Today at the Fox TCA Press Day Ryan Murphy came out to talk about a little show he created called Glee. One of the reporters asked him about getting more Broadway stars on the show and told a little ditty about John Stamos! He told us that the Full House star was constantly sending him clips from Cabaret wearing barely anything and saying he wanted to be on the show. Well as you can see Uncle Jesse looked pretty good when he did Cabaret on Broadway, and thus landed the role as a dentist who will be hooking up with Emma.
Another little factoid that Ryan Murphy shared with us is about the piano player that doesn’t talk. He said the only direction that the actor was given is that he hates the kids. He then went on to say that they have a backstory for him and that is, “He goes home to those voodoo dolls. When you go home and watch the show now, he’s purposely glaring. We think he’s a very low-paid teacher at the school.” OK who is re-watching the Glee episodes to see his reaction? I know I am!!!
Cloris Leachman came out to the Fox TCA Summer Press Tour Day to promote her new sitcom hysterical Raising Hope. The 84 year old award winning actress had us all in stitches as she answered reporters’ questions in a way only she could. Well the loudest laughs came a few questions in when someone asked her if she felt there was a competition between her and her Mary Tyler Moore co-star Betty White. Well the Dancing with the Stars alum said, “I’m so sick of Betty White…Never liked her.” Of course she was joking when she was talking about the everyone’s favorite 88 year old, but Phylis still had us all LOLing just like Raising Hope!!!
Raising Hope is about a young man who suddenly finds himself a father when the mother of his baby is executed and he has no idea what to do. The show also stars Martha Plimpton and premieres on September 21st.
So Eva Longoria was showing off that she could be a good Desperate Housewife and cook for her husband Tony Parker. So did she not know that you are suppose to wrap your food and not hair in foil. Actually she did because along with posting the picture on Facebook she said, “Do ya think I’m a Desperate Housewife? Cooking and getting my hair colored at the same time! Ha!”
For some reason I think that was just her doing a photo-op pretending that she cooks because let’s be real who here really think she prepare a meal for her husband? Even one as simple as spaghetti.
Today was the day when we were Fox was facing the firing squad, I mean reporters, and answer if the rumors that Kara DioGuardi was out and Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler were in as judges of American Idol is true or not. The response was that they have not signed any contracts with anyone who wasn’t already on the show last year. In other words, we know just as much now as we did when Ellen DeGeneres announced that she was leaving last week.
Today is August 2nd and they have until mid-September to announce their replacement(s) because that is when the second round of auditions begin. Peter Rice, Chairman, Entertainment, Fox Network Group said they are hoping to have their judge(s) by then, he jokes “I guess we can shoot it with an empty panel of judges, or we’ll have to wait until we have judges.” But the chances of them waiting until then, I am sure is, highly unlikely.
When it comes to the two remaining judges, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson he would not comment if they will or will not be back on the show. He also did not comment if they will stay with the 4 judge format or return the 3 judges.
The one thing he did comment on is as of now Nigel Lythgoe has not signed a deal to return to the show and I am fine with that.
