Category: Hollywood Insider

Steel Magnolias: Producers Craig Zadan, Neil Maron and Queen Latifah Answer The Big Questions: Why Now? Why This Cast? Why Lifetime?

On Monday, October 7, 2012, Lifetime will present a new adaptation of the iconic play, and hit movie, Steel Magnolias (9/8C). The cast includes Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad, Alfre Woodard, Jill Scott, Adepero Oduye and Condola Rashad. Producers Queen Latifah, Craig Zadan and Neil Maron – who last worked together on the movie adaptation of […]

Ben and Kate: Series Creator Dana Fox and Star Nat Faxon Talk Writing vs. Acting; Polar Opposite Siblings and the Amazing Maggie Elizabeth Jones!

One of the new season’s few bright spot in sitcoms is Fox’s Ben and Kate (Tuesdays, 8:30/7:30C). The series focuses on polar opposite siblings – the ultra-organized and seemingly together Kate (Dakota Johnson) and the walking hot mess that is her brother, Ben (Nat Faxon). Ben is full of wonderful if bizarre ideas and is […]

White Collar’s Jeff Eastin Talks Summer Finale and Dishes On His New Show, Graceland!

Season four of White Collar (USA Network, Summer Finale Tonight, 9/8C) has found Neal trying to learn about his father, and working with a mysterious man named Sam. This evening’s episode brings things to a boil, metaphorically, with the show’s quietest, yet most emotionally explosive cliffhanger yet Series creator Jeff Eastin (Pictured with Matt Bomer, […]

Bones: Series Showrunners Talk Tempe’s Homecoming; Religion and Secularism; Abbot and Costello???

Whenever you get Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan, the co-showrunners of fox’s hit series Bones (Mondays, 9/8C), talking about their show, you can planning on both learning something new about the show and being grandly entertaining by them. For the eighth season, Hanson and Nathan were in fine form – riffing on short-term memory loss; […]

Royal Pains: Mexican Heartthrob Khotan On His First English-Speaking Role!

Last week, USA Network’s Royal Pains (Wednesday, 9/8C) introduced a new love interest for the show’s hard-working Divya – a globetrotting polo player named Rafa, who is played by Mexican soaps star/heartthrob, Khotan. This week, things get even more interesting. On Monday, Khotan spoke with a group of journalists/bloggers about his first English-speaking role and […]