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Buzz News Roundup, 2/20

BuzzSugar — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:30:32 -0800

Sandra Bullock will star in football drama-comedy The Blindside, based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of the Game. - Variety
Project Runway filmed its season six finale today, even though it's unclear if or when season six will air. - AP
In the latest pilot casting news, Jenna Elfman will play a movie critic, Amy Smart will play a future presidential contender, and Jason Clarke will play a federal prosecutor. - The Hollywood Reporter
There's a new museum in Hollis, Queens, devoted to hip-hop - and it serves cheap hamburgers. - AP
Chiwetel Ejiofor has signed on for and Liev Schreiber is in talks to star opposite Angelina Jolie in the spy thriller Salt (also known as Edwin A. Salt). - ComingSoon
Robert De Niro, Tina Fey, and Cameron Diaz are among Jimmy Fallon's first Late Night guests. - NBC
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is in negotiations to topline an adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book The Losers. - Variety
The ABC Family show The Middleman will continue in comic book form. - TV Guide

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Link Time! 8/7

BuzzSugar — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:30:32 -0700

The TV Addict has a play-by-play of his visit to the set of 24.
Popwatch is excited (as am I) that the hilarious website Garfield Minus Garfield is going to become a book.
Vulture picks out some indie directors who should join Judd Apatow's team.
Give Me My Remote informs me of a union between two awesome things: Ikea and So You Think You Can Dance contestant Robert Muraine.
DearSugar has the top 10 striptease songs.
Check out Stereogum for really great concert footage of Jenny Lewis performing her song "Acid Tongue."
TV Filter is dismayed because it looks like The Middleman may be dead - or at least seriously in trouble.

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First Look: The Middleman

BuzzSugar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:00:18 -0700

I don't know what it says about me - or maybe about the state of television - that though I'm firmly in my mid-20s, some of my favorite TV shows these days seem to be on ABC Family. I've already talked at length about my love for Greek, and with that show on "Spring break," I'm curious about the new series that's taking its place starting on Monday: The Middleman.

The show, based on a comic book series of the same name, follows the adventures of a character named, well, The Middleman (Matt Keeslar). He's a strait-laced, old-fashioned superhero who - as the show's slogan says - fights crime "so you don't have to." Caught in the Middleman's orbit is Wendy Watson (Natalie Morales), an artist, temp worker, and newly seasoned crime fighter who reminds me a little of Veronica Mars, if Veronica were asked to deal with more supernatural weirdness.

The ads that have been airing on ABC Family intrigued me, but what really caught my eye was this Variety review that praised it for all its spy and crime genre references (from The Avengers to The Godfather). The review dubbed it "a show, frankly, for people who love (and have probably watched too much) TV," and, well, that's me to a T. Plus, I wouldn't mind some wacky crime-fighters to tide me over till Chuck and Reaper return for second seasons in the Fall.

The entire premiere episode is available for free on iTunes, and the show debuts on TV at 8 p.m. EDT and PDT on Monday. To watch a trailer, just read more.

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