OK, last week's tease was a dead giveaway as to what was going to happen this week: Clark would turn back into SuperClark, mainly because we saw him "die." As if. So I decided to watch anyway because: 1) I write the Smallville Watercooler. And 2) I'm on an unending quest to spot James Marsters. But for the second week in a row, he's a no-show. (So cold, Smallville. So cold.) What we did get was some Lana and Clark lookin' all googly-eyed-in-love with each other. Later, a cybergeek friend of Chloe's tries to blow up Smallville because he's sick and tired of all the freak-of-the-weeks running around town. Apparently he tries to use one of the 15 or so nuclear missiles located in Smallville, Kan. And how did we find out about those little buggers? Because Jonathan told us, in a clumsy bit of exposition with Detective Frau Far
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Talk about getting lucky! Silver-screen Virgin Steve Carell is in negotiations to replace Jim Carrey in Universal's Bruce Almighty sequel for, oh, heaps more than the half a mil he raked in for his breakthrough flick. According to Variety, in Evan Almighty, the Daily Show vet will reprise his role of the news anchor he portrayed opposite Carrey in Bruce. Morgan Freeman is likely to play God again, but Jennifer Aniston is highly unlikely to sign on at all. Speaking of our old Friend....
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Question: If anyone can answer my question, you can. Back in high school my teacher was always talking about this show that aired in the late '80s about a group of high-school students who put together a news program at their school. Please tell me what show this is, and if there are any episodes out on DVD. Thank you.
Answer: Your teacher was talking about TV 101, a short-lived CBS drama in which Sam Robards, a former TV-news photographer, returned to his old high school to teach a class how to put together a weekly news show about the goings-on in their school. His old journalism teacher (Emilie Walker) was able to talk him into taking the job when he was looking for a new career, but the crusty school principal (Leon Russom), with whom Robards had butted heads in his student days, was always on his case. Among the students in Robards' class were Stacey Dash, Alex Desert, Teri Polo and fu
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While Jennifer Aniston braves a media maelstrom, fellow Friend Matthew Perry has been tapped to fill the lead in The Ron Clark Story, an upcoming TNT original movie about the acclaimed East Harlem, N.Y., teacher. Does this mean The Whole 11 Yards isn't a go?
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