Ryan Seacrest News

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards are tonight, September 18, being Broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A at 8pm EST (5pm PST). As usual, BroadwayWorld will be bringing you updates of the winners live throughout the night so stay tuned!

The Creative Arts portion of the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were distributed in a ceremony held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 10. An edited version of the show will air on ReelzChannel on Sept. 17, the night before the Primetime Emmys air on FOX.

Lady Gaga will perform live in front of a crowd of an estimated one million people in Times Square just before the ball drops on 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012,' SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 on the ABC Television Network.

The new era of primetime Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethons has started. In six primetime hours last night, the organization leading the fight against progressive muscle diseases delivered on its promise of an outstanding 46th annual MDA Labor Day Telethon.

With just three words, MDA Telethon co-host Nigel Lythgoe (American Idol + So You Think You Can Dance) today confirmed that his long-time friend, Ryan Seacrest, has agreed to make a special appeal for the MDA Labor Day Telethon that will be telecast by more than 150 television stations and streamed worldwide at mda.org on Sunday, Sept. 4, between 6 p.m. and midnight.

Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson will return to the judges' panel for the 11th season of AMERICAN IDOL. The trio, along with Emmy(R)-nominated host Ryan Seacrest, will begin their search for America's next singing superstar when AMERICAN IDOL debuts Sunday, Jan. 22 (10:00-11:00 PM ET/7:00-8:00 PM PT), immediately following the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME on FOX.

LA's Promise, a nonprofit organization working to radically shift the education, health and social outcomes for youth in South Los Angeles, will hold its 2011 Gala on Tuesday, September 27th at 6 p.m. at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, featuring an exclusive private screening of Cirque Du Soleil's first Los Angeles resident show, IRIS.

In the Hollywood Bowl's production of Hairspray August 5, 6 and 7, directed by Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, John Stamos will play the super suave TV Host Corny Collins. Stamos starred on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Cabaret, Nine and Bye Bye Birdie and is known for his television work on Full House and ER, and this season on Glee and Law & Order: SVU. In our chat, he talks about Corny and his favorite theatrical ventures.

GLEE's greatest hits performed live on Glee The 3D Concert Movie (Motion Picture Soundtrack) may not be available for purchase until Tuesday August 9th in anticipation of the film's premiere on August 12, but this morning, Ryan Seacrest debuted the cast's original chart-topper 'Loser Like Me' on his radio show. Click below to listen!

Bravo Media announced today that it will partner with Ryan Seacrest Productions on the new docu-series, 'Shahs of Sunset' (working title). The series will follow a group of young Persian-American friends who juggle living and working in LA while balancing the demands of their families and traditions. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BravoPR.

Don't tell the evangelical theater folks in Pigeon Forge, but Kathy Griffin's headed back to Tennessee and, this time, who knows whom she'll be telling to 'suck it'? Just a simple girl with a simple dream: the outspoken and outrageous comedy legend (surely, that will get me the exclusive and private interview I covet) brings her unique brand of comedy back to Nashville this summer for the first time since her last sold-out performance at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

Bravo Media announced today that it will partner with Ryan Seacrest Productions on the new docu-series, 'Shahs of Sunset' (working title).

With Griffin coming to Music City USA this week, you can be certain that Lisa Marie Wright will be asked to sign more autographs than normal, dodging the glare of television cameras and trying to elude the paparazzi. Luckily, she agreed to an interview with us from an undisclosed location where she whiles away her time eating bon-bons and reading movie magazines...either that, or she was at work, we forget...

The nominations were released this morning for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards. Mad Men topped the list with 19 nominations, followed by Boardwalk Empire with 18, Modern Family with 17, Saturday Night Live with 16, Game of Thrones and 30 Rock with 13 and GLEE with 12. Lots of theatre stars received nominations this year as well, check out the complete list below!

Interscope Records has announced that it has signed Season 10 American Idol contestant Pia Toscano to a recording contract and will release her debut single, 'This Time,' via all digital retailers on July 12th.

TEEN CHOICE 2011 will celebrate the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion in the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airing live Sunday, Aug. 7 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' leads the TEEN CHOICE 2011 nominees with 12 nominations, and GLEE has nine nominations. In addition, 'The Vampire Diaries' has seven nominations, while 'The Hangover Part II,' Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez each earned six nominations.

At a press conference last Thursday, Angela Motta, Deputy from Councilman Eric Garcetti's office, proclaimed June 16, 2011 'Cirque du Soleil Day' in Los Angeles, in honor of Cirque du Soleil's new show IRIS, A Journey Through the World of Cinema. The show begins previews July 21 in its resident home at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. IRIS will premiere September 25.

At a press conference last Thursday, Angela Motta, Deputy from Councilman Eric Garcetti's office, proclaimed June 16, 2011 'Cirque du Soleil Day' in Los Angeles, in honor of Cirque du Soleil's new show IRIS, A Journey Through the World of Cinema. The show begins previews July 21 in its resident home at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. IRIS will premiere September 25.

Ever since Regis Philbin announced earlier this year that he would be leaving his morning gig on 'Live with Regis and Kelly' in November, possible replacements have been tossed around in the media. A new report, though, says that list has been narrowed down to three candidates.