Michael J. Fox, who stepped back from full-time acting in 2000 to focus on fighting Parkinson's disease, will star in a new TV comedy loosely based on his own life suffering from the illness. NBC television ordered a full 22 episodes of an untitled comedy series starring Fox for the fall of 2013. The show will feature Fox as a husband and father of three from New York City dealing with family, career, and challenges including Parkinson's.
More than three years after being beaten up by then-boyfriend Chris Brown, R&B singer Rihanna has admitted that she still loves him, calling Brown possibly "the love of my life". The "Umbrella" singer told Oprah Winfrey in a television interview broadcast on Sunday (August 19) that she and Brown now have a "very close friendship". In 2012, the pair teamed up in the studio on two singles.
The Screen Actors Guild announced on Tuesday (August 21) that it will give its lifetime achievement award to Dick Van Dyke at its annual awards ceremony in January 2013. The Missouri-born actor, singer, writer and comedian famously played cockney chimney sweep Bert in "Mary Poppins." He also starred in 1960s sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and cult 1980s TV series "Diagnosis: Murder."
