katie holmes-related stories
Posted Nov 4th 2009 3:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free
Allison already gave you the news that
James Franco is going to guest star on 30 Rock, and now Kristin over at E! has done a little detective work and has news about another casting coup for the NBC show (possible spoilers follow).
An E! correspondent
talked to Alec Baldwin on the red carpet at an
Elle party and Baldwin told her that he's getting a new love interest on the show. When asked who, he wouldn't say, but looked around and said it was someone who was near to them.
Continue reading Alec Baldwin is getting a new girlfriend on 30 Rock
Posted Aug 17th 2009 2:26PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Spoilers Anonymous, Cancellations, Reality-Free
ABC's canceled-too-soon
Eli Stone is still making gossip headlines weeks after the series finale aired on ...
a Saturday night.
Via the Watch with Kristin column over at E! Online, we learn what the writers had planned beyond that last
Eli Stone episode ABC aired.
Executive producer and creator Marc Guggenheim dishes about Eli and Maggie, Eli and Grace, the flash-forward in Times Square, Dr. Chen and Nate, Matt and Taylor, Jordan and Taylor's mother, Nate and Maggie (yes, you read right), and much more!
Spoilers(?) coming up!Continue reading Eli Stone: what would have been
Posted Jul 25th 2009 11:00AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, So You Think You Can Dance
I won't take all the credit for it. I'm sure
plenty of people have
blasted Katie Holmes' crappy performance on
So You Think You Can Dance this week. Hell, he may not have even
read it here, but my narcissism demands that I believe it to be so.
So I'm taking it personally that
Nigel Lythgoe is blasting right back ... at all of us! He tried to defend her performance by saying that she's not a dancer. He then says that everyone, including MJ, lip synchs when they dance. Well, which is it, Nigel? Was she or wasn't she dancing? Sure, it was a nice gesture, but it wasn't a good performance by any means.
When Roseanne Barr went out and sang the national anthem, it was a patriotic gesture by a celebrity. It was also terrible. Are we then wrong to say so, Nigel? Does that make us CHILDREN? If "We Are the World" had been little more than awful noise, should we have pretended to love it because it was for a good cause? Plus, you told us it was going to be great.
Posted Jul 24th 2009 12:32AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S05E19) This was the gala 100th episode celebration of
So You Think You Can Dance. As such, we got a nice video montage of the entire series to this point. It was great seeing some familiar faces again, as well as a very few that I actually forgot about. We even got a quick shot of first season host Lauren Sanchez, the Brian Dunkelman of
SYTYCD.
GROUP NUMBER
"One," A Chorus Line (Contemporary, Mia Michaels) Well, I didn't really like that one at all. A bit of a hot mess all over the stage. With the mirrors and camera angles chosen, it was more confusing than anything else.
SPECIAL GUEST
Katie Holmes - "Get Happy"
Well, this will certainly go down as one of the most hyped guest appearances ever on the show. But how did it go?
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: 2 of 8 Voted Off
Posted Oct 22nd 2008 9:25AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Eli Stone, Reality-Free
(S02E02) Well I think we all know what the big to-do was regarding this whole episode: Mrs. Tom Cruise. If she wasn't married to Tom Cruise, I can guarantee you that there wouldn't have been nearly as big of a deal made about a former star of
Dawson's Creek appearing on
Eli Stone. Certainly she didn't make herself into an international sensation with her performance on
Batman Begins. Hell, she was replaced in that for the sequel.
So how did Mrs. Tom Cruise do? Well, I won't say that she brought a whole new level of magic to the show, because it has plenty of that already. But she proved a nice diversion, and not too distracting from the ongoing plotlines. From her opening musical number, in which she performed very well, to the final moments on-screen with Eli, she showed quite a range of talent. Maybe Tom will let her out of the compound more often to get some more acting gigs. She should remind him that's what she did before she became Mrs. Tom Cruise.
Continue reading Eli Stone: Grace
Posted Aug 15th 2008 2:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Casting, Eli Stone, Reality-Free
There will be some major star power in the new season of
Eli Stone. No, I'm not referring to
Katie Holmes' stunt casting. I'm talking big-time star wattage.
Sigourney Weaver will guest on Eli Stone as a psychologist. Eli, who is in desperate need of figuring out what he's been experiencing is the result of the brain ailment he's suffering from or something else.
Since he had brain surgery -- or so we think -- at season's end, will Eli still have the visions? Will he fulfill the imperative to Live Brave and become a leader -- prophet -- or was that not a look at the future but something else?
It's all very mysterious, and just the fact that he's going to see a shrink is positive development. Casting Sigourney Weaver is a positive as well. She's a three-time Oscar nominee and carries with her innate integrity and class.
Continue reading Can Sigourney Weaver figure out Eli Stone?
Posted Jul 17th 2008 2:22AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, Game Show, TCA Press Tour, Eli Stone, Reality-Free
The remaining panels on ABC's first day were for
Eli Stone, the Ashton Kutcher-produced game show
Opportunity Knocks, and a panel for the upcoming Country Music Association events on the network. For the latter panel, Julianne Hough, who has twice partnered with the celebrity champion of
Dancing with the Stars, sang a few songs from her current country album. Pretty girl. Nice voice. Dancer's body. But that's all I can say about the panel, because I bolted shortly after she was done singing.
The
Eli Stone panel featured the entire cast along with executive producers Greg Berlanti (who seems to be producing two-thirds of ABC's scripted dramas) and Marc Guggenheim. Surprisingly enough, there was only one question about the presence of
Katie Holmes as a guest star this season. The reason why she's there is a shock -- they brought her in to get ratings! Will wonders never cease?
Continue reading ABC wrap-up: Eli Stone, a DWTSer sings, and Ashton Kutcher hates my question - TCA Report
Posted Jul 16th 2008 1:23PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Eli Stone, Reality-Free
Holy crap. Everybody's favorite Scientology war bride,
Katie Holmes, has apparently used those perfect chompers of hers to gnaw through her ankle shackles and score an acting gig.
Holmes is set to guest star on Eli Stone this fall. Producers are staying mum on any details, but sources say that she is signed up for one episode of the fledgling drama.
Holmes got her big break on TV, playing Joey Potter on the uber-popular teen soap
Dawson's Creek. She also had a few impressive turns in movies, such as
Pieces of April and
Thank You for Smoking before meeting Tom Cruise and taking an extended hiatus from the business.
Holmes also gave up her role in the
Batman franchise before dipping her toe back into acting waters with the critically panned
Mad Money. She is set to film her episode later this month and then spread her wings further by traveling to New York to star in a revival of Arthur Miller's play,
All My Sons.
Continue reading Katie Holmes to guest on Eli Stone
Posted Jan 4th 2007 6:30PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, NBC, CBS, News, TV Royalty, Festivus, Talk Show
(Part 4 of 5)Katie.
Meredith.
Rosie.
They all made big news and big career moves that changed the face of some very popular programs. This whole domino effect started in April, when Katie Couric announced the
"worst kept secret in television" that she was going to replace Bob Schieffer as the sole anchor of the
CBS Evening News. She spent her summer conducting town hall meetings with regular folk to find out what they want in a national newscast. And her first broadcast made worldwide news because she debuted
Vanity Fair's photographs of the elusive daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. The excitement over Katie lasted for about a week.
Continue reading Top TV Stories of 2006: The Diva Shuffle
Posted Nov 20th 2006 12:28PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Cable, News, Celebrities
Funny series of screen caps over at TV Newser. I guess MSNBC went "Breaking News" crazy over the Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes wedding, and actually had a whole series of neverending stories at the bottom of their screen all day long. Hopefully they covered other news that day too.
Did they cover other celebrity stories like this too? "Breaking News: Bob Barker to retire," or "Breaking News: Ben Affleck buys a Mocha Frappucino at L.A. Starbucks."
Maybe - maybe - they could have had one "Breaking News" report at the bottom of the screen, when the couple were actually married. But did they actually have to go add "Breaking News: Tom Cruise arrives at castle" or "Breaking News: Ex Penelope Cruz sends white roses"? Jeez. They could have had a bunch more. "Breaking News: MSNBC puts up a Breaking News logo about Tom/Kate wedding" and "Breaking News: Jennifer Lopez and Brooke Shields among invited guests."
Oh, wait, they actually did have that last one.
Posted Jul 21st 2006 7:29PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Celebrities
Television actress Leah Remini (King of Queens) is one of the few who has seen and even held Suri Cruise, the spawn of Tom and
Katie Kate Holmes. There's all sorts of speculation about why we haven't seen the three-month-old baby yet, including theories that she doesn't exist and that the Cruises didn't get offered enough money for baby photos. (Personally, I think they are simply keeping the child away from cameras but it's more fun to say that little Suri is an alien who has already been beamed to another planet)
In its July 31st issue, People magazine reports that Remini held little Suri during a visit to the couple's home in Los Angeles. She tells the magazine that Suri looks just like Tom and Kate and is "beautiful". Why does Remini get to see and hold her? I'm guessing it has something to do with her
religious affiliation.
Posted Jun 1st 2006 5:31PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities
Well, we heard about
Steven Spielberg contacting her, and now apparently Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have also taken a shine to
American Idol loser Katherine McPhee. Scuttlebutt in the gossip rags has it that McPhee met Holmes at the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles, and the two hit it off, swapping tips on how to smile and look cute, or whatever the hell they talked about. Anyway, the (in)famous Hollywood couple known as TomKat have apparently asked McPhee to perform at their wedding. The song she'll be singing is "Garblax, Tyranical One-Eyed Ruler of the Gleeferslock Galaxy." Or possibly, "You Light Up My Life." It's often hard to tell with this kind of ceremonies.
Posted Apr 28th 2006 12:34PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Celebrities
Katie Holmes is reportedly
changing her name to just 'Kate'. That's the name that Tom Cruise has been calling her since he jumped on Oprah's
couch, oh, about a year ago. Cruise explained the change in
Teen Hollywood, saying, "Katie is a young girl's
name. Her name is Kate now that she's a child-bearing woman." Well, she may go by 'Kate' now but her big, toothy
grin will always say 'Katie' (or maybe 'Joey' from
Dawson's Creek) to me.
Conan O'Brien had a great
one-liner about her name change last night: "Next week she's going to dye her hair blonde and join the witness
protection program."
Posted Apr 24th 2006 8:14PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, OpEd, Syndicated, Celebrities
It's unfortunate what has happened to some
word these days. "Genius," and "cool" have all gotten twisted in the past couple of decades. Now add
to that list the word "exclusive."
You ever notice the tabloid shows (
ET,
Access
Hollywood,
The Insider,
Extra) will all say they have an "exclusive" interview with a
celeb, but then you turn on another show and they'll have an interview with the same celeb, often in the very same
chairs that the other interview had? What's up with that? Larry King does it a lot too. These shows honestly think that
just because they interview a celeb on their show at a certain time in a certain way, that this qualifies as an
"exclusive." Didn't exclusive once mean that no one else had the interview?
Continue reading What has happened to the word "exclusive?"
Posted Apr 23rd 2006 12:04PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Podcasts, TV Squad APB Podcast
Wow, we've made it to numer ten! The format we
followed last week worked out great, so we're continuing with it again this week. Some subjects we yack about:
- We've got a couple of clips from Joel's upcoming interview with George Takei. You tell us: does George
call William Shatner a loser?
- Some interviews we're persuing soon.
- The Holmes/Cruise baby and the general
weirdness of Scientology.
- The Gilmore Girls creators are gone. So, what now?
- Were Parker and Stone high when they wrote the latest South Park?
- An all-Lost Spoilers Anonymous
meeting.
Grab the file directly (
link),
subscribe to our podcast RSS feed (
link), or visit
the iTunes music store (
link). (Running time:
37:03)
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