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New Vodcast: Robin Williams on SVU! | Cheers & Jeers | 4/30/2008
Check out the latest Cheers & Jeers vodcast, in which we butt heads over Robin Williams' SVU guest shot (and please excuse the now-incorrect info about the 200th episode — this was taped a few weeks ago)... read more
Watch Video: "Idol Gives Back" Bloopers! | The Great American Idol Blog | 4/9/2008
It's that time of the season again—the one when all your favorite Idol-ers and celebs team up to raise awareness and funds to benefit poverty stricken children around the world. So who'll be joining this year's event? Basically every celeb under the sun including Bono, Brad Pitt, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Reese Witherspoon, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Fergie, Chris Daughtry and Snoop Dogg. We could go on, but this preview sums it up best (with some added bloopers, of course!) read more
ABC Changes: Murder In, Trees Out | Roush Dispatch | 3/31/2008
Some head-scratching is in order upon looking at ABC's latest round of midseason shuffling. On one hand, I get why the network would try to give Women’s Murder Club some exposure on a night that isn’t Friday. But in announcing its return with three new episodes on Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET, starting April 29, you can’t help but wonder if the show is being given a favor after all. This scheduling puts it head-to-head against NBC’s powerful Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,... read more
Robin Williams and Wife to Divorce | Today's News: Our Take | 3/26/2008
Robin Williams' wife, Marsha Garces Williams, has filed for divorce after 19 years of marriage. She filed her petition March 21 in San Francisco, saying that she and Robin had "irreconcilable differences."The pair met and married in 1989, shortly after Williams divorced his previous wife. They have an 18-year-old daughter, Zelda, and a 16-year-old son, Cody, together. People reports that Garces Williams is asking for joint custody of Cody, as well as monies for attorney fees and spousal... read more
Exclusive: SVU Nabs Robin Williams for 200th | Ausiello Report | 3/18/2008
I told you Law & Order: SVU's 200th episode was going to be big, and now I've got proof: Sources confirm to me exclusively that Robin Williams has inked a deal to guest-star in the landmark episode on April 29. The Oscar winner will play a Svengali-like figure who tests Benson and Stabler like never before.Exec producer Neal Baer says the episode is "one of the best cat-and-mouse stories we've ever done," and describes Williams' character as "a guy who has a problem with authority figures."... read more
How Kimmel's Video Became a Star-studded Affair | Today's News: Our Take | 2/26/2008
After watching Jimmy Kimmel's hilarious post-Oscars "I'm F--king Ben Affleck" music video, I had one lingering thought I just couldn't put to rest: How in the world did they get stick-in-the-mud Harrison Ford to play along?Apparently, all they had to do was ask. When Affleck learned that Ford found the humor in an earlier video, in which Kimmel's girlfriend Sarah Silverman confessed to getting down with Matt Damon, they approached the Indiana Jones star and found him more than willing to play... read more
Jimmy's "F**king Ben Affleck" Debut | Today's Top Videos | 2/25/2008
If you thought Sarah Silverman's "I'm F**king Matt Damon" was the most hilarious video you'd ever seen, wait till you get a load of what Jimmy Kimmel did to strike back last night during his post-Oscar show. Not only did he whip up a ridiculously brilliant video featuring Matt Damon's "other half," Ben Affleck, as his love interest, but he also went on to recruit what appears to be all of Hollywood to serve as backup singers. Robin Williams, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Lance Bass, Josh Groban,... read more
Happy New Year for Late-night TV | Roush Dispatch | 1/3/2008
Did absence make our hearts grow fonder of late-night TV's hosts, missing in action for the last two months? I suppose it's possible, though I doubt anyone's preferences were changed by what they saw Wednesday night, when all of the network hosts finally returned to work, all but David Letterman and Craig Ferguson without writers. (If anything grew, it was facial hair, at least on Dave and Conan.)If you're the sort who for whatever reason prefers affable Jay Leno over cranky Dave, or chooses to... read more
A Robin Lands on Letterman, While Leno Hearts Huckabee | Today's News: Our Take | 12/31/2007
Late Show with David Letterman returns on Wednesday not only with his writing staff (see our Strike Watch blog) but Robin Williams as his lead-off guest, says the AP. Also onboard for the evening is Shooter Jennings, with Donald Trump bumped to Friday. On Thursday, Dave welcomes Bill Maher, Ellen Page and a performance from Broadway's Young Frankenstein.Meanwhile, all eyes are on the late-night talkers that have not hammered out an agreement with the WGA (as Worldwide Pants' Letterman and Craig... read more
Conan O'Brien Hosts Comedy Benefit for Injured Service Members | TV Guide News Report | 9/21/2007
Bob Woodruff hasn’t had a lot to laugh about in the last couple of years. But thanks to Conan O’Brien and a lineup of top comedians, there will be plenty of humor to go around during a special evening on Nov. 7 to benefit the Bob Woodruff Family Fund.In conjunction with the New York Comedy Festival, O’Brien will host the event, Stand Up for Heroes, which is dedicated to the nation’s injured service members. The proceeds of the benefit — where Lewis Black, Bruce... read more
May 24, 2007: Throw Your Horns Up High! | VH1 Rock Honors | 5/25/2007
Tons of kids wearing black and metal horns high. It's the VH1 Rock Honors baby, yeah! Right now, my iPod is filled with nothing but '80s music and metal. So naturally, the second annual Rock Honors was highly anticipated in the Steed household. Over the past week, I've closed my eyes to not read any reviews of the show by critics who've never gotten near a ZZ Top album. So what you read below is my opinion only. Hell, yeah!!! That phrase could describe many points during the night, so let's run... read more
At the Movies: CSI's Marg Joins Big-screen Heist | Today's News: Our Take | 4/25/2007
Per the Hollywood Reporter, CSI's Marg Helgenberger has been cast as the disgruntled ex-wife of Val Kilmer's master thief in Columbus Day, a crime drama being produced by Kevin Spacey and also starring Wilmer Valderrama.... Robin Williams and John Travolta are Old Dogs in a Disney comedy about two business partners who find themselves minding 7-year-old twins. Also in the cast are Travolta's wife, Kelly Preston, and their daughter, Ella.... Julia Stiles will produce and star in an adaptation of... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/20/2007
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson has turned his focus to the world of politics. No, he hasn't started making trips read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 7/7/2006
What is he-who-is-most-fondly-known-as-John-Boy up to these days? In Hallmark Channel's read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/14/2006
The American Film Institute celebrates America's 100 most inspiring movies in the three-hour CBS special read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/17/2006
In the new comedy She's the Man (in theaters now) read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/22/2006
Eric Idle has every reason to gab. He's not only the creator read more
Today's News: My Take | 2/9/2006
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Adam Sandler and King of Queens' Kevin James read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/24/2006
Paul Provenza is a seasoned comedy veteran. From stand-up read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/9/2005
Comedy legend Richard Pryor died of a heart attack Saturday morning at a Los Angeles hospital, the Asso read more
Pauly Shore Plots Reality Comeback | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 7/19/2005
The Wiezel is all grown-up, and he means business. After spending the last few years on an involuntary hiatus, read more
Robin Williams and Mork's Movie Dork | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/7/2005
Chris Diamantopoulos took some razzing for his portrayal of Robin Williams in NBC's Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (an encore airs tonight at 8 pm/ET). The film got Jeered by TV Guide for "reducing Robin Williams to a perky yet sad clown." As for Williams himself, he claims he didn't even bother to watch. "It's weird," the comic cracks. "If they're going to make a bad movie about your life, then [you should] wait for the Cartoon Network [version]."Of course, the ... read more
Catching up with David Duchovny | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 4/25/2005
Best known as Special Agent Fox Mulder on cult classic The X-Files (1993-2002), David Duchovny wrote, directed and costars in House of D, with Robin Williams, wife Tea Leoni and Anton Yelchin in the lead role as Duchovny's character at 13."It's a coming-of-age film about what it is to grow up and how you have to leave certain things behind," says Duchovny, 44. He knows House of D is no blockbuster, but if he draws just a quarter of his X-Files audience, he says, "the movie would be a huge ... read more
Robin Williams Reacts to NBC's Mork Movie | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 4/18/2005
Earlier this month, NBC aired its TV-movie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy, which portrayed Robin Williams as both a cokehead and a star tripper on the set of his classic sitcom. Since the actor who played Williams told TVGuide.com he was unsure of how Williams felt about the film, we decided to ask the man himself. First off, did the 54-year-old funnyman even bother to watch it? "No," Williams answers. "It's weird. If they're going to make a bad movie about your ... read more
"Robin Williams" Defends His TV Movie | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 4/4/2005
In the April 10 issue of TV Guide, NBC's Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy ? airing tonight at 9 pm/ET ? gets Jeered for "reducing Robin Williams to a perky yet sad clown." Ouch! Natch, the film's leading man denies his portrayal is just a gratuitous rehash of Williams' alleged setside diva behavior and drug problems. "I don't think the movie's exploitative," Chris Diamantopoulos tells TVGuide.com. "By nature, a biopic ? whether the person's alive or dead ? is [for] ... read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/1/2005
Wondering why Robin Williams walked onstage at Sunday's Oscars with duct tape over his mouth? Apparently, the acerbic co read more
The Watercooler | 2/27/2005
Welcome to our live Oscar night Watercooler. Damian Holbrook will be sharing his thoughts on all of the pre-Oscar festiv read more
The Watercooler | 1/17/2005
SUNDAY For Damian Holbrook's complete minute-by-minute account of the Golden Globes, scroll down to the bottom of the p read more
FlickChick | 12/2/2004
Question: I just saw the movie Noel on TNT Sunday night before it was released in theaters; I also saw ads for the DVD. read more
Today's News: My Take | 11/19/2004
This year's Golden Globe ceremony promises to be as wild and unpredictable as ever now that Robin Williams has been tapp read more
Roush Review | 2/9/2004
Before Life With Bonnie, Bonnie Hunt's TV shelf life could usually be measured in weeks, not seasons. (In the mid-'90s, read more
Today's News: My Take | 1/28/2004
One of the biggest mysteries from Sunday's Golden Globe Awards has been solved. In Tuesday's Insider, we posed the quest read more
FlickChick | 12/25/2003
Question: I watched One Hour Photo a few weeks ago and couldn't read the title of the book Robin Williams buys to read a read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/17/2003
Robin Williams entertained American and Australian troops at the Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday during a U.S. read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/16/2003
Robin Williams entertained American and Australian troops at the Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday during a U.S. read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 11/20/2003
She has given us such characters as mouthy 6-year-old Edith Ann, cranky phone operator Ernestine and philosophizing bag read more
Televisionary | 10/28/2003
Question: I was just using your search function and read about how Jonathan Winters played Mork's son on Mork & Mind read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/19/2003
Former X-Files alien hunter David Duchovny will make his feature writing/directing debut with House of D, which is descr read more
Televisionary | 2/18/2003
Question: Who is the biggest movie star that started out in TV? My guess is either Bruce Willis or Tom Hanks. Are there read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 12/20/2002
Nominations for the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced on Thursday, and the big surprise was, well, that the read more
Televisionary | 11/26/2002
Question: Was one of the actors on the ABC hit Alias in the movie Never Been Kissed? One of the cast members looks stran read more
Today's News: My Take | 11/12/2002
There were some tense moments on NBC's Today show this morning. While being interviewed by Katie Couric, out-of-control read more
Today's News: My Take | 10/28/2002
Will & Grace's Eric McCormack hosts this weekend's Saturday Night Live with musical guest Jay-Z... Fox will release Jenn read more
Today's News: My Take | 10/21/2002
Bob Hope, he's not. The ongoing war on terrorism got a big boost this weekend when Robin Williams visited Bagram Air Bas read more
Today's News: My Take | 9/16/2002
America experienced a collective bad hair weekend as moviegoers flocked to Barbershop in droves. The new Ice Cube comedy read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/19/2002
When last we saw Michael Vartan, his Alias alter ego was submerged in a tidal wave of trouble on the show's season final read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/16/2002
Once again, actress Connie Nielsen is the object of a madman's obsession. No, she's not being stalked — not in real read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/6/2002
It's been more than two years since Hilary Swank took home an Oscar for her gender-bending performance as Brandon Teena read more
Today's News: My Take | 5/7/2002
Robin Williams will headline a live comedy special for HBO this summer — his first solo TV gig in more than 15 years read more
FlickChick | 4/11/2002
Question: It seems to me that I saw a movie just like Clockstoppers on TV 15 or 20 years ago. I think it was called The read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/1/2002
Instead of hunting colored eggs this weekend, it appears folks raced to see Panic Room. The Jodie Foster thriller took t read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 4/1/2002
Playing the Barney-esque title character in Death to Smoochy was quite a novelty for Edward Norton. Often cast as a bada read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/29/2002
A new day has come for Robin Williams. But not the sunny sort you hear Celine Dion singing about! Switching career gears read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/11/2002
Talk about self control: In his new WB Candid Camera-esque sketch comedy, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (premiering Sunda read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/22/2001
For someone who claims to be publicity shy, legendary filmmaker Woody Allen is everywhere these days talking up his late read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 7/3/2001
One of the biggest questions raised by Steven Spielberg's confounding A.I.: Artificial Intelligence — which pulled i read more
FlickChick | 6/28/2001
Question: I have two questions: Is Robin Williams starring in any upcoming movies, and will there be Charlie's Angels se read more
FlickChick | 5/10/2001
Question: What is Robin Williams's real name? I thought I heard on TV that it was Robin Williams Dick. ? Jaclyn Flickchi read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 10/31/2000
In 1997, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck sneaked up on the film world with their screenwriting debut Good Will Hunting, which read more
Televisionary | 10/17/2000
Question: Oh, wise one... please save my sanity and tell my brother he's mean. I remember Jonathan Winters hatching out read more
Today's News: My Take | 8/25/2000
Oscar winner Robin Williams will serve as narrator of Steven Spielberg's next film, A.I., Variety reports. Meanwhile, th read more
Today's News: My Take | 8/24/2000
Funnyman Robin Williams has signed on to star in Liberace, a biopic on the flamboyant entertainer who died from AIDS-rel read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/27/2000
After Angelina Jolie won a Golden Globe Award for her performance last year as Gia, she jumped fully clothed into the read more