Brooke Smith, Grey's Anatomy
Dr. Erica Hahn, the head of cardiothoracic surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital, may be a breezily officious, raging workaholic. But the actress who plays her, Brooke Smith, isn’t entirely surprised when the escalating chemistry between Hahn and Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) leads to a liplock in the May 15 episode of Grey’s Anatomy (Thursday at 9 pm/ET, ABC).
“She came to the wrong hospital if she thought she wasn’t going to have a personal life!” cracks Smith, who confesses to eavesdropping on a recent writers’ meeting in an attempt to find out where the relationship will go. “They won’t tell us anything, so I literally had my ear to the wall. I keep hearing this rumor about this big surprising kiss [in the finale]. Everybody’s thinking that it’s Meredith and Derek. But ho
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Jamie Oliver, Jamie at Home
Twittering birds. Aside from the whirring of a Cuisinart or the banging of pots, that's the loudest noise you'll hear on Jamie Oliver's cozy new series, Jamie at Home (Saturdays at 9:30 am/ET, Food Network). The quiet chirping begins and ends segments, and helps set the mood for a show that dispenses with catchphrases, guests and gimmicks and instead features the 32-year-old British cook — first introduced to U.S. audiences in 2000 as the Naked Chef — using vegetables and fruits plucked from his bountiful 13-acre organic home garden in Essex, England.
There's an aura of spontaneity about the series. ("I haven't burnt [it]. Honestly," he assures us as the room fogs with smoke when dripping fruit juice caramelizes on the bottom of the oven while he's making a rustic blackberry-and-apple pie.) That's bec
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Bill Germanakos, Julie Hadden and Hollie Self, The Biggest Loser
In the Season 4 finale of The Biggest Loser, 18 contestants lost a staggering combined total of 2,207 pounds, Jillian Michaels' underdog Black Team dominated, and identical twins Bill and Jim Germanakos swept the competition, winning the $250,000 grand prize and $100,000 at-home prize, respectively. Here, five pound-droppers share diet and exercise tips that can help you slim down in 2008.
Bill Germanakos
$250,000 grand-prize winner
Lost 164 pounds
"Don't eat anything white. No white bread, no white rice, no white pasta. If you're going to eat carbs, eat something that's whole-grain or long-burning carbs, like sweet potatoes or yams. Blueberries are my addiction now. They're really good for you, low in calories. In my house, we call them the blue M&Ms."
Julie Hadden
First runner-up
Lost 97 pounds
"American-size proportions are gigantic, so when I eat out, I cut my m
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Willie Ray, Barry Corbin, John Tenney and Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
It's late afternoon on the mazelike Hollywood set of TNT's The Closer (special two-hour episode airing tonight at 8 pm/ET on TNT), and Kyra Sedgwick is filming a scene that would feel familiar to any fan of the show.
As LAPD Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson, she stands in the office of Assistant Police Chief Will Pope (J.K. Simmons), telling half-truths to her boss to help cover the trail of her unorthodox crime-solving methods. In a crisply enunciated Southern accent, Sedgwick says, "This is a tactical.…" Then, silence. "Line?" Sedgwick politely asks The Closer's script supervisor, who then reads a piece of dialogue aloud to her. Sedgwick continues. "This is a tactical operation now, for which SIS and…" Sedgwick's voice trails off again. "Line?" she calls out, this time with a tiny crackle of frustration
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Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
"We're trying to make it so you never know what kind of show you're tuning in to," says The Closer creator (and TVGuide.com celebrity blogger) James Duff. And his formula — unexpected moments of comedy, plucked heartstrings and a dash of gore — is working: The Closer is the top-rated basic-cable series ever.
For the two-part, two-night finale, the police procedural heads to the courtroom after a high-profile divorce attorney is found dead in his swimming pool and the crime-solving methods of LAPD deputy chief Brenda Johnson (Emmy-nominated Kyra Sedgwick) are called into question. Keep an eye out for real-life law-and-order pundits read more
Valerie Bertinelli
America's perennial sweetheart, Valerie Bertinelli, opens up to TV Guide about her new TV-movie, her dramatic weight loss, her new love and the advice she has for Lindsay and Paris.
TV Guide: In your new TV-movie, Claire, you play a mother with psychic powers. What was it about the role that called to you?
Valerie Bertinelli: I love Medium. It's such a believable relationship. This script had a lot of that in there — the husband, the wife, the way they move around the kitchen, how the children are not just extras but an important part of life. But the main part for me was that it was going to be shooting in town. I didn't have to leave my son [16-year-old Wolfie Van Halen]. That's always
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Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
Call it a quest for Gracelessness. After eight years as the female half of the popular NBC sitcom Will & Grace, Debra Messing, 38, worried about involuntarily holding onto the traits that made her New York City-based interior decorator so ineffably lovable: the rapid-fire line delivery, the defiant tossing of her red mane and the aura of perpetual frazzle.
So before production began on USA Network's The Starter Wife — a six-hour miniseries based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer, in which Messing stars as jettisoned Hollywood spouse Molly Kagan — she went to executive producer and director Jon Avnet (Fried G
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Clockwise from top left: I Love New York's Chance, Real, White Boy and Tango
"I have to tell you, I did meet my Prince Charming," reveals Tiffany "New York" Pollard, star of VH1's I Love New York (Mondays at 9 pm/ET), the raucous reality show in which the bachelorette who was twice rejected on Flavor of Love calls the shots. Pollard has already sent 16 bachelors packing — with the help of her mother, Sister Patterson. Now only four remain: Men she nicknamed Chance, Real, Tango and White Boy. Which one will she choose? Check out these odds.
CHANCE (AKA Kamal Givens, 25)
Hometown: Anaheim, California
Why he has love for New York: "New York was sassy, real, true-witted. We had a connection from the jump."
Why New York has love for him: "I wasn't just a thug. I could te
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Chad Lowe, 24
In a TV Guide interview, Chad Lowe reflects on his new gig as 24's resident evildoer, sobriety, his new girlfriend and playing hockey with Kiefer.
TV Guide: What can you tell us about your character on 24, deputy chief of staff Reed Pollock?
Lowe: I don't want to give too much away, but Reed has somewhat of an ulterior motive. He does things to further his agenda and the agenda of an organization of people he represents. What's interesting is that I don't even know who they are.
TV Guide: Do you mean you, Chad Lowe? Or you, Reed Pollock?
Lowe: I, Chad Lowe, don't know. When I got the role, I went in and met with the producers and writers and all they gave me was a broad stroke of where they're going with him.
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Justine Bateman, Men in Trees
In a candid TV Guide interview, former '80s teen star Justine Bateman opens up about making mayhem on ABC's Men in Trees (Thursdays at 10 pm/ET), her kids, and... knitting sweaters for Courtney Love?!
TV Guide: How did you land the role of Lynn on Men in Trees?
Justine Bateman: This is going to sound so made up, but I was on an airplane and [series creator] Jenny Bicks was also on the plane. We didn't have a conversation. She saw me, called my agents and said, "Oh, can she play Lynn?"
TV Guide: Lynn was a character on the show before we even met her. She was discussed for months, right?
Bateman: Yeah. Sometimes in theater, they'll talk about your character a lot before
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