Ron Perlman
The timing couldn't be better for this week's announcement by FX that the current — and best to date — season of Sons of Anarchy is being expanded by an extra episode (No. 14 will now air Dec. 6).
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Paul McCartney
As a Beatle, Paul McCartney famously performed everywhere from Shea Stadium in New York to a rooftop in London. But it's as the recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song that Sir Paul finally headlines the White House, playing his hits for President Obama and the First Family on In Performance at the White House (tonight, 8/7c, PBS). "Paul fills arenas and stadiums, so to transfer that electricity to the intimate setting of the East Room was a challenge," says executive producer Peter Kaminsky...
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Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld will donate the proceeds from his Friday stand-up show in Nashville to aid flood victims.
"This is a tough time for a great city, and I'm very happy to donate the proceeds from this show to the local organizations ...
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Project Runway - Emilio Sosa, Seth Aaron Henderson, Mila Hermanovski
SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals the winner of Project Runway Season 7.
After a season of challenges, curveballs and critiques, the final three Project Runway contestants — Mila, Seth Aaron and Emilio — faced off at Bryant Park Fashion Week during the Season 7 finale.
Project Runway's Mila: I got a "bitchy edit"
The competition began with the designers sizing up each other's collections before selecting their models and having their hair and makeup consultations (complete with shameless product placement).
The morning of the show, the designers scrambled to perfect their looks, and both Mila and Emilio freaked about ...
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Gilmore Girls courtesy Warner Home Video
I know what Ausiello is getting for Christmas. Gilmore Girls: The Complete Seventh Season as well as The Complete Series (42 discs in a padded vinyl case, plus an all-new 60-plus-page booklet of "Gilmorisms") arrive on DVD Nov. 13. The price points are $59.88 and $258.82, respectively.... Following in the bootsteps of Pink, Faith Hill will sing the opening theme to NBC's Sunday Night Football this season, says USA Today.... E! True Hollywood Story: The View premieres Sept. 8 at 5 pm/ET.... Fox is partnering with Xbox Live Video Marketplace to make Family Guy episodes available for download, starting with Seasons 1 and 2.
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CMT Music Award nominee Taylor Swift
One of last year's most infectious country singles, "Tim McGraw," came not from some already established Nashville star, but from 17-year-old high-school student Taylor Swift. The video for the song scored the Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, native a nomination for Breakthrough Video of the Year at the 2007 CMT Music Awards, airing Monday at 8 pm/ET, and at which she'll also present. For today's Q&A, we spoke with Taylor about her hit video. Check back Monday for an interview with CMT's Johnny Cash Visionary Award recipient Kris Kristofferson.
TVGuide.com: Congratulations on your nomination. You must be excited.Taylor Swift: I'm so excited, but really nervous, too! I've never been nominated for anything before. I've sat i
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Faith Hill and Tim McGraw this summer will serve up another round of their hugely successful Soul2Soul tour, the AP reports. The Jeep-sponsored concert series, which last year was rated by Pollstar ahead of the Stones and Madonna as the "Major Tour of 2006," kicks off June 6 in Omaha, Nebraska, and wraps up Aug. 10 in Anaheim, California.... Kenny Loggins was inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Wednesday, as oiled-up Navy pilots played slo-mo volleyball in the background.
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Led by the road trips of the Rolling Stones ($138.5 million in gross receipts), Barbra Streisand ($92.5 mil) and the country combo of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill ($88.8 mil), North American concert-ticket revenue hit an all-time high of $3.6 billion in 2006, besting the year prior by 16 percent. Noting that the average ticket price ($61.45) was only up eight percent from '05, the editor in chief of trade mag Pollstar tells the AP, "That's a good sign for business" — especially when you factor in all the K-Fed refunds.
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Responding to claims that she had an adverse (if not outright rude) reaction to Carrie Underwood being named female vocalist of the year at Monday night's CMA Awards — the people's Exhibit A, which can be found at YouTube, clearly shows Hill exclaiming, "What?!" — Faith Hill asserts that she did not undermine Underwood. "The idea that I would act disrespectful towards a fellow musician is unimaginable to me," Hill says in a statement to the AP. "For this to become a focus of attention given the talent gathered is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving [winner]." In light of Hill's "I was just pretending" stance, NATAS has proactively nominated her for an Emmy. Gonna be tough to beat.
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Melissa McGhee, American Idol
Melissa McGhee got cut from Fox's American Idol (Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8 pm/ET) last week, but not before belting out a flub-free version — alas, one cut short by trigger-happy Fox affiliates in many markets — of Stevie Wonder's "Lately" as the end credits rolled. Talk about "better lately than never."
The Tampa native tells TVGuide.com that she attributes her slipups (she botched the lyrics in rehearsal, in front of Wonder no less, then on stage during Tuesday's sing-off) to nerves, "definitely nerves."
"I started thinking about my lyrics way, way, way too much when I got on stage," she adds. "[That] threw me off."
Having repeated her major mistake, McGhee wasn't at all surprised that she didn't rock the vote. "I think it w
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