Aug 27, 2010 Filed Under: News & Rumours Comments (1)

The 2010 Emmy Awards are happening this Sunday. I hope you’re ready to have some red carpet fun! In the meantime, let’s rewind and feast our eyes on some dazzling gowns from Emmys past. Some longtime Fab favorites like Sarah Jessica Parker, Heidi Klum, Debra Messing, and Chloe Sevigny make cameos, alongside some not-so-obvious choices. Prepare to see some frothy, flowy gowns, as well as some sassy mini ones.

Rachel Zoe found Debra Messing this to-die-for Monique Lhuillier in 2008. Black but so not boring.

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Jul 02, 2010 Filed Under: News & Rumours,Wright vs. Wrong Comments (1)

Yesterday was June 30, a key date in the broadcast development calendar when the options on all actors in this year’s crop of pilots expired unless they were extended. Cast options on several pilots were indeed picked up, keeping the projects in contention for midseason. The list includes the ABC comedies Wright Vs. Wrong and Awkward Situations For Men, which are expected to shoot new pilots, the CBS comedy Team Spitz, as well as the CW drama HMS. A third ABC comedy project, How to be a Better American, also will shoot a new pilot but with an all-new cast as none of the actors from the original pilot have been extended. Most of the other pilots that picked up actors also are not keeping their entire casts. On Team Spitz, only star Rob Riggle was extended. Similarly, on Wright Vs. Wrong only star Debra Messing was picked up but co-star Cheryl Hines could potentially return under her new talent deal with ABC. On Awkward Situations, star/co-creator/executive producer Danny Wallace is staying put, with two of his co-stars, Laura Prepon and Tony Hale, in negotiations to join him.

The cast of HMS granted the CW and studio Warner Bros. TV seven-day extensions as the network is expected to make a pickup decision on the pilot next week. HMS is the only CW pilot from this year’s crop remaining in contention for midseason. (No Nomads, sorry!)

All those decisions went down to the wire, hours before the options were set to expire but nowhere was the situation more dramatic than on the CBS drama pilot Chaos where the options were allowed to lapse, essentially marking the end of the pilot’s chances for a midseason order. The only project that dealt with the issue early this year was the ABC/WBTV dramedy Edgar Floats, which received an order for 6 additional scripts during upfront week. Two weeks ago, the studio extended the option on co-star Robert Patrick, releasing everyone else, including star Tom Cavanagh.

The looming deadline on the pilot actors’ options also helped push through the finish line the series order deals to two pilots, Mad Love at CBS and Breakout Kings at A&E, all closing in the past few days, as well as Fox’s Monday order of two additional scripts to comedy Breaking In, leading to Sony TV’s decision to extend all actors in the pilot, including star Christian Slater and co-star Bret Harrison. Among studios, Sony has the most pilots that have gotten a new lease on life post-upfronts: Mad Love, Wright Vs. Wrong, Team Spitz and Breaking In. Awkward Situations, Edgar Floats and HMS hail from WBTV (HMS is a co-production with CBS Studios), Breakout Kings is from 20th Century Fox TV, now produced by its cable division Fox21, while How To Be a Better American is from ABC Studios.

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Jun 06, 2010 Filed Under: News & Rumours Comments (0)

Except for the cocktail dresses, the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards had a distinctly relaxed quality. So much so that before the evening ended, host Debra Messing removed her shoes.

“I had to do it,” she declared from the podium, her red-heeled Louboutins dangling from one hand.

On ascending the stage, Emily Blunt followed suit. True to the event name, this was “A New Era.”

Blunt presented the Crystal Award to Universal Pictures Co-Chairman Donna Langley; Laura Dern gave Courteney Cox the Lucy Award, named for industry icon Lucille Ball; and Nicola Maramotti of MaxMara honored Zoe Saldana as the “Face of the Future.”

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Jun 04, 2010 Filed Under: Interview,News & Rumours,Will & Grace Comments (1)

With Sex & The Citybeing made into a movie, we’re getting greedy and want all our favorite shows to do the same! Come on, Seinfeld, Friends, and Will & Grace!

Hollyscoop caught up with Debra Messing at the Crystal + Lucy Awards this week and asked her point blank: Will there be a Will & Grace movie in the future???

Debra laughed about the rumor, saying, “Oh my gosh, really?? That is news to me! This is literally the first time I’ve heard that.”

Ok, ok, we admit. We started the rumor. But is it so far off? Come on! While they’re may not be any plans for a film, Messing said she is down to do a reunion show.

“You know,” Debra told us. “I guess people always ask if we would have a reunion show and I would always say-Unfortunately because our season finale it skips ahead 25 years so you already know what happens.”

We had to go back and re-watch the last episode, and she’s totally right! But we still think it could work. If Carrie and the girls can still pull it off, so can Will, Grace, Jack, and Karen!

She added, “So either you would have to do a Geriatric Will and Grace, which can work, or an entire rock/opera fantasy. It would be a challenge I think to come up with a story. But I never say never.”

So you’re saying there’s a chance!!!

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May 18, 2010 Filed Under: News & Rumours,Wright vs. Wrong Comments (0)

I hear another ABC comedy pilot, Wright Vs. Wrong, also is getting another chance. The network is ordering a new pilot from the Sony-produced single-camera project, which stars Debra Messing as a conservative commentator, eyed for midseason. I hear ABC loves Messing and creator Stephnie Weir as well as the voice of the show but wants to improve on the execution with the hire of a new showrunner.

With Wright vs. Wrong and Awkward Situations For Men both getting new pilots, ABC may not order more new comedy series at this time. The network also is keeping an eye on the renewal negotiations between CBS and The New Adventures of Old Christine.

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May 13, 2010 Filed Under: News & Rumours Comments (0)

Two years ago, the tabloids slammed Debra Messing for not losing her baby-weight fast enough. Now, 42 lbs. lighter — and back to her pre-baby figure — she says it’s son Roman who has helped her keep the weight off.

“I run after my 6-year-old. He’s so into sports right now. I honestly can’t keep up with him!” the actress told PEOPLE Moms & Babies at a benefit for the Joyful Heart Foundation, an organization founded by actress Mariska Hargitay that helps abuse victims, in New York last Wednesday.

“[Roman] loves handball, basketball, soccer, and softball. [I play] all of them.”

Fortunately getting in the game is easier these days for Messing, who credits fellow mom Hargitay with providing her with an energy boost secret.

“Mariska sent me this book called Clean, and said ‘You’ve got to do this. I feel great!’ And I just did it two months ago and I feel really strong. I’ve got so much energy,” she raves.

“It’s just a deep detox with lots of organic smoothies, vegetables, fruits, and just a regular normal healthy meal at lunch time. [There's] also lots of lemon water and garlic … everything that you know is good for you.”

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Mar 25, 2010 Filed Under: Movies/TV,News & Rumours,Wright vs. Wrong Comments (1)

Cheryl Hines and Carrie Fisher have been cast in ABC’s upcoming political comedy Wright vs. Wrong, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The series stars Debra Messing as Evelyn Wright, a conservative pundit whose personal life and public persona sometimes conflict.

Hines, 44, will play Keri Daly, Evelyn’s funny, liberal counterpart. Fisher, 53, will play Joan Harrington, Evelyn’s rough-around-the-edges manager.

Larry David producing exclusive extras for Curb Your Enthusiasm on TV Guide Network

Curb Your Enthusiasm star Hines most recently appeared on Brothers & Sisters as Kitty’s campaign manager, while Star Wars‘ Fisher has had various guest stints on shows, including 30 Rock, Family Guy and Weeds.

Mar 23, 2010 Filed Under: News & Rumours Comments (0)

To celebrate the Easter season and help kick-off National Autism Awareness Month, Lindt is hosting an online auction benefiting Autism Speaks.  Beginning April 1, Lindt Chocolate will auction off porcelain versions of the iconic Lindt Gold Bunny at www.ebay.com/lindtgoldbunny.  Each bunny has been autographed by a celebrities like Debra Messing, Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Heidi Klum, Courteney Cox Arquette and more, 100 percent of the auction proceeds will be donated to Autism Speaks.

This is the second year Lindt has partnered with Autism Speaks to help families impacted by autism and to support autism awareness efforts.  In addition to the auction, Lindt is supporting the non-profit through donations from sales of Lindt Gold Bunny and through e-card donations.

Mar 22, 2010 Filed Under: Movies/TV,News & Rumours,Wright vs. Wrong Comments (0)

Patrick Fugit, best known for playing the boy-wonder rock journalist in Cameron Crowe’s 2000 feature Almost Famous, has lined up a regular TV gig, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The actor, 27, is joining Debra Messing in ABC’s comedy pilot Wright vs. Wrong, the trade paper reports.

Debra Messing a right fit for ABC’s Wrong

In the show, the 41-year-old Messing — who won an Emmy during her eight-year run on Will & Grace — plays Evelyn Wright, a Type-A conservative commentator who tries to maintain her public persona despite personal vulnerabilities. Fugit is inked in to play her contributing writer, a liberal New York University graduate.

Melissa Rauch has been cast as her naïve personal assistant.

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Mar 18, 2010 Filed Under: News & Rumours,Will & Grace Comments (1)

You won’t be seeing any “Friends” or “Will & Grace” reunions anytime soon. Turns out everyone already has other plans.

The stars of the two former Must-See TV sitcoms have hardly lacked for work since the shows left the air (“Friends” ended in 2004, “Will & Grace” in 2006). But a confluence of pilot season, movie and TV premieres and, in the case of “W&G” star Sean Hayes, a Broadway opening, means that just about every one of them will be stepping in front of cameras or onto a stage in the next couple of months.

Eric McCormack (Will) stars in Lifetime’s movie “Who Is Clark Rockefeller?” on Saturday (March 13) and has been recurring on “The New Adventures of Old Christine” this season. His former TV roommate Debra Messing is headed back to network TV after “The Starter Wife,” starring in and executive producing an ABC comedy pilot called “Wright vs. Wrong.”

Hayes makes his Broadway debut opposite Kristin Chenoweth in a revival of “Promises, Promises” in April; also next month, Megan Mullally will join the cast of “Party Down” for its second season (we’ll agree to ignore her I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter commercials if you will).

The “Friends” crew has been equally busy. Courteney Cox earned a Golden Globe nomination for ABC’s comedy “Cougar Town,” which was recently picked up for a second season. Lisa Kudrow, who guest-starred on “Cougar Town” in January, is executive producing NBC’s genealogy show “Who Do You Think You Are?” and will be its subject on March 19 — the same day that Jennifer Aniston’s latest movie, “The Bounty Hunter,” hits theaters.

As for the guys, Matt LeBlanc will play a version of himself in Showtime’s comedy “Episodes” later this year, and Matthew Perry is playing the lead role in ABC’s pilot “Mr. Sunshine.” David Schwimmer doesn’t have any acting roles lined up at the moment — he was in talks for ABC’s drama “Edgar Floats,” but the role eventually went to Tom Cavanagh — but he is directing a feature film called “Trust” that stars Clive Owen and Catherine Keener and will presumably do voice work on the third “Madagascar” movie.

So, sorry to those of you who are holding out hope for the “Friends” and “Will & Grace” reunions that will probably never happen. You’ll just have to cut together a bunch of scenes from your DVR.

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