On Stage 19 of the Warner Bros lot a Pushing Daisies seduction is in bloom Heroine Chuck Anna Friel has just shown up unannounced at the apartment of her pie-baker boyfriend Ned Lee Pace They banter They flirt She mentions wanting to wrap him up in goose-down goodness And then she lets the duvet thats wrapped around her shoulders slide to the floor leaving only a red ribbon in her hair and a sky-high pair of heels on her feet Ned manages to spit out a few words Ive really missed youNo doubt ABC executives are hoping viewers will feel the same After all the series a star-crossed romance between Ned who can bring the dead back to life with a touch but also kill with one more and Chuck the childhood sweetheart he resurrected and can never have physical contact with again hasnt aired since December 2007 Which raises the question Will Daisies a modest hit in Season 1 still be able to cultivate an audience when it returns Wednesday Oct 1 a
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The tension between Pushing Daisies lovebirds Chuck and Ned is so thick, even a Death's scythe couldn't cut through it (what do you expect when they can't lay a finger on each other). But could there be a some new love interests in the mix come Season 2? Anna Friel talks about a potential "cat fight brewing," Chuck's new job that leaves her covered in bees and more!
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Anna Friel, the perky star of ABC's Pushing Daisies, has landed the female lead in Will Ferrell's Land of the Lost remake.... Sarah Connor herself, Lena Headey, will switch from fighting murderous cyborgs to dark wizards and the bubonic plague in the supernatural thriller Black Death.... Michael Ealy (Sleeper Cell) is IRS agent Will Smith's brother in Seven Pounds. Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson costar.... Garret Dillahunt has joined the cast of Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left remake, playing the thug named Krug.
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If the barometer of an interesting TV awards show is the number of fresh faces invited to the party, then the Golden Globe nominations (announced Thursday morning) passes the test. Not with a perfect score, mind you. Any institution that so completely ignores NBC's wonderful Friday Night Lights deserves some spirited jeering.And the Globes' addiction to sexy sizzle and hype can lead to some puzzling choices: Big Love, fun as it is, over The Sopranos' final season? Bill Paxton over James Gandolfini? (And if the Globes is going to shower love on Big Love, how could the women who play Bill's wives go unheralded, especially Ginnifer Goodwin?) Californication over Weeds?But let's look at the bright side. The Hollywood Foreign Press clearly spent some time checking out the TV landscape during last summer's remarkable season of cable breakthroughs. My own pick for No. 1 show of the year, AMC's Mad Men, is nominated for best drama, along with its dashing leading man, Jon Hamm. FX's Damages,...
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Written by guest blogger Katie BottnerChuck and Ned fans, I can hear you breathing a sigh of relief that the Olive/Ned kiss was just a dream sequence. Though for a moment I thought that was real Chuck that tripped and was going to fall on Ned — I got scared for a second there. But alas it was all in Ned’s head as he became conflicted over being able to touch Olive but being in love with Chuck. And lucky for us, poor Emerson got to once again be the soundboard for this dilemma. Kudos go to Olive for coming clean to Chuck about the kiss, which Ned did not mention, but I feel sad for Olive — and my sadness for her deepened throughout this episode.The facts of the case are these: One Harold Hundin (Joel McHale), president of a local kennel and breeder of the perfect dog, Bubblegum, is found dead. As we know, "where there is a reward, there is Emerson Cod," who with Ned and Chuck found out at the morgue that Harold was murdered by his wife. Simple? Not so much — he ha...
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