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May 13 2013 03:02 PM ET

Nick's 'Sam & Cat' gets June premiere date

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Your tween’s crossover fanfiction will soon hit the small screen: New spinoff series, Sam & Cat, starring Ariana Grande (Victorious’ Cat Valentine) and Jennette McCurdy (iCarly’s Sam Puckett) will premiere on Saturday, June 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Nickelodeon. The show will follow the Victorious and iCarly faves as they meet, become best friends and, in a plot twist that will make Baby-Sitters Club adult fans want to cheer, start their very own babysitting service.

The show was created by Nick regular Dan Schneider (iCarly, Victorious, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101). The premiere episode will have total opposites Sam and Cat meet when a wild predicament lands both girls in the back of a moving garbage truck. They then find themselves babysitting three young kids, and soon after, Sam & Cat’s Super Rockin’ Fun-Time Babysitting Service is born.

“Sam & Cat is the perfect vehicle to showcase the amazing chemistry and comedic talents of Jennette and Ariana,” said Russell Hicks, President of Content Development and Production at Nickelodeon, in a release. “Fans will love seeing two of their favorite Nick characters back in action in this wild and hilarious comedy.”

 

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May 10 2013 08:00 PM ET

Gabby Douglas gives Radio Disney her approved list of nicknames: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas has a lot of things to talk about these days, from her second book Raising the Bar, to her experience on the world stage last year, to an upcoming guest appearance on Disney XD’s Kickin’ It this summer. But when Radio Disney’s Candice asked her what other nicknames we could use for her besides the well-known Flying Squirrel, she had a list ready to go.
Check out the exclusive clip below to to find out what she had to say. Gabbinator is my personal favorite.

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May 10 2013 06:44 PM ET

How did those Fraggles get their names? -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Can’t get enough Fraggle Rock? For the truly obsessed, the Fraggle Rock: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition comes out next week (5/14), with all four seasons and extras like a new graphic novel and interviews recently discovered in the archives of The Jim Henson Company. You could maybe answer the age-old question of what’s a Goober by checking out this exclusive clip of a behind-the-scenes featurette with Jocelyn Stevenson (Creative Consultant/Writer on the show) along with Red and Mokey, explaining how the Fraggles got their names. Of course, Mokey tries to get deep about it, dropping in a reference to a truth of the universe and all that. READ FULL STORY »

May 9 2013 09:13 PM ET

Disney Animation releases concept art and early footage from Marvel comic book adaptation 'Big Hero 6' -- VIDEO

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Disney Animation is making its first feature film of a Marvel property, an adaptation of the Big Hero 6 comics. Though the Japan-based superhero team of Big Hero 6 is less well-known than The Avengers, it’s still an adaptation worthy of some buzz.

But rather than focusing on Marvel and the series’ comic book heroes, Disney decided to highlight the animation studio’s new invention they’re bringing to the adaptation: San Fransokyo, a hybrid city merging characteristics of both San Francisco and Tokyo. (The original comic books were set in Tokyo.) Check out how Japanese architecture and the Golden Gate Bridge come together in the concept art below:

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May 9 2013 07:28 PM ET

Discovery Channel's 'Great Bear Stakeout': Up close and personal with grizzlies -- EXCLUSIVE CLIP

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Discovery Channel is getting very daring in its latest endeavor to teach viewers about wildlife.

In the upcoming special Great Bear Stakeout, which Discovery made with BBC, a team of experts venture to Alaska to chronicle grizzly bears for the full five months they’re out of hibernation, culminating with their annual salmon run. Where the daring comes in is how very close these scientists got to the bears. Check out an EW exclusive clip of a close encounter below. READ FULL STORY »

May 8 2013 05:33 PM ET

'Meet The Powell Pack' makes weight loss a family affair- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Sure fitness specialist Chris Powell is one impressive guy, as he works tirelessly with clients on Extreme Weight Loss (previously called Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition). But it’s the woman (and kids) behind the man you really have to meet.

And you can in ABC’s new six-part reality web series “Meet The Powell Pack,” where Chris’ wife Heidi moves from a behind-the-scenes force on the show to front and center. Between her, their three children and a co-parenting situation with Heidi’s ex (father of two of the kids), you get to see how the very fit couple juggles their increasingly busy lifestyle and support their healthy lifestyle mission.

Check out an exclusive preview of the web show — and get introduced to the Powells’ “modern family” — below: READ FULL STORY »

May 8 2013 12:48 PM ET

Teri Hatcher to guest on 'Jake and the Never Land Pirates' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Jake has got a Desperate — and pun-y — new friend swinging by Never Land.

In an upcoming episode of Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Teri Hatcher guest stars as the sneaky pirate Beatrice Le Beak. The bird-like captain has stolen some goods from Captain Hook, and it’s up to Jake’s merry band of pirates to convince her to give them back. Hatcher’s fun-loving and spirited voice for Le Beak clearly borrows from other pirates of the high seas like Hook or those guys from the Caribbean.

Check out an exclusive clip below: READ FULL STORY »

May 8 2013 11:53 AM ET

'Marvel's Avengers Assemble' on DisneyXD -- EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK

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Didn’t get your fill of superheroes with Iron Man 3 this past weekend? You’re in luck — or at least, your kid is.

Disney XD has a special one-hour preview of Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, airing Sunday, May 26 at 11 a.m. ET. The show officially premieres Sunday, July 7 at 11 a.m. ET as part of the “Marvel Universe” block on the channel.

In the first part of the special preview, Captain America is apparently destroyed by Red Skull, so Iron Man re-unites the team to try and avenge his friend and stop Red Skull’s army. In the second part, Red Skull steals Tony Stark’s armor, and the Avengers must galvanize the team to stop him and M.O.D.O.K. from destroying New York City. Marvel’s Avengers Assemble stars Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) as Iron Man, Fred Tatasciore (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) reprising his role as Hulk, Roger Craig Smith (Wreck-It Ralph) as Captain America, Travis Willingham (Shelf Life) as Thor, Troy Baker (Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man) as Hawkeye, Laura Bailey (The Super Hero Squad Show) as Black Widow and Bumper Robinson (The Game) as Falcon.

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May 8 2013 10:00 AM ET

Jonathan Stroud's Lockwood & Co.: See the cover and read an excerpt -- EXCLUSIVE

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Never heard of Jonathan Stroud? Then stop what you’re doing right now and go pick up a copy of the first book in the Bartimaeus Sequence, The Amulet of Samarkand. Go on. We’ll wait.* Good, right? Fabulous, even? Alas, that trilogy is done (though there was a prequel published in 2010), but thankfully Stroud is back with a brand new series, Lockwood & Co., which has already been optioned for the big screen by Illumination Entertainment. And if it’s half as funny as Bartimaeus, consider us sold. Don’t take our word for it?** We’ll let Stroud himself tell you all about it. But first check out the cover below, along with an exclusive excerpt from Book 1, The Screaming Staircase.

London has become overrun by all sorts of nasty ghosts and specters, but only young people have the ability to see them. Enter Lucy Carlyle, the plucky heroine of Lockwood & Co. Together with Anthony Lockwood, leader of the titular psychic detection agency, and his sarcastic colleague George, Lucy must investigate the mysterious Combe Carey Hall, one of the most haunted houses in all of England. Can they weather its horrors, including the legendary Screaming Staircase? Take a peek at the cover and preview the first chapter afterwards:

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NEXT: Jonathan speaks about his new series, including the potential movie!

*Not that there’s any excuse for this. That book was released 10 years ago! I honestly don’t know how you’ve been functioning.
**Though you really should.

May 7 2013 01:00 PM ET

Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr on their middle-grade debut 'Loki's Wolves' -- EXCLUSIVE

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YA giants Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning) and Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely) are incredibly successful on their own — so what happens when you lock them in a room together? The fruit of that teamwork is this month’s Loki’s Wolves, the first in a middle-grade series from the two authors (writing as K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr). Loki’s Wolves centers on Matt, Fen, and Laurie, three teenagers descended from gods who must band together to fight Ragnarok, an apocalypse only they can prevent. We spoke to the two writers about Norse mythology, sleeping habits, and what words count as profanity. READ FULL STORY »

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