Big Brother

Channel 5 closes on 'Big Brother' deal
2011-02-10 / All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
..."an advanced stage", with an agreement potentially just weeks away. According to a fresh report in The Guardian , commercial terms for the deal have already been agreed and the final sign-off is expected within days. Big Brother only ended its 10-year association with Channel 4... the opportunity to bring spinoff shows, such as Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother's Little Brother , to Channel 5 and digital network Fiver. A source said: "Channel 5's ratings are not great and Big Brother will really help them deliver, particularly given there is nothing on the schedule or seemingly in the works ...

McCall: 'I won't return to Big Brother'
2011-02-10 / All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
Davina McCall has confirmed that she will not return to host Big Brother if the show relaunches on Channel 5. Reports today suggested that the broadcaster and production...show, should the deal be finalised. "This is very hard for me to say. I am sure that this will not be a surprise for many of you, but if it is and you are sad...I'm sorry," she wrote. "I truly believe that Big Brother...it again. There are many reasons for this; I spent a year saying goodbye, which was very painful and scary! Big Brother had been my rock, day job and security blanket - what would I be without it? But I had to have...

UK Big Brother Is Coming Back!
2011-02-10 / Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog fr
... to be finalized are the proper signatures! Sources have revealed that the contract is expected to last as long as five years, with the option for it to be reduced if it doesn't do as well as they expect it to! They've also allegedly bought the rights to Celebrity Big Brother . Inneresting...! We'll be curious to see how much viewership it garners, given the length of its hiatus off the air! People get pretty into that show, so we imagine that they won't have even problems maintaining that five...

Creepy Big Brother Automated Bill Collecting Messages
2011-02-07 / San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
...plain creepy--most particularly when you're past due on your Comcast bill. Instead of having live humans; the company has an automated message that sends tingles up your spine and makes you think that the next step is waterboard interrogation at an undisclosed CIA black site. I think the company is ... to psychologically break you down and to say, "We are watching you!" See Harmon Leon perform at the Automated phone messages are just plain creepy--most particularly when you're past due on your Comcast bill. Instead of having live humans; the company has an automated message that sends tingles... ...

Willow Smith called Justin Bieber a 'Big Brother' in March Teen Vogue
2011-02-07 / Examiner.com
... Issue, Willow Smith talks about her big brothers best friend and it appears she is ready to rock. To tour with Justin Bieber has to be a big deal, even for someone as solid as Willow Smith. Dealing with the media, the fan crush and all the people watching, it would be understandable if she...Willow clears up any idea that the tour is anything other than business. "Justin's like my big brother. I don't have a crush on him," she tells Teen Vogue. The tour, scheduled to hit the road in the weeks ahead will be in Europe with thousands of fans coming to see the show for not only Justin Bieber, but...

Byram 'unsure' about Big Brother role
2011-02-04 / All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
...Amanda Byram has admitted that she would be worried about taking on Big Brother presenting duties if the show was to return on Channel 5. It was reported last month that talks between the broadcaster and the reality show's production company Endemol were at "an advanced stage". Davina McCall has.... I don't know - it's like drinking from a poisoned chalice. "I look at Davina and she is just fantastic and encompasses everything that was Big Brother. No matter what happens there will always, always, always be comparisons made to Davina." She continued: "In a sense I've been through that before...

Apple is Big Brother, Says Motorola in Xoom Commercial
2011-02-01 / Bright Side of News*
...rendered cut-scene from a low-budget computer game dating back to the beginning of this century, its message couldn't be clearer - Apple is Big Brother and Motorola is about to break Cupertino's ...monopoly on coolness when the Xoom tablet comes out. It opens with an amusing scene showing planet Earth slowly coming ... to play 720p videos without resizing - Nvidia's 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, a two-megapixel camera for video calling, a five-megapixel camera with LED flash on the back, 1080p video output via an...

McCall 'backs Willis for Big Brother job'
2011-01-31 / All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
...that talks between the broadcaster and the reality show's production company Endemol are at "an advanced stage". However, the presenter has apparently ruled out a return to the program. "Any channel that picks up Big Brother would be a very lucky channel," the Daily Star quotes McCall as saying. "But I think ...I've said goodbye." Instead, the 43-year-old backed Big Brother's Little Brother host Emma Willis to take the main job, stating that she ...

Motorola Compares Apple To Big Brother In New Superbowl Ad
2011-01-31 / Cult of Mac
.... It’s time to live a free life. Learn more about Motorola XOOM: The ad is pretty bare-bones, and it’s not clear whether it will run during the Superbowl or is just a teaser or a trial balloon. Funny how often Apple is compared to Big Brother these days. Over the weekend...like Nokia. And before that, Motorola television was losing market share to lots of competitors. What exactly does Motorola do these days, anyway? Big brother watches you and knows everything about you because you are intertwined in his infrastructure. Sounds more like Google to me. Apple sells hardware for money....

Xoom ad zings Apple with Big Brother reference
2011-01-31 / ITworld.com
...Big Brother, same as the old Big Brother. That's essentially the point of a video advertisement by Motorola Mobility for its new Xoom tablet. The mobile device manufacturer plans to air the one-minute commercial during next Sunday's Super Bowl. (You can watch the video... of course, the "one design" is a shot at Apple's iPad, which finally is attracting numerous competing tablets after having the field to itself for the better part...than it delivered. One of my colleagues said it "looks like a bad 90's video game trailer," while another said, "If I'm interpreting the ad correctly, Apple rules our ...

'Big Brother' Channel 5 deal 'weeks away'
2011-01-29 / All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
...if performance targets are missed. Desmond is also believed to be interested in relaunching Celebrity Big Brother and extending the main program's run past the traditional 13-week mark. Desmond had identified Big Brother as an ideal format for the rebranded Channel 5 following his £103.5 million takeover in... to Channel 4's three-year contract for the program in 2006. Big Brother concluded its 11th and final series on Channel 4 on August 24, 2010. The show's 'last' episode, which saw series two champion Brian Dowling win an Ultimate competition, aired 17 days later and ended with the message...

Hello, Big Brother: Digital sensors are watching us
2011-01-25 / USA Today
...devices tracking you. Inexpensive, ever-watchful digital sensors are now ubiquitous. They are in laptop webcams, video-game motion sensors, smartphone cameras, utility... data is decreasing. The result: the explosion of sensor data collection and storage. Over the next couple of years, the...pleases or frustrates shoppers. At the recent International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel and Microsoft introduced a prototype ... meet and how we live our lives." Google is well aware of rising privacy concerns. It has stepped carefully in introducing Goggles, a free online service that allows you ...

Big Brother Winner Adam Jasinski Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
2011-01-22 / TV Guide
... 2009. Jasinski pleaded guilty in October to possession with attempt to distribute oxycodone and failure to file a tax return for 2008, the year he won Big Brother 's $500,000 prize. He has remained in custody since. Before the sentencing, Jasinski asked Young for leniency, and said he was being treated for bipolar...

Argentina's Big Brother Cast Performs Glee
2011-01-21 / Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog fr
For a dance that we're sure was not so easy to learn, these guys held up nicely! (But someone does bite it towards the middle!) The Argentinian version of Big Brother made their contestants perform Singing In The Rain/Umbrella as seen/heard on Glee as a task. Check out the video (above) to see how well they did! (FF to mark 1:00 to see someone slip n slide!) the presenter says that it's the first general practice, it's not the final thing. didn't you understand spanish? This night we are going to see the last video, and then i gonna upload it! sorry for my english! regards!

Reality Rap: "Big Brother" Winner Gets 4 Years for Drug Dealing
2011-01-21 / NBC Miami
...used to being under constant surveillance 24 hours a day so prison might not be that big of an adjustment. The former "Big Brother 9" winner was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for using his winnings on the reality show to become a drug dealer. The Delray Beach resident won $500,000 from the ...CBS reality show in 2008, but was promptly busted in 2009 when he tried to sell 2,000...

'Big Brother' Winner -- 4 Years In The Big House
2011-01-21 / Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News | TMZ.com
... years in federal prison for masterminding a prescription drug ring ... which he funded with the prize money from the show. As we previously reported, Jasinski was busted in a sting operation in 2009 -- when he tried to sell ... and failure to file a tax return in 2008 -- the year he won his $500,000 prize on the show. 2. Yeah i agree that finding the perfect match isn't easy, but you will find him or she when the...jail. 13. I wonder what Julie Chen has to say about this? I love Big Brother. They should do a Big Brother special season (pending, when they're all out of jail,) "The Baddest of the Bad...

STAGE TUBE: Argentina's Big Brother Cast Performs A Number From Glee
2011-01-21 / Broadway World
The cast of Argentina's Big Brother performed Singing In The Rain/Umbrella as seen/heard on Glee. GLEE made its triumphant return to prime time with an astounding 12.3 million viewers tuning in to the Season 2 premiere. The anticipation and excitement for GLEE music reached new heights with over 250,000 new...time all singles from any episode simultaneously appeared in the top 10 of iTunes Top Songs chart. Additionally, the GLEE Cast version of Jay-Z's anthem "Empire State of Mind" has the single highest first day sales for any GLEE track released to date. BWW TV Preview: Voice of Anderson Cooper...

Not The Big Brother Anymore...
2011-01-20 / Burnt Orange Nation
.../until somebody else leaves. Counting the strength & conditioning coach, that’s seven new faces on a 10-man staff. My apologies on the ages - what’s listed after the jump is close, but I was unable to find exact ages for some of the coaches. The seven new hires average about 11½ years...

Starz, FX Pass on 'Kennedys' Miniseries, Former 'Big Brother' Contestants Face Prison Time and More
2011-01-11 / TV Squad
... is releasing the series directly to DVD. Given the buzz around it, sales and/or ratings will probably be high. "Most of the cable nets are part of huge media companies,...same pressures," Brad Adgate, media buyer and TV analyst for Horizon Media, said. "This might go straight to video." • Veteran TV writer Del Reisman has died. Reisman, known for his work on 'Peyton Place,' ...to leiomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. [ • 'Big Brother 9' Matthew McDonald has pleaded guilty for his role in a drug ring. Both McDonald and 'Big Brother' winner Adam Jasinski face up to 20 years in prison. [

Big Brother News: Matthew McDonald Pleads Guilty To Pushing Pills
2011-01-11 / Inside Pulse (blog)
Big Brother 9 star Matthew McDonald pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone yesterday, admitting his involvement in a drug ring that also included his season’s winner, Adam Jasinski. Both are facing a maximum 20 years in prison. Jasinski, who entered treatment for substance abuse... get used to having roommates again. The Big Brother 9 star may be sharing living quarters with some pretty colorful characters after pleading guilty Monday to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone for his role in a drug ring that also counted his season’s winner, Adam Jasinski, as a member. Read ...

Various News: Bubba the Love Sponge Slams Sirius XM, Big Brother Star Training with Team 3D, Article on Matt Morgan, More
2011-01-04 / 411mania.com
... - Jessie Godderz from CBS' Big Brother has had some TNA tryouts in the past, and started training at the Team 3D Wrestling Academy in Florida this week. He's obviously aiming towards getting into TNA, which seems like the next step. - The main event of this Friday's live event in Westbury, Long Island has... KHON in Honolulu, Hawaii where Morgan's time living on the islands, playing basketball there, and meeting his wife are all discussed. Morgan went on to talk about his time in WWE and that fans today want someone they can believe in watching, as opposed to someone just reciting a script...