“Jay is horrible, right?” Once again, Howard Stern proves he’s the human hand grenade. The self-proclaimed King of all Media shook things up on Late Show with David Letterman Thursday night, getting in plenty of shots against Jay Leno, a big fat plug for Bill Carter’s book The War for Late Night (Stern said it
Shows built around one main character can sometimes get old fast. A lot depends on the actor or actress. Hugh Laurie remains endlessly fascinating on House, but the premise of playing a modern day Sherlock Holmes allows him plenty to chew on. (It doesn’t hurt that he’s a terrific actor.)I keep rooting for Carla Gugino
VANCOUVER, B.C.–Man they get their money’s worth out of Shawn Doyle on Endgame. The Newfoundland native is in every scene as Russian chess brainiac Arkady Balagan, who goes all Howard Hughes when his fiance is murdered. Holed up in a Vancouver hotel, barefoot and unkempt, he gets drawn into a world of crime fighting, his 20-moves
Doyle (centre), Gallagher (second from right) and the Endgame cast VANCOUVER, B.C.–Patrick Gallagher knows his burgers and Buckley’s.I met the Chilliwack, B.C.-native for the first time today on the set of Endgame, a new thriller shot at Vancouver’s Bridge Studios. The Showcase series, set to debut in a March, stars Shawn Doyle as Arkady Balagan,
Tuesday’s Rick Mercer Report on CBC soared to 1,548,000 viewers according to overnight estimates–a record high for the series. Maybe it had something to do with Mercer’s spot-on rant about those creepy attack ads being run by the Conservatives: Mercer’s latest success lifted follow-up 8:30 comedy InSecurity to its highest level in three weeks at
LeLanne (left) meets 98lb weakling News of the passing yesterday of Jack LaLanne at 96 brought me back to my encounter with the famous fitness guru 13 years ago at the Hollywood Collectors Show. LaLanne was just 83 then but he was still probably the oldest guy in the room. He was probably the fittest, too. The Hollywood
Wendie Malick was in Toronto Friday to promote the second season premiere in Canada of Hot in Cleveland (tonight at 8 p.m., CTV). Malick’s no stranger to Toronto. She was born across the lake in Amherst, N.Y., and grew up in picturesque Williamsville, both just outside of Buffalo. Her family used to summer on our shores.
Pilkington (middle): Idiot People ask: you were just down at TCA, TV boy. What are the hot new shows? After saying, “Mister TV Boy to you,” I usually say I like what I’ve seen so far from The Borgias, that Matt LeBlanc is surprisingly effective in Episodes and I also like what I’ve seen of his