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This Just In: Gilmore Girls Mama Lauren Graham Joins Parenthood
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• Parenthood: Lorelai Gilmore is back, baby! Reps confirm that Lauren Graham is officially joining NBC's midseason drama Parenthood in the Sarah Braverman role. The character was originally played by Maura Tierney, who left the series to focus on her breast-cancer treatments.
• Friday Night Lights: DirecTV has released five fab new promos for Friday Night Lights season four. If you watch, we dare you not to get goosebumps. (BTW, in case you missed it, check out our scoopy exclusive with FNL show runner Jason Katims.)
• The Vampire Diaries: What About Brian star Matthew Davis just signed on to The Vampire Diaries to play fan-fave character Alaric Saltzman.
• 24: Apparently 24 star Cherry Jones and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip star Sarah Paulson, aka one of the most adorable low-profile actor couples out there, have broken up. Sadness.
Spoiler Chat: House Star Jesse Spencer Spills About His Character's "Dodgy Doctoring"
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Welcome to premiere week, TV fans! We've got a veritable banquet of TV scoop for you, including dish on your precious Chase on House, Pam and Jim's baby on The Office, and Jack Donaghy's marital prospects on 30 Rock...so without further ado, let's get started!
Amy in Chicago: Any gossip on Addie's character on Private Practice? We are dying for any spoilers or news about her character.
David Anders Joins Jack Bauer in Season Eight of 24
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From Julian Sark on Alias to Adam Monroe on Heroes, David Anders just can't keep away from our favorite TV shows.
Reps for Anders confirm to us that David is recurring on season 8 of 24, joining the likes of Freddie Prinze Jr. and Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff. 24 is really beefing up their cast this year, raising alarm in fans that it will truly be the final season.
So what's David doing this season while Jack Bauer is hunting terrorists in New York, and how long will he be sticking around?
Spoiler Chat: Will Brooke and Julian Make It on One Tree Hill?
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When One Tree Hill returns in the fall, what's in store for Sophia Bush's Brooke and Austin Nichols' Julian? Will they hook up or break down? Plus, how far forward is this season's time jump?
We've got the scoop on the future of OTH and much more dish in this week's Spoiler Chat. Read on to find out:
• How does the "kung fu" download change Chuck?
• How does Kristen Bell return to Party Down?
• What does Juliet's death mean for Ben on Lost?
• What happened to the Fringe writing staff over the summer?
• Who's getting wasted on Smallville?
Spoiler Chat: Will Family Ties Tear Dan and Serena Apart on Gossip Girl?
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Brace yourselves, Gossip Girl fans, because one of the series' key couples may not be getting back together! Yep, we're hearing not-so-encouraging things about the future of Dan and Serena, and we'll tell you what new paradigm they are living under next season.
Plus, all your burning Q's about summer TV are answered: Who's alive, dead and undead on True Blood? What do you need to know about Michael Westen's new nemesis on Burn Notice? And who dreams of a dead Nancy Botwin on Weeds? Want to know? Read on!
G. in New Jersey: Any news on 24?
Freddie Prince Jr.: 24's New Ass-Kicking Bad Boy?
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We've seen him dance, make girls swoon and even be a crime-chasing goofball (remember Scooby-Doo?). But can Freddie Prince Jr. play a hard-core badass à la Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer?
We'll just have to wait and see when season eight of 24 debuts on Jan. 17, 2010. Freddie is joining the CTU gang, Fox confirms to E! He'll be coming to the cast as Davis Cole, a former Marine who runs CTU field operations and wants to follow in Jack Bauer's footsteps. Though he's not the only new face...
Kiefer Sutherland Promises the Most Dramatic 24 Finale Ever
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Jack Bauer's mortality comes into serious question in tonight's two-hour season finale of 24.
Truth be told, Kiefer Sutherland is signed on for next season, but the question is, in what capacity? As executive producer Jon Cassar teased of Jack Bauer's impending death, "It's going to get pretty close; it will go down to that last scene." We've seen the finale for ourselves and can assure you that he's not magically healed by season's end.
Kiefer takes a minute to talk about the dramatic turn his character has taken this season, and how he personally deals with the pesky media when it comes to things like head-butting another man or going to jail.
"Gentleman" Kiefer Returns to L.A., Gets Lauded By Costars
After his headline- (and misdemeanor-) grabbing week in New York, Kiefer Sutherland is back in Los Angeles to celebrate the season finale of 24. And lest Jack Bauer be in the market for any character references, he need look no further than last night's red carpet.
While Sutherland and castmates refused to directly address the actor's arrest and alleged head-butting of Proenza Schouler designer Jack McCollough, the 24 supporting players did their best to lend their pal support.
"His focus is phenomenal, his commitment is phenomenal," acting president Cherry Jones told E! News. "In a social setting, he's the only man I've ever known who's ever escorted me to the ladies' room, waited for me, and taken me back to my table.
"That is a gentleman."
Jon Voight, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Elisha Cuthbert—all but the humble Sutherland—seemed to be in agreement on the mannerly matter.
8 Kilometres: Stellar Truffaut Strange Brew
Clutched in the death-grip of a slow-news holiday weekend seems like the perfect time for some New Wave French beer ads. Right? Right?! Ready or not, here's a toast to hops-slingers Stella Artois for the nifty 8 Mile spoof above. Done up in the style of François Truffaut, this rap throw-down showdown features Monte Carlo gang signs and suave, trash-talking French beatniks? It's the merde, bro.
(Merci and a shout out to our homies hommes at Les Gawquer and Adfrique for hipping us to this badass, beret-wearing scene.)
And there's more. Check out the jump to see 24's Jack Bauer as a blasé, French slacker tasked with saving the world in Vingt-Quatre Heures.
24 Can't Keep a Good Slumdog Down
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Who wants to be a 24 series regular? At least one star of Slumdog Millionaire.
Continuing the cast's post-Oscars domination of Hollywood (see: Freida Pinto's endless array of job offers), Bollywood heavyweight Anil Kapoor has signed on as a full-time cast member for the forthcoming eighth season of 24.
Kapoor, who made his mark on Western screens as the suspicious, outsized game show host in Danny Boyle's acclaimed film, will star as a Middle Eastern leader who comes to the U.S. on a peacekeeping mission—and, one assumes, crosses paths with Jack Bauer somewhere along the way.
As it is, Kapoor is the first major casting announcement for the next world-saving day of 24. Kiefer Sutherland & Co.'s current seventh season will conclude with a two-hour finale on May 18.
While no premiere date has been set, 24's eighth season, which will mark Kapoor's first American TV role in his nearly three-decade career, will likely kick off, as usual, in January of next year.
24 Cuts Out Hot Kiefer Kiss
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We've never once seen him hit a water fountain, a vending machine or the men's room, but that doesn't mean 24's Jack Bauer doesn't have needs!
You fans who've been hoping for a hookup between Jack [Kiefer Sutherland] and the show's new femme fatale Renee Walker [Annie Wersching] were thisclose to getting exactly that.
“In the script after episode 10, when I slap Jack, there was a kiss written into that episode but they took it out of the script last minute,” Annie herself dishes to us.
But why? We want to see them hook up, don’t we? Read on for the scoop from Annie...
24's Jack Bauer Fights Bad Guys, Global Warming
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Who is the greenest of them all? How about 24?
Following through on a promise made two years ago, the Emmy-winning Fox series has become the first carbon-neutral production in TV history.
The network plans to launch a public-service campaign during tonight's two-hour special featuring series star Kiefer Sutherland singing the praises of 24's greener pastures and asking viewers to follow the show's lead to help combat global warming.
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