04:44 PM EDT 11/02/2009
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Jay Leno Likes Being an Underdog
Originally posted 11/02/2009 11:50AM
It's been a tough few months for Jay Leno since he left his late-night talk show and set up shop in primetime, but the funnyman insists that he's still having a ball.
"I'm not having a bad time at 10 o'clock now," the NBC star, 59, tells the trade journal Broadcasting & Cable. "I look at this as a job, and now I'm faced with a challenge, and it's a challenge I find difficult but interesting."
"You don't take it personally because there's really no fun in an upbeat story," he adds, remarking on what's been relentlessly negative press. "The fun is, they did this and let's watch it fall. I enjoy being the underdog."
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Lisa Kudrow Joining Courteney Cox Arquette in Cougar Town
Originally posted 10/27/2009 05:25PM
Courteney Cox Arquette is bringing one of her famous Friends to Cougar Town: Lisa Kudrow will make a guest appearance on the new ABC show, TV Guide reports.
"If it all works out, she'll play a dermatologist that my character can't stop going to even though the doctor is mean to me," Cox Arquette, 45, tells TV Guide. "She's the best in town at what she does and I become addicted."
So will any of her other former onscreen pals make an appearance on Cougar Town?
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow
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Patrick Swayze's Widow to Discuss His Death on Oprah
Originally posted 10/27/2009 02:00PM
Less than two months after the death of her husband Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, will open up to Oprah Winfrey about her life with and love for the actor – and what it was like losing him – in her first one-on-one interview since his death.
Swayze, 57, died Sept. 14 after a protracted battle with pancreatic cancer. He and Niemi, 53, were married for 34 years, meeting as teenage students at his mother's dance studio.
Niemi will appear on Friday's episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, on which she will also talk about the book she co-authored with her late husband, The Time of My Life.
Niemi was also a participant Tuesday in a roundtable discussion on "Grief, Healing and Resilience" at the Women's Conference 2009 in Long Beach, Calif.
– Michael Y. Park
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, Oprah Winfrey, Patrick Swayze
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Kate Gosselin Flooded with Fan Questions for TLC Special
Originally posted 10/20/2009 05:40PM
Kate Gosselin has fielded countless interview questions in her career as a reality star – but perhaps the toughest have come from viewers, who submitted nearly 9,000 inquiries about her family life and plans.
In a one-hour special Monday on TLC, Gosselin, 34, will relive memories of Jon & Kate Plus Eight and answer questions about whether she'll get married again, where she envisions her family in 10 years, and how fame has affected her children.
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin
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Sarah Palin Finally to Appear on Oprah
Originally posted 10/20/2009 02:35PM
Oh, what a difference a multimillion-dollar book deal makes.
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin
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Mischa Barton Says TV's Not for Her
Originally posted 10/20/2009 08:45AM
Her show The Beautiful Life was cancelled almost before it began, but that didn't stop Mischa Barton from resuming her own beautiful life on Monday night at a party in New York City.
Demonstrating that she'd regained her model figure with a Versace gown at the Whitney Museum Gala, Barton, 23, said she doesn't mind not working for the small screen anymore.
"I think I need to back away from the whole TV approach," she said. "That whole world of network television, probably isn't, for me, a good idea now. I need to start reading for more serious roles."
Permalink | Filed Under: TV NewsMischa Barton
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Wilmer Valderrama to Play the Dog Whisperer in a New Sitcom
Originally posted 10/19/2009 01:35PM
Wilmer Valderrama is going to the dogs.
The former star of That '70s Show will star in a half-hour sitcom based on the escapades of Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan now being developed for FOX, reports Variety.
Cesar's Way author Millan, who has re-trained some of the worst-behaved dogs ever to appear onscreen, has been involved in many, er, hairy adventures that will presumably be fodder for the new show.
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, Dog Whisperer, Wilmer Valderrama
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No More Jon & Kate After November
Originally posted 10/15/2009 08:30AM
Our long national nightmare is finally over.
Jon & Kate Plus 8, which in recent months had become just about as fun as reliving your parents' divorce, will stop filming new episodes next month, according to the New York Post.
After Jon Gosselin, 32, forbade TLC from filming his and 34-year-old estranged wife Kate's eight children for their show, the network will try to squeeze out a couple remaining episodes from existing footage before putting the show to rest, according to sources.
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin
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Kanye, Beware: Taylor Swift to Host Saturday Night Live
Originally posted 10/15/2009 07:30AM
Kanye West apparently is not on the invitation list, leaving the stage wide open for Taylor Swift, who will host Saturday Night Live on Nov. 7, NBC has announced.
Swift, who performed on the 35-year-old satirical program in January, will be hosting for the first time, an opportunity she calls "mind-blowing," according to a statement. She adds, "I love being around people who I feel have a different kind of creative genius. And the funny genius is definitely a fascinating one to be around."
Of course, it wasn't so funny on Sept. 13 when West interrupted Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards while she was accepting for best female video. Days later, he officially apologized.
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, Saturday Night Live, Kanye West, Taylor Swift
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Matthew Perry to Face 40 on New Sitcom
Originally posted 10/14/2009 01:20PM
Chandler at 40: Matthew Perry will star in, co-write and executive produce an as-yet untitled ABC sitcom that he conceived, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The former Chandler Bing of Friends will play a self-absorbed manager of a second-rate sports arena who starts to take stock of his life as he turns 40 – the milestone Perry hit in August.
Other Friends sightings on the tube lately include Courteney Cox starring on ABC's Cougar Town and Matt LeBlanc signing to headline the Showtime-BBC series Episodes.
– Stephen M. Silverman
Permalink | Filed Under: TV NewsMatthew Perry
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