Posts Tagged ‘Nancy Grace’

It apparently started on the set of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. From there, Nancy Grace decided that Metta World Peace belonged in the Lifetime TV adaptation of her novel The Eleventh Victim, which premieres this Saturday.

Reviewing the TV movie for ESPN magazine, Sam Alipour suggests that MWPT (Metta World Peace Thespian) comes off as “pretty solid.” Although the reporter admits he quickly had to fast-forward his screening copy to MWP’s scenes:

The first thought that jumps to mind: The artist formerly known as Ron Artest isn’t coasting in this. He’s given a sizable role as Garlan Fincher, a police detective and BFF of the film’s prosecutor in distress, played by Jennie Garth of Beverly Hills 90210 fame.

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Alongside Good Morning America‘s Thursday-Friday interview pieces with 18-year-old high school senior Jordan Powers and her 41-year-old just-resigned teacher boyfriend James Hooker, this latest headline-grabbing campus odd-couple romance has been very good for the Modesto newspaper that helped break the story.

Per an article today by Modesto Bee education reporter Nate Austin, interest in the scandal drove 350,000 page views to the paper’s website between Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Including about 65,000 within one hour yesterday as the country caught up:

Hooker’s and Powers’ willingness to speak out in response helped move the story forward, and The Bee‘s Facebook site helped rocket it to prominence once it broke, Modbee.com site records show.

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It seems appropriate that the atmosphere yesterday in Las Vegas “drug court” for District Judge Jackie Glass (pictured) bidding her farewells for the bright lights of LA was reminiscent of the 2008 O.J. Simpson trial she presided over. Because the woman taking over from Nancy Grace as host of the reality drama Swift Justice indirectly owes her big break to the Juice. Per Doug McMurdo‘s report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

It was Glass’ demeanor during the infamous Simpson spectacle that brought her to the attention of Swift Justice producers. But Glass told her captive audience that the informal role of a drug court judge is what prepared her to replace Grace as host of the popular program this September, not the fact that she presided perhaps with a heavy hand over Simpson’s high-profile trial.

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Just in case you missed it. Because you really shouldn’t have.

Nancy Grace refuses to take science for an answer, and Steve Harrigan sends Joey Expendable to the Gaddafi compound.

Viacom is suing YouTube for unauthorized use of some 160,000 video clips from MTV, Comedy Central and VH1. Viacom thinks that $1 billion is fair recompense for the 1.5 billion times the clips were viewed. Viacom’s argument included this:

This is value that rightfully belongs to the writers, directors and talent who create it and companies like Viacom that have invested to make possible this innovation and creativity.

Like Viacom gives a shit about those writers and directors, much less creovation.

Bravo paid an undisclosed sum for Television Without Pity.com. Creators Sarah Bunting and Tara Ariano will remain as editors, but Bravo will no doubt quish the life out of the recaps and ferret out employees who post on the message boards.

Court TV is dropping the court part and rebranding as some generic reality network with first person programming such as a cops with cocktails show about nightclub bouncers and an all-girl team of bounty hunters. Nancy Grace and Star Jones, neither of whom are stars nor graceful, will command a two hour talk show block. Why not just call it The Lowest Ring of Hell and be done with it?

M. Night Shyamalan gets an infusion of producing cash from Indian media comglomerate UTV Motion Pictures. Lady in the Water must not have opened there yet or else someone in Mumbai really wants to see Philly. Do they know that cheesesteaks come from cows?

ABC speeds up National Bingo Night, a play-along game show. Interactive as all get-out, this isn’t Grandma’s bingo–and the set is a bingoplex! It’s a slot machine in your tv!