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Bobbi Kristina Brown has died

Posted by Unknown Saturday, August 1, 2015 0 comments

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the little-girl-lost daughter of the late, legendary Whitney Houston, died Sunday in an Atlanta-area hospice, nearly six months after she was found unconscious in her Georgia home. She was 22.
She never regained consciousness to explain what happened before she was found Jan. 31, face down and unresponsive in her bathtub.
"It is hard to say goodbye. On Sunday, July 26, Bobbi Kristina Brown made her transition peacefully," said a statement posted to Whitney Houston's Facebook page. "The family thanks everyone for their loving thoughts and prayers. As Bobbi Kristina would say: 'The wind is behind me and the sun is in my face.' "
"She is finally at peace in the arms of God," the Houston family told USA TODAY in a statement. "We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months."
Her father, R&B singer Bobby Brown, issued a statement through his lawyer Monday saying his daughter had fought to get well for months but now had taken "her place in heaven."
"Krissy was and is an angel. I am completely numb at this time. My family must find a way to live with her in spirit and honor her memory. Our loss is unimaginable.

"We thank everyone for the prayers for Krissy and our family as we mourn my baby girl."

Bobbi Kristina had spent the last months in two Atlanta hospitals, a medical rehab facility and a hospice, much of the time in an induced coma and on life support.
Her Houston family relatives announced last month that she had been transferred to hospice, a move usually reserved for end-of-life care.
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10 years of 'Talent': The 14 most memorable performers

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, July 29, 2015 0 comments

When considering the range of talent on NBC'sAmerica's Got Talent, one might utter: Holy Cow! That's not just an exclamation, but the name of a break-dancing auditioner in an inflatable cow suit from Season 1.
Cow was shown the barn door quickly, but other acts, such as top Las Vegas ventriloquist Terry Fator, have thrived. Many performers will be remembered Wednesday in a two-hour, 10th-anniversary special, 10 Years of Talent (8 p.m. ET/PT).
As a TV competition, AGT is unique, last season's winner Mat Franco says.
"It's the only one of its kind, because: any age, any talent. That is the crazy thing about it," he says. "Many times, it's apples vs. oranges. You can have someone who's five years old and you could have someone who's 86 years old. One of them could could be singing, the other one could be dancing on their head, juggling with their feet. It's the best platform for variety performers in the world."
Howie Mandel, a judge since Season 5, marvels at the range of memorable performers.
"The beauty of our show is that it's about moments, (which) are so eclectic and diverse," he says. "There's the moment when 10-year-old Jackie Evancho opens her mouth and you hear the sound of angels to the moment that a guy by the name of Horse (Zac Gordon) comes on stage and begs you to kick him in the groin. That is exactly what variety is, and there is something for everyone. And that's why we're the No. 1 show of the summer."
AGT has been a summer ratings leader for years and is tops this summer, too, averaging 12.5 million viewers.
A few contestants, such as Fator, have gone on to marquee-level success, but many others reached their career peaks on the AGT stage. But Talent's powerful spotlight can even help boost contestants like Holy Cow, who was eliminated by the judges during his audition, says executive producer Jason Raff.
"A couple of years later, I met him in Tampa," he says. "And he's like, 'Oh my God, that show changed my life. I've now quit my job and I'm doing my inflatable break-dancing cow routine around the country and even the world.' "
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'I Am Cait,' 'BattleBots'

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, July 21, 2015 0 comments

I Am Cait
E!, 8 ET/PT
Usually, the best course of action is to avoid most shows on E!, and most any show that purports to give you a "real" view into someone's private life while mainly serving to turn those lives into celebrity brands. But I Am Cait, which follows Caitlyn Jenner as she begins her new life as a transgender woman, is not your usual reality show — not in terms of the attention it has already received or the positive impact it could potentially have if done well, truthfully and respectfully. Given this is E!, and given Jenner's family, that's a very risky "if" — but it could be a risk worth taking. At least once.
Stewarts & Hamiltons
E!, 9 ET/PT
And then there's this show, which, in its attempt to turn the clans of Rod Stewart and George Hamilton into the next Kardashians, is a prime example of E! doing what it usually does. I'd let it do so without you.
BattleBots
ABC, 9 ET/PT
This techno-sport series reaches its summer conclusion, as two robots fight to see which one can leave the Battle Box mechanically-alive. Could be fun, unless AMC's excellent competing drama Humans has left you convinced that those BattleBots are just waiting for their chance to turn on us. And we're teaching them how to use weapons.
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TV tonight: 'Bachelorette Finale'

Posted by Unknown Monday, July 20, 2015 0 comments

The Bachelorette Finale/After the Final Rose
ABC, 8 ET/PT
It's been a controversial season for The Bachelorette, one filled with sex and publicity-generating Twitter insults about the sex, as the producers no doubt expected — publicity being the reason why they made the sex public in the first place. So as we approach the end, let's keep two season-specific thoughts in mind. The first is that unless you are intimately connected to the people involved, their sex lives are none of your business — and even if you are, commenting on it in public is beyond tasteless. The second is that people who televise their sex lives have no standing to complain when rude people comment, because any rational adult should expect that someone would. Or have you never visited the World Wide Web?
UnReal
Lifetime, 10 ET/PT
You could watch the After the Rose special. Or you could spend the hour with this satire of the genre instead, which hits its next-to-last episode with Rachel questioning her reality show future.
POV: Tea Time
PBS, 10 ET/PT (times may vary)
Of, if you need a complete cultural cleansing, turn to this film about five Chilean women who have used their monthly tea parties to hold their friendship together through 60 years of change. The film was directed by Maite Alberdi, who shot it over the course of five years.
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Cutting the Cord: The shape of streaming things to come

Posted by Unknown Friday, July 17, 2015 0 comments

You don't need a crystal ball to get an inkling of what an online video future might look like. Several recent developments suggest we'll soon have more stuff to watch in more ways.
Traditional pay-TV providers, media companies, streaming video upstarts — and courts — are all making moves. "Hardly a day goes by without evidence of major disruption in the TV ecosystem," eMarketer senior analyst Paul Verna said.
Remember Aereo? That pioneering streaming company got shut down last year after the Supreme Court ruled that it needed to pay broadcasters for the retransmission of their content. Aereo had argued that its leasing of tiny individual antennas for each paying customer made it OK to stream local channels online.
Aereo filed for bankruptcy, but another fledgling video provider, FilmOn, continued the legal fight to stream local TV broadcasts. FilmOn, which has more than 600 TV channels and podcasts and 50 audio channels, lends subscribers a software desktop presence to watch U.S. and international broadcasts.
Last week, a U.S. District Court ruled that it should be able to get a compulsory license to legally stream local broadcasts. The ruling is under appeal, but should it be upheld it means that local TV stations can be streamed by any number of services, includingNetflix, Amazon and Hulu, says Mitch Stoltz, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "It will destroy ...  existing cable and satellite systems’ comfortable position as the only ones who can transmit broadcast TV for a fee," he said.
Speaking of Hulu, the online video destination owned by ABC, Fox and NBC appears to be considering an ad-free option. Currently, Hulu can be viewed for free, but a $7.99 monthly subscription gets you access to additional episodes and full seasons of TV series — and viewing on more devices. Ads play on both tiers of service.
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