Thu, 08/07/2010 - 11:59 by Pankaj Damin
Los Angeles -- Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss has been cast in a recurring role for the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series "Weeds," Showtime said.
The star of "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "American Graffiti" and "The Goodbye Girl" is to appear in at least four episodes of "Weeds," the pay cable network said Wednesday.
Dreyfuss is to play an unexpected character who arrives from the past of Nancy Botwin, played by show star Mary-Louise Parker.
The new season of the show, which is about a single mom who sells marijuana to make ends meet, is slated to begin Aug. 16.
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Sun, 04/07/2010 - 01:40 by Pankaj Damin
New York -- Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse is about to debut a new show, "Fresh Food Fast," on the Cooking Channel.
The 20-episode show debuts next Saturday.
"The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing their own challenges," Lagasse told USA Today while marketing and filming in New York City. "It's back to cooking. And it's real cooking."
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Sun, 04/07/2010 - 00:13 by Pankaj Damin
Los Angeles -- Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is to make a cameo appearance on "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."
The show began its third season on ABC Family in June.
"It was right up my alley," Palin told the Los Angeles Times. "I was pregnant the same time as the character, Amy, on the show, so I kind of felt like we went through the experience together."
Palin, 19, became possibly the most famous pregnant teenager in the country when her mother was nominated by the Republican Party for vice president in 2008. She is now a spokeswoman for teenage abstinence.
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Fri, 25/06/2010 - 09:55 by Pankaj Damin
Concord, Mass. -- The U.S. home-improvement program "Ask This Old House" has been renewed for a ninth season, WGBH, Boston, which produces the show, said.
The show was created to offer practical tips and instruction to help homeowners with various projects around the home. The ninth season of the series, featuring 26 brand-new episodes, is to premiere on PBS Oct. 7.
"'Ask This Old House' is back to take on a whole new batch of home-repair problems," senior series producer Chris Wolfe said in a statement. "We've completed over 200 episodes, and with hundreds of 'House' calls under their tool belts, our experts are ready to help you solve any home improvement problems and teach you how to fix it yourself in the future."
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Thu, 24/06/2010 - 11:40 by Pankaj Damin
Los Angeles -- U.S. actress Julia Stiles has joined the cast of the drama series "Dexter," Showtime said.
Stiles, who will appear in 10 episodes of the show's upcoming fifth season, will play a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter, played by Michael C. Hall, in the wake of the death of his wife, the network said in a news release.
Production on Season 5 began this month. The new episodes are to premiere in the fall.
"Dexter" stars Hall as a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer.
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Thu, 24/06/2010 - 11:38 by Pankaj Damin
London -- British comedy partners Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are planning a fall TV special to mark the 30th anniversary of their working relationship, the BBC said.
The duo starred in the United Kingdom's "Jeeves and Wooster," "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" and the Blackadder series of shows and specials.
In recent years, Fry and Laurie have pursued separate projects, with Fry serving as a popular British television personality and Laurie starring in the U.S. medical drama "House, M.D."
Their reunion special, tentatively called "Fry & Laurie: Re-United," is to air on the GOLD channel.
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Thu, 24/06/2010 - 11:34 by Pankaj Damin
New York -- The Broadway play "Next Fall" is to close in July after playing 26 previews and 132 regular performances, the show's producers say.
The stage comedy was presented by Elton John and David Furnish, written by Geoffrey Nauffts and directed by Sheryl Kaller.
It will play its final performance at Manhattan's Helen Hayes Theatre July 4.
"Next Fall" had its world premiere in a Naked Angels production, opening to critical acclaim June 3, 2009, at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater and played a sold-out run off-Broadway through Aug. 8, 2009.
Starring Patrick Breen, Maddie Corman, Sean Dugan, Patrick Heusinger, Connie Ray and Cotter Smith, the play transferred to Broadway and opened March 11.
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Thu, 24/06/2010 - 11:09 by Pankaj Damin
New York -- Talk-show host David Letterman used the U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal story as fodder for one of his infamous Top 10 lists.
McChrystal resigned from his position as leader of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan Wednesday, following the firestorm that erupted after he and his senior aides made disparaging and dismissive remarks about administration officials involved in Afghanistan policy in a profile to run in the next issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
Letterman's Top 10 "Signs Your General is Losing It" aired on Tuesday's edition of "Late Show."
The list goes as follows --
10. His pants keep going AWOL.
9. Each day for breakfast, eats large bowl of sand.
8. Named his helmet "Peggy."
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Mon, 21/06/2010 - 10:41 by Pankaj Damin
new York -- The New York Yankees say pop star Lady Gaga is officially blackballed from the team locker-room after making an unannounced visit that turned into a spectacle.
The New York Post said Sunday that Yankees co-Chairman Hal Steinbrenner was reportedly outraged at Lady Gaga's outrageous behavior in the clubhouse after Saturday's game against the cross-town Mets.
The Post said the 24-year-old singer apparently smooth-talked her way into the restricted area with a few of her girlfriends after the game and spent about 30 minutes mingling with the team.
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Tue, 15/06/2010 - 10:57 by Pankaj Damin
New York -- British television personality Piers Morgan is in talks with CNN about starting up his own prime time panel show, sources told the New York Post.
Morgan, a judge on "America's Got Talent" and its U.K. counterpart, "Britain's Got Talent," is the former editor of Britain's Daily Mirror and a winner on "The Celebrity Apprentice."
The Post said CNN is searching for a new identity in the wake of low ratings and the departures of some of its key on-camera people, such as Christiane Amanpour and Gerri Willis.
"We always decline to comment on speculation," a CNN spokesman told the newspaper.
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Thu, 10/06/2010 - 11:20 by Pankaj Damin
Boston -- Country music star Toby Keith has been booked to perform during the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, CBS said Wednesday.
The July 4 event at the Charles River Esplanade in Boston is to be presided over by "The Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson for the fourth consecutive year.
Keith is expected to perform some of his biggest hits with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra under the direction of conductor Keith Lockhart, CBS said.
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Thu, 03/06/2010 - 14:42 by Pankaj Damin
Los Angeles -- NBC says its new U.S. alternative series "Breakthrough with Tony Robbins" will premiere next month.
The network described the self-help guru/motivational speaker's new show as "an inspirational, hourlong series starring Robbins and his team of experts who will help participants and their families overcome complex challenges and personal obstacles, and turn their lives around."
It is set to air Tuesdays, starting July 27.
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