Kirstie Alley

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Kirstie Alley: TV Guide News

After Jenny, Kirstie Alley Signs on with Team Oprah | Today's News: Our Take | 3/19/2008
Former Fat Actress Kirstie Alley has inked a development deal with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions. The actress, who recently left her role as spokeswoman for Jenny Craig, is discussing various TV projects with Oprah's company, including a possible talk show, says Variety.Alley has appeared on Oprah's talk show several times over the years, including her famous disrobing after her weight loss, in which she strutted her stuff in a bikini. She says she hopes to create "something totally fresh"... read more
Kirstie Alley Fights an Alleged Big Fat Lie | Today's News: Our Take | 2/22/2008
Kirstie Alley may be launching her own weight-loss brand, but she's still fighting a tabloid's allegation that she was released from her spokeswoman role at Jenny Craig because she was too fat. The former Fat Actress star recently ended her three-year stint with the Craig weight-loss company, saying that she had maintained her 75-pound sheddage for over a year and was moving on. Alley's recent departure came as two new spokeswomen — Valerie Bertinelli and Queen Latifah — were signed... read more
One Day Star Shares One Day in Her Life with Oprah | Today's News: Our Take | 2/21/2008
Valerie Bertinelli may be most recently known for her role as the Jenny Craig spokesperson (see ya, Kirstie!), but now she's sharing the backstory of her rocker-like lifestyle, starting with an appearance on Oprah.On Monday's show, ET says, the actress will discuss her new book, Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time, in which she reveals her cocaine use, infidelity and other personal hurdles. Bertinelli played Barbara Cooper on One Day at a Time but also had a rocky marriage... read more
Another Betty Gets Ugly | TV Guide News Report | 10/19/2007
She’s come a long way from St. Olaf! Hot on the heels of her staggering turn as Stephanie’s nasty mama on The Bold and the Beautiful, Betty White has booked a role much closer to home: White will play herself on a December episode of Ugly Betty featuring what is sure to be a priceless taxicab showdown between the Golden Girl and "Mode" magazine’s 14-karat beyotch Wilhelmina Slater. In other Ugly casting news, Tru Calling commodity Eliza Dushku is set to play a cover girl whose... read more
Ugly Betty Is Not Up Kirstie's Alley | Today's News: Our Take | 10/19/2007
Kirstie Alley will guest-star on an upcoming episode of ABC's Ugly Betty as a "zaftig, tough-talking modeling agent" who berates her wafer-thin clients, says the New York Post's Liz Smith. What's more, Alley is reportedly trying to lure her Look Who's Talking costar John Travolta into delivering a cameo during her visit. What, no love for Abe Vigoda?!UPDATE: Turns out Liz Smith was just grabbing at air with this one. Kirstie is a no, though Betty White is a yes (as is a Tru Calling alum). See... read more
Fall 2007: ABC Casts Mr. Smith, and More Updates | Today's News: Our Take | 2/6/2007
The latest pilot updates, from our friends at the Hollywood Reporter and Variety:• Kirstie Alley has collared the title role in The Minister of Divine, Fox's take on the Britcom The Vicar of Dibley.• Martin Henderson (The Ring) will play Brad to Jordana Brewster's Angelina in ABC's Mr. & Mrs. Smith. (If you are dating either of the leads, please think very carefully before splurging on the Valentine's gift.)• Brian White (Stomp the Yard) is Kyle in ABC's Football Wives.•... read more
Casting About: Cumming's Going to Sci Fi's Oz | Today's News: Our Take | 1/12/2007
• Tony winner and newl-he-wed Alan Cumming has joined the cast of Tin Man, Sci Fi Channel's reimagined fantastical take on The Wizard of Oz. In the six-hour mini, Cumming will play Glitch, a character trapped in the Outer Zone (the O.Z., get it?) who's missing half his brain.• Kirstie Alley will star in And She Was, a Lifetime movie about a middle-aged screenwriter who starts passing off her work via her more demo-friendly, twentysomething nephew (Eric Christian Olsen).• Not... read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/23/2006
MTV and Rolling Stone are collaborating on a reality series that invites journalist wannabes to compete for a o read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/22/2006
Kirstie Alley says, 'Shame on you' to Rolling Stone's recent expose on Scientology. In a lette read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/15/2006
Has TomKat duped all of us and already tied the knot? The National Enquirer is reporting that read more
Ask Ausiello | 11/23/2005
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Today's News: My Take | 11/23/2005
King of Queens' Carrie (Leah Remini) has landed her most high-profile client yet: Kirs read more
Today's News: My Take | 9/21/2005
That's what Kirstie Alley tells People magazine there is of Showtime renewing her comedy F read more
Today's News: My Take | 7/18/2005
While HBO trumpeted its premiere dates, Showtime was unable to offer a decision on the fate of read more
The Watercooler | 5/28/2005
Shows are listed alphabetically, so you can read them all or just scroll down to your fave. 24 5:00 am-6:00 am While Ja read more
The Watercooler | 5/27/2005
FRIDAY The Daytime Emmy Awards Ellen DeGeneres is right. Daytime is the new nighttime! It's also educational, and not j read more
The Watercooler | 5/26/2005
American Idol 8:02 Truth? I love 'em both, but I had to go with Bo. OK, and Carrie. She'll probably win, but he's gonna read more
The Watercooler | 3/29/2005
24 To everyone who wrote in last week to tell me that Dina wasn't really dead: Sorry, dudes. But you did have me convin read more
The Watercooler | 3/22/2005
24 Did Jack finally make a huge miscalculation by agreeing to make himself a hostage? There must have been a better way read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/17/2005
Showtime's Fat Actress is suffering from anorexic ratings. After debuting with a decent 924,000 viewers last week, the K read more