Synopsis
The PR Newswire Entertainment Roundup is a weekly podcast of newsworthy developments from PR Newswire clients in the television, radio, music, film, theater, multimedia, and publishing industries.
Episodes
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of July 11, 2008
11/07/2008Academy Award and Emmy Nominee Jeff Goldblum Joins the Cast of LAW and ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT for the Upcoming Eighth Season Beauty and the Geek Hottie Jillian Beyor Is the Playboy Special Editions 2008 Model of the Year Rush Limbaugh Renews Long-Term Contract With Premiere Radio Networks and Clear Channel Radio as He Celebrates 20 Years On Air Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell Detect New Comedy Based on Characters of Sherlock Holmes and Watson for Columbia Pictures NBC Universal Announces Unprecedented Coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Launch Ticket Auction Summer Tour to Support Habitat for Humanity Affiliates
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of June 27, 2008
26/06/2008Donna Summer to Embark on the North American 'STAMP YOUR FEET TOUR' This Summer in Support of New Album 'Crayons' Columbia Pictures to Pay Off Mortgage for One Deserving Family - Grand Prize Winner Will Receive Mortgage Pay Off - 'Last Call' for Lee Ann Womack SHANE the Greatest Western Movie of All Time, Western Writers of America Announces Columbia Records to Release 'David Gilmour Live In Gdansk' -- Double Live Album and Concert DVD
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of June 6, 2008
05/06/2008'The Show Must Go On' Is Rallying Cry at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk Following Backlot Fire Incident Rick Springfield Set to Release First Studio Album 'VENUS IN OVERDRIVE' on New Door Records/UMe This Summer TV Land Lines Up a Spectacle of Stars for Sixth Annual 'TV Land Awards' D.L. Hughley Set To Host 'BET AWARDS '08' Live from Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday, June 24 at 8:00 P.M.* DreamWorks Animation Releases Cast Line-Up Into the Wild of 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' ABC Radio Networks Launches Fame Games in Search for the Next Music Superstars - Show Will Allow Local Market Artists to Compete in International Competition
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of May 30, 2008
29/05/2008MTV Fires Up the Star Power...Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Rainn Wilson and Anna Faris Set to Present at the '2008 MTV Movie Awards' LAW and ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT to Return to USA for Eighth Season TiVo to Offer Movie Rentals From the Walt Disney Studios on Demand Jonas Brothers Set to Release 'A Little Bit Longer' August 12; Follow Up to Platinum Selling Jonas Brothers CD and Meteoric Rise to Pop Culture Phenomenon
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of May 23, 2008
22/05/2008Movie Lovers Name Indiana Jones' Greatest Moments in Survey by Blockbuster Janet Jackson Announces Rock Witchu Tour Jennifer Hudson Steps Into the 'Spotlight' With New Single Netflix Teams With Streaming Media Innovator Roku on Player That Instantly Streams Movies From Netflix Directly to the TV Vanessa Williams to Host Sixth Annual 'TV Land Awards'
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of May 16, 2008
15/05/2008Coldplay Announce 'Viva La Vida' North American Tour Overture Films and Paramount Vantage Team to Co-Finance and Distribute Michael Moore's Next Film 'Pat Benatar: Ultimate Collection' to be Released June 24 by Capitol/EMI Donny and Marie Announce World-Wide Search for Talented and Aspiring Dancers 'America's Got Talent' Million-Dollar Winner Terry Fator Lands Gig on Las Vegas Strip at The Mirage
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of May 9, 2008
09/05/2008Canadian Native Jayde Nicole Is Playboy's 2008 Playmate of the Year Toby Keith, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes Set to Perform, Sara Evans, Jewel, Dr. Phil and More Set to Present at the 43rd ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC(R) AWARDS Madonna's Yummy 'STICKY and SWEET' TOUR Itinerary Unwrapped for Fans for the Very First Time Nerds Rule the 2008 MTV Movie Awards!!!
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of May 2, 2008
02/05/2008'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' Set for a Two-Week Road Trip to Tape From the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions Playboy Expands Nationwide Talent Search with First-Ever Casting Call Via YouTube INDIANA JONES's Hawaii and IRON MAN's Eastern Sierra Top Fandango's Summer Movie 'Vacation on Location' Survey Purchase New Movies on iTunes Same Day as DVD Release Billy Idol Records Two New Songs for 'The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself,' to Be Released June 24 by Capitol/EMI
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of April 25, 2008
24/04/2008New Line Records to Release 'Sex And The City' Motion Picture Soundtrack on May 27th TVLand.com Launches a Movie Lover's Database Six-Time Grammy(R) Nominee Dave Koz Announces U.S. Summer Tour, Launching June 6th Live Nation Announces Summer Concert Slate: Company to Stage Nearly 7,500 Summer Concerts in 30-Plus Countries Globally with the Greatest Artists in the World
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of April 18, 2008
18/04/2008Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Video Stars You as Part of the 25th Anniversary Celebration! Alicia Keys Gears Up for North American Leg of As I Am Tour Presented By Lexus on April 19th 'The Beach Boys: U.S. Singles Collection - The Capitol Years (1962-1965)' Limited Edition Boxed Set to be Released June 10 by Capitol/EMI Sheryl Crow Announces Summer 'De-Tour'
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of April 11, 2008
10/04/2008Clay Aiken to Release Brand-New Album, On My Way Here, on May 6th 2008 Mike Myers to Host 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS Live on Sunday, June 1st from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California Blockbuster(R) Rolls Out Blu-ray Format Across U.S. and Canada JAY-Z, Mary J. Blige Tour Grosses More Than $9 Million in First Eight Dates, Selling Out Across the Country
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of April 4, 2008
03/04/2008Elvis Costello and Elton John to Make a Television 'Spectacle' 1,800 Engaged Couples Enter Contest to Get Married at the Premiere of Columbia Pictures' Made of Honor Mariah Carey's 'Touch My Body' - Her 18th #1 Single!!! George Michael to Release Anticipated Retrospective Set, Twenty Five Sundance Channel to Produce The War Room +15, a Look at the 2008 Presidential Campaign from the Makers of the Academy Award(R)-Nominated Documentary The War Room Superstar Artist Usher Announces New Album 'Here I Stand' For Worldwide Release May 27th 'Radiohead: The Best Of' to be Released June 3 by Capitol/EMI
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of March 28, 2008
27/03/2008YES, the Most Successful Progressive Rock Group of all Time, Returns to the Concert Stage to Celebrate Their 40th Anniversary With a North American Tour Multi-Platinum Artists Counting Crows and Maroon 5 to Launch Co-Headlining Summer Tour in Live Nation Amphitheaters George Michael Announces First North American Tour in 17 Years, a New Album and Makes American Acting Debut TV Land Shows the World That 40 is Fabulous With Premiere of Newest Original Series, 'The Big 4-0' on April 16 at 10 PM (ET/PT) Major League Baseball(R) and Baby Ruth(R) Offer Once-in-a-Lifetime Prize in Search For Best Performance of 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' Song COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Greenlights Two New Series
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of March 21, 2008
20/03/2008Superstar Performances Added to the Line-Up for the '2008 CMT MUSIC AWARDS' Soundtrack to the Rolling Stones' 'Shine A Light' Concert Film Directed by Martin Scorsese Issued in Single and Deluxe Double Disc Editions Ringo Starr Announces Additional North American Cities and On Sale Dates for His 10th 'Ringo Starr & His All Starrs' Tour KEYSHIA COLE Hits the Studio for Third CD Queen + Paul Rodgers Rock the Cosmos With 2008 Concert Tour
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of March 14, 2008
13/03/2008TiVo to Provide YouTube Videos Directly to the Television History(TM) Presents 'KING' With Tom Brokaw Warner Bros. Plans Two-Part Film Adaptation of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" to be Directed by David Yates
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of March 07, 2008
06/03/2008Fans Vote in Record Numbers to Determine the Final Nominees for the '2008 CMT Music Awards' Ronald Reagan's Voice to Hit Airwaves Again VH1 Classic to Televise the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony' Live on Monday, March 10 at 8:30 PM/ET Drew Barrymore Announces US$1 Million Donation on Oprah Focus Features Sets Release of Next Film by No Country for Old Men Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen; Burn After Reading to Open Nationwide September 12th
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of February 29, 2008
28/02/2008CMT Gets the Best of Both Worlds as Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus Host the '2008 CMT Music Awards' The Queen is Back Legendary Singer Songwriter -- Donna Summer is Back With a New Studio Album --Crayons in Stores May 2008 on Burgundy Records/Sony BMG Chrysler LLC Honors Spike Lee with the Sixth Annual Behind the Lens Award Stage and Screen Superstar and Country Icon Reba McEntire to Host For the 10th Time the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Country Music's Party of the Year(TM)
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of February 22, 2008
21/02/2008'No Country For Old Men' Commands 4 Major Categories in Netflix Academy Awards(R) Survey The Police With Special Guest Elvis Costello and the Imposters Presented by Citi(R) Final North American Tour Extension Announced! 2008 Penthouse Pet of the Year is Announced The Creators of Jackass Unveil the Hard Launch of JACKASSWORLD.com TV Land's New Original Series, High School Reunion, Premieres on March 5, 2008
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of February 15, 2008
14/02/2008At the Movies With Ebert and Roeper Reveals Its Academy Award(TM) Choices Online The People Have Spoken: Oscar Favorites Chosen In Survey From Blockbuster Johnny Cash's Family, Friends to Gather for Birthday Party Supermodel Marisa Miller Adorns the Cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue on Newsstands Now
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Entertainment Round-Up for Week of February 01, 2008
31/01/2008CBS Television Distribution Signs Judge Judy Sheindlin to Multiyear Deal; #1-Rated Court Show 'JUDGE JUDY' Renewed Through 2012 Wal-Mart Teams With Disney to be Hannah Montana(TM) Retail Headquarters MySpace and The Weinstein Company Present Exclusive Video Contest CBS and TiVo Form Research Partnership