Question: Where did you get the red T-shirt and black jacket you wore to the book signing? Good color combo, and the jacket looks like it can be worn with various other things.Answer: Thanks for asking. The blazer was on loan from The Gap and the Boombox T was purchased at Star 55 in Beverly Hills. The white T-shirt under the Boombox T, meanwhile, was vintage Fruit of the Loom.
Question: Is it wrong that with all the mysteries on Veronica Mars (Felix's murder, the bus, Steve Guttenberg and his weird daughter), I'm more concerned with what that damn fortune cookie said? Will we ever find out?Answer: Yes, but don't hold your breath. A reliable source (read: Rob Thomas) tells me it will be some time before we see what was on that slip of paper.
Question: Enjoyed the book-signing podcast. Shout-outs to Aunt Joan and Grandma. My question: What TV show are you least likely to admit to your friends that you watch, and why?Answer: That's an easy one: Oprah. Not only do I watch it every day, but I hang on her every word. And I haven't told my friends because they'd scribble something emasculating on my locker and shame me in front of the entire school.
Question: Please give me something on The O.C.Answer: I recently spoke to the show's new breakout star, Autumn Reeser, about the forthcoming redemption of her bitcheriffic alter ego, Taylor Townsend. "There's definitely a sweet side to Taylor, and I think we're going to get to see a little of that," she says. "She's not just a one-dimensional character who's out to get these people. She just wants what she wants, and she knows how to get it. But we're going to see her feeling a little bit guilty." What exactly prompts this sudden attack of conscience? "She goes home and [realizes that] she doesn't have any friends." Other poop niblets dropped by Reeser: Taylor's affair with Dean Hess gets exposed in November, right around the time we meet Taylor's mom — played by Pacific Blue
Question: I cannot believe you finally answered a question of mine! Hell to the yes, I'll come to CarnyCon with you. I'll go rent every available DVD of Carnivàle this weekend. This is going to be a casual thing, right my peep?Answer: I'm sorry, who are you?
Question: Any spoilers on Curb Your Enthusiasm?Answer: Dustin Hoffman will be appearing in the season finale, and he won't be playing himself.
Question: Love you. Love your column. Hence I was hoping that we might be seeing more Ausiello goodness in the new-and-improved-and-in-full-color TV Guide that launches this week. How will this change affect you?Answer: Yeah, this is a historic week for me TV Guide. The most buzzed-about difference is that the microscopic headshot that had been topping off The Ausiello Report is history, replaced with a new, larger, more seductive glamour shot. And I'm guessing that particular change will affect me in mostly positive ways: more attention, increased fame, bigger ego etc. The column itself will also be longer and more timely — the latter the result of a significantly shorter lead time. What's more, my photo will be bigger… oh, wait, I covered that. All joking aside, I've seen the first issue (on sale Thursday), and it's amazing — and I'm not just saying that to score points with TPTB (tee-h
Question: When is NBC planning to bring back Scrubs? I mean, it's not like they have anything else worth watching.Answer: Hey, they have My Name Is Earl, which, BTW, is rapidly becoming MNFC. But your point is well taken. Still no word on a return date.
Question: WTF is up with Jin's immaculate English in the promo for tonight's Lost?Answer: I hope WTF stands for "What the fhell," Marissa, 'cause this is a family column. With that said, I have no idea WTF is up with Jin's immaculate English, but I can't wait to find out.
Question: Please, please, please tell me that Peter Dinklage's character is not the one being killed off on Threshold. I adore him, and he is the main reason I watch that show!Answer: (SPOILER ALERT) Do you really think Brannon Braga would kill off the Station Agent?
Question: Did you hear about the massacre in Smurf Land?Answer: Yes, but thanks for the reminder. Much appreciated.
Question: If you ever come to Belgium, don't watch TV after 9 pm 'cause UNICEF is showing graphic commercials featuring the Smurf Village being bombed. Click here.Answer: Yeah, thanks to UNICEF, the image of Baby Smurf covered in shrapnel is burned into my retina. I don't care what anyone says; the terrorists have won.
Question: OK, so I have heard that they are planning to bring back an old character from ER. Any hints as to who this might be?Answer: You read that in The Ausiello Report, silly. My gut — and strictly my gut — tells me the MVP that producers are hoping to snag is Julianna Margulies. In other ER news, John Leguizamo says producers are looking at some "several incredibly hot, sexy, dirty white girls" to play the woman from Dr. Clemente's past that Matt Webb Mitovich teased in his Insider last month. "They've talked to several really great actresses," he adds. "It's going to be a heated, sexual-healing kind of [dynamic]."
Question: Please tell WB execs to move Everwood to a different night. There are too many shows to watch on Thursday night and not enough recorders to go around.Answer: Here's a bad news/good news situation if ever I heard one. The good news: In its second week, Everwood improved on its horrendous premiere-week performance in all major demos. The bad news: As a result, it's staying put on Thursday for the foreseeable future. Don't shoot the messenger. The messenger is good.
Question: Is there any chance that Gina Torres will be returning as Anna this season on Alias?Answer: Sadly, no.
Question: Word is that a male cast member on Lost has asked to be written off the show. Any clues to who it is?Answer: There was a rumor going around that Malcolm David Kelley (Walt) had asked to be let go because he was feeling homesick in Hawaii, but turns out that's only half true. Yes, he was missing his family and friends back in Los Angeles, but, no, he didn't ask to be let out of his contract. However, as you probably have figured out by his absence from the cast photo — not to mention all but one scene this season — we will be seeing less of Malcolm/Walt. According to sources, producers decided to reduce his appearances amid concern that the 13-year-old's growth spurt was compromising the show's timeline. But contrary to buzz, "limit" does not mean "pink-slip" or "recas
Question: You are so right — "prattle" definitely doesn't work in place of "scoop." Next please....Answer: You asked for it....
Question: I understand Inconceivable has been canceled — say it isn't so! Where can we write in to voice our protest?Answer: That's a good one, Harriet. You had me right up until the part where you were going to write in and protest. You're good.
Question: The two people getting shot on Law & Order: SVU are [censored] and [censored]. Can you print that? Please? Just so people will stop asking! Also, last week's Mariska-centric episode was one of the worst I've ever seen. The ending was just... unreal.Answer: I agree, the climax was a joke. But I liked everything leading up to it — especially Mariska's performance. And thanks for ID'ing the shooting victims. I think we can finally put this issue to rest.
Question: Any news about the Smurfs movie?Answer: I read in USA Today last week that producers envision the CGI trilogy as a comical adventure, with a Lord of the Rings-like fellowship of Smurfs unraveling a mystery. "We looked for what are the pressing questions about the Smurfs," said the pic's writer, Jordan Kerner. "How did they get here? Who is Gargamel and why does he want Smurf soup?" Hopefully they'll also catch the evildoers who napalmed the Smurf village. And then promptly feed them to Azrael.
Question: Is Ian Somerhalder going to be appearing in Shannon's upcoming flashback episode on Lost?Answer: Yes, Ian/Boone returns for that very occasion on Oct. 26.
Question: When will Lorelai and Rory make up on Gilmore Girls? I can't stand them fighting!Answer: (SPOILER ALERT) You'd be wise to keep mid-November open.