Ana Ortiz tied the knot with musician Noah Lebenzon on Saturday in Puerto Rico, with Ugly Betty cast mates America Ferrera, Ashley Jensen and Mark Indelicato in attendance.... Also per People, Desperate Housewives' Dougray Scott wed Claire Forlani on Friday in Italy.... Former New Kid Joey McIntyre and wife Barrett are expecting their first newborn in November.
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Nora Roberts' Angels Falls comes to life.
As a writer, I work alone. And I like it. When creating my books, I'm not only the writer, I'm the director, the costume and set designer, I'm hair and makeup. And I'm the entire cast. The wrap parties are pretty quiet, but I get all the champagne and pizza. It's a great job, and not nearly as schizophrenic as it sounds. Really.
When a book's being adapted into a movie, the writer turns all those other fun jobs over to the movie experts. If the writer's lucky, those experts may want her input.
I'm really lucky.
My first stroke of luck was in having producers like Mandalay and Stephanie Germain Productions interested in adapting four of my romantic-suspense novels for TV [airing Mondays beginning Jan. 29; see complete schedule below]. The second, having Lifetime showcase those films, slammed it out of the park.
It was fascinating for me to read each draft of the scripts. The translations keyed into the heart of the stories. As casting progressed, my del
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My Name Is Earl's Jaime Pressly was surprised last weekend with an engagement ring from her boyfriend of a year and a half (and plain ol' friend of nine years), DJ Eric Cubiche, the actress' rep tells the AP.... Desperate Housewives hunk Dougray Scott proposed to girlfriend Claire Forlani (CSI:NY) last month, People reports.... Gina Lollobrigida is making plans to wed Javier Rigau y Rafols, her boyfriend for the past 22 years (!) — and who, at age 45, is 34 years her junior (!!) — the film vet told the AP on Thursday.
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Claire Forlani, Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Tonight the nightmares begin. TNT's Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, that is. The four-week series of eight spine-tingling tales kicks off at 8 pm/ET with "Battleground" (starring William Hurt), followed at 9:50 pm by "Crouch End," in which Claire Forlani and Eion Bailey play a couple who wind up in the very wrong part of town while honeymooning in London. TVGuide.com spoke with Forlani about embarking on this trippy trip.
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Kristanna Loken, Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King
Kristanna Loken, who held her own against Arnold Schwarzenegger as an assassin from the future in Terminator 3, plays a femme force from the past in the Sci Fi Channel original movie Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, premiering tonight at 9 pm/ET. (Part 2 airs Tuesday at 9.) TVGuide.com rang up the onetime supermodel to talk about her turn as Brunnhild, Valkyrie warrior queen.
TVGuide.com: In which country have I reached you, having dialed that long series of numbers?Kristanna Loken: I'm in South Africa, on holiday. I have a house here, my "escape." It's beautiful here.
TVGuide.com: First off, will you be at all offended if I don't spell your last name with that "o" with the slash through it? Loken: No, because that's not re
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