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First Look: 'Big Bang Theory' hooks up Sheldon and Leonard's mother!

8 December 2009 11:59 AM, PST | EW - Ausiello Files | See recent EW.com - The Ausiello Files news »

Hate to say "I told you so," but… Wait. No. I love to say "I told you so." And I did! I totally hinted at a future hook-up between Big Bang Theory brainiacs Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Leonard's mother, Beverly (The Good Wife's Christine Baranski), and see? On Monday's episode, "The Maternal Congruence," it's happening. At least that's the conclusion I'm drawing from the (possibly misleading) exclusive image above. Oh, don't pretend you're as shocked as Penny (Kaley Cuoco) looks. You saw the sparks flying last time, too. Timing for the return of the thinking man's cougar couldn't be better, »

- Michael Ausiello

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In Pictures: '2010 People's Choice Nominations Press Conference'

12 November 2009 4:15 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Cat Deeley attending the 2010 People's Choice Nominations press conference at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills. Photo copyright by Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos. Johnny Galecki attending the 2010 People's Choice Nominations press conference at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills. Photo copyright by Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos. Jeff Probst attending the 2010 People's Choice Nominations press conference at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills. Photo copyright by Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos. Cat Deeley attending the 2010 People's Choice Nominations press conference at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills. Photo copyright by Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos. Jeff Probst attending the 2010 People's Choice Nominations press conference at the »

- James Wray

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Hollywood Hunks Battle for People's Choice Award

10 November 2009 10:01 AM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

Five of the hottest guys in Hollywood are up for Favorite Movie Actor at this year's People's Choice Awards. See all the nominations here: This morning at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills, Kris Allen, Cat Deeley, Johnny Galecki, Jeff Probst and Sofia Vergara announced the nominations. For the first time, viewers voted to determine the nominees in the various categories. To select a winner, voting begins today at www.peopleschoice.com for all 35 categories. People's Choice Awards 2010 Nominees: Movies: Favorite Movie Actor Brad Pitt Hugh Jackman Johnny Depp Robert Pattinson Ryan Reynolds Favorite Movie Actress Anne Hathaway Drew Barrymore Jennifer Aniston Kristen Stewart Sandra Bullock Favorite Action Star Christian Bale Gerard Butler Hugh Jackman Shia Labeouf Vin Diesel Favorite Comedic Star Adam Sandler Ben Stiller Jim Carrey Ryan Reynolds Vince Vaughn Favorite Breakout Movie Actress Anna Kendrick Emily Osment Ginnifer Goodwin Miley Cyrus Zoe Saldana Favorite Breakout Movie Actor »

- TheInsider

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Ultimate Collector’s Edition’

10 November 2009 9:10 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Does the fact that “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is receiving a lavish 20th anniversary edition Blu-Ray release make anyone else feel old? Just me? Whether you’re old enough to remember the first “Vacation” or young enough to know Chevy Chase as “that old guy on Community,” this is a lavish collector’s set for a great holiday film timed for holiday shopping.

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0

Warner Home Video has begun an interesting trend of making Blu-Ray sets for their most beloved films that almost feel more about the collectibles than the movie itself. In some cases (“Blade Runner: The Final Cut,” “The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Edition”), the disc itself includes enough bonus material and a lovingly remastered picture that the collectibles appropriately feel like a companion instead of the main draw. Such is not the case with the set for “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Fact or Fiction: Big Bang, Brothers & Sisters and CSI

9 November 2009 10:01 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Welcome to our new feature, TV Squad readers. How well do you know what you think you know about television? Play our little trivia game, Fact or Fiction. We'll state the premise, then tell you the reality, i.e. the fact or the fiction. By the way, if you have ideas for Fact or Fiction, or questions you'd like us to figure out, share with us in the comments.

Fact or Fiction: When Chuck Lorre originally created The Big Bang Theory, the boys were dominated by a nasty neighbor named Katie.

Fact! Chuck Lorre told Watch magazine's Jim Colluci that a year before The Big Bang Theory was picked up by CBS, the first pilot had a female character named Katie. She manipulated the guys. "It was like shooting fish in a barrel. It didn't work," Johnny Galecki told Colluci. The problem was that Sheldon, Leonard, Raj and Howard were »

- Allison Waldman

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Ask the Flying Monkey! (November 2, 2009)

2 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Have a question about gay male entertainment? Send it to aftereltonflyingmonkey@yahoo.com! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)

Q: What do you Really think about the circumstances surrounding Stephen Gately’s death? Do you think ill of him and his partner for being a negative representative of the gay community and its fight for marriage (in many people's eyes, threesomes aren’t "normal" when you’re married)? -- Curious from My House, USA

Stephen Gately

A: Now that’s an interesting question!

Are there times when I’m embarrassed by what other gay folks do? Well, I know that the actions of other people have no real bearing whatsoever on me – especially when you’re talking about someone who is as only tangentially related to me as merely being another member of my same minority.

Still, I also know that that’s not how a lot of people see it. »

- Brent Hartinger

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Katee Sackhoff gets a 'Bang' on CBS

22 October 2009 9:18 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

CBS has shared that 'Battlestar's' Katee Sackhoff will guest on "The Big Bang Theory." "The Big Bang Theory" is a highly rated CBS comedy which will see BSG's Kara "Starbuck" Thrace in a small guest role in the Nov. 23 episode. The clever CBS comedy features Johnny Galecki as Leonard. Sackhoff, who is a series regular on the new season of "24," will play herself in a cameo in the episode. Sackhoff is to play Wolowitz's fantasy woman. CBS will also cast Sci Fi siren Tricia Helfer on "Two and a Half Men" as a friend of Charlie's fiance. »

- April MacIntyre

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Wil Wheaton Arrives on The Big Bang Theory Next Week

16 October 2009 12:54 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

A little over a month ago TVOvermind brought you news of Wil Wheaton guest starring on an upcoming episode of The Big Bang Theory, and now, thanks to some episode reshuffling, this coming Monday (Oct 19) will mark his appearance.  CBS announced a few days ago that the previously scheduled episode, "The Cornhusker Vortex", would be reshuffled to a later date and this weeks episode would be "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" which guest stars Wheaton as himself.  We've even got the pictures below, as well as a press release from CBS with the details (thanks for the headsup TVFanatic!)

Wil Wheaton ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") Guest Stars As Himself

"The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" – While Sheldon settles a score with his nemesis, Wil Wheaton, Wolowitz begs Leonard to get Penny to set him up with one of her friends, on The Big Bang Theory, Monday, Oct. 19 (9:30-10:00 Pm, »

- Bryan Jones

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New Line Books Lampoon’s Vacation Sequel

11 October 2009 2:10 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

New Line Cinema, an arm of Warner Bros, is producing a sort of sequel and reboot to 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation.  David Dobkin (The Wedding Crashers) is set to produce and possible direct.

The original starred Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo taking their Griswold family on a cross-country trip to Wally World.  It spawned three sequels centered on Clark Griswold’s wacky shenanigans, including holiday classic Christmas Vacation.

According to THR’s Heat Vision Blog, the new installment would be Chase-less and focus on now adult Rusty Griswold taking his own family on a drive.  They would acknowledge the trip in the 80’s, which makes it a sequel, but if it’s successful it would start another series of these for New Line.  No screenwriters have been hired yet.

National Lampoon gave up the character and franchise to Warner Bros and has since declined into licensing their once »

- Jeff Leins

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The Week in Film: "An Education" beats a "Retreat," plus new trailers

9 October 2009 9:23 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Thirty Republican senators voted down an amendment by Al Franken to take away government funds from defense contractors who prevent their employees from pursuing legal action for workplace assault or sexual discrimination, but luckily it passed anyway.

Meanwhile, David Letterman admitted to affairs with his employees, and his ratings are higher than ever.

Fix your boss with a “no means no” stare and let’s talk about this week’s movies.

The weekend’s big release is Couples Retreat, and while the resort-set movie always looks postcard-pretty — which is never a given, since lush Greek locales couldn’t save Mamma Mia! or My Life in Ruins from looking washed-out and awful — the script is rather problematic.

Four couples (Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell, Vince Vaughn and Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis, Faizon Love and Kali Hawk) fly off to a tropical paradise, but three of the pairs don »

- ADuralde

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Next 'Vacation' Movie to Focus on Rusty Griswold

7 October 2009 8:30 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Warner Bros. is passing the torch of its "National Lampoon's Vacation" franchise to subsidiary New Line Cinema, which is appropriate since the series itself is making a similar generational transition. According to The Hollywood Reporter, following four installments focused on Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and family during different vacations -- plus one spin-off involving a holiday taken by the motley clan of Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) -- the franchise has been inherited by Clark's son Rusty, who now has a family of his own.

Rusty Griswold has been played by four different actors throughout the series' run. Anthony Michael Hall was the first to play the son, appropriate since the original film was scripted and based on a short story by the late John Hughes, who went on to turn the kid into a star with roles in "Sixteen Candles," "Weird Science" and "The Breakfast Club."

Hughes also wrote the first two sequels, »

- Christopher Campbell

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'Big Bang Theory': Sheldon is (gasp!) proven wrong

29 September 2009 12:43 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

One of my favorite things about The Big Bang Theory -- the thing, in fact, that got me officially hooked on the show in the first place -- is the way on occasion it casually breaks certain steadfast sitcom rules. Exhibit A: Sitcom characters are never supposed to laugh at a funny situation, even when the natural response for most human beings would be to break down in hysterics. But every so often, Penny will actually laugh at something Sheldon or Leonard has done that's genuinely funny, and not one of those forced sitcom-y laughs, either. (This example is as »

- Adam B. Vary

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The Big Bang Theory's Johnny Galecki Talks TV Physics, Fans and Cutthroat Ping Pong

28 September 2009 8:20 AM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

In the early '90s, Johnny Galecki began his sitcom career on the Chuck Lorre-produced Roseanne as the intelligent, super-sensitive boyfriend of Darlene Conner, played by Sara Gilbert. Over a decade later, Galecki stars on the Chuck Lorre-created Big Bang Theory as an intelligent, socially unaware Caltech physicist, where once more he occasionally finds himself onscreen with Sara Gilbert. It could be luck, divine intervention or Chuck Lorre's loyalty that brought Galecki back into the fold of America's favorite sitcoms, but the Belgian-born actor credits his fans entirely.

Movieline shared a drink with Galecki a while back at the Television Critics Association event for CBS, where he discussed Big Bang's incredible viewer support, the learning curve of a TV physicist and why he still hasn't visited Caltech. »

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[TV] The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Second Season

25 September 2009 9:15 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

The Big Bang Theory's laugh track is horrible. Let's just get that out of the way now. Not since The Drew Carey Show's inexplicable audience-of-drunken-fat-men have I been so perplexed by the vigor of Haaa!!'s and Ohhh!!'s, at the slightest ribs. Really, it almost reaches the volume levels of Disney Channel sitcoms, so eerily and psychotically exuberant it instantly recalls that urban fact that canned laughter is from people who have been dead for decades. The rare and claustrophobic experience of being trapped watching a story with maniacal ghosts, however, does subside slightly after watching enough episodes, and The Big Bang Theory will eventually make you laugh on your own. This is because of little else though than aspiring Nobel Prize winner and aspiring Vulcan, Dr. Sheldon Cooper, played with no fear by Jim Parsons, the show’s major contribution to pop culture.

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- Michael Narkunski

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DVD Review: Great Second Season of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Deserves Better Set

23 September 2009 7:51 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” had a good first season but, like a lot of sitcoms, it became much more confident in season two and really developed a rhythm that I expect will carry it for years to come. Don’t believe me? Check out the nearly-perfect and Emmy-nominated second season of “The Big Bang Theory,” now available on DVD.

DVD Rating: 3.0/5.0 The first season of “The Big Bang Theory” set up the concept - two dorky guys, their two even dorkier friends, and the pretty girl who lives across the hall. The set-up was funny, the cast was good, but it was sometimes predictable and stale.

The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Second Season was released on DVD on September 15th, 2009.

Photo credit: Warner Brothers Home Video

The brilliance of the second season was that it took the pretty girl across the hall and made her one of the guys. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Johnny Galecki Talks About The Big Bang Theory

22 September 2009 11:51 PM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »

The Big Bang Theory is back with, you got it, a bang. The comedy, which follows the interactions between four nerds (Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar) and a hot girl (Kaley Cuoco), just kicked off its 3rd season on CBS, and things are about to get crazy. Leonard (Galecki), one of the nerds, and Penny (Cuoco), the hot girl, realize they're genuinely into each other and they, well, they do the deed. And doing the deed -- which actually is more bust than bang -- will have huge repercussions on everyone. PopStar recently caught up with Galecki for the following exclusive interview, in which he talked about the questions fans most often ask him, why he likes Leonard, and what else -- beyond that big bang -- fans can expect during season three of The Big Bang Theory. You've been at Comic-Con a couple of times now »

- ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)

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DVD Review: ‘The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Second Season’

22 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Its pretty rare these days that I watch a TV show for the first time and instantly like it. Usually, a show takes time to grow on me or, in many cases, doesn’t and I end up moving on to something else. Like most people, my time is valuable and I only have so much, so I want to spend time where it counts watching shows of quality. Much to my happiness, The Big Bang Theory is a show I instantly liked and have been a devoted watcher of from day one.

The setup may seem rather familiar to anyone who’s watched a sitcom in the last twenty years. Sheldon and Leonard (Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons) two nerdy, comic book loving physicists live together in an apartment while they work at a nearby university. Their perfect world of video games, trips to the comic book store and »

- Chris Ullrich

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Slideshow: 19-Image Gallery For ‘The 2009 Emmy Awards’ Including Tina Fey, Heidi Klum

21 September 2009 12:43 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – This 19-image slideshow contains the official CBS press images from “The 2009 Emmy Awards” including images from the stage and the red carpet. Celebrities snapped include Glenn Close, Tina Fey, Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Eva La Rue, Kaley Cuoco, Samantha Harris, LL Cool J, Alyson Hanigan, Cobie Smulders, Jon Cryer, Jeff Probst, Simon Baker, Bryan Cranston, Heidi Klum, and many more.

You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. Photos #1-9 credited to Mark Davis and photos #10-19 credited.to Monty Brinton. All Rights Reserved.

2009Emmys_01: Jeff Probst on the Red Carpet at the 61st Primetime Emmy® Awards, broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles Sunday, Sept. 20 (8:00-11:00 Pm, live Et/delayed Pt) on the CBS Television Network.

2009Emmys_02: Jennifer Love Hewitt, left, and Jaime Kennedy on the »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Emmy Presenters Announced!

16 September 2009 4:09 PM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »

Michael J. Fox and Ellen Burstyn are among the stars who will join host Neil Patrick Harris onstage at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards to hand out the golden statuettes.

Fox and Burstyn, both Primetime Emmy winners, will present statuettes along with Patricia Arquette, David Boreanaz, Jon Cryer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Rob Lowe, Tracy Morgan, Hayden Panettiere, Bob Newhart, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders.

The most recent group of presenters joins Simon Baker, Tina Fey, »

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Second Batch of 61st Primetime Emmys Presenters

15 September 2009 8:43 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Cover has been taken off, the second group of presenters in duty for 61st Primetime Emmy Awards reveal themselves. Kevin Bacon, who is nominated at the award show for his role in TV movie "Taking Chance", will be on hand to present together with his wife Kyra Sedgwick who is also a nominee for her role on "The Closer".

Also presenting together would be the leading stars to CBS drama series "NCIS: Los Angeles", LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell. Others taking similar task include Alec Baldwin, Kaley Cuoco, Cat Deeley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Johnny Galecki, Ricky Gervais, Jim Parsons, Amy Poehler, Anna Torv, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Walsh.

First batch of presenters had been announced yesterday but the Academy is still keeping the performers line-up a secret.

The most celebrated event in TV world will be broadcast live from Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 20 at 8/7c. Nominees »

- AceShowbiz.com

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