This week’s appearances (11/3)

Matt Riedy The Starter Wife Co-Starring as 50-ish Guy November 7th USA Network @ 9pm

This Week’s Appearances (10/27)

TUESDAY Matt Riedy Eli Stone Co-Starring as Tom Brevoort Oct. 28th ABC @ 9pm

FRIDAY Kaleti Williams The Ex-List Oct. 31st CBS @ 8pm

FRIDAY Matt Riedy The Starter Wife Oct. 31st USA @ 10pm

Another Acting Scam Rises In LA

Maria Best, sent her daughter to a group home for budding child actors in Los Angeles last year.  She paid more than $2,000 a month for rent, child care, acting lessons and audition scheduling. But instead of breaking into the industry, Alexa became one of nine victims allegedly bilked by the home’s manager, Bernadette Carter.

Paul Newman is dead

Paul Newman has died at 83.

Click below for articles on this great actor and humanitarian.

Washington Post

MSNBC

LA Times

Chicago Tribune

And the Oscar Hosting Job goes to…. Ricky Gervais?

Ricky Gervais as the next host of the Oscars?

Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Body of Lies’

Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t realize he was in over his head until it was too late. “I was constantly fueled with adrenaline,” DiCaprio remembers of filming his new espionage thriller, “Body of Lies.” “There were certainly moments of sheer anxiety.”

Paramount Digital Goes Online in New Deal

Paramount Digital Entertainment has signed a three-year digital production deal with Alexandra Milchan and David Van Eyssen to create exclusive original genre content for the Internet and other digital media platforms. The deal is a first-of-its-kind for the division.

Quentin Tarantino and Robert DeNiro Feuded on Jackie Brown

Robert De Niro was such a big pain during the making of the 1997 movie “Jackie Brown” that then-Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein had to calm down director Quentin Tarantino. Click to listen to the actual phone conversation!

SAG & Aftra to negotiate on Commercials?

SAG and AFTRA have given a strong signal they’ll conduct joint negotiations for the commercials contract — six months after AFTRA angrily spilt off on primetime contract talks.

Can I Speak To Rosh Hashanah?

Pop Quiz: Is Rosh Hashanah a multi-day event commemorating the start of the Jewish New Year, meant to celebrate the creation of the world? Or is it what this DreamWorks assistant thinks it is?

Check out the actual memo.

Anna Faris Talks…but not too much

Anna Faris talks about her upcoming Saturday Night Live Appearance.

Vince Vaughn: MVP Of Hollywood

Vince Vaughn tops the value-for-money list on the back of three low-budget, high-return movies (The Wedding Crashers, The Break-Up, Fred Claus), Hollywood’s three top-earning comedians — Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey and Will Ferrell — figure among the Top 11 worst value stars for the second year running.

Clark Gregg tries his hand at directing

Clark Gregg has one of those faces; you’ve seen him in countless TV and film roles, usually looking serious and determined and carrying a gun. He’s played enough cops, lawyers, and FBI agents and now he’s trying a new role: director.

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Disney Shows Off Their Upcoming Slate

Pirates 4, Lone Ranger (starring Johnny Depp as Tonto!), Tron and a ton of others.

Gays are coming out of the closet on TV

Broadcast television will have 16 gay and bisexual regular characters in prime-time series this fall, more than double the seven of a year ago, a new study has found.

September Bookings (Week of 9/22)

Matt Riedy booked Chuck	Rick Scarry is now recurring on Dirty Sexy Money	Susie Geiser booked Samantha Who	Eileen Barnett booked The Ex-List
Chet Grissom booked Grey’s Anatomy	Michael Masini booked a Lead in the feature Escape,	Cutter Garcia booked Knight Rider	Kaleti Williams booked The Ex-List

Clooney to ‘ER’: Thank you, but no

George Clooney’s publicist says, “He is on record as saying he is not coming back. It is something he has already done. He is busy making movies.”

Ashley Jensen is not ‘Ugly’

Most people first saw Ashley Jensen when she played Maggie, the dowdy, dim-bulb sidekick to Ricky Gervais on his show-biz spoof “Extras.” Then she landed a plum supporting role on ABC’s “Ugly Betty” as Christina, the worldly-wise wardrobe mistress for a high-fashion magazine.

At The Emmys with Paul Giamatti

Here’s a quick backstage interview with the great Paul Giamatti who won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Mini-series.  He answers a few questions from journalists about playing John Adams, how the times have changes, and how he endured the most challenging aspects of the production.

List of All The Emmy Winners

Congratulations to all the winners!

Here are some pictures from the event.

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