People: Martha Stewart headed to Hallmark Channel
Martha Stewart doesn't quite have her own television network like Oprah Winfrey, but the Hallmark Channel is giving the household style maven control over a chunk of its daytime lineup.
Stewart's weekday program, currently syndicated to various broadcast channels across the country, will move to the Hallmark Channel in September, the network and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. announced Tuesday.
"The Martha Stewart Show," starting its sixth season this fall, will air at 10 a.m. ET/PT each weekday. The show will be rerun each day at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., and Stewart's production company will be responsible for 90 minutes of additional programming that will air following the first run of her show.
Stewart said the deal was in the works before Winfrey announced in November that she will leave her syndicated show in 2011 to concentrate on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, her joint venture with Discovery Communications Inc.
Hallmark is available in nearly 90 million of the nation's 115 million homes with television; Stewart's syndicated show now can be seen in about 10 million more homes.
The new programs will be in the same lifestyle, household hints and cooking areas in which Stewart specializes.
Timberlake is Hasty Pudding Man
Justin Timberlake will soon have a new piece of hardware for his trophy case -- a pudding pot.
The Grammy and Emmy award winner was named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year on Tuesday.
Timberlake will receive the award at a roast set for Feb. 5 in Cambridge, Mass.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe, said in a statement that the singer, songwriter, actor and producer was selected because he's "one of pop culture's most influential entertainers." His album, Justified, produced four No. 1 singles, making him the first artist in Nielsen Top 40 history with four No. 1 hits from one album.
Actress Anne Hathaway was named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year this month.
Kiefer roped into alleged scam
Actor Kiefer Sutherland was among cattle customers roped into an alleged scam that netted more than a million dollars.
Stockton, Calif., prosecutors say Michael Wayne Carr of Linden had agreements to buy steers in Mexico for his customers and sell them for profit in the United States. Carr allegedly took $869,000 from Sutherland, star of the Fox TV show "24," and $177,000 from a New Mexico couple.
Prosecutors say there's no record Carr ever bought the animals. They also say Carr sold steers that didn't belong to him.
Carr is charged with 12 felonies, including grand theft, forgery and embezzlement. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 8. If convicted on all charges, he faces 18 years in prison.
-- From Our Press Services
Today's birthdays
Actor James Cromwell, 70; drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, 65; singer Nedra Talley of The Ronettes, 64; actress Mimi Rogers, 54; TV commentator Keith Olbermann, 51; actress Bridget Fonda, 46; actor Alan Cumming, 45; country singer Tracy Lawrence, 42; rapper Tricky, 42; actor Josh Randall ("Ed"), 38.

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