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Discovery launching network for rich men in Sept.

By DAVID BAUDER, AP
Thu Apr 14, 12:24 AM EDT

NEW YORK ? Discovery Communications Inc. is launching a television network for rich guys and their toys.

Called Velocity, the new network will replace the current network HD Theater in some 40 million homes on Sept. 25, Discovery officials said Thursday. The target audience is men with incomes of $150,000 a year and more.

"We just felt like this was a space missing in the marketplace," said David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications.

HD Theater was launched in 2002 with the specific purpose of showing high-definition versions of programs on other Discovery networks. The rapid adoption of high-def by consumers, and the addition of high-def versions of a full network's signal, rendered HD Theater obsolete.

Discovery has tested a series of programs on HD Theater in recent months that will make the switch to Velocity. They include "Chasing Classic Cars," "Cafe Racer" and "Mecum Auto Auctions."

As those titles suggest, cars will be the "bull's-eye" of Velocity programming, Zaslav said.

"Culturally, cars are so important for us guys in America," he said. "We grew up dreaming about what the day would be like when we got our licenses and what cars we would drive."

Velocity will also televise an upscale sailing race that touches on five oceans, travel programming to upscale locations, adventure sports and "real-life adrenaline shows," said Robert Scanlon, senior vice president of Velocity.

If done right, Velocity could be a magnet for advertisers, who generally pay a premium to reach an upscale audience.

There are no plans for a network to appeal to rich women. Discovery also operates the Oprah Winfrey Network, TLC and Animal Planet, networks with strong appeal to women, Zaslav said.

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Entertainment - Latest Newshttp://www.prlog.org/cat-entertainment/Entertainment - Latest News (Press Releases) - Read news before it's newsen-us3600Bettis on The Jimmy Star Show - American Idol Pop Recording Artist and Dancer to Guest July 13 2011http://www.prlog.org/11580178-bettis-on-the-jimmy-star-show-american-idol-pop-recording-artist-and-dancer-to-guest-july-13-2011.htmlBettis of American Idol and Bring It On fame to guest on The Jimmy Star Show live radio show. Listen to the live interview online worldwide Wed July 13 2011 from 3-5 pm ET | 12-2 pm PT at w4cy.com Radio | Details at www.jimmystarshow.comTue, 12 Jul 2011 00:57:41 GMTAaron Kinsley Brooks on The Jimmy Star Show - The Little Death NYC Drummer to Guest July 13 2011http://www.prlog.org/11580142-aaron-kinsley-brooks-on-the-jimmy-star-show-the-little-death-nyc-drummer-to-guest-july-13-2011.htmlAaron Kinsley-Brooks drummer of Moby and The Little Death to guest on The Jimmy Star Show live radio show. Listen to the live interview online worldwide Wed July 13 2011 from 3-5 pm ET | 12-2 pm PT at w4cy.com Radio | Details at www.jimmystarshow.comTue, 12 Jul 2011 00:17:25 GMTSCHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY - a film about gender war in Egypt - opens in NYC Aug. 12http://www.prlog.org/11580085-scheherazade-tell-me-story-film-about-gender-war-in-egypt-opens-in-nyc-aug-12.htmlDirect, poignant and gorgeous, "Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story" connects the stories of ?women constrained by long standing social norms? that make their lives very hard to live in contemporary Cairo, Egypt.Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:13:57 GMTVirtuoso Guitarist Vinnie Moore To Perform Rare NYC Solo Showhttp://www.prlog.org/11580065-virtuoso-guitarist-vinnie-moore-to-perform-rare-nyc-solo-show.htmlVirtuoso guitarist VINNIE MOORE will treat New York City to a rare performance on July 25th. Moore will be joined by bassist JOHN "JD" DeSERVIO of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY as part of Les Paul Tribute Mondays at the esteemed Iridium.Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:45:41 GMTJuly 17, Scott Lindquist, Author, Crime Prevention Practitionerhttp://www.prlog.org/11579764-july-17-scott-lindquist-author-crime-prevention-practitioner.htmlAwake: Now What? EXTREME MAKEOVERS For The Spiritually Awakening! With Rev. Rhonda Smith TIME: 6:00P.M.- 8:00P.M. Eastern LOCATION: www.blogtalkradio.com/awake DATE: July 17, 2011 CALL IN: 646-716-8988Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:19:09 GMTPersonal Branding Expert J.W. Dicks Earns Emmy Nomination As Executive Producerhttp://www.prlog.org/11579708-personal-branding-expert-jw-dicks-earns-emmy-nomination-as-executive-producer.htmlJW Dicks, Founder of Dicks and Nanton Celebrity Branding Agency, recently earned an Emmy� nomination for his work on the inspirational short film ?Jacob?s Turn.?Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:14:39 GMTJuly Jazz Jam Features Top Kansas City Talenthttp://www.prlog.org/11579689-july-jazz-jam-features-top-kansas-city-talent.htmlThe first ever ?Tim Whitmer Presents JULY JAZZ JAM? hosted by Community Christian Church will be an amazing night of music and fun July 31 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:08:00 GMTThe Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation receives Mississippi Arts Commission Granthttp://www.prlog.org/11579679-the-southern-cultural-heritage-foundation-receives-mississippi-arts-commission-grant.htmlThe Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation (SCHF) of Vicksburg has been awarded a $17,800 grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC). This grant is a portion of the $1.5 million in grants the Commission will award in 2011-2012.Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:01:00 GMTR&B Singer/Songwriter, TENIN, to Record Debut Album with Top NY Engineer Anthony ?Rocky? Gallohttp://www.prlog.org/11579558-rb-singersongwriter-tenin-to-record-debut-album-with-top-ny-engineer-anthony-rocky-gallo.htmlIndie singer/songwriter , Tenin Baba Ndanani, heads to the studio this month to record her debut album with renowned NY engineer, Anthony ?Rocky? Gallo.Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:10:19 GMTMedia Alert: Well Done! NYC Press Conference to Announce Social Initiativehttp://www.prlog.org/11579454-media-alert-well-done-nyc-press-conference-to-announce-social-initiative.htmlFirst Annual Well Done! NYC Awards Honors Exceptional New York City Community LeadersMon, 11 Jul 2011 14:31:48 GMT

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Are LeAnn and Eddie Teasing Toward a Beachy Wedding?

Does it really surprise any normal human being out there that LeAnn Rimes spent Thursday showing off her intense six-pack, fake boobs and ribs beachside with future hubby Eddie Cibrian? It's a standard move?and a strategic one on so many levels.

Really? All these PDAs and tanning sessions come amid rumors that the two plan to shock us all and tie the knot beachside in Los Angeles.

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Color us not the slightest bit stumped!

With the "family" birthday celebration for Eddie's son Jake this past weekend and both LeAnn and Eddie's divorces finalized, the wedding and the bride-to-be's bones really seem to be coming to the surface.

Plus, a super-soon ceremony would be fitting since the singer spilled her guts?well, what's left of them?to reporters about her messy divorce with Dean Sheremet and about the salacious start of her relaysh with Eddie.

And what's a LeAnn bikini photo op without a tweet here and there, right?

Drowning in denial, she defensively tweeted per usual, saying:

"Only working out I've done this week has been playing on the beach! It's been so nice! Beach is gorgeous!"

Subtle hints of your upcoming, laid-back wedding locale, or are you trying to prove you're weightier than we all think and see?

Either way, we remember the days L-girl and that buff fianc� fibbed over and over again about engagement talk.

That yes-no, maybe-so game looks like it has been reset, and it involves much more photo faking.

If indeed the beachside Los Angeles wedding is set to be this weekend, Eddie's kids would be with mommy Brandi Glanville. But with the former Twitter enemies making peace over pizza at Chuck E. Cheese's, maybe Brandi will take a turn as a bridesmaid. �

Why the hell not? After all, if LeAnn and Eddie are really all about love this weekend, so are we!

WATCH: LeAnn spill her "guts"

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Will Ferrell at a Loss About 'Anchorman 2' Delay: 'I Don't Understand'

'Everything Must Go,' opening in limited release today tells the story of Nick Halsey, a man struggling with a drinking problem who in the same day gets fired and comes home to discover his wife has left and dumped all his possessions on the front yard. It's a small, heartfelt movie and the actor who plays Nick? Will Ferrell. That's right, the same goofy man-boy comedian who's made us howl with laughter in 'Step Brothers,' 'Elf,' and 'Talladega Nights.' It's a wonderfully understated and deeply moving performance. Ferrell is one of the nicest celebs PopEater has spoken to and he more than opened up about his latest movie, his magical relationship with "comedy wife" John C. Reilly, and he tries to make sense of Paramount's apparent reluctance to an 'Anchorman' sequel.

"Yeah, I don't understand how they conduct their business. It's funny I think they ... actually I don't know what they think," he said of the studio that released the hugely popular 'Anchorman.' "Once again, they don't comment either way but it's not like it's coming from us unsolicited ... We try to explain there's so much interest in a sequel, we're not making this up!"

What attracted you to 'Everything Must Go'? Because it's sort of a departure for you.
First off, I just loved the script. The thing that attracted me the most was the premise. I felt like I hadn't seen that story before where someone who kind of loses everything and chooses to live his life on the front lawn of his house and basically live in front of everyone, exposed to the world. I just loved it.

Did it inspire you to clean out your closets?
I'm a selective pack rat. There's some things I have no problem getting rid of and others I hold onto dearly so no it did not. It's tough for me to get rid of clothes. I grew up in a household with a limited budget and we really had to make our nice clothes last and so now I'll get free pairs of shoes and this, that and the other and I'll be like, 'Oh great!' even though it stresses me out that I don't have enough room to put them, I can't throw them away. I have a rule where my wife can throw anything away as long as I don't see it, so it has to happen under the cover of darkness.

Have you and your writing partner Adam McKay managed to shame Paramount into greenlighting 'Anchorman 2'?
No! Despite all my comments to the media which after I saw ... it's one of the those things where you say something and go, 'Oh I don't remember saying that,' oh I guess I did. No, it has had no effect. (Laughs).

That's so weird. The movie made so much money.
Yeah, I don't understand how they conduct their business. It's funny I think they... actually I don't know what they think. Once again they don't comment either way but it's not like it's coming from us unsolicited. We just keep getting asked so many times about it that we have to comment. We try to explain there's so much interest in a sequel, we're not making this up! So I don't know.

Have you ever bumped into the head of Paramount at a Lakers game?
No but I relish that day. (Laughs)

Would it be super uncomfortable if you sat next to him?
It would be terribly uncomfortable for him.

Fantastic. You should set that up. It's like an episode of 'The Office.' I love uncomfortable situations.
So do I!

I loved you as Deangelo on 'The Office,' by the way. Did you come up with the Southwest obsession?
I'm probably way too honest of a person but the brilliant writing staff just came up with all that. There was a bunch of other stuff that was cut out like I used to weigh in excess of 300 pounds and I lost all this weight.

Is 'Step Brothers' also with Paramount?
No, that's Sony who we've had a wonderful working relationship with. We might do it. We're talking about trying to potentially do it.

You have a magic chemistry with John C. Reilly.
We're just kind of two kindred souls. We were probably brothers in a past life. We just kind of click with our comedic sensibility. It really comes down to the basic thing of thinking the same thing is funny and we totally do. It's the most unique kind of relationship I have with anyone in a way.

More than your wife I'm sure.
Exactly. He's the comedic version of a wife.

Do you feel because 'Anchorman 2' didn't work out it's freed you to do smaller movies like 'Never Let Me Go?'
'Anchorman' wasn't imminent. It didn't even get off the tarmac but last year there were some things that maybe were going to happen and then they fell back into development but it did present me an opportunity to do 'Everything Must Go' and 'Casa de Mi Padre' which is a Spanish language movie. We scrambled and got that together, like two five million dollar movies with short but intense shoots, working with great people and they were two of the best experiences I've ever had. Yeah it opened up this side to do things outside of the studio system that I loved and that now I'm even more open to doing.

It's like an Oprah moment.
Absolutely. I'll wait for the studios to figure out what they're going to do and I'll go off and do these things. They're great because they're getting a lot of attention and I just love being able to step outside of what I normally do and mix it up.

Are you fluent in Spanish?
I'm not but my Spanish is excellent in the movie. I worked with a translator. The joke wasn't for me to speak Spanish poorly. The joke is literally that I'm just another Latino actor. It's ('Casa de mi Padre') kind of a cross between Telemundo and a bad Mexican movie where the continuity is off and things like that.

Your wife is Swedish. Do your kids speak Swedish?
They do. It's pretty great. That was something I was kind of adamant about with my wife like, 'You've got to speak Swedish with them.' I know enough and I keep saying to them, 'My Swedish is really good right?' and they're like, 'No! It's terrible, are you crazy?'

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Was Mariah Carey Reported for Drinking in the Hospital?

All new parents have their hands full, but Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon also dealt with a very unexpected visitor in the hospital where their daughter and son, Monroe and Moroccan, were born April 30.

"Child Protective Services actually came to me," Cannon told Piers Morgan on CNN Thursday, "And said that they were here to see me because there had been allegations that there was drug and alcohol use during the stay in the hospital."

But it's hardly as scandalous as it sounds: Cannon believes someone involved in Carey's care was overheard discussing a beer that allegedly boosts breastmilk production. Many moms of twins receive lactation tips specific to the challenges of feeding two newborns, but most can probably count on more privacy than Mariah Carey.

"It all started when a nurse suggested to my wife that if you drink Guinness, the dark beer, the yeast improves breastfeeding," Cannon added. "I don't know if someone heard that [and] were saying my wife was drinking beer. People will do anything to try to conjure up a story."

Cannon's theory is that a mundane conversation became a wild rumor only because of the new mom's celebrity. According to Us, he said the rep responding to information about alcohol in the patients' room understood the circumstances and agreed the allegation was ridiculous.

"To even have to deal with that, with my wife in the state that she's in while we're in the hospital, to even have to think about someone possibly wanting to investigate your children," Cannon said. "It's sad at the end of the day...when you think about people trying to make a buck off newborn babies."

Guinness beer tips aside, nursing twins is serious business for some moms, as 'Modern Family' star Julie Bowen proudly explained during a chat with George Lopez last year. On the other hand, twin mom Jennifer Lopez caused a mini-scandal in the parenting blogosphere when she confidently told People magazine she was forgoing breastfeeding altogether.

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Isla Fisher, who is currently pregnant with her second child, takes her daughter Olive for a treat at Milk on Beverly Boulevard.

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Amid a sea of reporters, Weiner dodged a few inappropriate questions. Was it comedy?

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Carrey chews the scenery even when he's not in the scene

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Was Robert Pattinson's Pachyderm Pal Treated Humanely on Elephants Set?

While we absolutely loved Robert Pattinson's dreamy-eyed flirting, there was one thing about Water for Elephants that made us scratch at our animal-loving brains.

How the hell did they make those elephant-training scenes (torture, really) look so horrendously and depressingly real?

We know the flick was certified for no abuse of animals, but we had to find out exactly how Rosie the elephant was treated.

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It's all done with positive reinforcement! And some of the specifics are too presh!

Jone Bouman, American Humane Association's Film & TV unit spokesperson, filled us in on how some of those scary, abusive-looking scenes were filmed without anyone (on-set trainers, aside) touching Tai, the elephant actress who plays Rosie.

"That is all done by CGI," Bouman said regarding the many scenes were Christoph Waltz's character pokes at the circus elephant with a bull hook. "What's really being used is just a Styrofoam stick. No one ever came even close to touching Tai, and it would not be allowed by us."

Good to know! Especially because some of those moments of torture made us turn our heads in horror. Very difficult to watch.

Bouman insists the moaning and crying noises were mere audio tracks, and that those horrific noises Rosie utters never, ever came out of Tai's trunk.

"All of us here know and love Tai. She lives on a beautiful ranch in Southern California. She is so well taken care of; one of the happiest creatures I have ever met."

So happy, Bouman tells us that Tai was even giggling on set! Yes, apparently elephants giggle, too.

"Tai loves to bang on garbage cans. So when we train her, we positively reinforce her by letting her bang as if on drums," Bouman informed us.

"She takes a stick between her trunk and bangs," she added. We can't help but smile. Can you just picture R.Pattz and Tai rocking out between takes? This is what we like to see?animals being treated like human beings!

The animal protector assures us that absolutely no harm was done to any of the animals?and that every second of training on and off the set has been documented for American Humane Association's records.

We're told movie crews actually have to earn their No Animals Were Harmed certificate, by which the rigorous animal welfare guidelines cover everything from food and rest to temperatures.

The Association will post a full-length animal-centric review of the care of the animals during the filming of Water for Elephants later this afternoon on its website.

We hope Tai's trunk keeps drumming that happy tune, but do you think it was also a celebratory dance because Tai knows her love scenes with Rob were hotter than those with Reese Witherspoon?

WATCH: Reese and Rob at the Water for Elephants premiere

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