Kirstie Alley’s new reality series, Kirstie Alley’s Big Life, is set to hit the A&E cable network with back-to-back premiere episode on March 21 at 10 p.m. EST, according to a press release from the network this morning. The show is set to “chronicle the extraordinary life of Golden Globe and two-time Emmy winner Kirstie Alley from her journey with her weight loss program to her life as a single mother trying to raise two normal teenagers in the Hollywood spotlight.” In a statement, Alley, the star Fat Actress, Cheers, and Veronica’s Closet, said: “This show has been cathartic for me…show me who I really am…again. And it’s really freaking funny.”
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Feb 5
2010
10:33 AM ET
Feb 5
2010
05:58 AM ET
Focus on the Family purchases ad time during Super Bowl pregame show
Evangelical group Focus on the Family, which is set to air a controversial yet unseen prolife advertisement during Sunday’s Super Bowl, will have an even greater presence around the event, as the organization will reportedly announce today that it will air a second ad four times during the pregame show, according to USA Today. Like the in-game ad, the pre-game spot will also feature star quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam.
Feb 5
2010
05:57 AM ET
Joe Simpson sets up comedy series project at Nickelodeon
Joe Simpson, who has guided the careers of his pop star daughters Jessica and Ashlee, is teaming with long-time tween and teen television producer Tommy Lynch to set up a comedy series project at Nickelodeon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The yet-to-be-named show is set to be based on Simpson’s life experience as a psychologist raising two daughters in Texas. Simpson is no stranger to TV, as he has often produced his daughters’ on-screen projects, as well as the ABC drama Women’s Murder Club. Lynch is known for producing Nickelodeon series such as South of Nowhere, Romeo!, and The Troop.
Feb 5
2010
05:56 AM ET
Laura Prepon, Bret Harrison cast in pilots
Pilot casting continues, with That ’70s Show alum Laura Prepon, Reaper star Bret Harrison, and The Sopranos actor Michael Kelly all joining shows that could potentially be on the broadcast networks this fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Prepon will star opposite Danny Wallace in the ABC comedy Awkward Situations for Men, Harrison joins Fox’s untitled Adam Goldberg comedy, and Kelly enters the mix of the Criminal Minds spinoff at CBS.
Feb 5
2010
05:55 AM ET
Sundance's 'Joan Rivers -- A Piece of Work' bought by IFC Films
IFC Films has nabbed the North American rights to recent Sundance documentary entrant Joan Rivers — A Piece of Work, from filmmakers Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg, in a mid-six-figure deal, according to Variety. The documentary garnered lots of buzz at the festival and had several suitors before landing at IFC.
Feb 4
2010
09:14 PM ET
Robin Williams' 'Cop Out' lawsuit dismissed
A Los Angeles judge has thrown out actor Robin Williams’s $6 million lawsuit against indie studio Gold Circle Films, according to court papers filed Thursday. Williams sued Gold Circle back in October 2008, claiming that the production company promised him a $6 million “pay or play” fee for a buddy cop comedy then titled A Couple of Dicks. Gold Circle ultimately decided not to produce the movie, which was subsequently acquired by Warner Bros. and renamed Cop Out for stars Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan (in theaters Feb. 26). Williams maintained that Gold Circle owed him the $6 million — “pay or play” agreements guarantee that an actor gets paid even if the movie is never made. But Gold Circle managed to prove in court that the two parties never entered “an enforceable agreement as a matter of law.”
“It’s unfortunate that Robin Williams’s attorneys insisted on pursuing this lawsuit when it never should have been filed in the first place,” Gold Circle’s attorney, Michael D. Holtz, told EW. Holtz said he intends to seek recovery of the studio’s costs and attorneys’ fees. Williams’s reps did not immediately return calls for comment.
Feb 4
2010
07:08 PM ET
Syfy gives 'Merlin' a new home
SyFy has picked up the cable rights for all 26 episodes of the British series Merlin, the network announced today. The first season of the mythical drama, which depicts the teenage friendship between Merlin and Arthur, aired on NBC last summer. SyFy will rebroadcast those 13 episodes, as well as the show’s unaired second season, starting in April. A third season of Merlin is scheduled to debut in September in the United Kingdom.
Feb 4
2010
06:40 PM ET
Bruce Springsteen not involved in lawsuit against NYC bar
In response to reports that Bruce Springsteen was suing a Manhattan bar for playing his songs, the singer announced Thursday that the lawsuit in question was filed without his permission, The New York Times reports. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) filed a copyright infringement suit Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court, alleging that Connolly’s Pub & Restaurant failed to pay fees when a band publicly performed two of Springsteen’s songs back in August 2008.
Springsteen was listed as a plaintiff in the suit, but the rocker maintains he had no involvement with the legal action. “ASCAP was solely responsible for naming Bruce Springsteen as a plaintiff in the lawsuit,” said Springsteen’s publicity firm in a statement. “Bruce Springsteen had no knowledge of this lawsuit, was not asked if he would participate as a named plaintiff, and would not have agreed to do so if he had been asked.”
Feb 4
2010
04:54 PM ET
Danny McBride to star in 'L.A.P.I'
Danny McBride (Up in the Air, Pineapple Express) will star in the action comedy L.A.P.I., according to Variety. The film, which is being directed by Jody Hill (Observe and Report), will feature McBride as a tough private investigator. L.A.P.I. represents the movie debut for Rough House Pictures, the new label created by McBride, Hill, and Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green.
Feb 4
2010
04:49 PM ET
McG in talks to direct Reese Witherspoon-Bradley Cooper romantic comedy
McG (Terminator Salvation) is in talks to direct This Means War, a romantic comedy starring Bradley Cooper and Reese Witherspoon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film follows two best male buddies whose friendship collapses when they both fall in love with Witherspoon’s character. The project has been in development since 1998, when Twentieth Century Fox first bought the script.
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