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Link Time! Janet Jackson to Open Up on TV About Michael
- Janet Jackson will be talking about her brother in a new primetime special — TV Squad
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey are invading NBC's Mercy. Seriously. — The Ausiello Files
- Ryan Seacrest is letting regular people grab money from celebs for his new show Bank of Hollywood — Vulture
- Here's a guide to all of the guest stars during November sweeps — TV.com
- George Clooney's top 10 movies — Rotten Tomatoes
- CBS picks up five more episodes of Accidentally on Purpose — HitFix
- Michael Jackson's This Is It takes No.
Live From Comic-Con 2009: Girls Rule
Hello from muggy San Diego! For one of my first activities here at Comic-Con, I attended a panel led by Entertainment Weekly titled "Wonder Women: Female Power Icons in Pop Culture" and featuring Sigourney Weaver, Eliza Dushku, Zoe Saldana and Elizabeth Mitchell in the hot seats.
The lively discussion began with appreciative cheers for each woman and a standing ovation for Sigourney Weaver, which, to be honest, made me feel a little choked up, right off the bat.
Buzz News Roundup, 6/5
- Fox will still air an episode of Mental guest-starring David Carradine despite the actor's death this week. — Washington Post
- Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan. and Chris Cooper are set to star alongside Robert Pattinson in Remember Me.
Where Are the Best Roles for Actresses: TV or Movies?
Considering that television holds second-rate status to film in a lot of people's minds, it's amazing to think of all of the stellar silver screen actresses who are currently working on TV. In a recent panel organized by The Hollywood Reporter, a whole bunch of them — including Sigourney Weaver, Regina King, January Jones, Anna Paquin, Rose Byrne, and Mary McDonnell — talked about the great roles available for women on the small screen right now.
That got me wondering if TV is providing actresses with better opportunities than film.
Buzz News Roundup, 8/15
- Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black are filming a pilot for Comedy Central. — Zap2it
- Mike Myers is joining the peculiar cast (Brad Pitt, Simon Pegg, Eli Roth, B.J. Novak) for Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards.
Buzz News Roundup, 5/19
- For the fourth year in a row, Kenny Chesney won the award for entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards, Billboard reports. He is now tied with Garth Brooks for the record.
- Sigourney Weaver will star in and produce a film for Lifetime called Prayers for Bobby, writes Zap2It.
- ComingSoon reports that Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon will star together as parents in a family drama titled The Greatest.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, RDF USA has obtained the rights to the old game show Queen for a Day, with plans to pitch an updated version to networks.
- Producer Stephen Byrd is planning to make a film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with the all-black cast currently starring on Broadway, writes Variety.
- Billboard has the news that Neil Diamond's album Home Before Dark takes the top spot on the U.K. Billboard charts.
- According to an AOL poll, Carrie Underwood is the most popular American Idol, with Kelly Clarkson coming in second place, writes Hollywood Reporter.
- Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackoff will join the cast of Nip/Tuck, Zap2It reports.
- According to Variety, Cillian Murphy and Eddie Redmayne have joined the cast of White Male Heart. Source
Buzz News Roundup, 4/30
- Jodie Foster will play Leni Riefenstahl, friend to Hitler and director of propaganda films for the Third Reich, in a biopic about the woman's life, the Guardian reports.
- The Los Angeles Times explains why comics guru Frank Miller is so hot right now.
- Sigourney Weaver will join Amy Poehler and Tina Fey in their movie Baby Mama, says Reuters.
- In case you were wondering, that was not a testicle on "Grey's Anatomy" last week, according to E!
- Band of Horses, Regina Spektor and Cat Power are among the nominees for the Shortlist Music Prize, Billboard reports.
- "TRL" will likely be renamed "YouRL," according to Broadcasting and Cable.
- Russell Crowe will star as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Nottingham, a Robin Hood movie that Ridley Scott will direct, reports Variety.
- In "American Idol" news, season four's Jessica Sierra was arrested on battery charges, Zap2it reports, while Constantine Maroulis landed a role on "The Bold and the Beautiful."
- According to the AP, Courtney Love will be auctioning off Kurt Cobain's belongings.
Movie Preview: The TV Set
While the networks prep their Fall pilots, the rest of us wonder how so many laughably bad shows get made, even as truly great series disappear forever. Perhaps we should ask writer and director Jake Kasdan, whose new movie, The TV Set, hits theaters on Friday, April 6. Kasdan was one of the creative forces behind the short-lived but much-beloved "Freaks and Geeks," so it's fitting that he's now making a movie about the making of a TV pilot.
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