Thursday, February 28, 2013
The 59th day of 2013 with 306 days remaining.
Today is "M*A*S*H": THE FINAL EPISODE Day - 1983 (30 Years ago today)
The series premiered in the U.S. on September 17, 1972, and ended February 28, 1983, with the finale, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", becoming the most watched television episode in U.S. television history at the time, with a record-breaking 125 million viewers
Today in Music
Top of the Charts!
He's had a world of trouble, but in 1985 he was on top of the world, along with that other guy.
This and That
Dana Delany specifically REQUESTED to play the dreaded ‘Plead The Fifth’ game on Tuesday night’s edition of the always hilarious Watch What Happens Live on Bravo, according to host Andy Cohen – and lucky for us, she made the surprising revelation that she once dated the notorious actor, and suspected killer, Robert Blake! As fans of Watch What Happens Live know, you can only ‘Plead The Fifth’ to one of Cohen’s tricky three questions. With that in mind, Cohen first asked Delany which of her former co-stars on Desperate Housewives have had the “most work done,” to which the Body of Proof star — not surprisingly — replied, “Wow… Fifth!”
Is this even legal? Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, the pint-sized and over-caffeinated star of TLC's Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, is using Facebook to sell Girl Scout cookies. Given her celebrity status and 700,000 fans on the social media site, it's a safe bet that she'll do alright sales-wise. Boxes run for $3.50 each. Thompson's fan page says each box will be signed by the Boo Boo herself and include an autographed pictured of the family.
Lightening Round (Celebrity Style)
Britney Spears enjoys some gum while being escorted to her car by a female officer after shopping at Target on Tuesday (February 26) in Los Angeles. The day before, the 31-year-old entertainer was spotted rocking her new brown locks while heading to a dance studio in Thousand Oaks.
The Green Day singer, who enrolled in a 30-day treatment program following his infamous onstage breakdown at I Heart Radio in Las Vegas in September 2012, comes cleans and confesses the sordid details and war stories about his brutal battle with substance abuse in a no- holds-barred interview in the new issue of Rolling Stone – and RadarOnline.com has the details.
Tina Fey is taking herself out of the running. Despite her highly praised turn cohosting the Golden Globe Awards this year with pal Amy Poehler, the funnylady has no plans to emcee the 2014 Oscars despite William Shatner's shout-out during the opening sketch of Sunday's ceremony. We are sad, very sad.
Just days after Jennifer Lawrence took home the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Tiffany in SIlver Linings Playbook, Nate D. Sanders Auctions of Los Angeles is selling off some of her costumes from the film.
One of the items the auction includes is a black wool winter coat by Moda International – which even comes with a pack of spare buttons with "Tiffany" written on them by the film's wardrobe department – worn throughout the movie.
Another is a Gap Body sports bra and shirt by Threads 4 Thought that Lawrence, 22, wore opposite costar Bradley Cooper in film as their characters toiled over dance rehearsals.
Additionally, a pair of stretchy vanilla-colored pants that were custom-made for Lawrence's dance competition scene toward the end of the film are also available. All bids began at $100.
TV Tonight
AMERICAN IDOL (8p ET, FOX) -- The fourth and final group of semifinalists performs in this 2-hour edition.
THE BIG BANG THEORY (8p ET, CBS) -- Everything on CBS is repeats.
ZERO HOUR (8p ET, ABC) -- New
COMMUNITY (8p ET, NBC) -- Malcolm McDowell (The Mentalist, The Artist) guest stars in this new episode.
PARKS AND RECREATION (8:30p ET, NBC) -- Repeat
SCANDAL (9p ET, ABC) -- Repeat
THE OFFICE (9p ET, NBC) -- Repeat
PROJECT RUNWAY (9p ET, CW) -- Joan Rivers is the guest judge in this new edition.
1600 PENN (9:30p ET, NBC) -- New
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: AFTER THE OSCARS (10p ET, ABC) -- Repeat
LAW & ORDER: SVU (10p ET, NBC) -- Repeat
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