Blog Posts by Tara Ariano

Awwwww! (JB Lacroix/WireImage.com)Tonight, immediately following the Season 9 finale of "Project Runway," Lifetime will premiere "Project Accessory," the newest addition to the franchise. I'm already on the record with my reservations about the show's very premise, but that doesn't mean I won't be watching. Intense contestants + restrictive time constraints x fashion = MUST-SEE.

Lifetime has been keeping details about the show pretty hush-hush so far: Other than its premiere date and time and its host (Molly Sims), we don't know much. But that just means there's no reason not to muse about what could lie ahead. If the show is still in production, these challenges are all up for grabs!

President of Television. (Hulu)Suddenly Everywhere: Matt Besser

You Might Know Him From: His work as a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade, and appearances at the theaters that bear the sketch group's name

First Location Of His Recent Campaign To Be Suddenly Everywhere: As Crazy Ira, a Pawnee shock jock on "Parks & Recreation"

Next Location Of His Recent Campaign To Be Suddenly Everywhere: As a circus clown who runs afoul of Dr. Blake Downs (Rob Corddry) on "Children's Hospital"

Last night, satirist Stephen Colbert railed against the media's "War on Halloween," which seems to consist of anything that makes Halloween more environmentally friendly, healthier, or about Jesus. He hates it: "Halloween is about fun! It's not about being responsible. That's why we send our kids off alone into the night to solicit complete strangers for food!" Colbert also mentions the "Jesus-ween" movement, and calls Jesus "The original zombie." You get the feeling they've been sitting on this segment for a week or two, but FINALLY:

Justin Timberlake is making the talk-show rounds this week in support of his new movie, "In Time," but ONLY ELLEN DeGENERES will ask the tough questions about his adolescence on "The New Mickey Mouse Club" with superstar/meme generator Ryan Gosling. Because did you know that, for a time, Timberlake's mother was Gosling's legal guardian? The two of them were like brothers! They shared a bathroom and stole golf carts! I am totally watching the whole interview tomorrow, but here's a tease.

Has it seemed to you lately as though you are hearing the medically appropriate terms for human reproductive organs on TV more frequently than you used to? If so, you are not alone! Evidently, someone at the FCC has slackened in his or her vigilance against the clinical words represented by, in polite society, the abbreviations "P" and "V" and sometimes "T," and Sarah Frank of New York magazine's Vulture blog has put video proof into this supercut. HEADPHONE WARNING: The clip below contains technically correct yet still kind of hilarious words that you may not want your cubicle neighbor, small children, or talking parrot to overhear.

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They'll be our guests. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com; Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images; Lester Cohen/WireImage.com)Actors have day jobs, but with an eye on a paycheck, a fun day's work, or an Outstanding Guest Actor Emmy, they moonlight in TV guest roles, too. Here are a few performers who will soon provide their Guest Services.

Actor: Jennifer Coolidge
Day Job: A recurring role as Betty on "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
Guest-Starring On: "2 Broke Girls"
Role: A "hardworking neighbor" to the show's titular leads, Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs)
Pros: She's a Groundlings alumna who has shown the capacity to be subtle in roles like Jerry's masseuse girlfriend on "Seinfeld"; maybe that mature energy can temper the show's less appealing elements.
Cons: Coolidge hasn't played a normal person in maybe a decade.

Is this over now? (YouTube)After notoriously delivering a standup set that included remarks about killing his son if he turned out to be gay, Tracy Morgan spent the summer on an apology tour, working with GLAAD to reach out to gay youth and generally trying to distance himself as a person from his persona as a comic. As of a few weeks ago, when he appeared on "The Late Show," it was still a topic of conversation — but after his visit to "Rosie," Morgan might finally be off the hook.

Maybe we'll see Velvet Jones again after all. (Hulu)When Ben Stiller hosted "Saturday Night Live" a few weeks ago, it was rumored that his appearance might be complemented with a surprise cameo from his "Tower Heist" co-star, Eddie Murphy. It might seem like a safe guess for TV pundits to make: After all, Murphy (like Stiller) is an "SNL" alumnus. But Murphy hadn't darkened the door of Studio 8H in years — reportedly due to a Weekend Update joke from David Spade. However, in a new interview timed to the release of "Tower Heist," Murphy comments on that rumored grudge — and asserts that he's over it.