Posted Jul 23rd 2008 9:02AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Video, Celebrities, 30 Rock, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free
With seven separate nominations in the Guest Actor and Actress categories, it's hard to believe that any
30 Rock guest stars were left off this year's list. The men nearly swept the nominees list for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, earning four of the five available spots. The ladies made up half of the Guest Actress category; not bad!
Still, a few brilliant and hilarious performances were left out. You can't argue with
nominations for Will Arnett and Elaine Stritch, but I'd swap one or two of the nominees with a few of my own favorites. Check out my list of overlooked
30 Rock guest stars after the jump. And yes, I left out
Jerry Seinfeld. Emmy got that one right.
Continue reading Eight 30 Rock guest stars that Emmy forgot - VIDEOS
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 8:26AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Awards, Reality-Free
Eva Longoria Parker and Cristiàn de la Fuente were on hand on Monday to announce the
2008 ALMA Award nominations. The National Council of La Raza presents the award annually to Latino entertainers in film and television. Longoria Parker is hosting and producing the ceremony again this year. This year's group of celebrated actors, writers, and directors will receive their awards on August 17. ABC is broadcasting the awards show on September 12.
Surprisingly, Eva Longoria Parker didn't get a nomination for her
Desperate Housewives role, but her on-screen husband, Ricardo Chavira, did (
Update: she took herself out of the running). Other notable names missing from the list of nominees are America Ferrera and Ana Ortiz from
Ugly Betty, who won awards last year.
Continue reading ALMA award nominations announced
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 1:28AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S04E06) Everyone was finding love--or lust--this week on
Weeds. The presence of guest stars Julie Bowen and Demian Bichir just made the show significantly hotter. The Botwins and their tenants focused more on their personal lives, with mixed results. Celia developed her maternal side, Andy and Doug pondered their next move, and Silas got to know the neighbors.
Continue reading Weeds: Excellent Treasures
Posted Jul 19th 2008 9:33AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Ugly Betty, Reality-Free
While
Ugly Betty's move to New York City might not have been good news for the show's crew, Queens residents couldn't be happier to have the Suarez family in town. Fans welcomed the comedy series with a
block party-style celebration in Jackson Heights, Betty's home base.
Actors America Ferrera and Tony Plana attended the event and thanked fans in both English and Spanish. The
Ugly Betty cast and crew have already been seen filming in their new, more authentic surroundings. As Allison mentioned,
America Ferrera was recently spotted riding a motorcycle in Brooklyn (dressed as Betty Suarez, of course).
Continue reading Ugly Betty gets a Queens welcome
Posted Jul 18th 2008 8:19AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
ABC must love the Cox-Arquette family. The network's fall season
will feature Courteney Cox in a three-episode arc of
Scrubs, and now
David Arquette is set to guest star on an episode of
Pushing Daisies. This role marks Arquette's first ABC appearance since he starred in 2007's
In Case of Emergency, which was canceled after only twelve episodes.
I'll save the character-specific information for after the jump. Arquette will guest star in the fourth episode of
Pushing Daisies' second season. While he's definitely an acquired taste, David Arquette seems just odd enough to fit in with the show's unique cast of characters.
Continue reading David Arquette is coming to Pushing Daisies
Posted Jul 16th 2008 7:06PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, News, Celebrities
I usually associate
Real World cast members with drunken barfights, threeways, and tearful meltdowns--but politics? That's a first.
Kevin Powell, former
Real World reality star, is running for Congress in Brooklyn's 10th District. Old-timers like myself remember Kevin from the show's very first season, back when the cast members weren't equal parts hot and crazy.
Powell's post-reality career has set him apart from the typical fame-seeking MTV celebs. According to
his campaign website, he's written seven books and is a successful lecturer and activist. That certainly beats stints on
The Surreal Life and the
Real World/Road Rules Challenge.
Continue reading Real World alum running for Congress
Posted Jul 15th 2008 7:03PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
USA has recruited Mark Feuerstein for one of its new projects. The actor was recently
cast as the lead in
Royal Pains, a 90-minute pilot for the cable network. As Bob reported back in March,
Royal Pains is
one of four upcoming series that USA is currently developing. Feuerstein will play Hank Lawson, a former ER doctor who reluctantly takes a job as an on-call physician to wealthy residents of the Hamptons.
Jace Alexander, the director behind the pilot episode of USA's
Burn Notice, has signed on to direct the
Royal Pains pilot, which is encouraging news for the series.
Continue reading Mark Feuerstein confirmed for Royal Pains pilot
Posted Jul 15th 2008 12:33AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S04E05) Weeds turned a corner with this episode. This week marked the true beginning of Nancy's new life. She owned up to her mistakes, made amends to her friends and family, and admitted the obvious: she was a lousy drug dealer. While it took Nancy several seasons to realize the truth about herself, Guillermo figured it out in a few episodes and gave her a new job.
Continue reading Weeds: No Man is Pudding
Posted Jul 11th 2008 1:22PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Scott Bakula is Ray Romano's new best friend.
Bakula is the latest addition to the cast of Men of a Certain Age, a pilot for TNT. The drama focuses on three men in their forties that have been friends since college; Bakula is one of the leads. His character, Terry, is an "intelligent, but struggling, actor." Terry's best friends have struggles of their own. Joe, Romano's character, is a divorced father who runs a party supply store. Owen,
played by the supremely gifted Andre Braugher, is a family man who works at his father's car dealership.
This recent bit of casting news just made the TNT pilot a must-see for me. Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher seem like an unlikely group of buddies, but I suppose it depends on the chemistry between the three actors.
Continue reading Scott Bakula cast in TNT pilot
Posted Jul 11th 2008 8:03AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free
In a time when even Paris Hilton publishes her memoirs, it's rare to hear about a celebrity autobiography worth reading.
Charles S. Dutton is telling his life story in a book for Random House's Crown Books. Dutton has done a lot of acting and directing for various TV shows, most notably
Roc. He won a directing Emmy for
The Corner as well as Outstanding Guest Actor Emmys for
Without a Trace and
The Practice.
What makes Dutton's success story unique is his personal life before he became an actor. When he was seventeen, he was convicted of manslaughter and spent seven years in prison.
From Jail to Yale, the working title for the actor's book, will discuss Dutton's criminal history and his education at the Yale School of Drama.
Continue reading Actor Charles S. Dutton is writing his memoirs
Posted Jul 10th 2008 8:42AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, Video
The makers of
MXC are not happy with the "creative" minds behind ABC's summer hit
Wipeout.
Spike initially called out the Wipeout folks in a press release announcing the
MXC marathon,
"MXC, The Original, Not The Ripoff, Weekend." Now Larry Strawther,
MXC's executive producer, is
upset with ABC and YouTube for removing a video that Strawther released in order to establish
Wipeout's ripoff status.
The video in question is after the jump.
Strawther has also accused YouTube of "[altering] the search results algorithm to benefit ABC and punish
MXC." He's right; a search using the terms "
MXC" and "
Wipeout" leads you to videos showing motocross wipeouts. Strange.
Continue reading MXC's feud with Wipeout continues - VIDEO
Posted Jul 8th 2008 1:06AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S04E04) Nobody mourns like the Botwins. I can't decide whose behavior was the least appropriate; there certainly were a lot of contenders. Lenny's countdown was extremely insensitive, and his actions throughout the episode didn't do him any favors, either. I'll save the specifics for after the jump, but he made Nancy's Andy-ditching look like an act of kindness. Not cool, BotWinBig, not cool.
Continue reading Weeds: The Three Coolers
Posted Jul 7th 2008 5:26PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Entourage, Celebrities, Casting
Jamie-Lynn Sigler is returning to HBO. The actress is set to
guest star on the upcoming season of Entourage, playing the challenging role of actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler.
Entourage has had a lot of celebrities appear as themselves over the years, ranging from significant (Mandy Moore as Vince's ex) to unremarkable (Kanye West). Fortunately, Sigler will get some significant screen time; her stint will last three episodes.
Details about Sigler's role are available after the jump. Between this news and
the return of Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester, season five of
Entourage is starting to look pretty darn good.
Continue reading Jamie-Lynn Sigler to guest star on Entourage
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 3:03PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, Six Feet Under
The characters on
Six Feet Under were fascinating to watch, but they often made horrible romantic choices. Even the couples that stood the test of time had their issues. Most of the truly memorable train wrecks didn't last, though. Here's a look back at some of the show's weirdest relationships.
Ruth Fisher and Arthur Martin - Ruth and Arthur's relationship was arguably the most awkward pairing in
Six Feet Under history. Apart from the significant age difference, the relationship suffered from a lack of physical intimacy. You can't build a romance on nuzzling and spooning alone; it didn't take long for Ruth to figure that out. Ruth dumped Arthur, and things took a turn for the worse when she suddenly married George Sibley. Arthur showed his jealousy by arguing with George over the origins of the word "formica" and labeling his food. They finally parted ways after the "poo by mail" misunderstanding.
Continue reading Strangest Six Feet Under couples
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 11:39AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Former
Sopranos mobster Michael Imperioli is returning to television as a police detective.
The actor has been cast in ABC's Life on Mars, an American adaptation of the BBC series. Imperioli landed the role of Detective Ray Carling, one of the lead character's colleagues. Ray is described as "a rough, tough sexist who has never heard of the phrase 'politically correct'."
This cast addition is the latest of many changes made to the drama.
David E. Kelley is out as the Life on Mars showrunner, and
October Road's Josh Applebaum, Andre Nemec, and Scott Rosenberg have replaced him. Producers also decided to
move the show's production and fictional setting from Los Angeles to New York City.
Continue reading Michael Imperioli joins Life on Mars cast
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