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Not Coming to a TV Near You: L Word Spin-Off, Matthew Perry

BuzzSugar — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:30:36 PDT

Bad news for folks who were hoping to see The L Word's Alice in prison or Matthew Perry getting foul-mouthed: Showtime has passed on both the L Word spin-off and Perry's comedy The End of Steve.

Steve featured Perry as a bitter afternoon TV talk show host, with a script co-written by Perry and Peter Tolan. Showtime once thought the duo would be "a twisted match made in heaven," but apparently the final product didn't seem right for the network. Word is that the show is still looking for a home on other cable networks, though. Meanwhile, Showtime's pass is the end of the road for the L Word spin-off, which would have featured Leisha Hailey's Alice in prison with a new group of characters.

Two pilots are still possibilities for Showtime: Possible Side Effects, a drama about a family in the pharmaceutical industry starring Josh Lucas and Ronna and Beverly, a comedy based on YouTube sketches that Weeds creator Jenji Kohan is developing for TV.

I was excited for Matthew Perry's project, so I'm bummed that it's not making it to Showtime, but I'm still crossing my fingers for Ronna and Beverly. What about you? Are any of these shows you would want to see?

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Matthew Perry Gets Bitter, Foul-Mouthed for Showtime

BuzzSugar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:30:38 PDT

Last year, it was David Duchovny making his return to television on Showtime. This year, it's Matthew Perry. The ex-Friends and Studio 60 star will be making his comeback in The End of Steve, a pilot Showtime just ordered.

Perry will play a foul-mouthed (and I mean really foul-mouthed; the first word he utters is apparently a four-letter one starting with C) afternoon TV talk show host who's none too happy with either his professional or his romantic life. Perry is co-writing the script with Peter Tolan, an Emmy-winning writer and veteran of Rescue Me and The Larry Sanders Show. In a press release, Showtime's president called the duo "a twisted match made in heaven" and said Perry seemed perfect for the "bitingly funny" role.

I was surprised and impressed by Perry in Studio 60, and I'm glad to see him heading back to TV. While I chuckle at the thought of Chandler Bing being biting or twisted, I can't wait to see what Perry does with a dark comedy. The description of the character sounds a lot like Duchovny's Hank Moody from Californication, though, no? I guess Showtime has found its niche.

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Link Time - Keira Knightley and Steve Carell Are Seeking Friends

BuzzSugar — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:30:58 PDT

Steve Carell, Keira Knightley in talks for Seeking a Friend For the End of the World - /Film
Counting down the best baseball movies - Rotten Tomatoes
Chloe Moretz joins Dark Shadows - Movieline
Find out the Summer premieres for Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm - TV Squad
Everything you need to know about the Jersey Shore reunion - PopWatch
Life lessons learned from Yoda - GeekSugar
MTV wants to turn Catfish into a TV series - Vulture

Rewind: Fall TV Fever

Maggie Pehanick — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:05:00 PDT

We couldn't be more excited for Fall after the networks showed off all their new shows this week.
All the big networks - ABC , CBS, Fox, NBC, and The CW - also unveiled their new schedules.
Still confused about the fate of your favorite show? We've rounded up renewal and cancellation news about every show right here.
Before we start thinking about Fall, there are still finales happening, and we've got all the finale photos across every network in one convenient gallery.
Desperate Housewives ended its series on Sunday, while How I Met Your Mother sparked a debate about Barney's bride, everyone ended on a low note in Gossip Girl, and Grey's Anatomy shocked viewers in their respective season finales.
It's hard to say goodbye to Damon and the gang, so we rounded up The Vampire Diaries best moments from season three.
We got the inside scoop on the cast's hopes for season two of Once Upon a Time in interviews with Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, and Lana Parrilla.
We're so excited for the cul-de-sac crew after checking out the pics of a magical Cougar Town wedding.
On the silver screen, the new Magic Mike trailer came out, now with more stripping than ever! If that's not enough for you, then check out the scantily clad cast on the cover of Entertainment Weekly.
The trailer for The Words had us confused by Bradley Cooper, but not as confused as when we saw him sporting dreads in the trailer for Hit and Run.
Check out the first pictures of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs.

Keira Knightley, Steve Carell, and a Furry Costar Get to Work on Their Friendly New Project

Lindsay Miller — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:20:38 PDT

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley teamed up on the set of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World today in LA. The dark comedy, which also costars Adam Brody and is being directed by his girlfriend, Lorene Scafaria, just started filming this week. Keira headed back to the states to get to work on the new project after playing bridesmaid in her brother Caleb's wedding late last month in Glasgow. She parted ways with her longtime real-life love, Rupert Friend, late last year but has a new leading man on screen in Steve. The movie features their characters as a star-crossed couple who find each other on the verge of the apocalypse. Steve recently exited The Office and also has Crazy Stupid Love coming out this Summer. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World also marks Keira's return to film following a stint on stage in London in The Children's Hour, a play that costarred Elisabeth Moss. The Coco Mademoiselle spokesmodel focused on that production and her role as the face of Chanel's perfumes for much of the year before signing on to star opposite funnyman Steve.

Keira Knightley's New Guy, James Righton, Pays Her an on Set Visit

Allie Merriam — Fri, 27 May 2011 03:17:00 PDT

Keira Knightley was in LA yesterday shooting Seeking a Friend at the End of the World with her costar Steve Carell, but she also had the company of her new guy, James Righton, between takes. James was spotted grabbing lunch with Keira and hanging out by her trailer on the Malibu set. Keira Knightley and James Righton were first spotted together in April, when they enjoyed a Spring day together in London. The pair got together after Keira's friend, Alexa Chung, introduced them - Alexa's boyfriend, Alex Turner, is in the band the Arctic Monkeys, and is friends with the guys in James's group The Klaxons. Keira's working with Steve in California after a stint in England, where she starred in The Children's Hour in the West End and serving as a bridesmaid in her brother's Glasgow wedding last month.

Keira Knightley Has a London Date Night With Boyfriend James Righton

Allie Merriam — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:52:02 PDT

Keira Knightley linked arms with boyfriend James Righton for an evening out in London yesterday. Following dinner at La Bodega Negra, they stopped at London's outpost of The Box, where, along with Downton Abbey's Dan Stephens, they saw a show from pianist Jean-Philippe Rio-Py.

Keira's Interview cover and feature just came out, and in the publication she opened up about her forthcoming film, Seeking a Friend at the End of the World. She stars in the end-of-the-world comedy opposite Steve Carell. She said of the project, "Well, Steve is absolutely wonderful. I loved his work on Little Miss Sunshine. He has this amazing ability to be incredibly funny but have that pathos at the same time - sort of that crying-clown thing. The movie itself has comic moments, but it's about the end of the world, so obviously it has an apocalyptic feel to it that's not that comic, because everybody dies . . . Other than that, though, it's hilarious!"

Anchorman 2 Is Officially Happening - Watch Will Ferrell Make the Announcement as Ron Burgundy

Becky Kirsch — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:58:24 PDT

Anchorman fans got a surprise treat on Conan last night when Will Ferrell showed up as his newscaster alter ego, Ron Burgundy. Dressed in his signature suit and mustache, "Ron" dazzled the crowd with a little jazz flute before brutally berating Conan O'Brien (paying particular attention to Conan's hair). It all led up to an even bigger surprise: at the end of the segment, Ferrell announced that an Anchorman sequel is definitely happening! As an added bonus, Judd Apatow is confirmed to produce, and stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner will reprise their roles as Ron's quirky news team. Watch the clip below!

Seeking a Friend For the End of the World Trailer: Steve Carell Finds Keira Knightley

Shannon Vestal — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:41:36 PST

In Seeking a Friend For the End of the World, Steve Carell plays Dodge, a man facing the reality that an asteroid is about the destroy the earth and he, along with everyone else, has to figure out what to do with the last three weeks of his life. For people like Patton Oswalt's character, it's sleeping with as man people as possible, but for regretful Dodge, it's love. When he meets his pixie-ish neighbor, played by Keira Knightley, she takes it upon herself to help Dodge find the girl that got away, if he helps her see her family before the world ends.

The trailer is very funny, considering its bleak subject matter (I giggled at Melanie Lynskey's character wearing all the clothes she never had a chance to wear), and Carell is the perfect leading man for the dark comedy. I'm especially curious to see what his chemistry with Knightley is like, and even though the title and what we see in the trailer implies it's just a friendship, it seems like something romantic must come up - the world is ending, after all. To watch the trailer for Seeking a Friend For the End of the World, just keep reading.

PaleyFest: Modern Family Stars Bring the Laughs

PopSugar — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:48:26 PDT

PaleyFest ended on a high note last night as America's favorite Modern Family came out to talk about their hit comedy. The audience got a sneak peek at the show's next episode, and the cast sat down to answer some questions. The panel, which included Julie Bowen (Claire), Ty Burrell (Phil), and Sofia Vergara (Gloria), had no shortage of funny answers and great one-liners as they kept the audience laughing the whole night. Check out the most memorable moments.

Nolan Gould (Luke) on feeling like they're a family: "It feels like my real modern family. Like leaving my real family and going to my other family. You know, Julie is always messing with my hair and picking lint off my clothes. Seriously, like every day I leave the set my hair is like Einstein's because she's always messing with it."
Burrell on how Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitchell) has the hardest time keeping a straight face: "Sometimes we'll start a scene and there's no particular joke in it and he'll just start laughing at the absurdity of the fact that we're all pretending to be other people."
Ferguson on the most intimidating thing he's done on the show: "The ice dancing thing was scary for me." To Bowen: "You were light as a feather, and remain light as a feather. I just wasn't sure my muscles were big enough for that feather."
Eric Stonestreet (Cameron) on being nervous about riding a horse: "I feel like when we all walked into the corral to get on the horses for the first time, like, the horses were looking at all of us and thinking 'no, no, not you. Sofia, you're fine, Julie, you're fine, but please no, not you.'"
Bowen on taking a spill in the Wyoming episode: "I wasn't supposed to fall! I hit the ground so effing hard and all I remember was thinking, 'If you don't turn around and deliver your lines right now they will cut and this fall will have been for nothing!'"
Ed O'Neill (Jay) on having Vergara as a wife: "When they first told me I was going to be married to her I thought, well it makes perfect sense."
Vergara on working with O'Neill: "He helps me a lot with my pronunciation, but sometimes he confuses me more."
Creator Steve Levitan on bringing in the dog, Stella: "The dog was Gloria's idea. Sofia is a wonderful actor but she's not that good of an actor. Once we realized she hated the dog we just had to write it that way."
Vergara on working with the dog: "I'm not used to having a little dog on top of me and it licking my face. I'm from Colombia where we have big dogs and they live outside in the yard and they sleep outside of your houses. They don't sleep in your beds on your pillow. It's not that I have anything personal with it. And she's very heavy to carry her. It smells like the foods. It's disgusting!"
Burrell on the episode "Virgin Territory": "It's a lot of pressure watching an episode like that and realizing I'm never going to be that good of a parent. When my daughter loses her virginity I'm just going to sit her down, show her the episode, and be like 'alright we're clear, we all learned a lot. Good.'"
The cast talked about working with Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who plays Lily. "Lily couldn't be here because she's already in rehab," Ferguson joked. Stonestreet weighed in on the ridiculous amount of backlash they received for recasting a 2-and-a-half-year-old. "Can you imagine when they're 19? I think they won't be friends." They joked around and made rivalry predictions that "old Lily" and "new Lily," who are actually friends now, won't be friends as teenagers.
Stonestreet on the most gratifying thing about being part of a gay couple on prime-time television: "There is nothing more gratifying than going to a place like NASCAR, and a guy carrying a giant tire says, 'My wife and I love your show, man. Where do you get those shirts? My wife is always trying to dress me like Cam and I'm like, man, I love Cam, alright!'"