Popsofa Entertainment Lounge - Tues May 13, 2008

Here’s a rundown of entertainment tidbits for Tues May 13, 2008.

Remy Ma faces eight years in jail for shooting a former associate last year. The quarrel was over $3,000 that went missing from her purse. She had initially faced up to 25 years, and prosecutors asked for thirteen years. Her lawyers plan to appeal. [via […]

Dancing With the Stars - Season 6 Couples Gallery

ABC announced their sixth season lineup for Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) in late February. Now they’ve released pictures for the couples We’ve reproduced them below. (Depending on server status, you might be able to click on an image to see a larger version.) The premiere episode airs on Mon March 17th. […]

Law & Order News: Jesse Martin Leaving; Vincent D’Onofrio Proud Papa

Jesse L. Martin, who has been on the flagship Law & Order TV series for about nine years now, is leaving after one more episode. He’s planning to pursue his movie career. This includes four movies for this year: Peter and Vandy, Buffalo Bushido, Sexual Healing (as Marvin Gaye), and Silent Rhythm.
Law & Order: CI […]

Dancing With the Stars Sixth Season Lineup Announced

Dancing With the Stars has become a hit show thanks to charming stars and talented professional ballroom dancers. March 17th is the start of the sixth season, and the line up has been announced. Here are the pairings, alphabetized by surname of the celebrity.

Mario Barrett and Karina Smirnoff.
Adam Carolla and Julianne Hough.

Cristian de […]

WGA Strike Officially Over; Contract Needs Ratifying

Striking WGA writers have voted and over 90% favored ending the strike that has been going on for over three months. This has left consumers without new TV shows, played havoc with movie productions, ruined some peripherally related business, and caused many millions of dollars in income loss for industry members. (Writers lost about US$285M […]

Ellen DeGeneres #1 Personality on TV?

Ellen DeGeneres is now the top TV personality, beating out Oprah Winfrey. DeGeneres was #8 the previous year. Oprah is now #2. Here’s the list:

Ellen.
Oprah.
Jay Leno.
Hugh Laurie (House).
Jon Stewart.
David Letterman.
Stephen Colbert. (Actually, Colbert is tied with Letterman for #6.)
Bill O’Reilly.
Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond).
Homer Simpson. (Tied with Romano for #9.)

[sources: Reuters]
Ellen turns […]