2 Chainz is exploring his acting chops in the latest episode of on CBS show 2 Broke Girls. In this episode, the Grammy nominated rapper shares a private jet with two unlikeable fans who will do just about anything to take a picture of the jet lag rapper as he leads to the Grammys.
CBS Radio announces that actor, comedian, TV and WXRK (92.3 NOW)/New York morning host Nick Cannon will host of a new weekly countdown show to be broadcast on CBS stations and syndicated by Citadel Media. Cannon's Countdown will be available for both CHR Pop/Rhythmic and Urban stations, featuring a mix of music and celebrity interviews. The four-hour and three-hour shows, respectively, will debut in two dozen markets including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Detroit, Phoenix, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and Little Rock the weekend of April 23.
Launching in conjunction with Cannon's Countdown is cannonscountdown.com, an online destination showcasing the program's weekly list of the most popular Urban or CHR Pop/Rhythmic songs. The show will be available for streaming online at http://www.cannonscountdown.com and through the Radio.com mobile application. National over-the-air advertising and syndication will be managed by Citadel Media. Dom Theodore, Vice President of CHR/Top 40 Programming for CBS Radio, will serve as executive producer of the programs.
"CBS Radio has been an incredible partner," says Cannon. "With the success that we've had together with my morning show on 92.3 NOW in the New York City tri-state I am thrilled to now have the opportunity to reach radio listeners nationwide with my new Cannon's Countdown show."
CBS Radio SVP of Programming Chris Oliviero added, "Nick is a unique personality who is a trusted source when it comes to music and pop culture for this generation. His uncanny sense of humor and engaging style will bring a new and modern twist to the countdown format and allows him to speak candidly while interviewing guests and breaking down celebrity gossip. With the launch of www.cannonscountdown, Nick will give his audience a 360-degree experience on-air and online while sharing his latest interests and insights via the web."
"Nick Cannon represents a dynamic brand and provides an ideal vehicle for advertisers wanting to reach the young-end consumer," said Ed Rivera, SVP of Sales for Citadel Media. "He has demonstrated his ability to attract top level advertisers and seamlessly integrate their messaging while affording them a connection to his loyal fans. Cannon's Countdown will offer significant opportunities for sponsorships and product integration and our team is looking forward to leading the national sales effort."
Cannon's Countdown will be heard on:
CBS Radio: WXRK/New York WBBM/Chicago KMVQ/San Francisco KKHH/Houston WVEE/Atlanta WPGC/Washington, D.C. WDZH/Detroit KZON/Phoenix WLLD/Tampa WNKS/Charlotte KSFM/Sacramento KLUC/Las Vegas WJHM/Orlando WMBX/West Palm WZMX/Hartford
Damon Wayans has finalized a deal to headline the CBS TV Studios multi-camera comedy pilot set at a sports radio station.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the pilot is written by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff ("Grounded for Life") and is inspired by acerbic ESPN personality Colin Cowherd. Wayans' character is named Nick Herd.
Andy Cadiff ("Hot in Cleveland," "Rules of Engagement," "My Wife and Kids") will direct the pilot.
Martin, Schiff and Cowherd will executive produce with Eric and Kim Tannenbaum ("Running Wilde," "Two and Half Men") whose Tannenbaum Co. is set up at CBS Studios with a three-year overall deal.
Danny Comden ("Dirt," "Urban Legend") has also joined the cast as the manipulative producer of Herd's show.
Wayans - who hails from the famous comedic family behind "In Living Color" - has built a career as an actor and comedian as well as a producer and director. His on-screen include ABC's "My Wife and Kids" and the Showtime sketch comedy series "The Underground." He also headlined a string of features including "Major Payne" and "The Last Boy Scout."
A combination of old stars including Mick Jagger and Barbra Streisand and newer faces such as Justin Bieber and Katy Perry lifted the music industry's Grammy Awards on Sunday to their biggest audience in 10 years.
Television network CBS on Monday said 26.55 million viewers tuned in to see country trio Lady Antebellum win song of the year and record of the year with "Need You Now" and Canadian rockers Arcade Fire claim best album for "The Suburbs."
Total viewership was up 3 percent from last year's 25.87 million, CBS said, as music fans watched Mick Jagger pay tribute to the late Solomon Burke by singing "Everybody Needs Somebody" and Justin Bieber in a duet with Jaden Smith.
The Grammys are given out by the U.S.-based Recording Academy. In recent years, organizers have reduced the number of awards given away in the televised portion of the show and emphasized performances as a way to keep audiences tuned in.
This year's honors included some of the biggest names in pop music, hip-hop and rap, country and rock. Among the other singers were Lady Gaga and Eminem.
NEW YORK - Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent Harold Dow, who helped shape the documentary program "48 Hours" and covered the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the Sept. 11 attacks, has died. He was 62.
Dow died suddenly Saturday morning in New Jersey, network spokeswoman Louise Bashi said. He lived in Upper Saddle River, N.J., but it wasn't immediately clear if he'd been at home.
Dow had been a correspondent for "48 Hours" since 1990. His nearly 40 years with the network also included reporting for "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" and "CBS News Sunday Morning."
A "48 Hours" report on runaways earned him a George Foster Peabody Award. He also won five Emmys, for work including coverage of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and of American troops' movement into Bosnia in 1996.
"Insatiably curious, he was happiest when he was on the road deep into a story," Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of "48 Hours Mystery," said in a statement. "It was his humanity, which was felt by everyone he encountered, even in his toughest interviews, that truly defined the greatness of his work. He was the most selfless man I have known."
Dow landed an exclusive interview with kidnapping victim Hearst in December 1976, and he had the first network interview with O.J. Simpson following the 1994 killing of his ex-wife. He barely escaped one of the falling twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, the network said.
Dow was a contributor to "48 Hours on Crack Street," the 1986 documentary that led to the creation of the weekly "48 Hours." Before that, he had been a co-anchor on "CBS News Nightwatch" and a correspondent and reporter at the CBS News Los Angeles bureau. He started his career with the network as a broadcast associate in 1972.
As a co-anchor and talk-show host for KETV in Omaha, Neb., he was the first African-American television reporter in that city.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy, and their three children.
MONICA TO PERFORM ON CBS' EARLY SHOW AND TAKE OVER BET'S 106 & PARK FOR LAUNCH OF STILL STANDING
NEW ALBUM, FEATURING "EVERYTHING TO ME," IN STORES MARCH 23rd ON J RECORDS
REALITY SERIES NOMINATED FOR A NAMIC VISION AWARD
New York, NY - Monica, the Grammy Award winning songstress, will release her brand new album Still Standing on March 23 on J Records. The album is currently available for pre-orders at iTunes and Amazon with exclusive bonus tracks. Myspace will premiere tracks from the album on March 20th.
The album's first single "Everything to Me," is currently #3 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Claiming the #1 spot on BET's 106 &Park for 8 consecutive days, the Benny Boom-directed dramatic video features Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver and new Dancing With The Stars contestant Chad Ochocinco.
In addition to "Everything To Me," which was inspired by Deniece Williams' 1980's hit "Silly" and produced by Missy Elliott and written by Jazmine Sullivan, Still Standing features a sole guest appearance by Ludacris and an A-list of hitmaking producers including Ne-Yo, Stargate, Jim Jonsin, Polow Da Don, Brian-Michael Cox. The album was executive produced by Monica and Cox.
On March 22nd and March 23rd, Monica will prove why she's still standing when she co-hosts and performs during her two-day takeover on BET's 106 & Park. Also on March 23, Monica will perform "Everything to Me" on CBS' The Early Show then head back to her beloved hometown of Atlanta for the album in-store/signing event at the Downtown Locker Room at the Camp Creek Mall from 5pm-8pm. Later that evening, Monica returns back to New York to join her fans and celebrity friends for NY's Power 105 official album release party at Arena. Monica will close out the whirlwind week with a bevy of events and appearances across the country.
Recently, BET took their viewers and Monica fans on a 12-week behind the scenes journey of Monica's life as she recorded Still Standing, her fifth album. Cited as the 2nd biggest debut in BET's history with 3.5 million viewers, Monica: Still Standing has been nominated for a NAMIC Vision Award, which honors original multi-ethnic and cross-cultural television programming. Winners will be announced during their annual ceremony on April 22nd.
The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, returns to the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, and will air live on the CBS Television Network from 8-11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Notable Grammy newcomer's include Drake and Kid Cudi who were both nominated for their first ever Grammy. Both artists received nominations for Best Rap Solo Performance and Kid Cudi also received nominations for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group.
Some ‘09 albums including Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 and Wale's Attention Deficit were left without nominations because of their release dates and the Grammy deadline.
Below is a list of Hip Hop nominations:
Best Rap Album
Common - Universal Mind Control
Eminem - Relapse
Flo Rida - R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Best Rap Solo Performance
Drake - "Best I Ever Had"
Eminem - "Beautiful"
Jay-Z - "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Kid Cudi - "Day ‘N' Nite"
Mos Def - "Casa Bey"
Best Rap Song
Drake - "Best I Ever Had"
Kid Cudi - "Day ‘N' Nite"
T.I. & Justin Timberlake - "Dead And Gone"
Jay-Z - "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)"
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - "Run This Town"
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group
Beastie Boys & Nas - "Too Many Rappers"
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent - "Crack A Bottle"
Fabolous & Jay-Z - "Money Goes, Honey Stay"
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common - "Make Her Say"
Kanye West & Young Jeezy - "Amazing"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Beyoncé & Kanye West - "Ego"
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo - "Knock You Down"
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - "Run This Town"
The Lonely Island & T-Pain - "I'm On A Boat"
T.I. & Justin Timberlake - "Dead And Gone"
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyoncé
It Kills Me
Melanie Fiona
That Was Then
Lalah Hathaway
Goin' Thru Changes
Ledisi
Lions, Tigers & Bears
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
The Point Of It All
Anthony Hamilton
Pretty Wings
Maxwell
Sobeautiful
Musiq Soulchild
Under
Pleasure P
There Goes My Baby
Charlie Wilson
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
NEW YORK - CBS Corp. remains in talks with Oprah Winfrey about the future of her syndicated daytime talk show, with Winfrey set to make a decision by year's end.
Asked about the future of the show, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said Thursday that CBS has it locked up through "most of 2011" and is "in constant conversations" with its star.
"She's a legend," and the company would like to keep a relationship with her, he said. "We will probably know in a couple of months. We're in dialogue."
A spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Prods. also said that she has not made a decision yet.
"As she has previously stated, she'll be making an announcement before the end of the year," he added.
Earlier in the day, a blog report had said Winfrey had decided to move the talk show to Discovery Communications and Harpo's joint venture, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, once the CBS deal expires
LOS ANGELES - Actor Samuel L. Jackson's UppiTV has set up two series projects at CBS, a comedy and a medical drama.
Both shows are produced by CBS TV Studios, which has extended its deal with UppiTV for another year.
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The multicamera comedy, from writer Bob Kushell, is about the wife of a U.S. congressman who inherits her husband's seat when he dies unexpectedly in the middle of his term.
Writer Andrea Newman's medical drama centers on an emergency room doctor who uses unconventional methods to treat his patients.
Jackson will executive produce the projects alongside their respective writers.
Kushell's credits include "Samantha Who?" and "3rd Rock From the Sun." Newman has worked on "Private Practice" and "Cold Case."
Jackson started his push into TV producing last year when he signed a first-look deal with CBS Studios. His only previous stint as TV producer is with Spike TV's animated series "Afro Samurai."
Vevo, an online music video start-up backed by two major music labels and supported by YouTube's technology platform, is in talks with CBS Corp and NBC to license and develop shows for the Web, according to two people familiar with the talks.
The website Vevo is the music industry's answer to Hulu, the popular
U.S.-based online service backed by NBC Universal, News Corp and Walt Disney Co.
Vevo, which is due for launch by December, is being designed to offer
high-quality music videos and music-related programing. It will be separate from Google's YouTube, whose technology will be the framework for the new site. Currently, YouTube is the home to most music videos on the Web.
Vivendi's Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company and YouTube, first announced plans for the service in April. So far Vevo has signed one content and equity partnership deal with Sony Music Entertainment.
A person familiar with Vevo's plans said similar deals are on the table with Warner Music Group and EMI Group. An agreement with Warner will likely be delayed because of an ongoing dispute with YouTube over financial terms.
The partners intend for Vevo to move beyond simply being a website for music videos and artist interviews. They hope to develop original music-related content with experienced programing partners like CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. Such programing could also potentially be aired on TV as well.
It could mean that Vevo would eventually be a competitor to Viacom Inc's MTV Networks empire of cable shows.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING
It is not yet clear if Vevo will require additional funding ahead of its
launch, though the company has had talks with financial investors such as private equity partners who have shown an interest in backing the start-up, according to the person familiar with the plans.
Providence Equity Partners was one of Hulu's investors along with its
content partners. It was also one of the private equity investors in Warner Music in 2004 when the music company became independent from Time Warner Inc.
Former Universal Music head of digital Rio Caraeff was appointed as Vevo chief executive earlier this summer.
Vevo's higher quality music videos will be expected to generate revenue by advertising in and around the music clips. The founders hope...More Vevo
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