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Buzz News Roundup, 2/6

BuzzSugar — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:30:19 -0800

President Obama's Monday address will wreak havoc with the TV lineup. - Washington Post
Beverly Cleary's Beezus and Ramona will be adapted for the big screen with Selena Gomez and Joey King starring. - Variety
Sally Hawkins will star in the movie We Want Sex about the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant when 850 female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination in their job performance evaluations. - ComingSoon
The CW is casting for a new reality show about young adults on Martha's Vineyard. - Broadcasting and Cable
Ewan McGregor and Carey Mulligan are in talks to star in The Electric Slide based on the article "The Yankee Bandit: The Life and Times of Eddie Dodson, World's Great Bank Robber." - Reuters
Loretta Devine will reunite with David E. Kelley for Legally Mad. - Zap2it
Bruce Springsteen's new album, Working on a Dream, dethrones Taylor Swift's Fearless after an eight-week reign, marking Springsteen's ninth No. 1 album. - Billboard
Camilla Belle will star as the titular character and will be joined by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the dual roles of Gabriel and Lucifer and Peter O'Toole as Symeon in Mary, Mother of Christ. - ComingSoon

TV Tonight: Eli Stone

BuzzSugar — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:30:04 -0700

Eli Stone, which premiered last Spring in the aftermath of the writers' strike and begins its second season on ABC tonight, is a warm, cozy blanket of a TV show. It doesn't get a lot of buzz - a fact it's trying to change with guest stars; more on that in a second - but it never fails to leave me with a smile on my face.

If you missed it the first time through or need a refresher, Jonny Lee Miller plays the title character, an attorney who begins having strange visions - either as the result of a brain aneurysm or because he's a modern-day prophet. The aneurysm was removed through a risky surgery at the end of the first season; what happens to the visions now remains to be, er, seen. The only certain thing is that there will be more singing and dancing, featuring supporting cast members like the wonderful Victor Garber.

Like a few other under-the-radar shows (Chuck comes to mind), Eli Stone has reeled in several high-profile guest stars for this new season, including Sigourney Weaver on tonight's premiere and Katie Holmes, whose appearance we've already gotten to glimpse, on next week's episode. Will these guest stars win any new viewers over to Eli's charming ways? Time will tell. For now, you can check out a preview of the new season if you read more.

Five Minutes With Loretta Devine

BuzzSugar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:32:13 -0700

The fabulous Loretta Devine stopped by the TCA press tour earlier this week to talk about the upcoming second season of Eli Stone, in which she plays the title character's sassy but loving secretary. Between that and her recurring role on Grey's Anatomy, playing the sometimes-estranged wife of Seattle Grace's chief of surgery, Devine is showcasing her acting chops (and, in the case of Eli, her lovely voice) all over the ABC schedule - so I feel lucky that I managed to snag a few minutes with her in the hallway! Here's what she had to say:

Can you compare your experience working on Grey's Anatomy and Eli Stone, whether there are any similarities or huge differences between them?
They're both very extremely wonderful writers, and my relationships - it's so funny, because in Grey's Anatomy, I have a love relationship with my husband who doesn't spend enough time [with me], and in Eli Stone, I have this young man that I love so much and that I influence from the outside. I feel like the two characters are totally different from each other, so that's a good thing, because it's easy to keep them separate.

What's it like working with James Pickens Jr. on Grey's?
He is such a handsome man and such a debonair man. I learned about him cheating on me watching TV like everybody else, and I was like, "Oh my God! My husband's cheating!"

Even though you're not on the Grey's set all the time, do they keep you in the loop?
No, I'm not in the loop at all. They just call and say, "What's your availability?" and then they use you when they use you.

To hear about some of Devine's dream singing partners on Eli, just read more.

You said you didn't know about the singing on Eli Stone when you auditioned. When did you find out?
When I got the script! I was so excited because I got to sing some on Boston Public, so I'm really happy about that. And I really hope I get a chance to do more of it. You never know till you get the script. I'm not singing in the first two [episodes of the new season] and I'm sad!

The first season was all George Michael songs. Do you have a dream musical guest for the upcoming season?
I don't, to be totally honest, but Beyonce would be great to come on the show. I think she would be so beautiful. Jennifer Hudson, any of the Dreamgirls!

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