Brangelina Donate $2 Million to African Sanctuary
Lindsay Lohan Checks Out of Rehab
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of rehab, according to People.The 24-year-old was discharged from Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Monday, the first day she was eligible to leave the facility. "It's a great day," mother Dina Lohan told E! Online.Michael Lohan: Lindsay to check out of rehab next weekThere was some initial confusion about whether Lohan had left the center...
Castle: Will "Nikki Heat" Bring Castle and Beckett Closer?
Monday's episode of Castle offers a scene straight out of the title character's fantasies: Castle is alone in a room with two Becketts!Check out photos of the cast of CastleThat's because Castle (Nathan FIllion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) are being shadowed by Hollywood starlet Natalie Rhodes (guest star Laura Prepon), who has been chosen to play Nikki Heat, the character Castle based on Beckett, in the movie adaptation of his novel. But Castle's imagination doesn't run wild right away. In fact, he thinks Natalie, best known as a horror movie scream queen, is completely wrong to play his beloved character...
Shania Twain Ties the Knot Again
Country superstar Shania Twain and Nestle business executive Frederic Thiebaud were married in a New Year's Day ceremony, according to People. "They were married at sunset in Rincon, Puerto Rico, in front of 40 of their closest family and friends," Twain's rep told the magazine.Shania Twain gets engaged to ex-best friend's former husband Twain, 45, and Swiss-born Thiebaud, 40, confirmed their engagement last month. The couple began dating after Twain's former best friend Marie-Anne Thiebaud (to whom Frederic was married) allegedly had an affair with Twain's husband of 14 years, Robert "Mutt" Lange...
Oprah Launches OWN: What Do You Think So Far?
Fans of Oprah Winfrey's brand of feel-good, heartstring-tugging programming got a week-late Christmas present on New Year's Day, as the daytime queen's eponymous cable network, OWN, finally hit the air. What to watch on Oprah's new network Winfrey, who will leave behind her No. 1 syndicated talk show this spring after 25 years on the air, hosted the first hour of programming, previewing some of the original series she is most excited about. While continuously reinforcing the network's "live your best life now" mantra, Winfrey introduced gripping and sometimes tear-jerking sizzle reels. "I wanted to take the...
Mega Buzz: A Castle Proposal, More Death on Diaries, and a Modern Love Triangle
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. Anything juicy coming up on Castle? — MelanieADAM: It's the moment Castle fans have long fantasized about: In the Jan. 3 episode, Castle will look Beckett square in the eyes and say, "Will you marry me?" Speaking of fantasies, just wait until you see Castle's reaction to finally living out one of his dreams: being alone in a room with two Becketts at the same time. When will we get more backstory on The Vampire Diaries? — MaxineNATALIE: An upcoming flashback to 1864 will give Elena a new perspective on her sibling suitors. Before then, though, expect a visit or two from the Grim Reaper. "A lot of people are...
Mega Buzz: Will Bones' Sniper Bring Booth and Brennan Together?
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. Bones is killing me! Please tell me Booth will wise up and choose Brennan in the new year. — Linda ADAM: Well, he may have other things on his mind: Executive producer Stephen Nathan tells me that an upcoming storyline about a sniper is going to turn Booth's world upside down. "Booth is forced to confront the life that he led [as a sniper in the Army] when he sees a guy who's perverted the profession," he says. "The need Booth has to bring this guy to justice is going to hang over us for the rest of the year." But in the meantime, Booth will look to Temperance to be his rock. "Whatever his relationship with Hannah, Brennan is always the closest person in his life," Nathan says. "The sniper will affect Booth and Brennan in a very profound way." In the Dexter finale, Quinn said he owed Dexter one. Will we see that debt paid? — Stacy NATALIE: Yes, says executive producer Sara Colleton, who also hints that Quinn and Deb will be closer than ever next year. "Whether Dexter will ever choose to take Quinn up on that offer...
Brothers & Sisters: Can Kitty's New Relationship Survive a Walker Family Christmas?
Ryan Devlin is a big believer in silver linings.That's because the 30-year-old actor, who last week began a multiple-episode arc on Brothers & Sisters after high-profile recurring roles on Grey's Anatomy and Cougar Town, is keeping busy despite being dropped from CBS' $#*! My Dad Says before the original pilot ever aired.Check out photos of the Brothers & Sisters cast"I can't really say anything about how it went down except that it just happens a lot," Devlin tells TVGuide.com. "I had a great time doing it, but I couldn't be happier doing what I'm doing right now. I absolutely have no regrets — I think it worked out the way it was supposed to."Things are definitely looking up. Devlin's original four-episode arc on Brothers & Sisters — which continues Sunday when Kitty (Calista Flockhart) decides to take Devlin's character, her new college student boy toy Seth, to the Walker family Christmas — has been expanded to at least eight episodes.
TNT: Next Season of The Closer Will Be Its Last
Brenda Leigh Johnson will soon close her final case: The upcoming seventh season of The Closer will be the show's last, TNT announced Friday.Check out photos of The Closer castThe decision was made by the show's star, Kyra Sedgwick, who won an Emmy for her role earlier this year....
Criminal Minds: Meet the BAU's Newest Team Member
Rachel Nichols knows she's in kind of a tough spot.Are you watching Criminal Minds tonight? Tell us here!The former Alias actress, who joins Criminal Minds with a three-episode arc beginning Wednesday, is fully aware that longtime viewers of the show are still mourning the loss of veteran cast member A.J. Cook, who was let go from the show this season. But Nichols says the show allows the other characters to somewhat speak what the audience may be feeling about the new girl in town."I knew that JJ had left and then ...
Mega Buzz: Brennan's Big Move on Bones, Nikita's Major Murder, and Horatio's New Lover
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. I need scoop on the big Brennan episode of Bones. — GeenaADAM: As you've no doubt heard, Brennan's investigation of a workaholic's death forces her to examine her own nonexistent personal life — and to take some bold action. What's the result? "We see Brennan's feelings about [Booth and Hannah] more," executive producer Stephen Nathan says. "She's trying to make the best of it, but it's difficult for her." Strangely, Brennan's big move may get more a reaction from Hannah than Booth. "The relationship that these two women forge is going to determine, to a large extent, what happens between Booth and Brennan," Nathan says. Nikita scoop, please! — Monica NATALIE: Alex is faced with her final test, in which she'll have to kill or be killed. When she's unable to pull the trigger, she's forced to...
FX Puts Down Low-Rated Terriers After One Season
FX canceled the freshman drama Terriers on Monday — a decision that the network's boss found wrenching enough to explain to the media.Get more of today's latest newsThe show, created by Ted Griffin (Ocean's Eleven) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Unit), starred Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James as a pair of ragtag private investigators who became entangled in a corporate conspiracy that threatened their hometown of Ocean Beach.Although the show was critically adored, it struggled to find an audience from the very beginning...
The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman on Season 1's Explosive Finale and What's Next
WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about the Season 1 finale of The Walking Dead as well as information about the comic book series upon which the show is based. Read at your own risk.As if staying alive during weeks of zombie attacks wasn't enough, The Walking Dead's harried band of survivors found themselves having to escape from what they thought was a safe haven in the Season 1 finale.After being cautiously welcomed into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta by Dr. Edwin Jenner (guest star Noah Emmerich), Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the rest of the survivors thought they'd turned a corner on their horror. But soon after they locked themselves in, they learned that the CDC, which had been testing brain samples in hopes of developing a cure for the zombie outbreak, was...
CSI: Miami Says "Happy Birthday" with Its 200th Episode
For most network shows today, producing 200 episodes is a rarity. So, how did CSI: Miami, which accomplishes that feat with Sunday's episode, celebrate?Check out photos of the CSI: Miami cast "There was a lot of hype surrounding Episode 100 way back when. I remember we all thought, we've got to do something big: spectacle, spectacle, spectacle!" co-executive producer Marc Dube recalls. "Turns out at Episode 200, it's not about spectacle so much as just doing what we do well: tell a good mystery and tug at some heartstrings along the way." So Dube and fellow co-executive producer Barry O'Brien penned an episode that did just that. In the episode ...
The Walking Dead Finale: Is Rick Really the Leader the Survivors Need?
As The Walking Dead's short but highly celebrated first season comes to a close, series star Andrew Lincoln still can't quite wrap his head around the massive success of the AMC zombie drama.The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman: Writing staff changes won't affect the show"I don't think any of us expected this. In our best-possible-case scenarios, this isn't even close," the British actor tells TVGuide.com with a laugh. "It feels really unprecedented because the response has been so positive and affectionate. It's amazing. When you make something, you just hope that people will get why you wanted to do it or what you got from the script. But I don't think I've ever felt such an extraordinary reaction [where viewers] got what we intended to make. It feels great."As Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes, Lincoln is both the leader of the show's ensemble and the misfit band of survivors who have banded together after the zombie apocalypse...
The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman: Writing Staff Changes Won't Affect the Show
The Walking Dead executive producer Robert Kirkman says a recent report about changes in the show's writing staff is "unfortunate" and "premature."Check out photos of The Walking Dead castEarlier this week, Deadline.com reported that executive producer Frank Darabont had let his writing staff go, including his No. 2 guy, executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee. The report also suggested that Darabont might not hire a new team of writers to pen Season 2's 13 episodes, but would instead assign scripts to freelancers."It's kind of unfortunate that it's being reported that our writing staff has been fired because that's not the case," Kirkman, who created the comic book series on which the AMC zombie drama is based, tells TVGuide.com...
Justified First Look: Margo Martindale Is Raylan's New Nemesis
Margo Martindale has joined the cast of Justified for the second season, TVGuide.com has learned.Check out photos of the Justified castMartindale, 59, will play Mags Bennett, a towering figure in the Harlan County criminal world. She's the matriarch of the Bennett clan, which has had a Hatfield and McCoys-type relationship with Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) and his family for years.The Bennetts have been the biggest pot farmers in Eastern Kentucky for generations, and they were bootleggers before that. Mags is described as a defender of the old ways, and even at her age, she's more dangerous than ever...
Terriers Finale: Is There Hope for Hank and Gretchen?
Bad things seem to happen to everyone around Terriers' Hank Dolworth.In the penultimate episode of the FX drama's first season, Hank (Donal Logue) pulled Jason Adler (Loren Dean), the new husband of Hank's ex-wife Gretchen (Kimberly Quinn), into his investigation of a corporate conspiracy that threatens Ocean Beach. And by the episode's end, Jason was dead.Check out photos of the Terriers cast"I was completely shocked," Quinn tells TVGuide.com of when she first read the script...
Sons of Anarchy Exclusive: Ally Walker Discusses the Powerful Season Finale
WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about the Season 3 finale of Sons of Anarchy. Read at your own risk. It was a partnership doomed to fail.On Sons of Anarchy, there was a certain inevitability to how this season's unholy alliance between Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and Agent Stahl (Ally Walker) would end: with one person or the other dead...
Mega Buzz: CSI: Miami's Bad Romance, Dexter's Bloodbath and an Old Five-0 Flame
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.What is the deal with Delko and Calleigh on CSI: Miami? What's the status of their relationship? — TaneshaADAM: For the immediate future, they will be more friends than lovers. "Delko having to do things behind his colleagues' back kind of threw a wrench into the works as far as their relationship goes," co-executive producer Marc Dube tells us. "There's been a bit of an agreed backing-off on both sides. It's something that will be revisited, but right now it's more of a brother-sister relationship. They love each other very much. Will it spike again? Probably, but they're taking a little break from the intensity."Any scoop on Dexter? — Scott NATALIE: In the season's penultimate episode, there are not one, but two deaths! And not one, but two kidnappings!...
NCIS' Michael Weatherly Set to Make His Directorial Debut
NCIS star Michael Weatherly will pull double duty later this season as he makes his directorial debut."I like cameras and I like sets and the surgical nature of make believe that happens — the whole process," Weatherly tells TVGuide.com. "I love all aspects of production, and I have a great deal of respect for the whole craft. I'm really excited about directing; it's an extension of my curiosity about film and TV."Get the rest of today's latest newsWeatherly expects to go behind the camera for an episode filming in January. He says the crew may also document his directorial experience for a special feature on the forthcoming Season 8 DVD.Weatherly, who has made known his desire to direct for some time...
President Obama Receives Stitches for Busted Lip After Basketball Game
President Barack Obama required 12 stitches in his lip after he was injured during a pickup basketball game Friday, according to The Associated Press.Get the rest of today's latest newsObama was playing with a group of family and friends who were visiting for Thanksgiving, the White House said, but would not identify the owner of the stray elbow that caught the president in the mouth...
