Every week, senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
I have to wonder if the psych hospital in the House finale was also a hallucination. It was pretty strange how the street and parking lots were empty. And it looked like he was going to one of those hospitals from the 1940s. — RSmith
MATT: How Vanilla Sky! But nope, sources assure me that House's rehab stint is the real deal. And that hospital's more retro than you think. Greystone Park State Hospital (in Morristown, N.J.) made its debut in 1876 as the not-so-subtly named New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum. The hospital has tended to such patients as singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie, and until the Pentagon was built, it boasted the largest foundation (674,000 sq. feet) of any structure in the U.S. I'd try to book a TVGuide.com Q&A with the building, but fear I'd be stonewalled.
Now that Reiko Aylesworth has been dropped from ABC's The Forgotten, could SVU bring back her ADA character, Erica Alden, from Season 1? —Walt
MICKEY: It's an interesting idea, but a very well-informed source tells me that Aylesworth will ...
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In August 2005, a dream came true for Paula Goodspeed. Having made it to the third round of American Idol's Season 5 auditions, she stood across a table from Paula Abdul, of whom she was a longtime fan. Minutes later, Goodspeed was subject to the frank sort of criticism the Idol panel is known to dish out. (Randy Jackson, for one, summed up her skills as "terrible.") Three years later, Goodspeed would take her own life outside Abdul's Los Angeles home.
The Goodspeed tragedy has prompted many to ask anew: Do the demands of reality television make it difficult for some people to face their "moment like this," or the dark moments that can follow?
Psychological screening processes often are involved at the early stages, yet ...
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In recent months talk of pregnant teens both real and fictional has saturated the media from Gov Sarah Palins daughter Bristol to The Secret of the American Teenager from the Gloucester MA reports to Juno In the midst of it all Dr Drew Pinksy is tackling the topic of teens and sex in MTVs new series Sexwith Mom and DadPinksy whos also a dad himself gave TVGuidecom the scoop on the new show in which he leads group conversations with teens and their parents on the tough topic He explains how sex has become a drug in our culture and admits that having the talk with your kids is still awkward even if youre a famous therapist Anna DimondTVGuidecom Sexwith Mom and Dad is based on a British show How will your version differ from the originalDr Drew Pinksy My problem with the program overseas is that it was so narrowly focused on the sexuality it missed the point that sexuality is a piece a symptom of a much larger dynamic In this
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This Wednesday at 9 pmET NBC plays host to The Baby Borrowers Lessons Learned a town hall gathering in which the teen couples and child-lending parents featured on the controversial series reunite for the first time since filming wrapped a year ago Also on hand is a panel of opinionated experts as well as sampling of the Gloucester Mass teens who allegedly engaged in the pregnancy pact that made headlines in May Dr Drew Pinsky who cohosts the NBC special with Hoda Kotb shares a peek at the Lessons Learned Matt MitovichTVGuidecom Was there a lot of drama at the taping of The Baby Borrowers Lessons LearnedDr Drew Pinsky The biggest drama came from the kids Their relationships arent going so wellTVGuidecom You mean between the teen girlfriends and boyfriendsPinsky Yeah the interpersonal relationships arent going so hot Thats one of the points that you think youre going to live in this fantasy This is my eternal love my
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"News" alert? Dr. Drew Pinksy — the mind behind VH-1's Celebrity Rehab — insists that Hollywood has a big addiction problem, and it's sweeping it under the red carpet. He tells the AP that celebrities aren't taking drug and alcohol addiction seriously enough, often opting for exclusive rehab facilities for stints that are too quick to heal them. For a guy who claims he doesn't like treating celebrities, Pinsky's mastered the art of not only treating them, but serving as the authority on their addiction. The doc will be laying out his Hollywood addiction views Tuesday in VH1 News Presents: Dr. Drew's Celebrity Addiction Special."If you had cancer, you would drop everything," he said. "We can't get people to take three months." Do you agree with the doctor's diagnosis? Drew's special on the topic airs July 1 (VH-1, 10 pm/ET). — Anna DimondMore from Dr. Drew:• Dr. Drew Offers Tempered Apology to Cruise Camp• Gary Busey, Former Idol Check into Rehab• Rod St...
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