Shailene Woodley
Spider-man fans are going to have to wait a little longer to meet Mary Jane Watson.
Shailene Woodley, who takes on the role most recently made famous by Kristen Dunst in the original...
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Rochelle Aytes and Alyssa Milano
"Here's the story
Of two lovely ladies ..."
Doesn't take long before ABC Family's The Fosters dispels one of its two moms' worries that if they keep adding kids to their already crowded household, "It's going to be like The Brady Bunch around here." Well, maybe if Carol had married Alice and Alice was an African-American private-school vice principal and Carol was a cop and the kids were a blended multi-racial rainbow of diversity. Earnest but rarely saccharine, this promising new family drama (Monday, 9/8c) — to be paired in future weeks with the channel's best series, Switched at Birth — establishes its edgier tone by introducing its main character, the abused but prideful Callie (Maia Mitchell), as she gets roughed up on her way out of juvy and into the welcoming custody of Lena (Sherri Saum), who hasn't yet told her partner-the-cop Stef (Teri Polo) about the new addition.
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Ken Baumann, Shailene Woodley, Daren Kagasoff
Who will Amy end up with on the Secret Life series finale -- Ricky or Ben?
In July 2008, ABC Family debuted the show, created by 7th Heaven's Brenda Hampton, to record ratings for the network. The high school soap stars newcomer Shailene Woodley as Amy Juergens, a shy incoming freshman who learns she's pregnant after losing her virginity to popular Ricky Underwood (Daren Kagasoff) at band camp before starting to date boy-next-door Ben (Ken Baumann). By the end of the season, both Ricky and Ben know the truth, remain supportive, but are fighting for Amy's affections.
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Danica McKellar
What comes to mind when you hear Danica McKellar's name? Wonder Years alum, actress, mathematician, author... stripper?! Apparently so, to Secret Life of the American Teenager's Ethan at least.
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The Fosters
ABC Family will introduce its newest drama, The Fosters, on Monday, June 3. But you don't have to wait until summer for your first look at the official Foster family photograph.
Executive producer Jennifer Lopez, her longtime manager Benny Medina and Queer as Folk's Peter Paige helped develop this one-hour drama about a multi-ethnic mix of foster and biological kids being raised by two lesbian moms.
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Robert Scott Wilson
Actor and model Robert Scott Wilson is joining the online reboot of All My Children as Opal Cortlandt's (Jill Larson) youngest son, Pete, The Online Network announced Monday.
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Chaz Bono
Now that Chaz Bono has undergone gender reassignment, he wants to become a Hollywood leading man. The child of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, who turns 44 on March 4, last acted on network TV in 1997; when he was still Chastity, Bono played a support group leader in the episode of Ellen in which Ellen DeGeneres' character came out to her parents.
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Jennifer Lopez
ABC Family's TV family is getting bigger.
The cable network has ordered two new dramas to premiere this summer.
From executive producer Jennifer Lopez comes The Fosters, an hourlong drama about a multi-ethnic family consisting of a mix of foster and...
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Daren Kagasoff and Shailene Woodley
Get ready to say goodbye to Amy, Ricky, Ben and the gang! The final season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager will premiere on Monday, March 18 at 8/7c on ABC Family, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Returning winter shows: Where we left off
On the season premiere, Amy (Shailene Woodley) and Ricky (Daren Kagasoff) continue to plan their wedding, but it seems that Amy's dress choice — a thrift store find — isn't sitting well with her friends and her fiancé. But the more important issue is: Does Amy really want to get married?
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Deobrah Raffin
Actress Deborah Raffin, who starred in several television movies and miniseries and later ran an audiobook company, died Wednesday of leukemia in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reports. She was 59.
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