The Southern California congregation's move was expected, under the terms of an agreement that saw ownership of the Crystal Cathedral property transferred in a $57.5 million bankruptcy sale the two sides entered into late in 2011.

The Protestant congregation's move one mile away to the building now occupied by St. Callistus Catholic Church in the Orange County suburb of Garden Grove is planned for June 2013, well ahead of the three-year deadline set for the relocation.

The financial woes that befell Crystal Cathedral during a drop in attendance and donations was followed in March by the resignation of televangelist Robert Schuller from the church board in a monetary dispute.

The congregation has sought to start over without Schuller and other members of his family, and church leaders describe the decision on a new site of worship as part of its renewal.

"This is another important step in the revival that has been taking place at the Crystal Cathedral," John Charles, chief executive and president of the church's ministries, said in a statement.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange on Saturday is expected to reveal the new name of the towering Crystal Cathedral site, distinguished for its 10,000 panes of glass, which the diocese plans to turn into a central place of worship for its own expanding flock.

In March, Schuller's daughter, Sheila Schuller Coleman, led a breakaway congregation in a separation from Crystal Cathedral. Her Hope Center of OC is now holding services at a Marriott Suites hotel, according to her website.

The Crystal Cathedral congregation has retained the "Hour of Power" broadcast, which has attracted millions of television viewers in the decades since Robert Schuller started it in 1970.

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Yet even as the "Bridesmaids" star said goodbye to her cast mates on May 19, Samberg remained mum about his exit, preferring to let his popular digital short films do the talking for him.

"I consider the last two digital shorts my goodbye," he told Reuters in a recent interview, referring to "Lazy Sunday 2" and the "100th Digital Short." "I kind of built them in that way because I sensed this was the end for me."

He said at as of the season finale he hadn't yet told the show's producer, Lorne Michaels, of his plan to move on and didn't want to distract from the show and Wiig's big send-off. He called Michaels, "a mentor and a father figure."

Less than two weeks later, this past Friday, Samberg announced his exit to cap a seven-season run that saw him rise to stardom behind his digital short films including one with Justin Timberlake that won an Emmy, U.S. TV's highest honor.

"The shorts were a big part of my identity there," said Samberg, who created them with Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. Collectively, they formed the hip-hop trio, the Lonely Island.

Many of the shorts on "SNL," as the show is commonly called, were videos of songs from Lonely Island's albums. However, this past season Taccone and Schaffer departed "SNL," leaving Samberg to work with other directors.

"I'm really proud of the work I did this season, but it felt like it was going to be tough to keep it up," Samberg said. "That's part of what influenced my decision (to leave)."

"Lazy Sunday 2" aired on May 19 as a follow-up to the 2005 short "Lazy Sunday," which became a viral sensation and put him, Taccone and Schaffer on the "SNL" map. The shorts became their signature contribution to the program and included such popular videos as "Motherlover" with Timberlake, "I'm On A Boat" with T-Pain, and "Jack Sparrow" with Michael Bolton.

The "100th Digital Short," which aired May 12, featured an all-star cast including Justin Bieber, Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Will Ferrell, Usher, Timberlake, Bolton and others.

"In terms of capping my time there, it was nice to do the 100th short and have Akiva and Jorma come back and so many of my friends who have done the shorts return to take part in it," Samberg said.

He admitted he's already shed a lot of tears about his decision to leave "SNL," although he's quick to hint that "it might not be the full end of the shorts."

 With two films coming out this summer, including the Adam Sandler comedy "That's My Boy" and indie film "grey's anatomy seasons 1-8 dvd box set" Samberg has a lot to look forward too.

"'SNL' was my dream job," he said. "I did it, but now it's reached the moment where I feel like it's time to go."

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The network will introduce the project as a two-hour movie that will serve as the series pilot. The movie will air late in 2012, the network announced, with the series to debut early in 2013.

MacDowell will star as Judge Olivia Lockhart, whose personal life often carries over into her courtroom. In the first novel in Macomber's series, Lockhart's mother interferes in a divorce case over which she's presiding.

Macomber's novels previously have been adapted for three Hallmark Channel movies. The New York Times bestselling author has sold more than 150 million copies of her books, and the small-town setting of the "Cedar Cove" series is based on Macomber's Washington hometown.

"We are beyond thrilled to have a star of the magnitude of Andie MacDowell to star in 'naruto seasons 1-9 box set,'" Hallmark Channel executive vice president of programming Michelle Vicary said in a statement.

"Andie is widely recognized around the world as a gifted actor and a top box-office draw and there is genuine, mutual excitement today between the network and our star about the future of the new series."

MacDowell also stars in the ABC Family teen drama "Jane by Design."

Ricki Lake, Katie Couric, "Survivor" host Jeff Probst and comedian Steve Harvey all kick off their daytime ventures on September 10. They will enter a female-dominated market for chat, lifestyle, health and cooking already occupied by the likes of Ellen DeGeneres, Anderson Cooper, Wendy Williams, Dr. Phil McGraw and the ladies of "The View" and "The Talk".

It's more than a year since queen of talk Oprah Winfrey left the daytime building after a 25-year-run of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," opening the door for new and fresh faces to try their hand at becoming a best friend to millions of female viewers.

"When Oprah left daytime, there was still a need for this girlfriend feeling that she gave audiences," said Stephen Brown, whose 20th Television is behind upcoming, syndicated "The Ricki Lake Show."

"No-one is going to be the new Oprah, but with Ricki, we have that girl who will be your girlfriend," Brown, senior vice president of programming and development, told Reuters.

Lake, 43, and a mother of two, already is a household name in the United States after launching her first talk show in 1993 at age 23, and hosting it for 11 seasons.

Also a movie actress, she cha-cha-cha'd her way to the finals of "Dancing With the Stars" in Fall 2011, but producers aren't taking for granted that her celebrity will lure fans to TV in an increasingly fragmented media market where loyalty must be earned everyday.

In March, they launched monthly, live interactive production meetings for "The Ricki Lake Show" that put members of the public in direct contact with Lake and production staff as they plan the new venture. The next meeting is on May 31 and can be seen through Facebook page facebook.com/TheRickiLakeShow.

And this week sees the unveiling of the show's digital magazine "Ricki," packed with parenting, fashion and fitness advice and where Lake tells readers about her decision to elope with husband Christian Evans in April. The cover image was chosen by the public, and the magazine can be downloaded for free through iTunes, Google Play and the Amazon.com App store.

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"We are launching this show in a completely different way," said Brown. "We want the show to be a conversation, not a presentation. We believe women love talking and sharing ideas and experiences and stories."

Brown said "The Ricki Lake Show" Facebook page jumped from 10,000 likes to 73,000 likes after the first interactive production meeting

In the past, Brown said, producers would put out new shows "and hope to God the audience comes and finds them. This time we are engaging audiences ahead of time in an authentic way."

Familiarity is no guarantee of success. Brown said the show's target audience of 25 to 54-year-old females need to be brought up-to-date with the woman Lake is now.

"When we started development, we realized the audience was used to Ricki from her old talk show - the 'weave wars' and the who's your daddy (paternity tests)," he said.

"So we had to reintroduce her as who she is now, a mom with two kids. We are of a mind that the audience has changed and so has she."

TV journalist Couric, who became the nation's sweetheart when she hosted NBC's "Today" morning news show for 15 years, also has been busy ahead of the launch of "Katie" in September.

Couric, 55, launched a weekly digital video series on Yahoo! on May 1 that features her in brief chats with experts on topics like taking your daughter to a gynecologist and spring cleaning.

Probst has said his syndicated "Jeff Probst Show" will cover topics ranging from relationships to newsmakers, and the show's official website urges viewers to share ideas for stories, as well as things they don't want to hear.

He also will continue with his Emmy-award winning night job as host of long-running CBS reality contest "desperate housewives dvd box set 1-8".

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NBC is launching another singing competition, "The Winner Is," which will pit aspiring singers of all ages against each other in pursuit of a $1 million prize. In a seemingly familiar development, the singers will be judged by an in-studio panel led by one celebrity host. (The celebrity is yet to be determined.)

The twist for "The Winner Is" is that the contestants, along with singing, will also have the opportunity to negotiate along the way. Should they feel that their most recent performance isn't up to snuff, they can exit the show for instant cash, à la "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," or await the jury results to see if they made it to the next round and a shot at the grand prize. Each round will be worth an increasing amount of money.

Perhaps not coincidentally, the series will be executive-produced by John De Mol, creator and producer of "The Voice."

"We are thrilled to be working with John de Mol, the creator and one of the producers of ‘The Voice,' on this original singing game show that will feature a broad range of talent, dueling performers and the surprise of in-the-moment negotiations and decisions," said Paul Telegdy, president, alternative and late night programming for NBC. "Talented singers and the show's surprising competitive twist, with the possibility of negotiating a deal to step out of the game, will have viewers engaged and entertained."

"The Winner Is" comes via Talpa Media USA, the company that's also behind NBC's version of "The Voice."

On Sunday's "Mad Men Season 5 DVD," the ad firm Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce pulled out all the stops to win the luxury automaker's business - even enlisting Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) to sleep with a sleazy Jaguar dealer. The company finally won Jaguar over with the tagline, "At last, something beautiful you can truly own."

But now that its fictional employee has gotten his jollies, the real-life Jaguar is feeling a bit icky.

"Loved the pitch, didn't love the process," Jaguar cheekily tweeted in response to the episode. "We applaud Peggy leaving SCDP."

The latter part of the tweet referred to Peggy Olson, the copywriter who decided to leave the ad firm after yet another dismissive outburst from mentor Don Draper. The realization that Holloway had earned a 5 percent partnership by playing by the old boys' rules only validated her decision to walk out the door.

Controversy over the concert is a blow to the predominantly Muslim country's reputation as a tolerant, pluralist society that respects freedom of expression.

Some fans accused police — who refused to issue a permit over concerns about security — of buckling to the will of a small group of thugs.

"We had to cancel the concert in Indonesia," the 26-year-old pop diva tweeted to her followers Sunday night after promoters acknowledged concerns about her own safety and that of her "Little Monster" fans if the show went ahead.

"I'm so very sorry to the fans & just as devastated as you if not buy dvds online," she wrote. "You are everything to me."

Indonesia, a secular nation of 240 million, is often held up by the U.S. and others an example of how democracy and Islam and can coexist. In many ways they are right. Since emerging from dictatorship just over a decade ago, sweeping reforms have resulted in direct elections, while vastly improving human rights and freeing up the media.

But a small extremist fringe has become more vocal — and violent — in recent years, attacking Christians and members of other religious minorities, transvestites, atheists and anyone else deemed immoral.

The most notorious, the Islamic Defenders Front, said Lady Gaga's sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt the youth. They vowed to turn out at the airport by the thousands if Lady Gaga arrived. Others said they bought tickets so they could wreak havoc from inside the 52,000-seat stadium in the capital, Jakarta.

Police responded by denying the necessary permits. Then, after public outcry, they said they'd reconsider — but only if Lady Gaga agreed to tone down her act.

Instead, she pulled the plug on what was supposed to be the biggest stop on her Asian tour.

Michael Rusli, head of Big Daddy, promised "dead like me season 3" fans full refunds.

But that provided little consolation to people like 25-year-old Johnny Purba.

"This only shows to the world how weak security forces are in this country, how police are afraid of a bunch of hard-liners," he said.

"Gaga's two-hour show will not hurt Indonesian Muslims. For God's sake, she is not a terrorist!"

Hard-liners, however, were ecstatic.

"This is a victory for Indonesian Muslims," said Salim Alatas, one of the leaders of the Islamic Defenders Front. "Thanks to God for protecting us from a kind of devil."

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Sheriff's Lt. Robert Wiard (ward) says the photographer called 911 on Sunday and complained of pain to his chest. Wiard said the scuffle happened when the photographer tried to snap pictures of Bieber and his girlfriend, teen actress Selena Gomez, after they walked out of a theater at The Commons at Calabasas.

Wiard says the photographer was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.

He says Bieber and Gomez left before deputies arrived, so investigators want to talk to him to get his cheap dvds.

A call to Bieber's publicist was not immediately returned late Sunday.