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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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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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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