Looks like it is a bit of a Bon Jovi weekend here on Celebrity Today. Yesterday, I talked about their new world tour and the premiere of their documentary on Showtime, When We Were Beautiful, which is also the title of one of the songs on their new album The Circle. I admit fully to being a fan of this rock band from Jersey. I have been a fan of theirs practically since the beginning. I remember hearing Runaway on the radio, even if I was only eight years old. Twenty-five years, Jon Bon Jovi has worked hard to put his vision out there with his band mates. He is their leader, and this band was his vision.
In this documentary that first premiered at Tribeca back in April, takes us into their lives for a brief period of time at the end of their last tour for their record Lost Highway. We see them on the road and on stage as they talk candidly about their lives and what it is like to be in a rock band. Jon himself calls it a lonely existence. He and his bandmates are taken from their families each and every tour for weeks at a time, and at the end of the day all they want is to go home to their families. Jon is married and the father of four kids. His band mates have families of their own.
When We Were Beautiful takes us on a journey through their lives, and we see being a rock star isn’t all glamour and perfection. It is a lot of hard work, and Jon Bon Jovi is the one in control of it all. An intimate look at the man and his friends that have been by his side from the very beginning, and if it was even possible it made me love this band I already love even more.
Yes, folks you’re reading right. The CW has decided to give full season orders to two of its series, Vampire Diaries and the all new imagining of Melrose Place. It is no real big surprise that Vampire Diaries was picked up. That series has had the best opening of the season with its numbers since its premiere. Vampires are still a hot ticket, and this one with a set of brothers bouncing back and forth is getting watched.
As for Melrose Place, this one has been struggling since the very beginning, but it isn’t dead in the water yet. The network is hoping that the return of Heather Locklear will make things pick up for the series in a big way, so they are putting faith into the series and picking it up now before her return in November. She is set to make her first appearance on the November 17th episode.
What do you think? Are you ready for more Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place?
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Yes, folks that were waiting for the second season premiere of Southland to hit on October 23rd. You now have nothing to wait for. Before the second season has a chance to premiere, NBC is pulling the plug on the series. That’s right. They canceled it yesterday out of nowhere. Production on the series was shut down when they have already produced six episodes for this season. In fact, they were shooting an episode just Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles.
Southland premiered in ER’s old time slot last season, and it was quickly picked up for a second season, even though its ratings didn’t look to be the best out there. With Leno now taking over the 10pm hour, Southland had moved into a Friday night time slot. The cancelation did come as a shock to those working on the series, and the people behind the series still believe in the program. They are currently looking for a new network to take Southland on. Apparently, Southland was too adult of a series for the 9pm hour.
The series starred Ben McKenzie, who you might remember as the loveable bad boy from Fox’s The OC. What do you think of this sudden cancelation? Did you watch Southland? Were you planning to tune in when it returned on October 23rd? Right now, Dateline is set to retain that time slot.
I’m disappointed that NBC no longer has the time periods available to support the kind of critically-acclaimed series that was for so many years, a hallmark of their success.
All the readers of this blog know I’m a huge fan of the Showtime series, Californication. We are only two episodes into season three, but we already know now that there will be a season four of the popular series. That decision was made based on the performance of the first episode. Ratings shot through the roof, and Showtime just couldn’t let this series go.
This season, Hank is dealing with his lady love being on the opposite side of the country while trying to raise his daughter and find a way to make money, whether that is selling his latest novel or working as a professor. Something that will most certainly pose some problems for the sex crazed author.
Californication airs on Sunday nights at 10pm on Showtime. What do you think? Are you ready for another season of the series already? Twelve more episodes of the series will hit Showtime in 2010. Check out the preview for the current season below. This season is full of new faces that will certainly make things interesting.
Well, folks we have our first canceled show of the year! That honor is going to The Beautiful Life, which premiered only a couple of short weeks ago. This series came to us from Ashton Kutcher, and it was plagued with problems over the summer when one of the series stars, Mischa Barton, had some problems that landed her in rehab for a brief time. Some thought her role would be recast before the season started.
However, Mischa remained involved, and the series went to air. Now, production was halted on Friday while the seventh episode was being shot. After only one million tuned in to see this week’s episode. Not a high turnout at all. The plug was quickly pulled, and a new series will be put in its place. I didn’t catch the series myself, but I know it was one of the hyped series of the summer, and with Mischa’s off-screen antics, you would think some would tune in, but it didn’t work out that way. No further episodes of the series will air.
Earlier this week, Glee became the first full season pick-up of the year over on Fox. What do you think? Was the plug pulled on The Beautiful Life too soon?
If you look at the news out of the Hollywood, it seems to be the return of the 80s cartoon with news about Voltron and Masters of the Universe both topping movie news this week. Last week, Warner Bros. dropped it option on Masters of The Universe.
There has already been one movie version of the popular 80s cartoon. However, we know remakes are all the rage in Hollywood these days. Looks like we might see a new Masters of the Universe after all. Sony and Columbia Pictures look to be in talks to pick up the film option. Talks are on-going and nearly wrapped up it seems.
Not sure I’m too keen on this one after the first movie, even if it was cheesy fun. As for Volton, lawsuits might keep that one from being made. That isn’t shocking either. Lawsuits over things are almost as big remakes these days. What do you think?
Melrose Place has returned. This time its on the CW instead of Fox, and it is following 90210. That series is in season two. Melrose Place is struggling with the ratings right now. We’re only three episodes in though, and the network is hoping this announcement is enough to make those ratings pick up.
Heather Locklear has finally agreed to return to Melrose Place. She had originally said no when asked. Others have returned to the series including Laura Leighton and Thomas Calabro. Others are set to make appearances as well.
Locklear was a major force in the original series, so having her return now is huge. What chaos will she manage to cause in the series? She is set to return to our small screens as Amanda on November 17th! What do you think of the new Melrose Place?
Friday is usually the day I post a new music video for you all to listen to and watch, but today something pretty big is happening in the television world. Guiding Light, a soap opera that has been on the air in one form or another for seventy-two years is taking to the small screen for one final time today on CBS. The network canceled the series earlier this year, and even though there was some effort by another network to save the serial, those efforts failed, and now we must say good-bye to a program and a cast of characters that many have had in their lives for quite some time.
I am one of them. I began watching Guiding Light when I was just a young girl because it was something my mother watched. It became something the two of us did together. This week and in the last few months, a lot of the old favorites from the old days of the series have returned to the series. In their own way saying good-bye to the series that was as much a part of their lives as it is a part of ours.
This week, we watched the marriage of not one but two couples of characters, Billy and Vanessa and Buzz and Lillian, that have been on the series for at least the last twenty years. Following the happiness came the grief as Alan Spaulding, the man who many might see as the centerpiece of this series, died. He was the show’s biggest villain for many years, but this week he had finally redeemed himself and was making it a point to change his life. It was then with the peace he made, that he left their lives. A fitting way to end to this series I think. For the rest of the week, we’ve been trying to tie up loose ends.
It appears Guiding Light is trying to make happily ever after happen for as many characters as they can. Ed asked Holly to go away with him. Fletcher heard about Alan’s death and rushed to Alex’s side. Phillip asked Beth to marry him. Jonathan returned to Springfield, and I’m sure if the writers could get away with bringing Tammy back from the death they would have found a way. Today we will have to see what other happy endings we are given. Check back later today for my thoughts on the finale of Guiding Light in comments. What do you think of the end of this serial? Were you a fan? Share your thoughts along with me in comments.
Vampires are one hot ticket right now it seems. All you have to look at is the record numbers set by The Vampire Diaries this week on CW. The premiere of that series brought in the highest numbers of viewers the CW has ever had! It will return to the network for its second episode on Thursday night, and if those numbers continue I see a full season of The Vampire Diaries ahead of us.
That will help those vampire loving people going through True Blood withdrawals. Yes, True Blood returns to HBO tonight for the finale of its second season. The series took a week break last weekend for Labor Day, but now we’ll get to see how this season ends up. What will happen to the town of Bon Temps and Maryann? Will the Queen of the Vampires come in to save the day?
No matter what happens, I’ll be tuning in to watch at some point tonight. Season three is already in the works, and Alan Ball gave TV Squad some spoilers for next season. Looks like we’ll have some new faces to deal with including The Vampire of Mississippi.
Also, it seems no matter what happens on-screen, the off screen happenings are just as interesting. We’ve already had one couple formed by the actors on this series with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer engaged to be married, but now it looks like Evan Rachel Wood and Alexander Skarsgard have also hooked up during filming. News of the hook-up comes from Perez Hilton. Who is next?
Check back here later tonight to see my thoughts of the season finale of True Blood. Check here for more on True Blood.
Over the summer months, Paula Abdul shocked the world when she announced via her twitter that she wouldn’t be returning to American Idol to judge another season. Apparently the powers that be at the series weren’t willing to pay her the money she wanted to continue on. Simon Cowell even tried to push for her to be brought back in, but a search was made instead for a new fourth judge. We saw many join the other three in cities around the US as the contestants for this year’s competition.
Now we know who will join them at the judge’s table when the series returns in January. The powers that be have chosen Ellen Degeneres as the new judge for American Idol. She will sit at the table with Simon, Randy and Kara. Fans of her talk show don’t have to worry though. That isn’t going away at all! She plans to do both during those months. We will have to wait and see what happens and how well she is able to handle both jobs. American Idol is a full time job all its own.
Ellen looks to be there to stay though. She has signed a five year contract with American Idol, and she will start with the series in November. What do you think of this decision? Was Ellen the right choice for American Idol?
