Ahead of the upcoming “Family Guy” table read, in which the cast members will do a run-through of the controversial “Partial Terms of Endearment” episode, details have emerged on the show that FOX decided not to air. A Lois-centric episode, “Endearment” involves the Griffin matriarch agreeing to act as a surrogate mother for an infertile... »
UFC President Dana White had long expressed his rivalry with MMA promotion Strikeforce as peaceful. While UFC would not go out of its way to assist the company in its growth, the UFC would not view the promotion as a bitter enemy, the way it did startups like Affliction. But the truce appears to... »
EW.com reports that “The Office” has issued a casting call for the role of Pam Beesly’s mother. Initially played by Shannon Cochran in the “Sexual Harassment” episode, Mrs. Beesly will be recast for a recurring arc on the NBC comedy’s upcoming sixth season. “Attractive and in her 50s. A really nice lady who’s very... »
During FOX’s presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour event, the network confirmed that Paula Abdul’s former seat at the “American Idol” judges’ table might not be empty come the show’s season premiere in January. The audition process will feature “female pop stars” and “female performers” as guest judges. Victoria Beckham of Spice... »
Partial Source: PWTorch.com Newsletter – At press time, while WWE sources are fairly confident that the company would be able to book “Stone Cold” Steve Austin as a RAW guest host during his Hollywood downtime, they are not so certain about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who remains committed to distancing himself from WWE as part... »
– Veteran WWE announcer Jim Ross wrote in his blog that RAW host Jeremy Piven was reportedly “a decent guy to be around and was allegedly working the WWE Divas hard in securing contact info.” He also cracked that the “Entourage” star was “easy to work with and seemed happy especially after he... »
As part of its quarterly earnings statement, WWE officially revealed numbers for its second fiscal quarter pay-per-view events. – WrestleMania 25 (960,000); WrestleMania 24 was not reported in the second quarter of 2008 (it did 1,058,000 buys) – Backlash (182,000); Backlash did 200,000 buys in 2008 – Judgment Day (228,000); Judgment Day did 252,000 buys in 2008 –... »
– “Dr. Ken” Jeong made an appearance during at this week’s Television Critics Association press tour event in support of NBC’s “Community.” Last month, Jeong booked a recurring arc on the cast of NBC’s heavily-hyped new comedy, which stars Joel McHale and Chevy Chase. During his time at the event, Jeong spoke with IGN... »
– The Risky Business Blog reported this week that Ridley Scott will produce–and possibly direct–a film adaptation of classic dystopia novel “Brave New World.” Set up at Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company (and to be produced in conjunction with Scott’s Scott Free compnay), the “Titanic” actor will likely star as male lead... »
Notes from the NBC and The CW network presentations at this week’s Television Critics Association press tour event. – “The Jay Leno Show,” which will open with a quick segment and then go straight to Leno’s monologue, will neither be a standard talk show nor a variety show. Typically to feature one celebrity guest... »
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