Ben Stiller
Fox isn't wasting any time setting up its development slate.
The network has ordered four comedy pilots and three dramas, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The newcomers join previously announced drama pilot Eva Adams, which is finalizing casting, and fall comedy Boldly Going Nowhere.
Fox President Kevin Reilly said last week that the new comedy slate would be closer in tone to hit series Malcolm in the Middle and The Bernie Mac Show than this season's quickly cancelled Do Not Disturb. Among the contenders are ...
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Kurt Fuller
Kurt Fuller is the latest actor to go Mad.
Fuller, whose other TV credits include Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, and Alias, has been tapped to join the cast of David E. Kelley's NBC pilot Legally Mad, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Legally Mad focuses on a twentysomething who takes a job at her father's law firm. Fuller will play ...
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In this episode — which sadly featured no Kermit the Frog references to go along with the title — several of the Walker ladies were dealing with sex issues (with men and for Sarah, with a daughter). Plus, Sarah's issues are complicated by her final attempt to secure financing for Greenatopia, Meanwhile, Kevin tries to keep it together while quail hunting with Republican bigwigs to help Robert's (secret) bid for governor, Justin makes a new friend at NA, and three post-party walk of shames are far from what they should (or could) have been.
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Beyonce, Bono
Barack Obama and HBO are throwing one heck of a party for the president-elect's inaugural kickoff, and they're bringing in a bevy of A-listers for the event.
We Are One: The Obama Inauguration Celebration will feature appearances by a number of musicians, including Bono, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Garth Brooks, Josh Groban ...
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Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger's mother says all off the late actor's awards, including the Golden Globe he won Sunday, will end up in good hands: those of his daughter Matilda.
"I should imagine that eventually it will be going to Matilda," Sally Bell told People. "At this stage she is only so young, but down the track she will have all these things. It will belong to her because she is part of him."
Bell said her family ...
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Joely Fisher and Brad Garrett, 'Til Death
After disappearing from the airwaves in early October, many thought Fox's 'Til Death was on its way to the grave. But that doesn't appear to be the case.
Fox has ordered 22 episodes of the Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher comedy, which will return next season. The new order brings the series' episode total ...
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
The recently unengaged Jennifer Love Hewitt obtained a temporary restraining order Monday against a 62-year-old man the actress claims has been stalking her since 2007, according to E! News.
According to Hewitt's petition, which she filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Dec. 23, David Nolte has sent the actress more than 120 "threatening and harassing" correspondences that include "disturbing and violent letters ...
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Howie Mandel, Howie Do It
Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel was released from a Toronto hospital Tuesday after being admitted with an irregular heartbeat a day earlier, according to his rep.
Mandel, who was in Canada shooting an episode of his new hidden-camera prank show, Howie Do It, will be heading back to work Wednesday ...
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Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay is suffering from a partially collapsed lung, according to the star's rep.
"Mariska Hargitay has been sidelined with a pneumothorax (a partially collapsed lung)," the rep told Access Hollywood. Even so, the actress "will appear in all episodes for the rest of the season of Law & Order: SVU," the rep said.
Hargitay's condition occurs ...
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