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Jane Krakowski Is Jenna-rous with 30 Rock Preview!

It literally is Jenna Maroney like you have never seen her before when NBC's freshman hit 30 Rock returns for a new season on Oct. 4. Until then, fans of the super-funny sitcom can relive last year's best moments via the DVD set now in stores, as well as cozy up to this Q&A with Jane Krakowski, who Jenna-rously shares a peek of the fresh hilarity to come. TVGuide.com: Are you still shooting the season-opener with Jerry Seinfeld in it?Jane Krakowski: We were the other day, yeah, but he's done now. He was hilarious. I'm hoping maybe they’ll "supersize" the episode because they did so much good stuff with Jerry, I feel like the rest of us won't be in it! [Laughs] TVGuide.com: He's pl

Tue, Sep 4, 2007

Jane Krakowski Is Jenna-rous with 30 Rock Preview!

Dominic Purcell: Prison Break's Return Will Blow You Away!

It was the season many said would never happen. Could never happen. Whereas Season 1 of Fox's Prison Break chronicled brothers Michael and Lincoln's escape from Fox River and Season 2 detailed their run from the law, Season 3 for a while there seemed improbable. But then came last April's shocking season ender, in which Michael was again incarcerated — this time in a hellhole of a Panamanian lockup — and Lincoln, for a switch, was the one on the outside. On the occasion of the Season 2 DVD release and with the show's Sept. 17 return nearing, TVGuide.com grabbed a few minutes with Dominic Purcell to preview Linc's upcoming "spy" mission. TVGuide.com: So, when we last tuned in, Lincoln was chasing Sara, right? Dominic Purcell: Yeah, he was chasing after Sara — and then

Mon, Sep 3, 2007

Dominic Purcell: Prison Break's Return Will Blow You Away!

Preview: Has The Closer Met Her Match in Steven Culp?

Tonight at 9 pm/ET, TNT's The Closer kicks off a two-part season-ender that pits Brenda against one of her toughest-to-crack cases ever, and in turn a formidable adversary in the form of guest star Steven Culp. TVGuide.com asked the alum of Desperate Housewives to tease the drama ahead. Plus: What happened with ABC's Traveler? TVGuide.com: Obviously we don't bring in Steven Culp for just anything, so what have we got you doing these two weeks?Steven Culp: Well, I don't know how much I'm allowed to give away about the plot, but it's a two-parter, and I'm playing Lucas Cordry, a lawyer who's defending the guy accused of murder. TVGuide.com: So he has to go up against

Mon, Sep 3, 2007

Preview: Has The Closer Met Her Match in Steven Culp?

Style's Finola Hughes Takes a Look at New Orleans Saints

This Saturday at 9 pm/ET, Style Network's How Do I Look? marks 100 episodes by delivering some of its most heartwarming and life-changing makeovers to date. Visiting New Orleans, host Finola Hughes and her crew turn their attention to a trio of school teachers who long to have their selves "rebuilt" as their hurricane-torn city rises from the rubble. TVGuide.com invited Hughes to share a look at the very special episode. TVGuide.com: First of all, happy 100th episode....Hughes: Thank you very much! Thank you. TVGuide.com: How was the New Orleans idea presented to you? Hughes: The producers wanted to find something that was really worthy, where we could give back to someone. So we approached the schools in New Orleans and asked for teachers who they thought had a really great story. T

Fri, Aug 31, 2007

Style's Finola Hughes Takes a Look at New Orleans Saints

Interview with a Zombie: An Inside Look at the New Halloween

Michael Myers was a very, very bad boy. That point is made frightfully clear in Rob Zombie's Halloween, a new take on John Carpenter's original and seminal 1978 shrieker, hitting theaters Friday. After screening the much-anticipated flick, TVGuide.com welcomed the chance to sit down with the edgy auteur to discuss how he gave shape to "the Shape." TVGuide.com: Halloween was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I remember coming out of the theater, in broad daylight, and looking over my shoulder the entire walk to the car.Rob Zombie: I totally understand that. I remember going to see Jaws as a kid, 1975, and afterwards we went to Denny's and I was literally in the bathroom freaked out thinking that a shark is going to crash through the w

Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Interview with a Zombie: An Inside Look at the New Halloween

Weeds Preview: Heylia Tells Us How It's Gonna Be

Last week on Showtime's Weeds (Mondays at 10 pm/ET), Conrad's aunt Heylia wasn't having any of Nancy's white-girl whining and even sent Miss Nancy down to the floor with a swat heard 'round the world (or at least Agrestic). Can't the two former business associates just get along? TVGuide.com invited Tonye Patano to share a peek inside Heylia's world. TVGuide.com: [After being introduced by the publicist] So your first name is pronounced "Tony"? I thought it was going to be like "Tanya." Tonye Patano: I know — isn't that fancy silent e something? It's been that way all my life. I figure I will have "arrived" when everybody knows how to pronounce it. But I have a feeling that will never happen. [Laughs] TVGuide.com: Congratulations on Weeds' many Emmy nominations. Patano: Yeah, it's a great thing. It's good that people are watching. And the gals [lead and supporting ac

Mon, Aug 27, 2007

Weeds Preview: Heylia Tells Us How It's Gonna Be

Damages' Dead Guy Previews What's Ahead!

Poor David. On FX's dynamic and compelling Damages, Noah Bean's intern is perhaps the one character whose fate we do know, seeing as his eventual (and rather brutal) murder-by-hideous-bookends is at the crux of the series' mystery. Still, there are questions to be answered, such as: Will David cheat on Ellen? Will he get in Patty's face anytime soon? And what could Damages' second season possibly be about? TVGuide.com urged Bean to spill the... beans. TVGuide.com: I must admit, I hesitated to book this interview, because David's story had been pretty quiet. But then, boom, with last week's episode, all of the sudden, stuff is happening.Noah Bean: [Laughs] Yeah, David was a little slow out of the gate, but things are going to heat up the next few weeks. TVGuide.com: What did you think when you read the first few scripts for Damages, and first got a taste of its twisty-turny flavor?

Tue, Aug 21, 2007

Damages' Dead Guy Previews What's Ahead!

Flash Gordon: A Whole New World for Smallville Alum

Flash! (Ah-ahhhhh!) Talk about being back with a bang. Sci Fi Channel's revisiting of Flash Gordon gave the network boffo numbers with last week's premiere. As the series continues Fridays at 8 pm/ET, TVGuide.com grabbed a hold of Flash himself, Smallville alum Eric Johnson, to share a peek into his out-of-this-world new world. TVGuide.com: How did you go about acquainting yourself with Flash, who has been embodied by comic strips, cheesy movies....?Eric Johnson: There have been a lot of different incarnations of him — he's 75 years old — so I just got on the Internet. My wife found some good stuff for me and ordered some DVDs.... Basically it was a Flash crash course. I absorbed as much of it as I could before we got into the t

Fri, Aug 17, 2007

Flash Gordon: A Whole New World for Smallville Alum

How Heroes' Ali Larter Became Bollywood's It Girl

While Heroes' Niki cools her jets this summer, her portrayer can be seen in a very different and certainly less intense role. In the romantic comedy Marigold, now in theaters, Ali Larter plays the title character, a real brat of a B-list actress whose credits include such suspect sequels as "Indecent Proposal 2," "Fatal Attraction 3" and even "Apollo 14." When Marigold's snarkiness finds her stranded in Bombay, it's off to Bollywood — and into the arms of one of the genre's dreamiest leading men. TVGuide.com spoke with Larter about her big-screen lark, and pressed her for scoop on Niki's next heroic adventure. TVGuide.com: Let's be a bit introspective: Is this the same Ali Larter I spoke to a year ago? Following all this Heroes hoopla?Ali Larter: Abs

Fri, Aug 17, 2007

How Heroes' Ali Larter Became Bollywood's It Girl

Laura Allen Has the Dirt on The 4400's Surprising Reunion

USA Network's The 4400 tugs at the heartstrings this Sunday at 9 pm/ET when it stages a most unlikely reunion between the recently returned Richard and his late wife, Lily (who, in the guise of Tippi Hedren, died from old age at the start of Season 2). How can this be? It's The 4400! Still, TVGuide.com invited Laura Allen to shed more light on the emotional get-together, as well as tease the new-and-improved second season of FX's Dirt.  TVGuide.com: What was your reaction when you got the call to swing by The 4400 again?Laura Allen: I heard about it this spring when I was in New York. I always thought there would be an opportunity to go back there, becaus

Fri, Aug 17, 2007

Laura Allen Has the Dirt on The 4400's Surprising Reunion

We're Sold! Meet Mad Men's Plucky Pete Campbell

He's a go-getter, a whippersnapper, an up-and-coming advertising exec whose greatest liability may be his ambition. That, or his penchant for illicitly dipping more than his toe into the steno pool. He's Pete Campbell, and he's played winningly on AMC's super-sexy Mad Men (Thursdays at 10 pm/ET) by Vincent Kartheiser. TVGuide.com invited the Angel alum to emerge from the series' smoke-filled set and share his take on his Mad Ave. alter ego. TVGuide.com: I'm a huge fan of Mad Men, so I've got to hit you with a burning question, since you're the first cast member I have Q&A'd. The omnipresent cigarettes — what percentage of the cast are smokers who had to pick up the habit again, and how many of you hate having to light up for the scenes?

Thu, Aug 16, 2007

We're Sold! Meet Mad Men's Plucky Pete Campbell

Rescue Me's Callie Thorne Gets a Bit Delirious

While Rescue Me's Sheila tends to her "new" baby, Callie Thorne is minding another young-'un — as manager to a hard-partying starlet (Alison Lohman) in the comedy Delirious, hitting theaters today and centered around Steve Buscemi's sad-sack paparazzo. TVGuide.com met with Thorne to discuss her new film, and also get her take on Rescue Me's wild stories. TVGuide.com: You were a big ol' tease a few weeks back on Rescue Me with that bath-towel scene, almost showing us your naughty bits!Callie Thorne: Wasn't that crazy? It was my idea.... No, no, it wasn't. But that's the fun part sometimes, because you know you can't show everything, so there's no fear. If we were on HBO and they were asking me to do something else, that's when you get scared. It's interesting because on FX you can show the sides [of naked torsos] and you can show the backsides of both men and women, but, of course, no frontal nudity. Yet th

Wed, Aug 15, 2007

Rescue Me's Callie Thorne Gets a Bit Delirious

The Closer: Director Kevin Bacon Promises Big Shocks

If you thought, as I did, the aftermath of the shooting that concluded last week's episode of TNT's The Closer (Mondays at 9 pm/ET) seemed a bit pat, rest assured that things are not as they seem. Because amidst the anxiety Brenda is dealing with as a result of her early-onset-menopause diagnosis, the tough-talking deputy police chief is this week forced to do the thing she hates most — and as her parents pay a most important visit, no less. Kevin Bacon, who directed his wife Kyra Sedgwick and the rest of the Closer cast in tonight's episode, previews what's ahead for Brenda, Fritz, et al, as well as discusses his intense new film, the Footloose remake and a cause very close to him. TVGuide.com: I understand that despite the last week's coz

Mon, Aug 13, 2007

The Closer: Director Kevin Bacon Promises Big Shocks

Weeds Season 3 Preview: Nancy Gets Her Gangster On!

Nancy. Serious firepower aimed at her head. A missing stash. Silas and his trunkful of pot being approached by the cops. How does Agrestic's dealing damsel in distress get out of this one? TVGuide.com invited Jenji Kohan, the creator of Showtime's Weeds, to preview the new season, premiering Monday, Aug. 13, at 10 pm/ET. TVGuide.com: I actually just got the press kit for Weeds. That's some foldout of Mary-Louise Parker, nude!Jenji Kohan: Yeah! Her ass looks good in that. Wish they hadn't used the snake, but what can you do? TVGuide.com: Last time we spoke, you said Season 2 was about Nancy accepting her role as drug dealer. What's the theme for Season 3?Kohan: It's the education of a gangster. [Laughs] TVGuide.com: She has seen how rough-and-tumble it can get.Kohan: And she's got to learn the ropes. It's learning how to be great at her job. TVGuide.com: My big

Sun, Aug 12, 2007

Weeds Season 3 Preview: Nancy Gets Her Gangster On!

Alfred Molina Shares Intel About The Company's Next Twists

One CIA mole down, one to go? On Night 1 of TNT's The Company, Alfred Molina's Harvey Torriti made clever use of a few "Barium meals" to suss out a deep-placed snitch within the spy group's ranks. If only that were the end of their problems. As the series — executive-produced by Ridley and Tony Scott — resumes this Sunday at 8 pm/ET, the action weaves in a Hungarian uprising and the Bay of Pigs debacle, all while a second mole flies under the radar. TVGuide.com spoke with Molina about the twists and turns ahead. TVGuide.com: What brought you to this project? Was it the pedigree of the Scotts?Alfred Molina: That didn't hurt, but when I received the script and they told me who and what was involved, it just struck me as a really exciting thing. The script was terrific and it was a wonderful part. I was very, very happy to get involved. TVGuide.com: Are you an espionage buff at all?Molina: A little bit. I'

Fri, Aug 10, 2007

Alfred Molina Shares Intel About The Company's Next Twists

Drew Carey Clears the Air About His New Game-show Gigs

Whose line of work is game-show hosting anyway? Drew Carey's, it seems. The funnyman, eponymous sitcom vet and improv genius has scored not one but two plum gigs in short order, first being named to front CBS' Power of 10 prime-timer (premiering tonight at 8 pm/ET, then airing Wednesdays at 8), and then getting the nod to succeed Bob Barker as The Price Is Right's head cashier. In this TVGuide.com Q&A, Carey sheds light on his good fortune, sets straight some wild rumors and shares his take on a scandal that has him barking mad. TVGuide.com: Power of 10 — is it more Card Sharks or Family Feud?Drew Carey: Neither one. This is what we have in common with Family Feud: a type of poll w

Tue, Aug 7, 2007

Drew Carey Clears the Air About His New Game-show Gigs

Grey's Visit Lands Chris O'Donnell in Very Good Company

Despite having more than a dozen films under his belt at the time — from the serene (Circle of Friends) to the bombastic (Batman Forever) — the gig that Chris O'Donnell credits with putting him in The Company, TNT's three-week, six-hour miniseries about the early CIA (premiering Sunday at 8 pm/ET), was his turn as a dreamy (though not McDreamy) veterinarian on Grey's Anatomy. "I had a fantastic time doing it, and I think I got a good 'pop' off it," O'Donnell says, fondly recalling his run as Meredith's onetime paramour, Finn. "I've known [executive producer] Ridley [Scott], and we've talked in the past about working together. When they were

Fri, Aug 3, 2007

Grey's Visit Lands Chris O'Donnell in Very Good Company

Holly Hunter: Saving Grace Is Very Risky Business

Following in the footsteps of Kiefer Sutherland, James Spader and, yes, Kyra Sedgwick, Holly Hunter is but the latest film vet to have her head turned by the increasing quality of the smaller screen. Yet the Academy Award winner’s much-touted trek to television — TNT’s Saving Grace (premiering tonight at 10 pm/ET) — was not necessarily by design. “As soon as I read the character, I went, ‘OK, I really don't care where this is happening,’” she shares with TVGuide.com. “I knew I wanted to get into it, period.” On Saving Grace, Hunter plays Grace Hanadarko, an Oklahoma City police detective who seems to break as many rules as she enforces. She drinks... to excess. She’s an exhibitionist. She’s adulterous. And on one fateful night, in the first ep

Mon, Jul 23, 2007

Holly Hunter: Saving Grace Is Very Risky Business

Saw's Tobin Bell Goes In for a Spectacular Kill

Horror-film buffs know him best as the Saw films' John "Jigsaw" Cramer, but Tobin Bell is the one facing a nightmare this time around in The Kill Point, an eight-hour miniseries premiering Sunday at 9 pm/ET on Spike TV. TVGuide.com spoke with the actor about his role in this bank-heist thriller and raised a big question about Saw IV, due out just before Halloween. (Sorry, Michael Myers.) TVGuide.com: The Kill Point has John Leguizamo as the mastermind behind a bank heist gone awry, Donnie Wahlberg as the chief police negotiator.... Where do you

Fri, Jul 20, 2007

Saw's Tobin Bell Goes In for a Spectacular Kill

CSI: Miami Star Clears the Air About New "Office Romance"

Is romance in the air for a pair of CSI: Miami crime-solvers? Who might be packing heat this season? And how can you — yes, you — score a "date" with the lovely Natalia Boa Vista? Just before returning to work this week on the hit CBS procedural, Eva La Rue discussed with TVGuide.com those hot topics and more! TVGuide.com: Natalia had quite a year, with the ex-husband showing up and then getting murdered, her sister being abducted....Eva La Rue: I know, it was a very crazy year! TVGuide.com: It seems as if someone gets promoted there, it's not necessarily a good thing!La Rue: No, it's not! If Natalia wanted to have a more fly-under-the-radar, lay-low year after being the mole, I don't think it really happened. [Laughs] TVGuide.com: Working the

Mon, Jul 16, 2007

CSI: Miami Star Clears the Air About New "Office Romance"

Boston Legal Alum Hopes for a Picture-perfect Life

Can lightning strike twice for Lifetime, which just launched the highly successful — and already renewed for a second season — Army Wives? Fronting the cabler's latest effort, Side Order of Life (premiering Sunday at 8 pm/ET), is Marisa Coughlan, familiar to Boston Legal fans for her run as Alan Shore's brainy and beautiful assistant, as well as a cast member in such films as Teaching Mrs. Tingle and Gossip. In Lifetime's new series, Coughlan plays Jenny, a magazine photographer who, with her nuptials pending, is led to question i

Fri, Jul 13, 2007

Boston Legal Alum Hopes for a Picture-perfect Life

Out of Captivity, Elisha Cuthbert Is Ready for More 24

Maybe Kim Bauer didn't have it so rough after all. In the new horror flick Captivity (hitting theaters this Friday the 13th), 24 alumna Elisha Cuthbert stars as Jennifer, a cover girl and America's sweetheart. The beauty meets a beast, though, when Jennifer is drugged, abducted and held captive in a cell, where she is subjected to a series of terrifying tortures born of a sadistic mind. So perverse is her peril that the promotional posters for Captivity came under fire a few months back and even jeopardized the film's fate. TVGuide.com stole a few minut

Thu, Jul 12, 2007

Out of Captivity, Elisha Cuthbert Is Ready for More 24