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 Check out these new stills from Olivia Munn’s upcoming cameo on the CBS comedy, Accidentally on Purpose. In the episode “Face Off,” Zack (Jon Foster) is upset when Billie (Jenna Elfman) hires Nicole (Olivia Munn), a baby nurse without consulting him. Also pictured below is Nicolas Wright (center). This special episode of Accidentally on Purpose featuring Olivia airs on Wednesday (April 7) @ 8:30PM ET/PT on CBS.     Source I can't wait until this show comes back!
 Steve Agee (left) and Brian Posehn You know how Valley Village's anti-gay, anti-brunch mayor May Kadoody was exposed by Sarah Silverman for having top secret bra-and-granny-panties-wearing lesbian brunch with famed Cookie Party hostess Mini Coffee? And then how after May Kadoody resigned in disgrace, the Valley Village anti-gay marriage law was overturned so that gigantic, orange, gay couple Brian and Steve could finally get married? You don't? Well that's what recently happened on The Sarah Silverman Program (currently airing on Comedy Central and Logo), a week after Brian and Steve battled the ghost of a guy they accidentally murdered with a TV remote. When Brian and Steve got married, they bumped fists instead of kissing. Because that's what happens in a world where gays are also part-time ghostbusters. Here's what Brian Posehn and Steve Agee, the guys who play "Brian" and "Steve," have to say about some of that stuff: Queer Sighted: Do your characters know that they're bears? Steve: It's never been mentioned in an episode. Brian and I know that we are and I get a lot of emails from bears and guys who are into bears. We should definitely do an episode. Brian: We've talked about it, we've talked about getting Patton Oswalt to come and play a rich cub who comes along to steal one of us away. They've already put you in bear animal costumes this season. Steve: Yeah, that was kind of a nod. And I didn't even put that together until after we'd finished shooting. That's how dense I am. Who gets more stalkers, you guys or Zach Galifianakis? Steve: I have a feeling now that it's probably Zach. He's gone to this whole other level. Brian: I know for a fact Zach has them. I don't get much of that. I just get guys who are happy to see a version of what they are on TV. I had a guy come up to me in San Francisco who could have been my brother, and he said, "I listen to metal, I play video games, I smoke pot, and this is my husband." And the guy he was with looked like Santa Claus. Big bushy beard. It was awesome and trippy. So you guys are gay role models now. Brian: (laughs) I don't think Sarah was going for that. She wanted us to just be different from any gay characters you'd ever seen. She wanted us to just be ourselves. I've had some gay men say things to me like, "You guys are not like any gays I know." They just don't know the right gays. Steve: I haven't had any negative feedback. I get hate mail constantly from other people, and I assumed it would only be a matter of time before some gays did that to me too. People say horrible things to me on Twitter. They Hate-Follow me there. It's one thing when your friends rag on you and call you names, but when a complete stranger does it you can't tell if it's sarcasm or not. It makes no sense. But from gay guys it's all been positive. I think growing up you're used to seeing nothing on TV but gay stereotypes, really good looking, chiseled guys or over-the-top gay characters. And the gay guys who come up to me look and act nothing like that. I have gay guys come up to me and say stuff like, "My boyfriend and I love the show and you guys nailed it." Right, that's basically everyone I know. When the show came on the air, lots of my friends were like, "Finally, slobby dudes who are also fags on a TV show." It was this moment where you realize that you might not have been necessarily craving to see representations of yourself on TV, but when it finally happens you're sort of happily surprised. Steve: I came home from a viewing party for the very first episode of season one, and there was a MySpace message waiting for me from a gay guy who said, "As of tonight, you are the cutest person on TV." My first thought was, Holy shit, you have horrible taste in men. Because I am a mess. I get links to bear websites where there are all these pictures of us. It's crazy. How do women treat you now? Are they nicer because they think you might be gay, like maybe you won't drool and sweat all over them? Steve: My chick situation hasn't changed one bit. I still sit on the couch at home playing video games most of the day. Then I go to [L.A. record store] Amoeba. Brian: You know, I'd do okay if I wasn't married. I do draw a certain type of girl. I know a woman who thinks you're super-fine, Brian. Brian: Is she tattooed? Covered in them. Brian: Yeah, yeah. I've got a bunch of those now, it's awesome. Girls who never would have talked to me before. What gay stuff did you do to prep for these roles? Brian: I didn't even figure out we were supposed to be gay until the second episode. Sarah made it ambiguous. It wasn't decided until further into the process. I just read my own lines. I wasn't really paying attention. And in that second episode I said to Steve, "Are we gay now?" and he's like, "You're an idiot." Who's actually gayer in real life? Brian: As far as stereotypical attributes go, like caring about clothing, I have none of those traits. I can make an omelette, but I don't care how the house looks. I let my wife do all that. Obviously my character doesn't care either. If I were gay, I'd still just be like the way I am on the show. Steve: Brian's gayer, because when you hear him talk on the phone with his wife, it's like [higher-pitched voice], "I love you, Baby!" Like he's very lovey-dovey. I'd say Brian. Brian: Look, I just have a "wife voice." Now we have talked about who would be the bottom and who would be the top. I'm the bottom because I think I run things in the house, and I'm bitchier. I feel like I cause more fights. I think that means Steve's more concerned, like you can make him upset with your behavior, which would make him the bottom. Now, I do have some gay friends who are annoyed with you two. They think you guys need cuter haircuts and they think you need to kiss. Brian: My hair, I just let it go and make the hairdressers deal with it. And my beard is pretty unruly. Aren't there bears who like just never even comb their hair? We're just representing the stinky ones. Steve: It's not because we ever told the writers we didn't want to [kiss]. It makes sense to the audience, but in the writer's room it's along the lines of it being more dude-like that we bump fists. If it came up in a script I'd do it, no problem. I did, however, just have my first on-screen make-out scene on the web series [and upcoming Adult Swim program] Children's Hospital. I'm thrilled about that, but I was so nervous. It was with Lizzy Caplan, and I felt like I should have just been apologizing to her the whole time. Brian: And in the gay marriage episode, I wrote the joke about how no one wants to see Steve and Brian kiss. I think that should happen in the last episode, you know what I mean? Right. I know it feels like all affection on the show, no matter which character is expressing it, is treated as ridiculous or gross, so it's not like you guys are different. Brian: It's not that we're gay, and they don't want to see it. It's that we're us, and they don't want to see it, these Pig-Pen guys. And it comes down to Sarah. She controls the whole show. She didn't want anyone sexualized, and she doesn't want traditional anything. But I think a final scene -- like if we know we're going away -- that's balls-out, completely hardcore, would be great, like "I wonder what Brian and Steve are doing?" and then you see that we're both naked and sweaty. That's how we want to go out. The people demand it. Well, like two people I know do, anyway. Source.
 FX's “Nip/Tuck” ended Wednesday night with its 100th episode, which was filmed in Los Angeles in June. The Times, which had exclusive access to the set for the series finale, interviewed cast members about their thoughts on the final episode, which was written by creator Ryan Murphy and directed by John S. Scott. Dylan Walsh (Sean McNamara) “Sean McNamara was always talking about how he wanted to do good. And the truth is that in the world of plastic surgery on “Nip/Tuck,” he wasn’t doing good. He wasn’t doing good for people. It turns out, he’s just part of the lessons that the show is constantly looking at. You’re not doing good for somebody necessarily by giving them plastic surgery. So in that regard it is good to finally send him off so he can do what he thinks is the righteous, good thing and to make some peace with his life. The only thing I would say is that to invent a new situation — Sean leaving to take care of this baby — I felt the finale should have been more about some closure with the things we’d already set up. It seemed like an odd thing to do. You also ask yourself: How else would you end it? The two guys — there has been a love affair between two heterosexual men, which is what Ryan always said he wanted the show to be about. So then how do you split them up, and how and why? I do like that this season set up, from the beginning, you get a sense that Christian’s become the bad guy. He goes behind Sean’s back a few times. He forges some papers to get a loan. Various things. But in the end he does the good thing to give Sean the nudge that he needs to get out there and finally do what he’s been wanting to do. And I like that turn. But it’s a show that week in and week out always had to deliver some shock and awe. And I think people tune in to see what bold thing are they going to do on “Nip/Tuck” tonight. And now you get to a finale where the expectation is so high to deliver yet more shock and more awe, and clearly Ryan wanted to go the other way with that and give a more subdued finish to it.” Julian McMahon (Christian Troy) “I know that some people felt like it was less than what you should do on “Nip/Tuck.” But I felt that it, in being a little less, meant it was different. I just didn’t think that was a bad way to go. You know, we’ve blown it out every show. What the hell do you do for a finale? Press the detonate button and blow up the TV screen? I don’t know. So, for it to be a little simpler and not so over-the-top and not so farcy, it was nice to be simple. In fact, I’ve always thought the show should have been simpler than it was. So, for me, it was nice to have it a little less than what we’ve been expanding upon for the last number of years. “And what I really wanted to do in the shooting was settle everything down a lot. We’re used to characters expressing themselves and storming out of rooms or storming into rooms and then expressing themselves and blah, blah, blah. And I really tried as hard I could to make all of us settle down a little bit and sit in our stuff a little bit more. So with that you’ll get a very different show than what you’re used to, which I think is apropos.” Joely Richardson (Julia McNamara) “I thought it was an absolute page-turner. What I liked about it is that its grown-up and reflective of these times. Right now, it’s quite grown-up times. I felt it hasn’t ended sensational. The ending is a mature ending. And I like that. It surprised us again by giving us something almost subtle. We’ve done three or four of those dinner scenes around the table over the years, and it's always been my favorite bits to do. It started with the first season (and second season) and they were such wonderful seasons, and so exciting, and somehow as a cast member, it was really lovely to end with everyone around the table.” John Hensley (Matt McNamara) “This is anticlimactic to me. I was craving for there to be some great twist. Those first two seasons, “Nip/Tuck” was quite successful at incorporating those. I was hoping to end on that note, and it just fizzles. It’s a distinct choice Ryan’s made, and I respect it. But I was so craving a twist. I was so let down to see Matt run off with Ava. By the time this episode rolls around, he’s been in prison, he’s murdered a man, he’s become the king of his cell block, let out early. The meth addiction, the Scientology. He’s got this great opportunity with someone who accepts him for who he is and he takes off with Ava and he’s like, “Here’s my baby,” and it’s not really explained.” Kelly Carlson (Kimber Henry) “I found myself reading the script and getting a little pissed off that my child was going with Ava. I was a little mad. I was a little upset. It made me sick.” “Kimber and Christian is like that syndrome where you attach yourself to the abuser, because they are so screwed up and they wish they could be with someone normal. It’s a great love story. It’s been so much fun playing because I feel we’re one of those couples on television that people won’t forget. “ Roma Maffia (Liz Cruz) “It went back to its Nip/Tuckism — the absurdity of the situations, but with the heart, the connection between seeing what they’re doing and why they’re doing it. Once we see why they’re doing it, we can’t separate ourselves from them. We can identify with them and it doesn’t seem as ‘out there.’ " Source. I know this is a little old, but I haven't seen any other posts about it... For those who saw it, what did you think of the finale? I was thrilled that my OTP of Matt and Ava were reunited and had a happy ending, though I'm disappointed that John Hensley didn't like it. And who does Kelly Carlson think she is? She wishes Kimber was as fierce a bitch as Ava!
 Zenescope Entertainment has officially announced they have obtained the comic book and graphic novel publishing rights to the television property CHARMED (1998-2006) created by Constance M. Burge from Spelling Entertainment, under license from CBS Consumer Products. The comic book publisher, known for beautiful, sultry and strong female characters, has now added three more to the mix. The ultra-popular CHARMED television series aired for eight seasons on The WB network and averaged more than 4 million viewers throughout its run. Zenescope's comic book series will feature a brand new storyline which picks up where the television series left off. The story follows the Halliwell sisters, a beautiful trio descended from a line of powerful but good witches, as they battle against evil beings in modern day San Francisco. Attached to write the new comic book series is author Paul Ruditis, who has written several Charmed novels such as Leo Rising (with Constance M. Burge) and As Puck Would Have It. Co-writing with Ruditis will be Raven Gregory, writer of the acclaimed Wonderland trilogy published by Zenescope. Renowned artist Dave Hoover (Captain America, The Wanderers) will be providing interior illustrations for the series. "The key to this series success is to strike a nice balance in creating a brand new, intriguing storyline for fans of the television show while also not alienating Zenescope and comic book readers who haven't really followed it before but might want to now that it's a comic," said Zenescope Editor-in-Chief Ralph Tedesco. "The great thing is that Paul and Raven have done just that with this story arc. Anybody will be able to pick up this series and follow it whether or not they ever watched the show before. Moreover, fans of the show are going to be thrilled when they see where this story goes." Issue #0 is scheduled for a June release with issue #1 to debut at Comic Con International in San Diego this July. Source
 With their A-level results in for most of the gang, thoughts about the past and the future are on their minds. Thomas is running fast, Katie is doing her best to match make, JJ is baby sitting, Cookie’s up to his old tricks, Emily’s confused and Naomi’s had enough. Effy is released and pining for Freddie. But no-one knows where he is. And Pandora has news of her own, but is anybody around to listen? As most of our gang congregate at Naomi’s they’re all trying to get along and make sense of recent events to a backdrop of chaos and 80's music. Slowly the gang end up in the one place that makes sense. In their final moments they are reunited once more and anything could happen: make-ups, break-ups, punch-ups. But one thing’s for sure, it will be eventful, and for some, there's no going back. SOURCE Goodbye, 2nd generation.
 Last Thursday's episode of Skins has drawn complaints from fans and charities, according to reports. The Sun understands that the teen drama's latest instalment, which showed psychotic councillor Dr John Foster (Hugo Speer) appear to beat Freddie (Luke Pasqualino) to death with a baseball bat, caused controversy following its airing on E4. "There was no need to do that to Freddie. You've definitely lost your fans," one fan remarked. Lucy Russell of charity Young Minds said: "It could stop young people getting help." Channel 4 said that only 11 complaints were made in total, adding: "The audience expect adult content." The series finale of Skins airs on Thursday at 10pm on E4. Poor Freddie :( But 11 complaints isnt really that bad TBH. source
 Good news for fans of the former CW sitcom 'The Game.' Sources close to the production tell BV Buzz that Black Entertainment Television has struck a deal with 'The Game's' parent company Paramount to develop new episodes of the popular series. "The deal is done between the two networks," the source told BV Buzz. "Now it's a matter of getting the actors under contract again." When The CW canceled the show in May of last year, the contracts with the shows stars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Hosea Chanchez, Brittany Daniel and Coby Bell weren't optioned and ultimately expired on June 30, 2009. Now BET has to negotiate new contracts with the actors, which is expected to be done within next week. "The show will have the same production value, so the actors will make the same type of money they made when they did 'The Game' for The CW," the source shared. There is a conflict now with actor Bell, who played Jason Pitts on the sports-themed comedy. It was just announced that he is joining the cast of the hit USA show, 'Burn Notice.' "He will likely still be able to work on 'The Game,' but only as a recurring character instead of being a series regular," the source explained. Once the deal is finalized, 'The Game' will begin production on new episodes in May and shoot on location in Atlanta. Mara Brock Akil, who also produced 'Girlfriends,' will return as the executive producer of the show as well. BET hopes to use 'The Game' to launch their new scripted television division, something that Debra Lee, CEO of Black Entertainment Television told BV Buzz when we reported on this story last summer. sauce
Brilliant, brutal, and, yes, very enjoyableby Ken Tucker  I feel as though too many reviews and too many viewers are approaching HBO’s The Pacific as though it’s a chore. It’s not: If you watched the first episode this week, chances are, you’re in for next week, too, because it has tremendous narrative drive. While rightly noting that this 10-part series never shies away from the brutality of the World War II battles against Japan, the vividness of the carnage is neither excessively off-putting nor action-movie celebrated. No, what came across in this week’s premiere and continues on through each succeeding episode is the tremendous psychological, as well as physical, strain that the war in the Pacific theater imposed upon everyone from the most low-ranking soldier to its higher-ranking strategists. Unlike Band of Brothers, made by many of the same people and led by producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, The Pacific doesn’t often offer the comfort of triumphant surges and comradeship under fire. It does something much trickier to pull off: It creates marvelous drama from a highly chaotic, confusing series of battlefields, and follows men who aren’t best buddies, but who are complex combinations of heroes, innocents, cynics, and damaged goods. I don’t claim to have a lot of knowledge about this area of history, and the filmmakers can’t assume many viewers do. What I get from The Pacific strikes me as being “realistic” in the sense that, without having done research, I was convinced of it on the level of drama — of the sheer misery, fear, discipline, and bravery that commingled in an area characterized by one soldier as “jungle rot and malaria.” I’m also taken with the visuals. Director Tim Van Patten arranged a beautiful (there’s no other word for it, callous as it sounds) of, first, a big battle at night and then, the next morning, a shot of dead bodies floating in water. The three main characters aren’t close friends, but rather fact-based men whose tales occasionally intersect, while holding up as individual narratives. James Badge Dale’s Leckie (imo he reminds me of Will Shuester) is brooding and literary and self-consciousnes and sensitive; he’s the kind of soul many of us wish we were or think we are. And it’s important in a grand historical spectacle like The Pacific to have characters you can latch onto, if not identify with. For others, it will be Jon Seda’s John Basilone, a more tough, gruff, and only on the surface less self-analytical man, who can perform heroic works without ever quite feeling he deserves to be considered a hero. You see? The Pacific is already the kind of war story that draws you in on the strength of its characters while also making sure you get the details of Big Picture: Where these battles are being fought; how much more confusing, both tactically and morally, some of these missions seem than they were in Band of Brothers. That last is something I particularly appreciate about The Pacific – it’s as good at dramatizing the inner wars these Marines go through as it is at showing the hideous food they must eat, the sores and vermin that attack their bodies, the bullets and shrapnel that wounds them. Am I in for the long haul. How about you? you're surely fucked now Did you watch it, ONTD?
 The first Game of Thrones still, courtesy of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} grrm's journal, is here.It's official, HBO has given the go ahead for the upcoming series Game of Thrones based on the book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin. Talk of the pilot being picked up has been floating around the rumor mill for about a year now but things didn't become official until March 2nd. For more info on this new development, feast your eyes on the bullets down below. * "I have absolutely no idea whether "March" will translate to "early March" or "the end of March." The decision could be announced today, for all I know. Or maybe they will make us all wait until March 31. The Ides... well, maybe not. I don't know if I can wait another fifteen days, and anyway that date has ominous connotations. "Beware the Ides of March," and all that. So please let us know before that, HBO." Martin said on his "not blog" Monday morning. By Tuesday afternoon he was at a presumed loss for words, and simply posted a classic Peanuts video. * HBO has requested a total of ten episodes, including the existing pilot. Filming is said to resume this June, locations include Northern Ireland and Morocco. * Although the number of actual seasons is dependent on ratings, it's said each season will cover the storyline of at least one book. * The cast includes Mark Addy ( A Knight's Tale, Still Standing, The Full Monty), Sean Bean (Troy, Lord of the Rings, Percy Jackson & The Olympians), Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent, Elf), Jamie Campbell Bower what (Sweeney Todd, Rocknrolla), Jennifer Ehle (Wilde, Pride and Prejudice), Lena Headey (300), and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven), among others. * The pilot episode was directed by Thomas Mc Carthy (The Station Agent) and is credited as having been written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Source I'm reading the first book right now and it's absolutely fantastic. I really hope this series does it justice. Thankfully it's on HBO so they can cut back on the censorship.
Kristin dos Santos from E!News chat with the cast of TVD at PaleyFest.
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