Will they be husband and ‘Basketball Wife’?
Cable TV is getting ready to chronicle another sports-related celebrity wedding, this time involving NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco and “Basketball Wife” star Evelyn Lozada.
VH1 said Monday that its eight-part series “Ev and Ocho” will air starting in September, culminating in a two-episode finale with their wedding.
It should sound familiar: The E! Entertainment network scored its best ratings ever last fall by showing Kim Kardashian’s wedding to NBA player Kris Humphries. The marriage lasted 72 days.
Lozada has been featured in four seasons of “Basketball Wives,” beginning with the end of her engagement to basketball player Antoine Walker, before she moved on to Ochocinco.
First Lady to appear on Letterman
Michelle Obama is returning to the late-night stage.
The first lady will appear on the “Late Show with David Letterman” on Monday. Obama will discuss her Joining Forces initiative, which supports military families, and her plans for the program’s one-year anniversary.
CBS, which airs Letterman’s show, says this will be the first lady’s first appearance on the program. But she has made other stops on the late-night talk show circuit to promote her initiatives and stump for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Her recent appearances include “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Night” program. Both shows are on NBC.
Lauper urges support for Japan
Cyndi Lauper is admired in Japan as a true star who didn’t run away last year despite the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Now, the American singer is back to show the Japanese people that she hasn’t forgotten them.
Lauper had arrived in Tokyo on March 11, 2011, just as the massive earthquake and tsunami struck northern Japan. She stayed on to give her concerts as planned, even though radiation fears from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima chased away many other performers and visitors. She said she stayed to console the survivors with her music.
She’s now back in the country to perform again.
The birthday bunch
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is 73. Actor William H. Macy is 62. Actress Glenne Headly is 57. Actress Dana Delany is 56. Rock musician Adam Clayton (U2) is 52. Rapper-actor Common is 40. Singers Nicole and Natalie Albino (Nina Sky) are 26.