Can we all just close our eyes and pretend that Rocky V never happened? Because if ever there were a franchise-finisher to be remembered for staging the Italian Stallion's final bout, Rocky Balboa, due out Dec. 20, portends to be it. Having grown up with this film series, I cheered and I cried at a press screening last week, as the famed palooka-turned-pugilist entered the ring just one more, most memorable time.The Oscar-winning Rocky and its first follow-up were seminal films, even coining the term "a Rocky story" to sum up the tale of an underdog (in this case, a loan shark's sad-sack collection man) who overcomes the odds to achieve greatness — a bid for both true love and the title. Rocky III, with the arrival of Mr. T's Clubber Lang, found Rocko facing his fiercest opponent yet — as Burgess Meredith's Mickey reveals (in his raspy growl) that previous comers "wuz hand-picked!" — and then dealing with the loss of the trainer he for so long held dear. Rocky IV, an ...
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By popular demand (152 e-mails and counting), here's the complete transcript of my interview with Milo Ventimiglia, conducted last Friday during a preplanned meet-and-greet at TV Guide's Gotham headquarters. Juicy, scoopy bits abound — particularly the stuff about Lauren Graham's Gilmore Girls contract that you just know I'll be asking her about tomorrow if, er, when she lands her first Emmy nomination! Ausiello: Inquiring minds (read: TVGuide.com readers) must know: Are you single?Milo: Yeah.Ausiello: How's single life treating you?Milo: [Chuckles] That's about all you'll get out of me.Ausiello: Any chance of you going back to Gilmore Girls?Milo: Never gonna happen.Ausiello: Because the Palladinos are gone?Milo: Yup.Ausiello: But what if the new show-runner, Dave Rosenthal, asks you? He might be a fan of yours.Milo: I appreciate that, but I'm pretty busy this year.Ausiello: So you feel that Jess' story is done?Milo: I felt that it was done a long time ago, but Dan and Amy kept...
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Question: Why is the WB network launching its spring mid-season drama The Bedford Diaries when everybody knows it's probably going to flop DOA? Milo Ventimiglia is starring in this show, but he's also busy doing other things, like the Rocky VI movie with Sylvester Stallone and reprising his Jess character for one episode on Gilmore Girls (a month after The Bedford Diaries premieres, I might add). He also has been cast in a new NBC pilot for the next fall season. Why couldn't WB just forget about The Bedford Diaries or just drop Milo from the show since he's busy doing other projects?
Answer: The WB is at an odd — and to my mind unprecedented —crossroads this spring. It's about to disappear forever, but until then, it's going to plunge ahead, business as usual, which means airing some if not all of the mid-season shows the network has been sitting on all season (also including Pepper Dennis and a handful of sitcoms). The Bedford Diaries was produced, so WB is going to air it, regardless
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Tonight at 9 pm/ET, NBC's Scrubs presents its 100th episode, featuring — no, not the death of someone close to Clark Kent — a humorous homage to The Wizard of Oz. This week's second helping guest-stars Jason Bateman and a whole lotta angry ostriches. Is this show officially off the hook? TVGuide.com spoke with Donald Faison, aka Turk, about crafting Scrubs' weekly remedy for the prime-time blahs.
TVGuide.com: Donald Faison, pardon my French, but you are on one damn funny show.Donald Faison: Thanks, but where did you speak French in that?
TVGuide.com: Um, when I said "Faison"? So do you get that a lot, people telling you that Scrubs
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During CSI: Miami's holiday hiatus, Rex Linn has set aside Det. Frank Tripp's badge to tackle the role of party planner, as the die-hard Texas Longhorn fan prepares to host the pre-Rose Bowl gathering. (You think we're kidding, but we're not. We've talked to the guy — this thing is big.) Might some real-life lawmen need to break up the bash? TVGuide.com talked to Linn about his college-football loyalties, his fantastic deal on beef brisket and what the future holds for Miami's Frank.
TVGuide.com: So I'm looking at this picture your publicist sent me, of you coming out of a phone booth, all Superman-like, revealing a Longhorns T-shirt....
Rex Linn: Oh, yeah. [Laughs] That's an idea my
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