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Buzz News Roundup, 9/2

BuzzSugar — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:29:58 -0700

Diane Sawyer will replace Charles Gibson as the anchor on World News. - Variety
Megan Mullally has joined the cast of Party Down. - The Hollywood Reporter
Lena Headey will star in HBO's new fantasy series called Game of Thrones. - Reuters
Mad Men has been renewed for a fourth season. - The Hollywood Reporter
American Idol's Danny Gokey has signed a record deal with 19 Recordings and RCA Nashville. - Billboard
Rashida Jones and Chris Messina will star in the indie romantic comedy Monogamy. - Reuters
Avril Lavigne will be a guest judge on American Idol. - Zap2it
Paul W.S. Anderson has a 3D Musketeers movie in the works. - Coming Soon
HBO will air Boardwalk Empire, a series produced by Martin Scorsese and starring Steve Buscemi. - Variety

First Look: In the Motherhood

BuzzSugar — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:30:24 -0700

I'm not a mom, and yet for the past few weeks, I've found myself laughing out loud at the ads for In the Motherhood, ABC's new mommy comedy that premieres on Thursday. There's something refreshing about watching a group of very imperfect moms muddling through life together, especially when they're played by such funny ladies.

The show is based on an online series of the same name that incorporates stories from real moms. In this version, Megan Mullally plays Rosemary, a single mom of a teenager who's freewheeling, nontraditional, and prone to inventing her own parenting rules on the spot. Cheryl Hines plays her best friend, Jane, a recently divorced working mom of a pre-teen and a baby who relies on a "manny" (Horatio Sanz) to keep her life running. Rounding out the trio is Jessica St. Clair as Emily, Jane's younger sister, who sees herself as a supermom with a super marriage. Put the three of them together, and it adds up to laughs - plus some surprisingly frank talk about love, sex, and the less-than-rosy sides of being a mom.

Whether or not you have kids, do you think you'll check out this series when it premieres on Thursday? To watch a couple of clips from the first episode, just read more.

TV Tonight: 30 Rock Returns!

BuzzSugar — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:30:44 -0700

Jeez, it's about time 30 Rock came back. Since the NBC comedy was last on the air, it's picked up a passel of Emmys, and its creator and star, Tina Fey, has gotten wildly famous for her side job as Sarah Palin. Which is all well and good, of course - it's just been quite the wait to see the 30 Rock gang together again, doing what they do best.

In tonight's premiere episode, the first of many guest stars (Megan Mullally) drops by the set of The Girlie Show to evaluate whether Fey's Liz Lemon is a good candidate for adoption, prompting Liz to try to convince her coworkers to act normal. Good luck with that. Also, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) returns from his brief stint in DC to resume his position at the network, putting him toe-to-toe with Devin Banks (Will Arnett), whom Fey recently revealed is based on real NBC entertainment chairman Ben Silverman.

Things really heat up next week, when Oprah makes her highly anticipated guest appearance as Liz Lemon's aisle-mate on a flight. Steve Martin, the whole cast of Night Court, and Jennifer Aniston will be by later in this season, but for tonight, I'll take any 30 Rock I can get. To watch a preview of the season with scenes from some of the guest stars, just read more.

Web Series About Motherhood Heads for ABC Primetime

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:30:41 -0700

Have you ever watched In the Motherhood on the web? I saw a few clips of it earlier this year, and while I don't really fit into the show's "by moms, for moms" demographic, it's pretty cute and funny - especially Chelsea Handler as an imperfect, wisecracking mom. (Never would have thought of that casting!)

Well, now a version of the show is coming to primetime. ABC has picked up 13 episodes of the series and will likely premiere the show mid-season. The series follows three very different mothers, played online by Handler, Leah Remini, and Jenny McCarthy. Handler is apparently in for the ABC version, but Megan Mullally and Cheryl Hines are in talks to play the other two moms. The writers from Bad Mother's Handbook are moving to this show (guess this means Bad Mother's Handbook is dead?), and it's not clear whether it will still be based on real moms' stories.

I always love it when funny ladies get together for projects, and I think a Handler-Mullally-Hines combo has the potential to be insane. So even though other online series that have moved to TV have been less than successful, I'm tentatively pretty excited for this project. What about you? Do you like the casting? To check out an episode of In the Motherhood, just read more.

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Buzz In: Which Actors Do You Associate With One Character?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:32:14 -0700

It's been a few days, and I still haven't been able to get my head around the notion that Tristan Wilds from The Wire is joining the cast of the 90210 spinoff. I'm so used to seeing him as this hardened, tough little boy on the streets of Baltimore that it's going to be a challenge to see him among the glitz of posh Beverly Hills - and, to some extent, he's just always going to be Michael.

I can think of a lot of other actors who, like Wilds, so embodied their characters for me that I have a hard time changing the way I think of them. Will and Grace has been off the air for a couple of years now, and I still can't see Megan Mullally as anything but Karen Walker. When Gio pops up on Ugly Betty, it takes me a minute to remember why Freddy Rodriguez isn't in a funeral home a la his Six Feet Under character. And we all know that Jared Padalecki will always be Dean to me.

Felicity Huffman just talked to the Hollywood Reporter about this issue, saying that when you're on a weekly series, "You go into acting jail for a number of years afterwards because people are so tired of your face," and when you get offers, they're all similar to the roles you just played. This is probably the biggest problem on TV, where we can check in with characters weekly, but it can also happen with particularly memorable movie roles (just think of how many people immediately thought of "the lotion girl" from Silence of the Lambs when Brooke Smith joined Grey's Anatomy ). So tell me: Which actors will always just be a certain character to you?

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Recast Will and Grace and Win a Prize!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:31:08 -0800

Every other 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!

While I liked many things about Will and Grace, I think most of all I liked the well-cast actors who brought to life these wacky characters. But if you had to choose new actors to play Grace, Will, Karen and Jack ("Just Jack!"), who would you pick? Who could do justice to the hilariously lovable foursome?

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, February 19, 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:
Will Truman (Eric McCormack)
Grace Adler (Debra Messing)
Karen Walker (Megan Mullally)
Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes)

The BuzzSugar t-shirt

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Buzz News Roundup, 6/8

BuzzSugar — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:11:28 -0700

Reuters reports on the mixed reactions polygamists have toward HBO's series "Big Love."
According to NME, No Doubt are heading into the studio without Gwen Stefani.
But Fergie promises fan that the Black Eyed Peas will be back.
Reuters brings us news that Sean Connery will not be in the fourth Indiana Jones movie, claiming "retirement is just too damned much fun."
Variety says the cast for Mel Brooks' next musical, "Young Frankenstein" will include Megan Mullally and Roger Bart, among others.
Spike Lee will direct a WWII drama titled Miracle at St. Anna, according to Variety.
A businessman who ran away from Sacha Baron Cohen in the Borat movie has joined the ranks of people suing the filmmakers, E! Online reports.
Pitchfork has tour dates from Spoon, Modest Mouse, and Feist.