Katie Couric and Josh Elliott
One lesson learned in this wearying week of morning-show warfare: Some people should never give up their dream day job. Which is why it was so gratifying for the week to end with the announcement that Today's Matt Lauer was staying put for years to come. I'd like to think he saw the future — or maybe Today's future — staring at him on Wednesday, when he sat across from...
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This is so not a dream.
One week after meeting Leonard Nimoy in his sleep on The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) is about to come face-to-face with another one of his idols....
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Jim Parsons
On the April 5 episode of CBS's The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) gets a visit from renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
I spoke with Jim exclusively about...
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Ashton Kutcher
And you thought Charlie Sheen was out there.
Ashton Kutcher has signed up to go to space as the 500th "astronaut" of Sir Richard Branson's forthcoming Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, the billionaire founder announced on his blog Monday.
Two and a Half Men bosses, Ashton Kutcher vague about returning next season
"I gave Ashton a quick call to congratulate and welcome him," Branson wrote. "He is as thrilled as we ...
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Stephen Hawking
Has Dr. Sheldon Cooper met his match?
The Big Bang Theory has finally nabbed famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking to film a cameo.
As first reported by TV Guide Canada, Hawking filmed a scene with Jim Parsons, a.k.a. Sheldon, Friday for the show's April 5 episode. In the scene, Hawking has a...
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David Gregory
Meet the Press host David Gregory will head over to Discovery Channel next month to host a roundtable discussion about Stephen Hawking's take on God.
Did God Create the Universe? will air on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 9 p.m. on the Discovery Channel, directly following the premiere of...
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Ricky Gervais and Jon Stewart
Ricky Gervais was supposed to talk about his upcoming HBO stand-up special, Out of England 2, during his appearance on The Daily Show. But between the British comic's chemistry with Jon Stewart and Gervais' blasé attitude toward promoting his own show, their conversation covered different, wider terrain.
During their seven-minute conversation Tuesday, Gervais and Stewart discussed the possibility of a Stephen Hawking talk show. "I was just imagining also how...
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Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
9/8c ABC
Out of Eddie's league? Irina's also out of this world, thanks to Preston's nebbishy friend. And it seems like he's the Fairview Strangler, too. We'll find out officially tonight in this flashback episode, which chronicles the strangler's interactions over the years with Bree, Susan, Lynette and Gaby, not to mention series narrator Mary Alice Young. We won't just hear Brenda Strong; we'll see her as well.
Read on for previews of Treme, the TV Land Awards, Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking and When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story.
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David Hyde Pierce, Bette Midler and Marcia Wallace do The Simpsons
After 18 seasons and 400 episodes, Fox's The Simpsons (Sundays at 8 pm/ET) has attracted more than 350 celebrities to offer their voices to animated doppelgangers. Some have played themselves (Steve Buscemi, anyone?), some new characters (Reese Witherspoon as Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter, for instance), some old characters (Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub, who reprise their roles from 24 on May 20) — and in one instance, a mix (Elizabeth Taylor played herself and voiced Maggie's first word). Throughout, producers have attract
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