George Clooney To Be Interviewed By Barbara Walters
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Renowned talent and sex symbol George Clooney will bare all –emotionally, at least—when he sits down with Barbara Walters on March 1st. Clooney will discuss his fabulous career, views on marriage, and the special relationship he shares with his potbellied pig, Max.
Walters, who is known to cause her subjects to break down emotionally on camera, asks Clooney about marriage and his Oscar nominations for directing and writing the film Good Night, and Good Luck, and acting in the film Syriana.
Clooney is the first person ever nominated for directing and cowriting a film in the same year as being nominated for acting in a different film. In the interview, Clooney discusses the fact that he doesn’t expect to win any awards against the people he holds in high esteem.
There’s no way you should miss this!
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In what was traditionally a post-Oscars show, the annual Barbara Walters Special will now be airing a whole four days before the red carpet event. While people on the East Coast were used to seeing this special before the Oscars telecast, those on the West Coast were forced to stay up until the wee hours of the morning to get their turn. Now the country will be united in their shared time slot: Wednesday night @ 10pm.
This year’s round of interviews will include the Sexiest Man Alive, Mr. McDreamy, a diva and the token Oscar contender —also known as Matthew McConaughey, Patrick Dempsey, Mariah Carey and George Clooney. The star-wattage alone should guarantee a big turn out for ABC on the last night of sweeps… but then again, airing right after a new episode of Lost will probably be enough.
As for which star Barbara will make cry? My bets on Mariah…
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Latin America Can’t Get Enough Of Desperate Housewives
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Drama, ABC, Desperate Housewives, News,
Desperate Housewives frenzy is spreading across the world. In fact, producers at Buena Vista International Television Latin America will produce four new versions of the popular show.
Buena Vista International Television Latin America announced plans Thursday to produce four new versions of the Golden Globe-winning series in Spanish and Portuguese.
Each version of the show will have its own cast and cultural allusions, though the underlying plot will stay true to the format of the original series.
The Spanish versions of the show, titled Amas de casas desesperadas, will air in Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador and the Portuguese version, titled Donas de casa desesperadas, will air in Brazil. “The script of the series perfectly fit the profile of what the Latin American audience looks for,” Fernando Barbosa, senior vice president of Buena Vista International Television Latin America, said in a statement. “It looks similar to the telenovelas.”
What do you think? Will the show succeed across cultural boundaries?
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Ellen Pompeo Of Grey’s Anatomy Interviewed By TV Guide
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Drama, ABC, Grey’s Anatomy, Talent,
Ellen Pompeo, who plays Meredith Grey on the fan-adored, ratings blockbuster Grey’s Anatomy, recently participated in a delightful interview with TV Guide. Did you know that Ellen used to be a cocktail waitress? That when hospitals recognize her, her relatives get special treatment? And that she’s played two psychotic killers in earlier roles? Even though Izzy will always be our favorite Grey’s character, Ellen’s interview is a good read.
TV Guide: How much like Meredith Grey are you?
Pompeo: She wasn’t much of a student, and that certainly was me. The fact that I’m convincing is a huge triumph for me because I’m not that [kind of] book person. I adore books but on my time and not in a classroom. I was very restless. I’m a gypsy at heart. As soon as I turned 18, I started traveling.TV Guide: Where did you go?
Pompeo: I went to Europe, and then I spent three years cocktail-waitressing in Miami in the early ‘90s when it was fabulous. When I first got there, it looked like a scene out of Scarface: old people sitting on the porches, and all these dilapidated hotels. And then I moved to New York City in the mid-‘90s.TV Guide: And instantly found fame and fortune?
Pompeo: Actually, I bartended. My first professional job was a L’Oreal commercial. They dyed my hair fire-engine red. It was supposed to go away after six washes but, you know, bright copper hair doesn’t wash out that quickly!
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Calista Flockhart Returns To Television In Brothers And Sisters
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Drama, ABC, Talent,
Flockhart, famous for her portrayal of conflicted lawyer Ally McBeal (and even more famous for her diminishing weight,) will return to series television in Brothers and Sisters. The drama is described as an adult soap opera centering on adult siblings who must band together to run the family business after the death of their father. Rachel Grffiths of Six Feet Under fame will also star.
Golden Globe winners Rachel Griffiths and Calista Flockhart have been tapped to star in ABC’s drama pilot “Brothers & Sisters.”
The project is a family soap centering on adult siblings.
For Flockhart, the casting marks a return to series television four years after Fox’s “Ally McBeal” went off the air. Her stint on David E. Kelley’s dramedy earned her a Golden Globe Award in 1998 and three Emmy nominations.
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Great news for science fiction fans: ABC will debut a show comprised of the masters in the genre, entitled Masters of Science Fiction.
Fans can enjoy interviews and works of sci fi experts such as the fabulous Ray Bradbury.
The network has ordered an anthology series called “Masters of Science Fiction” that will bring the work of some of the genre’s titans—including, possibly, Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov—to the small screen. The show comes from IDT Entertainment, the company behind Showtime’s “Masters of Horror.”
“We’re very excited about this anthology,” says Quinn Taylor, who oversees movies and miniseries for ABC. “We’ve been trying to put together this kind of series because it has great potential to become appointment television.”
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There Are People Crazier Than Anne Heche In ABC’s Men In Trees
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Drama, ABC, Talent,
Actress, girlfriend of famous actors/actresses…Anne Heche has earned some celebrity status, although what she is most famous for is her widely publicized, very strange breakdown when she declared that she was an alien from another planet. In a truly ironic twist, Anne has been cast as a psychologist in ABC’s new drama, Men In Trees. In the show, Anne’s character moves to Alaska after finding out her husband has been unfaithful, and finds herself surrounded by rugged wilderness and rugged men alike.
Perhaps it will be entertaining. It is said that crazy people make the best therapists…
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Whether you love her or hate her, there’s no denying that Lost’s Ana Lucia, played by perennial tough girl Michelle Rodriguez, has grabbed the attention of viewers. Rumors have spread that Rodriguez would be fired after her arrest for a DUI, but series creator J.J. Abrams is denying the speculation.
J.J. Abrams, creator of the ABC castaway hit Lost, recently told Sci-Fi Wire that Michelle Rodriguez’s character on the show, hair-trigger ex-cop Ana Lucia, will not be killed anytime soon. Rumors had begun to spread that Rodriguez was not long for the show due to her multiple run-ins with Hawaiian police—she was pulled over for speeding three times and she is to stand trial for a DUI in March.
No doubt this will be a relief for fans of the show. What do you think? Is this an example of a celebrity receiving special treatment that others wouldn’t, or is the charge minor enough to excuse without incident? Please share your opinions with us in the comments section.
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Just as ABC was trying to deal with the injuries of Bob Woodruff and photographer Doug Vogt, they are dealt with another blow: Elizabeth Vargas has announced that she is pregnant. Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer had already been tapped to fill in for the ailing anchor (what kind of hellish schedule do these people have anyway?)—but will they soon be covering for both? Will the GMA duo be sending us off to work in the morning and welcoming us home at night? This whole thing could become quite interesting if Katie Couric comes to CBS as has long been rumored. Needless to say, this latest announcement for World News Tonight cannot be easy for those who are trying to create a new stability since the death of Peter Jennings.
Although Bob Woodruff continues to show signs of improvement, there is no estimate for his hopeful return. As for Ms. Vargas—she is due in August.
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Sex Symbol Jay Hernandez Will Star In ABC Drama
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Drama, ABC, Talent,
Face it - if a guy can look good even when he’s sweating, vomiting, and being splattered with blood, he obviously is quite the hottie. Many viewers adored the tortured, splattered Jay Hernandez in the gore-fest flick Hostel. Now Jay will be beamed into your living room every week. Hernandez will star in ABC’s drama Six Degrees, an artsy serial that follows the lives of several people whose lives link together in mysterious ways.
Six Degrees is just one of the many pilots this fall that will focus on bizarre plots and themes. But only one will have Jay Hernandez without a shirt on.
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