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Tori Spelling is looking to get a day job.
ABC is creating a daytime talk show for Spelling and a co-host to be determined. The daughter of late legendary television producer Aaron Spelling, Tori Spelling first came to prominence in her own right playing Donna Martin on the teen soap “Beverly Hills 90210.” Always a tabloid favorite, Spelling has since turned her own life with husband Dean McDermott into a reality show for Oxygen. “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood,” one of the cable network’s highest-rated shows, recently started its fifth season earlier this month.
The program, which is in the very early stages of development, would feature Spelling and a male co-host who would basically serve as Spelling’s best friend forever. The network is looking for a “Will & Grace” vibe between Spelling and her as-yet-undiscovered BFF.Who knows, maybe finding a co-host can be its own reality show for Spelling.
Of course, it is a long road from development to an actual show. But news that ABC may be looking to create another daytime talker will certainly raise eyebrows. The network currently has four shows in daytime — soap operas “General Hospital,” “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” and yenta fest “The View.”
If ABC is going to launch another hour-long show, it will have to get that time from its affiliates. One possibility could be late afternoon, where many ABC stations will likely have a hole to fill next fall when Oprah Winfrey departs to cable. However, getting the ABC affiliates to give an hour back to the network may prove to be a challenge. Even the ABC-owned stations may resist such a request because many are planning to replace Winfrey with another hour of local news.
Another scenario is that one of its current daytime shows is, uh, going away. We’re pretty sure “The View” is staying put, so that leaves one of the soaps as potentially heading to the exit. But don’t panic yet, soap fans, there is no guarantee that the Spelling show will get off the ground. ABC could also try to sell it to a cable network or syndicate it to local television stations.
From the Los Angeles Times
American actress Tori Spelling has a reality TV show, a children’s clothing line, and two autobiographical books to her name, and now she is branching out into a new area: children’s literature.
Simon & Schuster said its Aladdin imprint is to publish Spelling’s first children’s book called “Presenting … Tallulah” in September this year.
Spelling, whose acting credits include TV show “Beverly Hills 90210,” has already written an autobiography “sTORI Telling” and follow-up book “Mommywood” about being a Hollywood mother of young children. Her third adult book, tentatively titled “Uncharted terriTORI,” is due to go on sale in June.
Aladdin said “Presenting … Tallulah,” illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton, tells the story of a young girl who just wants to be herself.
“I love reading to my kids. It’s our special time together. That and my passion for story telling inspired me to write a children’s book of my own to read to them and children everywhere,” said Spelling, 36, in a statement.
Spelling, the daughter of the late TV producer Aaron Spelling, and her second husband Dean McDermott, who have two children, are filming the fourth season of their reality TV series, “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.”
From ABC News
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Tori Spelling is once again returning to the bookshelves to tell her side of the story. Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, will publish her third book, tentatively titled unchartered terriTORI and scheduled to hit stores in June.
“I love sharing my stories and experiences with people and connecting to them on both a humorous and emotional level,” Spelling, 36, tells PEOPLE exclusively. “The response to my first two books has been so amazing that I wanted to write a third one for my fans.”
Those fans can expect the actress to dish on the very latest in her public life, including her reaction to the tabloid scrutiny of her weight, her infamous relationship with mom Candy, with whom she just reconciled, life with husband Dean McDermott and their two children, and whether they might be adding to their brood in the near future.
“With two kids it’s hard to find down time to write so I often write during their nap time,” Spelling says. “Whenever something happens that makes me laugh or if I remember something in the middle of the night that I want to share, I jot the experience down.”
Spelling wrote the book in between filming for the fifth season of her reality show, Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, which premieres on Oxygen in the spring, and working on her jewelry and kids’ clothing line.
“I like to write in our family room since so many of my stories revolve around my family or from my bed cause it’s so damn cozy! The biggest challenge was finding the time,” she says. “The biggest joy was appreciating how lucky I am to have that challenge!”
From People
Tori Spelling will join Dean McDermott in wrapping gifts for Second Family, a revolutionary non-profit leveraging technology to safely connect disadvantaged children with the world’s generosity, on December 16.
The stars will participate in Wrap It Up – presented by Nickelodeon – a charity gift wrapping event to help wrap donated gifts for the children of 2Family.org.
Second Family is a very special charity – unique in every way. From their website : “At 2Family.org you will find youth challenged by extraordinary circumstances such as homelessness, violence, addictions, disorders, and unstable living situations. Many have been through much worse. These youth, nominated by youth organizations across the USA, need extra motivation to break a cycle of struggle, to dream bigger & to reach their full potential. 2Family.org has made it easy for anyone, anywhere, anytime to improve these children’s lives by removing the distance that alienates struggling children from the world’’s generosity. Technology has revolutionized the world; new things are possible every day, and simplifying “giving back” has joined the revolution!”
The Wrap It Up event will take place at NineThirty Restaurant at W Los Angeles-Westwood, 930 Hilgard Ave at 7pm on December 16.
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