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TV Bites: Jonathan Demme Gets Enlightened for HBO
In this morning's other TV Bites: The CW plans a crossover... a former $#*! My Dad Says star finds work... Levi Johnston gets his reality show... and more ahead.
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Matthew Morrison's Hair Gets a Stay of Execution
Remember that rumor that Matthew Morrison might shave his head for Glee's Britney Spears episode? Well, shame on you, because the mere fact that you knew about it means that now it won't happen. "I guess they're deciding not to do it now because it was kind of supposed to be like the surprise, you know," costar Heather Morris told Access Hollywood. "Then [executive producer] Ryan [Murphy] got wind that everybody found out and he was like, 'I don't think we can do it anymore because now it's out.'" [Access Hollywood]
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What's On: Stand-Up Showdown on Last Comic Standing
One comic will stand at the end of tonight's Last Comic Standing, and a disco legend will commemorate that victory with an anthem about survival. At first you were afraid, now you're petrified.
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This Week on Cable: Reds, Rebel Yells and Required Viewing
This week on cable, rebel politics are in the air -- just as your fight-the-power muscle felt like it was growing slack and the news seems just politics as usual... Find everyone from Warren Beatty to Melvin Van Peebles to Brian De Palma after the jump.
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Which Classical Acting Method Did Bachelor Jake Use in His Drop Dead Diva Guest Spot?
Vienna Girardi, the Bachelor winner who wasn't, once called out her ex-fiance Jake Pavelka for trying to start an acting career. It turns out her accusation was right on the rose, er, nose, as Pavelka's big debut on Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva sees him taking the witness stand and a guest-actor Emmy slot away from poor Alan Alda. Watch after the jump and gawk at how "method" it all gets.
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Emmy Spotlight: Is Joan Holloway Due for a Win?
Christina Hendricks wielded two important instruments as Joan Holloway during season three of Mad Men: command of her startling B-plot, and a big breakable vase. Will her smashing performance put her in serious contention for an Emmy triumph? Movieline ranks her odds against her five competitors.
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True Blood's Theo Alexander On His Gay Vampire Sex Scene with Alexander Skarsgard
How do you recover from a graphic vampire-on-vampire sex scene that ended with one nasty staking and screams that literally curdled blood? If you're actor Theo Alexander, you fly to Greece to unwind -- and edit the aforementioned sequence out of the bootlegged episode of True Blood you plan on screening for your mother. This morning, the Greek actor took a break from his two-week vacation to phone Movieline and discuss the sensual way he prepared for True sex, his fear of getting in touch with his "gay" side, and his character's 700-year romance with the King of Mississippi.
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Swoosie Kurtz on Mike and Molly, a Pushing Daisies Film and Finding Herself Onstage
Swoosie Kurtz has enjoyed a rich career that has spanned three mediums, netted one Emmy, garnered Broadway's coveted "Triple Crown" and afforded her a trip into Bryan Fuller's fantastically whimsical Pushing Daisies world, where she played a heavy-drinking, gun-toting, agoraphobic aunt who lost an eye while cleaning a litter box. This fall, nearly three decades after starring alongside Tony Randall in the sitcom Love, Sidney, Kurtz returns to the half-hour arena in Mike and Molly.
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True Blood Sex and Violence Meter: Seduce and Destroy
After several weeks of fussin' and fightin', everyone on True Blood just wanted to get laid this week. Still, not everyone made it out of their long-rumored sexual assignations alive. Let's tally up the new episode's sex and violence to see which was on top (ahem).
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Ice Cube, Are We There Yet? Reportedly Close to 90-Episode Megadeal at TBS
Remember when shows like Home Improvement would let you in on "100th Episode" after-parties, and you'd see Patricia Richardson cutting a big cake and Zachary Ty Bryan sniffling into his own flannel pullover? Well, the 100-episode hallmark is apparently no longer as momentous -- because Ice Cube's new sitcom Are We There Yet? is reportedly close to a 90-episode order only after airing 10 on the cable network.
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Big Brother Repulsion Index: Pandora's Relationship On the Rocks
In last night's Big Brother, Matt opened Pandora's Box and unwittingly invited a new saboteur into the household. In exchange for this CBS-branded evil that will haunt houseguests (and hopefully dissolve alliances), Matt picked up the ultimate, diamond-encrusted accessory...
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'Trust Me, I'm in Advertising': Mad Men Recapped
Sunday's episode of Mad Men made for an unlikely grand finale to Shark Week, seeing as Matthew Weiner and Co. provided one of the sturdiest, stuntiest ramps possible for Don Draper to jump over the bloodthirsty creatures swimming below. If only he'd stuck the landing instead of tumbling to a broken, maudlin heap on the other side. It's almost enough to make a spectator ask for his money back. Let's revisit the horror.
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TV Bites: Friday Night Lights' Zach Gilford Heads Off the Map
Also in this morning's TV Bites: HBO will make your fall that much cooler... V brings back an original cast member... Camelot goes to Rome... and more ahead.
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EXCLUSIVE: Which Glee Actor Will Be Hosting Saturday Night Live?
Glee's cast members can act, sing, and do comedy, but can they do all that live in front of millions of people? We'll find out soon enough, as Movieline has exclusively learned that Saturday Night Live just tapped an Emmy-nominated actor from the cast to host one of the first shows of its upcoming 36th season.
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5 TV Pairs Who Should Follow Joshua Jackson and Kevin Williamson's Reunion Hopes
Because nostalgia for Pacey Witter has reached an all-time high this summer, it doesn't come as a shock to find out that Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson is interested in having Joshua Jackson appear on his current show, Vampire Diaries. Assuming this happens -- and while it probably won't, anything could happen -- it would be a boon for all those Pacey-Con disciples. But which other former actor/writer pairs should also re-team for a reunion? Movieline investigates ahead.
