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The Full Monte
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Busy As well as being behind five - you
heard - DreamWorks movies for Disney
this year, Steven Spielberg has two new
TV series for us. “Terra Nova” timetravels
back to the Jurassic (or judging
by first images, “Avatar”) period on Fox
in mid-season; it’s scripted, on Spielberg
orders, by “24” writers Brannon Braga and
David Fury. And “Fallen Skies” is a way of
thanking Noah Wyle for 254 “ER” chapters
and has him fighting alien invaders in what
TNT calls “the TV event of the year.”
Moving. This time last year, Kal Penn
quit “House, MD” to be Barack Obama’s
associate director of public engagement.
Now Kal’s returning to his day job in a
third “Harold & Kumar” movie (John
Cho is Harold) for Christmas.
Superman no more, Brandon Routh
is juggling two shows with the speed
of... He’s part of “Chuck” on NBC and
is a tough (ex-Navy Seal) bodyguard in
TBS’ “In Security.” There’s no room for
Brandon in the next Supie re-boot where
(like Spider-Man), our hero will be younger
than Krypton. Five Or, 3-D, then.
Apocalyptic. Handsome Andrew Lincoln
- the quizzical Robert in “Afterlife,” the
BBC’s “Medium” - has a mini-series
at AMC: “The Walking Dead.” He’s a
small-town cop heading post-apocalypse
survivors in their struggle against a world
of... zombies. Creator Robert Kirkman is
overjoyed. “Wow - what an amazing find
this guy is. Writing Rick Grimes month
after month in the comic series, I’d no
idea he was an actual living, breathing
human being, and yet here he is.” Frank
Darabont (adapter-director of the best
Stephen King movies) is the show’s boss.
List “Cougar Town:” star Busy Phillips
once listed 25 things she was sure that
none of us knew about her. Such as an
insatiable need for Mexican food, darkchocolate
chips and water, dislocating
both knees. going to college with Linda
(“E.R”) Cardellini and Colin Hanks and
having dark brown for a year - “I swear,
people were nicer to me.”
Notta Lotta People Dat. Dana Delany’s
grandfather invented the Delany valve, a
flushing device still use in today’s toilets.
He praised it highly but not in a way that
we can print...!
Double Act Hugh Dillon - nominated for
Best Actor in a two drama series - was
first famous - nay, notorious - in Canada
as the lead singer with The Headstones
rock band. Now he runs the Hugh Dillon
Redemption Choir and writes music for
films and TV shows including his own,
also nominated: “Durham County” and
“Flashpoint.”
End He may be Mad but he ain’t crazy.
“Mad Men” creator Matt Weiner says
he will not go further than six seasons.
Same as “The Sopranos.” Although their
creator, David Chase, once told me he’d
stop at four. At least, he never dragged
on. Lke “Lost” (yawn!) and “24.”
The Shock was not the last “Lost”
but Evangeline Lilly saying, OK, that’ll
do, she’s quitting acting. “I’m not
passionate about it.” Well, you should
be says Steven Spielberg because
you’re good. And he’s signed her for
his sf. production of “Real Steel.” And
that’s the real truth.
Oddballs ABC’s “Cutthroat” stars Mia
Maestro (“Alias”) as a Beverly Hills
soccer mom running an international
drug cartel. While, “Delta Blues” has
a bizarre Memphis cop still living with
Mom and moonlighting... as an Elvis
impersonator!
Dommagio! She as due here, but
AnnaLynne McCord had to bow out
leaving co-star Tristan Wilds to fly the
“90210” flag alone. A pity, ’cos she’s a
great beauty and humanitarian… working
for Haitian orphans and helping rebuild
homes in post-Katrina New Orleans.
“For me success is not all about the paycheque
or magazine covers. It’s about
figuring out why I’m here and discovering
my greater purpose in life.” Good girl.
Can Hollywood only find Aussies to play
Marilyn Monroe She is “The Blonde”
of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel and is being
played by Naomi Watts in a $20m.
movie. Nine years ago, a TV production
was in competition here starring Poppy
Montgomery - a year before “Without A
Trace.” Neither Aussie can hold candle
(in the wind) ) to Marilyn....
At least, New York has Montana’s
Michelle Williams as MM in “My Week
With Marilyn,” about her making “The
Prince and the Showgirl” with Laurence
Olivier in 1956.
Will Randall
The Hat arrived. And under it,
bien sur, was Larry Hagman.
“Yeah, I have a thousand
hats.” That’s a room full -
two rooms “Wal, my wife
puts ’em in store somewhere.
I don’t know where! So I keep
having to buy new ones. And,
as people know I’m a collector,
they send me some.”
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