The heart wants what the heart wants, as Woody Allen famously said. But that hasn't made anyone less angry at Jason Mesnick.The Bachelor star's decision to dump Melissa — the woman he proposed to in the season finale, for Molly, the runner-up — elicited this quick assessment from his now-ex fiancée: "You're a bastard." But is he?
Ray Wise has a legendary gift for diabolical roles — he played the character, after all, who committed perhaps the most famous murder in television history. Wise is marking his 40th year since his first film — Dare the Devil — by continuing his turn as The Devil himself in the second season of the CW's Reaper (premiering Tuesday at 8 pm/ET).
Can Jimmy Fallon survive his Late Night competition? With Conan O'Brien departing for the Tonight Show, fans of O'Brien's occasional sharp edges might depart for Jimmy Kimmel Live — but those who tuned in for O'Brien's heart might find a better soul mate in Craig Ferguson of the Late Late Show.Fallon brings youth and energy to the Late Night desk, but no one knows what else. Looking ahead to his debut Monday, check out the hosts' strengths, weaknesses, and occasional tendencies to overshare.
Television legend Ed McMahon has been hospitalized with pneumonia for nearly a month and is in serious condition, his publicist said Friday."He's getting great care and he's a fighter," Howard Bragman, a longtime friend to the 85-year-old Tonight Show announcer, told TVGuide.com. "It's absolutely serious."
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon may transform into The Barry Gibb Talk Show next week as Fallon welcomes his first guest, Justin Timberlake.The two played Bee Gees for Saturday Night Live's fictional take on a falsetto-filled chat-fest, but will have to be themselves for at least part of Fallon's inaugural interview. The first show is Monday.
The passenger in Morgan Freeman's car crash last year sued the actor Wednesday for negligence and disputed media portrayals of her as the "other woman" in the breakup of his marriage. Former executive assistant Demaris Meyer's lawsuit claims that Freeman failed to properly operate the car, and she is seeking damages to cover medical expenses and permanent disability, among other things, according to Reuters. Meyer said she met the Oscar winner for the first time on the night of the crash, Aug. 3, by dining with him, a mutual friend and the friend's wife. She said the Dark Knight and Driving Miss Daisy star offered to let her stay at his Charleston, Miss., estate because she had to go to work in the morning and it would make her commute more convenient.
It would have been impossible to predict back in the year 2000, but Andy Richter and Conan O'Brien are reuniting for good. Richter, O'Brien's Late Night sidekick from the show's 1993 premiere until 2000, will become the announcer of The Tonight Show when O'Brien takes over for Jay Leno on June 1.
Watch the live video stream here and follow us on Twitter as President Obama delivers his first major address to Congress and the nation on Tuesday at 9 pm/ET. All four major networks will air the president's speech as he tries to sell his brand-new stimulus package and increase confidence in the shaky economy.
TNT has already signed the Timothy Hutton drama Leverage for a second season, but the show's team of crack con artists will have to make it through Tuesday's season finale (airing at 10 pm/ET) to get there. Last week's episode ended with Hutton's team leader, Nate, feeling betrayed by Sophie, the master of accents played by TVGuide.com celebrity blogger Gina Bellman. Hutton, a 1980 Academy Award winner for Ordinary People, talked to TVGuide.com about what the team will face next season, how Nate is handling the reappearance of his ex-wife (Kari Matchett), and his character's growing reliance on booze.
Slumdog Millionaire, the ultimate up-from-the-streets story, won eight Oscars to dominate a ceremony that emphasized populist films alongside artsy fare. Kate Winslet scored best actress for The Reader; Sean Penn won best actor for Milk; Penelope Cruz scored best supporting actress for her role in Vicki Christina Barcelona; and in the night's most emotional moment, Heath Ledger's family accepted his best supporting actor award for The Dark Knight.
Heath Ledger's family accepted his best-supporting actor award on his behalf and up-from-the-streets sage Slumdog Millionaire led in early awards at Sunday's Academy Awards, which stressed fun, populist movies alongside artier ones. Penelope Cruz scored best supporting actress for her role in Vicki Christina Barcelona; Ledger won for The Dark Knight. Slumdog's five early awards included best adapted screenplay for Simon Beaufoy.
In the last seven months, the Screen Actors Guild has rejected a contract offer from studios, talked about a strike, prepared to ask the rank and file for permission to call one, delayed that plan, replaced its lead negotiators and returned to the bargaining table. All, it seems, to get almost the same contract offer studios made on June 30.
To prep for his March 2 takeover of NBC's Late Night, Jimmy Fallon is turning to the only people who truly understand the challenge ahead: other talk show hosts. "I just recently ran into Rosie O'Donnell at a Paul Simon concert and she said, 'Who's doing your test shows?' … She said, 'I'll do one.' I thought that was so nice of her. So she's gonna come on next Thursday and do a show."
From column A, choose from one of several funny words or phrases, like "jet pack," "masturbating," or "horny." From column B, pick a funny animal, like a bear, raccoon, or manatee. Congratulations. You've hit upon one method of creating Conan O'Brien characters. (In this case, Jet Pack Raccoon, Horny Manatee, and Masturbating Bear.) But others from Late Night's grotesque menagerie defy any formula, and seem to have fallen, jet pack and all, from comedy heaven. In recognition of O'Brien's finale episode of Late Night this Friday – and in the hopes that some of his upsetting little friends will join him in his move to The Tonight Show – we now present our five favorite Conan characters ever.
Bristol Palin has a difference of opinion with her famous mother, saying teen abstinence is "not realistic at all." "Everyone should be abstinent, whatever, but it's not realistic at all," the 18-year-old mom said in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren, who pressed her on why.
Viewers will get an extra hour of bachelorhood this season — ABC says The Bachelor's three-hour conclusion is dramatic enough to merit an extra hour-long special the night after it airs."The Bachelor: After the Final Rose, Part 2" will air at ...
Lou Diamond Phillips will guest on an upcoming episode of Patrick Swayze's new A&E drama The Beast, playing an associate of Swayze's character, Barker. Phillips plays Capone, a figure with a bloody past and connections to a gang. The episode, airing Feb. 26 at 10 pm/ET, revolves around the death of a Chicago police officer.
When Star Trek's Jonathan Frakes signed on to direct an episode of TNT's Leverage, he agreed to helm one of the drama's most complex episodes yet: one where Timothy Huttons team of cons for good causes help upset an attempt to rig a trial.But Frakes also beamed in a few friends to turn the set into a mini-Star Trek convention, recruiting The Next Generation's Brent Spiner and Deep Space Nine's Armin Shimmerman and Kitty Swink for key roles.The once-and-perhaps future Commander Riker also hinted about the possibility of getting involved with J.J. Abrams' reboot of the Star Trek franchise, and his acting role on the soon-to-be scheduled Fox drama Persons Unknown, from The Usual Suspects and Valkyrie writer Christopher McQuarrie. And intelligent guy that he is, he took a moment to praise his wife, Genie Francis, for her recent performance in the Hallmark Channel's The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love.Frakes' Leverage episode, "The Juror No. 6 Job," airs Tuesday at 10 pm/ET.
Collaboration was the theme of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday as artists as diverse as Coldplay and Jay-Z; Stevie Wonder and the Jonas Brothers; and Radiohead and the USC marching band teamed up for unpredictable performances of recent hits and old classics. One of the wildest collaborations of all – Robert Plant and Allison Kraus – netted five awards, more than anyone else.
No one remembers who wins at the Grammy Awards — besides the people who win and lose — unless the awards are hilariously wrong, like they often are. (Did you know this year's ceremony marks the 20th anniversary of Jethro Tull beating Metallica in the metal category? When Metallica was at its peak?) What people do remember are incredible performances, like Prince and Beyonce's in 2004, and Kanye West's last year. Here's a list of some of this year's major performers. (Click here for a full list of nominees, watch the awards at 8 pm/ET Sunday on CBS, and follow us on Twitter.)
The Bob Saget sitcom Surviving Suburbia has finally found a home, and it's in a prime location: right after the highly rated Dancing with the Stars. The show, in which the former Full House star plays a cynical family man, will air Mondays at 9:30 pm/ET beginning April 6, ABC announced Wednesday.
A Los Angeles judge has shut down an attempt to block talks between new Screen Actors Guild negotiators and major studios, which means – surprise – feuding within the group will go on. SAG President Alan Rosenberg and three other plaintiffs filed a motion Tuesday challenging a vote by the guild's board of directors that ousted SAG executive director Doug Allen and created a new negotiating team. Moderates within the union blamed Rosenberg and Allen for botching past negotiations, and had planned to try again with the new team Tuesday. But that plan was delayed by the legal maneuver.
