2013 Billboard Awards: Playlist

May 19th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Music | Television - (0 Comments)

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The Las Vegas show will air Sunday on ABC at 8 ET, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Tracy Morgan will host, with Don Mischer producing.

Confirmed lineup of solo performances and collaborations

Collaborations

  • Christina Aguilera, Pitbull, special guest, “Feel This Moment”
  • David Guetta, Ne-Yo & Akon, “Play Hard”
  • Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull, “Live It Up”
  • Will.I.Am & Justin Bieber, “That Power”
  • Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne, “High School”

Solo

  • Justin Bieber, “Take You”
  • Chris Brown, “Fine China”
  • Selena Gomez, “Come And Get It”
  • Icona Pop, “I Love It”
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop”
  • Bruno Mars, “Treasure”
  • Miguel, “Adorn”
  • Kacey Musgraves, “Merry Go Round”
  • The Band Perry, “Better Dig Two”
  • Prince (To be revealed)
  • Ed Sheeran, “Lego House”
  • Taylor Swift, “22″

Awards

  • Madonna will accept the Top Touring Artist award, recognizing the highest-grossing concert touring act of the year.
  • Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars are vying for the Milestone Award, which is a fan-driven honor.

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JoyHog’s Daily Bacon

May 17th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Daily Bacon - (0 Comments)

WHAT’S ON OUR PLATE

  • Nikita. Season 3 ends strongly with Nikita wrongfully accused of assassinating the President and abandoning Michael and the rest of Division to try and clear her name and take down Amanda alone.
  • Billboard Awards. Sunday’s performers include Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Miguel, Justin Bieber, Pitbull, Christina Aguilera, Selena Gomez, the Band Perry, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kacey Musgraves and Prince.
  • Ireland Baldwin.  The 17-year-old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, now a model, dazzles in Vanity Fair.
  • Orb. Can the Kentucky Derby winner add the Preakness Stakes on Saturday?
  • Powerball. Buy a ticket. Saturday’s $600 million jackpot is the second-largest pot in U.S. lottery history.

 

 

JoyHog’s Daily Bacon

May 16th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Daily Bacon - (0 Comments)

WHAT’S ON OUR PLATE

  • Candice Glover: The South Carolina singer beats out Kree Harrison to become American Idol‘s first female winner in six years.
  • Scandal. The outrageous cliffhanger we expected. Can’t wait to see what happens in September.
  • The Vampire Diaries. Holy doppleganger!
  • Star Trek Into Darkness. The stars have done enough talk shows. Now let’s watch the movie. It scored 87 percent on the Tomatometer.
  • Bea Arthur. A 1991 topless painting of the actress (famous for playing Maude) by John Currin sold for $1.9 million at auction in New York on Wednesday night.
  • Fish Sticks. We salute E Robert Kinney, the former General Mills CEO, and inventor of the glorious fish stick, who has passed away at age 96.

 

 The CW: The Original, Supernatural On Tuesday

The CW announced its 2013-14 schedule on Thursday.

Highlights: Hart of Dixie, Beauty and the Beast paired on Monday, The Originals leads off Tuesday, The Tomorrow People follows Arrow while Reign follows The Vampire Diaries, Nikita gets six-episode final run.

MONDAY: 8-Hart of Dixie, 9-Beauty and the Beast

TUESDAY: 8-The Originals (new), 9-Supernatural

WEDNESDAY: 8-Arrow, 9-The Tomorrow People (new)

THURSDAY: 8-The Vampire Diaries,  9-Reign (new)

FRIDAY: 8-The Carrie Diaries, 9-America’s Next Top Model

Midseason

Nikita (six-episode final run), Star-Crossed (new), The 100 (new), Famous in 12 (new)

The CW comments and new show descriptions after the jump.

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JoyHog’s Daily Bacon

May 15th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Daily Bacon - (0 Comments)

WHAT’S ON OUR PLATE

  • The Office. NBC’s workplace comedy comes to an end tonight after nine memorable seasons.
  • Angry Birds. An animated film based on the smash video game is set for July 1, 2016.
  • Lady Antebellum. The country trio’s Golden opened atop the Billboard album chart. It’s Lady A’s third No. 1 album.
  • World Trade Center. Standing proud, the tallest building at 1,776 feet in North America.
  • Yankee Man Candles. They’ve added the scent of crispy fried pork with their new Mmm, Bacon candle and the aroma of buttered popcorn with Movie Night.

 

CBS Adds Four New Comedies

May 15th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Television - (0 Comments)

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CBS announced its 2013-14 schedule on Wednesday.

Highlights: Two-hour comedy block on Thursday, Person of Interest moves to Tuesday, Hawaii Five-O demoted to Friday, Hostages and Intelligence get 15-episode uninterrupted Monday runs, Mike & Molly on midseason bench.

MONDAY: 8-How I Met Your Mother, 8:30-We Are Men (new), 9-Two Broke Girls, 9:30-Mom (new), 10-Hostages (new) / Intelligence (Mid-Season) (new)

TUESDAY: 8-NCIS, 9-NCIS: Los Angeles, 10-Person of Interest

WEDNESDAY: 8-Survivor, 9-Criminal Minds, 10-CSI

THURSDAY: 8-The Big Bang Theory, 8:30-The Millers (new), 9-The Crazy Ones (new), 9:30-Two and A Half Men, 10-Elementary

FRIDAY: 8-Undercover Boss, 9-Hawaii Five-o, 10-Blue Bloods

SATURDAY: 8-Comedytime Saturday, 9-Crimetime Saturday, 10-48 Hours

SUNDAY: 7-60 Minutes, 8-The Amazing Race, 9-The Good Wife, 10-The Mentalist

Midseason

Mike & Molly, Reckless, Friends With Better Lives

CBS comments and new show descriptions after the jump.

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JoyHog’s Daily Bacon

May 14th, 2013 | Posted by James K in Daily Bacon | News - (0 Comments)

WHAT’S ON OUR PLATE

RIOT. HitFix’s new channel provide “Comedy For The Pop Culture Obsessed” and it’s a riot. www.hitfix.com/RIOT

Inferno. Daily Mail book critic AN Wilson wrote about Dan Brown‘s latest thriller: “Even though I thought it was bilge from beginning to end, I could not stop myself reading it.”

Constitution USA. NPR’s Peter Sagal travels across country on a Harley Davidson to find out where the Constitution lives in a fascinating PBS miniseries.

Whitney Houston. A disruptive female passenger who wouldn’t stop singing Whitney Houston songs was kicked off an American Airlines flight bound for JFK Airport on Thursday.