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25 July 2008 10:40 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The singing skills Teri Hatcher displayed during May's American Idol Idol Gives Back telethon have earned her another gig with Desperate Housewives' co-star James Denton and his band.

Hatcher sang Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats while fronting all-star group Band From TV, which features House stars Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer, and now the group has invited her back for an encore.

The actress will perform with the band during an Orange County Flyers baseball match this weekend. Denton co-owns the team.

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17 July 2008 9:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

American Idol host Ryan Seacrest and supermodel Heidi Klum have picked up their first Emmy nominations, after the 2008 Primetime TV Awards introduced the category of top host for a reality competition show.

The presenters will go up against Dancing With the Stars' Tom Bergeron, as well as Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel and Survivor's Jeff Probst to take home the first honour.

Mad Men picked up 16 nods, the most nominations of any drama series, including Best Dramatic Series and Best Actor for its lead, Jon Hamm.

Hamm will face actors Hugh Laurie, for House; Michael C. Hall, for Dexter; Gabriel Byrne, for In Treatment; Bryan Cranston, for Breaking Bad; and James Spader, for Boston Legal.

Meanwhile, 30 Rock was the frontrunner in the comedy category, with 17 nominations, including best series - a gong the show took home last year - and leading actor, Alec Baldwin, and actress for Tina Fey, the show's creator.

The winners for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be unveiled on 21 September at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

A list of nominees is as follows:

Best Series, Drama:

Boston Legal

Damages

Dexter

House

Lost

Mad Men

Best Series, Comedy:

30 Rock

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Entourage

The Office

Two And A Half Men

Best Actor, Drama:

James Spader - Boston Legal

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall - Dexter

Hugh Laurie - House

Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Best Actor, Comedy:

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies

Steve Carell - The Office

Charlie Sheen - Two And A Half Men

Best Actress, Drama:

Sally Field - Brothers + Sisters

Glenn Close - Damages

Mariska Hargitay - Law + Order: Special Victims Unit

Holly Hunter - Saving Grace

Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Best Actress, Comedy:

Tina Fey - 30 Rock

Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures Of Old Christine

America Ferrera - Ugly Betty

Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series:

William Shatner - Boston Legal

Ted Danson - Damages

Zeljko Ivanek - Damages

Michael Emerson - Lost

John Slattery - Mad Men

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series:

Jeremy Piven - Entourage

Kevin Dillon - Entourage

Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother

Rainn Wilson - The Office

Jon Cryer - Two And A Half Men

Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series:

Candice Bergen - Boston Legal

Rachel Griffiths - Brothers + Sisters

Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy

Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy

Dianne Wiest - In Treatment

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series:

Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies

Jean Smart, Samantha Who?

Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live

Holland Taylor, Two And A Half Men

Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

Outstanding Reality Competition Program:

American Idol

Dancing With The Stars

Project Runway

The Amazing Race

Top Chef

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality Competition Program:

Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With The Stars

Howie Mandel, Deal Or No Deal

Heidi Klum, Project Runway

Jeff Probst, Survivor.

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17 July 2008 6:10 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

The TV Academy got a birthday cake for its 60th birthday Thursday morning – while American Idol's Ryan Seacrest, Project Runway's Heidi Klum and Dancing With the Stars' Tom Bergeron, as well as Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel and Survivor's Jeff Probst, all got nominations in the first-time ever category of top host for a reality-competition show. While Deal or No Deal and Survivor both failed to earn nods as best reality-competition show, all the other programs did, along with Top Chef and Amazing Race. In drama, as expected, it was a Mad world, with AMC's critical

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11 July 2008 12:44 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

George Clooney and Sir Paul McCartney have topped a poll of stars people would most like to take a vacation with.

Pop superstar Madonna, U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and Angelina Jolie also make the top ten, voted for by 1,000 travellers and compiled by luxury travel company Pivr.co.uk.

Company boss James Robinson explains the choices: "These stars are much more than just celebrities. They have talents; are philanthropists; have interesting and complex lives and enough anecdotes to keep anyone interested during a dinner party."

The top ten is as follows:

1: George Clooney

2: Sir Paul McCartney

3: Barack Obama

4: Madonna

5: Gordon Ramsay

6: Angelina Jolie

7: Dame Helen Mirren

8: Hugh Laurie

9: Nelson Mandela

10. Daniel Craig.

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10 July 2008 1:52 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

British actor Hugh Laurie has bought a £2 million property in the Hollywood Hills, say reports. According to the Daily Mail, he recently purchased an English-style country house with a gym, a pool and guest house. Laurie, who has been filming hit TV show House in America since March, is apparently missing the English lifestyle and his family. "Hugh's got England so deeply in his blood, (more)

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2 July 2008 6:36 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Gabriel Byrne, Eddie Izzard and James Spader will be among the stars fighting for a Best Drama Actor honour at the Emmy Awards, while pregnant Minnie Driver and Sally Field are favourites for the Best Actress prize.

The quintet has been selected among the 20 semi-finalists on a shortlist.

Driver and Izzard are nominated for The Riches, while Byrne gets a nod for playing a psychiatrist in In Treatment. Boston Legal gave Spader the chance to fight for an Emmy.

Other actors on the top 10 list include Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy), Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and Hugh Laurie (House).

As well as Driver and Field, Patricia Arquette (Medium), Glenn Close (Damages), Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit) and Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) are among those under consideration.

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11 June 2008 3:40 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

He's played a CIA agent on Alias and now fights crime as a mind-reading police officer on Heroes. But Greg Grunberg says he's not the star in the family. "Jake is my hero, he really is," Grunberg, 41, tells People about his 12-year-old son, who has epilepsy. "He doesn't let anything stop him, and to deal with everything with your head up high, that to me is a true hero." His son has been the inspiration behind his involvement in raising awareness about the neurological disorder, which includes raising funds for pediatric epilepsy research. As drummer for Band From TV, Grunberg

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6 June 2008 1:42 PM, PDT | From Brothers and Sisters-TV | See recent Brothers and Sisters-TV news

I got this article in an email and highlighted the B&S mentions. No mention of the guys or Emily. Here's the link to the site The Envelope

Propects for Emmy acting awards

From drama, comedy and miniseries, these actors are up for the part.

By Tom O'Neil, The Envelope

June 4, 2008

Emmy's winners for acting are chosen in a three-tier system by actors who belong to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. During the first two weeks of June, they participate in a popular vote that determines a Top 10 runoff in each race. Finalists submit a sample episode of their best work to judges, whose scores are combined by accountants in a 50-50 mix with results of the original popular vote. The five nominees in each category are then announced July 17. Winners are decided based on judges' scores of the sample episodes and are revealed at the awards ceremony to

29 May 2008 4:57 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Heroes actor Greg Grunberg has been inundated with offers of work from Ricky Gervais - but he is more interested in enrolling the British funnyman in his celebrity band.

Grunberg has joined House star Hugh Laurie and Desperate Housewives actor James Denton in forming the celeb-studded group Band From TV.

And Grunberg admits he is willing to make a guest appearance in Gervais' hit TV show Extras, if the comic will return the favour.

He says, "Ricky's always asking me to do stuff. But I want him in my celeb band."

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26 May 2008 5:13 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Michelle Ryan has won an award for her role in cancelled TV show Bionic Woman - she has topped a poll for the worst American accent.

The British actress beat comedian Eddie Izzard, who came second for his role as Wayne Malloy in The Riches.

Anna Friel took third place for her role as Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles in Pushing Daisies and Hugh Laurie was fourth for his portrayal of Dr. Gregory House in House.

Ian McShane took fifth spot for his role as Al Swearengen in Deadwood.

Other British stars to appear in top 10 include Minnie Driver in The Riches, Joely Richardson in Nip/Tuck and Louise Lombard in Csi: Crime Scene Investigation.

The poll was compiled by British magazine Radio Times.

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14 May 2008 12:09 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Lisa Edelstein's House character Dr. Lisa Cuddy is being lined up for a spin-off show, according to reports.

Cuddy is the boss of Hugh Laurie's character Dr. House in the show. During the programme's run, the two characters have enjoyed a sizzling but unconsummated sexual chemistry.

Producers are rumoured to be hatching plans to shift Cuddy to a show of her own - but the actress insists she knows nothing.

Edelstein says, "I've heard the same rumours. But the producers tell us nothing."

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28 April 2008 9:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

House star Hugh Laurie blames the hit TV show for destroying his memory.

The British actor loved to read in his spare time before he landed the role of the grouchy doctor in the Fox drama - but the piles of scripts he is forced to read and remember have left him unable to commit anything else to memory.

He says, "It turns out I can't read any more.

"I can physically read, but I have no memory. Because of television I have to absorb a lot of stuff for a very short period of time.

"I've decided to pick one novel and read it over and over again for the rest of my life. I'm thinking Grapes of Wrath."

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28 April 2008 3:14 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Hugh Laurie has admitted that an actors' strike would have its benefits.

The House star said he is "very lazy" and would welcome the opportunity to take more time off work.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) recently began negotiations with studio heads for a new contract ahead of the current deal's June 30 expiry date. Actors may hold a similar walkout to the WGA if no agreement is reached before then.

Talking about the threat of industrial action, Laurie joked: "Am I worried that there won't be an actors' . . .

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27 April 2008 6:19 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

House star Hugh Laurie is quietly hoping for an actor's strike this summer, so he can take some time off.

The Brit confesses he is lazy and loved the three-month break the recent Writer's Guild strike afforded him.

Actor's union the Sag (Screen Actor's Guild) and studio bosses are currently negotiating to avoid a second bout of industrial action - and Laurie won't be too disappointed if the talks fail.

He jokes, "I am worried that there won't be an actor's strike? Of course not. (But) little tiny strike every now and again is good. I'm very lazy."

When asked what he did during the writer's strike, Laurie replied, "I did absolutely nothing. I was like a lizard on a rock. I struck a pose and held it for three months."

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16 April 2008 5:11 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

House star Hugh Laurie was bitterly disappointed not to have been given gun training for new movie Street Kings - insisting he would love to be taught how to handle a weapon.

The British actor plays a police officer in the forthcoming film but, unlike his co-stars Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker, his character does not take part in any shoot-out scenes - so Laurie was forced to sit out the training sessions.

He says, "I desperately wanted to go. But I'm sort of a desk-bound beaurocrat who feels that gunplay on the streets is beneath him. I was wearing a holster with a gun, but I never got to touch it."

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7 April 2008 6:10 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

Prom queens and street kings hold court this week at the multiplexes while the college professors of "Smart People" and "The Visitor" preside at the art houses.

"Body of War"

Talk show legend Phil Donahue hands over the mic to Iraqi war veteran Tomas Young in this hard-hitting documentary that contrasts Young's struggle to re-enter civilian life as a paraplegic and anti-war activist with archival footage of an overeager U.S. Congress and what the filmmakers view as their hasty decision to greenlight the invasion. Although the film, co-directed by Donahue and Ellen Spiro, was named best documentary of 2007 by the National Board of Review, "Body of War" has earned equal attention for its soundtrack led by two tracks from Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, with all proceeds going to the non-profit organization Iraq Veterans Against The War. (Check out our interview with Spiro and Donahue.)

Opens in New York.

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3 April 2008 10:35 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Teri Hatcher will show off her singing skills when she performs on American Idol's U.S. charity fundraiser Idol Gives Back next week.

The Desperate Housewives star will hit the high notes on the mini-telethon, which will also feature appearances by Bono, Brad Pitt, Annie Lennox, Robin Williams and Kiefer Sutherland.

The New York Daily News reports the actress will perform Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats with Desperate Housewives co-star James Denton and Hugh Laurie's celebrity group The Band From TV.

Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres was slated to host the Idol Gives Back show, but she has pulled out due to "personal production pressure".

Idol gives back organisers are hoping to raise over $100 million (GBP50 million) for charities like the Children's Defense Fund, The Global Fund To Fight Aids, Tuberculosis And Malaria, Make It Right and Save The Children.

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1 April 2008 12:38 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actor Hugh Laurie was so convinced his medical drama House would be a flop, he stayed in a hotel for the first year of filming.

The 48-year-old has been a household name in the U.K. since the 1980s but only shot to fame in the U.S. in 2004 for his portrayal of medical maverick Dr Gregory House, and Laurie admits when he first took on the character, he assumed the show would only last a handful of episodes, so he didn't even bother checking through his contract.

The series went on to become a major international hit, with Laurie picking up two Golden Globe awards for the role and signing up for seven seasons.

But the star wishes he had more confidence when he first signed up to the programme.

He says, "At the time (when the pilot episode was made) I blindly signed up thinking it wouldn't go anywhere.

"I don't know what the odds are (of a pilot becoming a long-running hit) - one in 100? One in 200? I didn't realise what I was getting myself into. The first year I was in a hotel. Everyone else in the show was signing leases on houses and I said, 'You're mad, we're only going to last a month.' I literally didn't unpack."

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31 March 2008 6:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

House star Hugh Laurie hates talking to the press about his past - comparing the experience with putting his "testicles on a chopping board".

The British actor, who has previously admitted to suffering from clinical depression, tries to remain upbeat by focusing on the future.

But reporters like to delve into his background, and their questions often trigger a negative mood swing in Laurie.

He says, "Obviously you are in a very vulnerable position (when you give an interview). You are putting your testicles on a chopping board.

"I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time.

"And here's the really destructive part - it's always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done. I can't bear going through the same f**king dance of despair."

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21 March 2008 2:36 AM, PDT | From Watcher | See recent Watcher news

Dying for a few clues about what will happen when “House” returns? Join the club.

I found out a bit about what will transpire when the Fox medical drama comes back April 28. The details are below.

If you’re a fan of Anne Dudek, you’ll be happy when “House” returns, according to a “House” source. The Northwestern alum's character, Dr. Amber Volakis, (she has another, more colorful nickname that we cannot print in a family newspaper), appears in several of the four episodes of “House” that will air in April and May.

You’ll recall that Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) was shocked and a little envious when he found out Amber and his friend James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) were dating. There’s even more rivalry on display in the April 28 episode, “No More Mr. Nice Guy.”

In the May 5 episode, Jason Lewis (“Brothers & Sisters,” “Sex and the City

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