Category Archives: Cast

5 TV series that lost their leads

By doris | Published: February 5, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Charlie Sheen seemingly has his boot on the neck of CBS and Warner Brothers. He can misbehave with porn stars and cocaine all he wants, but he makes so much money for the companies that they can’t afford to fire the “Two and a Half Men” star. Right? Wrong. It doesn’t [...]

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Five potential Golden Globe shockers

By doris | Published: January 15, 2011

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com Natalie Portman, Annette Bening, Colin Firth, and either this one (“The Social Network”) or that one (“The King’s Speech”). Sure, you’re prepared for the inevitable to happen at Sunday’s Golden Globes, but are you prepared for the potential upsets and unexpected Robert Pattinson developments? After you read our round-up of possible [...]

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Cookie Monster’s ‘SNL’ dream comes true

By doris | Published: December 24, 2010

Full Story at TheClicker.todayshow.com Ree Hines writes:Just one month after Cookie Monster released his “Saturday Night Live” audition video and started his Betty White-worthy Facebook campaign, the big blue guy’s TV dream came true. The “Sesame Street” regular shared the stage with host Jeff Bridges for a Christmas duet over the weekend.

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Five lessons of the fall TV season

By doris | Published: December 16, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Kudos to the executive who came up with the idea of casting Bristol Palin in ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” but not to NBC for passing on the eventual AMC hit “The Walking Dead.” Here are five lessons to be learned from the fall television season. 1) Serialized dramas ain’t DeadAMC’s [...]

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‘Law & Order’ finds real handgun during filming

By doris | Published: November 4, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — The discovery of a real gun brought real police officers to “Law & Order: Los Angeles” during location filming. Series spokeswoman Pam Golum said the NBC crime drama was filming Wednesday in the Culver City area west of downtown Los Angeles when a cameraman spotted the weapon on [...]

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Michael J. Fox wasn’t the original Marty McFly

By doris | Published: October 13, 2010

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com Do you remember seeing “Back to the Future” for the first time? Take a little trip in your mental time machine to that moment, and then picture Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly instead of Michael J. Fox, as it turns out that Stoltz was the original actor tapped to play the [...]

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William Shatner and ‘$#*! My Dad Says’ premiere review

By doris | Published: September 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — Through an unlikely combination of elements — a popular Twitter site; CBS trying to be “hip” about social networking; the chance to work with “Will & Grace” producers David Kohan and Matt Mutchnick; William Shatner wanting to try something new — “$#*! My Dad Says” boasts the new season’s [...]

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‘Dancing With the Stars’ cast unveiled

By doris | Published: August 31, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — After weeks of rumors, “Dancing with the Stars” officially unveiled their Season 11 cast during Monday night’s “Bachelor Pad.” Show co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke confirmed that former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff, crooner Michael Bolton, reality TV party boy Michael “The Situation”

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Tom Selleck Has ‘No Remorse’ When it Comes to ‘Jesse Stone’

By doris | Published: July 27, 2010

Full Story at etonline.com Emmy-winning actor Tom Selleck returns in his signature role as Police Chief Jesse Stone in the sixth installment of the Jesse Stone franchise, “No Remorse.” The former “Magnum, P.I” star talks to ET about his love for Jesse Stone, his new CBS series and the possibility that there will be another [...]

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You go, girl! Young ladies are leading the way in kids’ shows

By doris | Published: July 20, 2010

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Smart, adventurous lead girl characters such as Dora the Explorer and superheroine WordGirl have found time on children’s television, but Hollywood has preferred to keep princesses safe in their turrets. There’s more than just the self-esteem of girls at stake. TV executives have found young boys have no [...]

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