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Britney Spears on How I Met Your Mother Here's a sneak peek of Britney Spears' second appearance on How I Met Your Mother. She looks good. She sounds good. And her comic timing is good, too. Posted on May 8, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Ugly Betty is moving to New York City. The show has been shot in Los Angeles to date, but after the move the real Big Apple will be front and center in the show. n a fairly unprecedented move for an established hour drama, ABC has decided to shift the show's entire production to within stalking distance of me New York next season. The real New York. "It's a done deal," says one Betty insider.Betty's entire neighborhood is green screen? What, they couldn't drive a few miles to shoot in a similar neighborhood new L.A.? Because, there are plenty. In any event, we like the move to New York -- it should make for some great location shoots. Posted on May 7, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Lindsay Lohan to Guest Star on Ugly Betty Lindsay Lohan will guest star on Ugly Betty's season finale on May 22nd. But that's not all. No, the big news is that Betty producers are currently talking to LiLo's camp about bringing her back next season for a sizable arc -- and I do mean sizable. We're talking as many as eight freakin' episodes. No doubt ABC is looking at the ratings mileage CBS got out of Britney Spears' How I Met Your Mother cameo and is hoping Lohan can perform the same magic for Betty, which, despite firing on all cylinders creatively this season, has seen its viewership tumble by double digits. Depressing, I know.We like the idea of a Lindsay guest starring stint on Ugly Betty. But we don't know about her playing some random fast food worker. Still, Lindsay can do comedy quite well -- whatever the writers do, it will most likely be funny. Posted on May 1, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Here are two sneak peeks of the Grey's Anatomy episode that will air tomorrow night on ABC. They're pretty funny. (Videos via Watch With Kristin). Posted on April 30, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati The Secrets of Benjamin Linus Kristin of Watch With Kristin at E! has a fantastic
interview
with Michael Emerson who plays the complex and utterly fascinating Benjamin Linus on Lost. After Thursday's mind-blowing episode (in which we see Ben in a whole new light, including kicking some serious butt in the desert and being secret agent man in Iraq) the entire show landscape has shifted. The ultimate battle between Charles Widmore and Benjamin Linus for control of the island is on.
Jumping to the end of episode then, Charles Widmore says, I didn't kill your daughter, you did. How much does Ben feel culpable in her death?He's right about that. We do like Ben Linus more than Charles Widmore. In fact, Ben has been growing on us all season, because of Michael Emerson's amazing performance. Charles Widmore is totally evil -- think of how mean he was to Desmond. And we can't believe Widmore had Ben's daughter killed; clearly Widmore and Ben had some kind of "family is off limits" agreement in their war over the island. It's all starting to make sense why Sayid went to work for Ben. We really wouldn't want to be someone on Ben's or Sayid's hit list, that's for sure. Now we know that many of you think Ben is totally evil and ruthless, but really his mission to save the world is so important that he has to be ruthless. At least that's how we feel about it this week. Posted on April 26, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Now here's something you don't see everyday: presidential candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain are each making a "very special appearance" on a three-hour edition of WWE's "Monday Night RAW" tonight on the USA Network starting at 8 p.m. ET. Here's what WWE says is happening tonight: The three Presidential candidates intend to tap into the power of the more than five million viewers who each week tune in to watch RAW, making it the number one weekly year round show on cable. In particular, Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama will be appealing for votes from WWE fans in Pennsylvania, where they are locked in a tight primary battle. An invitation from the WWE to have Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama appear on RAW to settle the Democratic nomination process in the wrestling ring was the catalyst for tonight's appearances by the three top Presidential contenders, who each will address the WWE audience in specially taped messages.Here are Senators Clinton (you can call her "HillRod"), Obama and McCain talking about their appearance tonight: Posted on April 21, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Hopeful News For Moonlight Fans Some hopeful
news
for Moonlight fans: executive producer Joel Silver is determined to get the show a second season. Silver told Sci Fi Wire that he and the writers are already working out the story arc for next season. He will pitch the ideas and the proposed renewal to CBS next week.
"We're hopeful," Silver said in a group interview on April 18 while promoting his latest film, Speed Racer. "I mean, the next episode goes on next Friday night, which is a really great episode. It starts out, Mick [Alex O'Loughlin] is still human, but then he has to go back to being a vampire. And I have three more really strong episodes. And I hope that it does come back, because we have a whole plan for next year that's fantastic."We're with you, Joel: knock em out at the pitch meeting! Posted on April 21, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati The End of the World as We Know It? Here's an upbeat, must-see tv show tonight: "Last Days on Earth" airs tonight on the History Channel at 7:00 p.m. Central time. Here's the official description. How smart are we as a civilization?So, basically, Stephen Hawking will explain how the events of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles are going to come to pass. That ought to give everyone sweet dreams tonight. Oh, and in a related note, Michael Ausiello of TV Guide says that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles just got renewed for a second season. Hooray! Posted on April 20, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof talked about the return of Lost next week in a conference call with reporters. Here's the scoop: Something big is up for Claire. "I think there is a very compelling event involving Claire's character that will take place between now and the season finale." (Rumors include everything from a kiss to the kiss of death...)We've been watching this show way too long, because that paragraph actually made sense to us. Oh, and we think Claire is doomed. Lost returns with the first of five new episodes on Thursday, April 24, 2008 in a new timeslot, Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET. Next week's episode is titled "The Shape of Things to Come." Part one of "There's No Place Like Home" will air on May 15th. The two-hour second part will air on May 29th at 9 p.m ET. Posted on April 18, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Talks Begin to Avert Actors' Strike The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has started its talks with the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers) in hopes of heading off an actors' strike. The contract expires June 30, 2008. Among the issues the union -- led by chief negotiator Doug Allen and president Alan Rosenberg -- is bringing to the table are residuals on new media, more money for DVD/home video and changes to health and pension benefits.Nobody in Hollywood wants to see another strike. The writers' strike was absolutely brutal for just about everyone in the industry. It's time to settle this one quickly! The directors and the writers cut a deal, so hopefully the actors will as well. Posted on April 15, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Stanley Kamel Dead at 65 ![]() Stanley Kamel, a veteran actor who is currently playing Dr. Kroger on the hit television show Monk, has died. The L.A. Times reports that he suffered a heart attack in his home; he was 65. Stanley Kamel, a veteran character actor who appeared most recently in the USA television network series "Monk" as detective Adrian Monk's psychiatrist, has died. He was 65.We love Monk and Stanley Kamel's portrayal of Monk's psychiatrist Dr. Charles Kroger was always such fun to watch. He will be missed. There's no word yet from USA Network about how they're going to handle the actor's death in the script; right now, no doubt the entire cast and crew is still hearing about the tragedy. Posted on April 10, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Friday Night Lights Saved By DirecTV DirectTV has just saved the show Friday Night Lights. The fans are devoted, but the ratings are low, so the deal that NBC cut with DirecTV should make fans very happy. For television networks, it is a common quandary: what do you do about a show that critics adore, that has a passionate base of fans, but that consistently gets mediocre ratings? NBC, for one, thinks it has a creative solution. Last week, it announced a deal with DirecTV, a subscription satellite television service, that would keep Friday Night Lights on the air for a third season. DirecTV will help defray NBC's production costs and in exchange will receive the right to show Friday Night Lights first.This is a very interesting development. Will fans subscribe to DirecTV in order to see the shows early? That seems to be the sticking point here. Because surely DirecTV is doing the deal to increase subscribers. Posted on April 9, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Moonlight Fans Hold Blood Drive ![]() Fans of the show Moonlight are absolutely determined that the show be renewed for a second season. Towards that end, they're launching a blood drive to get publicity for the show. (It's a vampire show, for the uninitiated, hence the blood.)Star Alex O'Loughin will also donate for the cause. We love Moonlight and hope it returns for another season. You can find out more about the drive or get involved here. Posted on April 7, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Heroes and Chuck to Air in Uninterrupted Blocks Heroes, Medium and Chuck will be returning in lengthy blocks in the fall, according to NBC. NBC's returning genre shows -- Heroes, Chuck and -- will each air a full complement of original episodes next season, in contrast to this year's strike-truncated season, with Heroes and Chuck set to air without repeats through December. The announcements came at the network's presentation to advertisers in New York on April 2.We like the fact that they will air in blocks: when they chop up the shows into four weeks on, three weeks off, it just ruins the continuity. Who remembers what happened weeks ago? We barely remember what happened yesterday. Posted on April 5, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati NBC Announces Fall Lineup NBC has announced its programming for the next year, which features a new flexible schedule for year-round programming. Some highlights: there will be new webisodes online for Heroes, Chuck and The Office starting in July; the new Heroes spinoff has been canceled before it even got started and a new digital show will launch called Fears, Secrets, & Desires. Here's the rest of the (lengthy) press release that explains everything that's coming up: New chapters of webisodes for "Heroes," "Chuck" and "The Office" will debut on NBC.com beginning in July. Additional chapters of webisodes for each show will roll out throughout the season. Each chapter of webisodes will continue to weave online with on-air creative to give fans a deeper entertainment experience. "30 Rock" joins "The Office," "Heroes" and "Lipstick Jungle," and goes "360" next season. Fans of the Emmy-winning comedy can learn from the best through Jack Donaghy's Online Business Courses (or "Jack U"), have access to Jack's blog and offer their own business advice by uploading videos. Other challenges for users will include submitting skits for "TGS," enacting provided skits from "TGC," user response to "Ask Tina" and guided tours of their workplaces (in response to Kenneth the Page's tours). NBC.com will also debut its second season of original productions with "Fears, Secrets & Desires." This series, detailed below, will be available exclusively on NBC.com. A comprehensive list of digital features, by show, follows. Original Digital Production: "Fears, Secrets, & Desires" In this unique online experience users help create an original online series by sharing their deepest, darkest secrets, their unimaginable fears and their scandalous desires. Two hosts will entice and inspire users by sharing their own stories, as well as providing discussion topics each week via vlogs. Users will submit stories in one of three areas on the site: Fears, Secrets or Desires. Starting in October 2008, selected posts will be adapted for an online NBC Anthology series that brings the posts to life with creative interpretation meant to tease, tantalize or terrify. Segments will be produced both in-house at NBC.com, and by Hollywood talent normally associated with the big or small screens, not necessarily the computer screen. Returning Shows: "American Gladiators" - The site explodes with a User Generated Photo Gallery - "Be A Gladiator," Gladiator personality quiz, and Ultimate Gladiator Workout and advice from the Gladiators. "Biggest Loser" - Users will be able to see more confessional videos, extended "Where Are They Now?" segments, bonus scenes and customized features which will include recipe sharing and contests and fitness tips, widgets and games. "Chuck" - In addition to the new webisodes, fans of the show will be able to join Buy More and take Big Mike's Management Lessons and see inside the Nerd Herd "Help Desk" as well as get a look at the villains photo gallery and check out the Buy More Music Section (featuring music from the show). "Deal or No Deal" - New content includes video profiles of the models, a quarterly tournament with an online game and a highly anticipated new PSMS game. "ER" - New features include weekly preview scenes. "Heroes" - Season 3 of "Heroes 360" expands the "Heroes" universe further with webisodes, online manhunts for the villains, the addition of more micro sites that allow the users to uncover more of the "Heroes" universe, wireless iTV interactivity and the ability to view the graphic novel on mobile platforms. "Last Comic Standing" - Users can see extended audition footage, a User Generated "You're Funny" showcase and weekly international commentary from former finalist Deb DiGiovanni. "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" - If They Mated; Actual Items; Celebrity Survey; Travels with Conan (customization available); Late Night Underground hosted by Late Night Insider; REWIND; Pale Force New Season "Law & Order: SVU" - Popular weekly previews give fans a sneak peek into what's ahead. "Life" - New content features include an interactive prison timeline giving the fans a chance to see what happened while Charlie Crews was incarcerated, a User Generated conspiracy wall and a "Life" Wiki. "Lipstick Jungle" - In addition to popular existing features such as "Get The Look" Online Store, fans will find a mobile shopping guide and new additions to the online Bonfire Magazine. "Medium" - Users can recreate their favorite "Allison Waking Up In Bed After a Nightmare" scene, upload it and share. "Nashville Star" - New content features include original behind-the-scenes segments with online correspondent Wix Wichman, extended audition clips, weekly highlights, behind-the-scenes photos, quizzes, games and featured music. "The Office" - In addition to new webisodes, this mega micro-site has it all for fans of "The Office." Returning features include deleted scenes, Dwight's blog, User Generated office galleries, Adventures with Dwight bobblehead gallery, Office quote game, Office personality quiz, Adventures with Angela page, an interactive photo set tour and season two of Dunder Mifflin Infinity, the on line community where fans get a chance to run the branches. "Saturday Night Live" - Users will get a VIP tour backstage with weekly production blogs and video tours. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" - Jay's Garage enters its third season and opens it up to the users to create their own Garage pages. An historical "Tonight Show" timeline will also be introduced this season. New Shows: "America's Toughest Jobs" - Features will include in-depth contestant profiles, challenge analysis and an online survival game. "Celebrity Family Feud" - Fans will find celebrity family bios, interviews, photos and profiles. "Chopping Block" - Digital features will include featured recipes delivered via web, mobile and SMS and a New York City restaurant guide. "Kath & Kim" - NBC.com will have full episode streaming accompanied by weekly "wine time" segments - featuring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair as their characters discuss the week in pop-culture, fashion and neighborhood gossip, beauty Q & A and Kim dating profiles powered by myNBC. "Kings" - Digital features will include city sites for Shiloh, Gilboah and Gath, creating a deeper experience for the user. Additionally, viewers will find videos about the King's ascension to power, a family history expose and full streaming episodes. "Knight Rider" - Fans of the show will find a "KITT" My Ride feature, weekly KITT voicemails to mobile subscribers, talking KITT e-cards and streaming full episodes. "The Last Templar" -- Digital features will include a Guide to the Templars, Making Of video pieces, interactive decoder games and full streaming episodes. "Merlin" - Digital features will include Merlin's diary and Spells for Everyday Life. "My Own Worst Enemy" - New content features will include an alter ego game, dossiers on supporting characters, an archive of Edward and Henry video messages to each other and a split site (suburbs v. international intrigue). "The Philanthropist" - In addition to full streaming episodes, users will find Giving Back tips, Teddy's Lifestyle game and money tracker files. "Crusoe" - Digital features will include extended flashback scenes, an interactive adventure game, Crusoe's diary and full episode streaming. "Shark Taggers" - Fans will be able to meet the taggers through video profiles, interact with a Tag the Shark game and watch deleted scenes. "XIII" - Digital features will include interactive mobile events synched to the live broadcast and full episode streaming. There is a lot of SF programming in the bunch: mostly, we're just happy that Chuck and Heroes are returning. Medium was on the chopping block, but got a reprieve. The Knight Rider premiere was ok, but it didn't really get good until Hasselhoff showed up at the very end. More of the Hoff! There is no Knight Rider without the Hoff! Although, we do love Val Kilmer as KITT. He steals every scene he's in -- and you only hear his voice. Posted on April 3, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati The Donald Wants to Make Spitzer Hooker a Star Donald Trump wants to make Ashley Dupree a star. The prostitute that brought down the New York Governor would be perfect for his new reality tv show, he says.
An insider at Donald Trump's newly announced My Fair Lady-style MTV reality show tells PEOPLE that infamous call girl Ashley Alexander Dupre has been asked to join the cast.Well, she's got the tramp part down pat. Could she be turned into a lady? Not even Donald Trump has enough money to make that happen. Posted on March 29, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Chuck Producer Wants Van Damme as Bad Guy Michael Ausiello confirms that Chuck producer Josh Schwartz is determined to cast Jean-Claude Van Damme as a bad guy next season. I'll give you a little Chuck scoop from the show's Paley Fest session last week: Josh Schwartz was deadly serious when he told the crowd that it's his goal to cast Van Damme as one of next season's Big Bads. "I would love to have him on the show," Schwartz later told me. "I'm just not sure if he's available." This just in: After doing some digging, I can confirm that Van Damme is most definitely available.How cool would that be?? We're ready for some evil Van Damme action on Chuck, which is one of our favorite shows. Posted on March 26, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Numb3rs Apple Ad Promos Here are a couple clever Numb3rs promos based on the I'm a Mac Apple ads. Posted on March 22, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati CBS Cancels Jericho It's happened. Aramgeddon. CBS has canceled Jericho. CBS has nuked "Jericho." Producers were told Thursday the show is ending its run on the broadcast network, sources said. CBS will air the season finale next week with a resolution that helps give closure to fans. After the first season concluded with an abrupt cut to black, fans famously inundated CBS with tens of thousands of pounds of peanuts to urge the network to continue the show. For the seven-episode second season, producers shot two endings -- one that leaves viewers in suspense for a third round, another that is more conclusive. The ending chosen by CBS will wrap up the final season's storyline, where the nuclear war survivors of a Kansas town struggled under a violent occupation by a government contractor.Second season ratings were to blame. Nuts. Posted on March 21, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Michelle Trachtenberg to be a Gossip Girl Michelle Trachtenberg, who played Buffy Somers' little sister on Buffy the Vampire Slayer is going to be a Gossip Girl. And even though probably every other starlet in Hollywood under the age of 30 had to be salivating over the prospect of playing Georgina Sparks, a troublemaker from Serena's past who makes Blair look about as dangerous as Donna Martin, I think the CW's casting department nailed it. (C'mon, Buffy's sis was always one prickly pear!) For that matter, Trachtenberg lucked out, too: Could there be a more entertaining way for a young actress to make her comeback than by playing an adolescent Cruella? Didn't think so.Michelle should do very well in the role. It looks like she'll be putting her supernatural typecasting days behind her. Posted on March 19, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Battlestar Galactica Prequel Unveiled The Battlestar Galactica prequel was unveiled at the upfronts this week. Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" will live on with "Caprica." At its upfront presentation Tuesday in New York, the cable channel said that it has greenlighted a two-hour back-door pilot for the prequel, which had been in development for two years.Caprica should be an interesting pilot. Presumably we'll all know what happens to the Capricans after the end of this season of Battlestar Galactica, and whether they reach Earth or not. So it might be interesting to see how the whole Caprica disaster came about. Or, it might just be really depressing. Posted on March 18, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Farewell to The L-Word The L Word is coming to an end,
says
Showtime.
"The L Word" is set to take its final bow. Showtime has renewed the lesbian drama for a sixth and final season, which will make it one of the premium network's longest-running series. Eight episodes have been ordered, targeted to go into production in early summer for an early 2009 premiere.We haven't heard of any new lesbian shows in the works yet, so fans will have to head over to OurChart.com to get their fix. Posted on March 10, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Idol Contestant Has Nude Dancing Past Here's some fun American Idol news: contestant David Hernandez was a gay stripper for three years. The 24-year-old worked at Dick's Cabaret in Glendale, Arizona. David's specialty was nude dancing and giving lap dances to "a mostly male clientele." Ooops! But American Idol producer Ken Warwick tells TV Guide that it won't get him kicked off the show. TVGuide.com: Will the revelations about David's stripper past have any impact on whether he stays on the show?David will continue to sing and compete. Apparently nude lap dancing just doesn't carry the stigma it once did. Posted on March 4, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Quarterlife Canceled After One Airing
The web show turned television phenomenon Quarterlife has been canceled after a disastrous premiere. The rest of the episodes may end up on Bravo, but no one knows for sure.
Quarterlife, the first Web-based drama to air on network television, has been canceled by NBC after a dismally rated first episode but will move to sister cable channel Bravo, people close to the show said on Thursday. The highly touted online series about a group of young artists bombed in its NBC debut on Tuesday night, drawing the network's lowest ratings and smallest audience for that time slot in at least 20 years, according to Nielsen Media Research. (Msnbc.com is a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC Universal.) The show ranked a distant third place for the 10 p.m. hour, averaging just 3.1 million viewers and a meager 1.3 rating among advertisers' favorite demographic, adults aged 18 to 49, the precise audience for whom the series was designed.We never saw it, but those are some pretty ghastly numbers. We're thinking that everyone who wanted to see it watched it on the Web. Posted on February 28, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati The Oscars Are Coming The Oscars are this Sunday. Here are the nominees for Best Picture: We think No Country for Old Men will win Best Picture. Juno would be a big upset. You can see the full list of nominees here. Posted on February 22, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Ugly Betty Renewed for Fall The networks are busily rearranging their schedules and shows are being renewed and canceled at a frenetic pace. Here's the latest news on ABC shows: Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy return April 24, with each series airing five new episodes. To round out the Thursday-night knockout punch, execs are (as Ausiello first reported) placing Lost in the 10 pm/ET slot for at least five new episodes.Over at CBS, Moonlight is in a bit of a crisis. The showrunner left (or got fired, according to rumor) and they are looking for a new one. But until they find one the show's status is up in the air, which is really irritating. Ghost Whisperer and NUMB3RS have both been renewed for next season. Posted on February 21, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati The Bionic Woman Officially Canceled The Bionic Woman has been offically canceled, according to Michael Ausiello of TV Guide. It's now official: The Commander in Chief award for the most spectacular freshman flame-out of the 07-08 TV season goes to... Bionic Woman!Now that the writers' strike is over, the networks aren't wasting any time canceling and renewing shows as quickly as they can. The Bionic Woman really didn't work as a show, but we still watched it hoping that somehow it would get better. But it never did. Posted on February 20, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Dancing With the Stars Contestants Announced The new contestants for Dancing With the Stars was just announced and the list overall is kind of blah. Adam Corolla and Steve Guttenberg? Penn Jillette? Really? Here they are in alphabetical order with brief bios. We're rooting for Kristi Yamaguchi. ADAM CAROLLA - Television and Radio personality Adam Carolla is the host of the Los Angeles based and nationally syndicated morning radio program, The Adam Carolla Show. The actor/comedian has his first starring film role soon to be released in The Hammer (in theaters March 21st), which he co-wrote and co-produced. Carolla was also one of the creators and hosts of Comedy Central's The Man Show (alongside Jimmy Kimmel) and the MTV and long-running syndicated radio program, Loveline, with Dr. Drew Pinsky. CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTE - Having started his acting career in his native Chile, the international film and television star's Spanish language projects include: Univision's mini series, Como ama una mujer and Sony television's Reyes y Rey which aired on Telemundo. He gained recognition in the States as a series regular on Family Law and CSI: Miami. Recent TV guest roles include: Ugly Betty and Psych. He stars in the upcoming USA Network series, In Plain Sight. Film work includes Driven and Basic. Cristian is a First Lieutenant in the Chilean Air Force Reserve and a member of Halcones, the High Aerobatics team. People Magazine named him one of their "50 Most Beautiful." He was the first man ever to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan en Espanol. SHANNON ELIZABETH - Actress/model Shannon Elizabeth starred in the box office hits, American Pie and Scary Movie. Some of her other credits include Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Love Actually, Cuts and That 70s Show. Shannon is also an accomplished poker player taking third out of sixty-four invited professionals at the 2007 National Heads-Up Poker Championship. STEVE GUTTENBERG - Actor Steve Guttenberg has starred in blockbusters such as Police Academy, Three Men And A Baby, Short Circuit and Cocoon, as well as such acclaimed dramatic hits as Diner and The Boys From Brazil. Guttenberg has starred in a dozen films, each of which earned in excess of $100,000,000 at the American box office. His television credits include one of the highest-rated telefilms of all time, The Day After. Guttenberg runs The Guttenhouse Project, which houses selected children who are phased out of foster care programs. MARIO - Twenty-one year-old, multi-platinum selling R&B/Pop singer and actor, Mario, is known for such hit singles as "Just a Friend (2002)" and "Let Me Love You." He was the recipient of Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year in 2005 for "Let Me Love You" and was nominated for a Grammy, BET Award, Vibe Award, MOBO Award and Soul Train Music Award. His latest album Go is in stores now. Mario has also appeared in the feature films Step Up and Freedom Writers. MARLEE MATLIN - Marlee Matlin received worldwide critical acclaim for her film debut in Children of a Lesser God, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. At 21, she became the youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar and only one of four actresses to receive the honor for her film debut. In addition to the Oscar, Marlee received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama. She has since appeared on a number of hit television programs including The West Wing, The L-Word, Nip/Tuck, and Desperate Housewives. In Spring 2008, she will star opposite Jeff Daniels in the telefilm, Sweet Nothing In My Ear. PENN JILLETTE - Penn Jillette is one-half of the famous illusionist team Penn & Teller. Penn & Teller have been performing together for thirty years and are currently headlining in their own theater at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. They've received eleven Emmy nominations for their television series, Penn & Teller: Bulls**t and created several TV projects together. The duo has also written three best-selling books. In 2005, Penn produced and co-created the critically acclaimed documentary, The Aristocrats. PRISCILLA PRESLEY - Actress, producer and entrepreneur Priscilla Presley starred in the Naked Gun films and the internationally popular television series Dallas, as well as guest-starred on TV's Touched by an Angel, Spin City and Melrose Place. Founder of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Priscilla has also served as executive producer on the feature film Finding Graceland and the television version of her autobiography, Elvis and Me. Presley was married to music icon, Elvis Presley. MONICA SELES - Tennis champ, Monica Seles, is the holder of nine grand slam singles titles and was the top-ranked player in the world. She turned pro in 1988 at the age of fourteen and won her first grand slam championship, the French Open, just two years later. After a two-year absence from the tour in 1993 and 1994, Seles rose above adversity and returned to capture her final grand slam crown in 1996 winning the Australian Open. She holds an outstanding career win loss singles record of 595-122 and was ranked the13th greatest player of all time by Tennis Magazine. Her accomplishments also extend beyond the tennis court as Goodwill Ambassador for the Laures Sports Foundation and the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Microalgae Spirulina Against Malnutrition (IIMSAM). JASON TAYLOR - This year's NFL Man of the Year Award Winner and last year's NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Taylor has played defensive end for the Miami Dolphins for over a decade. The six-time All Pro formed the Jason Taylor Foundation in 2004 and continues to be heavily involved throughout the South Florida community. Taylor holds the NFL record for touchdowns by a defensive lineman (7) and is the Dolphins all-time leader in quarterback sacks (117) and consecutive games played (130). Jason is married to Katina, and the couple reside in Weston, Fla., with their two sons, Isaiah Paul and Mason Paul, and daughter, Zoe Grace. MARISSA JARET WINOKUR - Marissa Jaret Winokur is best known for creating the role of "Tracy Turnblad" in the hit Broadway musical Hairspray, a performance for which she won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress. Winokur has since been seen in the Farrelly Brothers film Fever Pitch and the television series Stacked. She just finished filming the series lead in a new pilot called Fugly, for 20th Century Fox and CBS and is currently working as one of the leads in the Lifetime movie Betrayals. KRISTI YAMAGUCHI - An Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion, Kristi Yamaguchi is one of the most popular and successful figure skaters of our time. Since winning the 1992 Winter Olympics, Yamaguchi retired from competitive skating, performing in numerous television specials and traveling the globe on Stars on Ice tour. Along with her many awards and accomplishments, she is a member of the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame and the US Olympic Hall of Fame. In 1996, she founded the Always Dream Foundation dedicated to fundraising and supporting children's charities. Yamaguchi is married to Stanley Cup Champion and Carolina Hurricanes star, Bret Hedican. Together, they have two young daughters. Posted on February 18, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Numb3rs - G33K Love Charlie Eppes and Dr. Larry Fleinhardt are a little nerdy but there are two beautiful women (Amita and Megan) on Numb3rs who love them anyway! Posted on February 14, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Saturday Night Live Returns February 23 The writers' strike is finally over and the screenwriters are heading back to work. Saturday Night Live will return on February 23rd on NBC and Tina Fay will be the host. We're guessing that there will be lots of political skits. The other networks are still finalizing plans. 24 won't return until January, 2009, which is too bad. But CBS announced that it will be airing six new episodes of Ghost Whisperer on April 4 and four new episodes of Moonlight on April 11. Posted on February 13, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Terminator Returns Tonight
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returns to television tonight at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8:00 p.m. Central time on Fox. Brian Austin Green guest stars in tonight's episode, which is entitled "Queen's Gambit."
Andy (Brendan Hines) submits his computer into a chess competition. During the match, Sarah (Lena Headey) meets up with a stranger (Brian Austin Green) who has a similar background. John (Thomas Dekker) makes new friends at school while Cameron (Summer Glau) gets a counseling session. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison (Richard T. Jones) finds remnants of a "Terminator Battle," and tries to figure out what it all means. We're so happy that the writers' strike is basically over. Now we can figure out when the shows we like are on, because the scheduling has been just awful the past three months. Posted on February 11, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Tentative Deal Reached: Writers' Strike Could Be Over Soon A tentative deal has been reached between the writers and the studios, which is fantastic news for television viewers. Today, the terms of the proposed deal are being submitted to the membership of the WGA for approval. If the membership approves the deal, everyone will be back at work next week. That means Oscars will go on (with jokes and movie stars and evening gowns aplenty) and that writers will get back to work on all our favorite TV shows. And movies, of course. It's a happy day in Hollywood. Posted on February 8, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Oscars President Wants Answer From WGA About Telecast The Oscars bigwigs are putting pressure on the Writers Guild to give them an answer about whether the show will go on. Academy prexy Sid Ganis has again reached out to the Writers Guild of America about Oscar's fate but still hasn't received an answer. "We're running out of time," he told Daily Variety.The Oscars staff has prepared two shows: one which uses writers and movie stars and one which doesn't. Needless to say, they'd rather have the one with the writers and actors. The WGA meets this weekend to look over a proposed settlement to the strike. If all goes well, the Oscars will move forward as planned, with a red carpet and everything. If not, then it will be something truly horrible like the fiasco that was the Golden Globes newscast. Posted on February 7, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Super Tuesday TV Coverage of the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses will dominate television tonight. Many of the news channels will also be streaming coverage online, which is nice. Here's our take on the different styles of the competing news coverage: CNN: CNN has the best smart board coverage: John King really works that board, spewing out so much information about how people voted in every county of every state that it will make your head spin. CNN's wall graphics are the easiest to read. They have some good analysts on tonight: Paul Begala (wasn't he banned from CNN by Obama's people?), Bill "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" Bennett, David Gergen (professor, served under like a million presidents, great analysis), Jeffrey Toobin (started as a legal analyst, has transitioned well into politics), Wolf Blitzer (always keeps his cool, beard immaculately trimmed) and Bill Schneider (tells you more about exit polls than you ever wanted to know in your lifetime). Fox News: Karl "The Architect" Rove is analyzing the Republican races (he's amazing -- he seems to have John King's smart board inside his head), former congressman and current DLC Chair Harold Ford is analyzing the Democratic races (he was the first Obama, but somehow the buzz died down over time), Brit Hume keeps referring to Bill Hemmer's "amazing toy" (the Smart Board Version 1.0 that can't even compare to CNN's Smart Board Version 5.0). MSNBC: Chris Matthews hasn't started spitting yet, but he's getting excited as the night goes on, Keith Olbermann seems to forget that he's not a sports anchor anymore and is calling the races like they're a football game. Usually Tom Brokaw shows up to chastise Matthews when he makes sexist remarks, which is always fun. Their graphics leave much to be desired, but they seem to be willing to call races faster than the other channels. Or, you could always watch House. Posted on February 5, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati SAG Award Winners The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award winners have been announced. Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie took home the top acting awards in films. The Sopranos took home three of the tv awards. Tina Fey continues to have a good awards season winning an award for best female actor in a comedy series. Here is a list of the winners. Theatrical Motion Pictures Primetime Television Posted on January 30, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Zucker Explains Why He Canceled NBC Pilot Season Jeff Zucker of NBC Universal explained in an industry speech why he effectively canceled NBC's upcoming pilot season. Zucker emphasized that broadcast TV is "in the middle of a wrenching analog-to-digital transition marked by game-changing technological developments and profound shifts in consumer behavior, all of which demands a re-engineering of our businesses from top to bottom." To survive that transition, NBC would be producing fewer pilots per season -- maybe five or six, versus the usual 20 or so -- and is seriously considering jettisoning the "glitzy presentation we do every year at Radio City Music Hall" for the annual upfronts, Zucker said.But viewers like having lots of new shows to choose from every fall. Reducing the number of new scripted shows is not a good thing, from a television viewer's standpoint. Posted on January 29, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Ellen DeGeneres' Friends Serenade Her Ellen DeGeneres turned 50 and in her honor her friends did a little lipsynching to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive." Watch Jake Gyllenhaal, Paris Hilton, Sharon Osborne, Victoria Beckham, Celine Dion, David Spade, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Masi Oka and Heidi Klum sing and dance their hearts out for Ellen in this hilarious video. Posted on January 25, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Writers' Strike May Sink Oscars The Oscar nominees will be announced Tuesday, but there may not be an awards show because of the writers' strike. However, Gilbert Cates, producer of the award telecast, remains adamant that on Feb. 24 there will be a red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and an Oscar telecast on ABC despite the Writers Guild of America strike and the threat of a boycott by George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and the rest of the Screen Actors Guild. He hinted that he might not need actors onstage.Gil Cates knows full well that an Oscar telecast without movie stars is like a Monday night without Heroes: totally boring. Posted on January 18, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Oprah Gets Her Own TV Network Oprah Winfrey now has her own network, to be called OWN. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network will bow in the second half of 2009. OWN will take over the Discovery Health Channel distribution platform, which guarantees it a strong subscriber base of 67.7 million cable and satellite homes, according to Nielsen. Winfrey will be chair of the network.She has her own talk show, her own magazine, her own girls' school in South Africa and she campaigns for Barack Obama. When is she going to find the time to run a television network? She's cloned herself using secret technology. That must be the answer. Posted on January 15, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Golden Globe Winners Announced at Press Conference The Golden Globe winners were announced at an unspectacular press conference. The regular televised events were canceled after the WGA denied the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions a waiver and the Screen Actors Guild said SAG members would not be attending. In films, Atonement won two awards including Best Picture and Original Score. Four other films won two awards including There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Sweeney Todd and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. In television, AMC's Mad Men won Best Series and HBO's Extras won Best Music or Comedy Series. HBO's Longford movie won three Golden Globes. Tina Fey won a Best Actress award for 30 Rock. She was the only winner from broadcast television -- every other television award went to a cable show. Here is a complete list of this year's winners. Movies: TV: You can see a list of the Golden Globe nominates here on the official website. Posted on January 14, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati The Sarah Connor Chronicles Starts Tonight The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles debuts on Fox tonight and tomorrow night in a two part premiere. Each part is one hour long. The series takes place after the events in the Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie. Sarah Connor and her 15-year-old son John Connor are trying to avoid the FBI while they try to destroy the Skynet computer network and prevent Armageddon.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles reveals what happens when Sarah (Lena Headey) stops running and goes on the offensive against an ever-evolving technological enemy bent on destroying her life, and perhaps the world. Her son, 15-year-old John Connor (Thomas Dekker), knows that he may be the future savior of mankind, but is not yet ready to take on the mantle of leadership that he's told is his destiny. John finds himself inextricably drawn to Cameron (Summer Glau), an enigmatic and otherworldly student at his high school, who soon proves to be much more than his confidante - she assumes the role of Sarah and John's fearless protector. On their trail are not only threats from the future, but an intelligent and tough FBI agent, James Ellison (Richard T.Jones), who soon becomes a powerful ally.Fox has put together an ambitious website to promote the show here. They might as well since they are running out of original content to show viewers thanks to the ongoing writer's strike. Posted on January 13, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati K-Fed Rocks Out When he's not getting restraining orders against his popstar ex-wife, Britney Spears, Kevin Federline is pursuing an acting career. Here's a clip of him playing a rising rock star on the CW's One Tree Hill. He sounds flat to us. Didn't they give him an earpiece so he can hear the band?? Oh please, don't pretend that you're not going to click on the clip. Posted on January 10, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Earth: Population 0 If mankind were to disappear tomorrow, what would happen to the rest of the Earth? Would animals take over? Would plants? That's the premise of a very interesting new two hour special called Life After People that will premiere on the History Channel on January 21,2008 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. Eerily reminiscent of the plotline for the hit film in theaters now I Am Legend -- well, without the vampires -- the special shows us cities being overgrown and animals moving in. Here's a sneak peek: Posted on January 9, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati SAG Says No Golden Globes So much for the Golden Globes. The president of the Screen Actors Guild, Alan Rosenberg issued a statement saying that SAG members won't be crossing the WGA's picket lines. "After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives over the past several weeks, there appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross WGA picket lines to appear on the Golden Globe Awards as acceptors or presenters. We applaud our members for this remarkable show of solidarity for striking Writers Guild of America writers.We're trying to feel sad, but somehow we don't. Perhaps this is a sign that there are way too many awards shows during the year. If the strike isn't settled soon, millions of viewers might discover the same thing. Posted on January 4, 2008 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Netflix On Your TV Netflix is looking beyond its basic mailorder DVD rental business. It has teamed up with South Korean electronics maker LG to stream movies and other programming straight to LG's hi-def tvs. Netflix hopes to sign up more electronics makers in the near future. Reed Hastings, chief executive of Netflix, said he hoped to strike other such deals and that Netflix would soon be viewed as a movie channel that might appear on myriad devices. "We want to be integrated on every Internet-connected device, game system, high-definition DVD player and dedicated Internet set-top box," he said. "Eventually, as TVs have wireless connectivity built into them, we'll integrate right into the television." |