Parker Posey by Jim Spellman/WireImage.com; Johnny Knoxville by John Shearer/WireImage.com
In a pairing that only John Waters could think up recent Jezebel alum Parker Posey and Jackass mastermind Johnny Knoxville are joining the cast of Fruitcake Knoxville previously appeared in Waters A Dirty ShameThe new film due out next Christmas is mostly under wrappings so to speak but is said to focus on the story of a boy named for his favorite dessert After his family is caught shoplifting meat during the holidays he runs away and encounters a runaway girl being raised by two gay men whos out searching for her biological mother Yes it sounds like a holiday treat all wrapped up in the over-the-top mylar of Waters sensibility Would you be willing to take a bite Anna DimondRelated149 For Jackasses No Injury Too Big Or Small to Overcome149 Exclusive Fox Cuts Short Sherman-Palladinos ReturnMore Movie News 149 Brandon Routh to Star in Dead of Night149 Will FNLs Minka Kelly Get Some Summer Loving149 Mrs Garrett Does What with Adam Sa
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Demi Moore by Dimitrios Kambouris/ WireImage.com
Demi Moore is giving love to the indie movie scene stepping into roles in two new independent flicks In the first Happy Tears Moore plays the sister of Parker Posey whose narcissistic character comes home to Wisconsin to see her father who has dementia and her bitter sister who lives with him and has had it with Dad says the ReporterThe second film Bunraku follows a man played by hottie Josh Hartnett whos on a quest to get revenge but encounters bigger problems than he anticipated In the flick Moore takes a less realistic turn as an enslaved concubine for a warlord who is forced into marriage with him Woody Harrelson plays a bartender in the movie because obviously even warlords need a beer after a tough day Can you picture Moore taking a turn for the indies And when is she going to star opposite her man Ashton Now that would be a movie Anna DimondUse our Online Video Guide if you need a little more of Demi
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The Return of Jezebel James by Michael Lavine/Fox
The creator of Gilmore Girls, Amy Sherman-Palladino, is back on the scene with new series The Return of Jezebel James. The series stars Parker Posey as a psycho kiddie book editor who’s dying to have babies of her own—but physically can’t. So, obviously, the next step in the process would be to ask her sis to borrow her uterus. No, that’s not weird or anything. Watch it now! | More online videosYour take: Think this has potential to be as good as Gilmore Girls?
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Parker Posey, The Return of Jezebel James
Parker Posey, the indie-film darling and Christopher Guest stock-company perennial, is at last on television, starring in her very own sitcom, The Return of Jezebel James (Fridays at 8:30 pm/ET, Fox; premiering tonight at 8 pm/ET). Created by Gilmore Girls' Amy Sherman-Palladino, the show's about a single, workaholic children's-book editor who wants a kid of her own as she feels her biological clock ticking. Parker, it seems, can relate.
TV Guide: You've been stuck with this moniker "the queen of the indies." Not bad, though maybe that's made it hard for you to become a superstar?Parker Posey: But, see, I don't want to be a superstar. I like what my career has been. It's been very, you know, diverse, and every time I read something, a lot of [reviewers] are like, "Ooh, what a departure, we never thought
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Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz by Kwaku Alston/FOX
As if the implications of the writers’ strike weren’t already giving us migraines, along comes Fox to make our heads explode with its latest incomprehensible schedule announcement, covering the strike-impacted midseason from January to April (consider most everything you read from here on subject to change). The first piece of bad news was expected: The seventh season of 24 is being postponed indefinitely, until Fox can ensure the entire season can run intact and uninterrupted. Who knows when that will be? Another blow: Fox is finally living up to its threat to move Bones to Fridays, effective Jan. 4, where it will be paired with repeats of House (the Fox equivalent of Law & Order, considering how often the hit medical drama will be peppered throughout the network’s new and unimproved lineup).To try to help make sense of it all, let’s look at the schedule night by night:Monday: With 24 out of the picture, the new big-ticket midseason item is now the action-pa...
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Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey by Joe Viles/Fox
COPS 20th SEASON BREAKFAST9-10 am: The menu consists of donuts... donuts... and more donuts! Get it? Cops? Donuts? It's genius!THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES PANEL10 am: The million-dollar question: Will anyone ask star Thomas Dekker about his controversial exit from Heroes? I've got 15 bucks riding on no.10:10 am: Lena Headey is making herself very comfortable. In a TCA first, she's sitting with her legs crossed.10:12 am: Summer Glau simply "adores" Arnold Schwarzenegger, but her Terminator will be different than his.10:15 am: A reporter comments that Headey and Dekker are very close in age for a mother and son, to which Headey says, "If only that were true." For the record, Headey is 34 and Dekker is 19.10:23 am: Scoop! The show's title may be changed to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.10:26 am: Schwarzenegger is too "expensive" and "busy" to make a cameo on SCC.10:28 am: Scoop! SCC costar Richard T. Jones will be back for the first couple of episodes of Girlfriends. Says he'...
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Question: Now that we know that the end is here for AS-P's golden show Gilmore Girls, you have to fill us in on her new Fox comedy the Return of Jezebel James.
Answer: I watched the pilot over the holiday weekend, and I'm relieved to report that it's much better than the limp trailer we were treated to during upfronts week. Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose are every bit the dream team I had hoped they would be, and AS-P's dialogue is predictably snappy. My only complaint is the awkwardly integrated laugh track. It's no laughing matter.
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Patricia Heaton and Kelsey Grammer in Back to You by Joe Viles/Fox
If you could just ignore those pesky months between September and December, Fox would be sitting pretty. The challenge each year for this network is how to schedule a fall start that will live up to the blockbuster spring finish provided by late-arriving shows like American Idol and (even a diminished) 24.In the last of the week’s Upfront presentations, Fox Entertainment president Peter Ligouri made the curious choice of putting himself in the middle of a 24 parody, trading exchanges on the phone with clips of Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland, not in attendance in New York this year) from 24, in which Jack addressed “the president.” The ticking-clock (ticking bomb?) metaphor isn’t the most natural fit for a sales presentation, you’d think. And given that the first thing anyone in Los Angeles (where I’ve been the last three weeks) wants to talk to me about is the steep decline in 24’s quality this season, is this really putting your best foot forward? ...
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Anthony Anderson in K-ville by Rebecca Brenneman/Fox
3:50: Fox upfront. The words still send shivers down my spine. As you recall, the network's presentation last year was widely considered to be the single most grueling upfront in the history of upfrontmanship. The post-traumatic stress still hasn't worn off.3:51: Good news. Fox has clearly learned from their mistakes. In stark contrast to last year, the check-in process was easy-breezy. Even better, the air conditioning is working! Now if we can wrap this thing up in under two hours, almost all will be forgiven.4:01: I'm in complete denial about the VM thing, BTW. Just thought I'd share. Ooooh, the show is starting... with a 24 parody!4:05: Jack Bauer urges Fox president Peter Liguori to keep this year's presentation under an hour! LOL!4:06: They're bringing all their stars out onstage. Fox always has a good talent turnout at these things. 4:08: Well, most years they have a good turnout. The only Prison Breaker in attendance is Sucre (Amaury Nolasco)!4:09: No Kiefer Sutherland, but ...
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Fox's pickups for the fall include the Terminator-inspired, sci-fi The Sarah Connor Chronicles; K-Ville (concerning cops in post-Katrina N.O.); and New Amsterdam (about an immortal homicide detective), says the Hollywood Reporter. Comedy-wise, Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton's Back to You (FKA Action News) has been officially ordered to series, as have Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino's The Return of Jezebel James (starring Parker Posey) and The Rules of Starting Over (courtesy of the Farrelly Brothers).FALL TV UPDATE: The fates of Law & Order and CI decided!A new TVGuide.com blog — "First Look: The Hottest Fall TV" — starting Monday morning will serve as a veritable clearinghouse for all official upfront announcements/schedules. Bookmark it now!
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