Barker's Final 'Price' Right for Primetime
After months of suspense, we finally know when Bob Barker's final episode of "The Price Is Right" will air.
CBS announced on Wednesday (May 23) that Barker's 35-year tenure on "The Price Is Right" will conclude with an episode set for Friday, June 15.
Likely to tape at least a week before, Barker's final "Prince" will show first in the game show's regular daytime slot (11 a.m. ET and 10 a.m. PT) and will then get an encore showing that night in primetime, showing at 8 p.m. and leading directly into CBS' telecast of the 34th Annual Daytime Emmys, a ceremony that will see Barker up for two awards to add to an already hefty pile.
After a number of previous hosting gigs, including "Truth and Consequences," Barker began hosting "The Price Is Right" on Sept. 4, 1972. In his time as host, Barker earned 13 individual Emmys and three Emmys as one of the show's producers. He received a Daytime Television Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1999 and was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in June 2004.
Although he's ready to go off into the sunset, Barker's ratings might is still impressive. This past week a pair of specials dedicated to his retirement -- one a "Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular" and the other a retrospective of his TV tenure -- averaged roughly 14 million viewers apiece and ranked among the Top 11 most watched shows for the frame.
New CD Releases, May 22: Ozzy Osbourne, Maroon 5, Joan Osborne
Ozzy Osbourne "Black Rain"
If you want to attend this year's Ozzfest, you might want to get a copy of tour founder Ozzy Osbourne's latest CD.
As previously announced, tickets for Ozzfest will be free. That, of course, brings up the issue of how those tickets will be distributed. Osbourne, a master at marketing, is enticing fans to purchase "Black Rain" by including Ozzfest tickets with the CD.
Specially marked, limited-edition copies of the set include a code that fans can use to obtain two Ozzfest tickets via tour-promoter Live Nation's website.
If you need another reason to buy the disc, "Black Rain" is Osbourne's first studio set of all-new material in six years.
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Maroon 5 "It Won't Be Soon Before Long"
The melodic pop-rock band is back with a proper studio follow-up to its multi-platinum debut, 2002's "Songs About Jane." The first single from the album is "Makes Me Wonder."
Maroon 5 worked on "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" in a Hollywood mansion reputed to have once been owned by legendary magician Harry Houdini. Some of Houdini's magic apparently has carried over to the recording: it's already a top-seller thanks to blistering Internet pre-sales.
The group will first support the album with a short tour of small venues, beginning May 30 in Boston and continuing through a June 11 date in New York. After that, a longer trek through arena-sized venues is expected.
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Joan Osborne "Breakfast in Bed"
Everybody's doing it--going all retro and recording albums of oldies-but-goodies, that is. Osborne is the latest to jump on the bandwagon with her new set, "Breakfast in Bed."
The bluesy vocalist, who recently collaborated with members of The Dead, has chosen to cover such songs as Hall and Oates' "Sara Smile" and Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine."
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The Used "Lies for the Liars"
The Used called upon the talents of producer John Feldmannn (The Matches, Story of the Year) to help with its third release, "Lies for the Liars," the studio follow-up to 2004's gold-certified "In Love and Death." The group's previous release was "Berth," a CD/DVD combo recorded and shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, during its last headlining tour.
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The Bravery "The Sun and the Moon"
The Bravery will attempt to lick the sophomore jinx with the release of its second album. "The Sun and the Moon," which features production work by Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan), follows the band's self-titled 2005 debut.
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More new releases:
Tim Armstrong, "A Poet's Life" (Hellcat)
Battles, "Mirrored" (Warped)
The Beach Boys, "The Warmth of the Sun" (Capitol)
Michael Brecker, "Pilgrimage" (Heads Up)
Jeff Buckley, "So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley" (Sony)
Barbara Cook, "No One is Alone" (DRG)
Chick Corea, Bela Fleck, "The Enchantment" (Stretch)
Hillsong United, "All of the Above" (Integrity)
Candye Kane, "Guitar'd and Feathered" (Ruf)
The National, "Boxer" (Beggars Banquet)
Sonata Arctica, "Unia" (Nuclear Blast)
U.S.D.A., Young Jeezy, "Young Jeezy Presents U.S.D.A.: Cold Summer" (Def Jam)
Various Artists, "Crucial Acoustic Blues" (Alligator)
Various Artists, "Crucial Rockin' Blues" (Alligator)
Various Artists, "More Crucial Guitar Blues" (Alligator)
Soundtracks and scores:
"La Vie en Rose: La Mome" (EMI)
"Once" (Columbia)
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Disney)
Barker's Final 'Price' Right for Primetime
After months of suspense, we finally know when Bob Barker's final episode of "The Price Is Right" will air.
CBS announced on Wednesday (May 23) that Barker's 35-year tenure on "The Price Is Right" will conclude with an episode set for Friday, June 15.
Likely to tape at least a week before, Barker's final "Prince" will show first in the game show's regular daytime slot (11 a.m. ET and 10 a.m. PT) and will then get an encore showing that night in primetime, showing at 8 p.m. and leading directly into CBS' telecast of the 34th Annual Daytime Emmys, a ceremony that will see Barker up for two awards to add to an already hefty pile.
After a number of previous hosting gigs, including "Truth and Consequences," Barker began hosting "The Price Is Right" on Sept. 4, 1972. In his time as host, Barker earned 13 individual Emmys and three Emmys as one of the show's producers. He received a Daytime Television Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1999 and was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in June 2004.
Although he's ready to go off into the sunset, Barker's ratings might is still impressive. This past week a pair of specials dedicated to his retirement -- one a "Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular" and the other a retrospective of his TV tenure -- averaged roughly 14 million viewers apiece and ranked among the Top 11 most watched shows for the frame.
Borat, the book, coming this fall
NEW YORK - Glorious booksellers of America: Please welcome the esteemed Borat Sagdiyev.
The ever eloquent ambassador from Kazakhstan has a book, with two titles, coming out this fall: "Borat: Touristic Guidings To Minor Nation of U.S. and A." and "Borat: Touristic Guidings To Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
"There is one and only Borat and we are honored to have him join our pantheon of international writers," Suzanne Herz, publisher of Flying Dolphin Press, an imprint of Random House, Inc.'s Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, said in a statement Wednesday.
"There is no doubt he will deliver a brilliant book."
According to Flying Dolphin Press, "one half will be a guide to America for Kazakhs and the other half ... a guide to Kazakhstan for Westerners." It will feature Borat's timeless wisdom, plus illustrations and photographs.
'Uncle Bobby' dead at 82
TORONTO (CP) - "Uncle Bobby," a popular Canadian children's entertainer during the 1960s and '70s, has died at age 82.
CTV.ca reports that Bobby Ash, originally from the U.K., died in Elliot Lake, Ont., on Sunday of a heart attack. Ash starred in "The Uncle Bobby Show," which began its run on CTV's Toronto flagship station, CFTO, in 1964.
His co-stars included the puppet "Bimbo the Birthday Clown," and the characters "The Singing Policeman" and "The Ventriloquist."
The 30-minute show was later titled "Uncle Bobby and Friends" and ran for two years on CTV to become a staple of weekday afternoons for many Canadian children.
CTV says funeral and memorial service arrangements are pending.
Ash began his career in children's entertainment as a clown.
Even after "Uncle Bobby" left the airwaves, he continued to entertain kids in his retirement as the author of children's books.