TV Guide Channel hostess Melissa Rivers is in New York this week to promote awareness for the Soles4Souls "Million Pair March," which aims to raise $1 million and one million pairs of shoes to be given to displaced families and refugees in the Sudan. "Anytime that I can get involved in an organization that helps people in distress, sign me up," Rivers says in a statement. "The tragedy in the Sudan is beyond horrific, and Soles4Souls is a wonderful way to provide aid." For how you can contribute/unload last season's espadrilles, visit GiveShoes.org.
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Hello, this is Kate Flannery, the boozy redhead from the best show on TV, The Office. OK, maybe not the best show, but the best ensemble of a comedy series, according to the Screen Actors Guild. We won, fans. We won, and itfeels good and crazy, and I'm sore. (That award weighs 35 pounds!)I am here to talk about "Ben Franklin," the episode airing this week. There is a shower for Phyllis, but the big news is... Meredith yells at Angela!!!!! A new moody Meredith moment. Can you say alcoholic? I knew you could. How about that, sports fans? This is a funny episode written by Mindy Kaling aka Kelly Kapoor. It was fun to tell my old pal Angela to shut up. I am contractually obligated to keep my mouth shut, but they are showing this clip in the promos, so I'm cool.The new episodes have been a lot of fun to shoot — especially because we just found out that we are going to be back for a full fourth season. Ahh, job security. It keeps me very grateful.Speaking of grateful... we won a SAG...
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NBC has added 30 Rock to the list of programming available for download at iTunes.... Sweating oldie Richard Simmons visits Late Show with David Letterman for the first time in six years, when he appears on this Wednesday's broadcast.... TV Guide Channel's own Melissa Rivers has been recruited by Speed TV to work the yellow-carpet arrivals coverage of Friday's NASCAR Nextel Cup banquet, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria. OK, someone tell me why it is yellow.
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Devotees of Matthew Ashford are worried about the Days of our Lives star. His heroic alter ego, Jack Devereaux, has been having suicidal thoughts ever since he was stricken with an unspecified, mysterious soap illness that supposedly guarantees him a slow, painful death. Worse yet, he drove his car off an icy bridge last week. In today's episode, Jack's wrecked auto will be dredged out of the river — and no body will be found inside.
So, has the NBC sudser sacrificed Ashford and his classic character just to push Jack's saintly wife, Jennifer (
Melissa Reeves) back into the arms of ex-boyfriend Frankie (
Billy Warlock)? Is this the bitter end of Jack and Jen's love story? Don't bet on it. "What we are able to say is that Matt is
still a contract player," a
Days rep tells TVGuide.com. "We can't give any specifics. Sorry!" Guess we'll just have to stay tuned....
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When Joan Rivers' industrious daughter, Melissa, isn't busy stalking Hollywood's red carpets with Mom, the part-time producer spends her time dreaming up other colorful programming for TV Guide Channel. Case in point: She's hosting TV Candy — debuting June 26 at 9 pm/ET — an unusual new twist on reality makeover shows.
"Instead of identifying with celebrities, some people want to emulate their favorite TV characters," she says. "So we help everyday people recreate those looks. We do their hair, makeup, clothing and a little bit of lifestyle help.
"We don't give them a $20 million mansion in Laguna Beach [if they love The O.C.]," Rivers jokes, "but we help them. For example, maybe you love the free-spirited look of Phoebe from Friends. Or you've perfected your household chores, but you don't want to be Marcia Cross. You want to be Bree from Desperate Housewives, dammit! We'll give you her look."
If
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