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2011 Tony Awards Winners – Complete List

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Below is the complete list of winners from Sunday night’s 65th Annual Tony Awards (Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris):
• Best Actor in a Play: Mark Rylance, Jerusalem
• Best Actress in a Musical: Sutton Foster, Anything Goes

• Best Actor in a Musical: Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
  Best Musical: Book of Mormon
• Best Play: War Horse

• Best Musical Revival: Anything Goes
• Best Play Revival: The Normal Heart
• Best Featured Actress in a Play: Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
• Best Featured Actor in a Play: John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart
• Best Actress in a Play: Frances McDormand, Good People
• Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
• Best Featured Actor in a Musical: John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• Best Choreography: Anything Goes
• Best Direction of a Play: Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse
• Best Direction of a Musical: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon
• Best Book of a Musical: The Book of Mormon
• Best Orchestrations: The Book of Mormon
• Best Original Score: The Book of Mormon
• Best Scenic Design of a Play: War Horse
• Best Lighting Design of a Play: War Horse
• Best Sound Design of a Play: War Horse
• Best Sound Design of a Musical: The Book of Mormon
• Best Lighting Design of a Musical: The Book of Mormon
• Best Costume Design of a Musical: Priscilla Queen of the Desert
• Best Costume Design of a Play: The Importance of Being Earnest 


VIDEO: Selena Gomez Rushed To The Hospital

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Selena Gomez was rushed to the hospital yesterday after her appearance on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show.

The actress and singer suffered from nausea and a severe headache, according to TMZ. 
The 18-year-old spent the night at a Los Angeles hospital where she is undergoing tests. We still have no word on her condition.
Watch the video below for the latest…

VIDEOS: Watch All So You Think You Can Dance 6/9 Performances

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So You Think You Can Dance announced its top 20 of Season 8 Thursday night (June 9, 2011) and in celebration, the selected dancers performed two dances each.

I have all of the performances from last night below! “Like” my Facbook page by clicking here and I will keep you informed of everything SYTYCD all season!

WATCH: Caitlynn Lawson, Ashley Rich, Mitchell Kelly, Alexander Fost, Ryan Ramirez – Travis Wall Routine. Music: Moth’s Wings by Passion Pit.

WATCH: Ricky Jaime, Miranda Maleski, Melanie Moore, Sasha Mallory in a Stacey Tookey routine. Music: In This Shirt by Irrepressibles.

WATCH top 10 ladies in a Sonya Tayeh routine. Music: Pop, Drop & Roll by Chonique Sneed & Lisette Bustamanate.

WATCH Iveta Lukosiute (w/ Pasha Kovalev) in a Jason Gilkison routine. Music: Ven A Bailer (On The Floor) by Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull.

WATCH: A Christopher Scott Routine: Nick Young and Jess LeProtto. Music: Funkier than a Mosquito’s Tweeter by Nina Simone.

WATCH: Clarice Ordaz, Marko Germar, Jordan Casanova, Missy Morelli in a Sonya Tayeh Routine. Music: Vanguardian by Steed Lord.

WATCH: Chris Cole, Tadd Gadduang, Wadi Jones, Robert Taylor Jr. in a Dave Scott Routine. Music: Everyday (Coolin’) by Swizz Beatz feat. Eve.

VIDEO CLIP OF THE DAY: So You Think You Can Dance

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FAVORITE VIDEO CLIP OF THE DAY.



So You Think You Can Dance announced its top 20 of Season 8 Thursday night and in celebration, the selected dancers performed three dances each.

My favorite performance of the night was a Travis Wall routine by Caitlynn Lawson, Ashley Rich, Mitchell Kelly, Alexander Fost, and Ryan Ramirez.

Watch the performance below:

VIDEO: Barry Manilow Got Paid $100 For One Of The Most Recognizable Commercial Jingles

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SPOTTED: Barry Manilow at The Grove for an interview with Mario Lopez of Extra and and a live performance Thursday June 9, 2011.

Manilow’s biggest song hits include Could It Be Magic, Mandy, Can’t Smile Without You, and Copacabana (At the Copa). But he has also written some of the most recognizable commercial jingles ever created including these decades-long favorites: State Farm Insurance (“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there…”) and Band-Aid (“I am stuck on Band-Aid, ’cause Band-Aids stuck on me!”). Interesting fact: Manilow told the crowd today that he received a measly $100 and $500 for these amazingly successful ads.

You can watch the interview and Barry’s performance below!

WATCH THE VIDEO!

SYTYCD Announces Its Top 20

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So You Think You Can Dance announced the top 20 contestants for Season 8 on Thursday night.

AND, they are:

Alexander Fost, 21, Pasadena, Calif. (contemporary style)
Ashley Rich, 22, Emeryville, Calif. (contemporary)
Caitlynn Lawson, 18, Moses Lake, Wash. (contemporary)
Christopher Koehl, 21, Garland, Texas (hip-hop)
Clarice Ordaz, 19, Whittier, Calif. (jazz)
Iveta Lukosiute,30, New York (ballroom)
Jess Leprotto, 18, Little Falls, N.J. (musical theater)
Jordan Casanova, 18, Chino Hills, Calif. (jazz)
Marko Germar, Jazz, 22, Canoga Park, Calif. (jazz)
Melanie Moore,19, New York, N.Y. (contemporary)
Miranda Maleski, 19, North Hollywood, Calif. (contemporary)
Missy Morelli, 19, Studio City, Calif. (jazz)
Mitchell Kelly, 20, Atlanta (contemporary)
Nick Young, 19, Franklin, Wis. (tap)
Ricky Jaime, 18, Tampa, Fla. (contemporary)
Robert Taylor Jr., 30, Brooklyn, N.Y. (hip-hop)
Ryan Ramirez,19, Morgan Hill, Calif. (contemporary)
Sasha Mallory,23, Bakersfield, Calif. (contemporary)
Tadd Gadduang, 25, West Valley, Utah (street)
Wadi Jones, 24, Ossining, N.Y. (breaking)

So You Think You Can Dance airs on Fox at 8-10 p.m. Wednesdays and 8-9 p.m. Thursdays.

SPOTTED: Super 8 Cast! (Photos)

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SPOTTED: The super talented young cast of Super 8 was at The Grove for an interview with Mario Lopez of Extra. The cast described the movie as sci-fi, comedy, romance, action, and suspense all packed into one sure to be blockbuster summer movie!

Joel Courtney, Ryan Lee, Riley Griffiths, Zach Mills, and Gabriel Basso play the lead roles in this JJ Abrams/Steven Spielberg collaboration.

I saw a screening of this movie and will write a review here soon, but what I will say for now is that I was so THOROUGHLY impressed with the acting of this young ensemble, especially new comer Joel Courtney, that I loved what would have otherwise been a so-so thriller. What sold this movie for me was the cast’s ability to completely draw me in to the story lines of the more innocent and simpler times of the late 1970’s (simpler at the beginning anyway). I was also surprisingly moved by the young love story between Courtney and Elle Fanning. Elle, Dakota’s younger sister, proved that talent runs deep in that family! And Joel proved that he can play lead, even a romantic one, when surrounded by an awesome cast.

Enjoy these pics – I am sure you will see more of these young and coming actors in other movies soon:






Mario showing Super 8 EW Cover to The Cast
A fan asked Joel to autograph a $100 bill!
Joel and me 🙂

Riley and me 🙂

Ryan and me 🙂

Jake Pavelka To Star In Bachelor Pad 2

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Jake Pavelka and Me 🙂

Jake Pavelka is coming back to a reality show near you: The Bachelorette turned Bachelor star will be a contestant on season two of Bachelor Pad as well this summer!

What’s crazy but sure to be ratings gold for ABC is that his ex-Vienna Girardi – is rumored to be starring on the show as well. She actually told a few people at an event I was recently covering that she will be on a new ABC show this summer. Methinks she will be on the secret cast of Bachelor Pad 2 as well which just started shooting. You better believe I will be tuning in for this hot mess.

Can’t get enough of Pavelka? He is also starring on VH1’s fall show, Famous Food, with Heidi Montag, Danielle Staub,Vincent Pastore and Ashley Dupre. The winner of that show will get a partnership stake in a Hollywood restaurant, Lemon Basket.

EW broke the story that Pavelka will be on Bachelor Pad when they spotted the reality star – pilot with Jackie Gordon (from Brad Womack’s second season of The Bachelor) out on the town for a date at LA’s El Capitan theater.

Sounds like cha-ching for ABC!

Pretty Little Liars DVD Season 1 Bonus Material

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The Pretty Little Liars DVD is out now and it comes with bonus material which you will absolutely love.
My two favorite features are:


Making of Pretty Little Liars
Making of PLL includes extensive interview with the show’s executive producer, author of the book, and the cast. They each talk about why the show hits so close to home with so many devoted fans, about the chemistry between the cast members, and why each TV character was cast even though the actresses don’t look like the images of the characters in the book. I won’t spill the beans, you’re gonna have to watch DVD for yourself to see all the juicy details. But, here is a teaser: Did you know the pilot was shot in snowy Canada and the scenes were supposed to be summer scenes?! The girls were wearing bikinis with UGGs boots (hidden from camera lens!) just to keep warm! That’s just one of the many secrets of the show!


Little Secrets from The Set
The DVD also includes Shay giving a tour of the set with a Flip cam. She shows what takes place behind the scenes: From makeup, to wardrobe, to what the actresses eat on the set, to what their dressing rooms look like. One cool thing I learned: There are no windows on the set, so, the actors have no idea what time it is. They shoot night and day scenes without ever knowing what time they’re actually are in.

The Making Of also includes a great spotlight on the wardrobe. Check out a sneak peek here:

Don’t forget to order your Pretty Little Liars Season One DVD today: http://bit.ly/lRSTgB
I have been hired by Warner Bros. WBWord division to promote 
Pretty Little Liars: The Complete First Season on DVD.

VIDEO: Kinetic King Blows Up Hundreds Of Popsicle Sticks

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The Kinetic King blew us away when he set off the biggest chain reaction Popsicle stick bomb the world has ever seen on Wednesday night’s America’s Got Talent. What took 8 hours to build, was completely destroyed in a mere seconds.

Growing up, the Kinetic King did not have many dominoes, so, this is the end result of what his experimentations with blowing up Popsicle sticks has lead to: