Gary Cole, most recently spied as Dana Delany's hubby/tormenter on Housewives, has signed on to costar on the ABC pilot Good Behavior.In the drama about a family of criminals struggling to go straight, Cole will play the patriarch, freshly sentenced to a nickel in the clink. Jeffrey Tambor (of The Ropers fame) will guest-star as the pawn shop partner of the brood's matriarch, played by Catherine O'Hara. — MWM
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Desperate Housewives' exhaustive and months-long search for an actor to play Katherine Mayfair's infamous ex has come to an end. And the winner is... Gary Cole![Crickets] Sources confirm that the onetime West Wing veep has landed the pivotal part and will first air on April 20, DH's second episode back. Cole is expected to stick around for a handful of episodes. Thoughts? I know, Ray Liotta would've been creepier better, but he turned it down. It's time to move on. I have.
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Since September 2001, the titular avian lawyer of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law has come to the aid of numerous animated defendants as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Voiced by Gary Cole, Birdman has provided counsel to mostly Hanna-Barbera-derived creations, from a Sopranos-esque mafia don Fred Flintstone to busted stoners Shaggy and Scooby Doo. The series will take flight for the last time on Sunday at 11:45 pm/ET with the episode "The Death of Harvey." TVGuide.com spoke about the not-so-somber passing with series creators Erik Richter and Michael Ouweleen.
TVGuide.com: How are you guys coping with Harvey's death?Michael Ouweleen:
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Per Variety, Nicolas Cage is in talks to star in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables: Capone Rising, a prequel chronicling Al's rise to power and his relationship with nemesis Detective Jimmy Malone.... Maria Bello is replacing Rachel Weisz as aventuress Evelyn O'Connell in the third Mummy movie.... Guy Ritchie will return to his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels roots with Rocknrolla, an action comedy about "a dangerous crime lord, a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and a band of petty thieves".... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Gary Cole is an estranged hubby and father trying to reconcile with his boozing wife (Jennifer Coolidge) and their daughter (Agnes Bruckner) via a cross-country RV excursion in Say Hello to Stan Talmadge.
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How great did it feel to have Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy back on with new episodes this week? Such a scrumptious double feature of feel-good TV. I’m especially keen on Betty these days, this colorful and vibrantly funny new geek on the block. As others have said, it’s the perfect appetizer to the main course of Grey’s, with its usually irresistible blend of suds, scrubs and heartache.Best move both shows made this week: Ditching subplots that were going nowhere. On Betty, that meant saying goodbye to Ignacio’s case worker (who really wasn’t), the crazily smitten Constance (Octavia Spencer). On Grey’s, that meant saying goodbye to the arrogant Dr. Marlow, played by a miscast Roger Rees, a fine actor who came off more like a creepy Dracula than an intimidating Dr. McBrilliant. Of all the misbegotten love matches we’ve been forced to consider on this show, asking us to believe Cristina ever had a thing for this ghoul was almost as ewww-inspiri...
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