Morning Edition:
Just weeks after welcoming a baby girl into the world, Jack Osbourne revealed to People magazine that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Osbourne was diagnosed from tests taken when he lost 60% vision in his right eye earlier this year. Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause problems with muscle control and strength, vision, balance, feeling and thinking. Jack told the magazine, “I was just angry and frustrated and kept thinking, ‘Why now?’ I’ve got a family and that’s what’s supposed to be the most important thing.” Osbourne said he will use a combination of daily drug treatments, holistic therapies and lifestyle changes to keep the disease in control.
Meagan Good, star of Think Like A Man, was married over the weekend to Columbia Pictures VP DeVon Franklin. The couple married in Malibu this past Saturday at a winery. Good told People magazine, “DeVon makes me better, makes my life fuller and completes my quality of life. He’s truly on my team and I am truly on his. God revealed my heart to him like nobody else.” Good and Franklin met nearly six years ago while discussing a film project, but they did not start dating until they worked together on Jumping the Broom.
Evening Edition:
NBC announced that Broadway star Jeremy Jordan will be heading to Smash as a series regular for season 2. Jordan will play a Brooklyn-born singer with a self-destructive streak. His character is one of three roles being added by new showrunner Josh Safran. Also being cast is a gay male Broadway dreamer and an African-American female chorus member. Those roles have not been cast yet. Jordan most recently earned a Tony nomination for his starring role in Newsies and had a starring role in the film Joyful Noise with Queen Latifah.
Harold and Kumar star John Cho has been given a series regular role on NBC’s new fall series Go On. The comedy stars Matthew Perry as a sports talk radio host who is forced to attend mandatory group-therapy sessions after suffering from a loss. Cho will play the manager of the radio station that employs Perry’s character. Go On will premiere Wednesday, August 8th right after NBC’s coverage of the Olympics.
