Or at least it is on TV, when Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays the vice president on HBO. On the network’s forthcoming comedy series, Veep, the funny lady stars as former senator Selina Meyer, who becomes vice president of the United States (no big deal) and finds that the job . . . is not quite what she expected. Watch Selina attempt to navigate her way through the nuances of everyday office politics Read more

I guess Tina Fey turned them down! Julianne Moore will play Sarah Palin in the upcoming HBO film Game Change. And just like Fey, whose satirical SNL portrayal betrayed opposition to Palin, Moore has a political persuasion that differs from Mama Grizzly. While I doubt it will impact Moore's performance, here are three major issues on which they publicly disagree. Abortion: Palin's personal life Read more

Sarah Palin has been imitated countless times (mostly by Tina Fey), but she's about to get the celebrity treatment again. Julianne Moore is set to play the controversial politician in Jay Roach's Read more

Small screen stars came out in force last night for the NYC premiere of HBO's Boardwalk Empire. The show ranked among our five must-watch Fall series, and we're loving the eye candy to be shown on Sunday's debut episode. True Blood's Joe Manganiello showed some love for HBO during a break from his Fashion Week rounds with the girlfriend he's so fond of, and we grabbed a minute at a recent Alice + Read more

Vince Vaughn in talks for Old St. Louis; Chloe Moretz may play his daughter — PopWatch In other Moretz news, she may also star in The Rut — Cinema Blend Brilliant! Stephen Colbert reenacts Real Housewives of New York — Vulture TNT renews The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, and Leverage — The Wrap Miramax finally sells — Slash Film A new Social Network trailer, now with more Andrew Read more

Shine a light on this news: Martin Scorsese is teaming up with Mick Jagger again, only this time it's for TV. The Oscar-winning director and legendary rocker are reportedly developing a new series for HBO called History of Music, following two friends through the music biz over 40 years. Terence Winter, who wrote for The Sopranos, is also on board, and Scorsese would have a chance to direct the Read more

Betty White will cameo on the season premiere of Community, huzzah! — Vulture Emma Stone joins Friends With Benefits — Movieline Paramount says Mission Impossible 4 still looks like a go — Cinematical Mario Lopez and his pregnant girlfriend get their own VH1 reality series — TV Squad True Blood's Sam Trammell joins Guns, Girls, and Gambling — Monsters and Critics HBO orders Luck, Read more

Lee Pace joins HBO's drama, Miraculous Year — Ausiello Files Lindsay Lohan's new song, "Too Young to Die" leaks — Music Mix Nicholas Hoult will play Beast in X-Men: First Class — Cinema Blend Alan Ball signs up for another series for HBO — Collider See, men do cry! Watch this great movie montage — Jezebel A new trailer for Machete — Moviefone Words of wisdom from Emmy-nominated TV Read more

The boys are back on HBO! Up first is the premiere of Hung, with more of Ray and his pimp/poet Tanya. The show is entering its second season, which means even more sneaky hotel sex for the, er, "talented" hero. Then, Ari, Turtle, Eric, Drama, and Vince return to Entourage for another round of Hollywood shenanigans. As I noted with the promo, it looks like we may be in for a more serious turn for Read more

Cynthia Nixon joins the cast of Showtime's The Big C — Vulture Nathan Fillion and Eva Longoria are thisclose to roles in The Avengers — Cinematical Hanson covers Aldous Snow (yes, as in Get Him to the Greek) — MTV Movies Blog Jamie Foxx plans to shop a TV mob drama to cable networks — Collider Create a Scott Pilgrim avatar! — First Showing Jason Reitman options Simon Rich's novel Read more