Kanye on Bush: 'I understand'

Image Credit: Will Ragozzino/Getty Images; Janet Mayer/PR PhotosKanye West has responded to former president George W. Bush’s recent statement regarding his controversial post-Hurricane Katrina remarks. West’s surprising reply: Now that five years have gone by, he can sympathize more with the man he once said “doesn’t care about black people.”

Bush recently told Matt Lauer that hearing West say those words during a Hurricane Katrina benefit telethon was “a disgusting moment.” He recalled telling his wife at the time that West’s comments were in fact the single worst moment of his presidency. Today, an interviewer from a Houston radio station asked West for his thoughts on the matter.

“I definitely can understand the way he feels, to be accused of being a racist in any way, because the same thing happened to me, where I got accused of being a racist,” West replied, referring to the aftermath of his run-in with Taylor Swift last fall. “For both situations, it was basically a lack of compassion that America felt in that situation. With him, it was a lack of compassion of him not rushing, him not taking the time to rush down to New Orleans. For me, it was a lack of compassion of cutting someone off in their moment. But nonetheless, I think we’re all quick to pull a race card in America. And now I’m more open, and the poetic justice that I feel, to have went through the same thing that he went [through] — and now I really more connect with him on just a humanitarian level.”

That’s an extremely gracious way of looking at things, to say the least. Listen to the radio clip after the jump (via Rap Radar), then let us know: What do you think of Kanye West’s new attitude toward Bush?

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More from EW.com:
George Bush really does not “appreciate” Kanye West’s Katrina criticism: “The worst moment of my presidency”
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November Sweeps: Guests galore!

Image Credit: Harper Smith/NBC; Adam Rose/Fox; Bob D'Amico/ABC; David M. Russell/CBS; Virginia Sherwood/NBC; United Feature Syndicate IncNovember is here, and you probably know what that means for television: Sweeps! It’s that bountiful time of the TV season when the networks try to ramp up viewership as much as possible so they can set their advertising prices for the year. All of which means means we’ll see crazy guest stars! Specials! Awards shows! Big interviews! For example, Cher is going on 20/20 to talk Burlesque Nov. 19; ABC is airing the Country Music Awards on Nov. 10; Oprah will sit down with the Jackson clan on Nov. 8; and Gwyneth Paltrow, well, she’s appearing on both the CMAs on Nov. 10 and Glee Nov. 16. How does one make sense of the November Sweeps madness? Duh, it’s easy, silly: Just use our handy, complete-yet-only-the-stuff-you-care-about guide below:

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): More of Oprah and Gayle’s camping trip at Yosemite National Park
Survivor: Nicaragua (CBS, 8 p.m.): Only 12 castaways remain as the tribes merge
In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: All Access Nashville (ABC, 10 p.m.): This hour-long special features Roberts interviewing country music stars Brad Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Underwood, and Kellie Pickler
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 10 p.m.): A History of Violence‘s Maria Bello and ER‘s Alex Kingston guest star

THURSDAY, NOV. 4
The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.): Dollhouse‘s Eliza Dushku guest stars
Bones (Fox, 8 p.m.): So You Think You Can Dance‘s Stephen “tWitch” Boss guest stars
Community (NBC, 8 p.m.): Hilary Duff and Andy Dick guest star
30 Rock (NBC, 8:30 p.m.): Elizabeth Banks returns

FRIDAY, NOV. 5
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): First of two-part event featuring Madea‘s Tyler Perry and 200 men who are stepping up to speak out about the trauma of their childhood sexual abuse (the second part airs Friday, Nov. 12)
Medium (CBS, 8 p.m.): Scrubs‘ Judy Reyes and NCIS‘ Rena Sofer guest star
Supernanny (ABC, 8 p.m.): Season premiere!
CSI: NY (CBS, 9 p.m.): Night Court‘s John Larroquette guest stars as Deputy Chief of Manhattan Borough Detectives Ted Carver

SUNDAY, NOV. 7
The Simpsons (Fox, 7 p.m.): Glee‘s Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Amber Riley lend their voices to this musical-laced episode; and at 8 p.m., “Treehouse of Horror XXI”: The 21st annual installment of the animated series’ much-anticipated Halloween special, which features guest voicing from Harry Potter‘s Daniel Radcliffe and House‘s Hugh Laurie
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC, 8 p.m.): Australian pop star Kylie Minogue shows up
Undercover Boss (CBS, 9 p.m.): Undercover with Tom Ricketts, the owner of the Chicago Cubs
Brothers & Sisters (ABC, 10 p.m.): Full Metal Jacket‘s John Terry first appears as Dr. Karl, a fellow radio host and love interest for Nora

MONDAY, NOV. 8
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Interview with Michael Jackson’s mother and father, Katherine and Joe, as well as the late superstar’s three children, Prince, Paris, and  “Blanket” at Hayvenhurst, the family’s home in Encino, Calif.
House (Fox, 8 p.m.): Joan of Arcadia and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn joins for the first of her multi-episode arc playing Martha Masters, a brilliant but inexperienced third-year medical student
Matt Lauer Reports (NBC, 8 p.m.): The Today show anchor sits down for an hour-long news special with President George W. Bush concerning his memoir, Decision Points
No Ordinary Family (ABC, 8 p.m.): Cybill Shepherd appears as Stephanie’s hard-to-please mother, while Twilight‘s Jackson Rathbone guest stars as Trent, whose parents are the victims of a home invasion
Rules of Engagement (CBS, 8:30 p.m.): As a member of Jeff’s softball team, Less Than Perfect‘s Sara Rue guest stars alongside Joan Collins, who plays Russell’s mother, Bunny Dunbar
90210 (The CW, 9 p.m.): Pop star Joe Jonas plays himself and helps Adrianna boost her image by going as her date to a party

TUESDAY, NOV. 9
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): President George W. Bush discusses his memoir Decision Points; President H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush also appear from the Bush family summer estate in Kennebunkport, Maine
Glee (Fox, 8 p.m.): Coach Beiste (guest star Dot-Marie Jones) returns! Chord Overstreet (Sam) also returns as a guest stars
One Tree Hill (The CW, 8 p.m.): Tony Gonzalez of the Atlanta Falcons appears in a cameo role; Desperate Housewives‘ Sharon Lawrence guest stars
Running Wilde (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): David Cross guest stars
The Good Wife (CBS, 10 p.m.): Michael J. Fox guest stars as attorney Louis Canning, a brilliant but disabled lawyer who uses his condition to sway a jury; High Fidelity‘s Lili Taylor appears as Donna Seabrook, a former friend of Kalinda’s who is now sharing secrets with Blake
Parenthood (NBC, 10 p.m.): William Baldwin returns

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10
Country Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.): Another night of country stars from ABC! Hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood and featuring the first-ever performance from Gwyneth Paltrow and Vince Gill together; Miranda Lambert, Sheryl Crow, Zac Brown Band, Alan Jackson, and many more also perform
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 8 p.m.): Battle of the sexes returns as the chefs serve two special guests: restaurateur Josiah Citrin and NFL quarterback Matt Cassel
Criminal Minds (CBS, 9 p.m.): Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland guest stars as 1950s film actress, Kay, while Heroes‘ Robert Knepper appears as her devoted son, Rhett
Hellcats (The CW, 9 p.m.): Musical guest FeFe Dobson performs
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 10 p.m.): Major Dad‘s Gerald McRaney guest stars

THURSDAY, NOV. 11
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Marie Osmond talks about the loss of her son, Michael, for the first time
The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.): Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Wil Wheaton guest stars
$#*! My Dad Says (CBS, 8:30 p.m.): Two and a Half Men‘s Missi Pyle guest stars as Vince and Bonnie’s boss, Katie
30 Rock (NBC, 8:30 p.m.): Mad Men‘s John Slattery guest stars
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 9 p.m.): 24 alum Peter MacNicol guest stars as the new pediatrics attending, Dr. Phil Stark
The Apprentice (NBC, 10 p.m.): Kim Kardashian appears

FRIDAY, NOV. 12
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Second of two-part event featuring Tyler Perry and 200 men who are stepping up to speak out about the trauma of their childhood sexual abuse (the first part aired Friday, Nov. 5)
Smallville (The CW, 8 p.m.): Desperate Housewives‘ Teri Hatcher guest stars as Ella Lane, Lois’ mother

SUNDAY, NOV. 14
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC, 8 p.m.): Country music stars Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and LeAnn Rimes pitch in
The Cleveland Show (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): David Lynch shows up as a guest voice
Desperate Housewives (ABC, 9 p.m.): John Schneider and Nancy Travis appear as Keith’s parents, who are invited to Thanksgiving at Bree’s house
American Dad (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): Heroes‘ Hayden Panettiere guest voices a role as Ashley, the new girl in school who invites Steve over while her parents are out of town

MONDAY, NOV. 15
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Whoopi Goldberg appears to discuss the Oscar-winning film, The Color Purple, that she stared in with Oprah on its 25th anniversary
Chuck (NBC, 8 p.m.): Saturday Night Live alum Rob Riggle, Dr. Kildare‘s Richard Chamberlain, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Summer Glau guest star
House (Fox, 8 p.m.): Amber Tamblyn (see House entry for Monday, Nov. 8), Dylan Baker, Cynthia Watros, and Devon Woods all guest star
How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8 p.m.): Robin’s alter-ego Robin Sparkles returns! Pussycat Dolls leader Nicole Scherzinger appears as Robin’s old pal Jessica Glitter; and Alan Thicke returns as himself
The Event (NBC, 9 p.m.): Into the Wild‘s Hal Holbrook guest stars
Castle (ABC, 10 p.m.): Lyle Lovett guest stars as a mysterious government agent intent on shutting down an investigation

TUESDAY, NOV. 16
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Barbra Streisand will appear to perform and discuss her passion for design
Glee (Fox, 8 p.m.): Gwyneth Paltrow guest stars as a substitute teacher for Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) and takes over both the glee club and his Spanish classes
Life Unexpected (The CW, 9 p.m.): Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Emma Caulfield and Parenthood‘s Krista Allen guest star
The Good Wife (Fox, 10 p.m.): iCarly‘s Miranda Cosgrove appears as a teen star who is accused of attempted murder after a night of underage drinking
Parenthood (NBC, 10 p.m.): William Baldwin guest stars

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17
America’s Next Top Model (The CW, 8 p.m.): Down to the final four girls!
Human Target (Fox, 8 p.m.): Season premiere!
Hellcats (The CW, 9 p.m.): Dance legend Debbie Allen directs!
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 9 p.m.): The amuse-bouche challenge!
The Defenders (CBS, 10 p.m.): Rapper Lil’ Romeo and Soul Food‘s Rockmond Dunbar guest star as rappers “Killa Diz” and “Bounce”

THURSDAY, NOV. 18
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (ABC, 8 p.m.): An hour of magic from Charlie Brown, featuring the classic A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, followed by bonus cartoon from Charles M. Schulz, This is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers, at 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, NOV. 19
20/20 (ABC, 10 p.m.): Cynthia McFadden interviews superstar Cher in anticipation of her latest movie, Burlesque

SUNDAY, NOV. 21
2010 American Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.): Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Christina Aguilera, Bon Jovi, Pink, and Usher are all set to perform
The Cleveland Show (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): Niecy Nash guest voices
Family Guy (Fox, 9 p.m.): Bill Maher guest voices as himself
American Dad (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): Jason Alexander guest voices as a counselor Stan and Francine go to see

MONDAY, NOV. 22
Chuck (NBC, 8 p.m.): Dr. Kildare‘s Richard Chamberlain guest stars
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8 p.m.): Season finale, part one! The final three couples perform
House (Fox, 8 p.m.): Cynthia Watros returns as a guest star
Skating with the Stars (ABC, 9 p.m.): Season premiere, starring a cast that includes All My Children‘s Rebecca Budig, Bethenny Getting Married? star Bethenny Frankel, skier Jonny Moseley, rocker Vince Neil, Sonny With a Chance‘s Brandon Mychal Smith, and Blade Runner‘s Sean Young

TUESDAY, NOV. 23
Glee (Fox, 8 p.m.): Carol Burnett guest stars as Sue’s “Nazi-hunting mother”
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 9 p.m.): Season finale, part two! One couple will be crowned the Mirror Ball Champions
Raising Hope (Fox, 9 p.m.): Greg Germann and Valerie Mahaffey guest star as Hope’s other grandparents, Dale and Margine
Running Wilde (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer guest stars as a powerful magazine editor

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24
The Middle (ABC, 8 p.m.): Saturday Night Live alum Norm MacDonald shows up for Thanksgiving as Mike’s brother Rusty
The Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special (NBC, 8:30 p.m.): New holiday special from DreamWorks Animation featuring the Kung Fu Panda
The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now? (NBC, 9 p.m.): Catch up with your favorite past contestants in this special
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 9 p.m.): Contestants must serve their signature dish to the downtown L.A. lunch crowd from the city’s infamous food trucks

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Demi Lovato: Details of the Fight that Sent Her to Treatment - People Magazine

What really caused Demi Lovato to enter treatment?

The catalyst was a fight between the 18-year-old Disney Channel star and a dancer on the Jonas Brothers world tour, but the problem started the night before, a source close to the singer's family tells PEOPLE.

"As she did on most nights off, Demi invited her band, dancers and her parents to dinner," says the source. "Afterward, she broke off with a very small group."

The following day, tour managers and Lovato's stepfather, Eddie De La Garza, questioned the group's conduct. According to a source close to the situation, the group had been partying.

"When tour management found out about this, they talked to the people involved, including Demi," says the source. "Demi reacted badly and perceived that someone on tour had told on her."

When Lovato and other tour members were on an airplane that same day, Lovato confronted a young dancer, whom she thought might have been the one to blame for telling on her. "There was a short, physical altercation," says the source, adding that it was "one-sided."

"Afterwards, Demi felt awful about her behavior and realized she needed to take personal responsibility for it," says the family source. "Because of this, and because of the battles Demi has fought throughout her life, both she and her family realized she needed to take steps to get help immediately."

The singer-actress "decided to seek medical care for her physical and emotional issues at a treatment center," says the source, adding, "she is not in drug rehab."

Contrary to published reports, Twilight star Ashley Greene, who is dating Lovato's ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas, "played no role in this," says a source close to the situation. Nor did the Jonas Brothers. "They were not involved in the incident," says another source.

Adds a rep for Greene, "There was never an issue between Ashley and Demi, and there is no truth to any rumors about a conflict."

• With reporting by ANNE MARIE CRUZ

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‘Dancing With the Stars’ reunion show helps ABC stay strong opposite Fox baseball

Image Credit: Adam Larkey/ABCABC’s special two-hour reunion show of Dancing With the Stars helped ABC to stay strong on Mondays, despite heavy competition from baseball on Fox. The network averaged 17 million, thanks to the Stars installment that featured visits from past contestants like Kristy Yamaguchi and Apolo Ohno. The show averaged 19.5 million and actually built half-hour to half-hour in viewers (from 18 million at 8 to 20.3 million at 9:30) It also gave another nice boost to Castle (11.7 million).

Still, there was no competing with the Giants and the Rangers: Fox won the night in the key 18-49 demographic with a 4.2 rating, while CBS tied ABC with a 3.6/9. NBC was third with a 2.0/5. Each 18-49 ratings point represents 1.3 million viewers.

Fox finished second for the night in viewers (14.9 million), followed by CBS (10.5 million) and NBC (5.4 million).

Three of CBS’s comedies were up in the demographic versus last week — How I Met Your Mother (3.7/10, up 16%, 9 million) Rules of Engagement (3.4/9, up 13%, 8.8 million) and Two and a Half Men (4.7/11, up 7%, 13.6 million). Mike & Molly, however, was down 3 percent to 3.6/9 and averaged 10.8 million (the result of that ridiculous item from the Marie Claire writer?) Hawaii Five-0 was up 7 percent to a 3.0/8 and averaged 10.5 million.

On NBC, Chuck was up 5 percent in the demo (2.0/5) but only averaged 5.4 million viewers from 8-9 p.m. The Women of Saturday Night Live also posted a 2.0/5 from 9-11 p.m. and averaged 5.3 million.

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Boris Kodjoe on NBC’s low-rated drama ‘Undercovers’: ‘We gotta keep trucking’

Image Credit: Justin Lubin/NBCNBC has yet to decide whether to commit to an additional nine episodes of Undercovers, the freshman spy drama starring Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw that’s only averaged 7.1 million viewers since September. Though other first-year shows like Chase and The Event have received full-season pickups, the fourth-place network has only ordered additional scripts of the J.J. Abrams series. But Kodjoe, who talked to EW while attending the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences Presents: Primetime TV Crimefighters in North Hollywood, CA on Monday, remains hopeful for a pickup. “Whenever people tune in, they love it. It’s been a weird season with no runaway hits. But our numbers are going up. That’s all we can wish for, and we just gotta keep trucking.”

Kodjoe says the producers have lots more in store for viewers. “We’re adding a little mythology. There are a lot of secrets that are going to be revealed, a bigger picture of why we actually went back to the CIA and stuff that we didn’t even know. I’ve read some of the scripts, and they’re incredible. There’s a lot more emphasis on the spy stuff. You know, mission, bang, bang, bang. Just get in and try to get the bad guy.” Abrams remains heavily invested in the drama, the actor added. “It’s his baby. He makes decisions everyday about plotlines, scripts and everything else, so he’s definitely… I can feel his presence everyday.”

Finally, Kodjoe hopes that Undercovers will stick around for other reasons – not just because it’s breaking ground by featuring two black leads. “I think it’s important that we add diversity to TV. Period. I’m sure there’s a lot of people rooting for the show because of that reason, but it’s about more than that. It’s about the quality of the show, and everybody loves it when they see it. So we’ll see.” - With reporting from Vlada Gelman

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ABC picks up 'No Ordinary Family,' 'Better With You' - USA Today

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'The Glades': Season 2 inside dish

Image Credit: Gene Page/A&E NetworkThe Glades star Matt Passmore promises the second season “might get a little darker” and “the danger might become a little more immediate” when the Floridian crime drama returns for a second season as early as the spring of 2011. The Australian actor plays Jim Longworth, a former Chicago cop who moves to a south Florida town and joins the state police.

Production on year two of the series, which first bowed on A&E in July, is expected to begin in March. “I think it’ll still keep the same voice. They found a really great voice for the show,” Passmore told EW while attending an TV Academy event in North Hollywood, CA this week. “I think there might be a couple of villains who can really fence with Jim one on one, so I think we might see some of that. And I think we’ll see some of the other characters on the show get really fleshed out like Colleen Manus (Michelle Hurd) and young Daniel (Jordan Wall).”

And what about the new romance between Jim and Callie (played by Kiele Sanchez)? “There will definitely be a rocky and bumpy road along the road of love,” the actor admits, in reference to the fact that Callie’s husband is behind bars. “We’re definitely going to deal with that whole situation of the husband in jail. Yeah, it’s going to get messy.”

The drama, which wrapped its first season on Sept. 26, broke records for the cable net by averaging 3.88 million. “I think word of mouth got the show even more popular. We always improved our audience,” says Glades co-star Carlos Gomez (Carlos Sanchez), who also attended the TV Academy event. “I think for the second season, A&E’s going to do a really great push on it. We’re going to elevate to a whole different level.”

Passmore says the Florida locale makes the cops-and-bad-guys stuff all the more fascinating. “I think it’s the only place in America where you can tackle a guy and cuff someone in a blazer and a T-shirt and still look good doing it with a bit of a blow wave. That’s what I’m going to try out for series two – the blow wave hair and a blazer,” he says. “Florida is just an open book for state on a story. It’s so eclectic. It’s so weird and beautiful and crazy. There’s so much money, and there’s so much not money. There’s so many different elements down there, it makes almost a cesspool for stories.” – With reporting from Vlada Gelman

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Christina Ricci chats with EW about her Broadway debut in ‘Time Stands Still’

Image Credit: John Lamparski/Getty ImagesAbout a month ago, Christina Ricci made her Broadway debut in the drama Time Stands Still, alongside Laura Linney, Eric Bogosian, and Brian d’Arcy James. Ricci very aptly plays the role of Mandy, the girlfriend-then-wife to Eric Bogosian’s Richard. (Alicia Silverstone originated the role in January.) The push-and-pull of Mandy is A) that she’s much younger and B) apparently much less intelligent than her romantic interest Richard (who she’s pictured with below). But it’s not as simple as that: As Melissa Rose Bernardo said in her A– review of the play, Mandy is “more than just a punchline,” and in many ways, Mandy represents the everyperson viewpoint versus the high-brow, overly cultured (and somewhat deluded) viewpoints of the show’s other three characters. Recently, Ricci—who is currently set to star in Time Stands Still through Jan. 23—phoned up EW.com to talk about just that — as well as why now was the perfect time for her Broadway debut, playing pregnant on stage, and how coincidental it is that she’s on the boards at the same time as The Addams Family, the franchise that originally helped her rocket to fame.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You’ve been a TV and movie star until now. What made now the right time for Broadway — and specifically Time Stands Still?
CHRISTINA RICCI: I’ve wanted to do it for a while, but I was just so scared of doing anything live for so long. But I think it’s one of those things that when I got older — I’m 30 now — I just grew out of it, that more crippling stage fright that I had when I was younger. So over the years, we’ve been looking for the right thing for me to do, and this came along, and my agent actually represents Laura, so she knew that there would be a part opening up. She knew that they were going to be holding auditions, so they sent me the play and I loved it.

Well, I certainly loved you in Time Stands Still, and I loved the play overall. But why do you love it?
I just loved the play so much, and I loved the character, too. I thought it’d be a great character for me to do, since I haven’t ever done anything like her before. I just didn’t feel as scared as I’ve felt before. And my agent knew how lovely Laura is, and knew that I would be in really, really good hands, which has turned out to be the greatest thing ever, because Laura couldn’t be a more wonderful person to work with. She loves theater, and she’s so gracious and amazing, and with the rehearsal period that we went through, I came in literally knowing nothing about how I was supposed to do this, and she was there for any questions that I had.

You said Mandy is a type of character you haven’t played before. How does she fit into the constellation of characters you have played?
I think the thing that I always try to do — because it piques my interest — is to play really different parts all the time. To me, it’s what’s fun about being an actress. So the idea that I would get to do something that people don’t necessarily think that I’m capable of — or that I don’t have that side to my personality — that’s really fun. And also, I kind of agree with Mandy in a lot of ways. I watch a million shows, and just like her, I’m like, “Stop taking pictures, call 911!”

Image Credit: Joan MarcusMandy is like the voice of the masses in a way — she says a lot of what people are thinking. The other three are sort of overly cultured, and Mandy brings this real-person point of view, which I really identified with. Do you agree?
That’s what’s so great about this play and why I think Donald [Margulies] does so well as a playwright. He has all of these characters concisely and eloquently represent different point of views and different choices that people make in life, and her character is outside of the world of art or politics. Because she’s younger, and because she doesn’t really know much about the world that they’re talking about, she has a much less jaded and much more objective view of the way that they’re living. I just relate to what she’s saying. I don’t think she really knows what she’s saying. Well, she does know what she’s saying, but I don’t think she would be able to identify that she’s pointing out the whole conflict of [whether] you have to suffer to be an artist, or can you be happy and be an artist, or is it more important to be happy than to be an artist, or is it more important to be an artist than to be happy? I think those are questions that people deal with, and her point of view is, Let’s do stuff that makes us happy. I understand that it can be seen as incredibly small-minded, but she’s sort of altruistic on a much more immediate level. I think one of the things that’s great about the play is that it is saying that everybody’s choices in life are valid, and however anybody chooses to live their life, what’s important is that they’re choosing things that make them happy and make their life worthwhile to them.

Have you contemplated what the title of the play might mean?
I don’t know; I think it could be a lot of things. It could be taking a snapshot of a moment of peoples’ lives or of Sarah’s life. We’re taking little moments of Sarah’s life that changed it or shaped it. Or it could be about how she feels when she takes her photos. All she does is live in the pictures, and maybe what he’s saying is that her choice in life is to live in that moment. There’s so many ways.

Your character Mandy is pregnant for a portion of the play. Uncomfortable?
It’s not so bad, really. They attach the fake belly onto one of those waist cincher things — like a Spanx-type corset. We just go up at intermission, and my dress is there, and they clip it on me and I’m pregnant. I was a little conscious of trying to remember that my sister had a baby almost two years ago, and I was trying to remember how she moved. I’ve never been pregnant, so you don’t want to have the belly on but be moving like you’re not pregnant, because in the scene where I am pregnant, I do move around a lot and pick up things.

But you have played pregnant before, right?
I have, actually. I was pregnant when I was 17 in The Opposite of Sex. I was pregnant in something else, but I can’t remember what it was.

Interesting point you make about having to know how to move while pregnant when you never actually have been pregnant.
Right, I think it’s so funny because I know that when I was 17, that thought did not cross my mind. When I was 17, I was probably like, “Whatever, do they move differently?” I had absolutely no respect for it at that age, and for that [film] I was pregnant in an entire movie! I can’t remember what it was, but I’m sure I’ve been pregnant since then. I wore a lot of corsets in my life, and I’ve found that it’s a similar thing, that I just can’t bend at the waist.

How odd is it that you’re debut on Broadway coincides with The Addams Family — a franchise that helped make you famous — being on Broadway?
I guess it does seem funny, but it feels like it’s a really, really different thing than the movie, so in some ways it feels very unrelated.

What’s next for you? More Broadway? Movies? TV?
I’m really open to everything. I love making movies — and now I’ve found that I love doing this also. Hopefully there will be more plays in my future, but I like TV, too. I’m one of those people who really like working, and I think it comes down to what you’re doing. When you’re doing something where you really like the material, it doesn’t matter what medium it’s in.

Do you sing at all? I was just thinking because if you continue to do stage stuff, there are always lots of singing projects.
I don’t. I mean, I sing. But I don’t think I’m a good enough singer to do any kind of musical. I think that’s for an especially strong voice and vocal talent, and I don’t think I have that.

More on Christina Ricci from EW.com:
Christina Ricci holds her own in re-opening of ‘Time Stands Still’ with Laura Linney
Stage Review: ‘Time Stands Still’

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25 best zombie movies ever

Robert Rodriguez's half of Grindhouse concerns a biochemical gas which, per the film's shlock-tastic trailer, has the side effect of ''terror!'' Well, that and turning people into bloodthirsty blobs of oozing jello.

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Kristin Davis may return to TV in ‘The Happiness Project’: Are you happy to see her again?

Image Credit: Solarpix/PR PhotosIs Charlotte York Goldenblatt returning to TV? NBC has picked up the comedy The Happiness Project and Davis is attached to star in the pilot. (This news comes the same day that New Line announced Davis will also appear in Journey to the Center of the Earth 2.) Happiness is based on the best-selling memoir by Gretchen Rubin in which she spent a year trying to improve her outlook on life using scientific studies, philosophy, and pop-culture wisdom. It goes without saying that this seems exactly the kind of project Charlotte would gravitate towards. Are you excited to (maybe) see Davis on TV again? How will she fare without her three partners-in-crime?

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Excess Hollywood: Robin Williams in talks for Broadway

Uh, Robin Williams, can’t find work in the movies, so he’s going the route of so many of his ilk: TV and Broadway.

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'Law & Order' Finds Real Handgun During Filming - ABC News

The discovery of a real gun brought real police officers to "Law & Order: Los Angeles" during location filming.

Series spokeswoman Pam Golum said the NBC crime drama was filming Wednesday in the Culver City area west of downtown Los Angeles when a cameraman spotted the weapon on a rock.

Los Angeles police spokeswoman Karen Rayner says the semiautomatic handgun was in working order. It will be test-fired, with the results logged for possible crime matches.

Skeet Ulrich and Corey Stoll, who star as detectives in the show, were on location for a scene in which they arrest a man for murder.

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Chelsea Handler lands an NBC comedy: Are you ready to see her Horizontal Life on the small screen?

Chelsea Handler is joining her fellow E! late-night host Joel McHale on the peacock network. Wait, Chelsea as Greendale’s new alcoholic professor?! Alas, we can only hope. But still, there’s good news! NBC has picked up the pilot Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, based on Handler’s popular memoirs.

The comedy will pull stories from each of the three books, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, and Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, and focus on the life of a 20-something woman who will closely resemble Handler herself, without having the profession of a comedian/author. Since Handler has already lived the hilarious situations that landed her on the best-sellers list, she’ll be working behind-the-scenes as executive producer, instead of in front of the camera, along with her Borderline Amazing partner Tom Brunelle, and Werner Entertainment’s Werner and Mike Clements. “The show will be mined from my books and allow me the creative control to put a younger actress in the situations I found myself in at 26, while I sit back, laugh, and not get arrested,” said Handler in a statement to EW.

So is Chelsea Handler the Candace Bushnell of the 21st century? (Call it the Carrie Curse, but it seems like any comedy about a professional single woman will always draw comparisons to Sex and the City). Those of you who’ve read Handler’s books know how rich in Not Suitable For Network TV material they are, so are you bummed at the thought of a possibly watered-down version of her antics? Or, are you the type that doesn’t flinch are the sounded of a dubbed “idiot” instead of you-know-what?

Handler, who has hosted Chelsea Lately since 2006, is currently working on After Lately, a Larry Sanders Show-style comedy based on her job as host of E!’s late night talk show, and was recently cast alongside Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, and Chris Pine in McG’s upcoming film This Means War.

Are we destined for a full-fledged Handler takeover, PopWatchers?

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‘Skating With the Stars’: And the contestants are…

Image Credit: Janet Mayer/PR Photos; Rick Stephens/PR Photos; PR Photos; Matthew Stockman/Getty Images; PR Photos; Koi Sojer/PR PhotosThe first contestants (or should we say victims?) of ABC’s upcoming Skating With the Stars were announced tonight during Dancing With the Stars. They are:

Reality star Bethenny Frankel (The Real Housewives of New York City, Bethenny Getting Married?)Actress Sean Young (No Way Out, Wall Street)Actress Rebecca Budig (All My Children)Musician Vince Neil (lead singer of Mötley Crüe)Olympic skier Jonny MoseleyActor/rapper Brandon Mychal Smith (Sonny with a Chance)

ABC is expected to announce their professional skating partners within the next week (and an insider said they won’t necessarily be household names so don’t hold out for, say, a Brian Boitano or a Kristi Yamaguchi). Skating with the Stars will debut Nov. 22.

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‘Dancing with the Stars’ eliminated contestant: ‘We didn’t in any way embarrass ourselves’

Gee, haven’t we danced down this road before? Bristol Palin earned the lowest score Monday but remarkably, the teen activist and her partner Mark Ballas lived to see another day on Dancing with the Stars. Who went home instead on Tuesday? Find out after the jump:

Rick Fox and Cheryl Burke earned 37 out of a total 40 points for reinterpreting Helio Castroneves’ “Banana Man” quickstep with Julianne from season 5, but it wasn’t enough to convince those oh-so-unpredictable fans to keep the tall hunk and send a lower-scoring hoofer home instead. The ex-forward from the Los Angeles Lakers became the seventh contestant to leave ABC’s top-rated show.

Not surprisingly, Fox took the rejection with grace. “I’m flooded with memories of the past few months, all the joy we’ve had through the experience, and I think, wow,” he told EW afterwards. ”I’m still processing not being able to go forward, but it doesn’t take away from everything we’ve done. I’ve had an amazing time. I’ve got no regrets.”

Unlike some of his competitors, Fox said the grueling dance schedule hadn’t slowed him down. “My body about two weeks ago turned a corner and hit its stride. Would I get to a point where, like Jennifer Grey,  I would be exhausted? But I just felt more energized and really in a good place.”

Fox’s health was of particular concern to his family and girlfriend, actress Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse), who attended every performance of Stars. ”We’re both really happy that he didn’t get injured,” Dushku told EW exclusively after Tuesday’s show. “That was one of his big fears going into this because he ruptured his tendon, which ended his career. He’s had a really healthy attitude about it, for sure. He knows it’s a show and he wanted to fight for it and bring it every week, but if it were to end, it would end. I’m sure he’s gonna be disappointed in a way, but I also know how great he felt about his performance last night. He really got to show that sweet playful side, and he went out with a bang!

“He’s really transformed,” Dushku continued. “This is a guy who never in a million years would be able to go out there every week and yet he played a different role every week. We joked that it was his Dollhouse! Every week he was a different character. He did beautifully. His family and I were just really proud of him.

His performance was so impressive Monday that fellow dancers like Grey expressed shock afterwards that he was eliminated, though her partner Derek Hough understood why fans wanted to keep someone like Palin around, instead - even with her low scores. “It doesn’t surprise me that she is still here. You root for her, you can’t help it. I think she’s more surprised than anybody else, to be honest. Her face was, `what??’”

Burke echoed Hough’s comments about Stars still being more of a popularity contest rather than a dance competition. “People relate and grow to love each personality,” said Fox’s partner. ”I don’t think viewers really know how to judge dancing. If you don’t dance yourself, it’s hard to really see what’s wrong  and what’s right. It’s about your packages they see beforehand and if you’re relatable. At the end of the day, people will vote for who they want to see stay in the competition.”

Speaking of those packages, Laker coach Phil Jackson appeared in one, in which he implored Fox to outlast ex-NFL quarterback Kurt Warner. Will Jackson and the team be bummed? “I think if they watched, they would be proud,” Fox said. “We didn’t in any way embarrass ourselves. And I can say this –  not everyone’s a Lakers fan.”

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Lil Wayne To Be Released From Prison Early Thursday, Drake Says - MTV.com

The long wait for Lil Wayne is almost over. The superstar MC's protégé Drake announced Wednesday (November 3) via Twitter that the Young Money/Cash Money head will be a free man early Thursday.

"Between the hours of 1 - 2am ...WEEZY IS COMING HOME," Drizzy tweeted. Two different sources close to the rapper maintain that Weezy will be released early Thursday.

Weezy began serving a prison bid at New York's Rikers Island in March stemming from a 2007 gun arrest after a concert at Manhattan's Beacon's Theatre.

On Tuesday, the superstar lyricist penned a final letter for fans as he prepared to return home and back to the music game.

"As I greet you all in my last days on this island, I must reflect," Wayne began his post on WeezyThanxYou.com. "I think back to when I first arrived and I had no clue what I'd be experiencing. I was never scared, worried, nor bothered by the situation. For that, I thank God, my family, and you, my amazing fans. I prayed for you all every night, as I'm now aware that I was in y'alls prayers as well."

Speculation about Weezy's post-prison plans has reached a fever pitch. His family has suggested an intimate celebration with all of his children is in the works.

"[Wayne's daughter Reginae] said that she wanted to celebrate her birthday when her dad comes home," Wayne's ex-wife Antonia "Toya" Carter told MTV News. "She just wanted to get all her siblings together along with me, Lauren [London], Nivea, Sarah, everybody with her dad and just celebrate her birthday. We were all just gonna go to Miami or whatever and just spend some time with him, 'cause he's been gone for a while and she misses him like crazy. I will feel complete again when he comes home, 'cause it's like a lot of weight was shifted on me. She took it so hard, because her and her father have this great relationship and she's not able to talk to him when she wants to all the time. It kinda bothered her for a while, so it's gonna be a big relief. We all gonna be so happy when he comes home."

Drake recently hinted that the MC could make a surprise appearance at the Toronto hip-hop star's upcoming Light Dreams and Nightmares tour stop Saturday in Las Vegas.

"I would just advise you to book a ticket out there. If you can get tickets to that show on the 6th, I would strongly advise it," Drizzy told MTV News.

Stick with MTV News throughout the weekend for up-to-the-minute reports on Lil Wayne's prison release as we follow him from Rikers Island to his celebrations at home and beyond. Follow us on Twitter @MTVNews for instant updates and bookmark weezywatch.mtv.com for complete, round-the-clock coverage.

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Scoop: Sheen's wife says she feels 'betrayed' - San Francisco Examiner

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Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara talk possible ‘Entourage’ movie and ‘Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit’

Image Credit: Todd Williamson/WireImage.comThe eighth and final season of Entourage won’t be airing until next summer, but you can still get your fix of Turtle, Drama, and expensive cars this holiday season. Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrera will appear in a series of commercials for the new racing game, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit that will play off of their Entourage characters’ “frenemies” dynamic. They play a pair of valets at the W Hotel in Hollywood who park expensive cars by day, but race them (in the game) by night.

We caught up with them on the set of the commercial at the W Hotel in Hollywood, where they discussed gaming, the next season, and rumors of an Entourage movie. Check out the commercial, and their comments, after the jump.

One of the questions foremost on my mind, having just finished the seventh season of Entourage, was simply: What happened to Turtle? Typically seen with his butt on the couch, an Xbox controller in hand, a joint in his mouth, and a get-rich-quick scheme in his back pocket, we saw Turtle clean up this season — running a business, staying away from drugs, and down at least a t-shirt size. Ferrara, however, said Turtle’s change is to be expected: “I think it’s kind of always been in the works for a while, not just with my character but with everyone’s character, you know there has to be a certain kind of evolution.”

Although Turtle put down the controller in season 7, both Ferrara and Dillon are avid gamers. The two clash regularly on Xbox Live over games like Call of Duty and Medal of Honor. They both agree that Ferrara is the more accomplished gamer, but Dillon has an excuse: “He doesn’t have kids! He grew up with the thing in his hands…I had to go through all these different (gaming systems).”

Things turned sentimental, however, when the pair began discussing the eighth and final season of Entourage. “It’s sad. It’s a bit of a bummer, but you know, everything’s gotta come to an end and it’s been a hell of a run, it’s been a lot of fun. I’m going to miss the characters, I’m going to miss playing Drama,” said Dillon. I’ll join them in their sentiment — at its best, the show was uncomplicated, quick-witted fun, like watching the cool kids in school run around a playground, except, in this case, they’re grown men and the playground is Hollywood. There’s really no replacement for those of us who are invested in the show.

So will the series finale be followed up with that rumored Entourage movie? Dillon and Ferrara were both quiet on the topic of a possible big-screen adaptation, with Dillon saying  “We’d like it to happen, but right now it’s just a rumor.” But there’s plenty of interest in doing a film, according to Dillon. “We would be [interested]. All the actors, I know, would be.”

As for what the movie might look like, Dillon’s demands are simple. “It’d be nice to have an unlimited budget.”

What do you think? Will you be setting your PopWatches in anticipation of an Entourage film?

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Cheryl Burke: Viewer complacency may be behind 'Dancing' ouster - Reality TV World

By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 11/03/2010

Cheryl Burke believes home viewer complacency may be the reason why she and former NBA basketball player Rick Fox were eliminated from Dancing with the Stars despite posting their best scores of the season and finishing tied for third place on the judges' leaderboard during Monday night's performance show.

"You never think that -- You just, you know, you hope for the best; you hope that people are voting. I think we may have gotten lost in the pack and people may have thought that we were going to be safe and maybe not voted for us that night, Burke told Good Morning America during a Wednesday morning interview with Fox.

"But that just shows you you really need to vote, that every vote counts."

Burke said it's important to vote because she believes all of the season's remaining dance couples seem to be neck and neck at this point of the competition, and surprises are bound to keep happening.

"I think it's going to be close; I think that's what makes this season so exciting. There's no clear frontrunner, so everyone just needs to vote for whoever you think should make the finals," Burke said.

"Or they may go home," Fox added.

The former NBA basketball player also agreed the five couples left on the show all deserve to be there, which adds to the competition's appeal.

"I know I have my enjoyment in regards to watching my fellow contestants perform. They're all great -- they're all warranted to be at where they're at right now in this competition. I'm looking forward to seeing it go down to the wire," Fox said.

Despite having been eliminated from Dancing with the Stars, Fox said he is thrilled with what he has gained and taken away from the show. 

"Well this experience as a whole is something that you can't put into words when you begin, because you have no expectations -- you have no understanding fully of what is going to be asked of you. You know you got to learn how to dance -- you're going to get to meet a partner who is great at dancing, but as I look out over the last seven weeks, I think about the relationship I have with my daughter has grown," Fox explained.

"She loves the show; she has always watched since second grade, but she got to come to the show and see her dad dance instead of me driving her to dance practice for the first time in her life -- and then -- just as a partner with my girlfriend -- getting to know each other through this pressured situation, as supportive as she was, I got to see her be the loving partner that I know she is."

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Hip-Hop Experts React To George Bush's Kanye Comments - MTV.com

By Alvin Blanco

Like Bill Clinton and Lil Wayne, George Bush cares what Kanye West has to say.

In an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, Bush relayed that the lowest point of his presidency was in 2005 when, during a live benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims on NBC, West broke from the script and told the world “George Bush does not care about Black people.”

"I resent it, it's not true, and it was one of the most disgusting moments of my presidency," Bush told Lauer.

Bush’s tenure as Commander in Chief was controversial for a number of reasons—including the war in Iraq and the economic crisis—but most intriguing was the former President’s commentary admitting that while he was the leader of the free world, was worried about what West, a humble rapper/producer from Chicago, had to say.

Here’s what a selection of esteemed hip-hop journalists and bloggers had to say about the 41st president’s admission, beginning with his “of course I’m not a racist” pleas.

“Kanye is in the news again?" asked Andreas Hale, Editor-in-Chief of TheWellVersed.com. “In all seriousness, Bush mentioning Kanye today does nothing but help him promote My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and make Bush look like a crybaby. Kanye is now two for two when it comes to Presidents speaking his name, not too bad in my book. As for Bush being disgusted with Kanye calling him a racist? I think G.W. is hard of hearing. Kanye said he doesn't care about Black people. But if the shoe fits ... ”

A president realizing an artist’s existence—especially considering the fact that Kanye West’s outburst came during a live television program with an audience of millions—is not surprising. It’s just that, well, surely more important issues came across his Oval Office desk.

“When I think of disgusting moments during the George Dubya Bush presidency I think of wild WMD goose chases, a war in Iraq, the World Trade Center attack on 9/11, the economic downturn, unemployment rising and poor people getting poorer and the wealthy getting wealthier, not Kanye West's comment,” says Timmhotep Aku, Editor of Aol’s TheBVX.com. “George Jr. needs to get his priorities straight and if he were really that outraged he'd gone out of his way to his way to prove Kanye wrong. But, like he responded to Matt Lauer when asked about the statement and getting heat for it, he ‘don't care.’ ”

Disdain at Bush’s concern about one man’s remarks in lieu of the nation’s ills was a common thread.

“That quote, that completely idiotic quote just wrapped a nice little bow on top of the crappy presidency that was George W. Bush,” says Kazeem Famuyide, Online Editor of The Source. “Blowing it on 9-11 when there were multiple warnings, watching thousands of bodies float away and die in New Orleans, that big ass "Mission Accomplished" spectacle, not finding Osama bin Laden yet, wasting money and lives in Iraq (stop me at any time) wasn't the worst—it was a rapper saying you didn't care about black people. That was his low point?”

While Bush’s concerns seem quizzical at best, the fact that Kanye West is still on his mind can be considered a win for hip-hop.

“My initial thoughts about Dubya's delayed-reaction to Kanye West's 2005 comments were [to be] proud,” said Jake Paine, Editor-in-Chief of HipHopDX.com. “Hip-Hop was heard, finally. More than ever before, our artists and our voices are impacting mainstream culture to the point where a U.S. President can be affected by something we say. If only Bush-41 could have heard Chuck D, or Ronald Reagan could have heard Ice-T. What Kanye West did was meaningful to anybody who was angered by America's leadership at that time, and it was a lot more poised than throwing a shoe.”

At the time of West’s commentary he had just released his third album, Late Registration. So while West was already one of hip-hop’s biggest stars, the weight of his words can be considered an early hint of his rise to pop culture ubiquity.

“The first thing I thought after reading Bush's comment, was how much of an impact Kanye has gained over the years,” said Carl Chery, Executive Editor at BET.com. “It makes ‘Power’ that much more significant. Of all the things Bush has had to deal with during his time in office, from going down as one of the presidents with the lowest approval rates in history to the country's plummeting economy, you'd think Kanye was the least of his worries. But here we are five years later and he says he resented ‘Ye's comment then and does now.”

In the case of this Kanye West vs. George Bush Jr. non-debacle, the power of words could not be more evident.

The full interview is set to air November 8 on NBC as a part of an evening telecast billed "Matt Lauer Reports." Bush is promoting his forthcoming book "Decision Points."

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Gwyneth Paltrow Takes On Cee-Lo Hit For 'Glee' - Access Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

Cee-Lo Green’s “F**k You” became an international hit online over the summer, and now the catchy tune is getting covered – by Gwyneth Paltrow on “Glee.”

A rep for the show confirmed to Access Hollywood on Wednesday that the Oscar-winner covers the song by the Atlanta crooner during her guest appearance as a substitute teacher on the FOX show.

Instead of singing “F**k You,” however, Gwyneth will sing “Forget You,” the rep noted.

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Cory Monteith said Gwyneth also takes part in a major dance scene.

“We shot one of the best dance numbers ever!” Cory told Access Hollywood in late October. “It was amazing.”

Cory, who plays Finn Hudson on the show, said just being around the superstar was a thrill.

“I’m in like, the background or whatever, my name is not completely mud,” he laughed. “I’m just in the background. I’ll take it! I’m like dancing around with Gwyneth Paltrow!”

In addition to her appearance on “Glee,” Gwyneth is also set to make her live singing debut on the 44th annual Country Music Awards later this month. She also sings in her upcoming film “Country Strong,” starring Tim McGraw, Leighton Meester and “Tron Legacy’s” Garret Hedlund.” The film will be released on December 22.

A rep for “Glee” was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Access Hollywood.

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Miley Cyrus Is Not Taking Sides in Her Parents' Divorce - People Magazine

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Miley Cyrus won't get in the middle of her parents' divorce.

"Miley is not taking any sides on this. She has been upset recently," a source close to the singer tells PEOPLE.

"She's trying to keep everything private while her family works through this," the source says.

In divorce papers filed by Billy Ray Cyrus on Oct. 26, the country singer seeks to share custody of the three minor children he has with wife Tish: Miley, who turns 18 on Nov. 23; Braison, 16; and Noah, 10. (The pair also have two older children Trace, 21, and Brandi, 23).

Tish, 43, headed to Nashville from her L.A. home earlier this week, while Billy Ray, 49, was in Indianapolis on Monday night to sing the national anthem for the NFL's Monday Night Football Colts vs. Texans game.

Next up for Miley: a trip to Madrid this week in anticipation of her performance at MTV's European Music Awards on Sunday.

• Reporting by MICHELLE TAN

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Excess Hollywood: USA orders three new pilots

The BBC had a show set in a hotel, Hotel Bablyon, that was pretty good. If Eden is anything like that, I’ll tune in.

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Save ‘Caprica’ campaign will bombard Syfy with apples

Image Credit: SyFyCaprica is a family melodrama about robots, religion, big business, virtual reality, immigrant space-gangsters, and a sport called Pyramid that plays like Rugby crossed with Calvinball. For some reason, this did not resonate with the public at large, and the Battlestar Galactica spin-off/prequel was canceled last week. But fandom springs eternal, and the “Save Caprica” campaign has announced a plan to attack the Syfy offices with apples (a reference to the show’s original advertising). This is reminiscent to the famous “Peanuts” incident, when fans of Jericho bombarded CBS with peanuts. That campaign actually succeeded. Will the Caprica apples sway Syfy? And should Caprica be saved?

To answer the first question: Probably not. Syfy has already committed to another Battlestar Galactica spin-off that might as well be called Battlestar Galactica: All the Space Battles and Killer Robots You Missed on Caprica. Caprica is an expensive show to produce, and it looks a bit out of place on a network that now favors frothy fare like Warehouse 13 and Eureka. (You could argue that Caprica was more of an AMC show. Heck, you could argue that Caprica is Rubicon with hats.)

Which brings us to the more interesting question: Does Caprica really deserve be saved? Don’t get me wrong — I’m a fan of the show. The pilot was an eye-popping brain teaser, and the midseason finale literally sent me into semi-religious ecstasy that my therapist and I are still working out. But Caprica always had problems. Brilliant supporting players like Patton Oswalt’s Baxter Sarno regularly stole the show from the main characters. Paula Malcomson literally spent the first half of the season lying on a couch smoking cigarettes.

You could always count on Caprica for an intriguing cocktail of ideas, but I don’t know if all those ideas ever quite cohered. Much as I wanted Caprica to bring it all together in season 1.5, there’s a part of me that felt like the cancellation was a mercy-killing. What do you think, PopWatchers? Will you join up with the Apple Brigade? Are you ready to move on to Blood & Chrome? Or is this all just too much Battlestar for you?

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Demi Lovato: Bullied before?

Image Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic.comWhen 18-year-old Demi Lovato announced that she was leaving her support slot on the Jonas Brothers tour in order to “seek medical treatment for emotional and physical issues she has dealt with for some time,” many young fans of the star of Disney’s Camp Rock movies and its popular TV series Sonny with a Chance were saddened to hear it, but few in the press seemed surprised.

Perhaps it’s because, depressingly, her trajectory is so much more the rule in Young Hollywood than the exception. As much as we have numbed ourselves to the morbid tabloid tales and True Hollywood Stories of child-star flameouts, we tend to forget how much their subjects are, in fact, actual children.

We follow their romantic lives (Lovato’s split from Joe Jonas earned heavy ink earlier this year), critique their clothes (too slutty!) and their weight (anorexic! too chunky!), and often gleefully forecast their doomed adulthood before they’ve even had a chance to earn their driver’s licenses—while failing to connect it to how utterly vulnerable and insecure every one of us felt at that same age, on our own much smaller and more private stage.

When I interviewed Demi two years ago in New York City (click to see the full feature, Demi Levato: Meet Disney’s New Princess), she was a girl on the verge—riding the crest of the first Camp Rock‘s success and preparing to release her first pop album, which debuted at no. 2 on the Billboard charts the week after our story ran. But despite her sweet, strenuously friendly demeanor and the professed support of her then-best friend and fellow Disney star Selena Gomez, she already seemed markedly distressed by the negative attention that came with her success.

As the paparazzi who flooded EW’s downtown set lurked outside her dressing-room trailer, she spoke of being so antagonized by peers following her early TV appearances that ”I asked to leave public school,” she said. ”I was kind of bullied. I had a hate wall in the bathroom, and everyone signed a petition that said ‘We all hate Demi Lovato.”’

After the release of Camp Rock, she elicited a new kind of resentment, for her presumed closeness to co-star (and back then, platonic friend) Joe Jonas: ”Imagine being new to Disney, ‘and your first big job is being the romantic interest of one of the biggest heartthrobs on the channel. Any girl that is a friend of the Jonas Brothers gets hate mail and is automatically suspected as a girlfriend.” An apparent YouTube feud instigated by alpha girl Miley Cyrus seemed like more of the same, Mean Girls-style malice played out in the giant echo chamber of online forums and internet gossip sites.

Bullying, despite its recent sharp uptick in national awareness, is clearly not the only cause of Lovato’s troubles; parenting, circumstance and personal psychology have often already formed each individual’s reaction to the klieg-light blast of early-access fame. But Hollywood is a brutal place even for those who enter it fully grown, and for every Drew Barrymore-style tale of child-star redemption, there are so many more without happily-ever-afters. It’s sad that Demi Lovato, however the arc of her own story plays out, is neither the first nor the last; she’s just the latest in a long and dismayingly familiar line.

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20 of YOUR fave TV imports

''My absolute favorite foreign series has to be Skins from the U.K. It's smart, funny, and dramatic, and it is an honest portrayal of teenage life.'' —NickyB

''The teens on that show are hands down the most damaged and resilient kids on TV right now. Somehow the show is over-the-top and real and honest at the same time.'' —alibnyc

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more Facebook evolves to stay on top of social web Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

San Francisco Chronicle October 24, 2010 04:00 AM Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Sunday, October 24, 2010

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In the past six months, Facebook Inc. has rolled out about 20 new features, services or partnerships covering a diverse spectrum of technologies, from photos to search to commerce.

But what they all share in common is the Palo Alto company's grand ambition: to make itself the foundation of the next online wave - the social web.

In that vision, everything we currently do online - communicate, search for information, make purchases - would be shaped by our social networks.

That is why Facebook is moving quickly to take advantage of how it has already "become ingrained in our everyday lives," said analyst Atul Bagga of the investment research firm Think Equity LLC.

Bagga cited one personal example - he now receives more birthday greetings on his Facebook wall than he used to get by e-mail, phone or greeting cards.

"Communications are moving more and more from e-mail to Facebook," Bagga said. "They want to be the plumbing of the Internet."

In just six years, Facebook has propelled social networking from being an online network of U.S. college students into an everyday habit for 500 million people of all generations around the world. The company says members spend 700 billion minutes each month on the site and that more than 1 million external websites are tied into its platform.

In one measure of how the company is intertwined with pop culture, the top box office draw this month was a movie about its origins.

Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg last week outlined a vision for how Facebook can benefit from a new generation of companies that make social networking part of their DNA.

Speaking at the introduction of a $250 million investment fund for social media entrepreneurs, Zuckerberg said his company wasn't going to get into the business of making video games, music or movies. Instead, he wants outside companies such as San Francisco's Zynga Game Network Inc. to prosper by plugging into the social network.

In areas like e-commerce, "we're not going to build warehouses, but I think we could deliver an exciting social e-commerce product," Zuckerberg said. "Our fundamental view is there are going to be social versions of apps that get built out over the next five years or so that are probably going to be disruptive to a lot of industries."

Zynga Chief Executive Officer Mark Pincus compared Facebook's role in the social web to the way telephone companies provide the underlying network for voice calls.

"I think of Facebook as the social dial tone beneath all of it," Pincus said.

Keep moving forward

So while Facebook is already hundreds of millions of members ahead of its direct competition, the company isn't content with sitting still.

Since April, Facebook has consistently grabbed headlines with its numerous announcements, which is notable since the company is still relatively small compared other Silicon Valley giants. Facebook has about 1,700 employees, compared with Hewlett-Packard's workforce of 300,000.

Some of the announcements have been minor tweaks requested by customers, such as making photos easier to view.

Others are major products, such as Places, a feature that encourages members to not only share their thoughts, but where they are located. Another new feature, Groups, gives members a way to narrow their overall circle of friends into smaller circles by interest.

Groups was born out of a recent 60-day "lockdown," sessions in which Facebook's 500 software engineers work long hours and weekends while focused on a new feature. In response to heavy privacy criticism, the company had a two-week lockdown that yielded new and simpler privacy settings in May.

But Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, the firm's director of engineering, said Facebook's furious pace of innovation isn't driven by the need to just produce more features at a faster rate.

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