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It has just been announced that the 12-episode second season of the WWII drama series Bomb Girls will premiere in 2013 on Reelz, and the ladies at Victory Munitions are set to have one very exciting guest. Comedian and actress Rosie O'Donnell, best known for hosting The Rosie O'Donnell Show, will guest star on one episode of the new season.
Bomb Girls takes place during World War II and captures a period when society was experiencing fundamental changes in the workplace and at home. At the heart of Bomb Girls are the stories of women who risk their lives in a munitions factory in support of the European front. Season two of Bomb Girls begins just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. For viewers that need to catch up on season one, Reelz will air all six episodes back to back on Sunday, December 30, 2012 starting at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. ReelzChannel is Dish 299, DirecTV 238, and available on your cable system.
same war, different battlesWednesday starting at 8p E/ 5p P
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On Friday evening, Nicole Polizzi, better known as Snooki, tweeted that she was "a balloon ready to pop," and early Sunday morning she popped. At 3 a.m. Sunday Snooki and her fiance, Jionni LaValle, welcomed 6-pound 5-ounce baby boy Lorenzo "Enzo" Dominic LaValle into the world. A rep for Snooks made the announcement by telling MTV that "the world just got another Guido" and that mama, baby and dad were all doing great. Both parents took to Twitter with their new baby excitement with Snooki tweeting "HE'S MY WORLD!" and "being a mom is an amazing feeling." Meanwhile, new daddy Jionni LaValle compared the birth of his son to hanging out with his friends, tweeting "ill never forget old high school memories or the vacations I been on with my boys, I will also never forget 8/26/12 the day my son was born!" Going on vacation and welcoming your firstborn to the world are pretty comparable, right?
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After Lance Armstrong decided to stop fighting the US Anti-Doping Agency's charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs, he was stripped of his Tour de France titles, but he has not been dropped by his sponsors. Nike, Anheuser-Busch, and Oakley sunglasses have all said they will stand by Armstrong despite the controversy. Other sponsors such as Trek Bicycle Corp, and 24-Hour Fitness have yet to make a decision and are still monitoring the situation. Experts believe that his work in raising money for cancer research, including the $470 million that Livestrong has made, will help to diminish the impact of the doping allegations on Armstrong's image and career. The Lance Armstrong Foundation actually reported a spike in donations on Friday, following the news of the USADA's decision, and said they had seen a huge outpouring of support for the disgraced athlete.
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Rosie O'Donnell is recovering at home after suffering a heart attack last week. The comedian took an aspirin after realizing that she had several heart attack symptoms, including clammy skin, nausea, and an aching chest. Doctors inserted a stint after finding that O'Donnell's coronary artery was 99 percent blocked. On her blog O'Donnell urged women who believe they are having a heart attack to call 911.
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We don't know who, but somebody apparently told Amanda Bynes that driving around southern California is pretty much the same thing as riding in the bumper cars at an amusement park. The retired 26-year-old actress got in yet another car accident on Monday night. She was rear-ended while driving a rental, but the other driver is claiming a reckless maneuver on Bynes' part caused the collision. Why was she in a rental? Oh yeah, because her car is in the body shop. Between getting in car accidents every five minutes and getting photographed running around town looking like a hot mess, perhaps Bynes should look into relocating to a smaller, mellower, pedestrian-friendly town.
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We're glad to see that the often troubled Britney Spears is looking good these days. The pop-star turned X Factor judge tweeted a picture of herself on the beach wearing a bikini, and it turns out that being happily engaged looks good on Spears.
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Britney Spears' fiance, Jason Trawick, was named as her co-conservator on Wednesday. The pop singer's father, Jamie Spears, has had legal control over his daughter's finances since February 2008, and the request to make Trawick a co-conservator came from Britney, herself. The conservatorship will not be lifted completely until a judge makes the determination, based on advice from Spears' doctors, that she is healthy enough to manage her own affairs.
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Earlier this week, Rosie O'Donnell put in her two cents about Lindsay Lohan, saying that the actress shouldn't be working and needs some time away. Lindsay's rep shot back saying that O'Donnell should "focus on her own career right now and not worry about everyone else's." This morning, O'Donnell explained that she was only worried about Lindsay's well being and compared the actress to the late Whitney Houston.
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But that's not the only item of LiLo news today. Lindsay Lohan will be attending Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner. She and her attorney, Shawn Holley, were invited by Fox News pundit Greta Van Susteren.
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Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment has a new owner. The building used for the exterior shots of Carrie's cozy little apartment in Sex and the City actually is a cushy, 5-bedroom townhouse that just sold for $9.85 million. And Miss Bradshaw was not the house’s only fashionable resident. Project Runway's Tim Gunn lived in an upstairs apartment in the building for 16 years.
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TLC is planning a US reunion tour, and the pop R&B group wants to include the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in its shows. Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas are planning to project Lopes' image on a screen and incorporate her vocals into their live performances, similar to Tupac Shakur's hologram performance at Coachella earlier this month.
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Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley have just adopted their second little girl. The two, parents already to 3-year-old Naleigh, have yet to release any details about the new addition to their family.
Posted 04.26.12 by Mandy