'Dollhouse' closing doors
"Dollhouse" will soon be going out of business. The Joss Whedon fantasy drama ends after its current 13-episode order, with the series finale scheduled to air Jan. 22, according to a person familiar with the show. Off the Fox schedule during November, it returns Dec. 4. "Dollhouse" is about a high-tech prostitution service, with Eliza Dushku starring as an escort who can be implanted with different personalities to accommodate each client. ABC, meanwhile, has canceled the new Kelsey Grammer comedy "Hank." The Wednesday show is filming episode 10 and will stop production after wrapping that episode. ABC, which has aired five half-hours of "Hank," has no immediate plans to run the remaining five.
EMBRYO DIDN'T TAKE, PUBLICIST SAYS:Canadian pop singer Celine Dion isn't pregnant after all. Dion's U.S.-based publicist, Kim Jakwerth, said Wednesday the couple's doctor had initially confirmed a pregnancy in August through in vitro fertilization. When that information started to leak to the public, Dion confirmed it. But a day later, she found out the embryo had not been implanted successfully. Jakwerth said Dion did not immediately announce that she wasn't pregnant because she was hopeful another implantation would work, and had wanted to keep the matter private. Dion, 41, and husband Rene Angelil, 67, are going to keep trying. They have an 8-year-old son, Rene-Charles, who was conceived by in vitro fertilization.
'PLAY ON' DEBUTS AT NO. 1:Carrie Underwood can claim her second No. 1 album. Her new "Play On" debuted with sales of 318,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The "American Idol" champ's sophomore set, "Carnival Ride," bowed atop the chart with 527,000 in 2007.
STEPPENWOLF TO RESCHEDULE:Citing illness, public radio personality Joe Frank has postponed his Saturday performance at Steppenwolf Theatre. Tickets will be honored at a new date to be announced shortly, or refunds are available at (312) 335-1650.
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