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TELEVISION - Rove on Chelsea Lately Added: Thursday 2nd of September
Catch Rove at the round table discussing topics on U.S show talk show Chelsea Lately. The episode is scheduled to be shown Thursday (2nd of September) @ 11pm U.S time.
Guest line-up is advertised as:
Mel B. tells us about her new Style Network show Mel B: It's a Scary Life. Comedian Greg Proops, actress-comedian Arden Myrin and comedian-host Rove McManus (subject to change)
The episode will be shown on Foxtel's E! Entertainment (Channel 121). Please consult your guides for the local broadcast date.
Rove's like a real friend, he's a real dude you can hang with him he's just a good guy.
NEWS Updated: Wednesday 25th of August **updated with video**
HAMISH and Andy will quit their top rating national Austereo national drive show next year, leaving a massive hole for the Today network and its 2DayFM Sydney station.
The pair want to develop new ideas - understood to be primarily in television - after a series of top rating specials on channel 10 last year and this.
But they will be on the market for all channels as their agreement with Ten ends this year - although the pair did not explain what they would be doing when they told listeners just after 5pm that the show will be ending on November 27.
It was not all bad news for Austereo, with the pair to record a two hour podcast to be aired once a week for the next two years...
Friday night was action-packed, and the excitement continued backstage! Before the show even began there was a dress dilemma backstage between Emma Thompson and Heather McDonald.
I spoke with Emma and
she gave me the skinny. I also caught up with correspondents Mikey Day and Trevor Moore to find out what it’s like to share a comedy piece on our show. Then I spoke with Taio Cruz about his energetic song and playing of the Tonight Show Band.
And we had a special guest in our audience - none other than Rove McManus (Australia's former talk show king). Rove will be a judge on our show tomorrow so Aussies tune in!
David: Now you've got this thing with Rove, what's the deal with that?
Elmo: Oh he's so cool! Elmo has so much fun with Mr. Rove. Elmo's been enjoying having playdates with Mr. Rove for a long time. In fact when Elmo goes back to California where he lives, Elmo's going to have a playdate with Mr. Rove.
David: A playdate?
Elmo: Yeah. That's what we call it in the States. Where you spend time with each other.
David: You hang out?
Elmo: Yeah.
David: So are you missing the fact that you're here and he's not?
Elmo: Yes! Elmo is! The first time we came here with Elmo's mommy and daddy, Mr. Rove was on vacation. They call it ‘holiday.' But now he's not here.
Rove is a guest judge on the RAW Comedy National Grand Final being broadcast on ABC1 this Saturday (July 24) at 9:20pm, tune in.
The best up-and-coming Australian comedians battle it out in the grand final of Australia's biggest and most prestigious open-mic comedy competition. This year, over 1000 new comedians competed in 60 Raw Comedy gigs across Australia, with the cream of the crop heading to Melbourne to compete in the grand final at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Host, comedian Cal Wilson keeps the laughs rolling, while guest judge Rove McManus marvels at the contestants who are taking the bravest of comedy leaps on national television - for some it's only their third time on stage.
United in their passion for animals and conservation, Rove McManus and his wife, Tasma Walton, took off on an exciting journey into deepest Brazil.
Submerged in the Cristalino River in the middle of the southern Amazon, Rove McManus was oblivious to the anacondas and crocodiles that make their home in the pristine waters.
"It was this beautiful day, and I was just floating in the river looking up at the sun," McManus tells WHO of his June adventure with his wife of one year, actress Tasma Walton. "There was this condor circling above me, and I just took that in and thought, ‘Wow, this is a pretty special place that I am in.' "
For the former host of Network Ten's Rove, the experience was the fulfilment of his passion — born in his West Australian childhood — for being amongst animals in their natural environment. Rove says that when people asked Sir David Attenborough when he began to love animals, his response was, "When did you stop?" says McManus, 36. "It's a bit like that for me, it's always been there.
What the New York Post is currently reporting: 'The 'o' List'
Scratch another talk show off the possible "Next Oprah" list.
Valerie Bertinelli's talk show pilot for CBS Television Distribution, which was tentatively called "Say It Now," won't go forward, sources say.
The show, which paired the peppy "Hot in Cleveland" star with Aussie talk-show host Rove McManus, failed to wow the bosses...
Mad Cow Pictures will begin production of the independent animated CGI film Trouble Down Under in Sydney next month, directed by the company's founder Steve Trenbirth.
For this project, Trenbirth (who directed Disney's home entertainment releases The Lion King II and Jungle Book II) has partnered with producer Tony Findlay and California-based Fastlane Entertainment.
The script was written by Findlay and Howard Jackson, based on a story by Findlay.
In Trouble Down Under, a mob of African meerkats lost in the outback causes tension with the local red and gray Kangaroo mob families. Their accidental arrival triggers chaos when a white wallaby rogue named Al Bino, returning from exile overseas, creates further confusion.
The voice cast includes Rove McManus, Ernie Dingo, Cameron Daddo, Andrew Daddo and Skyppy star Tony Bonner. Two roles will go to the winners of an international contest, which will give an Australian and an American the chance to participate in the project.
The film will be released in October 2012.
ROVE McManus' US assault continues with news the Aussie TV host and comic has landed a coveted six-week talk show hosting spot.
Confidential hears the comedian has inked a deal with David Letterman's production company World Wide Pants to assume a summer fill-in gig on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
It's a test to see if he can hold a US audience," said Confidential's spy.
However, Rove's management and Craig Ferguson have both denied the rumour.
I hope reports I'm being replaced by an Australian are false. CBS would never allow a foreigner to do the show. Or would they? Oh no - @CraigyFerg on Twitter
Late notice: Rove is currently listed under performers scheduled for the Thursday (1st of July) show at the Improv Comedy club in Los Angeles.
Details: KT Tatara, Robbie Pickard, Bill Burr and Rove McManus - Starts at 8 pm. Visit Improv.com for details
AUDIO Added: Thursday 1st of July
Former Rove writers Declan Fay and Nick Maxwell (the voice behind the 'Kevin Rudd P.M' segment) have a podcast on iTunes called 'The Sweetest Plum', show your support by subscribing to the channel
More whispers on Rove McManus' movements in the USA are emerging.
The latest appears to be a project called "SayitNOW" in New York - but whether it's television or stand-up is still sketchy, while it also isn't yet clear how significant McManus is involved in the show.
Yesterday Rove's management was tight-lipped about SayitNow when asked by TV Tonight.
But they did deny a second rumour that Rove had just delivered a Pilot to NBC…
Tipping - and toilet - protocol in the US can be confusing for Australian visitors, writes Peter Mitchell.
Rove McManus, like many Australians finding their way in the US, has trouble adapting to the quirks of American culture, particularly tipping
McManus, who recently moved to Los Angeles with wife Tasma Walton in the hope of scoring a US TV gig, admitted the other night he was befuddled by the whole tipping thing in America.
He was the host of the Australians in Film organisation's Breakthrough Awards, held at the Thompson Hotel in Beverly Hills, and was working the crowd that included reformed Hollywood bad boy Colin Farrell, studio executives and high-profile Aussies Ryan Kwanten, Chris Hemsworth, Delta Goodrem, Radha Mitchell, Jamie Durie and ... any other LA-based Aussie hoping to score free food and booze.
"Tipping in Australia isn't as customary as it is here," McManus told the crowd of about 150.
The chirpy talk show host then revealed how a few minutes earlier he visited a restroom in the hotel and was confronted by a man.
Interview with Mary Hutton (founder of Free The Bears) & Matt Hunt (CEO of Free the Bears). Plus supporters Rove McManus and Tasma Walton. Narrated by Dr Chris Brown.
For more information about the Free the Bears Fund visit their website here
Rove to host New Zealand's Cadbury Crunchie Comedy Gala, the event will also be televised on Wednesday the 28th of April @ 8.30pm on TV3.
The NZ Comedy Trust has staged a coup and commandeered the hosting services of the ever charismatic Rove McManus, Logie winner and star of the hilarious TV3 talk show ‘ROVE'
To book your tickets visit the official comedy festival website
Details: ASB Theatre, Auckland City - Friday the 23rd April, 2010
Broadcast: TV3 - Wednesday the 28th April, 2010
ARTICLE Added: Tuesday 13th of April
Excerpt from New Zealand's The Edge pull out magazine - 'Stand up for Rove'
Rove McManus is an Australian that New Zealanders don't mind liking. A rare thing, really. For some Kiwis like John Campbell, it goes beyond liking. David Farrier asked Rove how it's going.
"It's going very well. It's one of those things: True love. No boundaries. The fact we haven't seen each other in a long time only makes the heart grow fonder." Rove McManus gets excited, talking about his friendship with John Campbell. And he's genuine, too. You can hear it flowing down the phone line.
Coming over to host the gala opening of the NZ International Comedy Festival, Rove is looking forward to spending a decent stretch of time in New Zealand. And not just for JC.
"It will be great just to be around the environment of the festival and that creative energy." It's easy to forget, in lieu of his TV show, that Rove is a comedian. Perhaps he's here to remind us. "I don't have a television show to have to run back to now!
New Zealand's Cadbury Crunchie Comedy Gala will be held at the ASB Theatre, Auckland City - Friday the 23rd April, 2010
The 52nd TV WEEK Logie Awards Added: Monday 29th of March
The 2010 Logie Award nominations were announced this morning, Rove's production company Roving Enterprises are nominated in the following categories:
• Gold Logie - Most Popular Personality on TV - Esther Anderson, Wil Anderson, Rebecca Gibney, Adam Hills, Paul McDermott, Rove McManus, Ray Meager and Shaun Micallef.
• Silver Logie - Most Popular Presenter - Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Melissa Doyle, Adam Hills, Rove McManus and Shaun Micallef.
• Most Popular Sports Program - Before the Game, Sports Tonight, The Footy Show AFL, The Footy Show NRL and Wide World of Sports.
• Most Popular New Male Talent - Luke Mitchell, Charlie Pickering, Matt Preston, James Steward and Josh Thomas.
• Most Popular New Female Talent - Kate Bell, Carrie Bickmore, Ashleigh Brewer, Mirrah Foulkes and Katherine Hicks.
Unfortunately the show was not nominated in the 'Most Popular Light Entertainment Program' category.
We have the pleasure of announcing that Kylie Kwong will host the Sydney Public Talk on the 3rd December and Rove McManus the Melbourne Public Talk, World Peace - Who is Responsible? on the 10th December.
Both have been supporters of His Holiness and Tibet for many years with Rove having been involved in a number of previous visits. We are delighted that he is once again showing his commitment to His Holiness and will bring his warmth and humour to the days events in Melbourne.
The Melbourne Public Talk is being held on a very auspicious day for His Holiness. Not only is it International Human Rights Day but it is the 20th Anniversary of His Holiness receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Details: Melbourne Convention Centre - Thursday 10th of December, 2009 (2pm-4pm)
ROVE McManus has to date avoided Australian media and instead will promote himself to more than 160 countries when he appears on a US cable show next week, perhaps a nod to his plans to take his career to the US.
Following his decision to quit his decade-old TV series on Sunday, McManus has dodged interview requests at home, even cancelling an appearance in the studio audience for a Michael Parkinson UKTV special filmed in Sydney on Tuesday night.
There is speculation McManus may pursue a career in US television after making three appearances with NBC's Jay Leno in the past two years.
That has now intensified with the revelation he will be the first Australian interviewed on the top rating cable talk show Chelsea Lately, fronted by the wickedly witty and ribald-edged comedian Chelsea Handler.
WITH the media industry buzzing about what Rove McManus will do next, his ties to US television have continued to firm.
WITH the media industry buzzing about what Rove McManus will do next, his ties to US television have continued to firm. Talkshow heavyweight Jay Leno has paid tribute to the comic he helped champion internationally on his program, with his staff adding their congratulations online.
A posting on Leno's official website, written by the show's talent coordinator Bryan Branly, acknowledged Rove as "Australia's version of Jay Leno and a good friend to our show. Rove made a few appearances on our old show with Jay and we always appreciated his fresh Aussie perspective. Rove also brought us our correspondents Hamish and Andy'' (who appeared on the program during their recent US tour with the Caravan of Courage).
Entertainer Rove McManus is walking away from his self-titled variety television show after three gold Logies and a decade on air.
McManus made the surprise announcement at the beginning of Sunday night's episode of Rove.
"I know we've made jokes about this on the show before where I've just gone, 'Oh, I'm leaving', and it's was like, 'Oh, I'm going to come back after the break'. Not this time.
"So if you need to text somebody, if you need to get on the phone, if you need to email, if you need to tweet ... I don't even know if people phone anybody any more, if you want to send off a carrier pigeon and let people know, anyone who might otherwise be watching tonight and isn't, let them know. I would love for them to be on board to say goodbye.
"It is very short notice, I do realise that. But it's only a decision that I came up with very recently.
"And to be honest I didn't want a whole lot of fuss going into tonight as I don't going out the other end as well.
"I also think tonight's the perfect night for it and we've got the best setting possible.
"All our cast is here tonight to help wrap this baby up, you guys are at home. Will you help send me off tonight?"
The crowd erupted into cheers and applause.
McManus and Network Ten released a statement confirming Sunday night's show, which was the final for the season, would be the last.
"It was a difficult call to make but after 10 years it felt like time to step away from the show and take a break to properly reflect on what I want to do next as a performer," McManus said.
...it was a difficult call to make but after ten years it felt like time to step away from the show and take a break to properly reflect on what I want to do next as a performer," Rove said.
Rove's decision followed discussions with Channel Ten over the last couple of weeks.
"The relationship with David Mott (chief programming officer) and the team at Ten has given us the space to make a show that we are extremely proud of over the last ten years. It is more opportunity than most will ever get," he said.
"I thank them for their support and hope they have enjoyed the ride as much as I have."
The relationship between Roving Enterprises and Channel Ten will continue with The 7pm Project and Before The Game, both on Ten through 2010.
Mott said: "The end of Rove on Ten does not mark the end of Rove and Ten: a relationship that spans a decade is harder than this to switch off".
At the close of last night's show McManus said it was not a decision he had taken lightly and that it "just seems like the right thing to do".
"Let me say thank you to everybody who makes this show possible," he said, adding that the show members were like family to him.
"And also to the families it was not my idea to do the weekends."
In a statement he said he did not want last night's show to mark the end.
"I've closed a chapter and after I recover from the wrap party I will work out what's next," he said.
HE may have missed out on this years Gold Logie, but Rove McManus has been named the kids favourite Aussie at this year's Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
The popular TV host beat competition from Australian Idol star Jessica Mauboy, Bindi Irwin and movie star Hugh Jackman to win the prize voted for by more than 1.2 million viewers of the pay-TV channel Nickelodeon.
McManus was also named favourite TV star. It is the second year running he has taken home the two prizes...
...perennial kids' favourite McManus showed off his burping contest winner's belt, saying he'd been practising and was determined to hold on to it.
"I take it really seriously, far too seriously for an adult,'' McManus laughed.
The 7pm Project's Charlie Pickering and Carrie Bickmore, at their first Kids' Choice, said they couldn't believe the excitement.
"I think it's the showbiz event of the year,'' Pickering said...
TV talk-show host Rove McManus was dumped in a pool of a slime as he took out the top prize at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for the second year in a row.
The perennial kids' champion Rove descended from a slippery slide into a slime pool as he was announced the 'fave aussie', dragging in Australian Idol host Andrew Gunsberg with him.
He beat the likes of Bindi Irwin, Hugh Jackman and Jessica Mauboy for the title.
It was certainly McManus' night.
He earlier beat Gunsberg in the famed burp off competition, and took out fave TV star.
As he went up to accept his award McManus was mobbed by children grabbing him in the audience.
"I need to tell you something, someone touched my bum," McManus laughed on stage.
"... And that's very inappropriate.
When news broke on June 17 that actress Tasma Walton, 35, had married TV host Rove McManus, 35, in a private ceremony a day earlier on the famous beach at Broome, WA, it took the showbiz world by surprise. After all, there had been no official engagement announcement to get publicity warmed up.
In her first interview after the wedding, Walton tells WHO, "He'd gone to the States and I just missed him, and it was strange for me because I'd never viewed myself as the marrying type, really."
She did a painting for McManus that said "Marry me" and wrapped it as a gift. And? "He said yes."
As Walton explains to WHO, the low-key nuptials were exactly what they wanted. "We were very happy. It was a really great day."
Walton is now enjoying a holiday with McManus. "We travel really well together, actually, we go away a bit for our FFI [Fauna & Flora International] work. We both love animals and are passionate about conservation, so it works."
And those trips are far from five-star excursions, reveals the down-to earth Walton. "It's camping in the Cambodian jungle. I found it a little bit disconcerting at night time," she confesses. "I was just praying I wouldn't need to go to the toilet. I held on all night."...
Source: Current issue of WHO magazine - Kate Halfpenny (pg 34-35) 29 July, 2009
NEWS - Congratulations! Added: Wednesday 17th of June
Rove McManus marries Tasma Walton in secret ceremony
ROVE McManus and Tasma Walton have tied the knot in a secret ceremony on a beach in Broome, Western Australia.
They were married yesterday and celebrated the day with a small group of close family and friends.
It was Tasma who proposed to Rove, having first asked his mother for her blessing. There are no honeymoon plans and both Rove and Tasma will be returning to the east coast for work commitments.
Tasma said: "The day was everything we hoped for: simple, quiet and intimate, in a beautiful Broome landscape with a small group of family and close friends celebrating beside us.
Rove said: "Tasma and I are very happy and look forward to that continuing for a long time to come. It was wonderful to get to share that happiness with both our families and friends around us."
Tasma wore a white, vintage 1970's sundress. Rove wore no shoes.
Full article continue over at The Herald Sun (27th June, 2009)
ROVE McManus has another trophy for the pool room after his conservation efforts were recognised with an Australia Zoo Wildlife Warrior award.
At the annual VIP breakfast this morning, Rove took to the stage at the Sunshine Coast-based zoo at Beerwah alongside zoo director Terri Irwin and her children Bindi, 10, and Robert, 5, to accept the award which honours the legacy left by Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin who was killed in a stingray attack in 2006.
Terri said that Rove, who was recently appointed vice president of the Fauna & Flora International (FFI) Australia along with conservation legend David Attenborough, had demonstrated a passion and commitment to the cause. "I really admire Rove and his passion for conservation," she said.
''He is one man who uses his personality and celebrity to raise awareness for worthy causes and he is bringing the issues of wildlife and wild places to mainstream Australia."
'Rove has recently become a Vice-president for Fauna & Flora International, and has spent the past few months traveling around the world with our teams to check out some of the FFI projects hes now involved in...'
Rove & Tasma new members to The Free the Bears Fund
Free the Bears Fund Inc. has many devoted supporters and members that strive to provide bears all over the world with a better life. As a non-profit organisation, Free the Bears relies on the dedication and determination of our 'family' to spread the word about the plight facing bears across the globe.
... both Rove and Tasma are extremely conservation minded and are truly passionate about protecting and preserving wildlife. It was our pleasure to be able to inform our VIP's about the threats facing Asian bears, whilst allowing them some 'up close' encounters with our two orphaned cubs.
... on the conclusion of their visit, Rove and Tasma were ecstatic when it was announced that our two young Asiatic black bear cubs, one male and one female, would be named in their honour. And after this, of course, they couldn't resist one final visit with their bear counterparts, helping to give the cubs their last feed of the day before putting them to bed!
Free the Bears are pleased to welcome our newest members – Rove McManus and Tasma Walton – to the family!
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Mel B. tells us about her new Style Network show Mel B: It's a Scary Life. Comedian Greg Proops, actress-comedian Arden Myrin and comedian-host Rove McManus 
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The Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards - Rove has retained his burping championship title!
WINNER of the MOST POPULAR TV PRESENTER Silver Logie (2003 - 2009)
