Adrienne Barbeau
Yo, Adrienne! She's famous for playing kickass broads — from Broadway's original Rizzo in Grease to divorcee Carol Traynor in the landmark sitcom Maude to the snake charmer Ruthie in HBO's Carnivale — and now Adrienne Barbeau is doing it again on General Hospital. She joins the ABC soap August 12 as Suzanne Stanwyck, a Christiane Amanpour-type foreign correspondent who runs an organization that helps exploited children. And she doesn't need Angelina Jolie. Suzanne's goodwill ambassador is international mega-model Brenda Barrett (Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo)! Barbeau is a pro at conquering new genres and winning new fan bases. After Maude, she turned horror-flick scream queen (The Fog, Creepshow, Swamp Thing). Later, she became ...
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Former Frasier scribe Joe Keenan will exit Desperate Housewives at the end of this season, after just one round with the serial. Though the split is described as "amicable," insiders tell Variety there was tension between Keenan and series creator Marc Cherry.... CMT won't Miss America. The cabler has dropped the pageant, leaving the 86-year-old competition without a home for the second time in three years.... Creepshow 3 premieres on DVD May 15.... My Trivial Matt'rs blog has been updated.
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Brande Roderick on Gameshow Marathon
We asked 100 men, "Would you drown yourself if it meant Brande Roderick giving you mouth-to-mouth?" How many said yes?
That Card Sharksian moment is brought to you by CBS' Gameshow Marathon, airing tonight at 8 pm/ET (click here for additional dates) and pitting such familiar faces as Leslie Nielsen, Kathy Najimy and, yes, Baywatch alum Brande Roderick against each other in conte
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Brande Roderick on Gameshow Marathon
We asked 100 men, "Would you drown yourself if it meant Brande Roderick giving you mouth-to-mouth?" How many said yes?
That Card Sharksian moment is brought to you by CBS' Gameshow Marathon, premiering tonight at 8 pm/ET and pitting such familiar faces as Leslie Nielsen, Kathy Najimy and, yes, Baywatch alum Brande Roderick against each other in contests from your favorite quiz contests. Avoiding the Whammy and bidding on fabulous showcases is but the first of many things on Roderick's plat
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Warner Bros. is remaking the classic '80s movie anthology Creepshow. But unlike the Stephen King-penned original, which featured unconnected stories, all of the characters in the update will be linked. Meanwhile, extremely unreliable sources say the role of the Creep will likely be assumed by Tom Sizemore.
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