Academy Award-nominated actor George Segal (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) will soon be visiting Oceanside Wellness — as a guest star on ABC's Private Practice. Segal has been cast as the grandfather of receptionist/midwife William "Dell" Parker (played by Chris Lowell).Segal's episode is currently in production, so even with the writers' strike, Private Practice viewers should be seeing it this season. —Reporting by Stephen Battaglio
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Owen Wilson is no longer scheduled to appear in Tropic Thunder, an ensemble comedy in which he was to have a supporting role.... Also per the Reporter: Brothers Danny (That '70s Show) and Christopher Masterson (Malcolm in the Middle) will star together in Made for Each Other, an indie comedy also featuring Bijou Phillips, Patrick Warburton and George Segal in its cast.... Bennifer 3 alert! Ben Affleck and Kris Kristofferson are Jennifer Aniston's beau and dad in He's Just Not That Into You.... 300 helmer Zack Snyder is eyeing The Illustrated Man, based on a collection of Ray Bradbury shorts.... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may climb Witch Mountain in the Disney remake.
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Question: Are ensemble casts ever recognized with an Oscar that's designed especially for a group of actors who worked really well together? Or does someone always have to be singled out as a lead or supporting player? Answer: Although the SAG Awards, which are given by the Screen Actors Guild, regularly honor ensembles, the Academy Awards only recognize individuals. But there have been instances in which all the actors with speaking roles are nominated. They include Sleuth (1972) — which, to be fair, has only two speaking roles, but both Michael Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier were nominated in the best-actor category — and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Virginia W
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The One Where Vala Leaves the Show began with Mitchell finally getting "the band back together" viz., the return of Amanda Tapping's Sam Carter (who, by the way, would look even better with a perm). Together the gang of five sought to prevent their latest enemies from gaining a beachhead in our galaxy by using an übernuke that would detonate the Ori before the Priors could come flooding through the Stargate to preach his putrid gospel of obeisance. But no… the Ori used the energy of the weapons arrayed against them to create a HUGE Stargate that was disrupted only when Vala flew a cloaked cargo ship into its middle. The portal was destroyed (yay!) but Vala disappeared (boo!). Is she dead? Vala's unresolved exit gives Claudia Black the chance to return whenever her schedule permits — and let's hope it's soon, because she has been the unquestioned highlight of the ninth season. I haven't quite gotten used to Louis Gossett Jr. as Gerak, although it was certainly novel
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