Disgraced NFL star Michael Vick will give his first interview to Tom Joyner's syndicated radio show on Tuesday, says the New York Daily News. Vick is expected to receive a 12- to 18-month sentence for financing a dogfighting ring at his Atlanta home.... Tyler Bensinger and Steven DeKnight have been upped to show-runner/executive-producer status at CBS' Viva Laughlin, replacing Bob Lowry (who, as first scooped by Ausiello, will retain his e.p. title).... Inside the Actors Studio's James Lipton sits down with Charlie Sheen on Sept. 17.... Luke Skywalker's original Jedi light-saber will blast into space when the space shuttle Discovery embarks for the international space station in October.
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With George Lucas' blessing, Seth Green and Matthew Senreich's Robot Chicken will hatch a special that takes on seminal moments from the Star Wars franchise, says the Hollywood Reporter. On board for the Enterprise (oops, wrong shout-out) are no less than Mark Hamill (voicing Luke) and Lucas (as himself), as well as Conan O'Brien, Seth MacFarlane, Robert Smigel, Malcolm McDowell, Hulk Hogan, James Van Der Beek, Donald Faison, Abraham Benrubi (who teased this top-secret project in a recent TVGuide.com Q&A), Breckin Meyer and Joey Fatone. The special kicks off a Robot Chicken marathon, premiering June 17 at 10 pm/ET (oops, another wrong shout-out).
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Question: Man! I just found out about your Veronica Mars Armchair Casting Couch Director challenge and am so upset I missed my chance to cast my vote for Jimmy Kimmel. Oh well… but give it up: Who won? Answer: After tallying all 1,042 votes, Falcon Crest's Lance Cumson won by a mere chest hair. Here's the final breakdown:
Lorenzo Lamas: 25%James Marsters: 23%David Hasselhoff: 17%Corbin Bernsen (with a rug): 13%Don Swayze (brother of Patrick): 7%Andy Hallett: 5%A. Martinez: 4%Rick Springfield: 3%Chris Sarandon: 2%
Others receiving multiple votes: Rob Lowe, Tim Daly, Adam Baldwin, Michael Ausiello (I love you guys!), Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Ontkean
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