Tuesday, May 13, 2014

NEWS: Shonda Rhimes, Ryan Murphy, Chris Colfer, Richard Caine, Alec Baldwin, Danny Dyer

ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee compares Shonda Rhimes to Charles Dickens
"I call her the Charles Dickens of the 21st Century if Charles Dickens had been black and a woman," Lee says about the all-Shonda Thursday on the ABC fall schedule.

Ryan Murphy Responds to Rumors About Star Tension on 'Glee' Set
Extra's Jerry Penacoli caught up with director Ryan Murphy at the premiere of his HBO movie, “The Normal Heart,” talking about his hit FOX show Glee and the recent rumors of a rift between stars Lea Michelle and Naya Rivera, along with the headlines Rivera was fired.

Murphy replied, “I don’t think there is a story between Naya and Lea. I always marvel at the things that become headline news that most of the time are completely fabricated. Naya's coming back next year, Lea's coming back next year, anybody ever in that cast has an open invitation to come back and finish the character they so beautifully started.”

Chris Colfer on 'Glee' Controversy: I'm Just Too Old for Drama
"It's really sad," he said. "I've seen some of my closest friends on Glee go through where these horrible things are written about them and none of it is true, but some reporter wants to get a hit, they say so-and-so is a raging bitch."

The 50 Greatest Sci-Fi Shows Ever
The list includes Land of the Lost, The X-Files and Doctor Who.

Former 'General Hospital' actor writes book about Mount Rushmore letters
Richard Cerasani, also known by his stage name Richard Caine, played Frank Smith's right-hand man Bill Watson on General Hospital. He wrote a book called "Love Letters from Mount Rushmore: The Story of a Marriage, a Monument, and a Moment in History."

The story centers on his father, who was sculptor and artist who worked on Mount Rushmore for six months in 1940 and stayed connected to his wife through daily letters.

Former 'Knots Landing' and 'The Doctors' actor Alec Baldwin arrested
Baldwin was busted and cuffed Tuesday morning after riding his bicycle the wrong way down a one-way Manhattan street and then mouthing off to two female cops who pulled him over.

'West Wing' Uncensored: Aaron Sorkin, Rob Lowe, More Look Back on Early Fears, Long Hours, Contract Battles and the Real Reason for Those Departures
The cast, creators and executives look back at the series that paved the way for a new generation of political series from Scandal to House of Cards.

How the Producers of 'Once Upon a Time' Kept That 'Frozen' Shocker a Secret
The idea to bring Frozen into the Once Upon a Time universe has been in the works ever since executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis saw the film around the time of its November 2013 release. They immediately saw a connection to their own work: “A person perceived to be a villain who’s actually misunderstood is our favorite kind of character,” says Kitsis.

So, if the idea has been in the works for months, how did they protect the surprise? Horowitz says that they wrote an alternate ending for the episode and distributed that script to the cast and crew. Only a handful of people got to see the real thing — and many people who work on the show didn’t even find out until afterwards.


"As long as they want to keep me, I'll stay" reveals the actor, who plays landlord Mick Carter in the soap.

Twitter's new mute button officially rolls out, lets you block annoying users
According to Twitter, this feature is slightly less severe than a full-on block, and should help prevent over-active users (like yours truly) from taking over your feed. As Twitter wrote, “Muting a user on Twitter means their Tweets and Retweets will no longer be visible in your home timeline, and you will no longer receive push or SMS notifications from that user.”

Check Out a Glorious, Colorful History of Arcade Games
rom Skee-Ball’s 1909 debut to the surround-sound experiences of the present day, it’s a visual history of game arcades.

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