As if James Lipton doesn't have enough to celebrate these days — after 16 nominations, Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio won its first Emmy award for Outstanding Informational Series/Special, at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sept. 15 — the host and executive producer will be joined on stage by Jake Gyllenhaal on Thursday (8/7c, Bravo).
Gyllenhaal, 32, takes his turn in the hot seat to open up about his Oscar-nominated career from cult-classic Donnie Darko to his upcoming theatrical release Prisoners, in which he stars opposite Actors Studio favorite Hugh Jackman. Gyllenhaal also discusses his relationship with his famous sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and reminisces about former costars Anne Hathaway (Love & Other Drugs) and the late Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), admitting, "It felt like losing a family member, and it still does to this day."
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This is the calm before the new-season storm. A week from now, only the most advanced devices will be able to handle the crush of new (and mostly returning-hit) programming airing on Thursdays, with expanded season openers of long-running faves The Big Bang Theory, Parks and Recreation and Grey's Anatomy among the draws.
By comparison, this is a much quieter Thursday, although NBC once had high hopes that the two-hour climax of the seemingly endless and haplessly muddled Million Second Quiz (8/7c) would be something to shout, instead of yawn, about. Instead, the peacock's more anticipated headliner is Valerie's Story — A Meredith Vieira Special (10/9c), an hour-long good-news report from the former Today co-anchor chronicling Valerie Harper's unusually public battle against terminal brain cancer.
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Cory Monteith's autopsy report will likely not be completed until at least Tuesday, the British Columbia Coroner's office confirms to TVGuide.com
Monteith's autopsy was being performed Monday, but a spokeswoman for the coroner's office said it was normal for the results to take some time before being released. In addition...
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James Lipton returned to the fourth season of Arrested Development, which rebooted on Netflix this past weekend, but this week (Wed. May 29, 7/6c, Bravo), he's celebrating another milestone. In 1994, Lipton created a Master's degree course at the Actors Studio and started televising his seminars with famous performers. Hundreds of interviews later, Inside the Actors Studio is celebrating its 250th episode by bringing back such guests as Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lopez and Ellen Burstyn (Wednesday, 7/6c, Bravo). Let's get this party started.
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James Lipton asks a lot of questions. But apparently he's been hiding a big secret all of these years.
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