Even Olympic athletes get embarrassed by their moms sometimes. Case in point? Swimmer Ryan Lochte, whose mother Ike said on the Today show this week that her son "goes out on one-night stands." Now the gold medalist is doing damage control, saying that his mother meant to say that he goes out on dates, not that he has one-night stands.
Law & Order star Annie Parisse is joining the cast of Fox's serial killer drama The Following as an FBI cult specialist, the network announced Friday.
Irish actor Colin O'Donoghue has joined the cast of Once Upon a Time as Captain Hook, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Showrunners Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis announced at Comic-Con last month that the one-handed skipper would be appearing in the second season of the ABC drama. Once Upon a Time's version of the Peter Pan character will play a pivotal role in the bad fortune that will befall Storybrooke.
Caroline Lagerfelt, who played Sabrina's (now-deceased) grandmother on Gossip Girl, has booked a guest role on Castle for the ABC drama's fifth season, TV Line reports.
Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers and Lorne Michaels are teaming up to produce a comedy about two brothers for NBC's 2013-14 season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Also on board is Meyers' younger brother, Josh Meyers, and The Colbert Report's Peter Grosz. The trio will act as writers and executive producers for the untitled project. Michaels will also executive-produce.
Syfy has announced two new projects — one a collaboration with auteur M. Night Shyamalan and Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer/producer Marti Noxon, and the other an adaptation of the 1969 sci-fi novel The Lotus Caves.
There's a werewolf heading to Two and a Half Men. Brit Morgan, who played werewolf Debbie Pelt on HBO's True Blood, will guest-star on the Season 10 premiere of the CBS sitcom, playing a (human) love interest for Walden (Ashton Kutcher), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Jimmy Fallon is in talks to host the 2013 Academy Awards, with his former Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels producing the broadcast, according to the Los Angeles Times. But executives from ABC, which broadcasts the Oscars, are not happy about the choice, the paper says. The reason? Fallon's late-night talk show, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, which is also produced by Michaels, airs on rival network NBC.
Things are not looking bright for New Girl's resident goofball, Schmidt (Max Greenfield), in Season 2. Schmidt already faces competition from Cece's new boyfriend, who will be played by Nelson Franklin. And now there's a second character who isn't exactly his biggest fan: Winston's mom. Television veteran Anna Maria Horsford will guest-star as the "tough-talking" Charmaine Bishop, TV Line reports.
La Toya Jackson will be the subject of a new reality show on OWN, the network announced. Life With La Toya will follow Jackson as she juggles the demands of her famous family and her growing entertainment business empire.
The second chapter of American Horror Story, which will feature characters in a mental institution, will be fittingly called "Asylum," FX announced Wednesday. "We picked 'Asylum' because it not only describes the setting — an insane asylum run by Jessica Lange's character which was formerly a tuberculosis ward — but also signifies a place of haven for the unloved and the unwanted," executive producer Ryan Murphy said in a statement. "This year's theme is about sanity and tackling real-life horrors."
Extreme Makeover: Anderson Cooper edition. The CNN anchor's daytime talk show is getting revamped for its sophomore season this fall, including a name change and the addition of guest co-hosts, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ricky Gervais will release the pilot episode of his new web series, Learn English with Ricky Gervais, later this month for free on iTunes, according to a teaser video released for the project. The tongue-in-cheek series will feature Gervais and his frequent collaborator Karl Pilkington examining the nuances of the English language. "This is the worst English lesson ever," Gervais says in the video clip, barely able to keep a straight face.
Addressing rumors about her status on America's Got Talent next season, Sharon Osbourne said she hasn't been asked back to the show, Us Weekly reports. ""They've asked Howard back, they haven't asked me back," Osbourne said, referring to her fellow judge Howard Stern.
Now that Steven Tyler has left his judging position at American Idol, he admits the show was "not my cup of tea." Tyler, who's now turning his full attention to the gig that made him famous in the first place — being the frontman for Aerosmith — says the Idol job had its ups and downs in a new interview in Rolling Stone.
The cast of Modern Family have settled their salary negotiations and are already back to work — but one Family member won't be returning. Stella the French bulldog has been re-cast for Season 4 of the ABC comedy, the Huffington Post reports. Brigitte, the dog who previously played Stella, has been let go by her agency, Good Dog Animals, according to the report. She'll be replaced by another four-legged actress, Beatrice.
Ben Feldman, who recently received an Emmy nomination for his role as Michael Ginsberg on Mad Men, is going back to his old stomping grounds. Feldman will return to Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva as guardian angel Fred in the show's Season 4 finale next month, Entertainment Weekly reports. In other Drop Dead Diva news, Josh Stamberg, who plays Parker on the show, has booked a guest role on the upcoming eighth season of Criminal Minds, TV Line reports. Stamberg will play the father of a family that has been abducted in the third episode of the season, which kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 9/8c.
Robert Pattinson left the Los Angeles home he shared with girlfriend Kristen Stewart upon learning she cheated on him with director Rupert Sanders — and he's apparently turned to his Water for Elephants co-star, Reese Witherspoon, for support, Us Weekly reports. Pattinson reached out to Witherspoon immediately after learning of Stewart's infidelity and asked Witherspoon if he could seek solace at her vacation ranch in Ojai, Calif., according to the magazine. The $7 million estate is where Witherspoon married Jim Toth in 2011.
Writer and cultural critic Gore Vidal died at his home in the Hollywood Hills Tuesday from complications with pneumonia, his nephew told the New York Times. He was 86.
The ongoing Jackson family drama over who will have guardianship of Michael Jackson's children may be coming to a close. After a series of bizarre events, family matriarch Katherine Jackson had her guardianship suspended, and the children's cousin, TJ, was awarded temporary guardianship. But Katherine Jackson's attorney said Friday that she is willing to share guardianship of the kids with TJ, and the two plan to file a request for co-guardianship next week, according to CNN. Under the agreement, Katherine would still control the family's allowance of $70,000 per month. However, TMZ.com is reporting that the judge in the case is requiring that the children — Prince, 15; Paris, 14; and Blanket, 10 — be interviewed by a private investigator before he decides who will be awarded permanent guardianship of them. To see how it all came to this, check out the timeline below:
AMC will not renew mystery series The Killing, the network announced Friday. But the show may find life elsewhere. "After much deliberation, we've come to the difficult decision not to renew The Killing for a third season," the network said in a statement. "AMC is incredibly proud of the show and is fortunate to have worked with such a talented team on this project."
Lupe Ontiveros, who starred in Selena and The Goonies and had a recurring role on Desperate Housewives, died of liver cancer Thursday evening, CNN reports. She was 69.
