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Star of Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘Cold War’ joins sci-fi detective feature.

Polish actor Tomasz Kot, best known for his starring role in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War, will star in Czech director Robert Hloz’s Restore Point.

The sci-fi detective project won the Screen International Best Pitch Award at Tallinn’s Baltic Event co-production market in 2017.

It is set in Europe 2038 where everyone has the right of recovery in case of unnatural death and in this society, ‘absolute’ murder is nearly impossible. It is against this backdrop that an ambitious female detective takes on the case of a murdered married...

The upcoming epic TV series mixes 7th-century historical content with fantasy and supernatural elements. Prolific Slovakian filmmaker Peter Bebjak has been equally busy working on projects for the small screen. He is currently directing several episodes of the ambitious television series The Slavs, the most expensive Slovakian TV series to the date. It is described as a “fictional reconstruction of a historical period with fantasy and supernatural elements”, inspired by Slovakian and Ukrainian myths and fairy tales. The Slavs marks the first foray into quality TV production within the field of Slovakian audiovisual production. Set in the 7th century in the Carpathian Basin, this sword-and-sorcery story takes place between two hill forts and centres on their business and power interests as well as the pressure exerted on them...

Back in 2017 one of my favorite pitches from the Frontieres coproduction market was for Jan van Gorkum's horror comedy The Cleaner. In the Dutch production The Cleaner, a dark comedy and horror flick, the central character Barry, a middle-aged unemployed construction worker, discovers that there are monsters living among us. He also discovers that there is an agency hired to clean up after any events and he signs up. Writer/director Jan Van Gorkum also said during his pitch that wants to do most of the effects in shot, which is of course music to any genre nuts’ ears. So. Having won over his favor, van Gorkum has decided to treat us with an exclusive look at a piece of conceptual art. ...

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Taylor Kitsch could be returning to HBO.

The “True Detective” Season 2 star is attached to star in and executive produce a drama series currently in development at the premium cabler, Variety has learned.

In the untitled project, Kitsch would play Chris Klug, a young, family-oriented, drug dealer who catches the wrong end of a bad batch of dope that leaves him in a temporary vegetative state. He discovers that it was no accident and someone close to him was in fact trying to take him out. The story will be told through flashbacks and Chris’ present-day purgatory.

The series hails from creator John Barcheski, who will serve as writer and executive producer along with Robert Munic. Munic will also serve as showrunner. Matt Shakman is attached to direct and executive produce. The series is a co-production between HBO and eOne.

In addition to “True Detective,” Kitsch’s other TV roles...

Carrie Fisher’s request to be removed from a wrongful-death lawsuit involving a 21-year-old woman who fatally overdosed on heroin after living in the actress’s guesthouse was denied this week.

Fisher filed a motion to remove herself from the complicated case, which concerns the 2010 death of Amy Breliant, who was living in Fisher’s guest house two months before her death. Her motion was denied on Oct. 24 by by Los Angeles Superior Court judge Laura A. Matz, according to court docs obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

“Fisher has failed to meet her burden to establish that she cannot be found responsible,...

Read More: Attention, Filmmakers: Here's the 12-Step Guide to Co-Directing In our increasingly digital world, where analog film preservation has become all but endangered, let the struggles of acclaimed Cuban filmmaker Leon Ichaso be a call to arms to preserve your negative prints. An honoree at the Queens World Film Festival this week, Ichaso's esteemed career has run the gamut from Cuban indies specializing in urban realism ("El Super") to cable television miniseries on ShowTime ("Sleeper Cell") and A&E ("The Cleaner"). Unfortunately for the 67-year-old director, not even success could guarantee the preservation of his films' analog prints. As discussed in a recent New York Times article entitled "Filmmaker Won’t Weep for the Cuba He Left Behind," a handful of Ichaso's indies from the past three decades are no longer available due to a lack of preservation and archiving. This fate has met both his 1979 breakthrough debut...

“Ray Donovan” creator Ann Biderman has stepped down as showrunner, an individual with the knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Executive producer/writer David Hollander (“The Cleaner”) is currently in talks with Showtime to step into the role. Hollander has penned four episodes of the premium cable hit. Mark Gordon and Bryan Zuriff will stay on as executive producers. Also read: Inside Showtime's Emmy Eve Party: Claire Danes, Lizzy Caplan, Matt LeBlanc, William H. Macy Light It Up The move comes following two seasons with Biderman (pictured above) at the helm of the Liev Schreiber drama. She will continue on...

Life on "The Blacklist" is good, if you ask Megan Boone.

And how could it not be? NBC's Monday crime drama is one of the season's new hits, with strong ratings (including those from post-broadcast DVR viewings, where the show has set a couple of records) and positive reviews ... and a breakout star in Boone as novice FBI profiler Elizabeth Keen, who's drawing interest and information from enigmatic ex-fugitive Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader).

"I was so elated," Boone tells Zap2it of learning she'd be teamed with Spader, since she was cast for "The Blacklist" first. "He often believes in me more than I believe in myself. I'm expected to carry the show with him, and at first, that was really a daunting task.

"James helped me to know that I could put that energy into the work that we do together. And in doing so, he established a...

Reelz has decided to air the first season of the King TV series. Produced in Canada, there are eight episodes in the season.

King ran for two seasons and 21 total episodes, between 2011 and 2012. The final episode aired on Showcase last May.

Here's the Reelz announcement:

Crime Drama Series "King" Makes Its U.S. Premiere Friday, July 5, 2013 At 10Pm Et/ 7Pm Pt

(Albuquerque, Nm) Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - ReelzChannel today announced that the police procedural original series King will make its U.S. premiere Friday, July 5, 2013 at 10pm Et/ 7pm Pt. Homicide Detective Jessica King (Amy Price-Francis, The Cleaner) is a charismatic but unconventional cop whose unique eye for detail turns cases around. King sees what everyone else misses: in crime scenes, in evidence, in the motivations and drives of the suspects. She's a...

A featurette from Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season provides additional insight into a special scene created specifically for this Blu-ray and DVD release, centering on the relationship between Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). Producer Michelle McLaren, writers Gordon Smith and Jennifer Carroll talk about this uncensored eight-minute scene that was inserted into the Breaking Bad mid-season finale "Gliding All Over", which shows us how Jesse becomes truly afraid of Walter. Take a look at this video before picking up Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season on Blu-ray and DVD June 4.

Breaking Bad - Chicks 'N' Guns Featurette

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul return in their Emmy winning roles of meth cooks Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in the fifth explosive season of Breaking Bad. With Gus Fring dead, Walt's transformation from a well-meaning family man to a...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 4, 2013

Price: DVD $55.99, Blu-ray $65.99

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

The downfall of meth making chemistry teacher Walter White continues in Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season.

In the AMC TV show, Bryan Cranston (Contagion) plays Walt, who, after being diagnosed with cancer, joins one of his former students (Aaron Paul, TV’s Big Love) to turn his chemistry skills into a more lucrative venture.

In season five, Walt’s transformation from well-meaning family man to drug kingpin is almost complete. He starts a new partnership with Paul’s Jesse Pinkman and Mike (Jonathan Banks, Reign Over Me). But Walt’s muderous schemes are threatened by a new development in the investigation led by Walt’s brother-in-law, DEA agent Hank (Dean Norris, Get the Gringo).

Both the Blu-ray and DVD contain these special features:

“Chicks N Guns” scene created for the Blu-ray and DVD release, with Jesse...

Walter White's transformation from high school chemistry teacher to full-blown, ruthless drug lord continues on Sony Pictures Television's critically acclaimed drama series on AMC, Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season, available on Blu-ray and DVD June 4th or available now for Digital Download from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Sphe). The highly anticipated fifth season reunites Bryan Cranston, three-time Best Actor Emmy winner and winner of this year's Best Male Screen Actors Guild Award, with two-time Emmy Winner Aaron Paul (Best Supporting Role). The Fifth Season Blu-ray and DVD feature an eight-minute, uncensored bonus scene, "Chicks 'N' Guns," written and produced exclusively for the home entertainment release. Starring Aaron Paul, Bob Odenkirk (TV's How I Met Your Mother), and Charles Baker (Splinter), the scene tells the pivotal back story to episode 508 in the fifth season, "Gliding Over All".

Here's what series creator Vince Gilligan had to say about the exclusive scene.

Brendan Fraser has been struggling on the big screen in the last few years after The Mummy dried up and Dwayne Johnson muscled him out of the Journey franchise.  That being said, Fraser has a slew of projects lined up for the next few years; count the action-thriller Split-Decision among them.  Starring as a father who must protect his children from killer brothers after witnessing a murder, Split-Decision doesn't sound like the typical light-hearted fantasy fare we're used to seeing in Fraser's family films.  Hit the jump to see who'll be filling in the roles of Split-Decision. THR reports that Fraser will be joined by Holly Deveaux (Victoria Day), Christian Martin, Daniel Kash (Aliens), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break) and Ethan Suplee (American History) in writer/director Damian Lee's Split-Decision.  Deveaux and Martin play Fraser's children who go on a camping trip with a family friend, played by Kash.  They...

Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison is best-known for producing goofy comedies about manchildren run amok.like the upcoming That's My Boy. So their latest acquisition, Heroes For My Son is raising eyebrows. The non-fiction book by multi-media writer Brad Meltzer is a collection of brief histories about people he hoped would inspire his first-born son. It doesn't actually contain a narrative thread, so Meltzer was as surprised as we are at Happy Madison's interest, telling EW .Here was a non-fiction [book] I collected, with Jim Henson, and Rosa Parks and Mr. Rogers in it. I did it out of pure love for my son, but how do you make a story out of that?. Scribe David Hollander (The Guardian, The Cleaner) has been tasked with translating the warm-hearted aspirations of the book into a narrative feature. Meltzer, who is currently working on a corresponding, inspirational clothing line for kids,...

Whoopi Goldberg is coming to "Glee." "The View" co-host will appear in multiple episodes of the Fox series, according to TVLine. And Lindsay Lohan may not be far behind.

Goldberg will play Carmen Tibideaux, a professor at New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts -- Rachel and Kurt's coveted Nyada -- who comes to Ohio to oversee auditions. TVLine reports Goldberg will appear in three episodes of the series, the first of which is set to air Tues., May 1. Look for Goldberg's character to deliver the final verdict to Kurt and Rachel. But whether they get in to Nyada or not, Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) will appear in Season 4 of "Glee."

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed TVLine's casting report.

"Glee" star Michele took to Twitter to share her feelings on Goldberg's casting.

Goldberg, an Egot recipient, recently filmed a guest role for ABC's "The Middle." Aside from her hosting duties on "The View,...

Whoopi Goldberg is coming to "Glee." "The View" co-host will appear in multiple episodes of the Fox series, according to TVLine. And Lindsay Lohan may not be far behind.

Goldberg will play Carmen Tibideaux, a professor at New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts -- Rachel and Kurt's coveted Nyada -- who comes to Ohio to oversee auditions. TVLine reports Goldberg will appear in three episodes of the series, the first of which is set to air Tues., May 1. Look for Goldberg's character to deliver the final verdict to Kurt and Rachel. But whether they get in to Nyada or not, Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) will appear in Season 4 of "Glee."

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed TVLine's casting report.

Goldberg, an Egot recipient, recently filmed a guest role for ABC's "The Middle." Aside from her hosting duties on "The View," Goldberg has made guest appearances on numerous shows including "The Cleaner,...

Rachel and Kurt’s post-McKinley fate rests in Whoopi Goldberg‘s hands.

Glee sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that the Oscar winning actress-turned-View master has signed on for an extremely pivotal multi-episode arc.

Goldberg will play Carmen Tibideaux, a theatrical grande dame and a professor at New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts (Nyada) who travels to Ohio to preside over Kurt and Rachel’s auditions — and apparently she sticks around long enough to deliver a verdict: I’m told she’ll appear in roughly three episodes, the first of which is set to air on May 1. (Glee‘s season...

Benjamin Bratt's A&E series, "The Cleaner" was based on drug interventionist Warren Boyd, who would undergo extreme measures to keep his clients sober. Many of these clients are Hollywood stars and now, Boyd's name is being linked to Whitney Houston's daughter, 18-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown.

"When Whitney passed away, literally the first call they made was to Warren Boyd... to come here right away from Malibu, to be here with Bobbi Kristina," Forbes.com columnist Roger Friedman told Access Hollywood. "And he's been with her pretty much ever since. ...

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You can forget all those stories about Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, disappearing or doing drugs since her mother’s death. I am told that “from the moment” Whitney passed away, the family called in Houston’s drug counselor for help. Warren Boyd, aka “The Cleaner,” has been with Bobbi Kristina “around the clock.”

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By Roger Friedman

HollywoodNews.com: You can forget all those stories about Whitney Houston‘s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, disappearing or doing drugs since her mother’s death. I am told that “from the moment” Whitney passed away, the family called in Houston’s drug counselor for help. Warren Boyd, aka “The Cleaner,” has been with Bobbi Kristina “around the clock.”

Many websites that just copy each other, starting — surprisingly– with “The Daily Beast”–are trying to turn Bobbi Kristina into a tabloid heroine at death’s door. The frenzy is remarkable. But pictures and video from the funeral show the 18 year old young woman talking, laughing, crying, and acting–normal. Having Boyd there is extra protection. He’s known for her a long time.

Says my source: “He came right to the Beverly Hilton Hotel, he stayed on the 4th floor with her, he’s been by her side through everything.

Rooney Mara is set for her big breakout in the upcoming "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," but it's not as if the 26-year old is making her Hollywood debut. That came in a 2006 episode of "Law & Order: Svu," though she seems to rather regret that first big show business outing.

"It was so awful. So stupid," Mara tells Allure of her turn on the show. "Me and my boyfriend -- although I [didn't] look old enough to have a boyfriend -- went and beat up these fat people, and at the end of the show you find out that I used to be obese and I hate fat people. It's ridiculous. Who would ever do that? Who would beat someone up because they're fat?"

Unfortunately, the answer is that a lot of people would, which is probably why it made it to the ripped-from-the-headlines show. In any case, it was...

Rooney Mara is set for her big breakout in the upcoming "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," but it's not as if the 26-year old is making her Hollywood debut. That came in a 2006 episode of "Law & Order: Svu," though she seems to rather regret that first big show business outing.

"It was so awful. So stupid," Mara tells Allure of her turn on the show. "Me and my boyfriend -- although I [didn't] look old enough to have a boyfriend -- went and beat up these fat people, and at the end of the show you find out that I used to be obese and I hate fat people. It's ridiculous. Who would ever do that? Who would beat someone up because they're fat?"

Unfortunately, the answer is that a lot of people would, which is probably why it made it to the ripped-from-the-headlines show. In any case, it was...

Transformer director Michael Bay is said to be working on a new crime series for the CW. On board as an executive producer, Bay will be teaming up on the show ‘Outsiders’ with Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. Per Variety, the first TV project for Bay will center on a sociology professor “with an almost savant like expertise in subcultures, who partners with a young but uptight female detective.” Together the two will tackle crimes in Los Angeles. Outsiders is from Michal Bay’s Platinum Dunes Production Company and CBS Television Studios. The script comes Supernatural and The Cleaner writer Adam Glass. Top exec Mark Pedowitz from the CW has said...

ABC has put in development Anti-Mafia Squad, a drama based on the 2009 Italian series Squadra Antimafia – Palermo Oggi. David Hollander (The Cleaner) will write the script and executive produce with the original series’ distributor Mediaset, Little Engine’s Gina Matthews and Grant Scharbo and Fluent Media’s Raul Mateu. ABC Studios is producing. The original series, which wrapped its third season in June, is set in today’s Palermo, caught in a war between mafia families for the leadership of Cosa Nostra after the arrest of the last godfather. It centers on two women: deputy chief of police Claudia Mares, who joins a special anti-mafia squad, and young Rosy Abate, a member of one of the oldest criminal clans, who returns to Palermo after a long stay in the U.S. ABC, ABC Studios, Matthews, Scharbo, Mateu and Mediaset originally tried to adapt the ICM-repped format last season, but the...

If bionic man Steve Austin and Mrs. Partridge had a baby, he’d apparently look an awful lot like Burt Chance.

TVLine has learned exclusively that 1970s TV icons Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Shirley Jones (The Partridge Family) will appear this fall on Fox’s Raising Hope, playing Burt’s parents. So come on, get happy!

TV’s MacGyver to Guest on Raising Hope

Majors, who is also well-known as TV’s Fall Guy and from The Big Valley, last hit the smaller screen with a guest spot on $#*! My Dad Says. Jones as of late...

THR is reporting that the story of Rich Franklin’s remarkable rise from math teacher to mixed martial artist and Ufc champion is being made into a feature film titled American Fighter. The life rights to the story were optioned by Eric Eisner’s Double E Pictures and Motion Theory. David Hollander (The Cleaner, The Guardian) has been hired to write the script. Eisner will produce the film with Motion Theory’s Sean Sorensen.

The story will follow Franklin "a family man and high school math teacher, Franklin taught himself mixed martial arts, and quickly emerged as one of the most dominant figures in the sport." American Fighter also will chronicle the transformation of mixed martial arts into a billion-dollar industry.

Franklin made the following statement abotut the film. “I’m excited to see the story of my career as a fighter brought to the screen, and I feel confident...

As one of the few original scripted series to air on A&E, Breakout Kings became the poster child for abandoned pilots that turned it around. The series also managed to garner enough of an audience that the cable network has confirmed it will return next year for season 2.

For the past few years, A&E has been primarily subsisting on the ‘real life drama’ of its reality series like The First 48 Hours, Intervention and Hoarders. The channel briefly tested the scripted series waters in 2008 with the Benjamin Bratt, Grace Park drama The Cleaner, but the series ended after just two seasons. Recently, however, along with ...

Click to continue reading A&E Orders Season 2 of ‘Breakout Kings’...

Today we're moving on to some smaller categories before getting out the big guns. Although small these are probably the toughest categories and I had problems choosing from all the performances this year so please bare with me if all of your favorites are missing. ;)

You can choose up to six people in each category. Also, who do you think should be nominated and who do you think will be nominated?

Sound off below in the comments after you've voted.

Who would you nominate for Guest Actress in a Drama Series?online survey

For comparison here are last year's nominees:

Ann-Margret (Law & Order: Svu) - Winner

Lily Tomlin (Damages)

Mary Kay Place (Big Love)

Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost)

Sissy Spacek (Big Love)

Shirley Jones (The Cleaner)

You can still vote in previous polls:

Lead Actor & Actress in a Drama Series

Lead Actor & Actress in a Comedy Series

Supporting Actress in a...

We don’t usually feature short films on this site until they are actually complete, allowing us to share them here. But I thought this one deserved to be an exception.

The story goes… Jwaundace Candece has been a Hollywood stunt woman for just about her entire career in the business, which goes back to 2001. She’s doubled for actresses like Queen Latifah in a fight scene in Bringing Down the House, and again for Latifah is Scary Movie 3, Taxi and Last Holiday, all at Latifah’s request. Essentially, she hooked the sistah up with steady work which is great!

Jwaundace has also doubled for Academy Award winners Mo’Nique in some of the more physical scenes in Precious, likely the fight between mother and daughter towards the end of the film; Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, though I can’t immediately think of what scenes specifically; and Whoopi Goldberg in The Cleaner,...

Benjamin Bratt will become a series regular on ABC's medical drama "Private Practice," according to the network. The former "Law & Order" actor will appear on the series' May 19 season finale and will come on board full-time during the show's fifth season. Bratt recently starred in A&E's "The Cleaner" and guest-starred on an episode of "Modern Family" last year. The network did not have any details about the nature of Bratt's new character. Bratt's addition to the cast comes following last month's announcement that "Private Practice" star Audra McDonald is leaving the...

Private Practice will ends its season with a bang, by adding Benjamin Bratt as a series regular. The Law & Order vet will first appear in the ABC drama’s Season 4 finale, then continue on as a full-time cast member come fall, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Though there are no details on Bratt’s character, his arrival should come on or around the time of Audra McDonald’s exit from the series as an original cast member. As first reported by TVLine in February, McDonald is ending her full-time run as...

Exclusive: David Semel has been tapped to direct Jonathan Nolan's CIA drama pilot Person of Interest, which is being executive produced by J.J. Abrams. The CBS project, from Warner Bros. TV and Abrams' Bad Robot, is a crime drama centered on a CIA agent, presumed dead, who is recruited by a reclusive billionaire to wage war against violent criminals in New York City. Semel has directed the pilots for such series as NBC's Heroes, A&E's The Cleaner and, most recently, ABC's No Ordinary Family.

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Steve Landesberg, who played dry, intellectual detective Arthur Dietrich on the classic ABC sitcom 'Barney Miller,' has died.

Landesberg passed away in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer. He was 65.

Aside from his role on 'Barney Miller,' Landesberg was also a veteran stand-up comic and writer. He wrote several episodes of the Starz series 'Head Case,' and played Dr. Finkelstein on the show. He also had a regular role on 'Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers' and made appearances on 'The Golden Girls,' 'Ghost Whisperer,' 'That '70s Show,' 'American Dad,' 'Harvey Birdman, Attorney-At-Law,' 'Law & Order,' The Rockford Files' and many others.

His last role was in a 2009 episode of 'The Cleaner.'

 

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Steve Landesberg, best known to television audiences as Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich on the '70s sitcom "Barney Miller," died today following a long battle with cancer. He was 65 years old.

Landesberg joined the regular cast of "Barney Miller" in its second season, distinguishing Dietrich from the rest of the Greenwich Village police station's motley crew of detectives by making him the intellectual straight man and a likable know-it-all. Although movie buffs may recognize Landesberg from his recent appearance in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in which he played Peter Bretter's pediatrician, the veteran character actor portrayed Dietrich on the classic ABC sitcom until the end of the series' run in 1982. Landesberg even reprised the role for the short-lived "Barney Miller" spinoff "Fish," a vehicle for fellow castmember Abe Vigoda.

Born November 23, 1945, in New York, NY, Landesberg's father owned a grocery store, and his mother was a milliner. Landesberg started out in show business doing stand-up, and he also performed with an improvisational group called The New York Stickball Team.

After "Barney Miller" went off the air, the actor did extensive voice-over work, as well as making numerous guest appearances on a variety of television series including "The Golden Girls," "Seinfeld,""Everybody Hates Chris," and a featured guest appearance in an episode of A&E's "The Cleaner." His most recent regular role was Dr. Myron Finkelstein on the Starz original comedy "Head Case," for which he co-wrote seven episodes.

Landesberg is also credited with the quote "Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense."...

Veteran actor Steve Landesberg died Friday from cancer after a long career as a stand up comic and actor in films like “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and the acclaimed TV sitcom “Barney Miller.” According to “Deadline” Landesberg passed away in New York and is survived by his wife Nancy and his daughter. Landesberg received multiple Emmy nominations for his role as Detective Arthur Dietrich on “Barney Miller,” which ran on ABC from 1975-82. Landesberg recently appeared on an episode of the A&E drama “The Cleaner.”...

Veteran actor Steve Landesberg died Friday from cancer after a long career as a stand up comic and actor in films like “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and the acclaimed TV sitcom “Barney Miller.” According to “Deadline” Landesberg passed away in New York and is survived by his wife Nancy and his daughter. Landesberg received multiple Emmy nominations for his role as Detective Arthur Dietrich on “Barney Miller,” which ran on ABC from 1975-82. Landesberg recently appeared on an episode of the A&E drama “The Cleaner.”...

Theo Huxtable is enrolling in Community! EW has learned exclusively that Cosby Show alum Malcolm-Jamal Warner will appear in an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy as Andre, the ex-husband of Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown). Warner begins work this week on the single-camera show that also stars Joel McHale and Chevy Chase.

Warner starred in the NBC comedy The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992. He went on to co-headline in Malcolm & Eddie from 1996-2000. His other credits include a stint on Dexter and The Cleaner.

Coming out of a summer in which he appeared in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "The Last Airbender," Jackson Rathbone has landed a role on ABC's upcoming superhero series, "No Ordinary Family."

According to Entertainment Weekly, Rathbone will portray Trent, a high school student who is the victim of a home invasion robbery. Rathbone's role is also described as "potentially recurring." The report also hints that Rathbone's character may be a potential love interest for the telepathic Daphne Powell, who is portrayed in the series by Kay Panabaker.

Although Rathbone is best known for playing Jasper Hale in the "Twilight" films, he has also appeared in "S. Darko," "The War At Home," "The O.C.," "The Cleaner" and "Criminal Minds," where he played a serial killer with multiple personalities.

"No Ordinary Family" was created by Greg Berlanti — one of the co-writers of the "Green Lantern" film — and Jon Harmon Feldman ("Tru Calling...

The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards have come and gone, but for those of you who missed it or simply didn’t care to watch the somewhat long-winded ceremony live on NBC, after the jump you can check out a full list of the winners with my occasionally putting in my own two cents. We haven’t included every single award below, but you’ll find all the awards for acting in both drama and comedy series, miniseries and TV movies and of course the choices for outstanding series in comedy and drama as well as the winners for outstanding miniseries, TV movie, reality programming and variety/music/comedy series. Hit the jump to see how our Emmy predictions matched up with those actually honored with an Emmy at the ceremony.

Winners in each category are bolded.

Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or TV Movie

Kathy Bates – “Alice”

Julia Ormond...

Jackson Rathbone ("Jasper Hale" in the Twilight Saga film series), who has experience working on television shows like The O.C., Criminal Minds, Beautiful People, and The Cleaner, has been added to a new series called No Ordinary Family, according to Entertainment Weekly. In the show, he "will play Trent Stafford, a high school classmate of Kay Panabaker telepathic Daphne. Trent was recently the victim of a home invasion robbery, and I’m guessing Daphne will join forces with her superhero parents to help catch the perp," according to EW, and his role is &quot... ...

Grace Park is probably best known for her work on Battlestar Gallactica. Or maybe you caught her on Stargate, The Dead Zone or in the Benjamin Bratt series, The Cleaner. Regardless of where you’ve seen her, you know she can hold her own against strong male characters.

Well, she’s about to do it again in the re-boot of Hawaii Five-o.

She plays Kona, who in the original series was a man. We talked at Comic-Con (in a roundtable format so most of the questions aren’t mine) about her character, how she got the part and more!

How has the character of Kona changed from the original series? Can you talk about who Kona is?

Grace Park: I think Kona adds an interesting element because you could have Hawaii Five-0 be a team of four men and that would be great, but it’s always great to...

Rooney Mara just landed the role of Lisbeth Salander in the U.S. remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We’ve known for weeks now that director David Fincher had hoped to cast an unknown for the lead role in the hottest literary adaptation in development right now (or possibly ever?), and that’s why we here at PopWatch HQ don’t feel too bad about not having any recollection of seeing Mara on screen beyond the trailer for The Social Network (where she plays Erica). Heck, not even a scan of her IMDb credits could jog our memories.

The proliferation of stunt casting has turned the typically mundane guest-acting races into major Emmy spectacles. To wit, for the first time in history I’m handicapping all four of the categories! (Note: The winners will be announced this weekend at the increasingly scrumptious Emmy appetizer known as the Schmemmys.)

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy

Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory)

Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives)

Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)

Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)

Elaine Stritch (30 Rock)

Jane Lynch (Two and a Half Men)

Betty White (Saturday Night Live)

The Front-runner: White. The indefatigable Golden Girl is a virtual lock.

You most likely remember her as the mom on The Partridge Family, or maybe Marion the librarian from The Music Man. And though she's been out of the spotlight for a while, the 76-year-old Shirley Jones is still performing. She released an album a few years ago, still sings on stage from Florida to Arizona to London, and she does the occasional acting gig.

Working with her family (step-son David, and sons Shawn, Patrick, and Ryan) on Ruby & the Rockits did not fare too well. But her most recent role, Lola Zellman on The Cleaner, earned her an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

Lola, an alcoholic lounge singer, appeared in the episode called “Does Everybody Have a Drink?” which aired last July. Shirley faces some stiff competition in the category from Mary Kay Place, Sissy Spacek, Lily Tomlin, and Ann-Margret. But our money's on Shirley.

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'Cosby Show' veteran Malcolm-Jamal Warner has signed on to star in Bet's new sitcom pilot opposite Tracee Ellis Ross.

As we previously reported, Ross will star as Dr. Carla Reed, a psychiatrist who is trying to balance her home life and work. According to Deadline Hollywood, Warner is expected to play Ross' husband.

Besides 'The Cosby Show,' Warner's past TV credits include a recent stint on 'Sherri,' 'Jeremiah' and 'The Cleaner.'

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Earlier today we reported that Melina Kanakaredes was leaving the spin-off series CSI:ny after a solid six-season run. Though her departure may have something to do with the series possibly running its course (after all, the show is moving to Fridays which isn’t a great day for a series to land on), one thing’s for sure: she has quickly been replaced. At the time of our initial report Sela Ward, who played Stacy Warner on earlier seasons of House M.D., was the frontrunner. An official press release from CBS has confirmed she is joining the cast as “an experienced investigator from Washington, DC, whose work is driven by her empathy for the victim.” Her first episode will be the season premiere this fall.

Hit the jump for some casting additions to CW’s series Life Unexpected.

After being on the cusp of cancellation after its first season, we...

With a title like Life Unexpected, you can kinda predict a few surprises from The CW sleeper. The latest? Two new femmes fatales are about to add spice to Life. First up, model-turned-scream queen Arielle Kebbel (a.k.a. Dean’s rebound girl Lindsay Lister on Gilmore Girls) has been cast as Paige, the new hottie in town who may well wind up tending more than bar for Baze (Kristoffer Polaha).

Next in line, Amy Price-Francis (24, The Cleaner) has landed the role of Kelly, a conservative author/chatterbox who becomes a partner on the radio show that Cate (Shiri Appleby) and Ryan (Kerr Smith) front.

Chicago – The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences took our advice and embraced several new programs with today’s Emmy nominations, citing new shows “Glee,” “Modern Family,” “Nurse Jackie,” and “The Good Wife” as among the best of the last year. Overall, “Glee” scored an amazing 19 nominations and all but one of the major six players on “Modern Family” landed an acting nod.

The phenomenonal “Glee” landed nods in Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Matthew Morrison), Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Lea Michele), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Chris Colfer), and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Jane Lynch).

Ty Burrell in Modern Family

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Meanwhile, half of the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominees hail from ABC’s “Modern Family” — Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Eric Stonestreet — with only Ed O’Neill being omitted.

Hit TV musical Glee is set to be the toast of the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards after landing a massive 19 nominations.

The comedy, about a group of high school students in a choir club, will fight for the Outstanding TV Comedy prize against Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, The Office and 30 Rock, which has taken home the title for the last three years.

Glee's leading stars Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele have been nominated in the male and female categories for the outstanding comedy actor awards, while their co-star Chris Colfer has received a best supporting actor nomination.

Morrison faces competition from Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Jim Parson (The Big Bang Theory), Tony Shalhoub (Monk), Steve Carell (The Office) and last year's winner Alec Baldwin (30 Rock).

Meanwhile Michele will face off with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Toni Collette (The United States of Tara), who took home the statue last year.

Producers of cable network HBO's gritty World War II drama The Pacific will also hope for a triumphant night after receiving 24 nominations, including Outstanding Miniseries.

The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out on 29 August at a ceremony in Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre and will be presented by comedian Jimmy Fallon.

The main list of nominees is as follows:

Outstanding Drama Series: Breaking Bad, Dexter, The Good Wife, Lost, Mad Men, True Blood.

Outstanding Comedy Series: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Glee, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, The Office, 30 Rock.

Outstanding Lead Actor, Drama: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), Hugh Laurie (House), Matthew Fox (Lost), Jon Hamm (Mad Men).

Outstanding Lead Actress, Drama: Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Glenn Close (Damages), Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), January Jones (Mad Men).

Outstanding Lead Actor, Comedy: Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Matthew Morrison (Glee), Tony Shalhoub (Monk), Steve Carell (The Office), Alec Baldwin (30 Rock).

Outstanding Lead Actress, Comedy: Lea Michele (Glee), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Toni Collette (The United States of Tara).

Supporting Actor In A Drama Series: John Slattery (Mad Men), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Martin Short (Damages), Terry O'Quinn (Lost), Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age), Michael Emerson (Lost).

Supporting Actress In A Drama Series: Rose Byrne (Damages), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Sharon Gless (Burn Notice), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Christine Baranski (The Good Wife).

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series: Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Chris Colfer (Glee), Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother).

Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series: Jane Lynch (Glee), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live), Sofia Vergara (Modern Family), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men).

Guest Actor In A Drama Series: Robert Morse (Mad Men), Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), John Lithgow (Dexter), Ted Danson (Damages), Gregory Itzin, Dylan Baker (The Good Wife), Beau Bridges (The Closer)

Guest Actress In A Drama Series: Mary Kay Place (Big Love), Lily Tomlin (Damages), Sissy Spacek (Big Love), Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost), Ann-Margret (Law & Order: Svu), Shirley Jones (The Cleaner).

Guest Actor In A Comedy Series: Mike O'Malley (Glee), Fred Willard (Modern Family), Eli Wallach (Nurse Jackie), Jon Hamm (30 Rock), Neil Patrick Harris (Glee), Will Arnett (30 Rock).

Guest Actress In A Comedy Series: Kristin Chenoweth (Glee), Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live), Jane Lynch (Two And A Half Men), Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives), Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory), Betty White (Saturday Night Live), Elaine Stritch (30 Rock).

Reality Series: Antiques Roadshow, MythBusters, Undercover Boss, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Dirty Jobs, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.

It's a big day for TV with "The Pacific," "Glee" and "Mad Men" leading the way with the most Emmy nominations. Et has your list of noms for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.   And the nominees are: Outstanding Comedy Series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" "Glee" "Modern Family" "Nurse Jackie" "The Office" "30 Rock" Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Toni Collette, "United States of Tara" Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie" Tina Fey, "30 Rock" Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "The New Adventures of Old Christine" Lea Michele, "Glee" Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation" Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" Steve Carell, "The Office" Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Matthew Morrison, "Glee" Tony Shalhoub, "Monk" Jim Parsons, "Big Bang Theory" Outstanding Made for Television Movie "Endgame" "Georgia O'Keeffe" "Moonshot" "The Special Relationship" "Temple Grandin" "You Don't Know Jack" Outstanding Miniseries "The Pacific" "Return to Cranford" Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Joan Allen,...