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TV Tonight: Janeane Garofalo on Greek

BuzzSugar — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:30:44 -0700

If you're a fan of Janeane Garofalo, tonight's your lucky night. Not only will the actress be continuing her duties on 24, but she'll also step into ABC Family's Greek for an episode. And with all due respect to Jack Bauer, I think I'm more excited about Greek.

Garofalo plays a women's studies professor whose class Casey takes in an attempt to get serious about her academic future. But things get a little more complicated when Casey asks for her advice on how to navigate the power dynamics of her personal relationships - a topic that hits all too close to home when Cappie shows up ready to try his own hand at discussing gender issues.

Meanwhile, ZBZ money woes stress Ashleigh out, while Rusty - oh no - tries to show Andy how much he knows about college women. Should be a fun ride as always, so to watch a couple of clips, just read more.

Link Time! 4/24

BuzzSugar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:33:12 -0700

Vulture wonders which of this summer's superhero movies might suck.
When MTV Movies Blog caught up with Seth Green recently, he shot down all the rumors of an Austin Powers 4.
TV Squad has a look at some Saturday Night Live players who made it big.
Cinematical wonders: Who's more uncomfortable with onscreen nudity, men or women?
Want to see what Liz Lemon looked like in 1992? Give Me My Remote has the horrifying video.
Meanwhile, the TV Addict takes a look at Janeane Garofalo and Cherry Jones in the first photo from 24's seventh season.
Popwatch has a sneak peek at the Tribeca movie I recently told you about, Bart Got A Room.
Stereogum has heard all of the Evil Urges album, the latest from My Morning Jacket, and they have a lot to say about it.

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Recast Reality Bites and Win a Prize!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:30:07 -0800

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

For this week's recast challenge, let's tap into the angst of Generation X and find a new group of actors for Reality Bites, Ben Stiller's 1994 directorial debut. There's the pouty Lelaina, scruffball Troy, square Michael, promiscuous Gap employee Vickie and commitmentphobe Sammy. What new actors could dredge up some mid-1990s anguish for a new Reality Bites?

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, December 4, complete with a "new" cast photo.

To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt, read more

Characters to recast:
Lelaina Pierce (Winona Ryder)
Troy Dyer (Ethan Hawke)
Vickie Miner (Janeane Garofalo)
Michael Grates (Ben Stiller)
Sammy Gray (Steve Zahn)

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Janeane Garofalo to Spend a Day on "24"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:30:50 -0700

Between its critical drubbing and its two production delays, "24" hasn't given me a whole lot of reasons to be optimistic this summer. But this piece of news has me reconsidering my doubts: Janeane Garofalo will be joining the cast to play a government agent investigating a crisis that strikes Jack's team. The news is the second major addition of the summer; last month, Cherry Jones was tapped to play the show's first female president.

Garofalo's last major TV appearance was on "The West Wing" in 2006. She also starred in a CBS pilot about lawyers, but the show wasn't picked up for the fall season. I bet it's going to be interesting for such an outspoken liberal to work for producers as seriously conservative as those on "24."

Between Garofalo and Mary Lynn Rajskub, I'd say "24" now has one of the best girl-geek quotients on TV. I don't think Garofalo can singlehandedly save "24," though; that will depend much more on the writers being able to bring a fresh plot line to the seventh season. What do you think?

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The Results Are In: Recast "Roseanne"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:28:43 -0700

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

I loved all the lists submitted for this week's recast, especially your picks for Roseanne and Darlene, one of my favorite mother-daughter combos on TV. A couple of you - ailene and Macmeggy - picked Kelly Osbourne for Darlene, and I especially loved sweetheart_450's choice of Alia Shawkat, aka Maeby from "Arrested Development." Comedian Lisa Lampanelli was an unexpected Roseanne pick from Loz2Hi and LesleyP825. And several of you had the brilliant idea of casting Joan Cusack as Jackie.

It was a tough call, but my overall favorite list this week came from CaterpillarGirl! To see her cast list and a new cast photo, read more

CaterpillarGirl's cast:
Roseanne - Janeane Garofalo
Dan - Jack Black
DJ - Grant Rosenmeyer
Darlene - Michelle Trachtenberg
Becky - Amanda Seyfried
Jackie - Kathy Griffin