“When Audrey Hepburn and I were making the movie ‘The Children’s Hour’, she and I talked a lot about fashion designers because I didn’t know much about fashion,” says Shirley MacLaine. “She told me that I should play Coco Chanel. I disagreed because Chanel was little and scrunched-over and very short. And she said, ‘No, [...]

It’s a big month for Alan Ball. The Oscar-winning writer of “American Beauty” and creator of “Six Feet Under” is enjoying the recent premiere of a new series, “True Blood,” on HBO. And ” Towelhead,” his feature film directorial debut, hit theaters on Friday.
On the surface, the two projects couldn’t be more different. Based on [...]

The physicians of Princeton Plainsboro take on their most unlikely patient yet: a TV show experiencing sudden growing pains. How Hugh Laurie and Co. plan to put their ”House” back in order.
(EW)

Part of the fun of a set visit in Hollywood is the sense of dislocation, being able to sit next to the gazebo from Gilmore Girlstalking to one of the stars of FOX’sTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles about The CW’s 90210.
The Terminator star in question is Brian Austin Green, we’re half a block down from John Connor’s former residence on [...]

Can Gordon Ramsay become a big fish in the very biggest pool? With a third restaurant just opened in West Hollywood, and American networks clamouring for his TV shows, the chef talks business, family and life in LA – and introduces recipes from his new book.
(Times Online UK)

 YouTube Inc. rival Hulu LLC today announced a fall lineup that includes the debuts of several network TV shows before they air on television.
The move is just the latest from Hulu, a joint project of NBC Universal and News Corp. that may propel it beyond rival YouTube in terms of revenue, according to some observers.
Hulu, which launched in March, said [...]

If tonight’s season premiere of the prime-time Deal or No Deal (8 pm/ET, NBC) reignites your hunger for cash-filled suitcases, glam models and Howie Mandel’s sexy-smooth dome, you’re about to be sated quite nicely. Starting Monday, Sept. 8, a syndicated dailyversion of the red-hot game show hits the airwaves, streamlining the game play, yet serving up even more of [...]

Don’t mess with Penny. That’s Blake Lively’s response to photos that surfaced in June of the Gossip Girl star walking outside in Manhattan with a suspicious stain on her brown minidress. The culprit rumored to be responsible for the mark? Lively’s 3-year-old malti-poo, Penny, whom she carries everywhere.
In fact, Lively blames herself.
(USA Today)

Tammy Haddad left her post as Washington VP at MSNBC over a year ago, and is back covering the conventions in 2008 in a very unconventional way.
As one of the executive producers of the Convention live webcasts for washingtonpost.com/Newsweek last week in Denver and next week in St. Paul, Haddad is looking to make the web the newest way to [...]