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Josh Holloway's Cool New Movie Role | Movie News | 7/2/2008
It's about time this rugged, troublemaking island castaway got a juicy movie role. Josh Holloway, who plays Sawyer on ABC's mega-hit Lost, has been cast in the new Polish brothers' comedy, Stay Cool. The film is about an author who returns to his high school to deliver a commencement speech — and to confront his former crush. Holloway, says the Reporter, will play a former high school jock and ex-boyfriend to none other than Winona Ryder. Other notable cast members include, Sean Astin,... read more
Reader's Cheer of the Week: To the Manor Born | Cheers & Jeers | 6/27/2008
Posted by synergy21...Cheers to Animal Planet for landing Stockard Channing as the new narrator of Meerkat Manor! She brings a certain je ne sais quoi to the show, giving the writers a larger degree of creative license. As much as we enjoyed Sean Astin, we can't imagine him pulling off lines like, "What light through yonder bush breaks?" like Channing did in episode 2. Great job as always, AP!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion... read more
Hilary Duff to Play It Cool This Summer | Movie News | 6/25/2008
The mercury may be climbing, but that's not phasing Hilary Duff, who has plans to Stay Cool this summer by shooting a new comedy from the Polish brothers.Duff joins the cast that already includes Winona Ryder, Mark Polish, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase and Jon Cryer. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Cool follows Polish, a successful author who must face a former crush (Ryder) when he returns home to make a graduation speech at his high school. Duff plays Shasta O'Neil, a sassy senior who becomes... read more
TV Guide Magazine Cover Story | 4/25/2007
Chain saw in hand, Jason Lee stands by a truck with the words equine removal printed on the side. In front of him a dead read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 12/1/2006
Are you a furry friend of Animal Planet's Meerkat Manor (new episodes air Friday at 8 and 8:30 pm/ET)? If so, these burn read more
Roush Review | 9/27/2006
With so many choices on TV nowadays, there?s something for almost everyone, even if you happen to prefer shows that veer read more
The Watercooler | 1/17/2006
24All right, Fox, I've got a couple of bones to pick with you. First of all, you've completely spoiled read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/16/2006
That glorious glowing digital clock is about to start ticking away on TV screens again, as Fox's read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/13/2006
That glorious glowing digital clock is about to start ticking away on TV screens again, as Fox's read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/20/2005
With Season 5 now less than a month away, Fox's 24 has announced two more hires: Two-time Tony Award nominee read more
Ask Ausiello | 10/5/2005
Please give us something new on 24! Is Michelle really going to die in the fi read more
Ask Ausiello | 8/31/2005
Got any scoop on 24? Tumbleweeds are blowing across!Not much more to tell aside from what was announced last we read more
Today's News: My Take | 8/26/2005
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Sean Astin Dishes LOTR | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 12/9/2004
Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin continues to live in New Zealand, even though his days playing heroic hobbit Samwise Gamgee are done. Now, he's shooting scenes as the poet/bard Linus in Hercules, an NBC miniseries slated for next May. He still has LOTR on his mind, however, having just published his new book, There and Back Again: An Actor's Story. Naturally, Astin borrowed the title from Bilbo Baggins' autobiography. He also shared some opinions his costars are unhappy about.TV Guide ... read more
FlickChick | 8/5/2004
Question: I loved The Goonies when I was a teen and my kids just saw it for the first time. Can you tell me what the cas read more
The Watercooler | 6/18/2004
Pepsi Smash I have always thought that Alicia Keys was the real deal, a true artist overshadowed in the media by manufa read more
Roush Dispatch | 1/26/2004
It really doesn't matter how seriously you take the Golden Globes, or what you think about the Hollywood Foreign Press A read more
Sean Astin: From Hobbit to He-Man | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/2/2004
A funny thing happened after Sean Astin wrapped his grueling two-year Lord of the Rings tour of duty: He lightened up ? mentally and physically ? for his role in the Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore's comedy 50 First Dates (due out in February). "I lost a lot of weight and am in much better shape," he tells TV Guide Online of his Dates gig, which has him playing Barrymore's gym-rat brother. "[My character's] doing splits all the time and push-ups and jumping jacks and lifting things. He's ... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 12/31/2003
A funny thing happened after Sean Astin wrapped his grueling two-year Lord of the Rings tour of duty: He lightened up &# read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/31/2003
The Southeastern Film Critics Assn. — huh? — has named The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as the best read more