FAR OUT!
Farscape is returning home to the Sci Fi Channel. The cabler has finalized a deal to air Farscape: Peacekeeper War, the highly anticipated four-hour miniseries that will tie up all the loose ends left dangling when the network axed the acclaimed drama last year. The project has already wrapped production and is slated to air at the end of the year. |
ATTABOY
A snarky demon body-slammed The Rock at the weekend box office. Comic-book-inspired movie Hellboy opened at No. 1 with $23.5 million, easily topping Dwayne Johnson's Walking Tall remake, which grossed $15.3 million for second place. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed fell from first to third with $15.1 million, followed by newcomers Home on the Range (No. 4 with $14 million) and Julia Stiles' royal romance The Prince & Me (No. 5 with $10 million). |
PAPA SHOULDA PREACHED
Kelly Osbourne was admitted to a California drug-rehabilitation clinic Friday to treat an addiction to painkillers. Like any good parents, Ozzy and Sharon broke the news on CNN's Larry King Live. In related news, Ozzy has filed a complaint with the state medical board, accusing a Beverly Hills doctor of overprescribing addictive drugs to him, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dr. David Kipper has been asked to turn over copies of the rocker's medical records. Paging U-Haul... |
IS IT ANY WONDER?
Another really good TV show has bitten the dust: Fox has canceled Wonderfalls after just four episodes. |
CHOICE KUDOS
Despite buzz that J.Lo was cruisin' for a sliming, it was wonder twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen who found themselves on the receiving end of a big tub of green goo at Saturday's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Shrek's Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz emceed the annual kiddie kudos, which saw Adam Sandler nab the coveted "Wannabe Award," given to the celebrity kids most want to be like. Other winners included Finding Nemo (fave movie), Amanda Bynes (fave movie actress), Jim Carrey (fave movie actor), All That (fave TV show), Frankie Muniz (fave TV actor) and Raven-Symone (fave TV actress). |
SPIDEY, YOU'RE FIRED!
A two-and-a-half minute trailer for Spider-Man 2 will premiere during Thursday's penultimate episode of The Apprentice, USA Today reports. |
CASTING ABOUT
Lord of Rings star John Rhys-Davies — he played Gimli — has been tapped to star opposite Bill Pullman in NBC's apocalyptic-drama pilot Revelations, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In other pilot-casting news, Joe Lawrence — whose Run of the House is about to come to an end — has landed the male lead in the potential ABC comedy I Married Sofia. He'll play a stockbroker who marries a Colombian actress (Sofia Vergara) so she can get her green card. |
I SPY A PLUM PART
Alias hottie Michael Vartan is in talks to join the cast of Monster-in-Law, which centers on a girl (Jennifer Lopez) who's set to marry the perfect guy (Vartan) until she meets his mother (Jane Fonda). Vartan would shoot the film this summer during his Alias hiatus. |
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"To meet the man was wonderful, but to have him fire me was a downright shame." — Country bumpkin Troy McClain discussing his showdown with Donald Trump on Thursday's Apprentice in an interview with TV Guide Online. For the complete Q&A, click here. |
IT'S NO SACRIFICE
The nine remaining American Idol contestants will perform from the songbook of Sir Elton John on Tuesday's performance edition. According to a Fox press release, Fantasia and co. had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the pop icon "around the piano" (translation: wave to him from a safe distance). It's unclear whether or not John will serve as a guest judge, but I'm doubting it. |
LAW & ORDER: THE REALITY SHOW?
Bobby Brown is reportedly shooting a new reality show that he's hoping to sell to a major network. The project would revolve around Brown and his equally troubled wife, Whitney Houston, and — one assumes — offer viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the nation's legal system. Where does all this leave little Bobbi Kristina? You know the drill. |
