Everyone was giving scoop at the season premiere of Courteney Cox's FX series, Dirt, on Thursday evening. According to the cast, viewers can expect more ripped-from-the-headlines plots and familiar celebrity characters this season, including one about a very publicly drunk male star — inspired by David Hasselhoff — and crazy antics from the Britney-inspired character "Sharlee Cates" (played by Ashley Johnson).Coexecutive producer and Cox hubby David Arquette — who directed an episode this season — told TV Guide that sometimes, real life imitates what happens on the show and not the other way around, as viewers may suspect."We want it to be current so we try to predict things before they happen," said Arquette. "We did something with our Britney character that actually came true. There's a relationship with a paparazzi that we filmed before it actually happened, so when it happened, we were like, 'Whoa. That's interesting.'"The cast couldn't give away all the deta...
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The show opened with a scene from Debbie Does Dallas a movie about cheerleaders Actually its a much deeper story than that Get it OK its nearly 1 am here in the smokey little hamlet of Los Angeles and Im knackered a new word I learned from my friend upon her return from merry olde England So try to just laugh at my jokes out of kindness if nothing else This show marked the return of Allisons TV brother Michael and her real live brother David Arquette who directed the ep Ryan Hurst played Michael and I always like when hes around because hes a great character and you never know what will happen when your siblings appear out of nowhere Another reason I loved this ep Cindy Pickett Yes she does look a lot like Markie Post remember Night Court I have loved Cindy since way back when she was on Guiding Light in the mid 50s OK not really that far back but a long time ago Most people know her as Ferris Bueller14
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In a side-by-side, on-the-set Q&A, the Arquettes spill on their acting clan, Patricia's powerful "handball punch" and David's turn at directing this week's episode of NBC's Medium (Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET).
TV Guide: How'd you like directing your big sister?David Arquette: Are you kidding? This has been the greatest experience of my life.Patricia Arquette: He gets to be the boss. I was the bossy one when we were little, but I've noticed that now it's payback time.David: You're bossy at all the right times. Let's say that. It's good. But you do hit. You've got that handball punch, which has been feared by many for a long time.
TV Guide: Handball punch?Patricia: I've taught many a black-belt master a thing or two. You can't outrun it! [She clasps her hands together and swings them down to demonstrate]
TV Guide: Patricia, what do you like best about wor
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Michaela "Mike" Quinn is playing doctor again, though this time she is a far cry from the Wild West and she'll have temperatures rising in a very different way. In a three-episode arc starting tonight on ABC's In Case of Emergency (Wednesdays at 9:30 pm/ET), Jane Seymour plays the hot-to-trot mother of David Arquette's Jason and the ardent pursuer of Jonathan Silverman's Harry. TVGuide.com spent a few minutes with the Brit beauty and Wedding Crashers cougar to discuss her bawdy new bits.
TVGuide.com: So, is there love in the air for Jason's mother? Or at least some lust? Jane
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Patricia Arquette will take orders from her "little brother," In Case of Emergency's David Arquette, when he directs an upcoming episode of Medium, says Reuters.... Best-actress nominee Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal) won't be on hand for the Feb. 25 Academy Awards, as she is due for a knee operation.... Finesse Mitchell: Live, a concert tape starring the onetime SNLer, arrives on DVD today.... Mohinder? Sayid? Who is TV's sexiest brainiac? Cast your vote in the latest TVGuide.com poll!
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