CBS Greenlights The Odd Couple with Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry is set to bring a modern mess to Neil Simon’s classic The Odd Couple.  CBS gave the green light to the pilot (Perry co-wrote and will be an exec producer) for two mismatched roommates — messy Oscar Madison (Perry) and neat freak Felix Unger.  We are excited to see a classic getting the reboot.  Must admit though, after all the years as suited-up ‘transponder’ Chandler Bing, husband to neat-freak Monica Gellar, on Friends we kind of see Perry as a Felix.

CBS Greenlights The Odd Couple with Matthew Perry

Stop, collaborate and listen Ice is back with The Vanilla Ice Project

Chart-topping rapper Vanilla Ice, a.k.a. Rob VanWinkle, is back Saturday, March 8, at 10 p.m. ET/PT for the fourth season of The Vanilla Ice Project on DIY Network.  Over the 13-episode series Vanilla Ice and his crew renovate an outdated Florida mansion on high-dollar lakefront property turning it into a luxurious palace.

“We need to make an unforgettable first impression for potential buyers. Our bling is going to make this house sing,” said Vanilla Ice.This season features Vanilla Ice’s latest project: a 6,300 square-foot home among other beautiful million-dollar homes surrounded by unfinished landscaping on the shore of an exclusive training lake for water skiers.  From crafting a Tuscan-style kitchen with a one-of-a-kind ceiling mural to completely gutting the master bathroom, transforming it into a spacious spa retreat, Vanilla Ice must find cost-effective ways to achieve his grand visions while recoup some of the purchase’s hefty price tag.

“No risk, no reward,” said Vanilla Ice. “There’s always going to be blood, sweat and tears involved.”

In case you cannot get enough, Vanilla Ice Goes Amish, Vanilla Ice’s other series for DIY Network was recently renewed for a second season.

Stop, collaborate and listen Ice is back with The Vanilla Ice Project

Celebrate We Will... Jenna Fischer and Lee Kirk are Expecting #2

Former star of The Office, Jenna Fischer, and director husband, Lee Kirk, are expecting their second child.  Parents of 2-year-old Weston married in 2010 and are excited to make their family of 3 into a 4!

Celebrate We Will... Jenna Fischer and Lee Kirk are Expecting #2

Celebrate We Will... Patrick J. Adams and Troian Bellisario are Engaged

After three years of dating, Patrick J. Adams and Troian Bellisario are engaged!

The actors met in 2009 on the set of a play manage to keep the spark alive even though they are often separated due to busy production schedules.  Adams, 32, shoots Suits in Toronto while Bellisario, 28, films Pretty Little Liars in Los Angeles.

Celebrate We Will... Patrick J. Adams and Troian Bellisario are Engaged

Celebrate We Will... Jimmy Kimmel & Molly McNearney are Expecting

Jimmy Kimmel is going to be a dad . . . again!  The 46-year-old host of late night talker Jimmy Kimmel Live! and his co-head writer and wife, Molly McNearney are expecting a baby.

Kimmel shared the exciting news during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Wednesday, Feb. 26.

The couple, who started dating in 2009, got engaged while on safari in Africa in 2012, and married in July 2013.  This will be child number three for Kimmel who is already dad to daughter Katie, 22, and son Kevin, 20, from his previous marriage to Gina, whom he divorced in 2002.

Celebrate We Will... Jimmy Kimmel & Molly McNearney are Expecting

House of Cards Pushes Production to June

House of Cards Seasons 1 and 2 were filmed in Maryland, mostly in Baltimore and Harford County, although the House chamber in Annapolis was used as a set.  According to economic development officials, in addition to bringing buzz and excitement, the show created nearly 6,000 jobs and brought more than $250 million into the Maryland economy.

After each season, Maryland reimbursed the show’s California-based production company, Media Rights Capital, for a large portion of production expenses.  The first season, more than $11 million in tax credits.  For season 2, reimbursements could reach $15 million.

Maryland economic development officials wanted to promise House of Cards another $15 million in credits for season 3, which was supposed to start filming early spring, but lawmakers have not agreed to boost the $7.5 million in tax credits the state allocates annually for film and television.  Two bills that would increase the ceiling — to $11 million or $18.5 million — are in committee.  House leaders say some increase is likely, but whether it will be enough to keep the show in town remains unclear.

Production is now pushed back to begin in June, and in the meantime, Media Rights Capital is looking for a different state to film, in case Maryland does not come up with the funds.

House of Cards Pushes Production to June

Celebrate We Will... Misty May-Treanor is Pregnant!

We are fans of Misty May-Treanor not only because she is a three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist, a constant smiler, a self-proclaimed animal lover, food enthusiast and Special Olympics supporter, but also because she is married to former-Florida Marlins catcher Matt Treanor.  We are so happy to hear that the very athletic couple are expecting their first child in the summer.The 36-year-old Olympian said ”Matt and I are overjoyed and excited about the journey before us.”

May-Treanor announced her retirement and plans to start a family last summer after  her third Olympic gold medal win with Kerri Walsh Jennings.  Walsh Jennings, who has three children, is aiming for a fourth straight Olympic beach volleyball gold medal with her new partner April Ross.

Celebrate We Will... Misty May-Treanor is Pregnant!

Celebrate We Will... Christina Aguilera is Expecting

Less than a week after Grammy-winning singer Christina Aguilera announced her engagement to long-time boyfriend film producer, Matthew Rutler, the couple who met on the set of 2010 film Burlesque shared more happy news… she is pregnant with their first child together.

Christina has a 6-year-old son, Max Liron, with ex-husband Jordan Bratman.  The pair split in the fall of 2010 just before Aguilera started dating Rutler in November.

The pop star is on leave from season 6 of The Voice after taking off season 4 as well, when Shakira will fill in.

Celebrate We Will... Christina Aguilera is Expecting

Jojo Moyes has you smiling and crying with Me Before You

In search of a new light read (but not too light, something with a little more depth than Fifty Shades of Grey), we found Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You.  We thought this would be a light book as we found reviews everywhere, including in a “What We’re Reading this Weekend” article in People magazine.

Though we had no idea what we were getting into, this 2-day, 1-night read had us smiling and then turned on our waterworks.  Louisa Clark takes you on her passage of her boring small life journeying through a tragic romance to lead her into her new ‘big life.’  Along with the hope, happiness and heart-wrenching sorrow, love weaves its way through the story.

If you are ready for a great read, ending with a box of Puffs, please please please give Jojo Moyes’ tale a try.

Jojo Moyes has you smiling and crying with Me Before You

Love the Look... Amber Heard in Burberry

Such a simple daytime look, we love it…

Amber Heard appeared on Live with Kelly and Michael to promote her latest movie, 3 Days to Kill wearing a Burberry Spring 2014 look consisting of a pastel lemon cashmere sweater with a lace macramé black-and-white polka dot skirt styled with white Jimmy Choo pumps.  (And, yes, we too noticed that she is not wearing her engagement ring from Johnny Depp.)

Love the Look... Amber Heard in Burberry

Katy Perry in Vivienne Westwood and Louboutin

29-year-old Roar singer, Katy Perry, accepted her Elle Woman of the Year award at the 2014 Elle Style Awards in London in British designer Vivienne Westwood‘s light, feminine and pretty Gold Label Capsule Collection Prestige dress with silk ivory rose print and Christian Louboutin Body Strass jeweled pumps, red nail polish to channel some retro glam and pink lips.  This look is great on Katy, we think boyfriend (rumored fiancé) John Mayer would agree…

Katy Perry in Vivienne Westwood and Louboutin

Celebrate We Will... Leighton Meester and Adam Brody have Wed

Congratulations to two adorable private celebs, Gossip Girl‘s Leighton Meester and The OC‘s Adam Brody.

Sources all over are confirming that the two have married in a super-secret private wedding.  Wonder if Check in the Dark played the happy couple’s first dance song. 

Celebrate We Will... Leighton Meester and Adam Brody have Wed

"It's about time!" said Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show

80-year-old comedian and reality TV personality, Joan Rivers was just one of several stars who helped christen Jimmy Fallon‘s new digs popping by The Tonight Show on Monday to pay off a $100 “bet” that Jimmy would never get to be host of the late-night talker (Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, Rudy Giuliani, Lady Gaga to name a few, plus Stephen Colbert, who shouted “Welcome to 11:30, bitch,” before snapping a selfie).  

Rivers, who got her big break as Johnny Carson‘s first permanent Tonight Show guest host, returned to NBC’s storied late-night show for the first time in more than 25 years after being banned in 1986 by Carson from appearing on the program when she left her role as permanent guest host to star in a competing show on Fox, The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers.

Coincidentally, Fallon’s Feb. 17 debut marked the 49th anniversary of Rivers’ first Tonight Show appearance on Feb. 17, 1965.  ”It’s about time!” said Rivers in a statement. “I’ve been sitting in a taxi outside NBC with the meter running since 1987.”

"It's about time!" said Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show

Love the Look - Juana Acosta in Chanel

This is how classic Black and White is done right!

Actress Juana Acosta attended a Bvlgari private party in Madrid, Spain wearing a Chanel Fall 2013 black velvet dress featuring white exaggerated cuffs, white-chiffon at the neckline and hemline styled with Carolina Herrera black-and-white sandals, a Bvlgari ring and the coveted plexiglass Chanel bag in the shape of the iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume bottle.

Love the Look - Juana Acosta in Chanel

Hart of Dixie Beats On for Season 4!

The CW has decided to order up some more of the sweet dramedy Hart of Dixie about adorable fast talking New Yorker Dr. Zoe Hart’s (Rachel Bilson) move to the fictional small town of Bluebell, Alabama.  Though we do not see this show on the Emmy nomination list, it makes us laugh, cry and ooh over fashion too (plus, looking at Wilson Bethel and Scott Porter does not hurt our eyes either).  Glad to see that the CW is giving us more of these warm characters.

Hart of Dixie Beats On for Season 4!

Look-a-Like: Taryn Manning and Jenny Mollen

Orange is the New Black star Taryn Manning has been all over the place these days.  We were watching Hollywood Game Night and she was a contestant and we noticed some similarities and then we saw some pictures from New York Fashion Week’s Heart Truth Red Dress collection show and we couldn’t resist… actress Jenny Mollen (aka Jason Bigg’s wife, comedian, author and soon-to-be mommy) and Taryn could be sisters.

Look-a-Like: Taryn Manning and Jenny Mollen

Celebrity 'Once-Removed' Family in the News - Lebron James

After the sad news broke this week of Julia and Eric Robert‘s half-sister, Nancy Motes’s untimely death possibly due to a drug overdose or maybe a suicide, Miami Beach Police released this DUI Arrest Report of Miami Heat super star and NBA MVP Lebron James‘ stepfather.  Though we are sorry to hear that anyone is suffering (our sympathies to the Roberts family), when did the stepfamily members of a celebrity become public figures?  Why is this news?  And, why are they all getting in such trouble?

Celebrity 'Once-Removed' Family in the News - Lebron James

Love the Look... Gwyneth Paltrow shining in Saint Laurent

Gwyneth Paltrow sparkled at the Great American Songbook Event held at Alice Tully Hall in New York City in a Saint Laurent sequined little black long sleeve mini dress styled with edgy pointy black booties.

We love the look.  So easy to replicate!

 

Love the Look... Gwyneth Paltrow shining in Saint Laurent

Love the Look - Reese Witherspoon in Valentino

Walking the Line with style, Reese Witherspoon attended the Great American Songbook event honoring talent agent Bryan Lourd at Alice Tully Hall in New York City wearing a Valentino black long-sleeve frock featuring an alluring sheer panel with a scalloped trim accessorized with her go-to black Jimmy Choo pumps.

The Legally Blonde star was among a slew of celebrity guests hitting up the event to honor Lourd’s contributions to the arts, including actress Gwyneth Paltrow, actress Sarah Jessica Parker, Vogue‘s Anna Wintour, Glee creator Ryan Murphy, actress Patricia Clarkson and morning show hostess Kelly Ripa and her actor husband Mark Consuelos.

Love the Look - Reese Witherspoon in Valentino

A&E Picks Up 18 More Wahlburgers

We can watch almost anything on TV, really, we watch the news, primetime sitcoms, Duck Dynasty, Storage Wars, Iron Chef, you name it, we record and watch it… but, we cannot stomach more than 5 minutes of the Wahlburgers and yet A&E  ordered 18 more episodes of the series (double its original order of 9 episodes).

The reality series chronicles brothers Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg’s efforts to expand their burger restaurant business in the Boston area.

Do you like this show?  Maybe we should give it another try…

A&E Picks Up 18 More Wahlburgers

NBC offers Primetime Digital Series

Do you miss your primetime shows while NBC brings the cold Olympic Sochi snow to your living room?

Now you can miss Parenthood, Chicago Fire, Parks and Recreation, and Grimm a little less as NBC announced it will offer digital series these four of its primetime series.

While the slop style takes over primetime, you can watch the digital series streaming on NBC.com, Hulu and YouTube.

We are excited for the digital version of the Saucy: “Parenthood’s” digital series is titled “Friday Night at the Luncheonette.” Amber (Mae Whitman) is tasked with keeping an eye on her cousin Max (Max Burkholder), while also working after hours at the Luncheonette. When the band Crucifictorious shows up, Amber desperately tries to keep things under control while Max documents events with his phone. Guest stars Jesse Plemons and Derek Phillips reprise their “Friday Night Lights” roles of Landry Clarke and Billy Riggins, respectively. The four-part digital series debuts Thursday, Feb. 13.  The “Parenthood” webisodes were written by Julia Cox (part 1), Monica Mitchell (part 2), Aaron Brownstein & Simon Ganz (part 3) and Adam Karp (part 4). Parts 1 and 2 were directed by Eric Tignini and parts 3 and 4 directed by Scott Schaeffer.

NBC offers Primetime Digital Series

Love the Dress, Hate the Look - Adèle Exarchopoulos

Blue is the Warmest Color’s Adèle Exarchopoulos awed at the Cesars 2014 nominee luncheon held at Le Fouquet’s restaurant in Paris, France in this multicolored macramé bouquet mini-dress with solid piping at the high round neck and an A-line silhouette from the Valentino Resort 2014 collection.

Too bad we think the dress was mis-styled with Prada tricolor platform ankle-strap sandal pumps.

What do you think?  Like the dress?  Hate the styling?

Love the Dress, Hate the Look - Adèle Exarchopoulos

Let the Olympic Winter Games Begin!

The XXII Olympic Winter Games aka 2014 Winter Olympics aka the 22nd Winter Olympics begin in Sochi, Russia with the Opening Ceremony today (February 7th) and run through the Closing Ceremony (February 23rd).

These games will certainly rank among some of the most controversial, politically and safety-wise, Olympics.  Though it remains unknown whether the February 2013 estimate made by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who has been in charge of Olympic preparations, of US $51 billion estimated cost (including infrastructure construction related to the games) or the daily Vedomosti‘s projected US $45 billion cost is accurate, either figure would make these Olympics the most expensive on record.  To give you an idea, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing cost an estimated $40 billion and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver cost approximately $6 billion.

We hope the 343,000 populated city of Sochi is ready for the influx of the world showcase of approx. 3,500 athletes because NBC is ready to bring the games to our US TVs on 5 channels!

Let the Olympic Winter Games Begin!

Don't Neglect Doggie Dental Health

February is National Pet Dental Health Month.

Do you brush your pup’s teeth enough? Madison is not a huge fan of the brusha-brusha but she does not mind using her mouthwash as much. She used to suck on the straw like a sip-up juice box.

It may seem silly, but plaque and gum disease can cause real health problems for your pet. Make sure to keep that smile of their’s clean and healthy!

 

Don't Neglect Doggie Dental Health

Lloyd is back for Entourage the Movie

Entourage‘s superagent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) will be able to scream at, torture and otherwise reprise his obnoxious antics with his assistant Lloyd in the upcoming movie version of the HBO series as Rex Lee has formally signed on.  Lee was on hand, along with Piven, lead Adrian Grenier (Vince Chase) and Ari’s wife Perrey Reeves, for a table read on January 30th.

We are glad to hear that the cast is coming together and hope the movie lives up to all the hype.

Lloyd is back for Entourage the Movie

House of Cards remains standing for Season 3 Pick-Up

A few weeks ahead of the Emmy-winning drama’s Season 2 debut on the streaming service, Netflix has given the official green light for a third season of House of Cards.  Originally packaged as a two-season pickup, production is set to begin soon for the third season.

House of Cards remains standing for Season 3 Pick-Up

The Needs of Spoiled Dogs... BarkBox

Madison loves her holiday gift, a subscription to BarkBox!

(She is so spoiled that she received numerous gifted subscriptions and will be able to enjoy for months to come.)

We are anxiously awaiting her 2nd month’s installment.  If you have not heard of BarkBox, definitely check it out!

The Needs of Spoiled Dogs... BarkBox

Lena Dunham in Narciso Rodriguez

No “little fat chick,” Lena Dunham was one of a host of celebrities to take the stage at the Hammerstein Ballroom to toast SiriusXM radio host Howard Stern at his stellar 60th-birthday bash.

In a Narciso Rodriguez three-quarter length sleeve black dress, the Girls star recalled that after the shock jock apologized for saying she “looked like Jonah Hill,” “he asked me [Lena] if I was intimidated because my boyfriend could be getting much hotter ass.” Dunham continued, “I didn’t have the wherewithal to ask Howard if he was intimidated because Beth [Ostrosky Stern] could definitely be with someone . . . who doesn’t look like a cartoon of a Jewish female horse.”

Lena Dunham in Narciso Rodriguez

Loving this... Emmy Rossum

Well said Emmy Rossum.

#multitasking

 

Loving this... Emmy Rossum