Jon Heder and his wife Kirsten recently welcomed their first child, a daughter named Evan Jane, says People.... Court TV's Ashleigh Banfield welcomed her and husband Howard Gould's second child, a spectator-glasses-wearing son named Ridley, on Monday.... 24's Kim Raver is expecting; see the TV Guide News Report for details.... Dennis Quaid and his wife of nearly three years, Kimberly, are expecting twins via a surrogate, says the AP.... Idol alum Kellie Pickler tells Us she has been fielding the passes of Nashville Predators hockey star Jordin Tootoo since January.... Tom Arnold has filed for divorce from his third wife, Shelby Roos, after five years of marriage, says the AP.
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Reese Witherspoon is missing... from Bunny Lake Is Missing, of which she is producer and star, says Variety. With production set to start in five weeks, Witherspoon has abruptly dropped out of the remake, leaving the studio to scramble for a replacement.... Universal is developing Nick Redfern's Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs and Ape-men as a starring vehicle for Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and a back-breaking straw for theater marquees everywhere.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, My Name Is Earl's Jason Lee will play live-action "dad" Dave Seville to computer-animated Alvin and the Chipmunks. Sounds good, doesn't it, Alvin? Alvin...? Alvin!!!!
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Are Disney's cutesy Cars about to get crushed by a monster — no, not truck — but three-bedroom colonial? In theaters Friday, Monster House uses cutting-edge motion-capture technology to computer-animate the tale of DJ (Hannah Montana's Mitchel Musso), a barely pubescent lad who comes to realize that the house across the street has just as volatile a temper as its owner, Old Man Nebbercracker (Steve Buscemi). DJ conspires with best bud Chowder and a local lass to expose the dwelling's sinister foundation, lead
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The big news is that I will be appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight! OK, maybe that's just big news to me and my parents. But we are flipping out! Last year my family came to visit me in Los Angeles and I got us tickets to see a taping of The Tonight Show. Hilary Duff was the guest, and my mom leaned over to me and said, "One day, you'll be up there on the couch being interviewed by Jay Leno!" I rolled my eyes and grunted or something. Even at my age, I seem to regress into acting like a teenager around my parents. But secretly I was hoping that I would be up there one day. And now I am! I'm excited but I also have knots in my stomach. I borrowed a dress. I'm getting my hair done. I got good pointers from Steve [Carell], Rainn [Wilson] and John [Krasinski], who have all been on before
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I'd like to start this week's blog by publicly thanking my husband for letting me hijack his laptop for the past few weeks while I've been on the road. Thanks to him, I've typed many of my recent blogs from planes, hotel rooms and coffee shops. I'm currently en route from Montreal to our hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, where I'm meeting him for a special advanced screening of his new horror movie, Slither (which, if I can do a little wifely bragging, just received an amazing review in Variety).
Tonight NBC is reairing my favorite episode from Season 1 — "Health Care" — written by the uber-talented Paul Lieberstein. I've watched this episode more times than any other episode we've made, and I still love seeing it.
This week, Michael has to cut employee health benefits. Because he knows this will make him unpopular he makes Dwight do it. Dwight goes way overboard. He surveys people about their private health problems and the
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