Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin, are expecting their second child, Entertainment Tonight reports. The couple started their family — as well as many quips, teases and witticisms in this here news column and others — with the May 2004 birth of their daughter, whom they decided to name Apple. Orange you curious what they name the new tyke?
Sitting next to Felicity Huffman, one immediately notices that she is even softer and prettier than she appears on ABC's Desperate Housewives, where she plays frazzled working mom Lynette. So it's all the more impressive that the Emmy winner convincingly and compellingly plays Bree, née Stanley, a pre-op transsexual who travels cross-country, with the son (Kevin Zegers) she never knew she fathered, in the acclaimed indie Transamerica (opening in New York and Los Angeles today). While it may seem ironic or perhaps calculated that Huffman chose to play such an antithesis to the glam Housewives persona, the fact of the matter is that Tr
Popular alum Leslie Bibb recently joined NBC's Crossing Jordan (Sundays at 10 pm/ET) as Tallulah "Lu" Simmons, a police-department psychologist who has the oh-so-unenviable task of taking a long, hard look at Jerry O'Connell's Woody. Will Lu be the one to further douse any remaining flame between the hotheaded detective and M.E. Jordan? TVGuide.com spoke with Bibb about that, ham sandwiches and her love for Will Ferrell — even though, she admitted
Lost newcomers Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros, aka "tailies" Ana Lucia and Libby, were arrested and taken into custody on suspicion of driving their respective cars under the influence of alcohol Wednesday night in Oahu, People reports. In 2003 Rodriguez pleaded no contest to three driving-related misdemeanors, for which she served two days in jail, did community service and received treatment in a 30-day alcohol program. Both actresses posted bail Thursday morning; formal charges are expected to be filed on Dec. 29.
As part of its mid-season shake-up, ABC has announced that Season 2 of Dancing with the Stars will premiere Thursday, Jan. 5 at 8 pm/ET with a two-hour special, then air 90-minute installments starting the following week. (Take that, Earl!) Dancing's half-hour results show airs Fridays at 8, starting Jan. 6. Also on the new schedule: Hope & Faith moves to Fridays at 8:30, to make room for the new drama In Justice, debuting Jan. 6, and the dysfunctional-family comedy Crumbs, starring Fred Savage, Jane Curtin and William Devane, bows Thursday, Jan. 12 at 9:30.
Starting Monday, Dec. 5, at 9 pm/ET, Sci Fi Channel will explore The Triangle — as in the inexplicable Bermuda phenomenon — over the course of a three-part, six-hour miniseries event. (Take an extended look behind the scenes of The Triangle in this special video.) The premise: Sam Neill's shipping magnate, fed up with losing carriers and cargo to the deep blue sea, recruits a ragtag group of experts — Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Bruce Davison and Michael Rodgers included — to make some sense of the oceanic mystery of the Triangle once and for all. At the helm, so t
Reunion fans looking for some semblance of closure from Fox's recently axed drama might want to look elsewhere. Despite a week of brainstorming, show execs have concluded it simply is not possible to wrap up the central murder mystery nine "years" sooner than planned. Executive producer Jon Feldman explains in a statement, "Because the events of Samantha's murder are partially reliant on characters we haven't yet met — and events we haven't yet seen — there is no way to solve the mystery of her murder without being able to complete the full arc of our story through the present day. I greatly regret that this question along with many others that the series has posed will remain unsolved, and I am deeply grateful for the support of viewers who share this regret." Reunion's 13th and now final episode airs Feb. 2.
Wendie Jo Sperber, best known for playing cross-dressing Tom Hanks' confidante on the early-'80s sitcom Bosom Buddies, lost an eight-year battle with breast cancer on Tuesday. "The memory of Wendie Jo is that of a walking inspiration," says Hanks in a statement. "She met the challenges of her illness with love, cheer, joy and altruism. We are going to miss her as surely as we are all better for knowing her." Sperber's credits also included Michael J. Fox's big sister in all three Back to the Future movies.
NBC has announced its mid-season game plan, and it goes a little something like this: Effective Jan. 2, My Name Is Earl and The Office, as speculated, move from Tuesday to Thursdays-at-9, where they will follow a pairing of Will & Grace and the new sitcom Four Kings (starring Seth Green, Shane McRae, Josh Cooke and Todd Grinnell). Filling the Tuesday void are back-to-back airings of new Scrubs episodes, which will have Fear Factor as its lead-in. Succeeding The Apprentice: Martha Stewart on Wednesdays at 9 is The Biggest Loser: Special Edition, a series of standalone and themed spec
On last Sunday's Desperate Housewives, George overestimated Bree's desire to see him stay alive, and instead ODed on sleeping pills chased with booze. Did the funny pharmacist's portrayer see the end coming? TVGuide.com got a hold of Roger Bart to talk about that most curious George as well as his forthcoming — and very "swishy" — turn in the film remake of The Producers. TVGuide.com: Coincidentally, I just rushed back from interviewing Felicity Huffman.Roger Bart: Oh, you did? For Transamerica? I hear she's brilliant. She plays what? TVGuide.com
Starting Monday, Dec. 5, at 9 pm/ET, Sci Fi Channel will explore The Triangle — as in the inexplicable Bermuda phenomenon — over the course of a three-part miniseries event. (Take an extended look Behind the Scenes of The Triangle in this special video.) Joining the likes of Eric Stoltz, Lou Diamond Phillips and Sam Neill in the ensemble cast, JAG alumna Catherine Bell plays Emily Patterson, a deep-ocean resou
Twenty-two-year-old Adam Israelov fell just short of The Apprentice's Final Four when his performance as project manager on last week's Shania Twain fragrance task left him smelling not like a rose but like someone who's been fired. Was Donald Trump's decision all a bunch of carriage-horse poop? TVGuide.com chatted with Adam about that, his turn as a Jedi knight and, yes, s-e-x. TVGuide.com: Of course no one likes to be fired, but you really seemed to be shocked when Trump Cobra'd you.Adam Israelov: I loved that facial expression, by the way. [Laughs] I have to be quite honest, I was not expecting to be fired as I felt that I added a great deal of value on this task. I was probably one of the strongest players on
NBC hasn't just picked up The Apprentice for a sixth season, it has picked it up, packed it into a Louis Vuitton suitcase and moved it across the country. The reality competition, now winding down Season 4 and already in production on Season 5, will shoot No. 6 in Southern California, where Donald Trump also has overblown holdings. As for transferring Carolyn and George, a show rep had yet to comment, but there is talk they will be replaced by West Coast counterparts Surf Dog and Mandee.
Starting Monday, Dec. 5, at 9 pm/ET, Sci Fi Channel will explore The Triangle — as in, yes, the inexplicable Bermuda phenomenon — over the course of a three-part miniseries event. Joining the likes of Eric Stoltz, Lou Diamond Phillips and Sam Neill in the ensemble cast, JAG alumna Catherine Bell plays Emily Patterson, a deep-ocean resource engineer driven by dire financial straits to contribute her expertise to a frustrated shipping magnate's daring effort to explain the oceanic mystery of the Triangle. "After JAG ended, the first thing that happened for me was The Triangle, actually," the actress tells
Revealing its mid-season plan, Fox squelched talk that American Idol would be moved to a Wednesday-Thursday schedule. Instead, the series' fifth season will stick to its Tuesday-Wednesday combo, premiering Jan. 17 at 8 pm/ET. Also announced: 24, airing Mondays at 9, starts its uninterrupted five-month run of new episodes on Jan. 15 with a two-night, four-hour event; Skating with Celebrities bows Jan. 18, before moving to Mondays on Jan. 23; Bones relocates to Wednesday at 9 (ouch) starting Jan. 25; Stacked and That '70s Show move to Thursday starting March 2; and Prison Break picks up where this week's
Laura Prepon, who has played Donna on Fox's That '70s Show since its 1998 premiere, returns to the "present day" to headline Oxygen's Romancing the Bride (premiering Dec. 3 at 8 pm/ET), a romantic comedy in which an always-in-control bride-to-be embarks on a "Dude, Where's My Car?"-type journey to piece together how she woke up in bed with — and married to! — a hunky Latino stranger (played by Days of our Lives alum Matt Cedeno; see related Q&A in Soaps News). TVGuide.com spoke with Prepon about the inherent evil of wedding dresses, the potential glory of furry pink handcuffs and the out-of-this-world joy o
C.J., you know we love ya, but there's a shiny new spin doctor in the White House, and she's being played by Ever Carradine on ABC's Commander in Chief (Tuesdays at 9 pm/ET). As Kelly Ludlow, she puts the best possible face on Mackenzie Allen's scrutinized presidency, all the while fielding furtive glances from the first son and lending her ear to the first gentleman. Carradine, whose previous long-term series gig was as the girl-toy of Sela Ward's ex-husband on Once and Again, chatted with TVGuide.com about life in TV's "other" West Wing. TVGuide.com: I totally remember you as Once and Again's Tiffany. She was such a sad little… what's the wo
Now that his legal battle with American Idol producer Simon Fuller (over the forthcoming series The X Factor) has been settled, Simon Cowell has inked a deal to continue on as an Idol judge for at least five — yes, I said five — more seasons. Says Cowell in a statement, "It's a personal thrill for me to play a role in giving the best young singers in America a shot at realizing their dreams," and/or crushing them.
After nine ratings-tastic years as Everybody Loves Raymond's Debra, Patricia Heaton wanted to shake things up with her next, non-put-upon-housewife role. In TNT's The Engagement Ring (premiering tonight at 8 pm/ET), she plays Sara Anselmi, a vineyard owner whose own love life is thrown for a loop when a decades-old marriage proposal arrives in the mail for her mother (played by Lainie Kazan). Heaton shared a few minutes with TVGuide.com to discuss this return Engagement, life after Raymond and her new sitcom dreams. TVGuide.com: What was your strategy in picking your first post-Raymond project?Patricia Heaton: We had The Engagement Ring in developme
Earlier this month, Ivan Sergei — whom you probably remember as the Jill in Jack & Jill — returned to WB via Charmed (Sundays at 8 pm/ET), playing Henry, a lawman oblivious to the ladies' witchy ways. Here's what the actor had to share with TVGuide.com about his charmed existence, the one role he let slip away and his flirtation with danger. TVGuide.com: For the uninitiated, how would you describe your Charmed role?Ivan Sergei: I'm playing Henry, a parole officer. In my first episode, one of my parolees is destined for future greatness but he's not really showing it to me, so I need Rose McGowan
While the CSIs and Without a Trace get all the glory, CBS' Numbers (Fridays at 10 pm/ET) has quietly tallied up an avid following of its own, as Rob Morrow's FBI agent cracks cases with the help of his mathematical-genius brother, played by David Krumholtz. Deservedly so, the show has drawn the attention of guest stars such as film vet Lou Diamond Phillips, who this week re
Earlier this month, Ivan Sergei — whom you probably remember as the Jill in Jack & Jill — returned to WB via Charmed (Sundays at 8 pm/ET), playing Henry, a lawman oblivious to the ladies' witchy ways. Here's what the actor had to share with TVGuide.com about his charmed existence, the one role he let slip away and his flirtation with danger. TVGuide.com: For the uninitiated, how would you describe your Charmed role?Ivan Sergei: I'm playing Henry, a parole officer. In my first episode, one of my parolees is destined for future greatness, but he's not really showing it to me, so I need Rose McGowan
