From smh.com.au:

Denise Richards with her daughter Sam at the preview of Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland in California.

Denise Richards new reality TV show has been confirmed.

The Wild Things actress – who has two daughters, Sam, three, and two-year-old Lola, with ex-husband Charlie Sheen – has agreed to let cameras film her as she comes to terms with the recent loss of her beloved mother and bitter split from Charlie.

Lisa Berger, the Executive Vice President for Original Programming and Series Development for the E TV network, who will broadcast the show, said, “at the core of this series is a resilient single mum who is trying to get her life back on track. The show will give viewers an inside look at what its like for Denise to go through these ups and downs while always in the public eye.”
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The 50th Grammy telecast last night had lots of what you’d expect…but that seemed to be the trouble. I admit the I didn’t watch the whole telecast, but everytime I turned it on, it really didn’t seem to hold my attention, which was surprising for such an important show milestone. Luciano Pavarotti dies and the best you can do is have Josh Groban rehash a song just because some of it is in italian? Andy Williams looked like he was lost, Beyonce was mediocre (with poor costume choices as well) and Amy Winehouse wasn’t even in the house — watching her watch a monitor for her win was really great tv…not. And if she is the best the world has to offer for big awards….yikes.

I thought it was telling about our society that on a tired and aging show, Tina Turner and Cher worked so very hard to be ageless — plastic surgery has its limits however. Society won’t let them age and look like the grammy’s they probably are.

And one final thought — the Grammy’s are building a big museum and the best we can see is a shot of the outside scaffolding? Ever hear of digital walk-throughs? Come on.

Dr. Disney

From cnbc.com:

A deal has been struck between the major media companies and the Writers Guild of America to end the writers’ strike, former Walt Disney chief executive Michael Eisner revealed on CNBC.

“It’s over,” Eisner said. “They made the deal, they shook hands on the deal. It’s going on Saturday to the writers in general.”

Eisner, speaking live on CNBC’s “Fast Money,” seemed to hesitate initially about whether it was possible that the writers could still reject the agreement, but finally suggested the deal’s acceptance was inevitable.

“A deal has been made, and they’ll be back to work very soon,” Eisner said, adding, “I know a deal’s been made. I know it’s over.”

Eisner did not elaborate on terms of the agreement. He said he expects most of the media companies affected by the strike to have “small” write-downs as a result of the deal. Eisner said the deal was struck last Friday.

As a result of studio cutbacks, however, many of the writers who went on strike are unlikely to return to the same big-money contracts they’d had as individuals with the studios, Eisner said.

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