Is Chloe's power on ...
Question: Is Chloe's power on Smallville that she can die and come back to life — hence the "death" you alluded to in the season finale?Answer: You're getting warmer. Watch this week's vodcast and you'll be on fire!
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Is Chloe's power on ...
I just saw the promo for ...
Question: I just saw the promo for tomorrow's Grey's Anatomy. Please tell me Derek doesn't sleep with that bar slut!Answer: Rumor has it that that bar slut (aka Reunion's Chyler Leigh) was offered a 13-episode contract next season. In other words, if he doesn't sleep with her this season, he's bound to next.
Lost has been awesome of ...
Question: Lost has been awesome of late. Am I correct in assuming that the "game-changing" episode is still to come?Answer: News flash: The "game-changer" and the "Rattlesnake in the Mailbox" are one and the same. Mark your calendars accordingly.
Rob Thomas was supposed to ...
Question: Rob Thomas was supposed to pitch the CW the new FBI-themed Veronica Mars on May 2. Any idea how it went?Answer: The CW loved it — so much so that VM's condition has been upgraded from "critical" to "guarded." As I reported yesterday, network head Dawn Ostroff requested additional materials from Thomas on the proposed revamp. That, my friends, is what we call a fraktastic sign. Click here to read my complete story (including scoop on the proposed title change).
I'm confused as to where your ...
Question: I'm confused as to where your home court is. I know you're from New Jersey, but where do you actually live/work — NYC or L.A.? Do you have pads in both places?Answer: First off, Cobby, I don’t use pads. They’re too bulky. Secondly, is this for fan-mail purposes or your stalking needs? Because I’ll need to clear it with my doorman, and he’s already busy keeping Gena at bay.
Is it Emmy time for The ...
Question: Is it Emmy time for The Shield's Walton Goggins?Answer: In a perfect world? Yes. In a world that denied his costar Forest Whitaker a nod last year? Probably not.
Seriously, what did you think ...
Question: Seriously, what did you think of the Addison show?Answer: I'll say this: It read much better on paper.
With Gilmore Girls ending, ...
Question: With Gilmore Girls ending, please, please, please, answer me this one question: Will Emily and Lorelai hug before the end of the series?Answer: (Spoiler alert) No. They do, however, have a really nice moment together — although it's nothing compared to the final scene between Lorelai and Rory, which Lauren described for me during our chat: "It ends with a shot that mirrors the closing shot of the pilot, which really represents the show. It's Lorelai and Rory sitting in the diner talking about really nothing. Just having a moment together." She added that most of the story lines get resolved by the end of the hour. "Had we come back, I think it would've been a little bit like, 'Oops, never mind!'"
Got anything on Ugly Betty?
Question: Got anything on Ugly Betty?Answer: Only that it might be headed to Sundays at 8 pm next fall. Watch my new vodcast for more!
If there are, as you said ...
Question: If there are, as you said last week, "children reading this column," why do you use blasphemous and offensive language like "for chrissakes" in it? Please consider not swearing at your readers. On a more positive note, you write an otherwise wonderfully humorous column.Answer: I'll stop using "chrissakes" on one condition: You offer up something equally offensive and blasphemous instead. It's only fair.
I know it's really early, but ...
Question: I know it's really early, but do you have any scoop on the Pegasus-centric Battlestar Galactica TV-movie?Answer: For the last time: It's never too early for me to spoil your favorite shows! Get it through your thick skulls, people! The fact is I do have scoop on the upcoming BSG movie. Casting is under way on the project, and producers are looking for an actress to play Admiral Cain's former lieutenant on Pegasus. BTW, how psyched am I that Michelle Forbes is returning? Pretty gosh-darn psyched. Best BSG guest star ever, IMHO.
Do me a favor? Tell your ...
Question: Do me a favor? Tell your friends over at Lost that if the show ends with us finding out that everyone is actually dead, I'm going to be pretty miffed. That, and I'll be throwing away my Lost mugs, T-shirts, fan-club kits and magazines. OK... maybe not the fan-club kits, but those shirts will be history.Answer: Hold onto your loot: They're not — I repeat, not — dead.
I guess 3 Lbs was really just ...
Question: I guess 3 Lbs was really just Stanley Tucci's audition tape for ER. Any news on if he'll be back for next season?Answer: Not only will he be back, but he'll be a series regular.
Can I be your secretary?
Question: Can I be your secretary?Answer: No, you can't be my stalker secretary. I've got enough of those.
Is Gilmore Girls really going ...
Question: Is Gilmore Girls really going to end with Logan and Rory broken up? 'Cause that would suck!Answer: Yep, they're finished. Sad but true. Knowing you guys would be broken up about it on this, the morning after the big split, I literally went to the ends of the earth to bring you an exclusive little pick-me-up: an exit interview with Logan himself, Matt Czuchry. Due to his travel schedule — he's currently in Austria visiting his family — the Mattster was unable to talk to me over the phone in time to meet my deadline. But being the unbelievably awesome human being that he is, he went ahead and e-mailed me answers to questions he thought I would ask. So, without further delay, I give you Gilmore Girls' exiting Matt Czuchry, in his own words. • On Gilmore Girls coming to a close: It is an honor for me to have been part of such a well-loved show for the past three seasons. I know th
Thanks for the amazing ...
Question: Thanks for the amazing interview with Lauren Graham. It made me cry, especially the last part when she thanked the fans.Answer: Keep your tissues handy. Something else I saved from my Lauren Q&A was this morsel about what might've happened next season if the show had returned. "Kelly Bishop said to me, 'If we come back, I think Emily should buy half of the inn, so that we have to work together.' It was such a great idea. Lorelai would have a new level of irritation." Um, I don't know about you, but to me, that sounds like the makings of one kick-ass Broadway show. And on that note, the final AA of the Gilmore era comes to an end. I'll give you all a moment to compose yourselves. [Moment passes] OK, head on over to the Ask Ausiello Discussion Thread to debate the merits of this week's column; check out the latest
Have you abandoned The ...
Question: Have you abandoned The Shield? I never see anything about it in your columns. That show rocks!Answer: Last night's four-star episode single-handedly guaranteed the show a spot on our annual Dream Emmy Ballot.
Clones! You heard me, the ...
Question: Clones! You heard me, the survivors of the plane crash and some of the people on the island are clones. That's why Locke can walk because his DNA was that of a perfectly good Locke. That's why the Russian dude who was supposed to have died in that sonic-fence thing came back. That's why the women on the island can't have children because for some reason clones can't have babies! Tell me I'm wrong!Answer: You're wrong! "Damon and I are willing to go out on a limb and ding that theory," Carlton Cuse says. "They are not clones."
Any idea if AS-P's last words ...
Question: Any idea if AS-P's last words are going to be the final words of the series?Answer: Unfortunately, they're not. But as Lauren mentioned in our Q&A, she would've asked AS-P for permission to use her final four words had she known ahead of time that the show was kaput. "I think she would've given it up to me had we known this was the end," she said. "And we would've worked it in."
I just want to say that I ...
Question: I just want to say that I loved Pizonica. He's cute, she's cute — what's not to love? It's not like she's trying to get married this instant. Why can't she have a fun, cute, charming boyfriend for a little while? Besides, the best relationships always happen when you’re not looking for them.Answer: You see that, LoVe 'shippers? It's not just me!
I have officially jumped ship ...
Question: I have officially jumped ship from LoVe to Pizonica. Is there any chance in heaven that Chris Lowell will do both the Grey's spin-off and a fourth season of Veronica Mars?Answer: Highly unlikely. BTW, in light of the less-than-encouraging reviews, can Grey's 2.0 still be considered a slam dunk? Discuss amongst yourselves.
Thank you for the Lauren ...
Question: Thank you for the Lauren Graham interview. I love her even more now.Answer: And you're going to love me even more when I tell you I saved a few gems from the interview for Ask Ausiello! Toward the end of our chat, I asked her if she was sad that the cast and crew didn't get a chance to formally say goodbye to each other at the wrap party last month, since, at the time, it looked like the show was coming back. "For me personally, I don't know how I would've said goodbye," she admitted. "I was so emotional anyway with things being up in the air. I feel like it would have been really hard to try to say thank you, to try to say goodbye to those 153 people."