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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Recalls 'Embarrassing' Lunch with Vice President Joe Biden

Originally posted 06/18/2013 03:45PM



Julia Louis-Dreyfus, star of HBO's political comedy Veep, says having lunch with the real Vice President Joe Biden and meeting his staffers – who showed some resemblance to the characters in her show – was nothing short of "mind-blowing."

"One woman said 'Hi, I'm Allison. I'm the Dan Egan of the office,' " the Emmy winning-actress tells Katie Couric in an interview airing on Wednesday's Katie. "There was a Gary, this guy who carried the vice president's bags all the time. It really was bizarre."

What happened at lunch in Biden's private office also could have been a scene from Veep, in which Louis-Dreyfus plays the self-interested and gaffe-prone Vice President Selina Meyer.

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Will Country or Indie Rock Win Big on The Voice?

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The Voice's Final Competition: Country Takes on Indie Rock

Originally posted 06/17/2013 11:00PM

Will the winner of this season's The Voice be a little bit country? Or whole lot indie rock?

The three remaining acts on the singing competition made it tough for voters on Monday, each turning out distinctive performances on the show's energetic live final competition, which saw coaches Blake Shelton and Usher take heartfelt meetings with the artists and their families.

Predictions for the winner came directly from the judges themselves, with Adam Levine who quickly called it for Texas teen Danielle Bradbery, the show's youngest competitor. At just 16, she covered hits by a host of Nashville's powerhouse female singers including Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis and Sara Evans.

"I am insanely jealous of Blake for snagging you, from the beginning," Levine teased. "Your voice is so unbelievably powerful and perfect. I think Danielle is the winner of this thing."

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What Had True Blood Stars Crying During Filming?

True Blood's Carrie Preston: 'There Were Real Tears' Filming New Season

Originally posted 06/17/2013 02:45PM

For all the emotion amid the bloodshed on Sunday night's season premiere of True Blood, there's even more to come on the HBO vampire hit.

Carrie Preston, who plays waitress Arlene Bellefleur, revealed on the Live From the Set lead-in to the episode that "there were real tears" when they filmed this season.

With speculation that Alexander Skarsgard, who plays Viking vampire Eric Northman, is killed off this season, fans are buzzing about an upcoming episode that features a funeral. Carrie added fuel to the speculation fire, saying, "We had this one table read, the first time we were hearing the script out loud, and one of the actors started crying and then everybody joined in. It was a pretty beautiful moment."

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It's a Go! Girl Meets World to Air Next Year

Girl Meets World Gets the Green Light

Originally posted 06/17/2013 08:00AM

It's official!

Girl Meets World, the highly anticipated spinoff of the hit '90s show Boy Meets World, will premiere next year on the Disney Channel, Disney programming executives announced Monday. 

Production on the new show – in which Boy Meets World's Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel reprise their roles as Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence and newcomer Rowan Blanchard plays their 13-year-old daughter, Riley – will begin in Los Angeles this summer.

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Meet the New Cast of Breaking Amish

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Breaking Amish: New Cast to Face Modern Life in Los Angeles

Originally posted 06/14/2013 01:30PM

Goodbye milking cows, hello Hollywood.

Breaking Amish is back, and an all-new cast is leaving behind their old-fashioned communities to test out modern life in Los Angeles – and decide whether to remain part of the "English," or return to their Amish and Mennonite roots.

In this exclusive first look at the new season of the hit TLC show (below), the new cast members are still at home but explain to cameras and family members why they feel compelled to step out of their current lives to try something new – at the risk of being shunned by their families.

"It's just really hard to feel like you're trapped in a box," says Lizzie, 21. "No matter what you do, you can't get out."

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PHOTO: Rob Lowe Looks Just Like President Kennedy | Rob Lowe

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Rob Lowe Channels President Kennedy for New TV Movie

Originally posted 06/13/2013 02:50PM

The first photo from Killing Kennedy requires a double take.

Rob Lowe, 49 – who portrays John F. Kennedy in National Geographic Channel's film adaptation of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's book, Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot – looks like the real deal as the iconic president who was assassinated in 1963 at age 46.

The film, set for a small-screen release in November, also stars Ginnifer Goodwin as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Michelle Trachtenberg as Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, Marina Oswald.

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Mama June Has a Baywatch Moment on the Beach

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Mama June Has a Baywatch Moment on the Beach

Originally posted 06/13/2013 12:00PM

Landlubbers no more!

Mama June, along with daughters Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon and Kaitlyn Shannon, took a dip in the ocean Monday in Tybee Island, Ga. – and apparently had a Baywatch-inspired good time alongside her husband Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson, Lee "Uncle Poodle" Thompson, and older daughters Anna "Chickadee" Shannon and Jessica "Chubbs" Shannon.

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VIDEO: Simon Cowell Pelted with Eggs During Britain's Got Talent Finale | Simon Cowell

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Simon Cowell Gets Egged on Britain's Got Talent

Originally posted 06/10/2013 09:25AM

Simon Cowell must be feeling a little shell-shocked.

While opera singers Richard and Adam Johnson performed "The Impossible Dream" on the finale of Britain's Got Talent Saturday, a woman stormed the stage and pelted the famously cranky judge with eggs.

The Johnsons just kept on singing.

"I really don't like eggs," Cowell Tweeted, adding later, "Bloody hell! Just watched the Adam and Richard performance back. They didn't miss a note."

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John Krasinski on Office Finale: 'We Flat-Out Lied'

John Krasinski on Office Finale: 'We Flat-Out Lied'

Originally posted 06/06/2013 08:45PM

Yes, the cast of The Office heard the return rumors too – and no, they weren’t going to spoil the surprise.

"It was so thrilling. We all just flat-out lied," John Krasinski tells PEOPLE with a laugh at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center's The One Hundred Gala, held Wednesday in Boston.

"I lied to Letterman! I have to apologize to him for that at some point. It was just one of those things that we all vowed and had to protect," the actor says of keeping Steve Carell's last hurrah under wraps. "Look what happened – it was the best. The 'that's what she said' was the perfect use of Steve."

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Man Knifes Himself Outside Today Show

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UpdatePosted 06/06/2013 02:30PM

Man Knifes Himself Outside Today Show

Originally posted 06/06/2013 11:30AM

A gruesome scene unfolded outside the Today show on Thursday.

When a man threatened to harm himself at Rockefeller Plaza, security crews and police quickly responded, but not before the man cut his own wrist with a knife.

Matt Lauer addressed the incident on-air, as the anchors had originally planned a segment outdoors.

"A short time ago a man out there tried to harm himself with a knife, he did manage to cut himself, he was controlled by our security team out there," Lauer said on Today. "However he did harm himself in some way, he's now being attended to."

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