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Buzz News Roundup, 7/15

BuzzSugar — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:00:03 -0700

TBS is looking to develop Are We There Yet?, a comedy series based on the Ice Cube movie of the same name. - The Hollywood Reporter
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince scored the biggest midnight gross of all-time in earning $22.2 million as it opened at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. - Variety
Daphne Zuniga will reprise her role as photographer Jo Reynolds for at least two episodes of The CW's reboot of Melrose Place this Fall. - EW
David Arquette and Courteney Cox are confirmed to star in Scream 4. - E! Online
Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in Avon Man, a comedy about a man who is reluctantly recruited into becoming an Avon salesman and then finds that he's good at it. - Variety
Starting with the first episode of the upcoming season, Martha Plimpton will have a role in a multi-episode story line on Grey's Anatomy. - Reuters
Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson and Julianne Moore will star in writer/director Stanley Tucci's dramedy The Hunter. - ComingSoon
Kathy Griffin will host the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 12, while Russell Brand will return to host the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 13. - The Hollywood Reporter
Disney has acquired film rights to the young adult novel Wings and will develop it as a star vehicle for Miley Cyrus. - ComingSoon

The Results Are In: Recast Wings

BuzzSugar — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:30:53 -0700

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!

I'm so relieved to know I wasn't alone in my nerd-love for Wings and you all came up with some great new casts for this show I secretly loved for years. I could tell you guys were having fun thinking up which actors could look like brothers. alynn went the logical route and cast real-life brothers Luke and Owen Wilson. I also thought leeluvfashion was right on with her casting of Michael Vartan and Paul Walker as brothers - they totally look like they could have the same DNA.

As for Helen, I liked fatatiecat07's idea for Reese Witherspoon, as she completely embodies the spunky spirit of that character. daisydidi's idea for Michael Imperioli to play Antonio Scarpacci is awesome, though after so many years on the Sopranos I still see him as more scary than snuggly.

In the end, I just had to choose the recast with the most adorable combo of two small-screen actors as the main brothers. Congrats to Chibbie!

To see who Chibbie chose, along with a new cast photo, read more.

Chibbie's cast list:
Joe Hackett - Lee Pace
Brian Hackett - John Krasinski
Helen Chappel - Kristen Bell
Antonio Scarpacci - Naveen Andrews
Lowell Mather - TJ Miller

Recast Wings and Win a Prize!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:30:06 -0700

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!

This week, let's recast a show that I watched a lot as a kid: Wings! It's kind of an embarrassing show to admit I was really into because it was totally tame, like something only boring adults might watch as frequently as I did.

I mean, do you remember the show's opener? It's hilariously uncool. But you know what? The two lead guys were cute and that short woman with the Southern accent was sassy, and I just couldn't help but give into their charms!

So, who would you cast to play the brothers Hackett? Both are pilots and run Sandpiper Air on Nantucket Island but that's where the similarities end. Joe Hackett is the older, more mature one while Brian is the flaky ladies man. What about Helen, the attractive and smart woman who runs the lunch counter in the airport terminal?

One of my favorite characters on Wings was Antonio Scarpacci, the taxi driver on the island, originally played by Monk star Tony Shalhoub. Who else could play this romantic Italian character with a heart of gold? And finally let's recast Lowell Mather, originally Thomas Haden Church's role. Lowell is the hilariously dense airport mechanic who often frustrated the Hackett men.

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, August 5, 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
Joe Hackett (Timothy Daly)
Brian Hackett (Steven Weber)
Helen Chappel (Crystal Bernard)
Antonio Scarpacci (Tony Shalhoub)
Lowell Mather (Thomas Haden Church)

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New Moon Stars: Where Are They Headed Next?

BuzzSugar — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:32:51 -0800

Ticket sales for New Moon are already boasting record numbers - but what's next for the stars once all the hubbub dies down? Most of you predict that Robert Pattinson will have the biggest career, but he's not the only one with projects waiting in the wings. We've taken a look back at the clan before they were part of the Stephanie Meyer phenomenon, but now here's a sneak peek at what the actors are up to next - besides the rest of the saga, of course.

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Reese Witherspoon Plays by the Rules

BuzzSugar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:30:39 -0700

It seems like Reese Witherspoon has been laying lower than usual this year. (She voiced Monsters vs. Aliens, but we haven't seen her face on screen since Four Christmases!) Now her career is speeding up again. The A-lister just signed on to produce and star in Rule #1, which will follow Witherspoon as a New Yorker who gets chummy with a young Puerto Rican girl with ADD.

Those are the only storyline details as of now, but it sort of reminds me of those promos for Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side - a woman taking a challenged kid under her wing, etc. Hopefully it will steer clear of the sappiness we typically get from those types of films and show off Witherspoon's serious acting side instead.

What do you think? Does this new project sound like Oscar bait - or just another formulaic weep-fest?