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‘Vampire Diaries’ to add new gay character
HollywoodNews.com: After the announcement that “90210″ will be following “Glee”‘s lead in having one of the main male characters come out as gay, another popular CW show is following suit. Kevin Williamson, creator of “Vampire Diaries” and a supporter of GLSE (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network), reveals that[...]
Kristin Chenoweth talks “Glee,” new projects, faith
HollywoodNews.com: Kristin Chenoweth brought down the house as April in “Glee” and Glinda in “Wicked”, had an Emmy-winning role on “Pushing Daisies”, and famously called out Newsweek for homophobia–and now, she’ll continue her theatre-to-screen transition with ensemble drama “Promises Promises” this fall. In a new interview, Chenoweth discusses what’s next,[...]
Kara DioGuardi voted off ‘Idol,’ Aerosmith’s Tyler is up for the job
HollywoodNews.com: “American Idol,” like many companies during the recession, is cleaning house.
Kara DioGuardi is out as one of the judges and Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler is rumored to take her place.
“Idol” producers are shaking up the judges’ table in an effort to boost ratings, particularly with Simon Cowell’s departure.
TMZ.com nailed[...]
Jennifer Grey to play mother with difficult choice on House
HollywoodNews.com: Dirty Dancing‘s Jennifer Grey is slated for a guest role on ‘House,’ sources have confirmed.
The 50-year-old actress will play a character named Abbey, the mother of a baby girl with signs of a life-threatening illness, says Entertainment Weekly. In the episode, the team of diagnosticians attempt to unravel[...]
Breaking: Terrence Howard joins “Law & Order: Los Angeles”
By Fred Topel
hollywoodnews.com: Law & Order fans are still mourning the death of the 20-year-old crime show. Executive Producer Dick Wolf made an announcement to the Television Critics Association fall press tour to assure them the show’s creators are doing fine. To help expedite grieving, Wolf announced a major new[...]
The inside scoop on Season 4 of ‘Gossip Girl’
HollywoodNews.com: You know you love them: “Gossip Girl” producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz have been providing plenty of juicy details on the show’s upcoming season lately. Among the highlights:
Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) will return to party another day, but with a…limp? Says Savage: “”He has a cane and we[...]
’24′s’ Clayne Crawford joins HBO’s ‘All Signs of Death’
HollywoodNews.com: “24″ alumn Clayne Crawford has just landed himself a major role in the new HBO pilot entitled “All Signs of Death.”
The series is “based on Charlie Huston’s best-selling crime novel” and “revolves around a slacker-turned-crime scene cleaner (Ben Whishaw) who gets entangled in a murder mystery.” Crawford will play[...]
Ricky Gervais will not replace Steve Carell in U.S. version of “The Office”
HollywoodNews.com: Will Ricky Gervais replace Steve Carell on the U.S. version of “The Office,” and reclaim the role the thesp originally played in the U.K. series?
“Ricky Gervais? There’s no way,” Steve Carell told ABC News. “He doesn’t want to do that at all.”
The name of Gervais’ character in the BBC[...]
Ellen DeGeneres votes herself off ‘American Idol’
HollywoodNews.com: It’s coming soon. The big news about who’ll be the signature judge on “American Idol.”
In a sign that the time is nigh, Ellen DeGeneres has announced on Twitter: “Dim the lights … I’ve voted myself off American Idol.”
TMZ was reading her tweets.
The daytime talk show host claims that[...]
Showtime and CW day at the TV Critics Summer Press Tour
By Greg Hernandez
HollywoodNews.com: It’s my second day here at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
My posts are going to be a little off their usual schedule but there will be plenty of updates via Twitter throughout the day of what I see and hear.[...]
