B.O. avg $69.3 million
Age 17
Lead roles 3
B.O. cume $207.9 million
We all knew Hannah Montana attracted legions of tweens, but when Cyrus dropped the blond wig and dance numbers for The Last Song ($63 million), she proved true box office viability.
* Figures as of Sept. 23, 2010 from films released before Sept. 1
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A moratorium on offshore drilling ends before three commissions conclude their reports on the gulf gusher, Andrew Revkin writes.Perez Hilton has an infamous reputation for criticizing, outing and even engaging in altercations with celebrities. But the recent surge of teen suicides due to harassment and bullying has served as a wake-up call for the blogger. In a Wednesday (October 13) appearance on "Ellen," Hilton announced that he no longer wants to be perceived in a negative light and has ended his star-bashing ways.
Prior to the blogger announcing his pledge, host Ellen DeGeneres revealed that many advised her to pass on Hilton's appearance on her show. But she said she believed in second changes and applauded the star for admitting his wrongdoings.
"Over the last two weeks, I have been doing everything I can to bring awareness to the issue of teen suicides and gay bullying," Hilton told DeGeneres. "In doing so, a lot of people have called me a hypocrite and a bully myself and a big one. That's not how I want to be perceived, and that's not what I want to put out there into the world. It was a big wake-up call that so many people saw me that way, so from now on I really want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem."
Known for giving celebrities not-so-nice nicknames and drawing rather inappropriate things on their pictures, Perez said he's going to try to use his smarts and wit to keep his viewers entertained.
"I want to be the change that I want to see in others. I'm going to do things differently on my website than I have in the past," the celebrity blogger said. "I'm not going to call people nasty nicknames. I'm not going to go the mean route. I'm going to force myself to try and be funnier or smarter or just do things different, not doodle inappropriate things, not out people, which I have done all of those things in the past."
When asked why he continued his harsh commentary when he knew he'd hurt people, Perez told the host that he kept making up excuses to justify his actions. One of those many excuses included his argument that celebrities are adults and essentially signed themselves up to be criticized and judged in front of the world.
DeGeneres countered the star's claim, suggesting that even though adults spew negativity at each other, it gives everyone the impression that it is OK to do the same among their peers.
Hilton said that he has grown as a person since his early gossip days. "I was 26 when I started my website, and I'm going to be 33 now," he said. "I've grown and evolved as a person, and I think it's time for my website to grow and evolve and change as well."
Ultimately, Perez knows his errors and is looking forward to a brighter future that includes being a representative for the gay community. "I want to be able continue to speak out on the gay bullying and teen suicides," he said, "and I want to be able to go to the gay rallies and the marches, like I have in the past, and not have people in my own community feel ashamed about me or embarrassed. I have started and I've already started to do things differently, and it was scary and wasn't easy, but I feel like it was the right thing to do for myself and the world."
Do you think Perez will keep his promise? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
After a lengthy hiatus, Steven Spielberg is going to have quite a busy holiday in 2011. DreamWorks is pushing back his World War I epic about a boy and his horse to December 2011, to take advantage of the holiday box-office. That just happens to be the same month that Paramount will bow Spielberg’s animated family flick The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. (Though Tintin, which is based on the comic strip series by Belgium artist Herge and is subsequently much more popular overseas, will first bow internationally and is likely to have a much more robust overseas gross.)
The date change alters the rest of DreamWorks’ 2011 slate too. Now all you fans of The Help will get access to Emma Stone as Skeeter Phelan on Aug. 12, 2011, the same weekend that Julia Roberts opened Eat Pray Love this year and Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in Julie & Julia back in 2009.
The other two date changes belong to Real Steel and Fright Night. DreamWorks will bow the Hugh Jackman-actioner from director Shawn Levy on October 7, while Fright Night, starring Colin Farrell, will move up from the fall, with an August 19 date.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS has announced the judges panel and host for Paula Abdul's upcoming dance competition series, "Live to Dance."
Executive producer, lead judge and mentor Paula Abdul will be joined by host Andrew Gunsberg (co-host of "Australian Idol"), as well as choreographer Travis Payne and singer/dancer Kimberly Wyatt.
Payne was the choreographer/associate director to Kenny Ortega on Michael Jackson's "This Is It." Wyatt was an original member of the Pussycat Dolls.
The midseason series doesn't yet have a premiere date.
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Lee Abrams, an executive at Los Angeles Times owner Tribune Company, has been suspended without pay, the company informed staff in a memo Wednesday.
Abrams, the company's chief innovation officer, had come under fire for forwarding an email featuring a video with gyrating and topless women. Just a few days earlier, a New York Times article detailed other misogynistic actions of executives at the media company.
Abrams apologized Wednesday for his "inappropriate" email.
Tribune's chief executive officer, Randy Michaels, wrote in a memo Wednesday that Abrams will remain on suspension while the company reviews the circumstances surrounding the email.
Michaels added, "This is the kind of serious mistake that can't be tolerated; we intend to address it promptly and forcefully.
"As I said last week (in response to the New York Times piece), a creative culture must be built on a foundation of respect. Our culture is not about being offensive or hurtful. We encourage employees to speak up when they see or hear something that they find offensive, as a number of employees did with regard to this particular email. I can assure you, you will be heard."
Well, if I were to base my perception of prison on this exclusive poster for Dec. 3's I Love You Phillip Morris — and not on National Geographic Channel’s Lockdown — I’d say the penitentiary is hardly a place where you have to craft homemade shivs MacGyver-style out of soap, a bed sheet, and a poster of Rita Hayworth when you’re not fearing for your life. Instead, this ad for the movie — about two cellmates who fall in love — makes prison look like a heavenly jaunt in the electrically fenced-in park where you can spend your days gleefully teaching geometry lessons with your body. (And loaf around in loafers all day!) Don’t you just want to use Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor for a cookie mold?
And who else, for whatever reason, is humming Rusted Root’s “Send Me On My Way” while looking at this poster?
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Image Credit: DiscoveryAn emotional hell that was “more stressful than crab fishing”: That’s how the Time Bandit captains who quit Deadliest Catch last week described the ordeal that temporarily threatened the future of Discovery’s most popular franchise. Speaking exclusively to EW from Alaska, Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand explained what led them and Northwestern Captain Sig Hansen to make such a drastic decision.
“It was a lot about our rights to do our own brand,” said Andy Hillstrand, who together with his brother and Hansen, went on a speaking tour in September that supposedly conflicted with production of Hillstranded, a set of specials the brothers shot for the network that’ll air next June. “There was a lot of misunderstanding,” Andy Hillstrand told EW. “We thought Discovery had everything they needed but then they came back and said they needed pickup shots so our schedule was pretty much screwed. It got to the point in our relationship where something had to change and we just said enough’s enough. So we butted heads for a while.”
Hansen handed in his walking papers too because “it was the right thing to do,” he told EW. “We are brothers. I told these guys a long time ago, it’s fishing first. We made a lot of fans. We’ve affected a lot people in positive ways. People like us because we are real and what they see is what they get. All of a sudden, things got a little out of kilter. So what you see is what you get.”
“It kind of made it look like me and Johnathan were doing this and then Sig stood up with us but Sig was with us,” added Andy Hillstrand.
“Emotionally, it was hell,” continued Johnathan Hillstrand. “We didn’t want to be sued. We didn’t want all the fans hating Discovery.” The trio was also told not to discuss their status with the other Deadliest Catch fisherman, who like the Hillstrands and Hansen, were in Alaska’s Dutch Harbor this week preparing to set sail for the show’s seventh season on the night of Oct. 14. Captain Keith Colburn, however, didn’t have much to say about the matter. “I’m going to take the fifth,” he told EW from the deck of The Wizard in Dutch Harbor this week. “There’s enough animosity between the fishermen at times on stuff. I don’t need to generate any more.”
Fortunately for the show’s legion of fans – some of whom fired off angry letters to Discovery – both sides came to an agreement and now the Hillstrands and Hansen are signed for two more years of Catch. The trio can also continue with their speaking tour that took them throughout Canada and the east coast in September.
“We just want our lives back, sort of,” said Johnathan Hillstrand. “But it’s a little too late for that. So we’re sticking around. We are glad to be back and we’re glad that everyone is happier.”
In Hillstranded – which will air after Deadliest Catch debuts in April 2011 - the siblings will investigate myths and legends around Alaska, including a Lochness-type monster in a local lake. “Our personalities have just been silly and kind of different,” said Andy Hillstrand. “We had a lot of fun doing them.”
T.I. has touched many people with his lyrics and on Wednesday (October 13), the MC's words may have saved a life. A young man who threatened to jump off an Atlanta building was coaxed out of committing suicide with the help of the superstar rapper.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a man ascended to the roof of a 22-story building on Peachtree Street just before 4 p.m., threatening to leap to his death. T.I. (born Clifford Harris) told NBC affiliate 11Alive News that he volunteered to help after hearing about the situation on the city's V-103 radio station, which is housed in the Colony Square skyscraper, where the man was threatening to take his own life.
"He came to the scene and offered to talk to him, we told the young man that, and he came down," Officer James Polite told The AJC. The MC reportedly spoke to the man for a few minutes before he was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. Polite said the man would not face charges. Polite added that authorities appreciated the help.
"He didn't have to stop. He could've kept on going about his business," Polite said. "We're happy it ended the way it did, and we thank him."
The Good Samaritan move comes days before T.I. is scheduled to face his own legal troubles. The chart-topping MC is due in court on Friday after getting arrested in Los Angeles for drug possession. The lyricist is currently on probation after wrapping up a recent jail bid for weapons charges and the arrest is a possible violation of his probation terms.
T.I. reportedly expressed remorse to V-103 listeners for his recent slip-up and vowed to turn things around. (Tip also gave an update on his music — head to the RapFix blog for more.)
What do you think of T.I.'s latest gesture? Tell us in the comments.
Image Credit: FilmMagic.com; Brian Killian/WireImage.com; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.com; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images; Joe Kohen/WireImage.comEvery year, the broadcast nets compile a wish list of stars they hope will make their way (or in some cases, their way back) to the small screen. Now that drama and comedy development has already begun for the 2011-12 season, here are some potential headliners for next year. And for more on powerful entertainers, pick up the latest issue of EW.
Kevin Bacon. It’s been 20 years since he played a brilliant med student in Flatliners, but who says Kyra Sedgwick’s husband couldn’t slap on some scrubs in a hip new hospital drama?
Susan Sarandon. She teased the industry by appearing on Rescue Me and an episode of ER, but the Academy Award-winning actress has yet to find her happy place in prime time.
Elisabeth Shue. CBS wanted her for The Good Wife, but the Leaving Las Vegas star decided to spend more time at home with her kids. If hindsight’s 20/20, think she’d have chosen to wrestle with Chris Noth instead of a piranha in 3-D?
Ashley Judd. A perennial favorite, Judd hasn’t followed the lead of fellow fortysomething film stars, such as Mary-Louise Parker and Sedgwick, and snagged the next Emmy-worthy role.
Claire Danes. Armed with an Emmy for her role in HBO’s Temple Grandin, Danes is the perfect combination of beauty, talent and TV experience. (Remember My So-Called Life?) Too bad NBC’s attempt to remake Prime Suspect requires an older actress. Or does it?
Josh Duhamel. TV would gladly take the former star of Las Vegas back to catch crooks and/or walk around shirtless, no questions asked.
Tim Allen. The Home Improvement star has been taking meetings with choice writers to stage a TV comeback in fall 2011. Any network will have to bring a toolbox…full of money.
Alessandro Nivola. He’s not exactly a household name, but you’ll recognize him from Face/Off, Junebug, The Eye, and Laurel Canyon. He’s got the indie cred and the great looks — which is why everybody wants him.
Sarah Michelle Gellar. After slaying vampires for seven years on The WB and UPN, Gellar fell off the Hollywood radar to start a family. But if anyone deserves to inherit Heather Locklear’s throne as the go-to gal to play powerful beyotches, it’s Buffy.
Matthew Broderick. NBC tried to bring the film and Broadway star to prime time this year with a comedy called Beach Lane, but the project never made it out of development. Didn’t anyone think to give him a house on Wisteria Lane instead?
Maria Bello. The former ER doc enjoyed a superb run in film, but her grace is needed back on the small screen to headline the next drama from John Wells or Steven Bochco.
Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com; Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage.com With all these celebrity splits, I'm wondering: When a star like Courteney Cox divorces a nobody, is their ex automatically set for life?
—CarLuv, via the inbox
Now, now. Let's not talk like that, lest we make Kevin Federline cry. Then again, we'd have to assume that Kevin Federline is able to read the previous sentence. Forget I said anything.
I assume you speak not only of the Cox-David Arquette split (Can we call them the Croquettes? Please?) but also the recent separation involving Christina Aguilera and That Guy.
Here's what we know:
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California law says that anything earned by either party during a marriage belongs equally to both spouses in the event of a divorce.
But that right can, and usually is, signed away by the poorer party via the celebrated celebrity prenup.
Unless Aguilera or Cox had some supremely terrible advisers at the time of their weddings—not likely, even a little bit—both of these couples probably have some brilliantly crafted prenups.
And those agreements probably shield Cox from losing half her earnings at the hands of the star of Eight Legged Freaks.
(For the record, it's not clear what either of these prenups might say, or whether each couple for sure has one, but come on. Aguilera alone is worth a reported $60 million. Cox? An apparent $75 million, thanks to that cutesy sitcom she did in the '90s.)
What do those prenups likely say?
Well, I am told, they probably provide some sort of cash payout or monthly paycheck for the less wealthy ex—a fair amount if not half. Think 20 percent, maybe 30, maybe a lump sum with some wiggle room for a cost-of-living increase.
Says family law attorney Robert Brandt, "It's extremely unlikely that either prenup calls for the less famous spouse to walk away with nothing. If that were the case, the prenup could get thrown out in the courts for being unfair or unconscionable when it comes time to enforce it."
In other words, says prenup-lawyer-to-the-stars Fred Silberberg of Silberberg & Ross, "I don't think anyone will be walking away poor."
Silberburg recently crafted a prenup for a celebrity who shall go nameless here. In that agreement, one celebrity agrees to set aside a payment to the spouse of $150,000 for every year they're married. The money belongs to the spouse regardless of divorce, but in the event of a split, the spouse does not get any additional support. That may be one way that Aguilera or Cox has things set up, as well.
Does that mean that Arquette—whose biggest payday seems to be his $5 million gig in Freaks—can sit back and do nothing? Probably not.
Not, at least, if we wants to keep living in the same style as he did when he was with gazillionaire Cox; $150,000 doesn't even come close to meeting those monthly bills if you're used to spending like a Friends star.
You can bet that you'll be seeing Arquette again—that is, if he can get a gig.
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Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, right, and partner Karina Smirnoff perform on "Dancing with the Stars" on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ABC)NEW YORK (CBS) America's favorite muscle-head Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino was sent home rom "Dancing With the Stars" last night and he took to Twitter to offer his parting words.
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The 29-year-old "Jersey Shore" star was eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars" Tuesday after his combined score (viewers and show judges) put him in last place. Bristol Palin also was in the bottom two.
"Don't ever lose ur dreams or goals!" wrote Sorrentino on his Twitter account the night of his exit. "Life is a war, lose a battle , but the war is never over! Keep fighting!"
The star, who continually refers to himself in the third-person when tweeting, also wrote, "I have shown the real Situation!The Situation who is who he is n is what you think he is because he is what he sets out to be n what he sets out to be is himself , something special, talented,intelligent,generous,sweet, sexy n all thee above ! What I really meant to say is that I am human! Just like you! Dreams n all!"
Sorrentino and professional partner Karina Smirnoff came into the show in last place after performing an Argentine tango Monday that one judge called "a terrible mess."
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Tribune Co. is suspending a top executive without pay over an inappropriate e-mail sent to staff.
In a memo to employees Wednesday, CEO Randy Michaels says Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams is being suspended while the company investigates an e-mail message he sent staff Monday that contained links to raunchy video clips. Radio industry veteran Abrams was appointed to the position in 2008 and put in charge of print, broadcast and online innovation.
Michaels is stopping short of saying whether Abrams could lose his job, but he is calling the e-mail a "serious mistake that can't be tolerated."
The suspension is one more headache for Tribune, owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other media properties, as it struggles to emerge from bankruptcy protection after nearly two years.
Image Credit: Cliff Lipson/CBS; Matt Carr/Getty Images; Miranda Penn Turin/Fox; Patrick Ecclesine/The CWGot a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hi? You can send any/all of the above to ausielloscoop@ew.com
Question: NCIS scoop, please! — Milea
Ausiello: Ziva’s about to get a major rival. Israeli actress/model Sarai Gavity (pictured) has just been cast in a November sweeps arc as Liat, a Mossad Liaison charged with keeping Ziva’s dad out of harm’s way. Before long, Ziva-With-a-Z is feeling replaced both professionally and personally, so she does what any smart, self-confident tough chick would: She has a knock-down, drag-out fight with the new “her.” May the biggest badass win!
Question: What happened with House spoilers? It’s like a desert nowadays! — Milena
Ausiello: There’s at least one significant breakup coming down the pike. (That noise you hear is the sound of Twitter exploding.)
Question: Season’s greetings! Will there be a Christmas Glee episode? —Ryan
Ausiello: Can’t confirm a Christmas episode. I can tell you that something big happens around the holidays, and it may or may not involve a wedding.
Question: Where is Mark Salling? Is he gone permanently? Is it due to his release of a non-Glee album? You have to know something about this, right?! —Missy
Ausiello: Puck up, Missy! Though I dunno whether his absence is a side effect of his decision work on music that isn’t in the genre of R&Glee, I do know that it’s only temporary. He’ll miss one more episode—the Oct. 26 Rocky Horror Picture Show tribute—but will be back on air in a big way in early November.
Question: You’ve been skimping on The Vampire Diaries scoop lately. – Katie
Ausiello: No, I haven’t, you’d just been demanding more, more, more. (And ya know it, too.) Anyway, Damon’s about to get a new lust interest — a fellow vamp named Rose. Who, please, please, please, will be played by the Katharine Isabelle (the she-wolf from the Ginger Snaps trilogy).
Question: Will there be closure between you and Ms. Barrett before you leave EW? Something on Ausiello TV, perhaps? —Bryon
Ausiello: I don’t know about closure. But there will be an ending.
Question: Any chance of Blair and Chuck getting back together on Gossip Girl? —Savanna
Ausiello: There’s a pretty good chance of it happening in the next couple weeks, but I have to warn you: It won’t be pretty. Think War of the Roses meets lots of sex.
Question: I’ve had enough Chuck and Blair spoilers. Please tell me something good about Nate and Serena! —Ilaria
Ausiello: The former lovers attend Blair’s birthday party together, but as friends. Hey, it’s something. In other GG news, ‘memba the peace treaty I told you Nate and Serena get Blair and Chuck to sign? Well, Dan — who stands to benefit from B&C remaining at war—steals it.
Question: I just read the press release for episode 6 of Brothers & Sisters and it sounds like Scotty cheated on Kevin. Please tell me this is a mistake because I will be devastated if Kevin and Scotty break up! —Maria
Ausiello: It’s not a mistake. You shouldn’t assume, however, that it leads to a breakup. It’s a little more complicated than that.
Question: The Good Wife is so, um, good this season. What’s coming up? —Mark
Ausiello: Look for a game-changing twist in the hotly contested race for state’s attorney next week.
Question: Mentalist writer Jordan Harper confirmed via Twitter that Mashburn’s coming back! Please investigate this one for us Ausiello. Mashburn was awesome in last season’s episode “Redline.” He and Jane had some great scenes together. Plus watching him put the moves on Lisbon was fun. Any chance you can find out why he’s back this time? —Rachel
Ausiello: Let’s ask series creator Bruno Heller. “As the story unfolds, it seems someone is determined to have Mashburn’s blood, and Mashburn is determined to have Lisbon,” he teases. “Someone is going to get their wish.”
Question: Hey! Where’s the Chuck scoop at? —Natalie
Ausiello: It’s right here silly: The worlds of Chuck and Firefly will collide when Summer Glau guest stars as Greta next month. “We’re definitely going to get Casey [Adam Baldwin] and her to cross paths,” says exec producer Josh Schwartz, “so there will be a mini-Firefly reunion.”
Question: Got any intel on the new NBC pilot Josh Schwartz is doing with Rachel Bilson, Ghost Angeles? —Nicholas
Ausiello: While it’s true that Bilson’s character communicates with spirits, Schwartz insists it’s “not nearly as similar to Ghost Whisperer as [it sounds].” He describes it simply as a “fun genre hybrid show.”
Question: Has Melrose Place been cancelled? —Diana
Ausiello: That depends. What year are you writing me from?
Question: I think I saw you shopping at Wal-Mart in Lindon, Utah last week. Or maybe it was your twin. In any event, I think that earns me some scoop from my favorite show, Supernatural. —Abiah
Ausiello: Wait a second — Lindon got a Wal-Mart?! Get out! When the hell did that happen? I’m always the last to know. Here’s a little Supe‘ scoop from this Friday’s Jensen Ackles-directed episode: Longtime voice actor Alan Ackles (a.k.a. Jensen’s pa) has a cameo as a newscaster. We’ll hear the elder Ackles’ voice during a news story that’s playing on TV at Bobby’s house. How much do we love Jensen for throwing a little work his dad’s way?
Question: You haven’t said a word about Undercovers! Breaks my heart, it does. Will they be getting the back 9 treatment or not? —James
Ausiello: Back nine seems like an iffy proposition right now given the show’s low ratings. Personally, I hope it rebounds. I find the two leads immensely appealing. I’m also excited to hear that the show will be sprinkling in a little mythology in the coming weeks. “We’re building to the reveal of why these two were really called back to the agency,” explains exec producer Josh Reims. “And along the way, we get hints about some secret CIA programs, people who aren’t who they say they are, and some facts about Samantha and Steven’s history that turn out not to be exactly what they thought.”
Question: I was kind of surprised that Derek wasn’t angrier at Mer for hiding the fact that she was pregnant and suffered a miscarriage on Grey’s Anatomy. He wasn’t really bothered by it at all. —Tim
Ausiello: Shonda Rhimes defends her decision thusly: “I would have really disliked Derek for being angry at Meredith for failing to tell him that she had a miscarriage on the day that he had been shot. I would have thought he was an ass.”
Question: How long will Jessica Capshaw be off Grey’s Anatomy for her maternity leave? And how will they explain it? —Joanne
Ausiello: Believe it or not, Shonda Rhimes expects Capshaw to be MIA for just two episodes. “We’re basically playing it by ear,” she says. “If she needs more [than two episodes], she’ll let me know. She’s not a new mother; she’s done this before. She feels like she’s in great shape and will be physically ready to come back almost immediately. But if she decides she needs some more time, we’re going to give her some more time.” As far as how she’ll be written out, let’s just say that question will be answered in dramatic fashion at the end of the Oct. 28 episode.
Question: Will we ever see Alex happy again on Grey’s Anatomy? —Julia
Ausiello: I don’t know about happy, but we will catch a glimpse of his tender side on Oct. 28 when he channels his inner Justin Bieber while treating a pediatric patient.
Question: Can we get some Private Practice scoop on Addison? Is she gonna have a story line besides her relationship with Sam? —Anna
Ausiello: Addison will play a key role in the upcoming rape story line since she’s the only one Charlotte initially confides in. “Charlotte isn’t the kind of person who would want the world to know [that she was raped],” explains Shonda Rhimes. “And Addison’s a gynecological surgeon, so she needs somebody to help her in that sense. I love the position that it puts Addison in.”
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Question: Any Private Practice scoop? —Diane
Ausiello: If the scene where Cooper first lays eyes on a bruised and battered Charlotte seems eerily authentic, here’s why: “The director of the episode didn’t let Paul [Adelstein] see me in the makeup before we shot it,” explains KaDee Strickland. “I literally walked around with a ginormous scarf over me on set. So when Cooper first sees Charlotte, it’s the first time Paul sees her too. I think it’s so awesome to get that natural reaction.”
Question: Can you tell us anything about the CSI episode with Dita Von Teese and what exactly happens between her and Greg? —Courtney
Ausiello: Sure can’t. Would you settle for a little scoopbit from this week’s episode? A recurring character gets killed. There’s also this: Catherine and Nick visit a sex shop as part of an investigation, and we learn that Cath is something of a regular customer.
Question: Will there be any more Annie and Jeff or Britta and Jeff developments on Community? It’s hard to believe that they’re just wiping the slate clean as if it never happened. What gives? —Becca
Ausiello: I’m surprised you aren’t asking me about Britta and Troy. Oh wait, you haven’t seen this week’s episode yet. Oops, spoiler alert!
That’s a wrap! Please send questions, comments, and anonymous tips to ausielloscoop@ew.com. Also, you can follow me on Twitter via @michaelausiello. Thanks for playing! (Additional reporting by Andy Patrick and Sandra Gonzalez)
Image Credit: FilmMagic.com; Brian Killian/WireImage.com; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.com; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images; Joe Kohen/WireImage.comEvery year, the broadcast nets compile a wish list of stars they hope will make their way (or in some cases, their way back) to the small screen. Now that drama and comedy development has already begun for the 2011-12 season, here are some potential headliners for next year. And for more on powerful entertainers, pick up the latest issue of EW.
Kevin Bacon. It’s been 20 years since he played a brilliant med student in Flatliners, but who says Kyra Sedgwick’s husband couldn’t slap on some scrubs in a hip new hospital drama?
Susan Sarandon. She teased the industry by appearing on Rescue Me and an episode of ER, but the Academy Award-winning actress has yet to find her happy place in prime time.
Elisabeth Shue. CBS wanted her for The Good Wife, but the Leaving Las Vegas star decided to spend more time at home with her kids. If hindsight’s 20/20, think she’d have chosen to wrestle with Chris Noth instead of a piranha in 3-D?
Ashley Judd. A perennial favorite, Judd hasn’t followed the lead of fellow fortysomething film stars, such as Mary-Louise Parker and Sedgwick, and snagged the next Emmy-worthy role.
Claire Danes. Armed with an Emmy for her role in HBO’s Temple Grandin, Danes is the perfect combination of beauty, talent and TV experience. (Remember My So-Called Life?) Too bad NBC’s attempt to remake Prime Suspect requires an older actress. Or does it?
Josh Duhamel. TV would gladly take the former star of Las Vegas back to catch crooks and/or walk around shirtless, no questions asked.
Tim Allen. The Home Improvement star has been taking meetings with choice writers to stage a TV comeback in fall 2011. Any network will have to bring a toolbox…full of money.
Alessandro Nivola. He’s not exactly a household name, but you’ll recognize him from Face/Off, Junebug, The Eye, and Laurel Canyon. He’s got the indie cred and the great looks — which is why everybody wants him.
Sarah Michelle Gellar. After slaying vampires for seven years on The WB and UPN, Gellar fell off the Hollywood radar to start a family. But if anyone deserves to inherit Heather Locklear’s throne as the go-to gal to play powerful beyotches, it’s Buffy.
Matthew Broderick. NBC tried to bring the film and Broadway star to prime time this year with a comedy called Beach Lane, but the project never made it out of development. Didn’t anyone think to give him a house on Wisteria Lane instead?
Maria Bello. The former ER doc enjoyed a superb run in film, but her grace is needed back on the small screen to headline the next drama from John Wells or Steven Bochco.
Image Credit: Adam Rose/Fox; Sonja Flemming/CBSFor the first Tuesday this season, CBS tied Fox in the all-important adults 18-49 demographic, thanks to another winning performance by NCIS. CBS has won all four Tuesdays of the 2010-11 season among total viewers (last night, it averaged 15.6 million), but Tuesday was the first time the Eye stood neck-and-neck with the Glee-fueled Fox. Both networks finished the night with a 3.3 rating/9 share.
The Mark Harmon starrer remains the strongest show in CBS’ Tuesday arsenal: NCIS averaged a 3.9/11 and 18.9 million viewers. Each 18-49 ratings point is worth 1.31 million viewers.
Glee finished the night as the No. 1 program among adults 18-49 (4.6 rating/13 share) and averaged 11.2 million viewers. But the sophomore show is having to do a lot of heavy lifting for Fox on Tuesdays, since the network’s new comedies aren’t generating nearly enough interest. The Martha Plimpton starrer, Raising Hope, only averaged 6.3 million viewers and posted a 2.6/7 in the demo while Running Wilde dropped to 3.5 million viewers and only a 1.5/4 in the demo. Hope’s already been picked up for the season, but the jury’s still out on the Keri Russell-Will Arnett comedy.
ABC came in second for the night in viewers (10.2 million) thanks to the Dancing With the Stars result show (Bye, Situation!). No Ordinary Family dropped 15% in the key demo from last week to a meager 2.3/6 — its lowest-rated telecast so far this season. It averaged 7.7 million. Detroit 1-8-7 at 10 p.m. lured 7.4 million.
Fox was third for the night in viewers (8.0 million), followed by NBC (6.2 million). Speaking of which, perhaps somebody should start saying some prayers for the critically-beloved (but viewer-starved) drama Parenthood. The NBC drama at 10 p.m. only averaged 4.7 million and matched its lowest-rated telecast ever among adults 18-49 (2.0/5).
Morning Topline
Last night FOX ranked No. 1 for its fourth consecutive Tuesday this season and also won the night among Adults 18-34 and Teens.
· GLEE: 4.6/13, even with last week’s telecast. GLEE was the once again the No. 1 program for the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. · RAISING HOPE: 2.6/7, up +4% · RUNNING WILDE: 1.5/4, down -12% from last weekABC
· No Ordinary Family: 2.3/6, down -15% and its lowest-rated telecast this Fall· Dancing With the Stars-Results: 3.4/9, up +3% · Detroit 1-8-7: 1.8/5. up +6%CBS
· NCIS: 3.9/11, up +3% · NCIS: LA: 3.5/9, up +3% · The Good Wife: 2.6/7, up +4%NBC
· The Biggest Loser: 2.6/7, up +4% · Parenthood: 2.0/5, down -5% and tied as it lowest-rated telecast ever- Gaude
Image Credit: Adam Larkey/ABC; Hansen: Discovery Channel Don’t get too excited about that photo: It’s just an illustration. But as far as Deadliest Catch’s Sig Hansen is concerned, he definitely thinks he’s ready to trip the light fantastic with the likes of Anna Trebunskaya or whoever ABC would be willing to pair him with on Dancing with the Stars.
The Northwestern captain told EW exclusively that he took a meeting with Dancing execs about possibly appearing in a future installment. “I thought the interview went really well,” Hansen said from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, where he’s preparing to set sail on Oct. 14 for the seventh season of Deadliest Catch. “I know I could do it. I know it’s a big commitment and I said to my wife that I’m not going to do it if it screws everything up and she’s like, ‘no…no.”
Well, it will take more than his wife’s approval to pull off a trip to Mirror Ball central. Hansen fishes for King Crab and Red Crab from mid-October to mid-December while January to late March is devoted to chasing after Opilio and/or Snow Crab. That definitely rules out Hansen doing the fall edition of DWTS. But if Hansen catches his quota early in the winter, he may have enough time to hop off the Northwestern and hightail it to Los Angeles in time for the show’s mid-season berth in late March.
A rep for DWTS would not comment, other than to acknowledge that casting occurs year ’round for the reality show.
Hansen would certainly fit in nicely on DWTS, which has definitely generated new fans with its recent run on reality show stars like Kate Gosselin and The Situation. And given how the ABC show averages more than 20 million viewers per week, an appearance by Hansen would do wonders for Catch – which averaged 5.92 million viewers last season.
SPOILER ALERT!
Hey Gleeks,
Courtesy of FoxSo this week I have bad news, worse news, and then some good news.
So first up is the bad news: this week’s episode was a yawn-a-palooza. The plot is that New Directions has a duet competition. Creator Ryan Murphy decided to take easy way out this week with the most boring and expected theme possible. The episode’s overall dryness was necessary, though, to advance the series’ subplots. For example, new kid Sam clearly has an interest in Quinn (who look like Barbie and Ken together), while Artie loses his virginity to Brittany, whom sex means nothing to. Puck rammed a car into a convenience store, and is now in juvenile hall. Mike and Tina’s relationship seems to be hitting the rocks, while Rachel and Finn’s relationship is at all time cheesey high. I would also like to point out the ridiculous Barbara Streisand outfit and facial expressions on Rachel during her duet with Kurt. Regardless of the horrific acting, Lea Michele as Rachel’s voice is scarily similar to Barbara Streisand. Kurt, who nearly lost his dad and last remaining parent last week, is feeling more alone than ever, as his recovering father sides with Finn over Kurt flaunting his sexuality in a small town that is unkind (to say the least) toward anything that makes someone different.
The focus on Kurt came at a perfect, if unplanned, time. Everyone around Kurt is telling him to repress his sexuality and his personality, because there are people who will be unkind towards an openly gay boy. Such proof comes from the real-life Rutgers freshman, Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide after his roommate secretly taped him with another boy in their room, as well as facing previous bullying. The episode was filmed long before Clementi took his own life, but the episode still speaks to the issue, nonetheless.
On a lighter note, let’s move on to the “Of The Weeks.”
Song of the Week
“Lucky” performed by Quinn (Diana Agron) and Sam (Chord Overstreet) would not have made the list any other week, but in an episode so lacking, it is the winner this week. The simplicity and innocence of the song is much welcomed in such a dry episode. While Agron and Overstreet’s voices lacked the exciting and innovative blend that Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat achieved in the original version, their voices go well enough together.
Moment of the Week
Artie telling Brittany off was about as good as the drama got this week. However, Artie should have realized that it was Brittany he was dealing with, and that she would have no clue about the issue of sex for a person who is paraplegic. The girl thought that a duet was a blanket (duvet), for God’s sake!
Remember how I mentioned that there was worse news? Well, here it is. There will be no new “Glee” episode next week. We will have to tough it out until the 26th, my friends.
The good news is that the next episode is “Rocky Horror” themed! As a long time lover of the bizarre cult musical, I personally couldn’t be more excited. From the preview (I refuse to rely on rumors regarding this, there are just too many of them) it looks like Finn will be playing Brad, Rachel will be Janet, Artie will play Dr. Scott, Quinn will play Columbia, Santana will play Magenta, Kurt will play Riff Raff, and Sam will be the titular Rocky. The big question now is who will play Frank-n-Furter, as they already showed the obvious choice, Kurt, as his assistant. I am personally rooting for Puck to be back from juvenile hall to don the infamous corset. If none of this makes sense to you, you really are going to have to watch the movie before the episode premiers. Honestly, it is such a wonderful and bizarre classic, that you should watch it, regardless.
If you didn’t catch the episode (lucky you), but you still somehow want to see it, here it is.
Until next time, Gleeks.
Alissa
Alissa Mesibov can be reached at amesibov@student.umass.edu.
In an ironic twist that illustrates just how long development cycles in Hollywood last, Eddie Murphy has signed on to play opposite Ben Stiller in Tower Heist, the crime caper that he was originally going to star in when the project was first conceived back in 2005. In fact, as lore goes, the original idea of an African-American Ocean’s Eleven was hatched in a conversation between producer Brian Grazer and Murphy. Fast-forward six years — and a slew of different screenwriters — and Murphy is joining Stiller, who, as an overworked manager of a Manhattan luxury high-rise, teams up with his operation and maintenance workers to stage a heist of its penthouse tenant, a Wall Street capitalist, played by Alan Alda, who defrauded the staff of their pensions. Brett Ratner is directing and production is set to begin by the end of the year.
Jeff Nathanson (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past) is currently rewriting the latest draft of the screenplay by Ocean’s Eleven scribe Ted Griffin. Grazer is producing and Murphy is executive producing.
Left, Megan Stack and right, Barbara Demick. (Los Angeles Times)The 20 finalists for the 2010 National Book Awards were announced Wednesday in Savannah, Ga., marking one significant achievement and the surprising exclusion of Jonathan Franzen's mammoth novel "Freedom" from the fiction finalists amid familiar echoes of dissatisfaction. Two Los Angeles Times staffers received nods for their nonfiction books, developed from their work for The Times: Barbara Demick's "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" and Megan K. Stack's "Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War." The National Book Foundation, which runs the awards, said that work from two reporters at a single news organization has not been recognized in the last decade.
"These nominations underscore our ongoing commitment to foreign news and high-quality journalism," said Russ Stanton, editor of The Times. "We are extremely honored that the National Book Awards has recognized Barbara and Megan, two of the remarkably talented and dedicated reporters working at the Los Angeles Times."
Controversy was stirred by the fiction nominees. Franzen's novel, one of the most talked-about books of the year, didn't make the list, made up by a panel of five fellow writers. His last novel, "The Corrections," won the National Book Award in 2001.
This year's highest-profile fiction nominee is Peter Carey, with "Parrot and Olivier in America." The others include the critically acclaimed Nicole Krauss for "Great House," the under-recognized Lionel Shriver for "So Much for That" and two under-the-radar novelists, UC Santa Cruz professor Karen Tei Yamashita for "I Hotel" and Jaimy Gordon for "Lord of Misrule."
For writers like these, being a finalist for the National Book Awards can make a tremendous difference.
"It didn't change the way that I felt about my work, but I do know that it changed the way other people felt about my work," said Elizabeth McCracken, a 1996 finalist. "And that was a great gift."
Of the selection process, Laura Miller, the book critic of Salon.com, noted: "People who write literary fiction tend to be in a kind of insular world that they believe is the whole culture, when it's just a tiny province. And novelists tend to use the awards to correct what they feel are injustices, which becomes more important than helping readers find the exceptional book of the year."
Lev Grossman, who wrote a Time magazine profile of Franzen, whose "Freedom" didn't make the list, wrote in an e-mail, "Like everybody else, I was surprised. If I made my list of the five best novels of 2010, it would include 'Freedom.' But I'm not a National Book Awards judge. I'll be surprised and disappointed if it doesn't at least make the shortlist for a major award this year."
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The National Book Awards are among the nation's most important literary honors, and its Nov. 17 gala in New York may be the book industry's most glamorous gala.
The two Times reporters who were nominated have distinguished careers in international reporting.
A native of Ridgeway, N.J., Demick joined The Times in 2001 after working at the Philadelphia Inquirer. She has been posted in Jerusalem, Sarajevo, Berlin, Seoul and currently Beijing, where she is the chief of The Times' bureau. She won a George Polk Award for her reporting on North Korea. Demick graduated from Yale and before taking the Beijing post was a visiting fellow at Princeton teaching a course on coverage of repressive regimes. Her book is a look at the lives of half a dozen Korean defectors and how they coped with the vast shortages and the country's oppressive rule.
Stack, a native of Danbury, Conn., joined The Times as the Houston bureau chief in 2001 after stints in Texas with the Associated Press and the El Paso Times. After two years in Houston, Stack began her career as a foreign correspondent for The Times with reporting stints that included Afghanistan, Jerusalem, Cairo, Moscow and now Beijing. Her book is a poetic meditation on the post-Sept. 11 conflicts that shook America and the rest of the world. She won an Overseas Press Club Award in 2007 and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist the same year.
carolyn.Kellogg@latimes.com
Image Credit: Adam Larkey/ABC; Hansen: Discovery Channel Don’t get too excited about that photo: It’s just an illustration. But as far as Deadliest Catch’s Sig Hansen is concerned, he definitely thinks he’s ready to trip the light fantastic with the likes of Anna Trebunskaya or whoever ABC would be willing to pair him with on Dancing with the Stars.
The Northwestern captain told EW exclusively that he took a meeting with Dancing execs about possibly appearing in a future installment. “I thought the interview went really well,” Hansen said from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, where he’s preparing to set sail on Oct. 14 for the seventh season of Deadliest Catch. “I know I could do it. I know it’s a big commitment and I said to my wife that I’m not going to do it if it screws everything up and she’s like, ‘no…no.”
Well, it will take more than his wife’s approval to pull off a trip to Mirror Ball central. Hansen fishes for King Crab and Red Crab from mid-October to mid-December while January to late March is devoted to chasing after Opilio and/or Snow Crab. That definitely rules out Hansen doing the fall edition of DWTS. But if Hansen catches his quota early in the winter, he may have enough time to hop off the Northwestern and hightail it to Los Angeles in time for the show’s mid-season berth in late March.
A rep for DWTS would not comment, other than to acknowledge that casting occurs year ’round for the reality show.
Hansen would certainly fit in nicely on DWTS, which has definitely generated new fans with its recent run on reality show stars like Kate Gosselin and The Situation. And given how the ABC show averages more than 20 million viewers per week, an appearance by Hansen would do wonders for Catch – which averaged 5.92 million viewers last season.
Jessica Simpson's boyfriend Eric Johnson is a free man, according to divorce papers filed in LA.
Jessica Simpson and boyfriend Eric Johnson touch down at JFK airport in New York as they arrive from Los Angeles. - Turgeon/Rocke/Splash News
The documents state the divorce between the former NFL player and his ex wife-Keri was finalised last month.
“Irreconcilable differences between the parties casued the irremediable breakdown of the marriage, as a result of which the parties separated on October 17,” the papers state.
The couple had been legally separated since October 2009 and filed for divorce in January, according to the papers.
They were married for five years. No alimony was awarded to either party.
Simpson and Johnson were first linked in May and have been spotted together several times since.
They also tweeted a photo of each other kissing.
Conan O’Brien sure is spending a lot of money on plugging his impending late night talk show Conan on TBS. In this latest clip — which will play as an ad in Regal movie theaters as well as on your computer screen — he “drives” a 1969 Dodge Dart filled with explosives, fireworks, and un-popped popcorn off a 900 foot cliff. This single two-minute-and-twelve-second clip looks like it cost TBS more than NBC’s entire promotional budget for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, but mostly I’m enjoying the sight of O’Brien in a leather jacket. Shockingly, it works for him. Check out the clip below:
So how does this measure up against Conan’s previous promo clips, P-Dubs? Do they make you any more or less inclined to actually watch the show when it premieres in a little over 26 days (as of this typing)?
Written by Elizabeth Malchow on October 13th, 2010 in Entertainment, Television, People - U.S., News, Twitter.
In a previous episode of Dancing with the Stars, ‘Jersey Shore’s Mike Sorrentino stormed off stage after his performance with partner, Karina Smirnoff. After getting some pretty bad feedback from the judges and working so hard, Mike tells Us Magazine “I don’t know what their deal was… I stormed off.. because I tried so hard.. I changed my haircut…” Mike continued that he was impressed with the lifts that he and Karina “pulled off.”
According to Us Magazine, Karina said, “Honestly I think he showed a lot of improvement last week.
I think we can take it as a compliment..” adding “..sometimes, come on, throw us a bone,” seemingly insinuating that DWTS could at least reward them for their efforts.
Karina and Mike performed the ‘Argentine Tango’, and Mike, being a sensitive guy was upset when Bruno called the performance a “terrible mess.”
Watch the video below to see clips of rehearsals, the performance and the judges’ comments as well as Mike’s reaction to the comments.
Meanwhile, in the latest news, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was sent home after last night’s “Dancing With the Stars” and Mike took to Twitter later to say “Don’t ever lose ur dreams or goals!” adding that “Life is a war, lose a battle, but the war is never over! Keep fighting!”
‘The Situation’ and Karina Smirnoff Argentine Tango
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There’s nothing wrong with “Sweet Serendipity,” the bouncy debut single from American Idol season 9 champ Lee DeWyze. Rhythmically, it skips along like a smooth stone across a placid pond. Melodically, it could serve as the baby greens on a satisfactory lite-rock sandwich. But at the risk of overtaxing those ridiculous/disparate similes, it’s hard to imagine “Sweet Serendipity” creating a lot of waves, or becoming anybody’s favorite new flavor at radio. It’s a vaguely inspirational, vaguely catchy affair, tailor made for the middle third of a Katherine Heigl or Kate Hudson rom-com trailer. You know, the part where they show a couple of sun-drenched urban vistas and quick-cut shots of our working-girl heroine learning to let loose, be free, and put a little love in her heart. Which isn’t the worst thing in the world, really. And though the song itself is a little generic, Lee’s gruff growl of a voice manages to not get sandpapered into submission by the major-label production; 15 seconds in, you know exactly who’s singing it. A couple other thoughts:
* Much like “Live Like We’re Dying,” the debut single from season 8 champ Kris Allen, “Sweet Serendipity” packs words into its chorus more aggressively than an overstuffed New York-style deli sandwich: “And I’m doing just fine/ I’m always landing on my feet/ In the nick of time/ And by the skin of my teeth/ I ain’t gonna stress/ ‘Cause the worst ain’t happened yet/ Something’s watching over me/ Like sweet serendipity.” Even with all the studio wizardry in the world, that “’cause the worst ain’t happened yet” line sounds like marbles in a paper bag. This isn’t going to be an easy one to perform live.
* To continue the “Live Like We’re Dying” comparison (because I can, and because they are not dissimilar ditties) I wish “Sweet Serendipity” contained some of the former song’s coiled energy. The tense guitar line of Kris’s track — combined with the drawn-out strain he delivered on “liiiiive like we’re dying” (not to mention the background “whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-ohs“) gave that single an intensity — a demand that you drop what you’re doing and pay attention, or at least sing along — that “Sweet Serendipity” lacks. Lee’s song is also missing the hummability factor of, say, Jason Castro’s “Let’s Just Fall in Love Again.” And if that one couldn’t get much traction at radio, how will “Sweet Serendipity” fare?
* From a thematic standpoint, Lee gets the slightly dubious distinction of hitting radio with a song that — thematically speaking — strikes the kind of fuzzily inspirational chord of an Idol victory anthem. “Set sail without a destination/ See where the wind will take you“? Uff da. Though I do kinda dig that worn-out denim metaphor in the first verse.
Listen below, then tell me: What do you think of “Sweet Serendipity”? Will it find a home in your music collection? Will it be a “Jesus Take the Wheel”-style smash, or will it go the way of “Over It”? Sound off below! And for all my Idol-related musings, follow me on Twitter @EWMichaelSlezak; while you’re at it, get hip to EW’s Music Mix blog @EWMusicMix!
FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen
''...a 576-page monument to insignificance.'' — The Atlantic, October 2010
LOS ANGELES | Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:41pm EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Oscar organizers said on Wednesday they are unlikely to "significantly" advance the telecast for the world's top film honors in 2012, though an earlier date could still be possible after that.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said in June it was considering advancing the Oscar telecast, a move that could speed Hollywood's awards season and create challenges for other programs and film studios.
"The Academy's Board of Directors has determined that the date of the 84th Academy Awards in 2012 is unlikely to be significantly earlier than the traditional last Sunday in February," the Academy said in a statement.
"A different date still remains a possibility in subsequent years, and the Academy's staff and Board will continue to evaluate the advantages and challenges associated with such a date."
Typically in recent years, the Academy has held the Oscars on the final Sunday in February, although some years it has lapsed into March. The 2011 Oscars are set for February 27.
The Academy Awards show is annually the second most-watched show on U.S. television and seen by tens of millions around the world. But viewership has eroded in recent years as other industry groups, such as the Screen Actors Guild, began televising their own ceremonies.
Advancing the Oscars would give the telecast an earlier chance to be the first major awards show, but a change could throw Hollywood's award season into turmoil.
It could also affect the box office of some low-budget films, such as past Oscar winner "Slumdog Millionaire," which rely on acclaim to lure audiences into theatres.
(Writing by Elaine Lies; editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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David Arquette and Courteney CoxMichael Kovac/FilmMagicToo much information – and way too soon. So says David Arquette who's now apologizing for going public about his crumbling marriage and lack of sex with now-estranged wife Courteney Cox.
"I went on Howard Stern yesterday to provide clarity and honesty about what I'm experiencing," Arquette, 39, explains on his Twitter page Wednesday. "But while doing that I shared too much. … It's alright for me to be honest about my own feelings but in retrospect some of the information I provided involved others and for that I am sorry and humbled."
In the lengthy interview on Stern's Sirius radio show the morning after announcing the trial separation, Arquette revealed he hadn't had sex with Cox for four months and speculated she didn't want to be his "mother" anymore.
But despite his regrets over his statements, he now says he believes this rough patch in his life will only make him stronger.
"I'm sure Courteney and myself will emerge from this painful time better people from what we've learned," he wrote. "Thank you for all your Love and support at this time. I'm trying figuring out how to be the best person I can be."
A source, who says Cox was not at all shocked that Arquette went public about their private life, told PEOPLE, "Does she wish she could edit what comes out of his mouth? Sure. But nothing surprises her at this point. What's amazing about Courteney is that she doesn't get caught up in all the ridiculousness."
FoxMercedes and Santana get their "Glee" on. This week, in the "Glee" Quality Watch: Tuesday night's episode was a welcome return to a plot focusing on the kids and their relationships, and the songs were an eccentric collection of unpredictable gems, not a playlist seemingly plucked to boost iTunes downloads. And it managed to do all that even without Sue Sylvester!
Ian Brennan's script had a typical "Glee" setup: Mr. Schue (who's been so far in the back seat this season, he might as well be on vacation) tells the gang that Puck is in juvie for crashing his mom's car into a convenience store and driving away with the ATM. Hmmm. What's up with that? Did Fox put Mark Salling in detention? Anyway, new kid Sam will be stepping up for this week's assignment, pairing everybody off to sing duets.
It's not the most rock-solid foundation for an episode, but things take off nicely. What Brennan does so well is keep things in perspective: the kids are competing for a gift certificate to dinner at Breadsticks, the show's spin on an Olive Garden-style restaurant. The complete down-to-earthness of the prize is refreshing, and so are the little grace notes the characters all get. And yes, it's utterly ridiculous that these kids are able to mount ambitious production numbers in mere moments, but hey, "Glee" has apparently decided to embrace the logic of musicals -- i.e., anybody can burst into full-throated song at any time.
In fact, there's more to chew on in this episode than in the bottomless breadstick baskets at their restaurant of choice. Kurt wrangles in a realistic, sensitively portrayed way with being the only openly gay student at McKinley High; Rachel and Finn scheme to boost Sam's chances and do a jaw-droppingly terrible duet of their own to hide their normal awesomeness; Sam turns out to be likably nerdy, prone to speaking in N'avi, the Pandora language from "Avatar"; and Brittany and Artie have an unlikely hookup that leaves them both feeling sad.
And the numbers include that great barn-burner, "River Deep, Mountain High," the Phil Spector-produced (back when he was the great "Wall of Sound" guy, not the insane murderer) number originally done by Ike and Tina Turner. You can never hear this song enough, in my opinion, and Santana and Mercedes gave it a rousing rendition.
There were other highlights (Mike Chang sings! Kurt and Rachel do Barbra and Judy!) too numerous to mention. Maybe the much-touted Oct. 26 "Rocky Horror Picture Show" episode will be as much fun as it sounds. And maybe, after the not-too-great early episodes, this second season of "Glee" is finding its groove.
-- Kristi Turnquist
The spirit of Elvis lives
Chilean miner Edison Peña, 34, asked for Elvis Presley music to be sent into the mine so the trapped workers could have sing-alongs and keep their spirits up. So the people who run Graceland, along with the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau, extended a special invitation for Peña and a loved one to visit Elvis' home in Memphis.
Celebs a-Twitter about miners
TheHollywoodgossip.com captured a few celebrity Tweets:
Kim Kardashian: Wow seriously in tears watching this Chilean miners getting released on CNN! What a tough struggle they made it through!!!
Justin Bieber: Just found out the miners of chile are being rescued!!! happy for the families being brought back together. miracles do happen.
Missy Elliott: The Chileans Miners will be a Testimony of how Real God is! Such a Blessing to see them healthy and n Great Spirits!
Derek Hough: Bless those miners…Pray pray pray…!!!!
Joel McHale: In Japan this whole mine rescue thing is known as a “Game Show".
Carrie Ann Inaba: SO HAPPY about the rescue efforts going on for the Chilean miners. God bless them all and those who are helping them get home! AMEN!!!
I wear my sunglasses at night
If the miners' looks fashionable when they surface, it's probably the eyewear, the only commercial brand seen on them.
Orange County, Calif.-based Oakley donated the $180-a-pair glasses needed to protect the miners from ultraviolet light day or night, reports CNBC, calling the famous Oakley “O” on the side of each miner's glasses as an incredible branding coup.
In worldwide television impact alone, Oakley garnered $41 million in equivalent advertising time, according to research done for CNBC from Front Row Analytics, a sponsorship evaluation firm.
But it wasn't Oakley's idea, CNBC said. A Chilean journalist recommended the glasses to the miners' health insurer. Oakley donated 35 pairs of Radar with Black Iridium lenses in Path and Range lens shapes for the miners. The glasses have Oakley Plutonite lens material that filters out the UV rays.
They knew the drill
A small Berlin, Pa., company took particular pride in the Chile miners' rescue on Wednesday.
The 2,000-foot rescue hole was bored by a drill made by Center Rock Inc. of Berlin, Pa., where workers paused occasioonally in their daily routines to follow computer news feeds. Lunch was brought in to help them celebrate.
"We still have customers who still need products today, so we're working and we're celebrating," inside sales manager Becky Dorcon told The Associated Press.
Center Rock was founded in 1998. The company's profile rose appreciably in July 2002, when it pitched in during a similar rescue to free nine miners trapped underground for more than three days in the flooded Quecreek Mine a few miles away.
Owner Brandon Fisher, 38, and Richard Soppe, 58, his director of construction and mining tools, spent 37 days with scant sleep drilling the rescue shaft. Fisher's wife and sales director, Julie Fisher, joined them about two weeks ago.
But they were back home by Tuesday night and watching the rescue on television.
"When I saw the first guy looking healthy, that's what it's all about," Fisher told the Daily American newspaper of Somerset. "But the mission is not over until the last guy is out."
Baby, you got it
Hope had special meaning when the baby daughter of miner Ariel Ticona and his wife, Elizabeth Segovia, was born Sept. 14. The couple planned to name her Carolina, The Associated Press reported.
But during a video chat from the mine, that changed. Ticona told a relative to take a message to his wife: "Tell her to change the name of our daughter ... and give her a long-distance kiss!" Ticona said as the other miners shouted, "We're going to name her Hope!"
That's Esperanza in Spanish. Her name is Esperanza Elizabeth.
The ordeal has also inspired weddings, said Carolyn Cadtiglia on her Strollerderby blog:
"Father of two Claudio Yanez and his long term partner, Cristina Nunez – who “proposed to him in a letter sent down to the miners,” per the BBC, plan to wed now that he’s been rescued. Esteban Rojas has promised his long-time partner, Jessica Ganiez, whom he married in a civil ceremony, the big Catholic wedding she always wanted. The couple have “raised three children and even have two grandchildren together.”
From outer space to inner earth
Early in the Chilean mine crisis, NASA sent an envoy of two doctors, a psychologist and an engineer to help assist in planning efforts to maintain the miners' health, nutrition and psychological well-being during their prolonged ordeal, Space.com reported. On Wednesday, NASA hailed the rescue.
"For decades, the people of this agency have learned to live, work, and survive in the hostile environment of space," NASA chief Charles Bolden said in a statement. "Our expertise in maintaining physiological and psychological health, and our technical and engineering experience in spacecraft design all proved to be valuable in a situation that is far from our traditional scope of work."
Japan's space agency also contributed space underwear for the Chile miners, Space.com said. Five sets of the space undergarments, which were developed for use on the space station, were given to each miner to help improve their living conditions while underground. The space clothing is designed for comfort and to reduce odors while worn over extended periods.
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Image Credit: Adam Larkey/ABCSo…you know that dark, tragic tale I told you was coming down the pike on Private Practice? The top secret plot you’ve been begging me to give you more info on? Well, be careful what you wish for: At the end of the ABC drama’s Oct. 28 episode, Charlotte King—the tightly wound doctor played by KaDee Strickland—will be attacked and raped by a deranged patient (Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Nicholas Brendon). The incident kicks off a major season-long story line that will touch every character on the show. “A lot of violence against women on television is from the point of view of law enforcement,” points out executive producer Shonda Rhimes, “as opposed to standing in the shoes of the actual victim and seeing how it is for them and the people around them.” To that end, the Nov. 4 episode will be unlike any previous hour of Private in that it will revolve solely around the immediate aftermath of the attack. “It takes place all in one night, and it’s [set] almost entirely in the hospital,” reveals Rhimes, who penned the episode. “And there’s almost no music. It’s a fairly silent episode. It’s a compelling, painful episode. The work KaDee did in it was amazing.” Speaking of Strickland, what does she think about all of this? In the following interview, the actress reveals her surprising reaction upon first learning of the story line, explains why she didn’t use a stunt double while shooting the assault, and assesses the long-term fallout for Charlotte and Cooper.
What went through your mind when Shonda presented the story to you?
KADEE STRICKLAND: I was thrilled. I was so on board. It’s funny, we were at a table read and I gave Shonda my usual hug and “What’s up?” and she said, “I’m going to do something with your character this season, and it’s huge and you’ll know soon.” And I’m like, “Are you kidding me?” Once she saw the look on my face, she said, “We are going to have Charlotte be raped this season. Are you okay with that?” And my response was “Hell, yes. Let’s do it. Let’s go. I’m in.”
Why were you so enthusiastic about it?
STRICKLAND: There’s something wonderful about playing a character for four years and then having her completely turned on her head. Creatively, it’s a real gift for an actor. I also knew that this would reach so many people who have either experienced it or have been close to people who have experienced it. The only thing I said was that we have to get it right. And Shonda was totally on board with that.
Talk to me about the Nov. 4 episode.
STRICKLAND: It was amazing. It’s a page-turner. It doesn’t feel like our show—and I don’t say that with any negativity toward our show. It almost feels like a movie in some ways, because it takes place in one night.
Rape stories are a dime a dozen on TV these days. How will this one be different?
STRICKLAND: I think what you’ll find different about this is that Shonda poured her heart and soul into getting it as accurate as possible. And it is. I mean, it’s legitimately very accurate. We worked very closely with RAINN [Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network] on this. Also, we in no way are going to let this thing go away in four episodes. Charlotte will live with this for as long as she’s a character on Private Practice.
Over the past three seasons, Charlotte has been slowly tearing down the walls she built up around her. She’s less closed off than she was in the beginning. Is she going to revert to old Charlotte now?
STRICKLAND: It’s a shifting thing. And that’s the other thing that’s so great about this; no one responds to rape in the typical fashion. And that’s the one thing that I learned in doing my homework. I spoke to survivors on [nearly] a daily basis. Also, this is a very violent rape. It’s a very brutal attack. So yes, you will see those walls go up. She’s in denial at first. She is not accepting of what has happened, and she is trying very hard to act as if it didn’t.
Did you use a stunt double while shooting the assault?
STRICKLAND: No way. I wasn’t letting anybody else step into those shoes. I would’ve been heartbroken if anyone suggested it. We had a great stunt coordinator, and we gave [Nicholas Brendon] full permission to go for it. I didn’t want to act around it and play around with it. I wanted to make it as realistic as possible.
Did you get injured?
STRICKLAND: Yeah, a little bit. It was really safe, but I definitely wasn’t unscathed. And I don’t think [Nicholas] was either. Let’s just say that the day after, the makeup artists had a few legitimate bruises to cover up.
I’m assuming this will derail Charlotte and Cooper’s wedding plans.
STRICKLAND: Well, it is Shonda-land. But I think derailing things with something like this is a lot more interesting than [one of us having] an affair or [getting] cold feet. This is very real. Do I think the wedding is off? I don’t. I think that you’re going to see Charlotte and Cooper as you’ve never seen them before. And you will see sides of Cooper you’ve never seen before. I love working with Paul [Adelstein]. Charlotte leans into Cooper in a way that I don’t think she ever has in the history of the show.
I understand Addison is the only person Charlotte confides in about the actual rape. I’m guessing that will bring those two characters closer together.
STRICKLAND: I love what it does to my dynamic with Addison. She is our hero, and it’s really fascinating what they’ve given us here. It’s a different dynamic than we have gotten to play together.
For more on this sure-to-be-groundbreaking story, check out Ask Ausiello tomorrow. And to learn more about RAINN, call 800.656.HOPE.
