Thursday, October 6, 2011

NEWS ROUNDUP: Penn Badgley Occupies Wall Street, Cassi Colvin Visits B&B, 10 TV Shows That Tried to Sell Sex — and Failed

Penn Badgley Joins Protestors at Occupy Wall Street
The 24-year-old GOSSIP GIRL star marched amongst demonstrators Wednesday morning as a part of NYC's Occupy Wall Street protest.

"I mean, listen, it's cheesy," said Badgley, "but I want to do whatever I can. Let's be honest: I'm on f*cking GOSSIP GIRL. So, why not try and ... right? It's absurd that celebrity power is what it is, but, like, use any tool you have, you know?"

GLEE's Harry Shum Jr: My Steve Jobs Story
"Now I didn’t know Steve Jobs personally. But I was lucky enough to be a part of the iPod campaigns. I was asked to do a test commercial shoot for an Apple product which didn’t mean much to me at the time. Some music player that holds all your songs. Sounded cool to me and I never gave up an opportunity to work especially with the possibility of it turning into a national commercial. Coolest job I did in that time. Just for the fact that I was chosen for my dancing and just my dancing alone."

Blunders: Lynn Liccardo on "the rest of the countdown..."
Read more thoughts from Lynn on daytime soap opera blunders.

Sexy Naya Rivera's Glee at sultry shoot
The actress smolders in the snaps for FHM magazine in blue and white knickers and a grey jumper.

10 TV Shows That Tried to Sell Sex — and Failed
Sex sells. That’s the theory hacky admen, tabloid reporters, and TV execs subscribe to, at least. But salacious subject matter isn’t always a recipe for success.

MTV Buys Krysten Ritter/Eric Garcia Drama, USA Buys Richard Murphy Dramedy
Ritter, star of ABC’s upcoming comedy series Apartment 23, has sold her first TV project as a producer, the hourlong drama CASSANDRA FRENCH'S FINISHING SCHOOL FOR BOYS based on Eric Garcia’s novel of the same name.

LIFE UNEXPECTED's Shiri Appleby to Star in Alloy's DATING RULES
The nine-episode web series will revolve around a woman who gets dating advice text messages from herself 10 years in the future.

RINGER to Have a BUFFY Reunion
Amber Benson will guest-star in Episode 10 of the freshman series.

Eddie Mekka to appear on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Mekka, who played Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa on LAVERNE & SHIRLEY, will guest star on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS as diner owner Bud for several episodes, beginning Friday, October 7.

Another BIG BROTHER Star Joins THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
On Thursday, October 20, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL's Hope gets a little help with her "Hope For The Future" fashion line from a real-life model. Cassi Colvin -- who was a BIG BROTHER housemate this past summer -- makes a surprise appearance as a model who offers some assistance to Hope.

ALL MY CHILDREN's Jordi Vilasuso appears on RENEGADE REPORTING


TV Writer, Eric Kaldor, Unveils Downward Facing Dog
After the Army, Kaldor worked as a production assistant on AS THE WORLD TURNS.

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