September 09, 2004 |
I'LL TAKE SPOILER ALERTS FOR $500, ALEX
Warning: Skip to the next story if you don't want to read about a major development involving Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings. This is your last chance, folks.... Don't say I didn't warn you.... Here it comes.... According to a report in TV Week, the 30-year-old software engineer's record-breaking winning streak came to an end in a show taped Tuesday. When all was said and done, Jennings reportedly walked away with a total of $2.5 million after 75 straight victories. His big swan song will air later this fall. In the meantime, Jennings clocked his 41st victory in the episode that aired Wednesday. |
THE DOC IS OUT?
It looks like Noah Wyle is getting ready to make his final rounds on ER. Variety reports that the actor will likely move on this spring after 11 years and, oh, probably around $65 billion!!! Must be nice. |
CATFIGHT!
Lauren Bacall doesn't think Nicole Kidman is old enough to be called a legend. During an interview with Britain's GMTV, Bacall — Kidman's costar in the upcoming drama Birth — grew irritated when a reporter referred to the 37-year-old Oscar winner as "a legend." "She's not a legend," Bacall barked. "She's a beginner. What is this 'legend'? She can't be a legend at whatever age she is.... You have to be older." And, apparently, extremely bitter. |
POTSIE RETURNS...
... and Fonzie, Richie and Chachi, too! ABC has given the go-ahead for a two-hour Happy Days reunion to mark the show's 30th anniversary, Variety reports. The special, which could air as early as November, will reunite the entire cast, including Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Anson Williams, Scott Baio and Pat "Wax on, wax off" Morita. |
DOINK DOINK
Here's some "TV News" scoop from the new issue of TV Guide magazine: Mary Stuart Masterson will replace B.D. Wong as Law & Order SVU's in-house shrink for three episodes this November. A show rep says Wong is cutting out to do a play. Must be nice. |
GOOD COMPANY
Ray Charles' posthumously issued duets collection Genius Loves Company debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's album chart with sales of 202,000 copies. Tim McGraw's Live like You Were Dying held on to the top spot with 227,000. |
NBC's RAY OF LIGHT
NBC has ordered a pilot for a new cop drama starring upcoming ER guest Ray Liotta. In Criminal Behavior, Liotta will play a detective who stops dangerous fugitives before they strike again. |
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
School of Rock director Richard Linklater has signed on to helm the upcoming remake of The Bad News Bears, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Billy Bob Thornton will play the beer-chugging manager, the role made famous by Walter Matthau in the 1976 original. |
HIGH FIVE-0
Warner Bros. has acquired rights to remake Hawaii Five-O on the big screen, Variety reports. Ocean's Twelve scribe George Nolfi will write the script. |
A DORK HITS A HORSE — OF COURSE, OF COURSE...
The new season of MTV's Philly-based Real World has barely begun and already my pals at TheSmokingGun.com are publicly humiliating one of the cast members. According to TSG, 25-year-old Landon Lueck was arrested and charged with harassment of a police horse following a drunken outing last year at a college football game in Wisconsin. Lueck pleaded guilty and was placed in a "deferred prosecution/first-offender program." Also known as a reality show. |
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