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Award-Winning Choreographer Travis Payne (Michael Jackson's 'This Is It') and Former Pussycat Dolls Member Kimberly Wyatt Will Join Executive Producer and Mentor Paula Abdul on the Series' Panel of Experts

Academic Theatre at the Community College of Baltimore County presents an evening of two one-act plays 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 21-23, 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 25 and 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 26 in the 'B' Building Theatre at CCBC Essex, 7201 Rossville Boulevard. Tickets are $8 general admission and $5 seniors, students, CCBC faculty, staff and alumni and available from the CCBC Box Office at 443-840-ARTS (2787).

CBS will hold open casting calls for the Network's new reality-competition series with Paula Abdul, LIVE TO DANCE (formerly titled 'Got to Dance') in New York City on Thursday, Oct. 14 and Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 28. Exact locations for the casting calls will be announced shortly.

The audition process for the upcoming CBS reality-competition series GOT TO DANCE (working title) has started. To get a leg up on the competition and apply for the chance to appear on GOT TO DANCE and audition for Paula Abdul, prospective dancers can log on to www.cbs.com/dance for an application and further details. This is a nationwide search open to all U.S. residents. There is no age limit or minimum. Dancers can perform any type or style of dance, as an individual or in a group.

Sharpen your knives and fire up your stoves! Famed chef Gordon Ramsay's newest culinary competition series, MASTERCHEF, based on the smash international hit, is set to start cooking Tuesday, July 27 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. After a nationwide search for the best home cooks in America, the series will turn one of 50 hopefuls into a culinary star and America's first-ever MASTERCHEF.

NBC announced today that the new alternative series 'Breakthrough with Tony Robbins' will premiere on Tuesday, July 27 (8-9 p.m. ET). 'Breakthrough with Tony Robbins' is an inspirational, hour-long series starring Robbins and his team of experts who will help participants and their families overcome complex challenges and personal obstacles, and turn their lives around.

Sharpen your knives and fire up your stoves! Famed chef Gordon Ramsay's newest culinary competition series, MASTERCHEF, based on the smash international hit, is set to start cooking Tuesday, July 27 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. After a nationwide search for the best home cooks in America, the series will turn one of 50 hopefuls into a culinary star and America's first-ever MASTERCHEF.

NBC announced today that the new alternative series 'Breakthrough with Tony Robbins' will premiere on Tuesday, July 27 (8-9 p.m. ET). 'Breakthrough with Tony Robbins' is an inspirational, hour-long series starring Robbins and his team of experts who will help participants and their families overcome complex challenges and personal obstacles, and turn their lives around.

Paula Abdul has announced her return to the judges table and to television as she stars in a new TV series 'Got to Dance' on CBS. The show, which is based on a UK hit is, according to the Hollywood Reporter 'The show is billed as broadcast's first all-ages, all-genres dance series -- 'from ballroom to break dance, bhangra to ballet, and tap to tango.' Acts will compete for a panel of judges, with viewers getting to vote for their favorites during the semifinals and finals.'

Spike TV will telecast a one-hour special, 'Crash Test: Real Wrecks, Real Stakes' on Tuesday, April 27 at 11:00pm ET/PT. The one hour show, produced by Reveille Productions, features an elite team of stuntmen and scientists risking life and limb to duplicate extraordinary accidents to find out what really happened. The show is created by renowned actor, singer and producer, John Schneider ('Dukes of Hazzard'), who serves as executive producer.

Spike TV will telecast a one-hour special, 'Crash Test: Real Wrecks, Real Stakes' on Tuesday, April 27 at 11:00pm ET/PT. The one hour show, produced by Reveille Productions, features an elite team of stuntmen and scientists risking life and limb to duplicate extraordinary accidents to find out what really happened. The show is created by renowned actor, singer and producer, John Schneider ('Dukes of Hazzard'), who serves as executive producer.

MTV has picked up a second season of the original docu-series 'The Buried Life' set to air later this year. The announcement was made today by Tony DiSanto, President of Programming for MTV. 'The Buried Life' follows the real-life adventures of Duncan, Ben, Jonnie and Dave, as they travel the country trying to complete a list of '100 things they want to do before they die.' For each item they cross off their list, they help a perfect stranger accomplish one of their dreams, challenging each person they meet with the ultimate question -- 'What do YOU want to do before you die?'

MTV has picked up a second season of the original docu-series 'The Buried Life' set to air later this year. The announcement was made today by Tony DiSanto, President of Programming for MTV. 'The Buried Life' follows the real-life adventures of Duncan, Ben, Jonnie and Dave, as they travel the country trying to complete a list of '100 things they want to do before they die.' For each item they cross off their list, they help a perfect stranger accomplish one of their dreams, challenging each person they meet with the ultimate question -- 'What do YOU want to do before you die?'

Gordon Ramsay announced today that restaurateur wine maker Joe Bastianich and four-star chef Graham Elliot Bowles will join him as judges on MASTERCHEF, premiering Thursday, July 29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Bastianich is a partner of Mario Batali and has established some of New York's most-celebrated restaurants, including Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, Lupa Osteria Romana and Del Posto. Bowles is the youngest four-star chef in the U.S. and the mastermind behind Chicago's first 'bistronomic' restaurant, Graham Elliot. With Ramsay at the helm of the competition, Bastianich and Bowles will coach and judge the contestants along the way.

CBS has ordered GOT TO DANCE, a new reality-competition series based on the hit British show where, in the most inclusive talent search on television, dancers of any age, group-size and style will compete to become the country's favorite dance act.

NBC announced today the premiere date of an additional alternative series joining its previously announced summer 2010 schedule as 'Losing It with Jillian' will debut on Tuesday, June 1 (10-11 p.m. ET) starring Jillian Michaels from NBC's hit weight loss show 'The Biggest Loser.'

MTV & LEGALLY BLONDE are painting NYC pink with a special tour including 50 'Elle Woods' look-a-likes taking over the city on a appropriately pink double decker tour bus.

After the success of 'Legally Blonde The Musical' MTV will once again join forces with the Legally Blonde The Musical team this time to search for a talented singer/actress/dancer to take over for Broadway star and current lead Laura Bell Bundy.

After the success of 'Legally Blonde The Musical' MTV will once again join forces with the Legally Blonde The Musical team this time to search for a talented singer/actress/dancer to take over for Broadway star and current lead Laura Bell Bundy.