Diamond Lady: Samantha Mumba wore a one-of-a-kind $4.5 Million dollar diamond dress designed by Scott Henshall to the “Spider-Man 2” premiere in London. She also wore a one-of-a-kind WebCut Diamond Right Hand Ring with a center stone of over 3 carats made exclusively for the premiere of Spiderman 2. Each WebCut diamond offers a minimalist yet intriguing design with its 49 facets.
Who’s Wearing What: Regina King wore Erica Courtney jewelry at “A Cinderella Story” premiere July 10, 2004. She chose Platinum Black Pearl earrings with Diamonds on Skinny Huggies, and a South Sea 15” Pearl Single Strand Necklace with White Gold Diamond Toggle (worn as a bracelet).
Vassar Guy: Singer-songwriter Phil Vassar will join award-winning Dennis Miller as a guest panelist on his primetime CBNC show. Phil Vassar is currently on a national tour and set to release his next studio album in September. His latest single "In A Real Love," is climbing up the radio charts.
Airs Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. PT.
Del Performs : DEL, 27, whose cover of George Michael’s “Careless Whisper” is generating buzz along with Del’s debut album, Go All Night, which just came out last week. As a producer on the Miami music scene, he worked with artists such as Gloria Estefan, Thalia, and Celia Cruz, and has made cameos in numerous videos and films such as Bad Boys 2 and Out of Time. Fresh off his hot performance at New York City’s famed S.O.B.’s in June, Del will perform at The Viper Room on Thursday, July 15, 2004. He’s been featured on Soul Train and NY’s WB 11 Morning News Show as well as in Upscale, National Enquirer, Black Beat, Smooth, and more. WHERE: The Viper Room 8852 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069 WHEN: THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2004 9:30 PM
Singer's TourTheresa Andersson Releases Shine On April 20, 2004 And Prepares For A National Tour,
Find Andersson And Her Music Featured In The Lifetime Tv Movie Infidelity.
Sunday, August 1st @ 7:00 PM (Doors @ 6:30 PM)
Hotel Cafe
1623 ½ N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles
Tickets are $6.00 / All Ages Welcome
For tickets and information go to www.hotelcafe.com
Tuesday, August 3rd @ 8:30 PM (Doors @ 8:00 PM)
Temple Bar
1026 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica
Tickets re $5.00 / Ages 21 + Welcome
For tickets and more information go to www.templebarlive.com
Friday, August 6th @ 8:00 PM (Doors @ 6:00 PM)
The Coach House
33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
Tickets are $12.50 / All Ages Welcome
Singer/songwriter/violinist Theresa Andersson has just released her Basin Street Records debut Shine. The album is a sassy, in-your-face collection of pop/rock songs: all originals.
"[Shine] captures lightning in a bottle...melodic and tasty... it rocks intelligently in the way that old records by ace musicians Traffic, Santana and Steely Dan did."
- Sun Herald
"...[with] angelic vocal attributes and an acute sense of dynamics... [Theresa] shines forth." - Jazzreview.com
Shine exposes Andersson to a national audience. Andersson rocked an audience of 20,000+ at the New Orleans' Jazz and Heritage Festival and Shine garnered the weekend's coveted top selling album at the Jazz Fest music store. Andersson also sang the national anthem at game four of the Hornets/Heat finals openin.
Theresa Andersson was recently featured on the original Lifetime TV network original movie, Infidelity. Filmed in New Orleans the show premiered on April 19, 2004, and stared Emmy award winner Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue, Philly, CSI Miami) and Kyle Sucor (Homicide). Andersson appeared in the movie performing "Good Girl." Her song "It's Gonna Be Okay" is also featured on the film's soundtrack, available now on Basin Street Records.
This summer Theresa will tour from coast to coast. Theresa's current tour schedule is as follows:
Thu July 1 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI
Fri July 2 10,000 Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes, MN
Sat July 3 10,000 Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes, MN
Sun July 4 Taste of Minnesota St. Paul, MN
Tue July 6 Schubas Chicago IL
Thu July 8 Bogart's Cincinnati, OH
Fri July 9 All Good Festival Masontown, WV
Sun July 11 Wasaga Beach Bluesfest Wasaga Beach, Ontario
Tue July 13 Sticky Fingers Little Rock AR
Sun July 18 The Bottleneck Lawrence KS
Tue July 20 Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre Vail, CO
Wed July 21 Tugboat Steamboat Springs, CO
Thu July 22 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
Fri July 23 Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Denver, CO
Sat July 24 32 Bleu Colorado Springs CO
Sun July 25 Aggie Theater Ft. Collins CO
Sun Aug 1 Hotel Café Los Angeles CA
Tue Aug 3 Temple Bar Santa Monica CA
Wed Aug 4 The Big Fish Pub Tempe AZ
Fri Aug 6 The Coach House San Juan Capistrano, CA
Tue Aug 24 Ram's Head Tavern Annapolis MD
Fri Aug 27 Tipitinas New Orleans LA
Fri Oct 8 Red River Revel Arts Festival Shreveport, LA
Fri Oct 21 MagnoliaFest Live Oak, FL
Sat Oct 22 MagnoliaFest Live Oak, FL
The Swedish born Andersson first hit the United States as a band member and companion to blues man Anders Osborne in 1989. Since then, she has spent time in Nashville and Austin, but calls New Orleans home.
Hailed as the Big Easy's sexiest songbird, Andersson has also garnered a reputation as one of the finest musicians in a city of fine musicians. She has earned Offbeat's Best of the Beat award for violin for six consecutive years and was awarded the 2003 Big Easy Award for Best Female Artist. Her list of credits include guest appearances on albums by such artists as Cowboy Mouth, Galactic, and the Radiators, and is joined on Shine by Neville Brothers drummer Willie Green, Jon Cleary, Anders Osborne, and Grammy nominee Sonny Landreth.
Log on to www.theresaandersson.com for more information.
Turner’s Terrorist Film: The international counter-terrorism team inches closer to their target, a terrorist mastermind named Muhammad, while the situation becomes more personal for those involved as Turner Network Television (TNT), in association with the BBC, continues its look at the issue of terrorism in the original limited series THE GRID. Julianna Margulies (ER, Evelyn) and Dylan McDermott (The Practice, Wonderland) star in the limited series, making its third installment Monday, Aug. 2, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).
In THE GRID's third installment, MI5 senior director Derek Jennings (Bernard Hill) detains one of Muhammad's young recruits, Akil (Emil Marwa), and uncovers important information linking Muhammad (Alki David) to the sarin attack and other terrorist activities, including the sabotage of cargo ships in the United Kingdom. As the interagency team hunts for likely "sleepers," they discover the identity of a young Chechen-American, Kaz Moore (Barna Moricz), who may have ties to Muhammad.
Meanwhile, Hud Benoit (James Remar) attempts to prove his loyalty to his girlfriend, NSC director Maren Jackson (Julianna Margulies), by agreeing to work undercover for the team. While meeting with one of his oil contacts in Saudi Arabia, he is discovered as a spy, taken into custody by the Saudi government and held on corruption charges. But, in turn, the Saudi government gives up vital information to Jackson, leading to Muhammad's true identity.
Dr. Mutar (Silas Carson), who is conflicted over his religious beliefs and the terrorist actions he has been called to commit, is compelled by Muhammad to cooperate after Muhammad gives orders to have Mutar's sister kidnapped and beaten. This leads Mutar to believe Cairo's secret police was involved, stirring within him a determination to seek revenge. But he learns too late that his rage may be directed at the wrong people.
THE GRID involves a terrorist cell operating on a global level and a team of American and British counter-terrorists who are tasked with stopping it. It focuses on the emotional cost of war on victims, as well as the emotional cost on those fighting terrorism. In addition to Margulies and McDermott, THE GRID stars Bernard Hill (Lord of the Rings), Jemma Redgrave (Howard's End, Bramwell), James Remar (Sex and the City, Blade: Trinity), Piter Marek (Barbarians: A Battle for Rome), Silas Carson (Hidalgo), Alki David, Paula Devicq (Party of Five, 100 Centre Street) and Barna Moricz, with Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, Mulholland Dr.) and Tom Skerritt (Tears of the Sun, High Noon).
Directed by Emmy®-winning director Mikael Salomon (Band of Brothers, TNT's Salem's Lot), THE GRID is an international production shot on location in Toronto, London and Morocco. Fox Television Studios produced the limited series in conjunction with Groveland Pictures and Carnival Films. Tracey Alexander (Thanks of a Grateful Nation, Sins of the Father) serves as executive producer, along with Brian Eastman (Traffik) of Carnival Films. The teleplay by Ken Friedman is based on a story by Alexander & Friedman.
Airs Mondays, starting August 2, 2004, at 9 p.m.
Reality “Soap”: SOAPnet, the new way to watch soaps, begins production on its first reality series, “I Wanna Be A Soap Star,” announced Deborah Blackwell, General Manager SOAPnet. The series has been picked-up for six episodes and will premiere in October.
“I Wanna Be a Soap Star,” a one-hour reality drama from LMNO Cable Group is the casting call of a lifetime. One winner, the ultimate prize…a role on ABC’s “General Hospital.” The series captures six aspiring actors who will live full-time on the set of an actual soap opera. As the cameras roll 24/7, they capture every moment of triumph, tribulation, manipulation and tears as the contestants play out their fantasies to become soap stars, as fictional characters by day and themselves by night. When work is done for the day, will the steam fizzle or will the storyline continue to sizzle? Will viewers be able to tell the difference between ‘reel life’ and ‘real life’? One by one, a panel of experts in the field of acting, casting and television production will eliminate cast members until one remains to become ABC’s next soap star.
“’I Wanna Be A Soap Star’ is a natural fit for SOAPnet. In LMNO, we found the right producers who provided the perfect creative spin,” said Blackwell. “We are thrilled to bring this series to our viewers. It will offer them everything they’ve come to expect from reality shows, soaps and SOAPnet.”
“This is a great format for reality because it is all one big real life soap opera,” stated Eric Schotz, the show’s executive producer. “From fight scenes to love scenes, the contestants will be tested both on and off camera around the clock.”
“I Wanna Be A Soap Star” is a production of LMNO Cable Group for SOAPnet. Eric Schotz, Bill Paolantonio and Lisa Bourgoujian serve as executive producers. Mary Ellen DiPrisco, Vice President of Original Programming, is spearheading the project for SOAPnet.
Yes, This is For Real: This will definitely replace Love Songs on The Coast. The new voice of SIRIUS Love, international romance icon Fabio, can be heard welcoming listeners and presenting lyrics from popular songs played on the channel, such as: ³¹The next time I fall in love, it will be with you. I¹ll love you with every breath. Truly, madly and deeply.¹ With all my SIRIUS Love, this is Fabio.²
Fabio is internationally recognized as the ³King of Romance.² The face and body of Italian-born model/actor Fabio (born Fabio Lanzoni) have graced the covers of more than a hundred million romance novel covers. His appeal has been developed since the 1980s, when he began modling, and his physique was subsequently used in illustrations for fantasy novel, and then romance novel, book covers. He¹s been named ³Sexiest Man in the World² by Cosmopolitan and ³God of Romance² by Romantic Times.
In 1993, Fabio wrote and published the first romance novel written by a man in his own name. He has since written several others, and has also appeared on calendars, and in television, videos and films. Fabio also has a signature line of women¹s apparel and hair care products, and is the lead voice in the forthcoming animated film, Thor: God of Thunder.
A true technology lover, Fabio owns one of the world¹s premier home entertainment systems, which has been featured in many magazines and television shows.
³As a technology lover, I¹m very proud to be affiliated with SIRIUS. Satellite radio entertainment is the wave of the future, and the future is here and now,² said Fabio.
Fabio began as the voice of commercial-free SIRIUS Love on July 4th. The channel features romantic ballads, soft pop music and lyrics of love from such artists as Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Bryan Adams and Whitney Houston.
SIRIUS Love Format Manager Haneen Arafat said, “When we first considered whose voice could effectively set the mood for SIRIUS Love, Fabio’s name came up immediately. He is the personification of romance.”
Well, he may not be in our book, but is for our beloved Sirius.
