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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

November 17, 2009

Jason Lee making TV comeback as a TNT Elvis impersonator
The "My Name is Earl" star in George Clooney's "Delta Blues," playing Memphis cop Michael Hendricks, who lives with his mom and moonlights as an Elvis impersonator. Lee, whose "Earl" almost ended up on TNT's sibling network TBS, is also working on an Adult Swim skateboarding comedy that he might star in.


Hulu to begin offering music videos

Norah Jones will get her own "channel" as part of a deal with record label EMI.


Adam Lambert: "I was never in the closet"

The "Idol" runner-up says he didn't want to make his sexuality an issue while on the show. "It's a hard thing that everybody's gonna have their opinion about," he says. "Some people in the gay community might look at it like, 'You really should've owned that. You didn't hide it, but you didn't admit it and that's weak.' My whole point is, I'm not trying to lead the f—ing way for the civil-rights movement that we're in right now. I just happen to be a gay man — and I'm not ashamed of that at all."


Ex-"Prison Break" star Amaury Nolasco escapes to A&E

Nolasco will play a detective in "The Quickening," partneing with Radha Mitchell. PLUS: "Brotherhood's" Ethan Embry joins USA's "Facing Kate."


Gretchen Mol joins "Boardwalk Empire" as a showgirl

It'll be Mol's first role since "Life on Mars."

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November 17, 2009

It took Katey Sagal a month to shake off violent "Sons of Anarchy" scene
Listen to a podcast with "Sons" creator Kurt Sutter, where he discusses filming the pivotal Episode 1 scene and creating the acclaimed FX series.


J.B. Smoove: Michael Richards was a "fun guy" to work with on "Curb"

He says of shooting this week's scene: "We were talking about a way of doing the scene, and he said, 'You know what, J. B.? If that moment had never happened in that club, we could do something so much more with this scene.' I said, 'You’re absolutely right.'"


Fred Willard joins "Modern Family"

He'll play Ty Burrell's dad.


Ad agency has fun with the "Mad Men" finale

The real-life McCann Erickson bought ads with the headline, "Welcome, Sterling Cooper."


Tim Gunn was "HIMYM's" best guest star ever

So says Neil Patrick Harris.


"Smallville" TV movie has been dubbed "Absolute Justice"

The two-hour special airs Feb. 5.

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November 17, 2009

Oprah grants Nate Berkus his own show
The interior designer should be on daytime TV with his own show by next fall.


Why "Lost" refuses to show any fresh footage before the season premiere

"I think even a single scene from the show would basically tip what it is we're doing this year, and what it is we're doing this year is different than what we've done in other years," says Damon Lindelof of his "pretty cool" plan. "That is the marketing strategy that we are trying to impose upon our masters."


MTV nabs Michael Jackson's "This Is It" — for 2011

You'll have to wait more than a year to see the documentary on cable. "This Is It" is expected to air on all of the MTV networks, plus BET.


Wendy Williams renewed through 2012

Wendy has seen big ratings since her debut.


Cheryl Burke learning to tweet

The two-time "Dancing" champ is taking lessons from Tom Bergeron.


"The Equalizer" star Edward Woodward dies at 80

"Equalizer" co-creator Richard Lindheim says of Woodward's acting: "The brilliance of his performance was not always what he said but the emotion in his eyes and in his behavior."

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November 17, 2009

Stop the TV pop-ups!
"Across the networks," says Frazier Moore, "the pop-up ad is alive and well and inescapable, undermining THIS show to shill for some OTHER show, which, when that show airs, will likely be defaced with promos for yet ANOTHER. And on it goes."


Body language experts analyze Sarah Palin's Oprah interview

Said one psychology professor: "She averaged between 30 and 40 blinks per minute, and that’s a normal blink rate, which should suggest that she’s not uncomfortable." PLUS: Oprah steered away from making news.


It's official: Will Arnett is joining his wife on "Parks and Recreation"

He'll make a cameo as an MRI technician. PLUS: Justin Theroux to romance Leslie Knope.


"Jon & Kate" lets Kate dump on Jon

Last night's TLC clip job second-to-last episode featured unseen clips of Jon Gosselin looking like a jerk.


Zach Galifianakis interviews Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter

"When you go home at night and watch yourself, do you….touch it?"

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November 17, 2009

Heather Locklear knows her job is to save "Melrose Place"
"Absolutely, this is on my mind," she says, "but hopefully my going there will bring some attention and make people watch because it's not just about watching Amanda, it's about bringing awareness to the show." But she points out that "it's not a teenage show," and adds that she wasn't completely sold on the new "Melrose" until she saw the 2nd epiosde. "And I went, 'I'm in. If I'm not the one who killed Sydney, I'm in.'"


Simon Cowell: Music's most influential figure of the 00's?

"Simon Cowell's decade," says Neil McCormack wasn't the result of any kind of genius. Cowell, he says, "was simply the wrong man in the right place at the right time. This has been a decade in which the technology of the internet effectively laid waste to the music business as we knew it."


Oprah will have to cut her pay to stay on regular TV

Local stations will only renew her show at a reduced fee.


Susan Boyle reveals: I was beaten and bullied as a child

The "Got Talent" sensation says: "Singing was the one thing I was good at. Music was my escape."


Al Roker refuses to take Spencer Pratt's bait

When Speidi's "Today" appearance was canceled yesterday, Pratt tweeted: WEATHERMAN I thought you were out of town today getting your stomache [sic] stapled again?" Roker responded by saying he'll take the "high road."


Julianne Hough won't return to "Dancing" next season

Will she ever return? "We're going to cross that bridge when we get to it," she tells Ryan Seacrest.

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November 17, 2009

Letterman mocks NY Times for calling attention to "douche" on TV
Dave said he's never used the alleged profanity in all his years in late-night. That is, until last night.


Behind the scenes of Scorsese's "Boardwalk Empire"

The HBO series starring Steve Buscemi wnats to avoid the "Deadwood" trap of being able to Google a specific character’s fate.


Can "HIMYM" get away with the old Barney?

After giving him an emotional life and a depth of feeling, how can the writers bring back the shallow Barney?


Are Adam Lambert's handlers trying to put him back in the closet?

Out magazine editors were allegedly told not to make him too gay.


"Glee" is a beloved among NYC's theater actors

On and off Broadway, casts gather to watch the Fox musical. Among the "Bye Bye Birdie" cast, Kurt is the favorite.


"Glee's" Cory Monteith: I couldn't date Lea Michele

Michele last month took Monteith to his first-ever Broadway musical, "Rock of Ages," which fueled rumors of a romance. "First of all, no, we’re not dating," he says. "We’re like oil and water, complete opposites. I couldn’t imagine what our dating life would be like. Pretty intense." PLUS: Monteith says Amber Riley will have the biggest singing career.


"The Beautiful Life" might get burned off next summer

CW won't confirm it, but producers posted on their Facebook page that the unaired episodes will be shown in June.

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ODDS & ENDS

November 17, 2009

PETA targets "Sesame Street" over egg sponsorship

"Cold Case" and "Three Rivers" are trading timeslots for just this weekend

"High School Musical" writer to pen Nickelodeon's "Summer Camp"

Seth Meyers: Sarah Palin was "absolutely right" about her "SNL" appearance

Watch the 100 greatest "The Wire" quotes

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