(Gilmore Girls fan site)A quick item: In honor of Lauren Graham’s new deal with NBC, Entertainment Weekly is asking for ideas from fans on what kind of show she should be in.
And a bonus: Here’s an article from The Canadian Press on how Lauren Graham cried when she met the real-life heroes of her new movie, Flash of Genius.
-TimK
Variety reports that Lauren Graham has signed a development deal with NBC. And here’s NBC’s official press release. And Kate over on her MSN blog has some funny ideas for a show Lauren can do. (But don’t go there unless you can laugh at yourself!)
And since we’re talking about development deals… Click to continue »
According to Variety, Dermot Mulroney has been cast in Flash of Genius, the film Lauren Graham is working on with Greg Kinnear. Dermot will play Robert Kearns’s best friend Gil, who owns a chain of auto-parts stores.
Since I’m on the subject, here that post on FanForum (which you may have already seen) of a bunch of behind-the-scenes photos of Lauren Graham on the set of Flash of Genius.
Meanwhile, Gossip Communications News has set up a LiveJournal community dedicated to Flash of Genius.
-TimK
As I wrote on JezebelJames.info: Frankly, this proves that lesbians have better taste than Maxim readers.
AfterEllen.com caters to lesbian and bisexual women. And in response to the Maxim Hot 100 list of ordinary celebrities, they asked their readers to vote a list of 100 actually beautiful celebrities. And they succeeded. Click to continue »
Just a quick note: In a recent press conference, Lauren Graham mentioned that she has two new movies coming up. Click to continue »
I can’t blame them. The LA Times’s Gold Derby Forums had a real-time, on-line chat with Lauren Graham. But it was open only to long-time members of the forums. In fact, they specifically excluded people who wanted to sign up just to chat with Lauren. Here’s the explanation they gave: Click to continue »
I didn’t announce it on this blog, because I’m not ready to hold my breath yet. In the wake of Gilmore Girls being cancelled, Amy Sherman-Palladino (who originally created the show) said that she hopes to do a 2-hour TV movie with her version of the GG ending… “in a year or two.”
The thing is, a lot can happen in a year or two. Many fans were ecstatic about this movie. I’ll jump up from my seat in excitement as soon as they announce the production schedule… in a year or two.
Which leads me to the latest news. You may know Kristin, of the column “Watch with Kristin,” on E! Online. For example, she was the one who orchestrated the “Save One Show” campaign, which Gilmore Girls won, with Veronica Mars. But I’m not going to talk about that, because I don’t want to stir up bad blood.
Yesterday, Kristin posted Lauren Graham’s response to the TV-movie question. And she pretty much echoed my thoughts on the matter: Click to continue »
Remember! Lauren Graham will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, tonight, Tuesday, June 12. It’s on NBC at 11:35 PM ET. Lauren will be talking about her new movie, Evan Almighty, which will be officially released June 22. Check your local listings for channel and time in your area.
Then right after Leno, switch over to CBS at 12:35 AM ET for the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, who will be interviewing Parker Posey, star of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s upcoming comedy, The Return of Jezebel James. But Parker will probably be talking about her new movie Broken English, which is also being released June 22.
-TimK
Lauren Graham is scheduled to appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Tuesday, June 12, on NBC, 11:35 PM ET. She’s the second guest, so she’ll probably come on about half-way through the show.
She’s then scheduled to appear again on NBC’s Today, early in the morning, the following Tuesday, June 19.
-TimK
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