From the daily archives:

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

November 3, 2009

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer: A female?
British scientists claim that Rudolph can't be a male because female reindeer still have antlers at Christmas. Males shed theirs before mid-December.


Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin's Oscar pairing benefits NBC

Both stars will be able to use their Academy Awards stint to promote their new NBC Universal movie "It's Complicated," plus Alec Baldwin will be able to plug "30 Rock" before 35 to 40 million viewers. Both Baldwin and Martin are also considered NBC mainstays for hosting "SNL" a combined 27 times.


Jon Gosselin storms out of "ET" interview featuring his girlfriend

"I wanted to discuss this in private, but now it's public," he told Hailey Glassman before abruptly leaving the set. "I'm getting frustrated, because it's uncomfortable. This whole thing's uncomfortable. I don't like it."


"General Hospital's" James Franco to guest on "30 Rock"

Franco, seen here on the set of "General Hospital," will play himself in a fake romance with Jenna.


Celebs to give away thier money on E!'s "Bank of Hollywood"

Famous people like Candy Spelling will hear pleas from ordinary people before parting with their case, in Ryan Seacrest's latest reality show.

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November 3, 2009

Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin to co-host the Oscars
They are "the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscar," the Academy said today. Martin is a two-time Academy Awards host, most recently in 2003, while Baldwin has been a presenter several times. Why pick a 51-year-old and a 64-year-old to lure young viewers? Martin and Baldwin happen to be stars of a new comedy coming this Christmas called "It's Complicated," and they both hope to be nominated next year.


CW affilaites could catch PTC grief for showing "Gossip Girl" threesome

The Parents TV Council wants next week's episode yanked, warning CW stations that they will "bear the financial burden of an FCC fine" if they air the threesome.


CBS orders 5 more "Accidentally on Purpose" episodes

That's still four short of a full season.


Ryan Seacrest's accused stalker pleads not guilty

Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. entered the plea Tuesday through an attorney.

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November 3, 2009

Kirstie Alley gets her own A&E reality show
Cameras will follow as Alley tries to lose weight while juggling the responsibility of being a single mom to teenagers.


Claim: "Cheaters" hires people to pretend their cheating

"Inside Edition" tonight uncovers numerous instances of fake cheating. Two women interviewed even claim that, though underage, producers got them drunk to make the show sexier.


Bravo: TV's most moral network?

The "ESPN for gay men and their simpatico BFF divas," as Hank Stuever refers to Bravo, seems to believe in people with its spate of reality shows, "imparting, in the slyest and most intuitive of ways, a sense of what's right and what's wrong." As he points out, "People on Bravo, one way or another, always get what's coming to them," adding: "Bravo asks its very engaged audiences to decide right from wrong, to judge the sinner apart from the sin, and to do unto others as if the camera is always watching you."


Bravo sets its next reality show in a NYC nightclub

New York nightlife impresario Amy Sacco of Bungalow 8 fame is taping a pilot about her life behind the scenes.


Kathy Griffin to host ABC's "Let's Dance"

Premiering later this month, "Let's Dance" has celebs reenact famous dance sequences in pop-culture.


Maggie Grace: Holding out on "Lost"?

So far, she's the only cast member not coming back for the final season.


"Flight of the Conchords" may not return

Jemaine Clement says "it very likely might not" return for a third season because the show is too much work. But he added, "It could come back in a shorter season or like a special."

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November 3, 2009

Half-black/half-Chinese contestant raises eyebrows on China's "Idol"
"Go Oriental Angel" finalist Lou Jing, 20, (watch her here) is a product of an African-American father and a Chinese mother. According to the Guardian, she has "provoked a storm of abuse on the internet, a rare debate on racism in the media, and a bout of self-examination in a country where skin colour is a notoriously sensitive subject."


Apple proposes unlimited TV downloads for $30 a month

The iTunes-like service would use a revenue-sharing model while simultaneously annoying the cable companies.


Is Joanna Krupa playing the sex card to stay on top of "Dancing"?

The "overrated" Playboy model and Derek Hough seem to be coasting on their sex appeal.


Joanna Krupa once starred in a fetish video with "Joe Millionaire's" runner-up

Check out "No Shoes No Mercy," starring Krupa and Sarah Kozer.


"Murphy Brown" cast reunites

Heather Locklear was originally CBS' first choice to play Murphy, Candice Bergen sad on "The Early Show."


Adam Arkin: It's ironic that I'm playing a "Sons of Anarchy" white separatist leader

"We talked about my own ethnicity and the irony of having someone with a Jewish background playing a white separatist, nationalist character," says Arkin, who gave his character a slight European accent.

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November 3, 2009

NBC News throws a "pity party" for teary Kate Gosselin
Last night's TLC special from NBC News threw softball questions at Kate in a very sophisticated way. In the interview with Natalie Morales, Kate admitted that she was hard on Jon. "I was wrong to treat him that way. Was it good, healthy and wonderful? No. Am I proud of those moments that were captured? No." PLUS: Kate ticketed for speeding while kids were aboard.


"Vampire Diaries'" Kevin Williamson: "We will kill main characters"

"I want the show to have an unpredictable quality to it," he says, "and I think that's going to come now and the audience will realize I will kill them — we will kill the main characters. This is a show that will go there."


Blair Underwood returning to "Old Christine"

He'll reunite with with his old flame for one episode.


Meet the D.C. "Real World" cast

They include a “Portuguese beauty," a jock and a "hillbilly" from Texas who interns at a gay newspaper.


Edward Norton's HBO Obama documentary tells us little we don't already know

"By the People: The Election of Barack Obama" gives us few unguarded moments, while providing little insight to our current president. PLUS: "By the People" has a texture of reality missing from TV news.

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ODDS & ENDS

November 3, 2009

Kiefer Sutherland spends $700 on "24" drinks at 7 a.m.

"True Colors" and "Jump" featured on "Glee" Vol. 2 soundtrack

Ex-Windows spokesman Jerry Seinfeld used a Mac on "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Fake smile! Nervous Taylor Swift gets "SNL" advice from Jimmy Fallon

"Monty Python" demands New Jersey guv candidate take down video

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November 3, 2009

"V" somehow managed to get everything right
ABC's remake of the 1983 miniseries could easily have been "Knight Rider" or "Bionic Woman." Instead, as Robert Bianco notes, "writer Scott Peters, whose 'The 4400' was one of TV's best recent alien-invasion dramas, hits all the right chords. He adds just enough modern media twists and political/sleeper-cell parallels to contemporize the story without drowning it in paranoia. The clothes and hair have changed, no doubt for the better, but the essentials are all in place — including, we can only hope, the visitors' legendary fondness for hamsters."
"V" a barbed commentary on Obamania // Can "V" avoid "FlashForward's" problems?
Storytelling is too sladash and formulaic // It's terrific, with a masterpiece beginning
Will "V" fail like most genre shows? // Original "V" creator happy with remake
New "V" is shinier than the original, but somehow less frightening
Laura Vandervoort: "I'm a horrible person" // Morena Baccarin freaked out by 1st "V"
How did Elizabeth Mitchell end up becoming an action hero?

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