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Feb 11

Raven-Symoné to star in ABC Family series “The Great State of Georgia”

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – Raven-Symoné is officially heading back to TV. After starring as Raven Baxter for four years on Disney Channel’s “That’s So Raven,” Raven is now heading to “The Great State of Georgia.”

ABC Family announced that they officially picked up the half-hour multi-camera comedy. It’s expected to debut on the network later this year.

On “The Great State of Georgia,” Raven plays an eccentric performer from the South named, what else, Georgia who wants to make it in New York City, taking her science geek best friend along with her.

The series also stars Majandra Delfino (“Roswell”) as her best friend Jo and Meagan Fay (“According to Jim” will play Aunt Honey.

The series is being executive produced by Kirk J. Rudell and “In Her Shoes” author Jennifer Weiner, who’s also said to have co-written the pilot with “Desperate Housewives” scribe Jeff Greenstein.

Raven was last seen on ABC Family as the star of the network’s original movie, “Revenge of the Bridesmaids,” which premiered last year. She’s also reportedly working on a new studio album.

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Jan 11

NBC scores season rating highs with expanded Thursday night comedy block

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – NBC is doing right with its expanded “Comedy Night Done Right” on Thursdays. It’s new 3-hour comedy block earned series and season highs for some of its comedies.

“Community” started things off at 8pm with a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, tying its second best ratings for the season and up 16% from the last new episode. “Perfect Couples” earned a 2.1 rating, which was a major increase from its first December preview airings which garnered only a 1.3 rating.

“The Office” grabbed a season high rating of 4.5 for adults 18-49, up 22% from the last new episode of the season. “Parks & Recreation” made its return to Thursday nights, airing its first new episode since last May. It also earned a series record with a 3.2 rating amongst adults 18-49.

“30 Rock,” airing now at 10pm, followed with a 2.7 rating, scoring 29% higher than its last new episode back in December. “Outsourced,” however, dropped to a series low while still in its freshman season. The series dropped to a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, down 28% from its last new December episode.

“Parks & Recreation,” “The Office,” “30 Rock” and the rest of the Thursday night line-up will air new episodes next week and all throughout February.

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Jan 11

“Dynasty” soap series coming to the big screen

Anne Lu – Celebrity News Service Contributor

Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – The ’80s soap opera “Dynasty” is coming to the big screen. Creators Richard and Esther Shapiro are already putting the finishing touches on the screenplay, which is planned to be a prequel to their high successful series between a twenty something Blake Carrington and a teenage Alexis Morrell.

The ABC soap revolved around the dysfunctional Carrington family headed by oil tycoon patriarch Blake (John Forsythe) and the catfights between his wife Krystle (Linda Evans) and his scheming first wife Alexis (Joan Collins).

It had been a consistent ratings hit until its subsequent decline in its later years. It lasted for nine seasons.

According to TV Guide, the film will open with a young Blake battling his half siblings upon discovering that he’s a Carrington. It will conclude with his marriage to Alexis, before the birth of their children Adam, Fallon, Steven and Amanda.

Richard told the website, “It seems to be the right time, with ‘Sex and the City’ and some of the other TV shows having jumped to the big screen.”

He added that fans would want to know “the beginnings of Blake and Alexis, who was in love with him throughout the series.”

Al Corley, who played Steven in the Aaron Spelling-produced series, has expressed interest in producing the film.

Richard said, “We saw this potentially as the start of a franchise with further elements of the series evolving.”

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Oct 10

Audrina Patridge Booted Off “DWTS,” To Start New VH1 Reality Series

Anne Lu – AHN Entertainment Contributor

Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Audrina Patridge may have been booted out of “Dancing with the Stars,” but the former “The Hills” star isn’t leaving the small screen yet. The 25-year-old reality TV star is set to star in another reality series that will be executive produced by “Survivor” mastermind Mark Burnett.

According to Deadline Hollywood, VH1 is close to greenlighting the as-yet untitled series, which is expected to “document Patridge’s life with her family as she tries to navigate the world of fame and celebrity in Hollywood.”

Patridge and her manager Dave Fleming will executive produce with Burnett.

The idea was built in the spring of 2009. MTV even ordered a pilot for “The Audrina Show,” but it ultimately failed to secure a series spot. Sister channel VH1 then pursued Patridge and Burnett for a new version of the project.

Patridge has just been voted off the ABC dancing series “DWTS.” Although she and partner Tony Dovolani scored a relatively high 24 points on Monday’s show-off, she received the least number of votes from viewers.

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Sep 10

Review the Yamaha YPG – Grand Keyboards from Yamaha!

Looking for a digital keyboard with more than 61 keys? Have a look at the Yamaha YPG series of keyboards. These are the grand size keyboards with 88 keys, and can be used for playing all the piano pieces.

Are you an intermediate level keyboard player who wants to graduate from his 61 key electronic keyboard to an 88 key musical keyboard? Are you interested in playing classical music, or want to learn a lot of advanced pieces?

An 88 key keyboard is what you will need, and the Yamaha YPG series produces one of the best 88 key keyboards, also known as grand size keyboards. The YPG series keyboard is primarily meant for the North American market, and contains the usual hundreds of musical styles and voices.

But a lot of people prefer these keyboards because of the availability of weighted keys in this series of keyboards, which resembles more like a piano. This way they can use it for piano practice and it also gives them the flexibility to carry them around, since they are comparatively light weight.

As you go higher in the series, the more expensive ones contain graded hammer action which exactly simulates the keys on a grand piano. The keys are harder to play in the lower octaves and lighter in the higher octaves. But because of the graded hammer action, the weight also comparatively increases.

Some of the models in this series include – the ypg 635, ypg 535, and the ypg 235. So if you are looking for a keyboard with more than 61 keys, if you love playing songs on top of a backing rhythm, then you need to consider a Yamaha YPG keyboard. This series contains both 76 keys keyboards as well as 88 keys keyboards.

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