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TV Weekly Recap: Running in Heels and Wonder Woman, part 2!

February 26th, 2009

To make it to the top, you got to start at the bottom.

That’s the underlying theme of the new reality docudrama, Running in Heels.

The show takes us inside Marie Claire magazine, where three interns are getting their first taste of the glamorous life.

But it’s not all Manolos and Prada, according to Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles.

“There’s a fabulousness about it,” she told me at a private screening party at celebrity hot spot Goldbar on NYC’s lower East Side Monday night. “But there is also a flip side: Celebrities behave badly, fashion designers can let you down and models don’t show up for shoots.”

Sounds just as catty as you would expect the catwalk to be. But Joanna reveals the real hissing spats are between the interns.

“Yes,” she admits about the girls having drama. “Some of the time.”

You know that means every single episode! Running in Heels premieres Sunday, March 1 at 8 p.m. on Style Network.

On the west side of town, In Treatment’s newest star star Sherri Saum was having her own Wonder Woman moment with Lynda Carter, who sang in the Defying Inequality musical fundraiser supporting equal rights at the Gershwin Theatre.

“She looked like a supermodel, she’s so beautiful,” said Sherri of Lynda, who will be performing again at Jazz at Lincoln Center March 13 and 14. “I had the Wonder Woman theme song running through my head when I met her.”   

Sherri also revealed that her character, Natalie, may return to Rescue Me this season.

 

“They kind of left things unfinished,” she says of her character. “I’m just waiting for the call.”

 

So get those sirens wailing!

Michael J. Fox: I Love My Life

November 5th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff

Michael J. Fox, who has lived with Parkinson’s disease for almost 20 years, has a hard time not moving still because of the degenerative nerve disorder. But now, with a four-part guest spot on Rescue Me, the actor will have face the challenge of staying still to play a paralyzed, wheelchair-bound man.

 

"The funny part is me playing a paralyzed guy because I am the opposite of paralyzed," he tells Entertainment Tonight in an interview airing this evening. "It’s tricky just to even just to be still."

 

The character is a far cry from the good guys Michael usually plays on screen, which will be another stretch for the veteran actor, one he’s looking forward to.

 

 

"[Dennis Leary] called me up and described [the character]," he says. "He is really dark and misanthropic. He’s bitter and nasty. It’s really fun."

 

Although the beloved actor has been struggling with the disease for a long time, Michael has remained optimistic about his condition, saying he’s "pretty good all things considered," and penning Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, due out this spring.

 

"If you’re never down you’ll never know how good it feels to be up," he tells ET. "It’s a great ride and I wouldn’t change a thing. I love my life for whatever difficulties there are."

 

Tune in to ET tonight for more!

Michael J. Fox Back on TV

July 15th, 2008

Michael J. Fox just can’t stay away from television.

The erstwhile Alex P. Keaton is slated to guest star in a four-episode arc on the upcoming season of Rescue Me, FX announced.

Michael will play the boyfriend of Denis Leary’s ex-wife on the firehouse drama, John Landgraf, President of FX, says.

"He’s a very funny, original character," John said, adding that the character will be "confined to a wheelchair."

The Family Ties star won the part courtesy Denis, whom he is friends with, John says.

Since leaving Spin City in 2001 after a five-year run, Michael, 47, has been concentrating on raising awareness for Parkinson’s Disease, but has also carved out time to make some very special guest appearances on such shows as Scrubs and Boston Legal, the latter of which won him an Emmy nomination.

Dennis Leary Talks Family

January 22nd, 2008 / Author: cwillett

Now that the writers are still on strike, Dennis Leary who stars in and writes his hit FX show Rescue Me is spending a lot more time at home, much to his family’s dismay.

"You get to the point where your kids are like, ‘When are you going back to work? I don’t need any help with my homework anymore," Dennis told OK! at a taping of The Rachael Ray Show in Bryant Park.

"And I’m like, ‘Ookay guys I’ll be downstairs if you need me!’" he added.

Meanwhile, he hints to OK! he completely forgot about Valentine’s Day coming up in a couple weeks. "Oh boy! That’s right around the corner," he said. "I can’t say what my plans are because it’s a surprise for my wife! But, I’m working on it!"

We hope it’s good, Dennis!

 

By Jocelyn Vena

Man Candy: Daniel Sunjata

November 15th, 2007 / Author: OK! Staff

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Stars Come Out to Support the Troops

November 12th, 2007 / Author: cwillett

Former Dorito spokeswoman Ali Landry looked dazzling after giving birth to her daughter, Estela, only four months ago! But it was her latest movie Bella that had Ali all excited.

 

“It’s been doing so well. It really is the little engine that could at this point. We’ve been holding our numbers so strong for weeks in a row now and it really is a miracle. We had no money for advertising so we’ve been traveling with this movie for the past three years so it’s great. All our efforts have proven right,” she said at the A Salute to Our Troops event held on Veterans Day.

 

Meanwhile Til Death star Joely Fisher revealed she was anything but scared to turn the big 4-0 last month. “40 and fantastic! I had a giant party and people entertained me. We did it in grand style!”

 

She also had some kind words for co-star Brad Garrett who lost his father a couple weeks ago. “He’s a gentle giant. He wears his heart on his sleeve. He’s gone through a lot this year. I’m sure it’s very upsetting. He had a very special relationship with his father and he’s dealing with it. We were texting just this morning”

 

The cast of Rescue Me had a lot of laughs when they found out co-star Daniel Sunjata is this week’s Man Candy. “You just gave us fodder for the fifth and sixth seasons!” joked Callie Thorne. The rest of the cast really couldn’t stop laughing!

 

 

 

By Jocelyn Vena

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