Well lets not beat around the bush regarding the big news Earl and Billie got married It was great to see Earl in such suave and decisive form in his first post-coma order of business But as with every enjoyable Earl episode the real fun is in the journey not the destination Lets revisit the main stops along the way All of the main characters were out in full force tonight with the Crab Shack serving as the base of operations At the outset we learned that Joy Darnell and the kids have taken up residence at the bar since Earl tipped over their trailer But even though the children are using the pool table as a bunk bed and getting homework tips from local derelicts fixing that problem isnt on Earls radar for the time being Since Randys humorously stream-of-consciousness notes he had kept arent of much use Earl decides to enlist the help of Frank Michael Rapaport to find Billie I really enjoyed seeing Mike OMalleys Stuart character exerting major influe
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Both Alyssa Milano and Nathan Fillion (currently on Desperate Housewives) are in talks to star in pilots for ABC, respectively an untitled comedy and the drama Castle, says the Reporter.The untitled laffer centers on a thirtysomething woman — possibly Milano's role — who tries to get out from the choke hold of her dysfunctional family, friends and boss. (Is moving to Hawaii an option?) Fillion, meanwhile, is eyeing Castles, which concerns a mystery novelist who helps the NYPD solve crimes. Are you Charmed enough by Alyssa to want to see her as a series star? Would you watch Fillion move from Wisteria Lane to the Big Apple? It might just happen. — Anna Dimond
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Most All-Star games are dullsville — did anyone watch last night's Pro Bowl? — but the NBA does its best to keep interesting. The annual NBA All-Star Celebrity Game is often an amusing spectacle leading up to the big game. This year's eclectic collection of singers, actors and WNBA players should keep that tradition going. Ne-Yo? Taylor Hicks? Ando from Heroes?Alyssa Milano and Gabrielle Union will coach the two teams. Access Hollywood co-anchor Tony Potts, who was MVP of last year's game, will be on the floor for Milano's squad.Here are the two teams, which will face off Friday (Feb. 15, 7 pm/ET, ESPN) at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans:New Orleans Team: Ne-Yo (Grammy-winning singer) Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) Taylor Hicks (2006 American Idol winner) Seth Gilliam (The Wire) James Lafferty (One Tree Hill) Master P (rapper and Dancing With the Stars alum) Ruth Riley (WNBA All-Star, San Antonio S...
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I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays Of course we all missed Earl during the holiday season but we couldnt miss the holiday season during Earls much-anticipated return we rejoined the gang just as they were getting ready to celebrate Christmas But first they celebrated Earls release from prison in true style complete with eggnog make that martini with an egg in it The festivities were lost on Earl though as he quickly began reassessing his relationship with karma once he got his list back Losing faith he dragged his feet during his next outing as a do-gooder Unable to understand why hed recently been dealt such a rotten hand he was one step away from going back to his old ways Enter Ralph We havent seen him in a while and his return was glorious As usual Giovanni Ribisi churned out a stellar performance Part of the reason hes so enjoyable to watch in this role is that you can plainly see how much fun hes having and he had some great material
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Alyssa Milano, My Name Is Earl
Earl may have karma on his side, but so far he has been unlucky in love. Tonight, however, his romantic fortunes may be about to change when Alyssa Milano, our favorite Charmed one, joins My Name Is Earl (8 pm/ET, NBC) in a recurring role that will last at least until December.
TV Guide: Tell us about your character. Alyssa Milano: I play Billie, who starts out as the girlfriend of Michael Rapaport's Frank, who is friends with Earl in prison. You sort of feel a connection between my character and Earl, but then they go their separate ways. Through a series of events and destiny, they bump into each other again, and her life [begins] running parallel to Earl's.
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Alyssa Milano has landed the lead in the Lifetime movie Wisegal, based on the true story of a widow who gets sucked into her boyfriend's life of crime. Oh, and lives to regret it. Sorry, I thought that part went without saying. Lifetime has also OK'd the production of a pilot for Long Island Confidential, a drama about a homicide detective who returns to her old stomping grounds only to find the ghosts of her past still alive and well. Sounds like a job for the soon-to-be-unemployed Julianna Margulies to me. (Her fall drama, Canterbury's Law, is that bad.) And on the big screen, Virginia Madsen is being joined in the spooky A Haunting in Connecticut by three new costars: Martin Donovan, late of Weeds, will play her husband; Veronica Mars alum Kyle Gallner, their son; and Elias Koteas, their friendly neighborhood exorcist.
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Sounds like there's some good frakkin' karma headin' Earl Hickey's way. My Name is Earl has tapped Alyssa Milano to join the cast as a possible love interest for Jason Lee. According to sources, the ex-sorceress is on board for a minimum of eight episodes, although an Earl insider disputes that, insisting she's only signed for three. Earl meets Milano's tough and quirky character through fellow inmate Frank (Michael Rapaport). The two bond and, through a bizarre twist of fate that harkens back to a seminal moment in Earl's past, he ends up teaching her the ins-and-outs of karma (note: karma very well could be a euphamism for something dirtier here).More casting prattle coming, so please stand by. In the meantime, discuss Milano's tube return in the comments section below.More TVGuide.com casting news: Exclusive: Sopranos' Edie Falco Gets a Piece of 30 Rock, Exclusive Friday Night Lights, Trace Casting Scoops, Exclusive: AS-P Casts a VIP on Jezebel James, Lee Majors Is Game's Six Mil...
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Milo Ventimiglia has signed on for the horror pic Pathology, playing a hospital intern whose colleagues devise a game to see who can commit the perfect murder, while others vie to determine the cause of death. Alyssa Milano is lucky, lucky Milo's fiancée.... Adam Sandler's life is turned upside down when the Bedtime Stories he tells his niece and nephew start to come true.... I know what you did a decade ago. Per Variety, Freddie Prinze Jr. is producing and will star in Manslaughter, in which five college kids on a Philippines romp try to cover up a death.... Goldie Hawn may star in The Rosenbergs Save Christmas, which sounds like Meet the Fockers meets Christmas Vacation.
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New pilot castings, from the Hollywood Reporter:• Alyssa Milano has been tapped to star as a successful Atlanta lawyer — and the daughter of Mary Steenburgen — in Everwood exec producer Rina Mimoun's untitled drama for ABC.• Angie Harmon, who starred in the never-picked-up ABC pilot Secrets of a Small Town, has joined the Alphabet's Women's Murder Club.• Brian Austin Green is a gay writer, and Vanessa Lengies (American Dreams) and Jessica Capshaw are women who work with him, in a comedy pilot from Will & Grace's Max Mutchnick and David Kohan.• Liz Vassey is a biotech whiz in Fox's The Cure.• Johnny Messner is a hotheaded cop in ABC's Judy's Got a Gun.• Bruce McGill (Animal House's D-Day) is military in NBC's Area 52 comedy.• Will Yun Lee (Thief) is a field operative in NBC's The Bionic Woman. Wherefore art thou Oscar Goldman?
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Alyssa Milano is attached to star in Me and Everyone Else, a half-hour ABC comedy about a 30-year-old, take-charge woman fancied by the producers as "Rhoda with a sex life" ? a reference lost on anyone younger than 30.... Las Vegas creator Gary Scott Thompson has two new projects in development for fall '07: CBS' Protect and Serve, about L.A. street cops, and an NBC drama about a policeman who, after losing his family in the World Trade Center attacks, follows his ex-wife to Hawaii.... MTV has greenlit eight half-hour episodes of Adventures in Hollywood, a reality series that will tail Academy Award-winning rap group Three 6 Mafia.
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