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Maura Tierney is on course to return to TV
20 hours ago
Good news for the holiday season: Maura Tierney is doing great.
The actress, who had to withdraw from new show Parenthood after a breast cancer diagnosis, is recovering nicely from her treatment and will return to her role in Rescue Me, according to the show’s producer Peter Tolan.
"We are just about finished writing the entire sixth season, which is about 10 episodes, and then there are nine more [for Season 7]”, he told People, “so we know we're going to bring back Maura Tierney, because we loved her and she loved us, which is even more fulfilling. She can take care of herself and come back.” Her episodes are on the shooting schedule for Spring 2010.
Tierney appeared in Rescue Me’s fifth season as Kelly McPhee, a rocker chick who worked her way up the ladder, so to speak, eventually finding a several-episode romance with Tommy (Denis Leary).
Although Kelly and Tommy …
- thelinster
Mia Kirshner joins "The Vampire Diaries"
21 hours ago
Did you miss her?
Jenny Schecter Mia Kirshner is returning to regular television. EW.com has just reported that the actress will become a recurring character on the CW's Vampire Diaries. She will play Isobel, "the sweet-yet-dangerous wife of Matt Davis’ history teacher, Alaric," who is played by Matt Davis.
The casting side for her character is as follows:
[Isobel] 32-38 years old, a beautiful Caucasian woman, sweet but can make the turn to dangerous. She is Alaric’s (Matt Davis) wife. Star Names Or Strong Guest Star Actors Only. Guest Star, Recurring. It looks like Mia is moving up in the world! She's a star name to us, that's for sure.
The best part about this news it that we won't have to wait long to meet Isobel, as she'll appear on the Jan. 21 episode.
I have to admit that I'm a little bummed she won't be playing a vampire, …
- Trish Bendix
Kathleen Turner takes on Molly Ivins
21 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST
One of the best people to ever hail from Texas was Molly Ivins.
If the name doesn’t ring a bell, here’s all you really need to know: she came up with the most apropos nickname George W. Bush ever had: “Shrub.”
Ivins is something of a legend around here because she had a way of bringing highfalutin politicians down a notch or two with a well-placed barb that caused even her targets to crack a smile. She had that in common with one of her best friends, Ann Richards. And like her friend Ann, she left us far too soon.
Now the Philadelphia Theater Company is bringing Ivins’ word to life via a new one-woman play, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, with Kathleen Turner as the witty wordsmith.
Here’s how the theater describes the play: "In Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, …
- thelinster
Remembering Brittany Murphy
21 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST
We were shocked and saddened when news broke that Brittany Murphy died of sudden cardiac arrest in her home yesterday morning at the age of 32. Soon after the story was confirmed, people all over the Internet began expressing their grief and fond memories of Murphy with quotes from her cult classic, Clueless: "That was way harsh, Tai."
Murphy's big screen break came in 1995 when she starred opposite Alicia Silverstone in the modern adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. Clueless took Emma from country balls in the English countryside to city malls in Beverly Hills. Critics were skeptical about the movie's premise, but it won legions of fans, thanks in large part to Murphy's portrayal of Tai, an affable, naive west coast transplant whose one-liners obviously continue to be remembered by an entire generation. ("Cher, I don't want to do this anymore. And my buns, they don't feel nothin' like steel. …
- stuntdouble
The AfterEllen.com 2009 Visibility Awards
21 December 2009 6:07 AM, PST
In our annual Visibility Awards, we formally recognize the people who have positively or negatively impacted lesbian and bi visibility in American entertainment during the year. (See previous years here: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004.)
From Best Movie to Worst Song to Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year, these awards recognize the television shows, movies, music, books and people who entertained, inspired, or disappointed us in 2009.
Last year, some of the category winners were chosen by both the AfterEllen.com staff and AfterEllen.com readers. This year, AfterEllen.com staff and contributing writers chose the winners for each category, as readers will be given the opportunity to vote on a wider range of topics and categories in our first annual Lesbian/Bi Women's Choice Awards in January.
Once again this year, we've included international people, shows and movies as a reflection of the increasing awareness of lesbian and bisexual visibility around the world made possible by the Internet. …
- afterellenstaff
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