Katherine Heigl Opens Up About Her Return to TV in State of Affairs
Meet Doctor Who's New Companion, Samuel Anderson
Samuel Anderson has no problem being called Mr. Pink. The Doctor Who newbie debuts in the Aug. 30 episode as Coal Hill School math teacher Danny Pink — a nice guy with a possibly not-so-nice background whom Clara (Jenna Coleman) starts dating. But he's much more than just the companion's companion.
Inside Peter Capaldi's Wild First Season of Doctor Who
Peter Capaldi remembers the car that came to his London home last August to drive him to the live TV special that revealed him to be Doctor Who's newest star. Because it only took him to a parking lot. "Like in a cheap British spy movie, I was dropped off and told to wait for another car to pick me up," says the actor, whose first full episode in the title role is the Season 8 premiere, airing August 23. "Then I was put in the backseat, covered in a blanket, and taken away to become the Doctor. This is a true story." Here's the thing about Doctor Who: Its hero is a time-traveling alien (species: Time Lord) who periodically regenerates into a whole new being. Many actors have portrayed the "numbered" Docs — First...
Maggie Gyllenhaal Opens Up About Her Intense TV Debut In The Honorable Woman
Maggie Gyllenhaal knows a thing or seven about taking on audacious roles. Since she broke out as James Spader's submissive assistant in the 2002 film Secretary, she's played heroines in major blockbusters (The Dark Knight) and heroin addicts in indie sleepers (Sherrybaby). The Oscar nominee has also shunned the typical Hollywood-celebrity scene, instead living a quiet life in Brooklyn with her husband, actor Peter Sarsgaard, and their two daughters. For her series-television debut, she's chosen The Honorable Woman, an eight-episode SundanceTV drama about the very real, very violent, and very current troubles between Israel and Palestine.
First Look: Jennifer Love Hewitt Joins Criminal Minds
CBS's Criminal Minds gets some new blood this fall when Jennifer Love Hewitt joins the cast in the Oct. 1 premiere as agent Kate Callahan. "Kate is smart, charming, and...
First Look: Maggie Gyllenhaal in SundanceTV's The Honorable Woman
Philanthropist and new minted member of the British House of Lords Nessa Stein (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has a lot of secrets in SundanceTV's new eight episode spy thriller The Honorable Woman (premiering Thursday, Jul. 31, 10/9c). The least of those may be sneaking out of her own house for a tear-drenched meet-up with her brother's taciturn housekeeper, Atika (Lubna Azabal), in this exclusive clip from the first episode. Or not.
Video: The Beastie Boys visit Steve Buscemi on AOL's Park Bench
Very few episodes of Steve Buscemi's AOL talk show Park Bench actually take place on a bench. Or in a park. But the actor-host still gets his guests to talk as candidly as if they were simply hanging outside with a friend. "I'm no Dick Cavett, but I did manage to squeak by," Buscemi says of hosting the show, which unveils its final seven episodes simultaneously on Thursday, July 10. Among the guests: Method Man, the Beastie Boys, Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams, artist Julian Schnabel, and Buscemi's Boardwalk Empire co-stars Michael Kenneth Williams and Bobby Cannavale. "Method Man likes corny jokes, so he's my kind of guy," Buscemi says. "The Beastie Boys are very funny, and are also very good at sports. And Jessica Williams does a mean pigeon impersonation." For a sample, check out this exclusive outtake with the Beasties.
Pirates Meet Spies in NBC's New Swashbuckling Thriller Crossbones
The dreaded pirate Blackbeard has a terrible weakness. The outlaw, who reached mythical status robbing and murdering on the high seas almost 300 years ago, suffers from migraines. "I can't say if they are psychological or truly physical," star John Malkovich says about his character's tension headaches. "But they feel very real."
First Look: John Malkovich Channels Blackbeard on NBC's Crossbones
The pirate Blackbeard was one bad, scary dude. But when played by the purring John Malkovich on NBC's Crossbones, premiering May 30, he's badder, scarier and a whole lot more...thoughtful.
Veep Hits the Campaign Trail for Season 3
They say the vice president is one heartbeat away from the presidency. Veep's VP, Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), might say otherwise. The comedy's previous season ended with her celebrating being the party's pick for the presidential nomination. But when Season 3 kicks off, a few months have passed and Selina's path to the Oval Office isn't as clear as she expected.
First Look: Raising Hope Says Goodbye
"Raising Hope started with a father-daughter relationship and ends on that theme," says exec producer Mike Mariano about the comedy's final episode (April 4, Fox).
First Look: Kathy Bates Checks in to Mike & Molly
American Horror Story: Coven's Kathy Bates is bringing misery to CBS's Mike & Molly on the March 17 episode when she guest stars as Kay, an old buddy of Molly's grouchy mother-in-law, Peggy.
Purr-fect Playmaking: Beth Stern Previews Hallmark Channel's Kitten Bowl
It's Game day, and athletes Troy Paw-Lamalau, Feline Manning and Tomcat Brady are on the field. Napping. Players as cute as those competing in the Hallmark Channel's first Kitten Bowl (Sunday, Feb. 2, noon/11 a.m. c) can get away with anything, even using a time-out to climb up cohost Beth Stern for a cuddle. In fact, that sort of behavior is encouraged. Just ask the animal activist (and wife of Howard Stern), whose latest project is raising funds for Bianca's Furry Friends, a planned 14,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Feline Adoption and Wellness Center at New York's North Shore Animal League America.
Starz Re-Creates the Perilous World of Pirates in Black Sails
If you've watched a pirate movie, you've seen the stunt where the captain balances precariously atop a ship's mast, pierces its sail with his cutlass, grabs the hilt with both hands and slides fearlessly down to the deck. Daredevil Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the move in 1926's The Black Pirate. It's as ubiquitous on screen as an adventurer swinging from the rigs. But the dusty sea dogs of the new Starz period drama Black Sails would call it bloody foolish — unless cracked...
First Look: Meet Men at Work's New Boss
Bazinga...ish! The boys of TBS's Men at Work will get a new boss on Jan. 29, when Numb3rs alum David Krumholtz (center, with Adam Busch, Danny Masterson, James Lesure and Michael Cassidy) guest stars as Myron, a nerdy former tech editor who's appointed top dog at Full Steam, the magazine that employs them.
Inside Sleepy Hollow's Shocking Season Finale
The end is nigh for Sleepy Hollow's first season. And it looks extremely...busy. It's a stinging-cold December morning at Wilmington, North Carolina's EUE/Screen Gems Studios. In the nearby woods, a stuntwoman wearing a low-cut, corseted frock is being pulled through the air on a thick cord and dropped nose-first onto a safety mat. "Can she be yanked even harder?" director Ken Olin (thirtysomething) asks the crew member at the other end of the rope. Yes, she certainly can. Yards away...
On the Set: Nikita Goes Out With a Bang
Never let it be said that Nikita wouldn't hurt a fly. The cast and crew are shooting the action drama's final fight scene — between Nikita (Maggie Q) and best frenemy Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) — in a country estate outside Toronto. During a particularly intense take, a housefly alights atop a loaf of bread on the kitchen set. Prop guns are drawn, blanks are fired and blammo — a special-effects squib detonates inside the insect's meal, blowing dinner and diner to pieces. "Did you see that?" asks coexecutive producer Albert Kim, smacking his forehead while watching a replay over Maggie Q's shoulder. "Our effects crew always wants to blow up bread."
Inside Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary Special
Can you keep a secret? Probably not as well as Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat's two sons, Joshua, 13, and Louis, 11. These days, nearly every television producer, director, writer, actor and caterer is apprehensive about revealing details and plot points from unaired episodes of their shows. But Moffat is the master. He even gave one of the series' characters the catchphrase "No spoilers." He purposely misleads the press. "I lied my arse off," Moffat told 6,500 attendees at this year's San Diego Comic-Con regarding the content of an upcoming episode. He also runs a tight spaceship: Nondisclosure agreements are as ubiquitous as silver alien masks on the British science-fiction show's set. Joshua, however, is the first to...
Stephen Merchant Goes Solo With the New Comedy Hello Ladies
It's 8am, and Stephen Merchant is in pain. The 6-foot-7 Englishman strained his back the night before while lip-synching to DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's "Boom! Shake the Room" on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in a clip that's about to go viral.
First Look: Molly Shannon Joins Raising Hope
Molly Shannon joins Raising Hope on Nov. 22 as supermarket Howdy's newest owner. Not satisfied with just pushing produce, she transforms the store into an art gallery and performance space after-hours, where Virginia (Martha Plimpton) and ...
Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter Bring Burton and Taylor Back to Life
People who actually knew Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton never called them Liz and Dick. The late actors abhorred the tabloid shorthand. They nicknamed each other Lumpy (referring to her body) and Pockmark (referring to his face). Acquaintances addressed them as Richard and Elizabeth. Otherwise, it was Mr. Burton and Ms. Taylor, thank you.
Fall Preview: James Caan and Maggie Lawson Play Ball in Back in the Game
On the baseball diamond behind 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles, James Caan is consoling 11-year-old Riley Kehoe. It's the second week of production on ABC's new Little League comedy, Back in the Game, and the camera has just stopped rolling on a scene in which Riley collides with his twin brother and fellow actor, Griffin. Riley hit the dirt hard, so Caan steps in with a bit of advice. "Next time, take him out" ...
