Rumer Willis to Guest-Star on 90210

• Jul 5, 2009 10:40 AM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Rumer Willis

Rumer Willis' latest TV gig will take her to 90210.

The eldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Willis will appear on at least one fall episode as Gia, a lesbian reporter for West Bev's "Blaze" news show, a CW rep confirms.

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From Politics to Pop Culture: What's Next for Sarah Palin?

• Jul 4, 2009 02:38 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Sarah Palin

What's next for Sarah Palin following her unexpected resignation from Alaska's top job and serving as a favorite pop-culture target?

Even though the freshman governor gave no details on her future plans other than "looking forward to serving the public outside the governor's chair," she has given us plenty to talk about for the past year.

Just last month she publicly feuded with David Letterman, who ultimately apologized for poking fun at one of the governor's teenage daughters.

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Palin was repeatedly spoofed on Saturday Night Live by ... read more

She's a Mother: Cobie Smulders Welcomes Baby Girl

• Jul 3, 2009 02:10 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Cobie Smulders

Shaelyn Cado Killam has met her mother — and it's actress Cobie Smulders.

Smulders, a star of CBS' How I Met Your Mother, gave birth to her daughter on May 16, People reports. It is the first child for Smulders and her fiancé Taran Killam.

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Piper Perabo Spies Covert Role in New USA Series

• Jul 3, 2009 11:22 AM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Piper Perabo

Piper Perabo has landed the lead role in Covert Affairs, a USA Network spy-thriller pilot expected to be ordered to series later this month.

Perabo will play Annie Walker, a top-shelf CIA trainee who excels at every skill, says the Hollywood Reporter.

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Fall TV: Christian Slater in Talks to Front Bruckheimer Drama

• Jul 2, 2009 03:32 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Christian Slater

Film vet Christian Slater, who last fall played a superspy in NBC's short-lived My Own Worst Enemy, is in talks to front ABC's new Jerry Bruckheimer-produced crime drama.

In The Forgotten, Slater would fill the lead role of a former cop who heads up a team of amateur detectives. Among the character's baggage is the fact that his 11-year-old daughter was kidnapped three years prior.

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Ratings: Talent Is Tops, But Philanthropist May Need Help

• Jul 2, 2009 12:37 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

America's Got Talent

Wednesday's ratings recap:

8 pm/ET
ABC's Wipeout topped the hour with 7.8 million total viewers, up 100K week-to-week. So You Think You Can Dance's Top 14 performance show, however, led the demos, and averaged 7.65 mil over its two-hour run.

9 pm
America's Got Talent was the night's most-watched program, delivering 11.3 million viewers (up 9 percent week-to-week). Me, I'd prefer to see the Hoff drink, like, six fewer Red Bulls before each show. ABC's I Survived a Japanese Game Show (3.83 mil) dropped 350K.

10 pm
Despite having an even stronger lead-in this week, NBC's The Philanthropist (5.7 mil) plunged 23 percent from its premiere, placing a distant second behind a CSI: NY repeat (8.1 mil).

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Smits: PBS Special "Puts a Whole Different Spin" on Fourth of July

• Jul 2, 2009 11:52 AM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Jimmy Smits

Each year as America celebrates its birthday, few celebrations are as rife with emotion, inclusiveness and patriotic goodness as A Capitol Fourth, the PBS special that broadcasts from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

A Capitol Fourth "reflects a tapestry of what this country is, just in terms of the music alone," says Jimmy Smits, who is repeating as host of the special.

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Among the music acts helping the U.S. of A. turn a spry 233 this year are Barry Manilow, Aretha ... read more

Neil Patrick Harris Eyed as Awesome Emmys Host

• Jul 2, 2009 09:36 AM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Neil Patrick Harris hosting the Tonys

CBS, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Neil Patrick Harris are working on a deal that would make the How I Met Your Mother star the host of this year's Primetime Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 20.

An agreement had not been reached as of late Wednesday — and CBS had no comment on the buzz — but Variety reports that all parties are hopeful to see Harris "tux up" and take charge of the 61st annual Emmys.

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Just recently for CBS, Harris earned raves as host of ... read more

NCIS Exclusive: Rocky Carroll to Pull Double Duty on Spin-Off

• Jul 1, 2009 11:00 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Rocky Carroll on NCIS

Rocky! Rocky! Fans of NCIS director Leon Vance will find the coming TV season to be twice as nice, as Rocky Carroll will pull double duty on CBS' NCIS and its spin-off, NCIS: Los Angeles, TVGuide.com has learned.

Carroll was promoted to series regular status on NCIS this past season, as Vance replaced the late Jenny Shepard as director. Moving forward, the actor tells TVGuide.com, "I'll be keeping my normal routine on the 'mother ship,' and I'll be doing at least six of the first 13 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles."

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In a recent entry on his TVGuide.com celebrity blog, Carroll said ... read more

Karl Malden, Oscar Winner and Acclaimed Character Actor, Dies at 97

• Jul 1, 2009 05:56 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Karl Malden

Academy Award winner Karl Malden, who starred alongside friend Marlon Brando in such classic films at A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, and won another generation of fans with the TV show The Streets of San Francisco, has died. He was 97.

Malden died of natural causes, his daughter Mila Doerner told the Los Angeles Times.

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Born in Chicago as Mladen Sekulovich, Malden was the son of a Czech seamstress and ... read more