VIDEO: Kathy Griffin on Kathy Griffin's Insightful and Hilarious Take on the Royal Wedding
Tyler Perry Signs On for Third TBS Series
He's at it again! Tyler Perry has signed a deal to bring dramedy series For Better or Worse to TBS. The show will be based on his Why Did I Get Married? film franchise and feature Married's Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith reprising their roles. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which is expected to debut in the fall...
VIDEO: Paul Reiser Discusses His Canceled NBC Sitcom with Jay Leno
So, this is awkward. Paul Reiser already was scheduled to promote The Paul Reiser Show on Monday's Tonight Show with Jay Leno when he got word last week that his show was being pulled after two episodes. He showed up to chat with Jay anyway, commenting on the uncomfortable situation ("I said, 'Well, that's weird. What do you think, Jay? Should I come on and just say hi?'") and throwing barbs at NBC...
Johnny Depp to Appear in 21 Jump Street Film
Johnny Depp, the best known original cast member of the 21 Jump Street TV series, will make a cameo in its forthcoming film adaptation, ComingSoon.net reports...
Singer Phoebe Snow Dies at 60
Phoebe Snow, who scored a top 5 hit in 1975 with "Poetry Man," died Tuesday in Edison, N.J., as a result of complications from a brain hemorrhage she suffered last year, The Associated Press reported. She was 60. "The loss of this unique and untouchable voice is incalculable," her manager, Sue Cameron, said. "Phoebe was one of the brightest, funniest and most talented singer-songwriters of all time and, more importantly, a magnificent mother to her late brain-damaged daughter, Valerie, for 31 years. Phoebe felt that was her greatest accomplishment"...
Helen Mirren Doesn't Plan To Watch the Royal Wedding
Don't count Helen Mirren among those who'll be tuning in the royal wedding. She says she will not be watching when Prince William and Kate Middleton get married Friday in London...
Levi Johnston Prepping Palin-Exposing Book
Bristol Palin's babydaddy, Levi Johnston, plans to write a book about his time amongst the Palin family. The book's title: Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs. "I want to tell the truth about my close relationship with the Palins, my sense of Sarah and my perplexing fall from grace -- how I feel and what I've learned," Johnston said in a statement released by Touchstone Publishing, which is an imprint of Simon & Schuster...
It's a Boy for Kevin James
Kevin James and wife Steffiana de la Cruz welcomed their first son. Kannon Valentine James was born Sunday in Boston. See which celebs are expecting He is the couple's third child. Daughters Sienna-Marie and Shea are 5 and 3, respectively...
Sarah Shahi Assails Paris Hilton's Driving on Twitter
Sarah Shahi was tweetin' mad over Paris Hilton's bad driving that the Fairly Legal star apparently observed. "Paris Hilton — worst driver ever. Almost hit me, then ran a stop sign. What if there was a kid around that corner, you dumb b----," Shahi posted on her Twitter account Friday...
Rob Schneider Marries a Third Time
Could the male gigolo be off the market for good? Rob Schneider married Patricia Azarcoya Arce at a private ceremony in Beverly Hills on Saturday...
Report: Kristin Cavallari Is Engaged to Jay Cutler
Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler got engaged while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, People reports. The Chicago Bears quarterback's proposal and the trip were surprises to the former star of The Hills and Laguna Beach, a source said...
VIDEO: Boo-Hoo Gaga --- When Ladies Cry Like Babies
First a disclaimer: Lady Gaga, like pop music, is great when she isn't taking herself too seriously. However, in the four minutes below, she takes herself extremely seriously. Here is a list of the particularly ridiculous things in this extended scene from the intro to HBO's broadcast of Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: Live at Madison Square Garden (Saturday, May 7, 9/8c)...
VIDEO: How Some Scenes from Cinema Verite Really Happened in An American Family
Below is a montage of scenes from the first modern reality show, 1973's An American Family, and their counterparts in HBO's original movie Cinema Verite, which premiered on Saturday. Watching Diane Lane's and Tim Robbins' performances next to the people they're portraying (Pat and Bill Loud), the differences are obvious — the fictional spin on the Louds is infinitely more melodramatic. Peaceful discussions get injected with hostility and hysteria, scenes stretch on to belabor points and simple goodbyes become heavy-handed symbols...
Houses Collide: A Discussion of Game of Thrones, Episode 2
We return with our weekly Game of Thrones discussion to tackle the second episode, "The Kingsroad." TVGuide.com's Hanh Nguyen is an avid scripted-TV watcher, a horror-avoider and someone who's read George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series, on which HBO's Game of Thrones is based. Her co-worker, Rich Juzwiak, rarely watches scripted TV, is a gorehound and became alerted to Martin's existence just recently, as he started researching this new swords-and-sandals (well, boots) series. He knows nothing of these sorcerers (if that is indeed what they are), while Hanh is something of an expert (read: fantasy/sci fi nerd). Each week, he'll try to make sense of this crazy new show by enlisting Hanh's expertise. It may turn out to be a test of tolerance: in this case, the Games begin after the TV is off.
VIDEO: Relive Diana's Royal Wedding Flub
In anticipation of Friday's royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, TLC will air Charles and Di: Once Upon a Time (Sunday, April 24, 7/6c), which is essentially a Pop-Up Video-style rebroadcast of the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. In this exclusive clip of the special, relive that special time in pop culture history when Lady Di said her husband's name wrong on the altar...
From The Louds to Snooki: A History of Reality TV Stars Blaming the Edit
The most illuminating part of HBO's original movie Cinema Verite (airing Saturday at 9/8c) comes at its very end. We get to see a clip of the real Loud family, whose participation on the first modern reality show, 1973's An American Family, is central to the film. Verite transitions from the fictional portrayal of the Louds to footage from their actual appearance on The Dick Cavett Show, which was part of their self-orchestrated, damage-control tour following the mass criticism they received from viewers as a result of the show. During the segment, they voice their disdain for having their lives edited and their personalities categorized to suit plotlines. In response, Cavett snorts, "Anybody who's in show business would have to call you naïve to think that you could think that you could appear on television and not have it selected, edited..." If anyone had a right to complain about editing, surely it was this family of guinea pigs. What's amazing about this is that some 38 years later, we're still having this conversation as a culture...
Today Producer Denies Reports About Matt Lauer's Departure
Today show executive producer Jim Bell says reports from earlier this month suggesting Matt Lauer was preparing to leave the show are "ludicrous," according to The Hollywood Reporter NBC: Matt Lauer is not seeking a $25 Million Today show contract...
Real Housewives of New York's Simon van Kempen Releases Single
The latest Real Housewives star turned singer (or singerish, really) is Real Housewives of New York City star Simon van Kempen, who just dropped "I Am Real" (listen below). You'll be saddened to learn that this thumping, wanabe club anthem is no "Tardy for the Party." It's yet another musical punch line that, whether it's aware of it or not, underlines how delusional the extreme personalities that populate reality TV are...
Amy Poehler, Oprah Winfrey Among the Elite on Time 100
TV stars Amy Poehler, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Colfer, Blake Lively, and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner are all among the "most influential people in the world" according to this year's Time 100 list...
Glee's Chris Colfer Sells Children's Pilot
He can act, he can sing and it turns out he can write, too. Golden Globe winner Chris Colfer is on a one-man mission to make everyone feel inadequate, or so it would seem. The peppy Glee star is writing a pilot for the Disney Channel based on Florence Laughlin's children's book The Little Leftover Witch...
Jennifer Lopez Eyes New Musical Reality Show
Jennifer Lopez is in the early stages of developing a reality series that would find her and her husband Marc Anthony searching Latin America to discover new musical talent, according to EW.com...
Catherine Zeta-Jones to Rock Ages
Catherine Zeta-Jones has signed on for the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages, UsMagazine.com reports...
