It may be a while before anyone finds out what happened to "The Nine" inside that bank. ABC has pulled the critically acclaimed but ratings-challenged series from its schedule effective immediately. A special edition of "20/20" will take its place on Wednesday, Nov. 29, and another newsmagazine, "Primetime," will move into the 10 p.m. Wednesday spot the following week. The network made the announcement on Saturday, in the midst of a holiday weekend when presumably the TV critics who hailed the show at the start of the season aren’t working. Its ratings haven’t matched the praise, though: Through last week the show had averaged just 8.6 million viewers, fumbling more than half of the 17.7 million viewers who watched its lead-in, "Lost." With "Lost" now on hiatus, numbers for "The Nine" tumbled even further this week, finishing a distant third in its timeslot. "The Nine," which stars Tim Daly, Kim Raver, Chi McBride and Scott Wolf, follows the lives of people who survived a 52-hour hostage standoff resulting from a botched bank robbery. The series’ primary focus is on the emotional fallout for the survivors, with flashback sequences filling in the events of the robbery. ABC says the show will return sometime later this season but is offering no specifics. It joins another ABC freshman show, "Six Degrees," in scheduling limbo.
Tom Cruise wed Katie Holmes in a lavish wedding at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in the lakeside town of Bracciano in Italy. There were over 150 friends and relatives at the wedding including Jenifer Lopez, Richard Gere, Jim Carrey, Marc Anthony, Will Smith, Victoria Beckham, wife of soccer star David Beckham, Jim Carrey and others guests. Also the wedding party included Cruise’s two children, Isabella,13, and Connor,11, from his marriage with Nicole Kidman. Meanwhile, mayor of city of Bracciano Patrizia Riccioni said that it is impossible to consider Cruise and Holmes’s marriage lawful as she was not present at ceremony, and because Cruise did not fill any demanded documents. « This marriage will not be recognized legal under the Italian laws », – has declared Riccioni to the British journalists. Cruise’s representatives confirm that all necessary formalities will be settled in the near future.
British R&B star Jamelia was recovering in hospital today after having an operation on a condition that caused her to collapse during filming for a television show, her manager said. The 25-year-old singer, famous for hits including Superstar and Something About You, "doubled up in pain" while on set for a Spanish music programme in Madrid on Thursday. She rushed back to the UK to see doctors who diagnosed an "umbilical hernia", a hereditary condition that causes pain around the stomach area. Last night, at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, west London, she underwent micro surgery, her manager Jonathan Shalit said. He added that she hoped to recover in time to perform with Meat Loaf at the Royal Variety Performance on December 4. He said: "She was in Spain on Thursday night performing on one of the biggest Spanish TV music shows when she suddenly doubled up in pain. "She described it as like ‘a bus had hit her stomach’. She saw a doctor on the set but decided to fly home where she went to St Mary’s Hospital and was examined. "They said she had an umbilical hernia, a hereditary condition that is also related to the after effect of having children. Jamelia has two young girls, one of whom is the daughter of her boyfriend, Millwall footballer Darren Byfield. Mr Shalit said Byfield was planning to see Jamelia following his team’s match at Nottingham Forest this afternoon.
With The Fonz playing Captain Hook and a former Dallas star playing a baron in Cinderella, this year’s pantomime season has a touch of iconic America. Former American television stars Henry Winkler and Patrick Duffy, along with their panto co-stars, attended the National Press Launch of Family Entertainment’s run of pantos. Held at the Piccadilly Theatre in Central London, the launch of Christmas pantomimes this year included Aladdin, Cinderella, Mother Goose, Peter Pan, Jack & the Beanstalk, and Snow White. Winkler began his role on Happy Days as a minor character but, by the end of the show’s run in 1984, had become an national icon. Duffy played Bobby Ewing in the classic 80s soap opera Dallas and later gained a following as a hapless dad in the sitcom Step by Step.
Tom Cruise wed Katie Holmes in a lavish wedding at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in the lakeside town of Bracciano in Italy. There were over 150 friends and relatives at the wedding including Jenifer Lopez, Richard Gere, Jim Carrey, Marc Anthony, Will Smith, Victoria Beckham, wife of soccer star David Beckham, Jim Carrey and others guests. Also the wedding party included Cruise’s two children, Isabella,13, and Connor,11, from his marriage with Nicole Kidman. Meanwhile, mayor of city of Bracciano Patrizia Riccioni said that it is impossible to consider Cruise and Holmes’s marriage lawful as she was not present at ceremony, and because Cruise did not fill any demanded documents. « This marriage will not be recognized legal under the Italian laws », – has declared Riccioni to the British journalists. Cruise’s representatives confirm that all necessary formalities will be settled in the near future.
With The Fonz playing Captain Hook and a former Dallas star playing a baron in Cinderella, this year’s pantomime season has a touch of iconic America. Former American television stars Henry Winkler and Patrick Duffy, along with their panto co-stars, attended the National Press Launch of Family Entertainment’s run of pantos. Held at the Piccadilly Theatre in Central London, the launch of Christmas pantomimes this year included Aladdin, Cinderella, Mother Goose, Peter Pan, Jack & the Beanstalk, and Snow White. Winkler began his role on Happy Days as a minor character but, by the end of the show’s run in 1984, had become an national icon. Duffy played Bobby Ewing in the classic 80s soap opera Dallas and later gained a following as a hapless dad in the sitcom Step by Step.
