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NEWS(Click Here! to submit news, articles & rumors)SightingDESIGNER Reem Acra and "Ugly Betty" star Vanessa Williams dining at Abe & Arthur's in the Meatpacking District . . . DAVID Remnick buying The Post at the 86th and Broadway subway stopTwitter "Twayola" Is NKOTB's New Payola For Radio Stations!Remember the days, when record companies use to slip a radio station a few extra hundred bucks to promote their favorite artist's latest record? The term, "payola" derived from that practice. Today, those pay-offs are being replaced by a new 21st century social media updated version.Donnie Wahlberg and the New Kids on the Block put a new spin on that old formula. They alerted their fan base to accept a challenge to tweet the call letters of radio stations that would play Wahlberg's new single, "I Got it," also featuring Aubrey O'Day. When any of the NKOTB band members send a shout-out (or tweet-out in this case) to their fans, affectionately called the "Blockheads," their fan base always rises to the occasion to do whatever bidding may be asked of them. Back in April, I covered Jordan Knight's one-word tweet of "tink" that exploded onto the Twitterverse into a global frenzy of tens of thousands fans tweeting this word even though they had no idea what the word meant. Knight kept its meaning secret for over a week before he ran a contest for fans to determine the derivation of the word. Subsequently, "Tink before you tweet," became an inside joke for Blockheads worldwide, and t-shirts and other merchandise was sold online to support NKOTB's charity. Fans can download the MP3 of Donnie's single which is packaged with Wahlberg's other cut called "Rise n Grind". Proceeds from these purchases go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and their continued fight against breast cancer. Ugly Betty: Vanessa Williams on Wilhelmina's Latest SchemeIt isn't easy playing Ugly Betty's scheming, nasty Wilhelmina Slater -- especially at the beginning of Season 4, when she's lost her man, her baby and her job. But Vanessa Williams is glad that Willi doesn't always get her way, as it helps explain why she's so guarded. Williams tells us how Willi will deal with her setbacks, why the arrival of her daughter, Nico (America's Next Top Model's Yaya DaCosta), will distract her and what Willi and Betty have in common.TVGuide.com: Wilhelmina was in a pretty sad place at the end of the season. Is it this adversity that motivates her? Vanessa Williams: She was singing the blues. Every time she opens up her heart and is vulnerable, and gets burned, she puts another chink in her armor and fortifies herself. That's the human condition. I mean, she does it to an extreme. I'm sure when [series creator Silvio Horta] first sketched her for the pilot, we had no idea how far we'd take her. TVGuide.com: Are you glad the character has that depth? Williams: Yeah, I'm so happy that I get to play a well-developed character. But I also know she can't lose her bite. That's her go-to, that's her humor, her comfort zone. And I know that people tune in to hear what phenomenal, witty lines our writers come up with on a weekly basis. TVGuide.com: Things take a turn for Willi when her daughter Nico returns with some pretty heavy baggage in tow. What is this story line supposed to be showing us? Williams: I think it brings out the lioness in her, the mother, the protector. You saw a little bit of conflict between Wilhelmina and her daughter in the first season [when she was played by another actress], but I think Yaya did a phenomenal job. It's another great pairing. It shows that no matter what happens, Wilhelmina is going to protect her child. TVGuide.com: Now that Daniel is in mourning, will you be doing more with Judith Light, whose character has taken over the company? Williams: Yes, I love being able to play with Judith. We've got more tasty stuff coming up. The two of us have been in the business for so long we're like seasoned vets. We tell stories, we share information. There's a comfort there in being an old pro. TVGuide.com: Betty's an editor now, so I have to ask: Is there any part of Willi that roots for Betty? Williams: Yes, we've touched on it a couple times. I've given her advice: Don't turn into me. Don't let work get in the way. Enjoy your life, be careful, because you're driven like me. Beware. Beware. Obviously her style drives Wilhelmina crazy, but she admires her for her respect and she always knows that she'll be true and virtuous, and that's a comfort for her. TVGuide.com: Is Willi going to make things right with Marc? Williams: They'll get back together. It's too much of a dynamic for that not to work again. TVGuide.com: And will we see Connor again? Williams: The Connor-Willi story showed her softening, almost giving up everything for love. She was afraid to give him her heart because she had been burned before. It shows the female side of Wilhelmina as opposed to the automaton Terminator side of her. It was a nice dynamic. Most of the feedback that I got was that this was a man who could handle her. He's not eclipsed by her; he's not overpowering her; he's on her level. And I think that's why people believed it. TVGuide.com: What's Willi's endgame? Where would you like to see her end up? Williams: Maybe she opens Mode Australia and runs off to Connor, so she can have her man and run her magazine the way she wants to. The new season of Ugly Betty airs Fridays at 9/8c on ABC. Catch encore airings Thursdays at 7/6c on TV Guide Network. Stars to Be Pampered at ET Emmy After-PartyNothing takes it out of you like a lengthy Hollywood awards show! So when the stars are done hauling in the statuettes the Emmy presentation on Sept. 20 in Los Angeles, they'll have a paradise of an after-party to look forward to, thanks to Entertainment Tonight and PEOPLE.It's the sixth time the celebrity news sources have teamed up on TV's biggest night to celebrate the stars – confirmed guests include Salma Hayek, Ryan Seacrest, Stephen Moyer and Vanessa Williams – and this year's event, at downtown L.A.'s Vibiana, promises to dazzle. Perks will include: Maybelline make-up artists giving touch-ups and beauty products to celeb guests; low-cal drinks from a Vitamin Water 10 bar; a Cole Haan bag designed exclusively for the party and stuffed with goodies; a special menu created by celebrity chef Susan Feniger of the restaurant Street; and desserts by L.A. dessert shop/bakery/caterers MILK. The entertainment will be headlined by Mary J. Blige, with music spun by DJ Samantha Ronson for the pleasure of Stephen Colbert, Jon Hamm, Glenn Close, Hugh Laurie, Kathy Griffin, Jerry Bruckheimer and Sarah Silverman, among many others.
SightingDONNIE Wahlberg, of New Kids on the Block fame, celebrating his 40th birthday at Mohegan Sun with 1,000 screaming fansDonnie Still "Hangin' Tough" at 40Warning: This might make you feel old. Donnie Wahlberg, the brooding bad boy of the New Kids on the Block, is turning the big 4-0.Now that you've recovered from that, the good news for all of his screaming teenie-bopper-turned-soccer-mom fans is that he's holding a birthday bash right here in Connecticut. Wahlberg is throwing his official 40th birthday celebration at Mohegan Sun on Tuesday Aug. 25th. Donnie Wahlberg skyrocketed to superstardom in the late '80s with his NKOTB bandmates, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre and Danny Wood. Wahlberg has moved on to acting and movie producing. He's had roles in the critically-acclaimed TV series Band of Brothers, as well as feature films like Righteous Kill, Ransom and The Sixth Sense. So does Donnie still have the "Right Stuff?" Fans can go "Step by Step" to the Mohegan Sun's Ultra 88 Night Club to check him out. The party gets underway Tuesday Aug. 25th at 9 p.m. DONNIE WAHLBERG IN ZOOKEEPER!Donnie Wahlberg has joined the cast of MGM’s laffer “The Zookeeper” alongside Kevin James and Rosario Dawson.Story centers around a zookeeper who decides to quit his job to find love, but the animals in his charge break their code of silence to teach him how to pursue the woman of his dreams. Frank Coraci is directing from the screenplay by James, Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay. Wahlberg most recently appeared in “Righteous Kill” with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. FX calls up Elmore Leonard's "Lawman""Lawman" is a go at FX.The cable network has picked up the pilot -- previously known as the untitled Elmore Leonard project or "Fire in the Hole" -- for a 13-episode series. Written by Graham Yost, "Lawman" is based on the Leonard character Raylan Givens, featured in his short story "Fire in the Hole." Timothy Olyphant stars as U.S. Marshal Givens, a modern-day 19th-century-style lawman enforcing his brand of justice in a way that puts a target on his back with criminals and places him at odds with his bosses in the marshal service. "Lawman," produced by Sony Pictures TV and FX Prods., is scheduled for a spring 2010 premiere. Williams Feels Some Emmy LoveFirst, there's the the good news for Vanessa Williams. She's earned an Emmy nomination for role on Ugly Betty. "When you get acknowledged for doing what you love it doesn't get better than this," she says of the honor.But with the good news comes some homework. Now, she has one week to pick an episode upon which the final Emmy voting will be done. Apparently that selection won't be too hard. "I'll be submitting the season finale, which had a little bit of everything—a little reminiscing with Marc over all the shenanigans we've gotten into over the years and a little drama with remembering Connor. I'm happy to be in the game." Williams received congratulatory calls from co-stars Becki Newton, Michael Urie and the show's costumer, Patricia Field, who also received a nomination for her outrageous designs. "The joke is we'll all wear turbans to the Emmys. We'll see if this happens." WIlliams says it was "bittersweet" that the show and co-star America Ferrera were left off the nominations this year. The cast reunited just the day before the Emmy announcements to begin shooting the new season. The first episode finds her character tracking down MIA Connor. "I love working with him because he can really go toe to toe with Wilhelmina." Next up in August: Williams hosts the Daytime Emmy Awards. 2009 Primetime Emmy NominationsThe Emmys will air live on CBS, Sunday, September 20 with How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris as host.Supporting Actress, Comedy 'Tin Man' gets his air date in CanadaTin Man — a modern sci-fi version of The Wizard of Oz starring Zooey Deschanel — finally has a Canadian air date. The three-part mini-series will air on three consecutive nights, starting Saturday, Aug. 1, on Space.Tin Man has been rusting on the shelves at CTV (which owns Space) for quite a while. The six-hour project first aired on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States in December 2007, and it was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards in 2008, winning one. Besides Deschanel, who plays D.G. (the Dorothy character), Tin Man also stars Alan Cumming, Callum Keith Rennie, Neal McDonough, Richard Dreyfuss and Canadian Kathleen Robertson. LIVE WEB STREAM BRINGS FULL SERVICE INTO YOUR HOMES!THE MASSIVE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK FULL SERVICE TOUR HEADS TO FANS’ LIVING ROOMS ACROSS THE GLOBELIVE WEB STREAM ON iCLIPS.NET LETS FANS VIEW WITH THE LIVE EVENT AND VIDEO ON DEMAND FOR JUST $12.99 After fans flooded their Twitters, blogs, and the NKOTB website with requests, NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK announced today they will be streaming their July 17th Dallas, Texas “Full Service” concert LIVE on iCLIPS.net. Following the live show, fans around the world will be able to view the concert ON DEMAND for 24 hours. The On Demand footage will be available within approximately one hour after the live broadcast. The live feed is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems that have Flash 9 or 10 installed. It is also recommended that the user has at least a 768 kbps high speed internet connection. The event will go on sale Monday, July 13th at 1:00pm EST/12:00pm CST for only $12.99. The page to purchase the event will be located at www.iClips.net/newkidsontheblock and/or www.iClips.net/NKOTB. “We are so excited about this event! We are so proud of this tour and by sending it out through the web. We have a chance to perform for ALL of our fans, the world over, many of whom we cannot reach in person” says Donnie Wahlberg. “To work with a legendary group of artists like the New Kids on the Block gives everyone at iClips a tremendous thrill. We are extremely excited about presenting this live concert experience to the legions of New Kids on the Blocks fans around the world” says Nate Parienti of iCLIPS. The shows have featured a varied set list including classics such as, “Hangin Tough,” “Step by Step,” and “Right Stuff,” mixed with the newer tunes like, “Single” and “Summertime” from their brand new album, THE BLOCK. As the New York Post described, “the encore of 1990’s ‘Step By Step’ and the 1989 tune ‘Hangin’ Tough’ were gasoline on the concert fire.” and the OC Register exclaimed, “they put on a stellar show that kept the crowd on its feet for two hours.” “Not only do the New Kids sound better than they ever did, they also look like they’re having even more fun than they did 20 years ago,” lauded Newsday. BACKGROUND: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK sold more than 80 million albums worldwide — including back-to-back international #1 songs, 1988’s Hangin’ Tough and 1990’s Step By Step — and a series of crossover smash R&B, pop hits like “You Got It (The Right Stuff),” “Cover Girl,” “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time),” “Hangin’ Tough,” “I’ll Be Loving You,” “Step By Step” and “Tonight.” The group shattered concert box office records playing an estimated 200 concerts a year, in sold out stadiums throughout the world. They still hold many of these records to date. They were Forbes highest paid entertainers of 1990, beating out Michael Jackson and Madonna. The band boasted an extensive and highly profitable merchandise line which included everything from lunch boxes and sleeping bags to comic books, marbles and dolls. About iClips: iClips Network, L.L.C. is a web based platform built with the mission of creating engaging entertainment and relevant video content distributed via the www.iClips.net portal along with a network of distribution partners. iClips currently produces original video content, partners with other content producers, and produces live-streamed events, concerts, music festivals, and series from music venues. iClips ranks among the leading providers of live streaming media. More Information at www.nkotb.com / http://www.iclips.net/livefaq.php SightingsVANESSA Williams in her blue Maserati on West 57th Street, texting while waiting for traffic to move.NKOTB TWEETDECK!The NKOTB TweetDeck was created because YOU requested it!DOWNLOAD YOUR CUSTOM NKOTB TweetDeck HERE! The customization includes: Tweetdeck is the #1 desktop application for Twitter and Facebook allowing you to tweet and share photos or web links, follow conversations and topics in real-time, update Facebook status and view friends’ status updates. Donnie Wahlberg On Michael Jackson's 'Chain Of Influence'New Kids on the Block probably wouldn't have existed without The Jackson 5, and that is a statement that New Kid Donnie Wahlberg won't argue against. The Jackson 5, in many respects, laid the groundwork for bands like New Edition, NKOTB, the Backstreet Boys and 'NSYNC."Michael Jackson was the first musical artist that I looked up to, aspired to be like," Wahlberg said. "He was the first person to ever really inspire me to dream to what's bigger than what was in front of me." He explained that there's a clear line drawn from the Jackson 5 to the New Kids on the Block. "There's an obvious chain of influence there," he said. "There's always someone who sets the bar. ... Michael Jackson was a child and he was a superstar. Rather than kids across America and across the world looking at adults performing, they were looking at someone like them performing. You could become like Michael Jackson ... suddenly the whole playing field changed." He continued that "from the Jackson 5's influence on New Kids on the Block, his personal influence on me to his personal influence on other members on the group" has been substantial. According to Wahlberg, It's been equally substantial on a number of other artists making music today. "I defy anyone to find an artist today who's out there making music who's not somehow influenced by Michael Jackson," he said. "There's no artist today who wasn't impacted by Michael Jackson. It's his swagger." 2009 Teen Choice Award nominationsSurfboards (in lieu of trophies) for the 11th annual event will be distributed during a two-hour special on Aug. 10 on Fox. Fans, ages 13-19, can vote for the winners at TeenChoiceAwards.com.Choice TV: Villain Vanessa Williams Heads Charitable Education CampaignInterested in getting career advice from Mode magazine's Wilhelmina Slater? You're in luck because Vanessa Williams, the actress who plays the fashion-minded, ambitious diva on ABC's Ugly Betty, is willing to share some of her tips for having a successful career.The singer and actress is spearheading the "Botox Cosmetic: Express Success" charitable education campaign to benefit Dress for Success, an organization that helps disadvantaged women succeed in the corporate world by providing professional attire as well as career support. You can pledge your support now at ExpressSuccessCampaign.com – and also enter to win a trip for two to New York City to have lunch with Vanessa Williams. Williams, whose new album The Real Thing is out now, will officially launch the campaign on June 30. For a look at Vanessa's beautiful home, check out the latest issue of PEOPLE. Billboard CD reviewARTIST: VANESSA WILLIAMSALBUM: THE REAL THING (Concord Records) An unfailingly sensitive set of romantic ballads, Vanessa Williams' latest release functions as a kind of corrective to her tough-cookie character on TV's "Ugly Betty": This breathy-voiced woman wouldn't harm a fly, let alone an ungainly office mate. Williams and her collaborators (among them Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and "Save the Best for Last" producer Keith Thomas) occasionally overdose on the kind of late-'80s soft-pop cheese that can sap the feeling from even the finest vocal performance. Most of "The Real Thing," which includes versions of Bill Withers' "Hello Like Before" and Stevie Wonder's title track, operates at an appealing low burn, with tasty Latin-pop accents. But several cuts -- such as "Loving You," a jazzy new Babyface original -- showcase Williams' Broadway bona fides. New Kids on the Block sue copycatsNew Kids on the Block have filed a lawsuit against a production company - accusing bosses of using the band's name for another all-male group.The 1990s teen idols, who reunited in 2008, filed papers against SM Productions, a company which provides DJs for events in California. According to TMZ.com, the band's lawyers allege the company tried to form a new group - also entitled New Kids On The Block - in a bid to record music with them and pass it off as made by the original boy band. The lawsuit also claims the company attempted to register the name, as well as the group's record artwork on album Hangin' Tough, with the U.S Patents and Trademark Office. The details of the claim are not known as WENN goes to press. Q&A: Williams talks about new CD, 'Ugly Betty'Madonna isn't the only master when it comes to reinvention.In her two decades-plus career, Vanessa Williams has been the beauty queen, the hit-making singer, Broadway star and marquee film actress, and in the last few years, she's captivated fans yet again with her Emmy-nominated comedic turn as the power-grabbing Wilhelmina Slater on ABC's "Ugly Betty." This month, the 45-year-old returns to one of her past roles with the release of a new album, "The Real Thing." In a recent interview, Williams talked about her music, the TV role that defines her for many of her fans, and how they relate to her as a result. AP: What's the key to your success over the decades? Williams: Besides talent and being prepared for whatever, you have to stay open, you have to be flexible and think about your options and not get stuck in a rut and do the same thing, if this works, well, I've gotta do it 10 different times, always be willing to explore and reach beyond your comfort zone. AP: How do your fans relate to you? Williams: Younger kids know me from "Hannah Montana," 8 and younger ... and I would say (those in their) 20s know me from "Ugly Betty," and then anyone over mid-30s, 40s know me from my music. And above that, it's probably Miss America. AP: Were you worried about taking a four-year break between albums? Williams: I'm happy that I've been able not to depend on one genre to make a living. The recording industry has changed immensely. ... I always hope that my fan base will follow me from project to project and I'm in a position where I have a whole new audience that doesn't even know me as a singer, which is fascinating. AP: Are you planning to tour with this album? Williams: Not right now. ... I have to go back to work the second week in July. So I only have eight weeks off. I'm already exhausted. AP: What do fans think of your role as Wilhelmina? Williams: People who know me from my recording career always get a kick out of it and say, "I love watching you be so bad," and the people who haven't seen me before, the younger audience, are a little bit intimidated, sometimes afraid to approach me, which I think is hilarious. ... To play such a role is very freeing as an actress because you get the chance to really be as broad and loose as you want and kind of be a brat and get away with murder. AP: How would you describe your music to those who only know you as Wilhelmina? Williams: I would have to let whoever is discovering me for the first time see a much softer side than what they see on a weekly basis. That's the funny thing about playing such a terrorized role on TV; my real self is different, so I think a lot of people, if they don't know me, will see, definitely, a side of me they don't see on a weekly basis. AP: There's talk of upcoming changes on "Ugly Betty." Your thoughts? Williams: I do think there is a definite "Betty" style which is unique and I wouldn't want it to become just another show which looks like all the other shows. I hope it will stay unique. Boomtown News Archive |
