
Charity Wakefield, John Seda
David E. Kelley is Mad about a little-known British actress.
The prolific writer/producer has recruited Charity Wakefield to headline his new quirky NBC series, Legally Mad, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Wakefield, whose credits include BBC's 2008 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, will play Brady Hamm, a young woman who ...
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Colm Meaney by Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Colm Meaney is in final talks to join fellow Celt Jason O'Mara in David E. Kelley's Life on Mars pilot, the Reporter reports. Meaney would play Detective Hunt, the homicide-unit boss who clashes with O'Mara's transplated-in-the-'70s PI.... Kevin Federline's babymama Shar Jackson will guest on Everybody Hates Chris this season, says People, playing a young mom with a wayward teen daughter.... Jon Seda, who was originally to fill a supporting role in HBO's The Pacific WWII mini, has been promoted to play one of the three leads.
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Question: Any Close to Home prattle? What's going to happen to Annabeth now that her husband is dead?
Answer: Don't be surprised if the grieving widow finds solace in the arms of one of her three new colleagues. (Just to refresh your memory, those newcomers are David James Elliot, Jon Seda and Cress Williams.) Also, one of the newbies will be harboring a health secret.
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