Shirley Jones Announces First Ever UK Concerts

Legendary Hollywood and Broadway leading lady Shirley Jones makes her UK debut at the Arts Theatre for 12 performances only.

Shirley Jones was virtually unknown when Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein cast her as Laurie in the 1955 movie version of their hit stage musical Oklahoma! which bought her world wide fame. She followed this up with the films of The Music Man and Carousel and won the 1960 Academy Award for Elmer Ganty. She was the matriarch of The Partridge Family and has appeared on Broadway in South Pacific, Maggie Flynn and 42nd Street

Called "the first lady of American song" by Bob Hope, Shirley Jones in concert promises to be a very special event and marks the first time this living legend has ever performed in the UK.

SHIRLEY JONES - LIVE IN LONDON (ARTS THEATRE)
March 22nd - April 3rd, 2010
BOX OFFICE: 0845 017 5584

PRESS / PROMOTION

Shirley will be participating in a number of promotional television and radio spots while in London. Confirmed appearances are:

FRIDAY MARCH 19th
BBC TV Breakfast (BBC 1) (08:45)
Smooth Radio (13:00 - 14:00)

SATURDAY MARCH 20th
BBC London 94.9FM with Vanessa Feltz (11:00 - 11:45)

SUNDAY MARCH 21st
BBC London 94.9FM with Lesley Joseph (11:00 - 11:30)

SUNDAY MARCH 28th
BBC Radio 2 - Elaine Paige On Sunday (13:00 - 15:00)

David Cassidy To Appear At The Hollywood Collectors Show!

David Cassidy has just been signed to appear this Sunday (October 11, 2009) at The Hollywood Show celebrity autograph convention at the Marriott Burbank Convention Center in Burbank, California. He'll be there from 10:00am to 1:00pm only. (No Saturday appearance.) David will be available for autographs, photos, etc. (Please keep in mind all celebrities charge a fee for their autographs.) This is the same show that Shirley Jones, Brian Forster and Suzanne Crough have appeared at in the past, so if you've attended, you know what a fun weekend it will be!

For more information on David's appearance and other celebrities slated to appear, visit the show's website . It's going to be a star-studded weekend!

Mini 'Partridge' Reunion on "Ruby & The Rockits!"

It's a mini-"Partridge Family" reunion when Shirley Jones once again plays real-life stepson David Cassidy's TV mom when she guest stars on "Ruby and the Rockits."

In the "50 Ways to Heave Your Mother" episode of the ABC Family show, Shirley guest stars as David and Patrick Cassidy's mother -- Patrick is her biological son – when she visits the boys and meets David's long-lost daughter for the first time. She insists that Ruby (Alexa Vega) call her Mrs. Gallagher instead of Grandma -- even as Ruby valiantly tries to win her affections.

"Ruby and the Rockits" is a family affair as Shaun Cassidy serves as exec producer and brother Ryan is the set decorator.

"50 Ways to Heave Your Mother" airs Tuesday, September 15 at 8:30 p.m. on ABC Family.

Shirley Jones News

Academy Award-winning movie star and "Partridge Family" "mom" Shirley Jones just turned 75, yet that's not stopping her from trying something surprising and edgy.

The actress has been filming an episode of Benjamin Bratt's A&E series, "The Cleaner" in which she plays a boozing, faded chanteuse.

In addition, Daily Variety is reporting that Jones is working on a special for PBS, "Shirley, at 75, With Her Friends," and a concert tour with Florence Henderson that kicks off in Indianapolis in August.

"The Cleaner," inspired by the true story of a real-life "extreme interventionist," stars Benjamin Bratt as William "The Cleaner" Banks, who, after hitting rock-bottom from his own addictions after the birth of his daughter, strikes a tentative deal with God. Now along with his unconventional team, he helps people get away from their addictions by any means necessary.

Ruby and The Rockits Premieres July 21

The ABC Family channel has announced that "Ruby and The Rockits" will premiere on July 21st at 8:30PM EST/PST.

"Ruby and The Rockits," is an ABC Studios' half-hour multi-cam comedy series executive produced by Shaun Cassidy ("Invasion") and Marsh McCall ("Carpoolers"). (The pilot was directed by Ted Wass.) "Ruby and The Rockits" follows Patrick Gallagher, a former teen idol who has chosen to lead a quiet life with his wife and two sons. But when former Rockits band mate and brother, David, shows up unexpectedly with his new-found teenage daughter in tow, the Gallagher family's life becomes anything but normal. David, who refuses to give up his past glory days, comes to Patrick for help raising Ruby while he continues to perform. Patrick must now put the past with David behind them in order to help raise Ruby and keep order within the rest of the Gallagher clan. "Ruby and The Rockits" was written by former teen idol Shaun Cassidy and Ed Yeager, with teleplay by Ed Yeager. Alex Vega ("Spy Kids"), Austin Butler ("Zoey 101"), Patrick Cassidy ("Smallville") and former teen idol David Cassidy ("The Partridge Family") star. Also starring Katie A. Keane and Kurt Doss.

Patrick Cassidy (l); David Cassidy (r)

David Cassidy, Katie A. Keane, Patrick Cassidy (l-r)

Alex Vega

Austin Butler

Happy Birthday, SHIRLEY JONES!

Today marks Shirley Jones' birthday!
Best of wishes to our favorite TV Mom!
May your day be filled with lots of love!

Partridge Family Season 3 on DVD?

www.tvshowsondvd.com has announced that Sony has alerted retailers to a pending October 14th release date for Season Three of The Partridge Family on DVD. And, we're already receiving emails asking if it's true.

Release dates can always change -- and Sony is currently making last minute inquiries into certain issues, so that may happen. But, the news that Season Three is on their radar is indeed true. In fact, we've been working with them on their packaging, providing photography, and helping with the copy for the box back and slim packs, which include the episode synopses. If you'd like to view the box art (subject to change) you can do so by going to the website's Bulletin Board and viewing the "DVD Talk" section.

Bulletin Board Problems?

We think Snake ran over our "boid!"

Are you trying to access the website's "Bulletin Board?" Are you receiving the "Oops!" error message? Well, we are experiencing "technical difficulties" and will check into it as soon as possible!

Thanks for your patience.

The Latest On Danny VS Fairplay

Fairplay Sues Bonaduce for Alleged Foul Play

Danny Bonaduce said he'd be sued. And he was right.

Jonny Fairplay has slapped Bonaduce and Fox Reality Channel with a lawsuit over the award-show back flip that the Survivor castoff alleges left him with more than just wounded pride.

The suit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles, seeks unspecified damages for battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and negligent supervision.

The production company that coproduced the Fox Reality Channel Really Awards, and the owner of the Hollywood nightclub that hosted the event were also named as defendants.

It was on stage at the Oct. 2 taping of the Really Awards that Bonaduce tossed Fairplay over his head.

Per Los Angeles prosecutors, who last week declined to pursue criminal charges against Bonaduce, the radio cohost and Breaking Bonaduce star acted in self-defense, a reasonable reaction to Fairplay jumping up, and wrapping his arms and legs around him.

Per Fairplay's lawsuit, which was filed under his given name of Jon Dalton, Bonaduce threw Fairplay "face first" to the stage "without warning," an overreaction to Fairplay's playful actions that are "known to be part of Mr. Dalton's routine and something that the two had previously done before."

The lawsuit does not detail where Bonaduce, 48, and Fairplay, 33, previously engaged in playful jumping, and back-flipping conduct.

The lawsuit, however, does get into the gory details of Fairplay's injuries.

"With Mr. Dalton on the ground and his blood and broken teeth on the stage floor," the lawsuit says, "Mr. Bonaduce proceeded to parade around the stage with pride in the attack that he had just committed and encouraged the audience to applaud his conduct."

In the lawsuit, Fairplay is just as steamed at the event's producers and host as at Bonaduce, accusing all parties of not so much as calling an ambulance to tend to Fairplay's "multitude of injuries to his face, mouth, teeth, gums and feet." The lawsuit was brought, it says, to make these defendants pay for their "tortuous actions."

Bonaduce is specifically cited for his award-show banter in which he told Fairplay that the audience, who was booing Fairplay, hated the Survivor: Pearl Islands alum. The lawsuit also calls out Bonaduce for branding Fairplay a "punk," and for "boasting that he was going to beat [him]."

Last week on Adam Carolla's nationally syndicated morning radio show, which Bonaduce cohosts, the Partridge Family survivor said he expected to be sued by Fairplay. Bonaduce went on to predict that Fairplay would lose "rather badly."

The Fox Reality Really Awards are scheduled to be broadcast on the cable network on Saturday.

Danny Flies The Coup

From The Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 7, 2007:
Ex-Partridge Roosts In A Loft Condo

Danny Bonaduce has had a tough time. And what do the tough do when the going gets tough? They get going.

After his wife, Gretchen, announced plans to divorce the former "Partridge Family" child star after 16 years of marriage, Bonaduce listed his Los Feliz home for sale for $4.5 million and bought himself an $825,000 condo in Hollywood.

The Los Feliz home is a classic, Spanish Andalusiaan mansion, built in 1926 by architect Harry Hayden Whiteley. It has four bedrooms and five bathrooms in 7,000 square feet. There is a theater, gardens and views to the mountains and ocean.

Gated at the street, the home has a two-story, hand painted ceiling and a restored entry. The three story house also has a media room, a gym and a patio.

Bonaduce bought a 2,300-square-foot condo in a newly built, six-unit building in Hollywood. It has two bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms. The development has roof terraces, a game room and a work studio.

Prosecutors Won't Break Bonaduce

Danny Bonaduce (l) and Jonny Fairplay (r)

Danny Bonaduce will not face charges for an alleged random act of badness against Jonny Fairplay.

Bonaduce's in the clear—with Los Angeles prosecutors, anyway—after the L.A. County District Attorney's Office opted Thursday to pass on pursuing an assault case against the former child star after he flung Fairplay, the former reality star, off his back at an awards show.

Fairplay, who was bloodied in the tussle at the Fox Reality Channel Really Awards, filed a complaint with police early Wednesday.

But prosecutors found "insufficient evidence" of wrongdoing and essentially sided with Bonaduce's version of the story: namely, that Fairplay started it.

"Victim [Fairplay] initiated contact [and] acted offensively," said the D.A.'s official judgment. "It did not appear that suspect [Bonaduce] intentionally tried to cause injuries but simply reacted to victim's actions."

The matter is being dismissed altogether and will not be passed down to the Los Angeles City Attorney's office for possible misdemeanor prosecution, D.A. spokeswoman Jane Robison said.

On Friday, Bonaduce and his cohosts on Adam Carolla's syndicated morning radio show reacted to the news by referring to the onetime Partridge Family wiseacre as "Free Bonaduce."

Reached for comment Friday morning, Marc Marcuse, Fairplay's manager, said he'd been unaware of prosecutors' decision and had "no comment at this point."

Marcuse said he last spoke with Fairplay, the villain from Survivor: Pearl Islands, back when he was known by his given name Jon Dalton, on Thursday. "He's in pain," Marcuse said. "And he was getting more surgery done on his mouth...At this point, Jonny's just recovering."

Bonaduce remarked on his radio show Wednesday that he expected Fairplay to sue. "But he'll lose rather badly," Bonaduce added.

The incident, as seen everywhere on the Internet, including the Fox Reality Channel Website, which has not shied away from promoting it, occurred when Fairplay took the stage at Hollywood's Boulevard 3 nightclub and got razzed by the audience.

"Are you guys really booing?" Fairplay asked.

At that point, Bonaduce stepped up onto the stage, tapped Fairplay on the shoulder, and, as the prosecutor's report put it, "said they were booing [Fairplay] because they hated him," which is more or less a word-for-word transcript of what Bonaduce actually said.

In short order, Bonaduce walked away, Fairplay called him back and leapt on him, "thrust[ing] his pelvis into suspect's body," as the D.A.'s office described it. Bonaduce, who as any viewer of his own reality series, VH1's Breaking Bonaduce, could attest, is a gym rat and onetime steroid user, removed Fairplay from his person with relative ease. The flipped-over Survivor castoff landed on his face, resulting in jaw and dental injuries, Marcuse said Wednesday.

While Bonaduce won't face criminal sanctions for the Fairplay incident, the author of the confessional memoir Random Acts of Badness has been held liable in the past for facial rearrangement. In 1991, Bonaduce was ordered to pay $3,000 to fix the nose of the transvestite he punched in the kisser.

Neither Bonaduce, 48, nor Fairplay, 33, was up for a Really Award, although both might be considered front-runners for next year's Favorite Fight category.

The awards, fight and all, are scheduled to air Oct. 13 on Fox Reality Channel.

Danny Bonaduce In On-Stage Scuffle

It looks like our favorite "red-headed hamburger" has made mince-meat out of an ex contestant from "Survivor" while on stage at an awards show for Reality TV. (Yes, folks -- they have officially run out of ideas for awards shows.) Below is the story and a clip from TV's "Extra."



Fairplay files police report on Bonaduce

LOS ANGELES - Former "Survivor" contestant Jonny Fairplay filed a police report Wednesday, alleging that Danny Bonaduce threw him and knocked out his teeth during an awards show.


The battery report was taken by police shortly before 2 a.m. at a Hollywood hospital where Fairplay was treated and released, Officer April Harding said.

"He had one tooth broken, another tooth missing from his gum line and two other teeth that were loose," she said.

The report, which listed Fairplay under his birth name of Jon Dalton, 33, said the reality show contestant was at an awards event when Bonaduce walked onto the stage without invitation and made a "derogatory statement" to Fairplay, Harding said.

"Dalton said he went to hug him and then when he did that, Bonaduce ... threw him over his shoulder ... and Dalton fell to the ground," Harding said.

"The investigation's in its initial phase. Currently we don't have any plans to arrest Bonaduce," she said.

Fairplay, a wrestler and reality show contestant, came in third on the 2003 CBS show "Survivor: Pearl Islands" but was roundly condemned by viewers for concocting a lie that his grandmother was dead to win sympathy from competitors.

Bonaduce, the center of the 2005 reality show "Breaking Bonaduce" that detailed his efforts to repair his marriage and recover from alcohol and other problems, most recently has been co-hosting Adam Carolla's radio show.

The incident took place during the Fox Reality Really Channel awards, which were being held at a nightclub on Sunset Boulevard. (They air 10 p.m. Oct. 13.) A videotape that aired on TMZ.com showed some audience members booing Fairplay, who was on stage as a presenter.

"Are you guys really booing?" Fairplay asked.

Bonaduce then comes onto the stage.

"They're booing 'cause they hate you" he said.

"That's a good thing, right?" a smiling Fairplay responded.

As Bonaduce walked away, Fairplay called after him. Then, still holding a microphone and with a look at the audience, he backed up and leaped onto Bonaduce, wriggling his legs. Bonaduce held him for a moment and then heaved him up over his head.

The 48-year-old Bonaduce, who first became a star at age 10 on "The Partridge Family," told TMZ that Fairplay "started to throttle me" and he threw him to stop the attack.

"I'm sorry he got hurt," he said.

However, Fairplay told TMZ he was giving Bonaduce a hug — one of his signature moves as a performer.

"It's a nice thing," he said.

Bonaduce "threw me over his head as hard as he could. ... I just went, like, mouth first into the stage," he said.

"It knocked one tooth out and then it moved three others ... there's like floating bones. One tooth is, like, shattered eight times. There's like eight breaks," Fairplay said.

Fairplay said he underwent 2 1/2 hours of dental surgery and needs additional work.

Asked if he had any last words to say to Bonaduce, he replied: "You're mean."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHIRLEY JONES!!

Today, March 31st is Shirley Jones' Birthday!

Best Wishes For a Happy, Heathly,
Cake and Martini-Filled Birthday!!

From All of Your Friends and Fans at cmongethappy.com!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUZANNE CROUGH!

March 6 is Suzanne Crough's birthday!
Happy Birthday to the littlest Partridge
and our favorite tambourine player!

New Partridge Family/David Cassidy CD Released

Click on the photos to view the CD art in a larger format.

Target Stores released their exclusive David Cassidy CD on February 25th!

David Cassidy and producer-mixer Craig J (Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, Cher, Kelly Clarkson, Madonna) present club-rocking remixes of Partridge Family classics exclusively for the Spotlight Music Series exclusively at Target! The CD contains 13 tracks (9 Partridge Family and 4 David Cassidy solo songs, as well as a 12-page booklet which includes the songs' lyrics. The new CD retails for $9.99. And, the reviews are in!

"Hooray! I'm now a member of the Mile High Club!"

-- Bonnie Kleinschmitt

"Be nice and buy this record. Davey is a nice boy"

-- Mrs. Gloria Neugast

"This kid can sing! We're going to tour Europe!"

-- Logan Mays III

"This new music makes me see colors!"

-- Mrs. Monahan's brownies

"The music is GREAT! I'd give a million dollars for this CD!"

-- Jenny (Baxter Birney)

"Reuby bought this for me. I don't really like it, but then again, I don't really like anything"

-- Mrs. Kincaid

"Buy this CD and help support the Papago Indians!"

-- Cal and Amanda May Courtney

"Nothing-beats-this-brand-new-CD!"

-- Sheriff Swell

"Buy this CD and help support a starving artist!"

-- Nicolas Minski Pushkin (from Minsk)

"Buy this CD! Mom needs a mink coat!"

-- Danny Partridge

"We LOVE this CD! It's sort of an Afro thing!"

-- A.E. Simon & Sam Simon

"Is this the Rolling Stones?! I'm hearing the Rolling Stones!"

-- Laurie Partridge

"This CD is the best! Especially with extra butter!"

-- Barbara the Butter Queen

New SONY Email Address To Request PF Season 3

We received an email from the monitor of Sony's email inbox, asking that ALL emails requesting the release The Partridge Family Season 3 on DVD be sent to a different email address than the one we provided. Due to the volume of emails coming in, they are now unable to forward them. Since we don't know how many have been forwarded, please re-send your email requests to the following email address:

consumer@SPHECustomerSupport.sony.com

Our requests are being heard! Please keep up the good work!