Describing Hell on Wheels as "Revenge in the mud" makes it sound a lot more enjoyable than it is. AMC's sprawling but heavy-handed attempt to revive and redefine the Western (a newly hot TV-development trend) is solemn business indeed, with precious little wit or originality. (It premieres Sunday at 10/9c.)
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RuPaul's Drag Race, Logo's campy take on America's Next Top Model, may not be as well known as the CW hit, but it's luring some high-profile guest judges that would make other reality shows jealous. When Season 4 of the competition show — which pits drag queens against each other — kicks off in January, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Rose McGowan, Loretta Devine, Kelly Osbourne and...
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NBC's Law & Order: SVU has conjured up one wicked guest star for an upcoming spring episode. Former Charmed witch Rose McGowan, who played the bewitching Paige on the long-running WB hit, has been cast as another kind of temptress.
"Our episode is called Bombshell and Rose McGowan is the ultimate bombshell," SVU executive producer Neal Baer told me this past weekend at the Writer's Guild Awards. "Rose plays a grifter named Cassandra who strikes swinging men who frequent sex clubs. And we're very excited to have her."
The 37-year-old beauty...
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If Wanteds Angelina Jolie seems badass Robert Rodriguez is upping the ante with a remake of Red Sonja starring Rose McGowan as the vengeful comic-book icon The film which centers on a woman whos hell-bent on avenging her familys deaths will revisit the graphic vixens tale on the big screen The original Sonja 1985 starred modern-day icons of sorts with Brigitte Nielsen as the red-head and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the muscle-y pre-Governator Kalidor Neither Rodriguez nor McGowan is new to such dark material but is this a story youre ready to see play out again For some of us it invites a viewing of the original cinematic take before a modern-day opinion can be slashed together Anna DimondMore Movie News149 Its All Greek Gods and Titans Battling to the Finish149 The Dark Knight to Pay Tribute to Ledger
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Fox is still pondering Prison Break: Cherry Hill.HBO and Alan Ball are bringing Bad Girls across the pond.But lest the tube not have enough women-in-prison drama, the Reporter says that film auteur Robert Rodriguez is shopping around Women in Chains! (yes, with the bang), a "violent drama" fronted by no less than his fiancée, Rose McGowan (whom he met and fell in love with on the Planet Terror set). Currently being eyed by networks such as NBC and FX, WiC! would be directed by R-Rod and feature "1970s exploitation" touches like mud wrestling. I know, you're like, "What is NBC waiting for?!" — MWMMore casting news:• Young Frankenstein Lawyers Up for ABC• Battlestar Boss' New Starship Starts Staffing Up
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