Amber Benson by Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage.com
In recent weeks, MTV announced it would start accepting ad dollars for political spots for the first time. Now that an ad — an anti-Barack Obama commercial called "Both Ways Barack" — has made its debut, Buffy alum Amber Benson teamed up with MoveOn.org to release a response in support of Obama. According to the New York Times, Boy Meets World alum Rider Strong joined her for "It Could Happen to You," which is running on Comedy Central. The ad spoofs other commercial styles, including one specific spot that should be familiar to anyone who had a TV in the 1980s.Is Benson's foray in political messaging effective, or does it fall flat? Watch here and weigh in. — Anna DimondRelated:• Christina Aguilera Rocks the Vote – Extended Version!• John Cusack Gets Political in Anti-McCain Ad
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Danielle Fishel by John Sciulli/ WireImage.com
Danielle Fishel, who in the mid-1990s set many a pubescent lad's hormones aflutter with her role as Topanga on Boy Meets World — and earlier this year was a recurring guest on The Tyra Banks Show — was arrested early Thursday morning on a drunken-driving warrant, the Associated Press reports. Fishel was released from jail shortly after her arrest. I'm sorry, did we learn nothing from Shawn in Episode 5.18?
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The unfortunate word is Passions hottie Heidi Mueller (Kay) and Boy Meets World grad Matthew Lawrence have broken off their engagement. The couple, who became betrothed at Christmas, were planning a June wedding. It's not all bad for Mueller, though, who was cast on Passions after a reality-TV turn on NBC's Who Wants to Marry My Dad? At least she gets to share lotsa steamy scenes with those hunky recasts who play NuFox and NuMiguel. A girl could have it worse!
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24"Relax, he's really good at this." You said it, Chloe. Jack's back, and all is wrong with the world once again — which means my prime time's finally got the jaw-dropping, plot-twisting, rock-'em-sock-'em roller-coaster ride it's been missing since May. (Sorry, Idol. I've missed you, too, but deep down you've always known you're just my midweek diversion until that next hour starts ticking away.) Let's sum up, shall we? Former president Palmer? Dead. (I know!) Michelle Dessler? Dead. Tony Almeida? Critical condition. Chloe O'Brian? Still the coolest cranky-pants techie around. Palmer's brother Wayne? Grieving, willing to help Jack, and hot-hot-hot as ever. (Helloooo, D.B. Woodside!) First Lady Martha Logan? Nuttier than a fruitcake. President Logan? Complet
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24"Relax, he's really good at this." You said it, Chloe. Jack's back, and all is wrong with the world once again — which means my prime time's finally got the jaw-dropping, plot-twisting, rock-'em-sock-'em roller-coaster ride it's been missing since May. (Sorry, Idol. I've missed you, too, but deep down you've always known you're just my midweek diversion until that next hour starts ticking away.) Let's sum up, shall we? Former president Palmer? Dead. (I know!) Michelle Dessler? Dead. Tony Almeida? Critical condition. Chloe O'Brian? Still the coolest cranky-pants techie around. Palmer's brother Wayne? Grieving, willing to help Jack, and hot-hot-hot as ever. (Helloooo, D.B. Woodside!) First Lady Martha Logan? Nuttier than a fruitcake. President Logan? Complet
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SUNDAY24"Relax, he's really good at this." You said it, Chloe. Jack's back, and all is wrong with the world once again — which means my prime time's finally got the jaw-dropping, plot-twisting, rock-'em-sock-'em roller-coaster ride it's been missing since May. (Sorry, Idol. I've missed you, too, but deep down you've always known you're just my midweek diversion until that next hour starts ticking away.) Let's sum up, shall we? Former president Palmer? Dead. (I know!) Michelle Dessler? Dead. Tony Almeida? Critical condition. Chloe O'Brian? Still the coolest cranky-pants techie around. Palmer's brother Wayne? Grieving, willing to help Jack, and hot-hot-hot as ever. (Helloooo, D.B. Woodside!) First Lady Martha Logan? Nuttier than a fruitcake. President Logan? Co
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The West Wing
Is it just me, or does it still seem weird to see Alan Alda as the first credit in the opening of The West Wing? Maybe it's because he's practically been invisible this season. Well, tonight the focus shifts to the Vinick camp. After two weeks of watching the learning curve of young Matt Santos, we get to see behind the curtain of a seasoned pro. Granted, the professionalism of "multitasking" is questionable. (Another reason to be glad I work at TV Guide: no meetings at the urinals.) Alda is ideal at playing the compromise inherent to big-time politics. You can see the wheels turning as he decides not to go negative or to court the Latino vote. He's a guy struggling between the need to do the right thing and his overwhelming desire to win, and it's this kind of tension that has always been at the heart of the show. It would be easy to portray the Republicans just as treacherous enemies. However, Vinick's staffers come off as thinking people of conviction (even
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Boy Meets World grad Will Friedle is tired of playing good guys. Happily for him, he gets to show off his shadier side in the new black comedy, National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (opening today). Here, the 28-year-old actor tells TV Guide Online how nice it is to be naughty for a change.
TV Guide Online: We last talked in 2001. You were promoting your short-lived NBC sitcom, Go Fish.Will Friedle: The experience was great. The show obviously wasn't what it could've been.
TVGO: So you admit it sucked?Friedle: I would never say the show sucked! [Laughs] It wasn't up to par with some of the shows I've done. But it wasn't anybody's fault. I don't think it really found itself. It just kind of fell short.
TVGO: Your Go Fish costar Andy Dick has certainly moved on to greener pastures...Friedle: I actually was working with Andy last week on Less than Perfect, which is produced by the same people
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