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Super Bowl Lix on Sunday will bring in the biggest TV audience of the year — and, following the game, the biggest audience ever for Fox’s game show The Floor.

Those are pretty much immutable facts in the TV landscape. The Super Bowl is, by enormous margins, the most-watched single telecast of any given year. And the show that airs after it gets a big audience as well, typically placing among the top five entertainment telecasts on network or cable TV that season.

The post-game slot has been a showcase for decades, but it wasn’t always that way. In the early years of the Super Bowl, whichever network aired the game (CBS and NBC shared NFL rights back then) went to its regular Sunday night programming afterward — in three of the Super Bowl’s first four years, that meant an episode of Lassie on CBS.

Eventually, though, broadcasters figured...

Hollywood’s biggest night is just hours away, when ABC broadcasts the 95th Academy Awards tonight at 9/8c. In the meantime, would you settle for Hollywood’s biggest day?

Because we all know that the three(ish)-hour ceremony isn’t the only thing the world looks forward to on Oscar Sunday. ABC News’ On The Red Carpet Live: Countdown to Oscars 95 begins streaming live at 1:30 pm, providing red carpet coverage and interviews throughout the day, leading up to the moment the show begins.

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Vanessa Hudgens, Lilly Singh and Ashley Graham have been tapped to host Countdown to the Oscars, the official lead-in to the 95th Oscars, on ABC. The pre-show will air Sunday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. Edt/3:30 p.m. Pdt on ABC.

Hudgens is back for her second consecutive year as co-host of the 90-minute special which will highlight Oscar nominees, performers and presenters, and give fans a behind-the-scenes peek at the celebration.

Countdown to the Oscars is executive produced by David Chamberlin and Michael Antinoro, alongside Eps and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner.

Leading into the official pre-show, ABC News will have special coverage with On The Red Carpet Live: Countdown to Oscars 95, from 1-4 p.m. Edt/10-1 p.m Pdt. The pre-show coverage will also stream on ABC News Live starting at 1:30 p.m. Edt/10:30 a.m. Pdt throughout the day until the start of the live ceremony.

Hello again, dear readers! We’re back with our weekly horror and sci-fi home media releases rundown, and tomorrow’s assortment of titles is an interesting bunch, to say the least. Blue Underground is showing some love to Lucio Fulci’s Manhattan Baby this Tuesday, and Scream Factory has put together a Special Edition Blu-ray for Night Creatures as well. And if you’re looking to catch up on some recent horror, V/H/S/94, Richard Bates Jr.’s King Knight, Bleed With Me, and The Exorcism of God are all being released this week as well.

Other titles headed home on April 19th include Alive, Snuff Tapes, and Ghosts of the Ozarks.

Alive

From director Ryuhei Kitamura For the brutal revenge killing of his girlfriend’s rapists, Tenshu is sentenced to die in the electric chair. Resigned to his fate and unremorseful for his crime, he amazingly survives his high voltage execution!

Hello, everyone! As we get ready to head into December, we have one last round of home media releases for this month on tap first. If you haven’t had a chance to check out James Wan’s Malignant yet, Warner Bros. is releasing it on both Blu-ray and DVD, and A24 is finally bringing Saint Maud home this Tuesday, too. Both Summer of 84 and Ticks are getting the 4K treatment, and Severin Films is showing some love to Ruggero Deodato’s Raiders of Atlantis as well.

Other titles being released on November 30th include Wild Indian and The Last Matinee.

Malignant

“Malignant” marks director James Wan’s return to his roots with this new original horror thriller. In the film, a woman is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.

Raiders of Atlantis...

1964: Primetime soap opera Peyton Place premiered on ABC.

1988: Santa Barbara's Eden Capwell was raped.

2009: Guiding Light's Alan Spaulding died.

2010: As the World Turns' Carly and Jack married one last time."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1964: Primetime soap opera Peyton Place premiered on ABC. Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. Peyton Place ran for 514 total episodes with the series finale airing on June 2, 1969.

In the first episode, Dr. Michael Rossi...

1968: Peyton Place's Rodney and Norman had a motorcycle crash.

1986: Y&r's Who's The Daddy story was featured in Mr. Mom.

2008: A car crashed into Gh on General Hospital: Night Shift.

2013: All My Children's Cassandra wanted an abortion."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1946: On radio soap opera Rosemary, Rosemary Dawson (Betty Winkler) and her artist friend, Brad, took a train to Penn Station in New York City.

1965: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) remembered her days in Bedfordtown.

1968: On Peyton Place,...

1993: CBS aired the final episodes of Knots Landing.

1994: Gh's Miguel pulled an injured Bj out of a bus crash.

2010: Emmerdale's Aaron revealed he was gay on the witness stand.

2011: Roger Howarth returned to One Life to Live."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1964: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) told her mother, Mary (Virginia Dwyer), that her brother, Russ, resented their sister, Alice, for being a honor student when he will be forced to go to summer school.

1982: On The Edge of Night,...

1985: Nancy Lee Grahn debuted as Julia on Santa Barbara.

1985: Gh's Rick began to suspect Derrick was Mike's biological father.

1987: Dynasty's Alexis drove her car off a bridge. 1999: AMC's

Erica made her first public appearance since being disfigured."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1965: On Peyton Place, Claire (Mariette Hartley) stunned her mother, Grace (Edith Atwater), with the news that Dr. Vincent Markham (Leslie Nielsen) was actually Claire's husband. After learning Michael Rossi (Ed Nelson) knew Constance (Dorothy Malone) as an orderly...

1996: Gh's Brenda called Miguel for help stopping Sonny's wedding.

2004: Days of our Lives' Tony "died" following a tiger attack.

2007: All My Children's Dixie "died" after eating poisoned pancakes.

2014: Billy and Adam were involved in a fiery crash on The Young and the Restless."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1958: On The Edge of Night, Bill (Carl Frank) and Mike (John Larkin) tried to convince Dalton there may be mitigating circumstances in the case, but he insisted on moving forward with the prosecution as quickly as possible.

1964: Primetime soap opera Peyton Place premiered on ABC.

1988: Santa Barbara's Eden Capwell was raped.

2009: Guiding Light's Alan Spaulding died.

2010: As the World Turns' Carly and Jack married one last time."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1964: Primetime soap opera Peyton Place premiered on ABC. Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. Peyton Place ran for 514 total episodes with the series finale airing on June 2, 1969.

In the first episode, Dr. Michael Rossi (Ed Nelson) arrived from New York City to set up practice in town.

1968: Peyton Place's Rodney and Norman had a motorcycle crash.

1986: Y&R's Who's The Daddy story was featured in Mr. Mom.

2008: A car crashed into Gh on General Hospital: Night Shift.

2013: All My Children's Cassandra wanted an abortion."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1946: On radio soap opera Rosemary, Rosemary Dawson (Betty Winkler) and her artist friend, Brad, took a train to Penn Station in New York City.

1965: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) remembered her days in Bedfordtown.

1968: On Peyton Place, Rodney Harrington (Rodney O'Neal) and Norman Harrington (Christopher Connelly...

1993: CBS aired the final episodes of Knots Landing.

1994: Gh's Miguel pulled an injured Bj out of a bus crash.

2010: Emmerdale's Aaron revealed he was gay on the witness stand.

2011: Roger Howarth returned to One Life to Live."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1964: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) told her mother, Mary (Virginia Dwyer), that her brother, Russ, resented their sister,...

1985: Nancy Lee Grahn debuted as Julia on Santa Barbara.

1985: Gh's Rick began to suspect Derrick was Mike's biological father.

1987: Dynasty's Alexis drove her car off a bridge. 1999: AMC's

Erica made her first public appearance since being disfigured."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1965: On Peyton Place, Claire (Mariette Hartley) stunned her mother, Grace (Edith Atwater), with the news that Dr. Vincent Markham...

1996: Gh's Brenda called Miguel for help stopping Sonny's wedding.

2004: Days of our Lives' Tony "died" following a tiger attack.

2007: All My Children's Dixie "died" after eating poisoned pancakes.

2014: Billy and Adam were involved in a fiery crash on The Young

and the Restless."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."

― Machiavelli

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1958: On The Edge of Night,...

From the family tree of Red House Painters/Mark Kozelek -- one of my favorite artists -- comes the fifth Desertshore album, Arc of an Arrow Blind (Darkan Records). This is a wonderfully engaging instrumental album of sublime depth and beauty. Think of a more textured Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon with arpeggiated guitars and piano/keyboard riffs with the bass and drums anchoring the proceedings in various rhythmic rock, jazz and even hypnotic world beat patterns. (Check out "Descend Like The Sun.")

Recorded in just 4 days with the core trio of former Red House Painters guitiarist Phil Carney, classically trained pianist Chris Connolly and drummer Mike Wells. The album also features Benjamin Powell on violin and Erik Kertes on bass. Ben is a gypsy jazz enthusiast, La session cat and has collaborated with jazz giant Peter Erskin and Gonzalo Beraga. Erik is a young La session player and touring musician.

With Jimmy Kimmel set to preside over this year’s Oscars telecast, ABC will turn to another one of its funnymen to serve up an after-show this Sunday night.

RelatedOscar Nominations: The Complete List

Black-ish star Anthony Anderson is set to host Live From Hollywood: The After Party special, which will fill the vacancy left by Kimmel, who typically hosts an After the Oscars edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Variety reports.

The live, hour-long special will feature red carpet interviews from outside of the Governors Ball, as well as backstage moments with some of the evening’s biggest winners. Gma‘s Lara Spencer,...

ABC News’ 20/20 will look at the life and legacy of British superstar George Michael, following his unexpected death on Sunday. George Michael: Faith, Freedom, and His Final Hours airs tonight at 10 Pm on ABC. Anchored by Elizabeth Vargas, the hour-long report features the latest news about the singer’s untimely death, the highs and lows of his decades-long career, new interviews with those closest to Michael and exclusive reporting from ABC correspondent Chris Connelly…...

Welcome back for Day 11 of Daily Dead’s fourth annual Holiday Gift Guide, readers! Once again, our goal is to help you navigate through the horrors of the 2016 shopping season with our tips on unique gift ideas, and we’ll hopefully help you save a few bucks over the next few weeks, too. For our second-to-last day of this year’s Gift Guide, we’re going to be featuring several great cult films that arrived on Blu-ray in 2016, as well as Star Wars books, a ton of horror-themed enamel pins, the amazing artwork of Hero Complex Gallery, FiverFingerTees, and much more!

This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is sponsored by several amazing companies, including Mondo, Anchor Bay Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Magnolia Home Entertainment, who have all donated an assortment of goodies to help get you into the spirit of the season. Daily Dead also recently teamed up with...

For this final Tuesday in October (and the last day of home entertainment releases prior to Halloween), horror fans have a bunch of great new Blu-rays and DVDs coming out just in time for everyone’s favorite holiday. Scream Factory has given The Exorcist III an HD overhaul (including the original Director’s Cut of the sequel), which is something no genre lover will want to miss out on experiencing. Arrow Video is also keeping busy on October 25th with the release of their impressive 17-disc box set celebrating trailblazing filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis, and the recent supernatural thriller Lights Out is making its way to Blu-ray and DVD as well.

Cult film enthusiasts are undoubtedly going to be busy this Tuesday, with Severin Films releasing a 2K version of Burial Ground, Blue Underground showing Lucio Fulci’s Manhattan Baby some love this week, and Vinegar Syndrome giving...

Lucio Fulci’s Manhattan Baby (released in the Us in 1984), aka Eye of the Evil Dead, is being released as a three-disc limited edition Blu-ray on October 25th from Blue Underground, and we have details on the special features that will be unleashed on the masses as well as a look at some beautiful cover artwork.

Synopsis: “A young girl on vacation in Egypt is given a mysterious charm, causing her archeologist father to be struck blind inside an unexplored pyramid tomb. But when the family returns home to Manhattan, a plague of supernatural evil and sudden violence follows. Can this ancient curse be stopped before it is unleashed on the streets of New York City?

Christopher Connelly (1990: The Bronx Warriors), Laura Lenzi (The Adventures Of Hercules II), Giovanni Frezza (The House By The Cemtery) and Carlo De Mejo (City Of The Living Dead) star in Italian shock master...

Long reads still reveal the rewards of shoe-leather reporting, writerly craft and attention to detail.  Espn contributor Chris Connelly, now editor-in-chief of Grantland, used to write and edit at the late, lamented monthly magazine Premiere (as did I), where writers would hang out for days with cast and crew on the set during production and write, at a leisurely pace, a long feature months later. Now Grantland is one of the few places left in the media landscape that devotes time to long-reads with actual reporting. Connelly has shared the fruits of the time he spent in the editing room of Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu's much-anticipated frontier saga "The Revenant" (Fox, December 25), shot in the Canadian Rockies with precious little natural light by the great back-to-back Oscar-winner Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki. Connelly also got on the phone.  So, it seems, did another former Premiere writer now at The Hollywood...

The first trailer for The Revenant arrived last week and managed to impress most that saw it as Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's follow-up to last year's Best Picture-winner Birdman has been hotly anticipated from the moment it was announced. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, the story centers on explorer Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) as he's brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Hardy), turning the film not only into a tale of survival, but also revenge and redemption. Tom Hardy in The RevenantPhoto: 20th Century Fox The film, which began shooting in October 2014 in Calgary, overshot its production schedule, which is why Hardy had to drop out of Suicide Squad. Then sudden heat melted the snow in Alberta and the production was put...

The last day of June doesn’t have a ton of DVD and Blu-ray titles, but those of you cult film fans out there will definitely want to check out this week’s offerings as both Blue Underground and Scream Factory are releasing several fun Collector’s Edition Blus that all seem like great additions for any horror fan’s home entertainment collection.

First up is Sf’s Ghosthouse/Witchery double feature and we also have a trio of Enzo Castellari genre classics coming our way too—1990: The Bronx Warriors, Escape from the Bronx and The New Barbarians—courtesy of Blue Underground. MGM has dug up the 1991 cult werewolf film, Mom, and is presenting it on a Limited Edition DVD.

1990: The Bronx Warriors (Blue Undergound, Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

The First To Die Were The Lucky Ones! It's 1990 and the Bronx has officially been declared a 'No Man's Land.

Readers of all ages can experience Batman's Gotham and its surroundings in uniquely different ways this summer with collected volume editions of four new Batman-related titles—Grayson, Batgirl, Batman: Arkham Knight, and Gotham Academy—and we have details on the summer releases in our latest round-up. Also included this time around are details and a look at the cover art for three upcoming Blue Underground Blu-ray/DVD releases: 1990: The Bronx Warriors, The New Barbarians, and Escape From the Bronx.

DC Comics' Batman Collected Editions: Press Release - "Whether you’re a lifelong or novice comic reader, a teen reader or a mystery lover, DC Comics is releasing a highly diverse lineup of Collected Editions this June that revolve around the world’s most popular Super-Hero, Batman, and are perfect for your summer reading lists!

For young readers 12 and up, Gotham Academy Vol. 1 is a vibrant take...

TV Picks: To help celebrate the holiday season, SportsCenter will present six heart-warming stories during its 9 a.m.-noon Et hours tomorrow (Saturday). Several pieces will be accompanied with updates on how the subject is faring during the holidays.· 9 a.m. — Nicole Graham (above, left) leukemia survivor, attending Dartmouth, plus Heather Abbott (survivor of Boston Marathon bombing) Previously E:60’s Chris Connelly followed Nicole Graham’s incredible journey, chronicling her battle back from the brink of death in pursuit of a dream that once seemed attainable, until it seemed impossible.· 10 a.m. — Jack Hoffman (brain cancer) Jack Hoffman, a 7-year-old brain […]...

First-team All-American defensive lineman Michael Sam made sporting history Sunday when he came out as gay.  The NFL draft prospect, who graduated from the University of Missouri in December, sat down with Chris Connelly from Espn's Outside the Lines to explain his landmark decision in an interview that aired Monday. "I am a gay man and I am happy to be one," he told the sports anchor, revealing that when it came to telling his fellow Missouri Tigers about his sexuality, "It [was] a load off my chest. I told my teammates this past August and they took it

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On Sunday, NFL prospect Michael Sam came out as gay in an interview with Espn’s “Outside the Lines” and The New York Times. “I came to tell the world that I’m am an openly, proud gay man,” Sam told Espn’s Chris Connelly. Also read: also: Jason Collins on ‘Gma’: ‘A Huge Weight Has Been Lifted’ (Video) “How does it feel to say those words to the world?” Connelly asked the defensive end. “It’s a load off my chest!” Sam exclaimed. “I told my teammates this past August that I came out to my teammates, and they took it great.

Michael Sam could make history as the first openly gay athlete in the NFL. The All-American lineman, who is eligible for the NFL draft in May, shared his story on Sunday while speaking to Espn and The New York Times. "I came to tell the world that I'm an openly, proud gay man," said the University of Missouri senior, who came out to his Tigers teammates in August 2013. "I want to own my truth," Sam told Espn's Chris Connelly. "Two weeks ago at The Senior Bowl I didn't realize how many people actually knew, and I was afraid that someone would tell or leak something out about me or tell a story. I just wanted to control the situation and tell my story." "It's a load...

One giant leap forward for football! College football star Michael Sam came out as gay Sunday, Feb. 9, which could make him the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL. "I came to tell the world, I am an openly proud gay man," Sam, 24, announced in interviews with Espn and the New York Times. "I understand how big this is," the All-American defensive lineman told Chris Connelly on Espn's Outside the Lines. "It's a big deal. No one has done this before and [...]...

If everything had gone Kelsey Grammer’s way, Frasier might have ended up nothing more than an idea.

“My initial feelings were that Frasier should die with Cheers,” Grammer told ABC’s Chris Connelly on the set of EW’s latest Reunions issue. Of course, Grammer eventually changed his mind — paving the way for 11 seasons of intellectually-laced farce on Frasier.

Before signing on for the show, though, Grammer made a few requests: specifically, that his character not be married, and that his onscreen child would make only occasional appearances. “Of course,” adds Grammer, “I forgot to mention I didn’t...

If everything had gone Kelsey Grammer’s way, Frasier might have ended up nothing more than an idea.

“My initial feelings were that Frasier should die with Cheers,” Grammer told ABC’s Chris Connelly on the set of EW’s latest Reunions issue. Of course, Grammer eventually changed his mind — paving the way for 11 seasons of intellectually-laced farce on Frasier.

Before signing on for the show, though, Grammer made a few requests: specifically, that his character not be married, and that his onscreen child would make only occasional appearances. “Of course,” adds Grammer, “I forgot to mention I didn’t...

NFL quarterbacks Robert Griffin III (Washington Redskins) and Russell Wilson (Seattle Seahawks), tennis champion Roger Federer, Nascar driver Kasey Kahne and the Arizona Diamondbacks team are participants in the eighth annual SportsCenter “My Wish” series. The summer series -- which chronicles sports-themed wishes by Make-a-Wish® for children with life-threatening medical conditions -- will return Saturday, August 17, during the 11 p.m. Et edition of SportsCenter. Emmy Award-winning reporter Chris Connelly, who has hosted the series since its inception in 2006, will reprise his role. Each episode will feature the story behind the wish, interviews with the children and their families, behind-the-scenes look at the wish fulfilled, and interaction between each child and their favorite athlete/team. In addition, Espn.com will...

Michael Feinstein,  "The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook," will perform at the Governors Ball following the Oscars on Sunday, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced on Friday. The two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer will perform for 1,500 guests, including Oscar winners and nominees, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom atop the Hollywood & Highland Center. Also read: Chris Connelly Chosen as the Academy's Red Carpet Greeter at the Oscars Feinstein founded the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative in 2007, which celebrates and preserves popular music in American history.   ...

Preparations continued Wednesday for The Oscars as the red carpet was ceremoniously rolled out in front of the Dolby Theatre. As temperatures dropped once the sun set over Hollywood and Highland, crews worked quickly to make sure the 500 feet of carpet was ready for Sunday when the pre-show and Oscars are televised live on the ABC Television Network and in more than 225 countries worldwide. I’m glad I brought a coat and gloves with me… it was cold in Southern California.

Academy Award® nominees, presenters and performers arriving on the red carpet on Oscar® Sunday, February 24, will be greeted by entertainment and sports reporter Chris Connelly, the Academy announced today. This will be Connelly’s first stint as the Academy’s red carpet greeter.

Connelly’s celebrity chats will be streamed live in the Backstage Pass on Oscar.com and the official Oscars App. The interviews will also be audible...

Entertainment and sports reporter Chris Connelly has been chosen to welcome nominees, presenters and performers on the red carpet at Sunday's Oscar ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday. Connelly's interviews with celebrity guests attending the 85th Annual Academy Awards -- recently rebranded as simply the Oscars -- will be heard by those watching the action live in the stands, as well as any viewers watching Backstage Pass on the official Oscar website or the official Oscars App.   Also read: Dave Karger Takes Army Archerd's Old Red-Carpet Oscar Post Connelly,...

Bradley Cooper has admitted he thought it was a prank when he was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in November 2011.

"I remember when I got the call, I was in the trailer, we were in between shots and I really did think it was a joke," Bradley told "Nightline's" Chris Connelly, referring to being on the set of his new film with Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook." "I truly thought that it was a joke.

"I thought Dax Shepard did it," Bradley continued. "I was certain that he did something like that. And, then they're like, 'No, ...

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Ricki Lake has revealed her excitement at the news that Cher plans to attend tonight's (Monday) taping of Dancing with the Stars. Cher, who has been tweeting her thoughts on the show throughout the season, is expected to cheer on her son Chaz Bono from the audience seats at this evening's movie-themed installment of Dancing with the Stars. Speaking to ABC News's Chris Connelly, fellow contestant Lake said: "Cher is coming! I'm excited. I hope I do a good performance for her, but I'm sure she will be voting for her son, as she should!" Bono, who is paired with professional dancer Lacey Schwimmer, confirmed that his mother hopes to attend tonight's taping earlier today, telling People that he also expects other relatives including his stepmother Mary Bono Mack to cheer him (more)...

The 2011 edition of the critically acclaimed SportsCenter’s “My Wish” series, conducted in collaboration with the Make-a-Wish Foundation , will return Sunday, July 17, during the 10 a.m. Et edition aired on ESPN2. The series will continue Monday-Wednesday on Espn with a new wish each day presented during the 6 p.m. SportsCenter.

Wishes include three-time Major League Soccer Cup champion Landon Donovan of the Los Angeles Galaxy (Sunday, July 17), the Minnesota Twins (Monday, July 18), Heisman Trophy quarterback Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos (Tuesday, July 19), and professional surfer Bethany Hamilton (Wednesday, July 20). Emmy Award-winning reporter Chris Connelly will host the series for the sixth straight year, as Espn chronicles sports-themed wishes granted by the Make-a-Wish Foundation to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

The summer series, which has now granted 35 wishes, shows dreams coming true in the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Each segment will give viewers an in-depth and often emotional review,...

HollywoodNews.com: Our selected celebrity to be included in our “Hot Hollywood Celebrity Photo Gallery of the Day” is Jodie Foster. She just premiered her new movie “The Beaver” in Cannes.

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Alicia Christian “Jodie” Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, film director, producer as well as being a former child actress.

Foster began acting in commercials at three years of age, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute Iris for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Also that year, she starred in the cult film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in...

NBC and Fox have both unleashed their Fall 2011-2012 TV schedule, now ABC has released theirs. I’m excited to see Castle, Modern Family, and The Middle back in the mix. Most of the new shows they have line-up don’t really interest me, but there are a few that have caught my eye. PanAm is another 1960’s based TV show that will go against AMC’s Mad Men and NBC’s The Playboy Club. There’s a show called Revenge that sounds really interesting, but the new series I’m most excited about is is the fantasy series Once Upon A Time, a show where fairy tales collide with the modern day.

Here is ABC’s full schedule along with a description of all of their shows. Go through them below and let us know what TV series you’re most excited about seeing.

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1985: A two-hour movie update of Peyton Place titled Peyton Place: The Next Generation aired on NBC. Nine of the original cast members returned including Dorothy Malone, Christopher Connelly, Barbara Perkins and Ed Nelson.

1993: Knots Landing aired it's final episodes, two parts of "Just Like Old Times," after 14 seasons on the air.

Celebrating a birthday today are:

Beverley Owen (ex-Paula, Another World; ex-Linda, As The World Turns) - 74

Natalie Cassidy (ex-Sonia, Eastenders) - 28...

In case you haven't heard, Charlie Sheen has been in the news a lot this week. Something about tiger blood... and F-18s... and warlocks... and terrestrial realmed goddesses that help him win at... something.

It's all one interview-driven haze, but one thing is clear: there's no way Sheen takes on the persona of Charlie Harper again. Two and a Half Men has been shut down for the season and Chuck Lorre has repeatedly said he'll never air the series without this star.

I can't help but wonder: why the heck not?!?

I've never seen the show - I prefer sitcoms that are original, mature, funny - but friends tell me Sheen really does carry the whole thing (sorry, Jon Cryer). Still, that was said about George Clooney on ER, David Caruso on NYPD Blue, William Peterson on CSI. Lead actors often move on and a few fans are lost...

Infamous “Cannibal Holocaust” director Ruggero Deodato’s silly 1983 action knock-off “Raiders of Atlantis” (aka “Atlantis Interceptors”) is quite possibly one of the most unintentionally confusing movies ever to grace my highly perplexed television screen. Working from a script that was clearly written while binging on big-budget Hollywood drivel, Deodato assaults the viewer with a large number of quasi-interesting ideas — then suddenly abandons all of them once he’s painted himself directly into the nearest corner. What could have been a sly sci-fi actioner about the sudden, unexpected return of Atlantis quickly spirals into a nonsensical hodge-podge of generic shoot-outs, cheap helicopter sequences, and oh-so memorable one-liners, the latter of which are mostly delivered by “Cannibal Apocalypse” veteran Tony King. Also entrenched in this cinematic madness is “Peyton Place” star Christopher Connelly, who often appears to be just as genuinely muddle-headed as everyone else. Attempting to solve any of the puzzles...

"Dancing with the Stars" hopeful and "Jersey Shore" star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino says steroids are not behind his famous six-pack.

On Monday, The Situation addressed the drug rumors on ABC's "Nightline."

"Oh never, never, never," the reality star told "Nightline's" Chris Connelly when asked if he's ever taken steroids. "The steroid look is definitely a bulkier, bulkier look. I have a more thin, lean look. And I don't judge. If somebody's going to take steroids, that's their prerogative and their body. I'm worried about taking care of myself, working out and taking my body to the best ...

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He’s infamous for his six-pack abs and ripped body, and while some have asserted in the past that he takes steroids, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino revealed that he "never" has.

During a recent interview with Et Online’s Chris Connelly, the "Dancing with the Stars" competitor was asked if he has ever taken the bodybuilder's drug of choice to help bulk up.

To this, "The Situation" responded, “Oh never, never, never. The steroid look is definitely a bulkier look. I have a more thin, lean look.”

He added, however, “And I don't judge. If somebody's going to take steroids, that's their prerogative and their body. I'm worried about taking care of myself and working out and taking my body to the best it could be."...

Mike "The Situation" is infamous for his six-pack abs, but he claims his super ripped body is all natural and he's no juicehead. Riiiiight. During an interview with Nightline, The Sitch addresses rumors that he's been taking steroids to bulk up. “Oh never, never, never. The steroid look is definitely a bulkier look," he told Nightline’s Chris Connelly. "I have a more thin, lean look. And I don’t judge. If somebody’s going to take steroids, that’s their prerogative and their body. I’m worried about taking care of myself and working out and...

It's hard to imagine Mc Hammer and Kevin Costner in any other list, in Bigger Than the Sound.

By James Montgomery

Dan Cortese, Jon Stewart and George Clooney at MTV's sixth annual "Rock N' Jock Softball" in 1995

Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic

Today is, I believe, the saddest day of the year. Because, as is tradition following the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, there are absolutely no sports on TV, which is a total bummer (Ok, there are some Wnba games). So naturally, I am left scrambling to fill the void.

I've already called my parents and told them I loved them, rescued a pair of dogs from an all-kill shelter, and donated money to several worthwhile charities, but none of that has brought me the kind of perverse gratification that staring at the lineups of my struggling fantasy baseball teams does (curse you Jacoby Ellsbury!). Perhaps I am obsessed with sports.

It's hard to imagine Mc Hammer and Kevin Costner in any other list, in Bigger Than the Sound.

By James Montgomery

Dan Cortese, Jon Stewart and George Clooney at MTV's sixth annual ?Rock N' Jock Softball? in 1995

Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic

Today is, I believe, the saddest day of the year. Because, as is tradition following the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, there are absolutely no sports on TV, which is a total bummer (Ok, there are some Wnba games). So naturally, I am left scrambling to fill the void.

I've already called my parents and told them I loved them, rescued a pair of dogs from an all-kill shelter, and donated money to several worthwhile charities, but none of that has brought me the kind of perverse gratification that staring at the lineups of my struggling fantasy baseball teams does (curse you Jacoby Ellsbury!). Perhaps I am obsessed with sports.

The actor admits to stealing drugs from a friend 20 minutes before his first audition for the vampire series while claiming he thinks he will die in 6 years!

For all those Twihards wondering how Robert Pattinson scored the role of laid back and relaxed vampire Edward Cullen in the megahit Twilight series the actor has finally revealed his trick – valium! In an interview with Nightline on June 14, the actor told Chris Connelly he started to panic 20 minutes before his audition with director Catherine Hardwicke but found a quick fix.

“Luckily the person I was staying with had half a valium on her bedside table so I just stole it. Probably one of the best decisions I ever made,” the actor said. Way to score Rob!

Rob also claims he thinks he will be dead by the age of 30 in the interview! “I guess I just thought if too many good things...