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Showtime picks up 'End of Steve'
Original at Variety
• 7 hours ago
TV News: Dark comedy stars Matthew Perry as TV host -- Showtime has picked up the pilot "The End of Steve," a dark comedy written and produced by Matthew Perry and Peter Tolan, and starring the longtime "Friends" thesp.
Showtime picks up 'End of Steve'
Original at Variety.com
• 7 hours ago
TV News: Dark comedy stars Matthew Perry as TV host -- Showtime has picked up the pilot "The End of Steve," a dark comedy written and produced by Matthew Perry and Peter Tolan, and starring the longtime "Friends" thesp.
How Much Would Those Jobs on TV Pay in Real Life, Anyway?
Original at BuzzSugar
• 11 hours ago
By BuzzSugar Being in the writing biz myself, I've always marveled at how Carrie Bradshaw pulled off such a fabulous lifestyle including that spacious, beautifully furnished, ideally located apartment on a newspaper columnist's salary. I know later in the television series she confronts some fin...
Bromance is in the air
Original at Times Record News
• 16 hours ago
• 3 related articles
TX - Ross, Joey and Chandler competed for one-on-one time all the time on “Friends.” They also hugged. And talked. A lot. For 10 seasons, they talked about their ...
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Catch-Up with “Friends” Star Matt LeBlanc in Heinz Ketchup ...
Original at The InstantCast Blog!
• 17 hours ago
By instantcast Commercial Break: He’s best known and adored for his role as Joey Tribbiani on Friends, but did you know that Matt LeBlanc got his start in TV commercials? Long before he tagged the phrase “How YOU doin’?”, he charmed the ladies with ...
Top 10 Movie LosersOriginal at Hecklerspray
• 18 hours ago
By hecklerspray staff “You’re the one that’s gone from being a chartered accountant to Charlton Heston!” - Shaun 5. Ash Williams – Evil Dead Trilogy “Groovy” - Ash “Oh my God, I wrote a hit play!” – Max Fischer “It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
Maternity Mementos
Original at Logan Herald Journal
• Mon, Oct 13
UT - In 2002, TV character Rachel Greene, from “Friends,” became pregnant during the eighth season. Rachel wore tight-fitting shirts and exposed her stomach ...
Hollywood's Best Breasts: Jessica Simpson, Beyonce and Courteney Cox Botox Admission
Original at National Ledger
• Sun, Oct 12
Former 'Friends' star Courteney Cox has confessed that she has tried botox and she really hated it. With that little enhancement confession from Courteney it's a nice segue to take a look Hollywood's best...
Sitcom Sci Fi Spinoffs
Original at SCIFIPEDIA
• Sat, Oct 11
If Friends had ended in 1974 instead of 2004, Matt LeBlanc could have ended up voicing a cartoon version of his character in Joey on Jupiter. While the idea of Joey saying, "How you doin'?" to hot aliens may seem ridiculous, there is a mini-genre of characters from non-Sci Fi sitcoms finding...
Kristi Yamaguchi Bringing Friends and Family Together for Show
Original at Celebrity Baby Blog
• Fri, Oct 10
By Angela R. Rachel Worth/WENN Family and friends are two of the most important things in Olympic skater Kristi Yamaguchi's life. Those influences are what lead the skater to begin the Kristi Yamaguchi Friends and Family Ice Show four years ago. After Kristi's oldest daughter Keara Kiyomi, 5, was bor...
Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it isOriginal at Hecklerspray
• Fri, Oct 10
By Chris Laverty Folded: Tamiya’s Toyota Land Cruiser ‘Rock Crawler’ (Christmas soon…)Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD (at least the production diaries doc is pretty interesting)Wasting time on YouTube watching the opening credits from old TV shows (you’ll look back fondly o...
HEX (TV series)
Original at SCIFIPEDIA
• Fri, Oct 10
In the United States, the series was picked up by BBC America which aired the first season and the first four episodes of the second season during the summer of 2006. The remaining nine episodes are scheduled to conclude in summer of 2007. External links BBC America Hex Official site
Courteney Cox Arquette prefers wrinkles over Botox
Original at Earthtimes.org
• Thu, Oct 9
New York - The former Friends star Courteney Cox Arquette has admitted to using Botox and finds it fantastic and also horrible in a recent interview with Marie Claire magazine. Arquette said she went to a doctor once, And he was like, 'Oh, let me ...
Like 'Dumb and Dumber,' except "Do Not Disturb" not funny
Original at East Valley Tribune
• Wed, Oct 8
For nearly three decades, NBC's Thursday-night comedy block has lived up to its "must-see" billing. Half of the shows that have captured the Emmy for best comedy since 1983 have come from its ranks, including "Cheers," "The Cosby Show," "Friends," "Seinfeld" and, most recently, "30 Roc...
Opinion: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Original at stomptokyo.com
• Sun, Oct 5
By noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) Can you blame me for wanting a bit more bite from a movie called How to Lose Friends and Alienate People? Can you blame me for wanting a bit more edge when the film's star is Simon Pegg, best known for his over the top British film parodies like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz? Though not without it...
Should Heads Roll As a Condition of a Bailout?Original at Patterico's Pontifications
• Wed, Oct 1
By Patterico Heads should roll. UPDATE: Pat received a detailed comment from Richard Baker on one of his posts. You can read it here. Pat tells me that he verified the comment was from Baker. Fascinating. Hey, Richard Baker! If you should happen to read this, I’d love to talk to you. patterico AT gmail DOT com.
How to Lose Friends and Make a Movie
Original at New York Observer
• Tue, Sep 30
By Toby Young It all went pear-shaped in the end, of course—and I blame the director. At first, Bob Weide and I got on pretty well. His main claim to fame was that he’d directed about half the episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, one of my all-time favorite sitcoms, and I thought that anyone good enough for Larr...
Insert Caption: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Sep 26
By Erik Davis This week we're losing friends and alienating a whole bunch of people while celebrating a new film called -- wait for it -- How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. In the flick, Simon Pegg stars as a British writer who bumbles and fumbles his way through a new gig at a high-profile magazine in...
Angelina & Brad: Au Revoir, France; Guten Tag, Berlin
Original at Jezebel
• Thu, Sep 25
By Dodai After six months, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are moving to Germany. Maybe. But! "Friends" say there's tension. [Daily Mail] Award-winning journalist Christiane Amanpour says Renée Zellweger is "very smart about current affairs." That is an enviable endorsement. [NY Observer] Lindsay...
DVD Review: My Friends Tigger & Pooh - Hundred Acre Wood Haunt
Original at Blogcritics
• Wed, Sep 17
By The Masked Movie Snobs Written by Caballero Oscuro If you’re looking for a Halloween-themed Pooh DVD, keep looking. However, if you’re just looking for the latest collection of episodes from Disney Channel’s My Friends Tigger & Pooh show, you’ve come to the right place. Admittedly, the front cover art of t...
Two and a Half Sitcom Writers Left in Hollywood
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Sep 15
By Nicole LaPorte At one point in the 1990s, NBC had 16 half-hour sitcoms on the air. This fall, it has four. And two of those four—The Office and 30 Rock—though critically beloved (both are up for Best Comedy Emmys on Sunday, Sept. 21), are struggling to be embraced by mainstream audiences.
'Desperate' Jennifer Aniston to play crazed stalker in US show
Original at Daily Mail - UK
• Wed, Sep 3
UK - Aniston, who rose to fame as Rachel on Friends, will play Fey's room mate Claire Harper when she joins 30 Rock for one episode this autumn. ...
Reading 2008 review: Emmy the Great
Original at The Guardian (UK)
• Mon, Aug 25
UK - But then we hear someone say, "She sounds like Phoebe from Friends", and it takes a lot of effort to watch the rest of the show without shouting out for a ...
The TV Blog Coalition
Original at TiFaux
• Sun, Aug 17
By Dan This week, Jace took a look at another British import, reviewing the first three episodes of BBC America’s new drama Skins, launching this Sunday. (Televisionary) This week the TV Addict asked, “Is THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER the Best Worst Show Ever? [The TV Addict]
The Young and the Restless - Kate Linder & Friends 10th Annual Young and The Restless Tea!
Original at Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
• Tue, Jul 15
This is the 10th year that Kate Linder (Esther, Y&R) has been involved in this charity event to help end breast cancer. Why does she keep coming back? Kate says, “Vancouver is a huge market for the Y&R. It’s extremely popular here.” She says it’s also strategically located so that Can...
Friends pay tribute to child killed in accident
Original at The Northern Echo
• Sun, Jul 6
UK - FRIENDS have been paying tribute to a 12-year-old boy who died after being hit by a car only yards from his home. Joe Caven-Norris, from the village of ...
Jennifer Aniston Takes John Mayer To Meet Her 'Friends' [Player Haters]Original at Defamer
• Mon, Jun 2
By Molly Friedman With every passing week, the developing relationship between John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston begins to feel like one of those soap operas we used to watch before vowing never to watch another soap opera again. In the pilot, we viewers were hooked and enticed by Aniston’s fembot nipples an...
'My Name Is Earl' kicks off the return of NBC's comediesOriginal at Chicago Tribune
• Wed, Apr 2
By Tempo By the way, one of the plotlines in Thursday’s episode has the comatose Earl concocting a fantasy about being happily married to Alyssa Milano’s character in a traditional ’60s/’70s sitcom. That story continues into next week’s episode, and it’s all very “Life on Mars”: According to the...
Lesbian Kiss on ABC's "Cashmere Mafia"
Original at Televisionista
• Tue, Jan 8
By Justin Van De Kamp Actress Bonnie Somerville ("Grosse Pointe," "Friends," "The O.C.," "NYPD Blue,") plays a bisexual character called Caitlin Dowd who is smitten by Lourdes Benedicto's ("24," "The Nine") Alicia. Tonight ABC will repeat the pilot episode at 10:00 p.m. EST. Tomorrow night you can see episode 1...
Super Powers- Galactic Guardians
Original at The Daily P.O.P.
• Sun, Jan 6
By dailypop The newly released DVD set is a bit slim on content as the new format consisted mainly of 22 minute-long stories rather than the previous 11 minute-long mini-episodes. With the exception of four episodes, this makes the Super Powers Team series much healthier in plot and character develo...
Project Runway: Season 4, Episode 2
Original at dangoldfinch (WordPress)
• Mon, Nov 26
Project Runway: Season 4, Episode 2 Posted on November 26, 2007 by dangoldfinch [IMG]Friends, I’m far behind all my writing projects due to the long Thanksgiving break we just came off of. I managed to write a little last week while on vacation, but not much. Anyhow, here’s my thoughts on Pro...
a mixed review of the new season from the LA Times
Original at THE OFFICE
• Mon, Oct 15
The U.S. version of "The Office," though, is now in its fourth season, and after three rounds of agonizing missed opportunities, Jim and Pam are finally together. So far, it's been a surprisingly seamless transition. Love them or hate them as a couple, Jim and Pam have been able to maintain the...
[User Submitted] Friends episodes to watch
Original at TV.com
• Sat, Sep 22
Watch episodes of "Friends"
Matt Le Blanc as Joey.
Original at The Age
• Fri, Aug 31
The suit cites a 1994 letter in which LeBlanc approved the payment of 15 per cent of his earnings for "pilot and series derived from Friends Like Us and subsequent jobs derived henceforth" to Cerio. Friends Like Us was the original title of NBC's hit comedy series Friends.
Friends of the Faux: Vance
Original at TiFaux
• Thu, Aug 30
By Dan Most cherished childhood television memory: The Cosby Show episode where Theo enters the “Real World” within the Huxtable residence Which TV character/personality would you most like to have a tryst with?: Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
Friends Fondly Remember Boating Crash Victim - WCSH-TV
Original at WCSH-TV
• Fri, Aug 17
Friends Fondly Remember Boating Crash Victim ME - BIDDEFORD (NEWS CENTER) -- Friends of Suzanne Groetzinger want people to know she was a caring professional and mother. Groetzinger was one of two people ...
August 10, 2007: “Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians” DVD
Original at Superman Homepage
• Fri, Aug 10
1985 saw the final incarnation of the "Super Friends" cartoons, "The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" released on television. Now 22 years later the complete collection of 10 episodes is being released on DVD on October 23rd.
August 8, 2007: “The Legendary Super Powers Show” DVD & Video Clips
Original at Superman Homepage
• Wed, Aug 8
Alone they are heroes, together they are Super Friends. The World's Greatest Super Heroes combine their forces and create the ultimate weapon against evil in Hanna Barbera's classic animated shorts. Warner Home Video (WHV) and DC Comics bring the action-packed episodes back to life wit...
Geekzone Friends is live
Original at Geekzone
• Sun, Jul 15
By freitasm What is Geekzone Friends? Many times we have been asked if there is a way to be informed when someone posts a new discussion or a reply in our forums. People don't want to be notified of all replies to a specific discussion, but would like to know when a friend replies to something.
Washington Blade - ‘Friends’ co-star<strong> Lisa Kudrow </strong>plays monstrous sitcom star Valerie Cherish in the new HBO show ‘The Comeback,’ which debuts Sunday, June 5. (Photo courtesy of HBO)
Original at Washington Blade
• Fri, Jul 6
‘Friends’ co-star Lisa Kudrow plays monstrous sitcom star Valerie Cherish in the new HBO show ‘The Comeback,’ which debuts Sunday, June 5. (Photo courtesy of HBO) The Comeback Gay Lisa Kudrow stars in new HBO show which debuts Sunday, June 5
Fox and Friends' Doocy misrepresented Inhofe talk radio allegation, NPR audience
Original at Media Matters for America
• Fri, Jun 29
On the June 28 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-anchor Steve Doocy discussed Sen. James Inhofe's (R-OK) disputed claim that he overheard Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) discussing a "legislative fix" for right-wing talk radio. However, Doocy did no...
Megan Fox Joins Cast Of How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
Original at The Movie Blog
• Fri, Jun 29
It looks like How To Lose Friends And Alienate People Needed to add some hotness to the cast, and Megan Fox has been tapped to bring the deliciousness. We get the scoop of this casting from our friends at JoBlo:Megan Fox has signed on to co-star in the upcoming comedy HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALI...
The Real Punk Lives of Orange County
Original at LAist
• Mon, Jun 18
By Elise Thompson Saturday night the Long Beach Art Theater was host to the premiere of the documentary, "One More for All my True Friends", the story of Orange County punk band Channel 3. The film was produced by Erik Carreon of Homeschool Productions.
Fox Ask If New Blockbuster Books Will Hurt Hillary Clinton
Original at News Hounds
• Tue, May 29
By Donna Brian Kilmeade from Fox & Friends started off the debate by asking the Repbulican strategist if these blockbuster books where going to hurt Hillary Clinton.... Brian Kilmeade from Fox & Friends started off the debate by asking the Repbulican strategist if these blockbuster books...
TV Review: NOGGIN's Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, May 15
By Jill Hart If your child loves Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, this episode will be no different. The episode teaches an important lesson about taking care of items that belong to others. My kids learn from each episode of Sunny Patch and I appreciate shows like this one that have good values and fam...
Happy Tree Friends: Happy Tree Friends Coming To XBLA
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, May 13
• Playable Happy Tree Friends characters: For the first time in 3D, play as the rescue squad of Flippy, Handy, and Lumpy to save other Happy Tree Friends such as Cuddles, Toothy and Flaky from life-threatening disasters! Happy Tree Friends website
DVD Review: Justice League Unlimited - Season Two
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Apr 26
By Blake Matthews Growing up, I loved Super Friends. Looking back, the animation and story lines were pretty bad, but hey, it was the '80s. I still get a kick out of watching episodes here and there, especially the Challenge of the Super Friends. The Legion of Doom rocked.
Opinion: Tony Hendra: An Open Letter To my French Friends: Don't let Sarkozy turn France into a red state!
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Apr 23
By Tony Hendra I'm worried. Really worried. How can you have made Nicolas Sarkozy, the pint-size tough guy of the hard-right the leading contender to be next President of France? Not that I want to meddle in your internal politics, but since he's gotten there in large part by claiming to be pro-American, I...
Opinion: Round Up Reference: The Best Apple TV Posts from Giz and Friends
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Apr 4
Of course, Giz aside, there's a whole lot of good Apple TV coverage out there. From blogs, to Mac sites, to PC rags, to the daily papers, here is the best of what our others have been saying about Apple TV. Wait. Then there's this Ars review. Apple TV [Gizmodo]
The Daily Flipper: Friday "Friends" Edition
Original at Democratic National Committee: Blog
• Fri, Mar 23
Perhaps most striking, Mr. Giuliani’s campaign says it is not clear that he would support a measure he once championed, an assault weapons ban. In explaining his past positions, he and his aides say they were about fighting crime in New York City when he was mayor, adding that restrictions t...