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VIDEO: Jon Hamm Talks Playing Liz Lemon's Eye Candy

On Thursday's 30 Rock, the usually buttoned up Jon Hamm lets his hair down as Liz Lemon's would-be love interest.Hamm, beloved for his super-serious role as Don Draper on Mad Men, already proved his comedy chops by hosting Saturday Night Livein October. On 30 Rock he plays Dr. Drew Baird, Lemon's new neighbor. "There are various attempts to strike up chemistry that all seem to go comically, horribly wrong," Hamm says.While costar Tina Fey has ...

Thu, Feb 5, 2009

VIDEO: Jon Hamm Talks Playing Liz Lemon's Eye Candy

Stephen King: Twilight Author "Can't Write Worth a Darn"

Stephen King isn't in the the target audience for Twilight, but he knows his vampires — and he says the author of the teen serial "can't write worth a darn."Promoting his new book, Stephen King Goes to the Movies, the prolific best-selling horror novelist said in an interview with USA Weekend that Stephenie Meyer can't hold a candle to Harry Potter's creator. "The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer ...

Thu, Feb 5, 2009

Stephen King: Twilight Author "Can't Write Worth a Darn"

HBO Feels the Love for Another Season

Though this season of Big Love earned little love in early ratings, HBO has ordered a fourth season of polygamist family drama.The critical darling, which suffered a long hiatus due to the writers' strike, has rebounded from its slow ratings start, earning 1.5 million viewers on Sunday despite competition with Super Bowl XLIII. The show averages ...

Thu, Feb 5, 2009

Gold Rush: TV Academy Adds More Emmy Nominees

This year, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will add a sixth nominee to the 10 major Emmy categories, including best comedy and drama series, according to Variety. The lead and supporting actor and actress categories in both drama and comedy will also include a sixth nominee."We're trying to increase our inclusiveness," said Academy chairman and CEO John Shaffner, who noted an increase in "bubbling under" contenders in recent years. Some of the series left out ...

Thu, Feb 5, 2009

Gold Rush: TV Academy Adds More Emmy Nominees

Britney's Tour Bus Will Have Babies on Board

Britney Spears upcoming two-month tour is turning into a family circus.Addressing rumors that the comeback tour would be cancelled due to custody battles between Spears and her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, a rep for the pop star took to her blog to set the record straight: "Both Sean Preston and Jayden James will, in fact, be joining Britney throughout the duration of her tour."Federline has custody...

Tue, Feb 3, 2009

Britney's Tour Bus Will Have Babies on Board

Life-Changing Event: Sarah Shahi Is Pregnant

Life beauty Sarah Shahi is expecting, and viewers can expect some changes for her character, according to the NBC cop drama's show runner."She's about four months pregnant," Rand Ravich told E! Online. Shahi's reps have yet to confirm the pregnancy.What does this mean for Shahi's character, Dani Reese? Find out after the jump.

Tue, Feb 3, 2009

Life-Changing Event: Sarah Shahi Is Pregnant

Christian Bale's Verbal Attack Draws Today's Attention

Holy F-bomb, Batman!Dark Knight star Christian Bale is catching heat for a four-minute, expletive-riddled tirade against a crew member on the set of Terminator: Salvation.The clip, which first surfaced on TMZ.com (Warning: link contains explicit language) features Bale yelling at director of photography Shane Hurlbut after he walked through a scene the actor was shooting. The incident reportedly occurred ...

Tue, Feb 3, 2009

Christian Bale's Verbal Attack Draws Today's Attention

CW Bringing Reaper Back Earlier Than Expected

Fans of CW's Reaper have nothing to fear.The netlet is bringing the devilish series back for its second season on March 3, a couple weeks earlier than originally planned, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The change will cause some shake-up in the CW's schedule. Reaper will now air ...

Tue, Feb 3, 2009

CW Bringing Reaper Back Earlier Than Expected

It's Our Favorite Sawyer Nicknames, Sweet Cheeks

Lost is back, and with it an exciting new season of Sawyer nicknames. The former con man kicked things off right, dropping a few gems in the first two hours of the season: "Dr. Wizard" for Faraday, "Ginger" for Charlotte, "Frogurt" for Neil and even "The Ghost of Christmas Future" for himself. As we eagerly await Ol' Scruffy's next batch, check out our favorites to date after the jump.

Wed, Jan 28, 2009

It's Our Favorite Sawyer Nicknames, Sweet Cheeks

Pilot News: Fox Sends Seven Projects into Development

Fox isn't wasting any time setting up its development slate.The network has ordered four comedy pilots and three dramas, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The newcomers join previously announced drama pilot Eva Adams, which is finalizing casting, and fall comedy Boldly Going Nowhere.Fox President Kevin Reilly said last week that the new comedy slate would be closer in tone to hit series Malcolm in the Middle and The Bernie Mac Show than this season's quickly cancelled Do Not Disturb. Among the contenders are ...

Tue, Jan 20, 2009

Pilot News: Fox Sends Seven Projects into Development

Kurt Fuller Joins David E. Kelley's Legally Mad

Kurt Fuller is the latest actor to go Mad.Fuller, whose other TV credits include Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, and Alias, has been tapped to join the cast of David E. Kelley's NBC pilot Legally Mad, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Legally Mad focuses on a twentysomething who takes a job at her father's law firm. Fuller will play ...

Tue, Jan 20, 2009

Kurt Fuller Joins David E. Kelley's Legally Mad

Obama Inaugural Kickoff Draws Big Names

Barack Obama and HBO are throwing one heck of a party for the president-elect's inaugural kickoff, and they're bringing in a bevy of A-listers for the event. We Are One: The Obama Inauguration Celebration will feature appearances by a number of musicians, including Bono, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Garth Brooks, Josh Groban ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

Heath Ledger's Golden Globe Will Go to Matilda

Heath Ledger's mother says all off the late actor's awards, including the Golden Globe he won Sunday, will end up in good hands: those of his daughter Matilda."I should imagine that eventually it will be going to Matilda," Sally Bell told People. "At this stage she is only so young, but down the track she will have all these things. It will belong to her because she is part of him."Bell said her family ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

Heath Ledger's Golden Globe Will Go to Matilda

Fox Gives 'Til Death New Life

After disappearing from the airwaves in early October, many thought Fox's 'Til Death was on its way to the grave. But that doesn't appear to be the case.Fox has ordered 22 episodes of the Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher comedy, which will return next season. The new order brings the series' episode total ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

Jennifer Love Hewitt Granted Restraining Order Against Stalker

The recently unengaged Jennifer Love Hewitt obtained a temporary restraining order Monday against a 62-year-old man the actress claims has been stalking her since 2007, according to E! News.According to Hewitt's petition, which she filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Dec. 23, David Nolte has sent the actress more than 120 "threatening and harassing" correspondences that include "disturbing and violent letters ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

Jennifer Love Hewitt Granted Restraining Order Against Stalker

Howie Mandel Released After Being Hospitalized for Irregular Heartbeat

Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel was released from a Toronto hospital Tuesday after being admitted with an irregular heartbeat a day earlier, according to his rep.Mandel, who was in Canada shooting an episode of his new hidden-camera prank show, Howie Do It, will be heading back to work Wednesday ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

Howie Mandel Released After Being Hospitalized for Irregular Heartbeat

TNT Greenlights Ray Romano's Men of a Certain Age

Ray Romano's return to TV is official.After greenlighting new series from Jerry Bruckheimer and Jada Pinkett Smith last week, TNT is giving the go-ahead to Romano's character dramedy Men of a Certain Age, according to Variety.The series, starring Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

TNT Greenlights Ray Romano's Men of a Certain Age

SVU's Mariska Hargitay Suffers a Collapsed Lung

Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay is suffering from a partially collapsed lung, according to the star's rep."Mariska Hargitay has been sidelined with a pneumothorax (a partially collapsed lung)," the rep told Access Hollywood. Even so, the actress "will appear in all episodes for the rest of the season of Law & Order: SVU," the rep said. Hargitay's condition occurs ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

SVU's Mariska Hargitay Suffers a Collapsed Lung

It's Barack Obama, Your Friendly Neighborhood President

The U.S. has had its share of political heroes, but President-elect Barack Obama may be taking it to the next level.Obama will be on the cover of an upcoming issue of Amazing Spider-Man to celebrate his inauguration, according to E! News. The issue (No. 583, on sale Jan. 14), features Peter Parker's web-slinging alter ego keeping the peace on Inauguration Day ...

Fri, Jan 9, 2009

It's Barack Obama, Your Friendly Neighborhood President

30 Rock's Rip Torn Pleads Not Guilty to Drunken Driving

Recurring 30 Rock guest star Rip Torn pleaded not guilty on Monday to drunken driving charges, stemming from a Dec. 14 arrest.Torn appeared in a Bantam, Conn. superior court and pleaded not guilty to illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence and failure to drive in the proper lane, according to The Associated Press.State police say a trooper pulled Torn over after he noticed the actor driving in the breakdown lane of Route 44 in Salisbury, Conn. ...

Tue, Jan 6, 2009

30 Rock's Rip Torn Pleads Not Guilty to Drunken Driving

Digital TV Transition: Converter Coupon Program Maxes Out Budget

Those who have put off buying the converter boxes that will enable them to watch TV when the federally-mandated switch to digital broadcasting takes place may next month have to shell out some extra cash.The government's $1.34 billion coupon program that would help viewers offset the cost of analog-to-digital converter boxes ran out of money Sunday, according to USA Today. Now, anyone who requests on of the $40 coupons ....

Tue, Jan 6, 2009

Digital TV Transition: Converter Coupon Program Maxes Out Budget

Al Franken Senate Recount Win Held up By Lawsuit

Comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Al Franken is a U.S. senator. Sort of.Although Minnesota's Canvassing Board certified Franken as the winner of the lengthy recount on Monday, a legal challenge by Republican incumbent Norm Coleman may keep the results from becoming official a while longer, according to The Associated Press. Coleman, who initially was believed to have a 215-vote lead, is arguing that ...

Tue, Jan 6, 2009

Al Franken Senate Recount Win Held up By Lawsuit