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Scoop: Sarandon joins HBO's 'Miraculous Year'
15 hours ago | EW - Ausiello Files | See recent EW.com - The Ausiello Files news »
HBO’s star-studded Broadway-themed pilot The Miraculous Year has lined up another impressive name: Susan Sarandon.
The Oscar winner has been cast in the recurring role of Patty Atwood, the director/choreographer of the play-within-the-show.
Produced by Tony winner John Logan and Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow (who’s directing the pilot), Year centers on a wildly self-destructive and manipulative Broadway composer (played by Broadway vet Norbert Leo Butz) who’s juggling both a challenging new show and his dysfunctional New York family.
Production on the pilot begins today in New York.
Year’s impressive cast also includes…
* Hope Davis as Mandy Vance, »
- Michael Ausiello
Liam Neeson catches 'The Big C'
18 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Add one more prominent name to the list of guest stars on Showtime's new series "The Big C."
Liam Neeson ("The A-Team," "Taken") will make a guest appearance on the show, the Hartford Courant reports. There's no word on who he'll be playing in his first on-camera appearance in an American TV series in better than 20 years (since a 1986 episode of "Miami Vice," to be exact).
Laura Linney stars in "The Big C" as a suburbanite whose cancer diagnosis gives her a new outlook on life. Oliver Platt plays her husband, and "Precious" star Gabourey Sidibe has a recurring part.
Other guest stars for the first season include Cynthia Nixon ("Sex and the City"), Idris Elba ("The Wire") and Reid Scott ("My Boys").
"The Big C" premieres Aug. 16.
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Big Brother 12 Week 3 Hoh/Nominations Ceremony Recap
3 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
The Houseguests (and my) "worst nightmare" came true Sunday night on Big Brother.
The power has shifted and the hamsters scurried to save their asses, but who came out on top when the reset button was pushed this week?
Picking up where the live show left off Thursday, we returned to our houseguests as they continued their endurance challenge, which consisted of them standing on moving surfboards while torrents of water rained down on them from above their standings. Another thing that the Houseguests 'fought' for was the Have/Have Nots competition, which stipulated that the first five people to drop would be the Haves, while the four people to fall before the Hoh is crowned will be the Have Nots. Lots at stake here, people. Rachel sat on the sidelines, cheering for Brendon the entire time, unknowingly (?) marking an even elephantine target on their backs. The other most ridiculous »
- Mark O. Estes
Who is the greatest Sexy Beast? Vote on the penultimate set of Round 1 matchups!
5 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
What’s more exciting than beasts that go bump in the night? Not much. Which is why EW.com is diving headfirst into Day 7 of our Sexy Beasts single-elimination tournament. Today’s showdowns include characters from Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Watchmen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Underworld, and Harry Potter. To reiterate, out of the 64 contenders chosen by a team of EW editors, only 32 will advance to Round 2. So click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump, vote »
- Michael Slezak
Chris Harrison blogs ‘The Bachelorette’: The Men Tell All
6 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
I really wasn’t sure just how good this “Men Tell All” episode was going to be, mostly because I worried the guys were too buddy-buddy to give us any solid content. Oh how I was wrong! We shot this episode in a new, much bigger studio than the one we usually use. That meant we could fit even more fans in to see the show, which really helped crank up the atmosphere and excitement. I love hosting shows in front of a live studio audience.
The sit-down interviews I did with Ali to start the show were a blast. »
- Chris Harrison
'Lopez Tonight': Selena Gomez Loses Voice, Does Interview with DynaVox (Video)
6 hours ago | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
Filed under: TV Replay
Selena Gomez couldn't utter a single word yesterday. But that didn't keep the actress/singer/Disney phenom from appearing on 'Lopez Tonight' (weeknights, 11Pm Et on TBS). A DynaVox spoke for her, and the slow, automated speech machine created an odd interview.
"I'm sorry. I'm so upset," it said in monotone, "But at least it's funny. Right?" When she recently turned 18 years old, "my band sang Back / street Boys to me / it-was-so funny," explained the machine in its peculiar automated cadence.
George Lopez then helped the actress tell a story about performing with her "very close" friend Justin Bieber. But before revealing the punchline, the DynaVox said, "I love him." Let's assume (for now) that Gomez isn't in love with Bieber. Or did she really choose to make that announcement via DynaVox?
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- Aimee Deeken
Nigel Lythgoe Eyes Return to American Idol
6 hours ago | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Nigel Lythgoe is nearing a deal to return to American Idol as an executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The So You Think You Can Dance executive producer and judge is being brought back to revamp Idol following Simon Cowell's exit earlier this year. The 61—year-old producer, who helped launch the original Pop Idol in England along with creator Simon Fuller, also worked on American Idol for the...
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- Kate Stanhope
Bill O'Reilly Talks Sherrod 'Mistake,' Likes Lady Gaga, Feels Badly for LiLo (Video)
7 hours ago | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
Filed under: TV Replay
Perhaps Bill O'Reilly would like to leave 'The O'Reilly Factor' and become a correspondent for 'Access Hollywood'? Sounds like he really wants to meet Lada Gaga and Lindsay Lohan.
When he appeared on 'The Tonight Show' (weeknights, 11:35Pm Et on NBC), the bulk of the conversation was infotainment. That's after he revisited his apology to Shirley Sherrod.
The Fox News pundit said his coverage of the Shirley Sherrod story was a case of not reading "the entire transcript." He made "a mistake," he readily admitted, and it was the "first time in 13 years we had to retract a story."
As for Lady Gaga, O'Reilly said, "She's an unbelievable marketer ... She's gotta be very intelligent underneath the Lady Gaga-ness that we see." He said he wants her to visit the show.
"If she said, 'Bill, I'll do your show if »
- Aimee Deeken
'Sucker Punch' trailer: 'You have all the weapons you need!'
7 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Watchmen and 300 director Zack Snyder has apparently described his new movie, Sucker Punch, as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns.” And the action-packed trailer would very much seem to back up that assessment.
True, I didn’t see any waistcoat-wearing rabbits. But there’s plenty of young ladies, and machine guns, and ordinary guns, and big swords, and a fire-breathing dragon, and a burning airship. There’s also a metronome. But I guess Snyder probably thought, rightly, that describing the movie as “Alice in Wonderland with a metronome,” wasn’t such an appealing sell.
Anyway, it’s quite a trailer, »
- Clark Collis
'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' - 'Youth Will Be Served' Recap
7 hours ago | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
Filed under: Recaps, Summer TV
(S02E12) Caroline's kitchen is the place to be. Gotta love the fun-loving Manzos when they get together to talk family shop and playfully rib one another. The drive Albie's showing in applying to the police academy makes such a difference from a few episodes ago when he came off as "The Dejected Son." Good for him.
While Joe would surely have incurred the wrath of Teresa (read: A whole 24 hours, not days, without hanky panky) for using the "luxury tax" ring from Monopoly as a tenth wedding anniversary gift, it's a really good thing his rose shirt doesn't fit. Did you enjoy the shots of the perhaps slightly weirded-out driver and waiter observing the Giudices' ... amorousness?
Maybe partly due to the way it's filmed and scored, but the scene with Danielle and Jillian comes off as creepy and foreboding. When she tells 11-year-old Jillian »
- Amy Kuperinsky
TV on DVD Review: Touching Evil, The Complete Collection
8 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
If you're wondering what Touching Evil and Life on Mars (my other DVD review) have in common, it's that they're both British police dramas. You see, that's what Acorn Media specializes in: British crime shows. There's nothing wrong with that; in fact, I rather love it. But if it's tone you're looking at, Touching Evil is the polar opposite of Life on Mars. The latter is a rather lighthearted series that focuses on the protagonist, while Touching Evil is actually a fairly gritty, and much darker look at the criminals. It's a British version of Criminal Minds, in a sense.
The plot is some of the tightest stuff I've seen. It's exponentially more gripping than the procedural dramas it was a precursor to, though possibly this extended development is a result of the longer episodes (each episode runs close to 100 minutes). However, the episodes still never run slack, and are »
- Sam McPherson
Leah Remini Signs CBS Development Deal
8 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Leah Remini, who co-hosts CBS’ recently picked up new mom daytime talk show, is expanding her relationship with CBS to primetime. Remini, best known for her starring role on the long-running CBS sitcom The King of Queens, has signed a development and talent holding deal with CBS and CBS Studios to headline a new half-hour comedy project for the network. She is looking to join other hosts such as Kelly Ripa and Remini Sherri Shepherd who have juggled a daytime show and a primetime sitcom. Remini spent the past 2 years at ABC where she had a talent deal and starred in 2 comedy pilots, most recently It Takes a Village this past development season. On the upcoming CBS daytime show about moms, Remini serves as co-host alongside Sara Gilbert, on whose idea the show is based, Julie Chen, Holly Robinson Peete, Sharon Osbourne and Marissa Jaret Winokur. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Real-life rookies on Recruits
8 hours ago | TV.com | See recent TV.com news »
Recruits' student Mitch Flemming talks about what it takes to film the Ten factual at Nsw Police Academy.
In about a month's time 22-year-old Mitch Flemming will find out whether he graduates from the Nsw Police Academy in Goulburn.
Flemming, originally from Newcastle, is one of the participants in the second season of Ten's factual series, Recruits. But if training to become a policeman isn't bad enough, he also has to contend with the demands of a television crew.
"The first few weeks having a camera in your face you don.t know what to do, you don.t know how to act... More >> »
- David Knox
'MasterChef': Home cooks have Gordon Ramsay spitting mad
8 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Gordon Ramsay is putting home cooks into the kitchen and turning up the heat.
The chef's latest culinary competition show "MasterChef" premieres Tuesday, July 27 at 8 p.m. Et, following his other Fox show "Hell's Kitchen."
On the show, everyday people with a knack for cooking participate in a challenges to prove they've got the recipe for success: a good palate palate, gastronomy knowledge, drive and skills to win $250,000 and publish their own cookbook.
But first, they must get on the show, and that means a scary audition process in which they must cook a meal for the three judges: Ramsay, Graham Elliott Bowles and Joe Bastianich.
Watch three chef wannabes present their dishes and the judges' varying reactions. We're particularly entertained by Suzette James' tilapia fish tacos with mango salsa presentation. Is she flirting with Ramsay using soccer double entendre? Goal!!!!!
Just in case you want to see exactly what they're eating, »
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'The Bachelorette' instant reaction: The Men Tell All!
8 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
As far as stops on someone else’s journey to find statistically unlikely-to-last love on television go, The Men/Women Tell All specials are always my favorite part — juicy revelations, confrontations, and heretofore unseen (and highly entertaining) moments! But I don’t remember a special ever delivering quite so much in all those departments as this one did. In fact, this made me like this season — and all of the guys not named Justin or Frank — approximately 63 percent more than I did before. Kasey’s the best sport ever! Craig R. is a stud! Jesse’s even hotter without hair! »
- Jennifer Armstrong
Rep. Jim Langevin Becomes First Person In A Wheelchair To Preside Over House Of Reps
8 hours ago | Mediaite - TV | See recent Mediaite - TV news »
A barely-noticed milestone occurred in the House of Representatives today: Rep. Jim Langevin of Rhode Island became the first person in a wheelchair to preside over the House of Representatives, as he presided over the passing of a resolution honoring the anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act. A series of lifts were installed in the chamber to help him reach the top of the room. »
- Frances Martel
Dave Weigel Calls Co Senate Candidate’s ‘Dumbasses’ Comment “What Smart Republicans Should Say”
9 hours ago | Mediaite - TV | See recent Mediaite - TV news »
Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck got into hot water today as audio was released of him calling Tea Party members and, specifically, birthers, "dumbasses." For a candidate so popular among the Tea Party, many considered it a major gaffe. Vising Lawrence O'Donnell on Countdown tonight, MSNBC contributor Dave Weigel called his comments "savvy" and argued that "this is what smart Republicans should say." »
- Frances Martel
'You're Cut Off!' Has a Graduation Ceremony Which Goes ... Badly
9 hours ago | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
Filed under: TV Replay
Well, it's graduation time on 'You're Cut Off!' (Mon., 9Pm Et on VH1). Finally, we get to learn what will happen to the worst person in the history of reality TV -- contestant Gia Rukavina. During the grad ceremony, Gia has to discuss certain things with her husband; such as the fact that she's the most awful mother of all time. And then, her husband wants some changes.
So, what does Gia's husband want? Pretty basic stuff. Like expecting his wife to sometimes be able to change the sheets on their bed. Or expecting Gia to occasionally be able to hang out with her child -- without totally abusing their daughter.
In the face of such demands, Gia totally panics and freaks out. At first, she says "No." But then, under the pressure of reality television, Gia relents, kisses her husband, and promises to be »
- Oliver Miller
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: How Will The Gang Handle a Pregnancy?
9 hours ago | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Paddy's Pub isn't the best place to turn for child care: The guys of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia once purposefully started serving underage kids to get more business, and adopted a Dumpster baby to exploit as a TV star. But now that star Kaitlin Olson is pregnant in real life, get ready to see Sweet Dee with child this season.
"Ultimately we realized we were never going to be able to hide it, realistically," co-creator, executive producer, star and baby daddy Rob McElhenney tells TVGuide.com. "So we knew we had to...
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- Kate Stanhope
'American Idol': Nigel Lythgoe close to signing on as executive producer
9 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
"So You Think You Can Dance" judge and producer Nigel Lythgoe is considering a return to his roots.
After departing from "American Idol" at the end of Season 7, The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed reveals that he's nearing a deal to come back as executive producer.
And this is not good news for the current judging panel. Lythgoe told Zap2it in April that if he were responsible for casting the show, he'd replace all of them. He cited Elton John and Usher as top picks for new blood and expressed an interest in rehiring Paula Abdul.
It may be too late for Abdul -- she's already moved on to her own CBS series -- but Elton John is another matter. THR also reports that "American Idol" creator and producer Simon Fuller is making ovations to the iconic British singer. And another name added to the list of candidates? Justin Timberlake. »
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