President Barack Obama will appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Thursday, said the White House. Obama will visit the show during his trip to Los Angeles and will return to Washington Thursday night.
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Montel Williams has new radio show
Montel Williams’ new national radio show, “Montel Across America,” will air weekdays 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. central time with progressive network Air America Radio.
Williams is also debuting a multimedia business based on his “Living Well with Montel” brand. Previously, he was the host and executive producer of “The Montel Williams Show”, which was one of the longest running daytime television talk shows. He is currently launching a multimedia business based on his “Living Well with Montel” brand. He’s also published eight best-selling books.
Hard times hit Sesame Street
Sunny days are few and far between on Sesame Street nowadays. Sesame Workshop, which produces the Sesame Street children series, is laying off 20 percent of its employees.
“After careful review, we have concluded that we will have to operate with fewer resources in order to achieve our strategic priorities,” the organization stated in a press release about cutting 67 of its 355 staff positions. “[We are] not immune to the unprecedented challenges of today’s economic environment.”
Prince to perform four straight nights on ‘Leno’
Beginning March 25, Prince will appear four straight nights on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” reports Billboard. His performance preludes his triple CD set release on March 29, which will be sold at Target for $11.98.
Prince fans received an email from his lotusflow3r.com website: “From the 24th on, there will b a slew of NPG-related events happening around electric LAlaland.. we don’t want 2 give away all the details yet, but b prepared 2 get yo groove on, numerous ways 4 numerous days. We know $ is tite but the adventures will b worth ur while! Stay 2ned 2 this outtaspacestation.”
Lil Kim makes her dancing debut on ‘Stars’
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Lil Kim got off to a good start last night when she debuted on the ABC series, “Dancing with the Stars.”
Sherri Shepherd to star in Lifetime series
Sherri Shepherd will soon add another job to her resume. The co-host of ABC talk show, “The View,” will soon star in a Lifetime comedy based loosely on her own life, reports Entertainment Weekly. The series is about a woman “who after learning of her husband’s infidelity and illegitimate child, allows both child and mother to move in with them.”
Sounds like complete fiction to me because I don’t know any woman who would go for that!
‘American Idol’ Mandisa loses 75 pounds
Remember Mandisa from season five of the Fox series, “American Idol”? Well, just before the March 24 release of her new album, “Release,” the Grammy-nominated Christian singer has lost 75 pounds. Mandisa said she used food to deal with being sexually molested as a child and raped at age 16.
“A lot of girls turn to men to fill that void and some turn to drugs,” Mandisa, 32, told People magazine. “I turned to food as my drug of choice.”
She credits her weight loss to doing cardio workouts five days a week and eating salads, lean meats and fiber. Mandisa also received counseling for her childhood issues.
“Being able to fit into clothes I couldn’t before is great,” she said. “To be able to walk into a room and not feel self-conscious, I don’t ever remember feeling this way.”
The Roots to be Jimmy Fallon’s new house band
On March 2, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” will premiere on NBC with rap group The Roots as its house band, reports Billboard. The group was recommended for the job by Neal Brennan, co-creator of “Chappelle’s Show,” where The Roots served as musical supervisors.
The Roots will also participate in comedy routines on the show, said the group’s vocalist, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter.
“There are a few things we’re trying to work out now that might be established as recurring bits,” he said. “None of the Roots members object to taking part in any of that. We’re totally open to working our new routines and establishing things on our own.”
The group is also recording their next album and will continue to tour on weekends.