News: Princess Leia

 

Melissa McCarthy hosting SNL again...

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/snl-melissa-mccarthy-host-second-426418

 

 Sam Mendes won't direct the next Bond movie...

 

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/03/06/sam-mendes-james-bond/

Casting: Keri Russell, Jeffrey Wright and Ed Norton...

http://www.hitfix.com/news/keri-russell-joins-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes

http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/jeffrey-wright-boardwalk-empire.html?mid=imdb

http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/edward-norton-joins-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritus-ensemble-comedy-birdman/

And finally, the biggest news in casting: No Princess Leia in the next Star Wars movie!!

http://www.accesshollywood.com/carrie-fishers-rep-she-was-joking-about-joining-cast-of-star-wars-vii_article_76470?__source=rss|imdb|latest-originals

Box Office Emmy

The Lion is still King!!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/09/box-office-lion-king-drive-straw-dogs-contagion.html

Meanwhile, the Emmy winners have been announced!

Yay to Modern Family, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Maggie Smith, Jim Parsons and Melissa McCarthy!!

http://www.imdb.com/features/emmys/2011/nominations

Female Comedy

Bridesmaids surpasses Sex and the City...

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovies.thehollywoodreporter.com/bridesmaids-passes-sex-and-city-become-top-rrated-female-comedy-ever

Casting - Glee

Major casting news from the Glee camp... seems like 3 of its main stars will not continue on after Season 3...

http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/glee-star-cory-monteith-learns-hes-fired-in-the-hollywood-reporter--3329

http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/chris-colfer-lea-michele-react-to-glee-casting-changes-2011147

And I've heard that Sam (Chord Overstreet) won't be returning in the next season... what's going on with Glee?

In other news, the Emmy nominations are out!

http://www.emmys.com/

Some of my faves are nominated... like Melissa McCarthy from Mike & Molly (although I love her for her other works such as Samantha Who?), Chris Colfer (Glee), Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen (Modern Family)!! Woo-hoo!!

Full nominee list: http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/PressReleaseNoms2011emmys.pdf

http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/PressReleaseNoms2011emmys.doc