Mad Men

January Jones Became Famous Despite Ashton Kutcher

Originally posted 10/13/2009 12:45PM

Don't tell January Jones what she can't do. Even if you're Ashton Kutcher.

Back when the South Dakota-born Mad Men actress – she plays Mrs. Don Draper – first arrived in Los Angeles and was dating the now-Mr. Demi Moore, Kutcher didn't think the onetime Abercrombie and Fitch model could make it as a thespian.

"[He] was not supportive of my acting," Jones, 31, says in the new issue of GQ. "He was like, I don't think you're going to be good at this. So – f--- you! He only has nice things to say now – if anything, I should thank him. Because the minute you tell me I can't do something, that's when I'm most motivated."

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TV News

Fresh Faces Liven Up the Emmy Race

Originally posted 09/20/2009 11:30AM

With Family Guy the first animated show to be nominated as best comedy series in nearly half a century, things are looking a little different for this year's 61st annual Primetime Emmys.

TV's biggest night – which CBS will broadcast live Sunday starting at 8 p.m. – is still expected to shower plenty of gold upon NBC's comedy 30 Rock and AMC's drama Mad Men, just like last year, but with How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris as the ceremony's first-time host after his stellar turn emceeing June's Tony Awards, the evening should also benefit from some categories starring new contenders.

Classic example: with Jeremy Piven bypassed for a nomination in the supporting actor category for his hard-driving agent role on HBO's Entourage, the field is open for such actors as Jack McBrayer, the slack-jawed page Kenneth on 30 Rock; his clueless-acting costar Tracy Morgan; and even the constantly stupefied Johnny Drama of Entourage, played by Kevin Dillon. (Also vying are Two and a Half Men's Jon Cryer, The Office's Rainn Wilson and Emmy host Harris, for his sitcom.)

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Weddings

Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss Reveals Wedding Details

Originally posted 08/05/2009 07:00AM

Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss and her fiancé, Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen, seem like match made in TV heaven: The couple, who are planning their nuptials themselves, say they agree on everything having to do with the wedding.

"We just don't disagree on anything," Moss told reporters Monday at the Mad Men season 3 premiere. "It’s weird."

The one element they are focusing on? "Simplicity," said Armisen, who was also at the premiere.

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Primetime Emmy Awards 2008

Sunday's Emmys Ready to Go Mad – and Really Rock

Originally posted 09/20/2008 07:00AM

Don't touch that clicker – yes, those are the sets from The Simpsons, M*A*S*H and Desperate Housewives you'll be seeing on ABC Sunday night during the 60th annual Primetime Emmys.

"I'm going to marry some clips to each of the sets so you see them on the screen, the way you see them at home, and then you see them at the Nokia [Theater in Los Angeles] on our stage," the live telecast's boss, executive producer Ken Ehrlich, tells the Associated Press. "I think it's going to be fun."

With Two and a Half Men's Charlie Sheen, Prime Suspect's Helen Mirren, Entourage's Jeremy Piven and Pushing Daisies's Kristin Chenoweth due to open the show with popular TV catchphrases from the past six decades and Josh Groban slated to sing, Ehrlich also promises viewers will get a kick out of how the newly created best reality-show host category will be announced.

"It's one of the most interesting ones on the show," he says. "It's not what you're expecting."

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