Wednesday, August 17, 2011

NEWS ROUNDUP: James Franco Tapes GH, Busy Jacob Young, SATC Prequel

James Franco tapes new GENERAL HOSPITAL episodes
Franco taped episodes on Saturday, August 13, and he will air as planned on September 20.

Amber Tamblyn and David Cross are engaged
The couple, who have been dating since 2009, have managed to keep their engagement a secret longer than most Hollywood duos. "They've been engaged for weeks," a source close to Amber adds.

Morgan Freeman, Marisa Tomei among the stars to be in a play about Proposition 8 on Broadway
Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei will appear in a one-night-only reading on Broadway of a play about Proposition 8.

On Wednesday, producers announced some of the cast members who will perform in Dustin Lance Black’s play “8’’ as part of a fundraiser at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Sept. 19.

CW Eyes SEX AND THE CITY Prequel Series Shepherded By GOSSIP GIRL Producers
Because it previously adapted Bushnell's "Sex and the City" into a hugely popular series, HBO has the rights to "The Carrie Diaries," a young-adult novel that chronicles Carrie's senior year of high school in a small New England town. But since the book is much younger skewing than HBO's audience, the pay cable network had been seeking another outlet for the potential series.

Jacob Young comments on the transition from AMC to B&B
"I don't know when I'm going to start working. It is kind of nutty. I don't know how it's going to work because Julie [Hanan Carruthers, AMC's EP] really needs me at AMC to finish out the storyline; I know there's a lot that's going to be hung on JR and his story. So I'm going to be working feverishly through the last bit of ALL MY CHILDREN. But I also know they have a huge story in place, which I haven't heard anything about yet, at BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL. So I'll be jumping right in. I know that the last air date of ALL MY CHILDREN is September 23 and that literally the next Monday, people can catch me on BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL."

John McCooks signs new 3-year contract with B&B
"I just signed a new contract with the show, for another three years," McCook reports. "I'm very glad about that, because a lot of actors my age are taken off contract and become recurring."

Colbie Caillat is first PLAYBOY CLUB celebrity guest star
Caillat will brighten up the upcoming NBC drama playing famed vocalist Lesley Gore.

WWE Raw Mystery: Top 5 Suspects Who Sent Kevin Nash the Text
Who told Big Kev (Kevin Nash) to "stick the winner"?

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