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• Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV

  Associated Press - Sat Sep 6, 4:12 AM PDT
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Three TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night with a live telethon that aired simultaneously on NBC, ABC and CBS. Jack Black , Jennifer Aniston , Halle Berry and Keanu Reeves -- along with presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama -- were among the stars participating in "Stand Up to Cancer," an hourlong, commercial-free fundraising show spearheaded by entertainment-industry more »

• Today's Top Videos - Entourage Returns With Killer Guest Star Roster

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Vinny Chase may be in a bit of a slump ever since his Medellin flop, but the same doesn't ring true for the boys behind Entourage . The hit HBO series is coming back Sunday for its Season 5 premiere, and the list of guest stars is pretty extensive with Giovanni Ribisi , Tony Bennett, Mark Walberg, Bow Wow, among others, scheduled to pop up. Can't wait to see Ari raise some hell! Watch it now! | More online videos TVGuide Links:

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• Roush Dispatch - Welcome Back, HBO!

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Feels like old times, having a Sunday HBO lineup to get excited about again. But excited I am, having seen the first five episodes of the wildly entertaining new vampire mystery/romance/comedy/thriller hybrid True Blood, and the first four episodes of Entourages much-improved fifth season. I posted my initial thoughts on True Blood in a Dispatch filed shortly after HBOs presentation during TCA press tour this summer, at which time I had screened the first two episodes. Since then, Ive more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Stars Join Cancer Fight

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  More than 60 celebrities headlined Friday night's Stand Up to Cancer TV special, a multi-network fundraiser benefiting cancer research. Jessica Alba, Halle Berry , Jack Black , Sheryl Crow , Ellen DeGeneres , Jennifer Garner , Salma Hayek , Meryl Streep , Charlize Theron , Sharon Osbourne , Scarlett Johansson and Lance Armstrong are just some of the names who were to be present for the evening of "edutainment," Laura Ziskin , executive producer and cancer survivor, told The Associated more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Greg Berlanti Makes a Return to ABC

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Greg Berlanti has three shows on the air, but he's already planning a television Return. The brains behind Brothers & Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone is adding a fourth show to his extensive resume with The Return, a sci-fi project in development with ABC, according to Variety. Berlanti is collaborating with sci-fi connoisseur Rene Echevarria ( Star Trek , The 4400) on the series, which will examine the impact of an alien landing on the world. The Return more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Arrested Development Creator, Jason Biggs Collaborating on Sitcom

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Arrested Development mastermind Mitch Hurwitz will tackle more family dynamics in a new CBS comedy, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The as-yet-untitled sitcom focuses on a family that "loves too much" " namely the parents who insist on butting in on their adult children's lives. Jason Biggs is in negotiations to join the project, which has received a pilot commitment and another six-episode order from CBS. Hurwitz will pen the script with Arrested cohort James Vallely. The more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Adriana Lima's Getting Ugly for TV

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Ugly Betty will be touched by an angel " a Victoria's Secret Angel , that is. Supermodel Adriana Lima has snagged a guest spot on an upcoming episode of Ugly Betty , People reports. The 27-year-old beauty will play herself, but will get to show off her acting chops. In the episode, Lima models for Mode's "sizzling hot issue" and gives Betty (America Ferrera) the scoop on the secret to her sexiness " consuming the fictional exotic fruit "tico berry." Lima films her more »

• TV Guide Sports Report - Brett Favre Jets Into a New York State of Mind

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  The 2008 NFL season gets into full swing Sunday and the Brett Favre story will surely be a hot topic. The NFLs greatest statistical quarterback makes his debut as a member of the New York Jets Sunday against the Miami Dolphins (Sept. 7, 1 pm/ET, CBS " click here to see if your local affiliate will have the game). Prior to the game, on CBS The NFL Today , Dan Marino sits down with Favre for a one-on-one interview (noon/ET). Favre tearfully announced his retirement in March, only more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Harry Hamlin Sails into Harper's Island

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Harry Hamlin has sailed into a role on CBS' upcoming Harper's Island, a horror drama series expected to air midseason. The series will focus on a group of friends who get terrorized on an island off the Seattle coast, where they've met for a destination wedding. Hamlin will play a gregarious, Lothario of an uncle of the groom ( Ugly Betty 's Christopher Gorham), says the Reporter. In addition to showing off his footwork on a season of Dancing with the Stars, Hamlin's more »