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From Ausiello:
"The case of who’ll succeed James Garner in NBC’s Rockford Files remake has been cracked… by me!
Sources confirm that Julia Roberts’ erstwhile BF, Dermot Mulroney, has been tapped to play iconic detective Jim Rockford in the David Shore-produced reboot.
The project marks Mulroney’s first major foray into series television. Nothing like making a big splash your first time out!"


Boy, I'm sure I don't like this. James Garner is Jim Rockford.
That's like someone else playing Gil Grissom. Boooo!!!

LOL. I just realized that might be a possibility in 10-20 years; a CSI remake! Unless, of course, the original is still on the air. :lol:

 

Source: TvGuide Online

Army Wives' Catherine Bell Expecting Baby No. 2

Army Wives star Catherine Bell is pregnant with her second child, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The actress and her husband, actor and production assistant Adam Beason, are expecting a son later this year, her rep said. The two are already parents to 6-year-old daughter Gemma.

Bell, 41, and Beason, 40, have been married since 1994 after meeting on the set of 1992's Death Becomes Her.

Season 4 of Army Wives premieres in April on Lifetime.

 

We watched the NAACP Image Awards on Friday night and congrat. to Hill Harper, [beat out LF for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series] Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, great acting, in "Invictus", Wyclef, for his help in Haiti Gabe for "Precious" and Tyler Perry, he's so sweet and humble. And Quentin Tarantino was there, he's everywhere I was a bit disillusioned that so many celebrities were not in attendance to honor their peers, for instance Laurence Fishburne who was nominated and didn't even show up and in past years, these stars did. Denzel Washington, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Samuel L. Jackson, Rianna, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Will Smith, although Jada was there. And Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, Bill Cosby, Queen Latifah, Smokey Robinson, Lionel Ritchie, Stevie Wonder, Barry Gordy, Quincy Jones & Oprah why weren't they there?

 

*Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese continue to lure movie goers to "Shuttter Island", while James Cameron's "Avatar" has surpassed $700 million domestically. The Paramount Pictures psychological thriller [you have no idea] remained the # 1 film for a 2nd straight weekend with $22.2 million, raising it's total 10-day total to $75.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. James Cameron's science-fiction blockbuster "Avatar" became the first movie ever to top the $700 million mark domestically. With a $14 million weekend, the 20th Century Fox release now is at $706.9 million domestically and $2.5 billion worldwide. Debuting in 2nd place with $18.6 million was the Warner Bros. police romp "Cop Out" starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. Opening 3rd was Overture Films horror tale "The Crazies", with $16.5 million~

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From TV Guide online:

Hawaii Five-O Remake Books Scott Caan as 'Danno'
Mar 4, 2010 10:31 PM ET
by Kate Stanhope


Scott Caan has been booked to play the iconic role of Danny "Danno"
Williams in CBS' Hawaii Five-O pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Caan, 33, will step into the role originated by James MacArthur and made
famous by the original series' catch phrase, "Book 'em, Danno!"

In the project, Williams is a recent transfer from the Baltimore Police
Department who moves to Hawaii after an ugly divorce to be close to his
daughter. He partners with Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), the head of
a special division of the Hawaii State Police. Besides O'Loughlin, Caan
joins familiar faces such as Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park and Taryn Manning.

Caan most recently appeared in a recurring role on the last season of
Entourage, playing Eric's competitive co-worker at a Hollywood management
firm. Caan, the son of James Caan, will be credited as a guest star in the
Hawaii pilot because of his previous commitment to the HBO comedy, THR
reported. (MacArthur also was the son of show business parents —
playwright Charles MacArthur and stage legend Helen Hayes.)

Caan is also best known for his role in all three Ocean's films.

 

wow, that is really very good news.
thanks for this

 

*Burt Reynolds manager says the actor has been released from a Florida hospital after a planned heart bypass operaton. Erik Kritzer said Reynolds 74, went into the hospital Monday and was discharged Tuesday. Kritzer says Reynolds, the star of "Smokey And The Bandit' [will he ever live this one down?] and "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights", told him that he has "a great motor with brand new pipes" and is "feeling great"~

*Bobby Rydell, the 1960's teen pop idol, has resloved a Pennslyvania drunken-driver charge, by entering a program for nonviolent first time offenders. Under the terms of the program, Rydell, 67, will be on probation for a year and lose his license for two months. In a year, Rydell can apply to have the drunken driving charge expunged. Police say Rydell's 1969 Bently jumped a curb and struck a wall in the Philadelphia surburb of Narberth in August. No injuries were reported. Rydell had hits including "Wild One" and "Volare" and appeared in the movie "Bye Bye Birdie"~ [why do these celebrities and I use this word lightly, drink and drive]?

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*Chelsea Clinton may marry in a Jewish ceremony. Her mother is a chruch-going Methodist. Her father Bill, a Southern Baptist. Yet could Chelsea Clinton be planning one of the bigest Jewish weddings of the year? The 30-year old graduate student and her Jewish fiance, Marc Mezvinsky, 32, announced their engagement in November and said they were looking to a possible summer ceremony. The families have revealed no specifics about the wedding, but that hasn't stopped the speculation. The bride and groom have a range of choices, including conversion or a melding their two traditions into one ceremony~

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*Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's trip down the rabbit hole, drew huge crowds as 'Alice In Wonderland" earned a whopping $116.3 million in it's opening weekend-a record for a 3-D film. The surprisingly huge total easily surpassed all other films in release and gave Walt Disney Studios an even bigger opening than that of the hugely popular 3-D film "Avatar". It also marked the biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel~

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Source: Popeater

Family, Friends Respond to Farrah Fawcett's Missing 'Memoriam' Mention

No one expects the Oscars' annual 'In Memoriam' montage to include a mention of every death in Hollywood - but many were startled by one conspicuous omission this year: Farrah Fawcett. The montage included pictures of movie performers like Patrick Swayze, Michael Jackson, and Jean Simmons - as well as writers and movie executives - but the 'Charlie's Angels' star didn't make the cut. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences spokeswoman Leslie Unger told the Associated Press, "Every year, it's an unfortunate reality that we can't include everybody."

Bea Arthur and Ed McMahon, performers known primarily for their work on TV, were also notably absent from the montage.

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From TV Guide online:

Tom Cavanagh Returns to TV
Mar 8, 2010 08:33 PM ET
by Natalie Abrams

Tom Cavanagh will star in ABC's new pilot Edgar Floats, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Cavanagh (Ed, Eli Stone) will take on the title role, a police psychologist by day and a bounty hunter by night. Alicia Witt (Law & Order: CI) and Robert Patrick (The Unit) co-star.

The drama comes from Life executive producer Rand Ravich.

 

And Henry Gibson, really tacky on whoever researched this not nice at all so sorry to all of you who weren't mentioned, some fans remember you. Joy Behar also thought it was horrible and said so on "The View"~ and gave the show a D, not one of best we've seen

 

Source: TvGuide Online

Natalie Wood Case Should Be Reopened, Her Sister Says

Natalie Wood's sister wants a reinvestigation of the actress' drowning death, one of Hollywood's most legendary tragedies — though she doesn't suspect foul play.
"I just want the truth to come out, the real story," Lana Wood said on CNN.

She and Dennis Davern — the captain of the yacht on which Natalie Wood was sailing with husband Robert Wagner when she went overboard — have asked the Los Angeles County sheriff's office to re-open the case. Authorities have yet to respond.

Lana Wood told CNN that she believes an argument between her sister and Wagner on the yacht's back deck preceded her drowning in November 1981 off the coast of California's Catalina Island.

Davern offered a detailed account in a book published in September. He also said Wagner died after a fight with Wagner, who starred in two long-running TV series, It Takes a Thief and Hart to Hart.

Wood — who starred as a child in Miracle on 34th Street and went on to make Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story — married Wagner in 1957. They divorced in 1962, then remarried in 1972.

They often sailed their yacht off the coast of California and they invited Wood's then co-star, Christopher Walken, to join them sailing on Thanksgiving weekend.

Walken and Wood had been filming Brainstorm.

Walken has not spoken publicly about Wood's drowning, and authorities have said he witnessed only the events leading up to an argument between the couple.

Detective Duane Rasure, the sheriff's lead investigator, has said the official theory is that Wood was awakened by the sound of the yacht's dinghy hitting the side of the boat. Police believe she went to re-tie the dinghy but slipped on the boat's swim step and fell into the water.

Wood was found wearing a long nightgown, socks, and a down jacket, according to police. Rasure told CNN he believes Wood was dragged underwater by her jacket. "She was such a little thing," he said.

 

NAH> let this be, what's the point now? I was young and remember it well, it Thanksgiving Day, when we heard this horrible news. I was sad, because I adored her. They did investigate it then throughly, and found nothing amiss or weird or strange. And why should Christopher Walken discuss it? It's probably something that is traumatic for him. The final report was what this says. She fell overboard, and drowned..period~

 

There have been many stories over the years surrounding her death, suspiousion has alway (and probably always will be) on Robert Wagner. No family wants to believe that someone they loved may have committed suicide, they may even blame Robert for it because of their fight, apparently their relationship wasn't always the best, well it was stormy at best, maybe in their minds he should pay for it. But also if they have further information that contradicts what has been concluded regarding the case (be it about Robert or someone else) then I could see them wanting to have it re-opened. Sometimes throughly investigated doesn't mean just that, alot of the technology we have now wasn't available back then, who knows if it would have been now instead of then the results. As to why they don't say what they might (and I stress might as I don't know if they do) have to reopen the case, because that would compromise any investigation. Until they release more on the why, we just have to wait.

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Source: Yahoo News!

Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident

The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.

It was a difficult decision for the committee that assembles the segment to omit Fawcett, said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences executive director Bruce Davis, who added that he's not surprised some fans and family members are upset.

Fawcett's family issued a statement through a publicist Tuesday saying they were "deeply saddened" and "bereft with this exclusion of such an international icon who inspired so many for so many reasons."

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