS
Mohamed al Fayed, the father of Princess Diana's late boyfriend, Dodi, is suing CBS for emotional distress caused by last week's 48 Hours, which showed a... |
OPEN HOUSE
Mary Richards' Minneapolis crib from The Mary Tyler Moore Show has been put on the market for $1.7 million. Exterior shots of the 112-year-old Victorian house were regularly ... |
MOVING ON
Robert Downey Jr. officially filed for a divorce from actress-singer Deborah Falconer Monday, clearing the way for him to marry current fiancée, producer Susan Levin... |
STORK REPORT
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden gave birth to twins last Thursday in New York. The 44-year-old actress and her hubby, Thaddaeus Scheel, had a boy, Hudson Harden Scheel... |
HONORING THE FALLEN
On Friday's Nightline, Ted Koppel will read aloud the names of the 523 American servicemen and women killed in combat in Iraq since the start of the war. Each name will... |
SHORT CUTS
The Beastie Boys have been tapped to perform at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards, which will tape June 5 and air June 10... Cable giant Comcast withdrew its unsolicited $48.4 billion... |
PAGING ANGELINA JOLIE...
Mel Gibson's Icon Productions is developing a feature that can best be described as a lesbian Braveheart. According to Variety, the pic centers on Boudica |
CASTING ABOUT
Oscar winner Charlize Theron is in talks to star in Jinx, Universal's in-the-works adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis' bounty-hunter-themed comic book. Queen... |
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