Wealthy Housewives!

  • Post published:February 9, 2005
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ABC has rewarded the four stars of Desperate Housewives - Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman and Eva Longoria - with $250,000 bonuses as a thank-you for saving the network, USA Today reports. Slightly lesser players Nicollette Sheridan and James Denton will reportedly be rewarded with slightly less hefty pay hikes. Read More

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Young Pretender, Ryan Merriman Hard at Work

  • Post published:February 7, 2005
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Ryan Merriman has been a busy guy. He now has two movies to show for it and a featurette for the re-release of The Ring on DVD. Ryan got to do a mini-feature for the new DVD which will lead into The Ring Two hitting theartre's March 18th!The story picks up six months after the horrifying events that terrorized Rachel Keller and her son Aidan (David Dorfman) in Seattle. To escape her haunting memories, Rachel takes Aidan and moves to the small coastal community of Astoria, Oregon, to start fresh. However, Rachel's resolve quickly turns to dread when evidence at a local crime scene-including an unmarked videotape-seems eerily familiar. Rachel realizes that the vengeful Samara is back and more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of terror and death.Ryan's second movie is Spin which will be coming to the Hallmark channel sometime this year.

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Desperate Housewive Casting News

  • Post published:February 6, 2005
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Nick Chinlund has landed a recurring role on ABC's hit new drama Desperate Housewives. He will play Detective Sullivan, who is investigating the death of Martha Huber (Christine Estabrook). Chinlund, who has appeared in such features as The Chronicles of Riddick, Training Day, Con Air and Lethal Weapon 3, next appears on the big screen in Legend of Zorro, opposite Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and in the futuristic thriller Ultraviolet.

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Desperate Housewives spin off?

  • Post published:February 4, 2005
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There's more dirty laundry headed ABC's way: As reported in next week's TV Guide magazine, Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has had informal talks with ABC about giving his monster hit a sister soap. "The network has saved an area [on the schedule] for me when I'm ready to write it," he reveals. "But it's going to take me a couple of seasons before I have the energy-slash-time." So what will the show be about? Fetch yourself a copy of the new TV Guide (on sale Thursday) for all the scoop! Read More

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What’s New with Patrick aka Sydney?

  • Post published:February 3, 2005
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Patrick's been up to a lot!Check out the Ray Charles biopic Ray, which was released on DVD yesterday. Patrick plays Dr. Hacker. Ray has received six Academy Award nominations.You can also look for Patick in an upcoming episode of the new Fox series, House, as Dr. Rowan Chase, the father of of series regular Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer). Check out Fox's House Site.Watch for The Dead Zone's return and an appearance by Patrick in an episode writen by Juan Carlos Coto (wrote for The Pretender).Patrick is back on NBC in the limited-run series Revelations, starting in April.Patrick will also be in an indie feature called The Perfect Sleep, coming out later this year.Inconsoblableis about Mr. Fisher (Patrick), a repentant German soldier following World War II. Look for it in 2006.Patrick recently completed initial work on the film Boy Culture in which he plays Gregory, an "older, enigmatic male client" of one of the main characters. The film is adapted from the book of the same name and is being directed by Allan Brocka.Also look for Deadly due out sometime this year. Patrick plays Dr. Arndt. See www.deadlythemovie.com.

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Jamie! Look for him!

  • Post published:February 3, 2005
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Jamie's on Oprah today! I totally missed it!Don't worry if you did too... on Friday night, Jamie will be a guest starring on REBA. Jamie will be appearing on LENO Friday as well. On Saturday night, he will be one of the presenters (along with Teri Hatcher) at the SAG AWARDS. As always, check your local listings for times and channels. Set your VCR's, DVR's, PVR's or whatever R's you've got.

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