Daily entertainment news covering Mark Burnett en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/07/17/celebrity_birthdays_july_127 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 130102@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Survivor" creator/producer Mark Burnett (1960), "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff (1952), singer Phoebe Snow (1952), Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler (1949),

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/31/survivor_producer_countersues_longtime_p Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:12:54 EST Entertainment News 94377@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - The producer of hit reality series "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has countersued his longtime business partner.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/08/survivor_producer_sued_by_ex_partner_for Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:53:03 EST Entertainment News 92100@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - The producer of the hit reality series "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has been sued in Los Angeles by his former business partner.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/19/25_getting_hollywood_walk_of_fame_stars_ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:27:13 EST Entertainment News 90516@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The Village People and Tinkerbell.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/28/summer_tv_preview_abc_cbs_nbc_aamp_fox Wed, 28 May 2008 09:43:52 EST Entertainment News 88507@http://www.starpulse.com/news Memorial Day has come and gone, and with its passing the summer of 2008 has (unofficially) begun. It wasn't so many years ago that the summer quarter was little more than an exercise in futility for the networks.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/30/cbs_orders_two_more_editions_of_survivor Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:10:16 EST Entertainment News 76192@http://www.starpulse.com/news CBS has ordered two more editions of "Survivor" to be broadcast during the 2008-2009 season. These will mark the 17th and 18th editions of television's longest-running hit reality competition series.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/01/dennis_miller_named_host_of_new_comedy_q Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:31:50 EST Entertainment News 66206@http://www.starpulse.com/news NBC has named five-time Emmy Award-winning comedian and popular talk show host Dennis Miller as host of NBC's upcoming comedy quiz show, "Amne$ia," from Mark Burnett Productions, the producers of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/22/new_original_quiz_show_from_mark_burnett Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:34:01 EST Entertainment News 56957@http://www.starpulse.com/news NBC is once again partnering with Mark Burnett Productions for the next great TV quiz show -- "Amne$ia."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/17/celebrity_birthdays_july_49 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 46671@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Survivor" creator/producer Mark Burnett (1960), "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff (1952), singer Phoebe Snow (1952), Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler (1949), singer/guitarist Spencer Davis (1941), Canadian actor Donald Sutherland (1935), actress Diahann Carroll (1935), jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (1928; d. 1976), comedic actress Phyllis Diller (1917), and silver screen legend James Cagney (1899; d. 1986).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/18/mtv_introduces_yomomma_tv_and_shortcircu Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:43:21 EST Entertainment News 47697@http://www.starpulse.com/news Listen up all you trash-talkin' and sketch-comedy wannabes you need to get online if you want to get to the front of the line! MTV: Music Television introduced two new user-generated destinations YoMomma.TV and ShortCircuitz.MTV.com

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/25/carrie_fisher_aamp_garry_marshall_confir Fri, 25 May 2007 11:12:07 EST Entertainment News 44225@http://www.starpulse.com/news As the cameras continue rolling on the new moviemaking competition series On The Lot, executive-produced by Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg, actress, author and screenwriter Carrie Fisher and director/producer Garry Marshall are confirmed as the series’ two permanent judges after appearing as guest judges in the audition rounds.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/23/apprentice_reject_who_claimed_age_discri Wed, 23 May 2007 09:18:52 EST Entertainment News 43816@http://www.starpulse.com/news BOSTON (AP) - A 51-year-old man who claimed he never had the chance to hear ''You're fired'' on Donald Trump's ''The Apprentice'' because he was too old has settled a lawsuit against the real estate mogul.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/30/roma_downey_aamp_mark_burnett_tie_the_kn Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:06:32 EST Entertainment News 40131@http://www.starpulse.com/news Reality TV producer Mark Burnett married actress Roma Downey in Los Angeles over the weekend. Burnett, who produces TV show The Apprentice, wed the Touched by an Angel star at their Malibu home on Saturday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/26/check_out_fox_s_may_sweeps_details Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:39:29 EST Entertainment News 39639@http://www.starpulse.com/news FOX races into May with gripping season finales, guest stars and television events, including NASCAR On FOX in primetime May 5 and May 12; the World Broadcast Premiere of The Day After Tomorrow May 17; the landmark 400th episode of The Simpsons May 20; the jaw-dropping, two-hour season finale of 24 May 21; and the three-hour, two-night season finale of American Idol,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/18/cbs_announces_pirate_master_a_new_realit Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:25:15 EST Entertainment News 38699@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pirate Master, the next epic adventure reality series from Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett, will premiere Thursday, May 31 (8-9 pm, ET/PT) on CBS. Pirate Master will send 16 modern-day pirates on a high seas adventure where they will live as buccaneers and travel around the Caribbean island of Dominica in search of hidden treasure that will total $1 million.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/28/fox_turns_up_the_heat_this_summer_with_h Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:12:34 EST Entertainment News 35757@http://www.starpulse.com/news Season Three of Hell’s Kitchen, the juicy competition where a kitchen-full of wannabe restaurateurs try to impress mercurial master chef Gordon Ramsay and win a shot at culinary stardom, now premieres on FOX’s summer menu Monday, June 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), instead of the previously announced June 25.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/08/mark_burnett_sued_over_rock_star_tv_seri Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:30:00 EST Entertainment News 33249@http://www.starpulse.com/news British reality TV guru Mark Burnett is being sued by a woman who claims he stole her idea for hit US talent show Rock Star. Producer Sharlene Sullivan Alleges She Registered A Show Synopsis Called Rock Star With The Writers Guild Of America, in which "lead vocalists for rock bands would compete and would be judged by well known musicians/rock stars" in 2002.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/22/fox_announces_summer_premieres Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:25:03 EST Entertainment News 31224@http://www.starpulse.com/news FOX turns up the heat for summer 2007 with new movie-making competition On The Lot, fresh episodes of last summer’s smash hits So You Think You Can Dance and Hell’s Kitchen, and the return of sophomore comedy The Loop.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/09/jeff_foxworthy_to_host_are_you_smarter_t Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:27:06 EST Entertainment News 28871@http://www.starpulse.com/news Laughs might outnumber correct answers when comedian Jeff Foxworthy enrolls as host of the new FOX quiz show "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" Classes commence with half-hour preview premieres Tuesday, Feb. 27 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, Feb. 28 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT), and full one-hour episodes airing after American Idol on Thursdays, March 1 and 8 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The show will lead off the night on Thursdays, March 15 and 22 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/28/survivor_creator_to_marry_roma_downey Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:02:17 EST Entertainment News 22396@http://www.starpulse.com/news Touched By An Angel star Roma Downey is engaged to The Apprentice and Survivor creator Mark Burnett. The proposal took place in Mexico over the Thanksgiving weekend. Their representative Jim Dowd tells People, "The couple has never been happier. They're sharing their joy and excitement with their children and their families."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/30/mark_burnett_defends_upcoming_season_of_ Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:49:19 EST Entertainment News 14575@http://www.starpulse.com/news Survivor creator Mark Burnett has blasted critics who don't actually watch the show, insisting the new season of the reality competition "won't be racial at all." Burnett claims dividing the four teams on "Survivor: Cook Islands" according to race eliminates any tension between the groups and thus avoids racism.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/17/celebrity_birthdays_july_18 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:00:07 EST Entertainment News 8692@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Survivor" creator/producer Mark Burnett (1960), "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff (1952), singer Phoebe Snow (1952), Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler (1949), singer/guitarist Spencer Davis (1941), Canadian actor Donald Sutherland (1935), actress Diahann Carroll (1935), jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (1928; d. 1976), comedic actress Phyllis Diller (1917), and silver screen legend James Cagney (1899; d. 1986).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/24/apprentice_lawsuit_is_settled Wed, 24 May 2006 14:40:47 EST Entertainment News 7389@http://www.starpulse.com/news Producers of reality TV show The Apprentice have settled a lawsuit alleging the premise for the program was lifted from an idea for a show called "CEO." Mark Bethea sued "The Apprentice" creator/producer Mark Burnett in Los Angeles Superior Court and launched a secondary action against TV network NBC Universal and the show's star Donald Trump.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/19/send_in_videos_now_for_steven_spielberg_ Fri, 19 May 2006 11:29:42 EST Entertainment News 7159@http://www.starpulse.com/news Online video submissions are now being accepted for FOX’s new unscripted competition series On The Lot. On The Lot, executive-produced by Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg, will give aspiring filmmakers from around the world the chance to earn a $1 million development deal at DreamWorks.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/18/fox_releases_2006_07_primetime_lineup Thu, 18 May 2006 10:17:56 EST Entertainment News 7085@http://www.starpulse.com/news FOX today unveiled its primetime schedule for the 2006-07 season. Three new dramas and two new comedies will complement returning favorites on every night of the week this fall. The new dramas premiering this fall are Vanished, Standoff and Justice. The new comedies scheduled for fall debuts are the Brad Garrett comedy 'Til Death and Happy Hour.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/07/steven_spielberg_to_help_wannabe_filmmak Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:41:48 EST Entertainment News 5331@http://www.starpulse.com/news Aspiring directors and filmmakers will vie for the opportunity of a lifetime when Mark Burnett, Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Television and FOX join forces in the new unscripted series On The Lot, which will air next season on FOX.

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