Olivia Wilde, House
Olivia Wilde, House's (Mondays at 9 pm/ET, Fox) mysterious new doc diagnoses her boss and dishes on being married to an Italian prince.
TV Guide: Thirteen is such a mystery, and we still don't know her name. What can you tell us about her?
Olivia Wilde: The mystery is what defines her right now and sets her apart from the other women in House's life. Cameron has a giant heart; she loves to help wounded animals and wounded people. Cuddy wants to be a mother and takes care of House like a child. Thirteen isn't like that at all. She's more guy-like. She shies away from emotion. She has no interest in laying down her soul — aside from small flashes, like when she revealed she didn't want to know whether she carried the gene for Huntington's disease, like her mother. For now, though, it's the mystery that makes her so
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Michael C. Hall, Dexter
He had us at the first drop of blood. Thirty-three seconds into the opening credits of Dexter on Showtime, the title character nicks his neck with a razor and the red stuff starts to ooze. Next he spears his breakfast meat with a brutal jab. Eggs are cracked without mercy. Nobody prepares breakfast like Dexter Morgan and nobody makes forensic science — not to mention serial killing, Dexter's side gig from the Miami police department — such a turn-on. With the cult drama's first season (albeit with the naked and deadlier moments sliced out) coming to network TV this week (Sundays at 10 pm/ET, CBS), we thought we'd gush about what makes Dexter such grisly fun.
It's in our veins. As Miami's top blood-spatter specialist, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) sees artistry where others only see arteries. "Dexter finds everything in a crime
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Miley Cyrus (in green) with the Gilyeat family, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus doesn't have much time for go-karting these days, but it's something she's considering after her experience on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Sunday at 8 pm/ET, ABC). During a surprise backstage visit arranged by the show in San Diego recently, the four breathless children from the Gilyeat family asked Cyrus to join them sometime for a spin around the track back home in Kansas City, Kansas.
''The kids were so cute and excited, I thought, 'I gotta check my schedule,''' says Cyrus, who went one better and performed for the family in the episode that airs this week. Cyrus, after all, is a huge EM:HE fan and didn't blink when she was asked to guest-star. ''I love the show's message. No matter how sad or negative the family's situation is, everyone comes out smiling
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Kal Penn and his fave presidential candidate, Barack Obama
Kal Penn, best known for Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Fox's House, now has a new role — campaigner extraordinaire. The actor has made several appearances in Iowa and elsewhere to support Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Here's TV Guide's exclusive interview with Penn from the campaign trail.
TV Guide: How's the world of politics different than Hollywood?
Kal Penn: I certainly can't speak for the entire political world, but one of the greatest differences seems to be the sheer numbers of people who have sacrificed a lot in their lives to do something good. It's really inspiring to see — medical and law students taking a year or two off, high school and college students volunteering and interning for Ba
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Adam Kaufman and Poppy Montgomery, Without a Trace
Poppy Montgomery, the very pregnant actress from Without a Trace (Thursdays, 10 pm/ET, CBS), is trying to remember if she's ever changed a diaper. "Let me think…. I don't know. Adam, have I ever changed a diaper?" Adam is actor Adam Kaufman, the father of Montgomery's son-to-be and, for the moment, Montgomery's surrogate brain. "Poppy's been having some memory issues," Kaufman says with a laugh. "Sometimes she tells the same story three times." He gives Montgomery a playful nuzzle. The couple are sitting on a jumbo couch in their gorgeous, sun-drenched living room in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades. Montgomery sighs, rubbing her Buddha belly. "OK, go ahead," she says. "Tell TV Guide about the candy."
"I find random, half-eaten bags of M&Ms all over th
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Emily Procter, CSI: Miami
In tonight's CSI: Miami (10 pm/ET, CBS), ballistics expert Calleigh Duquesne is threatened at gunpoint and nearly run over by a bad guy's car. "Of all the shows we've done, this one was definitely my favorite," Emily Procter says of her big episode. "For years I've had the feeling of, 'How come the boys get to do all the fun stuff while Calleigh has to stay home in the lab?' I was so glad to finally get my due!"
The episode heats up when Calleigh, off duty and boozed up on mimosas, spots trouble in a sporting-goods store where a murder just occurred. As the assailants attempt their getaway, they see Calleigh and assume she's just another pesky bystander. Turns out she's a force to be reckoned with.
"Calleigh is faced with a fight-or-flight decision and we really get to see what she's made of," says producer Marc Dube. Adds Procter, "We
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Rory Cochrane and Adam Rodriguez, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami (10 pm/ET, CBS) apparently has as many fans in the hereafter as it does on earth. Although crime-lab expert Tim Speedle (played by Rory Cochrane) died in Horatio Caine's arms after taking a bullet in Season 2, the character is about to make an encore. "Call it 'The Miracle on South Beach,'" says executive producer Ann Donohue. "Good old Speedle is back." "Specter" Speedle is more like it. Cochrane shows up in tonight's episode as a vision that haunts former colleague Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez), who's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. "It's very touching," Donohue says. "Speedle and Delko were great friends and now Speedle shows up to help solve a mystery involving a dead girl in an SUV at the beach. Speedle ends up leading Delko to the answer." C
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Hugh Laurie, House
What happens when you have 40 medical-fellowship candidates competing for three coveted staff jobs at one famous hospital? If you're Dr. House (Hugh Laurie), you let them battle it out reality-show style until every last ounce of their dignity is gone.
Season 4 of the Emmy-winning Fox series kicks off Sept. 25 with House putting a gaggle of fellows to the test just to watch them squirm (he even makes them wear numbers). "It's classic House sadistic behavior," says executive producer David Shore. "No other character on TV — aside from maybe that guy on Survivor — could get away with hiring practices like these."
Over eight episodes, House will winnow down the group of fellows with his usual grace and sensitivity — which is to say, expect him to be a heartless boor. "At one point House just fires the entire back of the room," says Peter Jacobson (The Starter Wife), who play
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Perrey Reeves, Entourage
Entourage's Perrey Reeves talks about working her superagent hubby's nerves, reveals her deepest fantasy for "Mrs. Ari," and reflects on kicking ass alongside Angelina.
TV Guide: You play the wife of überagent Ari Gold on Entourage, but is it true that your real life is decidedly un-Hollywood?
Perrey Reeves: It's definitely a dual existence. I spend four months of the year in Costa Rica, where my husband, Jeff [Gossett], and I are building a yoga retreat on an eco-estate. It's completely cut off: no TVs, no telephone. It really keeps me sane.
TV Guide: Can you imagine Mrs. Ari putting up with snakes and mosquitoes?
Reeves: Ha! She's a city girl but she's tough. She'd be up for the challenge. I think Ari would have the harder time — being out of cell-phone range.
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Eric Balfour with Marisol Nichols, 24
In the end, it was love that did Milo in. In Monday night's episode of Fox's 24, CTU's Internet protocol manager (played by Eric Balfour) took a bullet to the head from the Chinese terrorists as they raided CTU. By claiming that he was in charge, he saved Nadia Yassir (Marisol Nichols), the real chief. "Milo was basically in love with Nadia and so, afraid the Chinese would hurt her, he put his life on the line," says Balfour, who sounds weirdly chipper about his alter ego's execution.
It turns out the actor asked to die. "About two months ago, I got an offer to do a CBS cop show that sounded really exciting, and I felt it was a golden opportunity," he says, referring to read more
