Jennifer Lopez, along with Ross Fineman and Simon Fields, is exec-producing for Fox Brethren, an hourlong drama based on the true story of Isaac Guillen, a single-dad ex-gangbanger who cleans up his act and becomes a defense attorney. "What interested me was the fine line the character must walk in terms of his professional and personal life," J.Lo tells Variety. "The fact that it comes from a true-life story makes it all the more compelling".... Logo has given a green light to Exes and Ohs, a scripted comedy about lesbian friends and relationships, to star Michelle Paradise, Megan Cavanagh, Marnie Alton and Heather Matarazzo.
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Question: I've heard that Heather Matarazzo, who played Dawn Wiener in Welcome to the Dollhouse, hated the character, and that's why she isn't in Palindromes. Is that true, or did the director not want her?
Answer: Director Todd Solondz has said he desperately wanted Heather Matarazzo to reprise the part of Dawn Wiener; in fact, he says he begged her to play Dawn first in Storytelling (2002) and then in Palindromes (2005), but she insisted she never wanted to play the role again. So Solondz killed her: Dawn's funeral opens Palindromes. Matarazzo, who was 11 when Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) was s
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