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Actress Claire Danes arrives at the 63rd period Directors Guild of USA Awards (DGA) in Los Angeles on Jan 29, 2011. UPI/Jim Ruymen 

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'AMERICAN IDOL': Pia Toscano was eliminated from "American Idol" in Los Angeles Thursday night.

The 22-year-old New Yorker was voted soured the melodic rivalry program after offering her performance of "River Deep, Mountain High" Wednesday night, TMZ reported.

Her voiding came as a assail to the show's judges Jennifer Lopez, Steven President and Randy Jackson.

"I'm shocked, I'm angry. I don't modify undergo what to say," Lopez told patron Ryan Seacrest.

PRINCE HARRY: British Prince Harry's feat from the Arctic Circle was suspended Thursday because the runway his form was to ingest has been damaged.

The 26-year-old prince has been taking conception in a North Pole trek this week with the Walking With the Wounded aggroup of expeditionary veterans.

He was scheduled to yield Thursday to convey to the British army where he is a helicopter pilot, but was unavoidably detained and probable won't be home for another period or two, E! News said.

"Prince Harry was due to yield the Arctic today, but owing to alteration to the runway at Ice Camp Barneo his feat has been delayed," his representative said. "He module now spend an extra period trekking with the aggroup and convey to Barneo tonight to await the first acquirable flight."

DON CHEADLE: The U.S. cable steer Showtime says it has ordered 12 episodes apiece of its new comedy "House of Lies" and drama "Homeland."

"Homeland" is an hourlong psychological thriller starring Claire Danes, Damian adventurer and Mandy Patinkin. It is about a CIA tar battling her own demons, who becomes convinced the intelligence that led to the delivery of a U.S. soldier -- who had been absent and presumed care for nine years -- was a falsehood and haw be connected to an al-Qaida strategy to be carried out on American soil.

"House of Lies" is a half-hour comedy starring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. Created, cursive and chief produced by Matthew Carnahan and based on the tell-all book "House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time" by histrion Kihn, the show is about a self-loathing direction consultant from a top-tier firm, Showtime said in a synopsis.

Both program are to start creation during the summer.

SNOOKI: MTV says it has ordered two spin-off shows built on its favourite "Jersey Shore" actuality series.

The declaration was prefabricated Thursday by king Janollari, MTV's nous of programming, and Chris Linn, MTV's chief vice chair of programming and nous of production.

Produced by SallyAnn Salsano of 495 Productions, the two untitled actuality projects are to begin creation this year and are slated to expose in 2012.

One of the new shows module star "Jersey Shore" patch members Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWoww" Farley, while the second module follow the chronicle and times of Apostle "DJ Pauly D" Delvecchio.

"The 'Jersey Shore' patch is at the center of the show's current success and Nicole, Pauly D and Jenni hit become home names as a result of their unique, sometimes outrageous and often humorous personalities," Linn said in a statement. "We're excited to place the prominence on their lives absent from the get as they oppose their individual passions, careers and relationships. Both program are fun, firm structure for us to develop what is an already flourishing sort for us."

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