Larry Hagman excited about 30th `Dallas' reunion
Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be any money in it. But his wife persuaded him to give the role of conniving oil baron and cattle rancher J.R. Ewing a shot, saying they could "renegotiate" and that the job might pay off. It did, eventually earning Hagman a reported $100,000 or more per episode. And now fans from across the world are paying as much as $1,000 apiece to celebrate
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Today's News: Our Take - Ryan O'Neal's Son Ordered to Rehab
A month after being arrested along with his father Ryan on suspicion of drug possession, Redmond O'Neal has admitted to relapsing and was ordered into a two-week drug treatment program, People reports."You're a stand-up guy to come here and deal with your problem," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Millington told O'Neal. "I want you to stay clean... You better stay clean or the hammer is going to fall."O'Neal, 23, was in the middle of his three-year more »
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Today's News: Our Take - ABC Family Bringing 10 Things to the Small Screen
ABC Family is looking for more laughs, picking up two comedy pilots, including one based on the 1999 teen flick, 10 Things I Hate About You.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gil Junger , the director of the film 10 Things — which introduced audiences to the late Heath Ledger — has signed on to direct the pilot. The series won't deviate too much from the feature, which itself was based on William Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew, more »
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Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: Daisies Wilts, as Christine Looks Better
Wednesday's ratings wrap-up:
8 pm/ET Bones gained 520K week-to-week to top the hour with 10.34 million total viewers. CBS' comedy combo of Old Christine (7.64 mil, up 11 percent) and Gary Unmarried (7.43 mil, up 450 thou) placed second. Knight Rider dipped to 7.56 mil but still drove past Pushing Daisies (5.55 mil), which dropped 12 percent. Top Model did a typical 3.88 mil.
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Today's News: Our Take - Lorne Michaels: Palin SNL Appearance Will Happen "All in Good Time"
A Sarah Palin-Tina Fey Saturday Night Live showdown will happen "all in good time," Lorne Michaels told The Associated Press.The executive producer's tease comes after Seth Meyers asserted there was "no truth" to the slew of Palin rumors, but would love to have her on. Michaels, though, shared that he wasn't actively pursuing the Alaska Gov. to appear on the sketch show, which begins its first of three primetime Thursday specials after The Office.For more »
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Today's News: Our Take - Angelina Jolie Breastfeeds Twin on W Magazine Cover
Like all mammals, Angelina Jolie has hair and warm blood, produces live young, and feeds them with her own milk.
W Magazine can prove it.
Unlike other mammals, Jolie attracts an amazing amount of attention and interest from total strangers. So the magazine features her on its November cover, breastfeeding one of her twins. The photo was one of several taken by Brad Pitt , while they were holed up in France at the Chateau Miraval.
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All Things Dancing Blog - Cheryl Burke OK With Her Weight
OK, maybe Cheryl Burke has put on a couple pounds. She doesn't care, and neither should you, she says.
"I want kids or women out there to realize you don't have to be anorexic to be beautiful," the two-time Dancing with the Stars champ tells People. "There's a lot of pressure living this Hollywood life. People expect to see you at a certain weight and when you gain a few pounds then all of a sudden it's the talk of the week."
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Today's News: Our Take - TVGuide.com's Top TV Moments of the Week
The country is at war, the world economy is teetering, and a presidential election is weeks away. It's time to either fixate on the problems of the world or take comfort in the realm of fantasy. With this week's list, we do a little of both. 9. Biggest Surprise Snooze: You might think John McCain and Barack Obama would have interesting things to discuss at Tuesday's night's presidential debate. But no, it was more of Obama playing it safe and McCain deriding more »
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Today's News: Our Take - Salma Hayek Will Rock Jack Donaghy's World
She who produces and once guest-starred on ABC's Ugly Betty now has landed a plum gig on another Thursday-night series. Salma Hayek has been confirmed for a recurring role on NBC's Emmy-winning 30 Rock, playing no less than former GE exec Jack Donaghy's new love interest.
“I have been a fan of [30 Rock exec producer] Tina [Fey]’s talent, both as an actress and a writer, since working with her years ago on SNL," Hayek says more »
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Best of EW's TV Watch: 14 from the Week Ending Oct. 10
Mad Men: All in the Family Sunday, Oct. 5 Betty dealt with the fact that neither the family she grew up in nor the one she's created is doing very well (though Karen Valby holds out hope), and Pete might be a step closer to starting his own family I know that rooting for Don and Betty is like rooting for that couple in your life who always fight, whose drama can be tedious and exhausting. And yet somehow you want to believe that they are better together than they are apart, more »
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