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Sheila Kelley Joins the Cast of Lost

Natalie Abrams — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:08:00 -0500

L.A. Law's Sheila Kelley has been cast in a recurring role on Lost, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

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Kelley, 45, will play...

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Advocates for the Disabled Speak Out Against Glee's Wheelchair Episode

Natalie Abrams — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:57:00 -0500

In Wednesday's episode of Glee, the glee club members spend time in wheelchairs to get a feel for what their pal Artie (Kevin McHale) does on a daily basis. The story line has caught the attention of actors with disabilities and their advocates, according to The Associated Press.

Advocates see the casting of McHale, who is not disabled, as a lost chance for someone with an actual disability to get the role...

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Lawyer for Accused David Letterman Blackmailer Denies Extortion

Natalie Abrams — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:46:00 -0500

A lawyer for the CBS producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman says his client was only attempting to sell the Late Show host a screenplay, according to The Associated Press.

David Letterman felt "threatened" over extortion attempt

"There was no extortion. There was a screenplay for sale," Gerald Shargel, Robert J. Halderman's attorney, said in a statement outside of the courtroom. "There was a commercial transaction. Nothing more."

Despite Shargel asking that the case be dismissed...

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Full House's Jodie Sweetin Struggled with Alcohol, Meth

Gina DiNunno — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:07:00 -0500

Jodie Sweetin played the adorable, wisecracking Stephanie Tanner on the '80s sitcom Full House, but the former child star's real life has been considerably more dramatic. Sweetin stopped by TVGuide.com's studios to explain life as a "blackout drinker," how she got into meth, why her baby helped her turn things around and how her tell-all book — UnSweetined — helped her on the road to recovery.

Jodie Sweetin divorce details: "Our house is in foreclosure"

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Dancing's Maks: Judges Were A Lot Better

Maksim Chmerkovskiy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:20:00 -0500

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your comments again.

First, I want to close the chapter on the judges before getting into the dances. I felt like they were better Monday night and did not have the "insanity bug." I applaud them for sticking to the job requirements and giving some constructive criticism. Bruno is still heavily auditioning for something, but it was a lot better. I'm fine with all the gimmicks if there's a right balance with what they're supposed to do. The only thing that I don't understand is that Carrie Ann has shows where she does not point out one mishap everyone sees and then has shows where she points out the tiniest things that nobody sees, like what she did with Joanna in her paso doble. This is when you feel like she wasn't ready to give a 10. But overall, I thought their marks were OK and their comments were more productive and helpful. The funny thing is, I was backstage with a bunch of people and ...

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Leukemia

Joyce Eng — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:26:00 -0500

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is battling leukemia, and says his prognosis is "very good."

The retired Los Angeles Lakers center — the National Basketball Association's greatest all-time scorer — was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a rare blood and bone marrow cancer, last December.

"I heard the word 'leukemia,' and I thought ...

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Kim Kardashian: Kourtney's "Having a Hard Time" Handling Pregnancy Weight

Joyce Eng — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:05:00 -0500

Kourtney Kardashian is counting down the days until her baby boy arrives — because she can't wait to drop the baby weight.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star has gained 26 pounds during her pregnancy, but is "having a hard time" accepting the ...

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Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions Signs Deal with CBS

Joyce Eng — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:01:00 -0500

Robert De Niro's production company, Tribeca Productions, has inked a two-year deal with CBS Television Studios, Variety reports.

The two-time Oscar winner and his Tribeca co-founder, Jane Rosenthal, are working on three New York-based projects for ...

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Justin Timberlake Granted Restraining Order

Joyce Eng — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:00 -0500

Justin Timberlake has won a restraining order against an accused stalker.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III on Monday ordered Karen McNeil to stay away from the Grammy-winning singer for ...

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Trump, Omarosa Reunite for Dating Series

Joyce Eng — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:57:00 -0500

The Apprentice's infamous one-named villain, Omarosa, is looking for the one — with a little help from The Donald.

The ex-contestant (formerly known as Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth) will reunite with Donald Trump for a dating reality series called ...

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Judge Blocks Jennifer Lopez's Ex From Distributing Sex Movie

Joyce Eng — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:52:00 -0500

A judge has blocked Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband from releasing a proposed film featuring footage of their sex life, a rep for the Los Angeles Superior Court told TVGuide.com.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant issued the temporary order Monday against Ojani Noa, who has been shopping ...

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V: Sit Down with Visitors' Leader Morena Baccarin

Natalie Abrams — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:44:00 -0500

ABC's V has finally arrived and, boy, did the Visitors make one heck of a first impression. While most of the world puts their faith in these new alien friends, Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell) and others come to find out that they're not all they're "cracked up to be." Pulling the strings to keep their dirty little secret is Anna (Morena Baccarin), the Vs fearless and seemingly ruthless leader.

Watch full episodes of V in our Online Video Guide

TVGuide.com sat down with Baccarin to get the info on all things V, including the cliff-hanger in Episode 4, the last episode until 2010. She also teases the relationship between Anna and Chad (Scott Wolf), the natural occurrence of deaths on the new ABC series, and why Erica should be keeping an eye on Tyler (Logan Huffman)...

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ABC Picks Up More Forgotten; Passes on Additional Eastwick Episodes

Natalie Abrams — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:09:00 -0500

ABC has picked up five more episodes of The Forgotten, but the network did not order additional episodes of Eastwick, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Eastwick will finish production on the original 13-episode order, and ABC will...

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Melissa George to Guest on Lie to Me

Natalie Abrams — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0500

Melissa George will guest-star in at least two episodes of Fox's Lie to Me as an adversary for Tim Roth's character, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

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George (Grey's Anatomy, Alias) will play...

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Jensen Ackles and Danneel Harris Are Engaged

Natalie Abrams — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:21:00 -0500

Sorry, ladies. Jensen Ackles is off the market.

The Supernatural hunk and his longtime girlfriend, One Tree Hill star Danneel Harris are engaged, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

After dating for three years, the 31-year old actor and 30-year-old actress are planning to tie the knot...

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Jonas Brothers' Disney Channel Show Picked Up for Season 2

Natalie Abrams — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:12:00 -0500

The Disney Channel has picked up second season of Jonas, the comedy series starring Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas, the Network announced Monday.

"We couldn't ask for a more collaborative or creative partnership than we have with the Jonas Brothers — and the success of our first season of Jonas speaks for itself," said President of Entertainment Gary Marsh in a statement.

Watch full episodes of Jonas in our Online Video Guide

According to the announcement, the show will add...

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Dancing's Kathy Ireland to Have Knee Surgery

Natalie Abrams — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:22:00 -0500

Former Dancing with the Stars' contestant Kathy Ireland plans to have knee surgery after performing one last time in the reality competition's season finale, her rep confirmed to TVGuide.com.

Ireland first reported the surgery via her Twitter page. "The truth is...

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Pam Grier Joins Smallville as DC Villain

Natalie Abrams — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:26:00 -0500

The Smallville mythology is growing this season with the introduction of Agent Amanda Waller. The L Word star Pam Grier, who began in 1970s blaxploitation films, has taken on the role of the DC Comics villainess, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Who's returning to Smallville?

The 60-year-old Grier, whose career was revived by Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film Jackie Brown, will make her first appearance in...

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Runway's Gordana: I Knew I Would Get Kicked Off Regardless of What I Made

Gina DiNunno — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:25:00 -0500

After last week's museum-inspired challenge, many Project Runway fans were not too thrilled that the judges eliminated Gordana Gehlhausen even though her dress was believed to be one of the best designs on the catwalk. The 45-year-old designer told TVGuide.com that no matter what she made, she knew she wasn't going to Bryant Park "because that's how it was through the whole show for me."

Project Runway Rundown: Did Gordana deserve to go?

Find out what she had to say about Tim Gunn's initial expression toward her gown, how she used a microwave to create the garment's texture and why she hopes to inspire others.

5 reasons why Project Runway may have lost its style

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Tiffani Thiessen Is Pregnant

Gina DiNunno — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:29:00 -0500

Saved By the Bell and Beverly Hills, 90210 star Tiffani Thiessen is expecting her first child next May with actor-husband Brady Smith.

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"We are over the moon!" ...

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Secret Life Stars Encourage Teens to Help Fight Hunger

Gina DiNunno — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:59:00 -0500

The Secret Life of the American Teenager cast is teaming up with the youth-driven, non-profit organization DoSomething.org to launch the "Feed the Need" campaign, encouraging young people to fight hunger in their communities.

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In their first national PSA (click here to watch), Secret Life cast members Shailene Woodley, India Eisley ...

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Dancing's Maks Hopes Judges Won't Have "Insanity Bug" This Week

Maksim Chmerkovskiy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:25:00 -0500

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a great weekend. Thank you for all of your comments last week! It was great to see your responses. Honestly, I'm so tired of superficial stuff and I felt like I needed to say what was on my mind and I'm glad I did.

The whole situation reminds me of ESPN or a sports network. They're amazing, but there are so many people that are talking generically. You watch a game and the "analysts" are like: "Well, if the quarterback would throw the ball more accurately, then they would have better success at catching it." OK, really? Thanks for telling me that. This kind of stuff they do a lot and once in a while you get somebody who can actually formulate thoughts and actually talk about things honestly and intellectually ...

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VIDEO: Alan Thicke Has Advice for Fathers — and Mother

Joyce Eng — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:19:00 -0500

Alan Thicke is all about dispensing words of wisdom these days.

The Growing Pains alum will again add a little sparkle to Monday's episode of How I Met Your Mother, returning to play "the role I was ...

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Lautner, Swift Remain Coy About Relationship

Douglas J. Rowe — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:16:00 -0500

Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift have been having fun with the stories that speculate about whether they're dating but they're not confirming anything ...

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The Practice's Marla Sokoloff Marries

Gina DiNunno — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18:00 -0500

The Practice star Marla Sokoloff has tied the knot with musician Alec Puro.

See who else got hitched

Sokoloff, 28, and Puro, a drummer with the band Deadsy, married Sunday evening in front of ...

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Dennis Hopper Starts Experimental Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Gina DiNunno — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:06:00 -0500

Though it was revealed last month that Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer, the 73-year-old actor says he's been battling the disease for nine years and has started an experimental treatment.

Dennis Hopper diagnosed with prostate cancer

''It has great promise,'' Hopper told The Associated Press of the remedy he's receiving from the University of Southern California. ''Everything's good right now.''

Over the weekend, Hopper, a big horse-racing enthusiast, attended ...

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A Christmas Carol Kicks Off Holiday Movie Season With $31 Million

Gina DiNunno — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:45:00 -0500

A Christmas Carol debuted atop the weekend box office, taking in $31 million and kicking off the holiday movie season.

Disney's animated version of the Charles Dickens classic, which features Jim Carrey as miserly Ebenezer Scrooge as well as the three ghosts who haunt him, knocked Michael Jackson's This Is It to second place, which took in $14 million. So far, the late King of Pop's concert film has taken in $57.9 domestically and $186.5 million worldwide.

VIDEO: Go on the set of A Christmas Carol

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire — which has won awards at the Sundance and Toronto film festivals — had a strong start, taking in ...

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Britney Spears Gets Flak From Fans About Lip-Synching

Gina DiNunno — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:45:00 -0500

After only three songs, some fans stormed out during a Britney Spears concert in Australia, enraged by her lackluster performance.

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Fans were appalled by Spears' lack of interaction with the audience as well as lip-synching during her ...

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TV Guide Network Acquires Basic-Cable Rights to Curb Your Enthusiasm

Mickey O'Connor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:23:00 -0500

TV Guide Network and TV Land announced that they will jointly acquire basic-cable rights to Curb Your Enthusiasm, the award-winning HBO comedy series produced by and starring Seinfeld co-creator Larry David.

The show will air on TV Guide Network for a multi-year run starting in...

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Joanna Krupa Exceeded Her Dancing Expectations, "Proud" of Playboy Cover

Joyce Eng — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:01:00 -0500

Joanna Krupa's ruled the Dancing with the Stars leader board the past two weeks — a surprise, as it turns out, to partner Derek Hough. "Now the truth's coming out and he told me he told his dad the first week [of rehearsals] that I was a plank of wood or something!" the 30-year-old Krupa tells TVGuide.com. "It's just so hard at first, but then something clicked and I slowly started getting into it." The swimsuit model has not only impressed Hough, but herself as well. See what she has to say about her progress, her new Playboy spread and more.

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