E! News, previously known as E! News Daily and E! News Live, is a nightly entertainment newsmagazine program airing on E!: Entertainment Television. The program debuted on September 1, 1991 and talks about Hollywood celebrities and gossip. E! News stands for Entertainment Television News.

Overview[link]

The program first aired on September 1, 1991 and was originally hosted by Dagny Hultgreen. It features stories and gossip about celebrities as well as the film, music, and television industries. Since its launch, it has broadcasted under a variety of formats, at one point even airing live during the mid-2000s (at this time, the show was named E! News Live). Since 2006, it has been hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic. From 2006 until late 2010, The Daily 10, hosted by Sal Masekela, Catt Sadler, and at one point Debbie Matenopoulos, aired following E! News.

On September 21, 2010, E! announced the cancellation of The Daily 10. At this time, it was announced that E! News would be expanded to a one-hour format. The expansion became effective beginning on October 25, 2010, making it one of two entertainment news programs to have weekday editions that air in an hour-long format, HLN's Showbiz Tonight being the other. The series also debuted a new news set and began broadcasting in 16:9 high definition, downconverted to 4:3 letterbox (with pillarboxing for 4:3 SD video) on the channel's primary SD feed.^[1] Some talent previously featured on The Daily 10, including Catt Sadler, Clinton Sparks and Robbie Laughlin, were integrated into E! News, along with the addition of a segment called The Daily 10 Take, along with the inclusion of some former Daily 10 segments.

Unlike most entertainment news programs, E! News does not air its weekday editions every weekday throughout the year, the program is occasionally preempted for major holidays including Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

On-air staff[link]

Current on-air staff[link]

E! News is currently hosted by Giuliana Rancic and Ryan Seacrest. Jason Kennedy, Ashlan Gorse, Kristina Guerrero, Catt Sadler, David Burtka, Alicia Quarles, Ken Baker, Ted Casablanca, Kristin Dos Santos, Marc Malkin and Michael Yo are correspondents (Jason Kennedy often substitutes as host during the months of American Idol, a show for which Ryan Seacrest is the host).

Anchors[link]

• Giuliana Rancic - anchor (2002–2004, 2005–present)
• Ryan Seacrest - co-anchor (2006–present)

Correspondents[link]

• Jason Kennedy - correspondent/primary fill-in anchor (2005–present)
• Ashlan Gorse - correspondent/secondary fill-in anchor/"E! News Now" anchor (2008–present)
• Kristina Guerrero - correspondent (2009–present)
• Catt Sadler - correspondent/primary fill-in anchor & "Daily 10 Take" segment (2010–present)
• David Burtka - correspondent (2012–present)
• Alicia Quarles - New York correspondent (2012–present)
• Ken Baker - chief correspondent (2008–present)
• Ted Casablanca - "The Awful Truth" (1996–present)
• Kristin Dos Santos - "Watch With Kristin" television correspondent (2001–present)
• Marc Malkin - celebrity gossip columinist (2006–present)
• Melana Scantlin - "E! News Now" anchor (2010–present)
• Clinton Sparks - music correspondent (2010–present)
• Michael Yo - celebrity correspondent (2008–present)

Former on-air staff[link]

• David Adelson - correspondent (1991–2005)
• Greg Agnew - correspondent (1994–2002)
• Jules Asner - anchor/correspondent (1996–2003)
• John Burke - anchor/correspondent (2004–2005)
• Alisha Davis - anchor/correspondent (2004–2005)
• Bianca Ferrare - anchor/correspondent (1994–1995)
• Jason Feinberg - correspondent (2002–2005, now at KVVU-TV in Las Vegas)
• Linda Grasso - correspondent (1996–2004)
• Samantha Harris - correspondent (2005–2008, later at The Insider and Entertainment Tonight)
• Cindy Hom - correspondent (?–?)
• Dagny Hultgreen - anchor/correspondent (1991–1993)
• Steve Kmetko - anchor/correspondent (1994–2002)
• Lynda Lopez - correspondent (2003)
• Ben Lyons - film critic (2006–2012; now at Extra)
• Kristin Malia - correspondent (1997–2008)
• Eleanor Mondale - correspondent (1997, now deceased)
• Amy Paffrath - correspondent/"E! News Now" anchor (2009–2011, later at TV Guide Network)
• Todd Newton - anchor/correspondent (1995–2007)
• Patrick Stinson - correspondent (1997–2005, later at TV Guide Network and now ReelzChannel)
• Gina St. John - anchor/correspondent (1997–1999)
• Kathleen Sullivan - anchor/correspondent (1995–1996)

Broadcast[link]

United States[link]

The show airs weeknights at 7 p.m. ET (with a same-day encore at 11:30 p.m. ET, and the previous day's edition rebroadcast at 7 a.m. and noon ET the following weekday); two versions of the weekday editions are compiled and made available for broadcast: a "standalone" version used exclusively in the initial broadcast in which E!'s primetime schedule airs afterwards, and a version for broadcasts where Chelsea Lately airs immediately after. Until October 22, 2010, an additional "standalone" version was used exclusively in the late night re-airings where E!'s early-morning infomercial block aired afterwards, this was dropped following E! News' expansion to one hour when the channel stopped airing a rebroadcast at 3:30 a.m. ET weeknights. An hour-long weekend edition is also produced, consisting of mostly rebroadcasts of stories aired during the weekday editions, airing on Saturdays at 9 a.m. ET, with encores Saturdays at 3 p.m. ET and Sundays at 9 a.m. ET.

International[link]

In the UK the show airs weekdays at 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. In Europe, excluding the UK, E! News is often edited into a 15-minute version. The show also keeps changing airing times from week to week. During August 2009, it was only airing once a day at 2:25 a.m. CET.

In the Philippines, the show airs on ETC after the US Telecast Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-11:00 p.m. with replays at 1:00-2:00 p.m. and the show only Telecasts the Weekend Edition on Velvet.

In India, the show airs on Zee Cafe at 6:00 p.m from Monday to Friday.

[edit] E! News Now

E! News Now is an online-only entertainment news program, that is streamed on E! Online. Launched in 2008, it streams Hollywood gossip, including at times when E! News is not airing on television. It is currently hosted by Amy Paffrath and Melana Scantlin.

International versions[link]

Latin American version[link]

In Latin America the show was presented by Daniela Kosán and John Paul Ospina. Although E! News Latin America had different anchors, the video clips were the same. The show was cancelled in late 2008 and as of May 20, 2009 the show has been replaced by its American counterpart, with a two minute recap of Latin American entertainment news retained, along with a 'week in review' half-hour program on Thursday nights. Both are currently hosted by John Paul Ospina.

[edit] E! News Asia

Introduced in 2010, E! News Asia is a weekly round-up of entertainment stories from Hollywood and Asia. The anchors are Dominic Lau (VJ Dom) and Marion Caunter.^[2] E! News Asia is available in 15 countries around Asian region. The show airs on Sundays (9.30pm MY).

Canada[link]

The E! News name was avoided for local news branding on the now-defunct Canadian over-the-air system, as that brand became similarly predominant for most of the broadcast day. However, local news coverage and other regional programming reverted to local branding, such as CHCH News in Hamilton, CHEK News in Victoria, and "CJNT Montreal" for multicultural programming on the Montreal station. Local branding was also used for most local community sponsorships. This decision was made at least partly to avoid confusion, but it was likely also intended to ensure that local newscasts were not themselves perceived as celebrity-oriented.

References[link]

External links[link]

• E! News Official Website
• E! News in Jump The Shark
• E! News' official Twitter
• E! News at the Internet Movie Database
• E! News at TV.com

Anne Curtis
Born	Anne Ojales Curtis-Smith (1985-02-17) February 17, 1985 (age 27) Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress, model, television host, singer,recording artist and VJ
Years active	1997–present
Website
www.annecurtis.ph

Anne Marie Ojales Curtis-Smith, also known as Anne Curtis-Smith (born on 17 February 1985 in Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia) is a Filipino/Spanish-Australian, of British descent^{[citation needed]} actress, model, television host, singer, fashion icon, recording artist and VJ, currently active in the Philippines.^[1]

Born Anne Curtis, she is the eldest daughter of Carmen Ojales, a Filipina and James Curtis-Smith, an Australian lawyer. She was discovered while on vacation in the Philippines at the age of 12^[2] which made her visit permanent.

Career[link]

1997-2003: Career beginnings[link]

Anne Curtis was born in Yarrawongga, Australia. Annually, her family visits the Philippines to see their mother's relatives. However, in 1997, her visit became permanent as she was approached while eating in a fast-food restaurant and was asked if she is interested in modeling. Within a week or so, Curtis bagged her first commercial. Because of this, she and her dad decided to move in the Philippines. She did her 7th grade in Colegio de Sta. Rita, and because she was not able to speak Filipino fluently, she had special Filipino classes. ^[3] Her first movie was Magic Kingdom, where she played a princess. After this, she appeared in several supporting roles in GMA Network's shows. Some of the shows were T.G.I.S., Ikaw Na Sana and the long-running situational comedy series Beh Bote Nga ^[4]

2004-2007: Network transfer and various lead roles[link]

In 2004, Curtis moved to the rival network of GMA Network, ABS-CBN. The management of ABS-CBN gave her a more mature role, when she starred in Hiram. ^[5] Her co-stars in the series were Kris Aquino, Dina Bonnevie, John Estrada, Heart Evangelista and Geoff Eigenmann. ^[6] In 2005, she got her first title role, via the television version of Kampanerang Kuba. The film version of Kampanerang Kuba was starred by star-of-all-season, Vilma Santos. ^[7] Also in 2005, she hosted the reality show Qpids with her best friend, Luis Manzano. ^[8] In 2006, she got her first movie under Star Cinema, All About Love. It was a three-part movie and also starred some of the ABS-CBN's biggest stars, John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Luis Manzano, Angelica Panganiban and Jason Abalos. Also in 2006, she played a nurse and a psycho killer in Star Cinema and Viva Films' Wag Kang Lilingon. Kristine Hermosa also starred in the film.^[9] In that same year, she starred in the critically acclaimed television drama series, Maging Sino Ka Man, wherein she was paired with her ex-boyfriend, Sam Milby. In this series she played the role of Celine, she got the chance to work with veteran actor Christopher De Leon. ^[10] Her role in the series gave her a best actress nomination in the 21st PMPC Star Awards for Television. ^[11] She later reprised her role in the second installation of the series, Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik. ^[12] In 2007, she starred in the blockbuster comedy-film, Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo, wherein she played the daughter of the comedy-queen, Ai Ai de las Alas.^[13]

2008-2010: Continous television and film projects[link]

In 2008, Curtis starred in the film, When Love Begins, wherein she was paired with award-winning actor, Aga Muhlach.^[14] Later in that same year, she starred in the award-winning period film, Baler. This was her first on-sceen team-up with Jericho Rosales.^[15] She won the Best Actress Award from the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival. This marked as Curtis' first acting award, and was very thankful for it.^[16] She was also nominated in the 25th PMPC Star Awards for Movies as Film Actress of the Year and in the 11th Gawad Pasado Awards as Pinakapasadong Aktres.^[17][18] Also in 2008, she got her second title role, Dyosa (Goddess). Curtis admitted that she was very nervous about her role and she picked that being a mermaid is the hardest. She had three leading men in the series, which are Sam Milby, Luis Manzano and Zanjoe Marudo. ^[19] After this, she was dubbed as the "Dyosa" of Philippine Showbiz. ^[20] In 2009, she was one of the main hosts of the highly popular morning variety show, Showtime alongside Vhong Navarro, Kim Atienza, Vice Ganda and many more.^[21] In 2009, she played the role of Candice in the television series, The Wedding. Her leading men were Zanjoe Marudo and Derek Ramsay.^[22] In 2010, she starred in the film Babe, I Love You. The movie marked her first big-screen team-up with ex boyfriend, Sam Milby. ^[23] Her second movie for 2010 was In Your Eyes. Her co-stars include Claudine Barretto and her ex-boyfriend, Richard Gutierrez. ^[24] Her role in this film earned her a Best Supporting Actress Award from the 29th Luna Awards and a Movie Actress of the Year Nominee from the 27th PMPC Star Awards for Movies. ^[25][26]

[edit] 2011: No Other Woman and Career expansion via Annebisyosa

In 2011, Curtis starred in the Philippine adaptation of the Koreanovela Green Rose. The series featured her reunion with Jericho Rosales. ^[27] In the same year, Curtis starred in the romantic-comedy film, Who's That Girl?. It served as her reunion movie with Luis Manzano.^[28] On September 23, 2011, Curtis launched her debut album, Annebisyosa, under Viva Records. She asked for her bosses to release her album, as it is one of her dreams. ^[29]She described her album as "super fun" and "not serious." She also stated that people should listen at their own risk. ^[30]On October 16, 2011, with less than a month of release, the album reached the gold status, as it sold 10,000 copies. Curtis cired while receiving the gold record award. ^[31] On December 11, 2011, the album reached the Platinum status. ^[32] In 2011, she played the role of Kara Zalderiaga in the phenomenal box-office hit, No Other Woman, which also stars Derek Ramsay and Cristine Reyes. ^[33] The film earned Php 275 Million, making it the highest grossing Filipino film, until it was beaten by The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin. ^[34] Her role in the film lead her and co-star Cristine Reyes to be recognized as the Box Office Queens at the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation's 43rd Box-Office Entertainment award.^[35] She also won as the Pinakapasadong Aktres (Best Actress) at the 14th Gawad Pasado Awards. ^[36] In the 28th PMPC Star Awards for Movies, she was nominated as Movie Actress of the Year.^[37]

[edit] 2012: Annebisyosa: No Other Concert World Tour

In December 2011, Curtis' conference for her upcoming concert, Annebisyosa No Other Concert World Tour was held. She was to perform at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum on January 28, 2012. The concert was also a celebration for her 15th year in show business. ^[38] Her guests at her first major solo concert were her sister Jasmine Curtis,^[39] her best friend Luis Manzano,^[40] her co-hosts in Showtime, Vhong Navarro and Vice Ganda,^[40] rock singers Rico Blanco and Ira Cruz,^[41] her ex-boyfriend Sam Milby,^[41] her No Other Woman co-stars, Derek Ramsay and Cristine Reyes,^[42] and the Popstar Princess Sarah Geronimo.^[42] Some of the celebrities that went to watch her first major solo concert were Solenn Heussaff, Georgina Wilson, Karylle,^[40] Kris Aquino,^[43] KC Concepcion, Richard Gutierrez, Jessy Mendiola and Jhong Hilario.^[42] After her major solo concert, several provincial concerts were held, the first stop of the concert series was held on March 23, 2012 in Waterfront Hotel, Cebu and the second one was held on May 5, 2012 in Atrium, Limketkai Center, Cagayan De Oro City. ^[44]

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Movies[link]

Awards and Recognitions[link]

Discography[link]

Album[link]

Singles[link]

Concert[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Anne Curtis at the Internet Movie Database

Jennifer Lawrence
Lawrence at the 83rd Academy Awards, February 27, 2011
Born	Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (1990-08-15) August 15, 1990 (age 21) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence^[1] (born August 15, 1990) is an American film and television actress. She had lead roles in TBS's The Bill Engvall Show and in the independent films The Burning Plain and Winter's Bone, for which she received nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Satellite Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award. At age 20, she was the second youngest actress ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is also known for playing Mystique in X-Men: First Class. In 2012, Lawrence achieved wider recognition starring as the heroine Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, an adaptation of Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel of the same name. Her performance in the film garnered her notable critical praise and marked her as the highest grossing action heroine of all time.^[2][3] Lawrence's performances thus far have prompted Rolling Stone to define her as "the most talented young actress in America."^[4]

Early life[link]

Lawrence was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and has two older brothers. Her parents are Karen (née Koch), who runs a children's camp, and Gary Lawrence, who once owned a concrete construction firm, Lawrence & Associates.^[5][6][7] She acted in local theater^[8] and, by the age of 14, had decided to pursue an acting career, persuading her parents to take her to New York City to find a talent agent. Prior to finding success in Hollywood, Lawrence attended Kammerer Middle School. She graduated from high school two years early with a 3.9 average in order to begin a career in acting.^[5][9] While growing up and in between acting, Lawrence served as an assistant nurse at the children's summer day camp that her mother ran.^[10]

Career[link]

Early work[link]

Lawrence had never taken any drama classes/lessons for acting.^[5] She started out her acting career in the TBS comedy The Bill Engvall Show, playing the eldest daughter of Lauren Pearson. Written and created by Bill Engvall and Michael Leeson, the show is set in a Denver suburb and follows the life of 'Bill Pearson' (played by Engvall), a family counselor whose own family could use a little dose of counseling. The series went on the air in September 2007 and was canceled in 2009 after three seasons. Lawrence received the Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Performer in a TV Series for her role in the show.

Lawrence had guest-roles in the television series The Devil You Know, Cold Case, Medium, and Monk.^[11]

In 2008, she appeared in a small role in the film Garden Party as Tiff. It was directed by Jason Freeland. The same year, Lawrence appeared on the big screen in Guillermo Arriaga's film directorial debut The Burning Plain, opposite Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. Her performance in the film earned her the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young emerging actor/actress at the Venice Film Festival in 2008.^[12]

Still in 2008, Lawrence had the lead role in another film director's debut, Lori Petty's family drama The Poker House, opposite Selma Blair and Chloë Moretz, where she starred as Agnes, a young girl victim of abuse.^[13] Lawrence was awarded the Los Angeles Film Festival for Outstanding Performance for her role in the film. She appeared in the music video for the song "The Mess I Made", from the 2009 album Losing Sleep by Parachute.

2010–present[link]

Lawrence's lead role in Debra Granik's Winter's Bone, which won best picture at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, is generally cited as a breakout performance for her.^[14] She portrays Ree Dolly, a seventeen-year-old in the Ozark Mountains who cares for her mentally ill mother and her younger brother and sister. Ree then discovers that her father put their house and land up as a bond for a court appearance before he disappeared, and the family now faces eviction.^[15] The performance was highly acclaimed by film critics. David Denby, writing in The New Yorker, said "the movie would be unimaginable with anyone less charismatic playing Ree."^[16] Peter Travers from the Rolling Stone also spoke highly of her and noted that "her performance is more than acting, it's a gathering storm. Lawrence's eyes are a roadmap to what's tearing Ree apart".^[17] Receiving accolades for her performance, Lawrence was awarded the National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress on January 25, 2011, becoming the second-youngest actress to date to be nominated for the category,^[18] and also accrued nominations from the Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, and the Satellite Awards among others.

Lawrence had a role in The Beaver, a dark comedy starring Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson that was filmed in 2009, but which spent an extended period of time stalled due to controversies surrounding Gibson. It was released on May 6, 2011. Lawrence co-starred in the independent film Like Crazy, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and received a wider release by Paramount Pictures.^[19]

On June 18, 2011, it was announced that Lawrence was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In June 2011, she starred as shape-shifting villain Mystique alongside James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender in X-Men: First Class,^[20] a prequel to the rest of the X-Men film series and will be reprising this role again in the sequel. Lawrence's Mystique is a younger version of the character played by Rebecca Romijn in earlier X-Men films.

She is also set to star alongside Elisabeth Shue in Mark Tonderai's thriller House at the End of the Street,^[21] which completed filming in 2010 and is in post-production.^[22]

Lawrence was cast in David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook, opposite Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. She was originally cast to play "O" in the film Savages directed by Oliver Stone, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

In 2012, Lawrence replaced Angelina Jolie in Susanne Bier's period thriller, The Falling, based on the novel Serena by Ron Rash.^[23][24] She will be playing the role of Serena who learns that she can never bear her husband children and is set out to murder the woman who bore her husband an illegitimate son before their marriage.