John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer
In the second part of our goodbye to NBC's The Office (which airs its finale Thursday at 9/8c), the cast and producers discuss the show's impressive reversal of fortunes in Season 2. In just 22 episodes, the comedy went from NBC's almost canceled list to certified hit thanks to Steve Carell's newfound movie stardom, a little program called iTunes and the evolution of one of TV's most beloved romances, Jim and Pam.
TVGuide.com spoke to stars Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly-Halpert), Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin), Oscar Nunez (Oscar Martinez), Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer), Ellie Kemper (Erin Hannon), Jake Lacy (Pete Campbell), producer and...
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Shauna Robertson and Edward Norton
Fight Club star Edward Norton is a first-time dad.
Norton's fiancée, Shauna Robertson, gave birth to a baby boy in March, Usmagazine.com reports. The baby's name is not known...
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David Walton, Niecy Nash
New Girl is getting a new guy.
Bent's David Walton has signed on for a recurring role on the hit Fox comedy as Jess' new love interest, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Walton, 33, will play a "classic bad-boy type" who mistakes Jess (Zooey Deschanel) for someone else, but she...
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Girls
Not everyone is going to love HBO's new dramedy Girls. There are several graphic sex scenes and Hannah, the show's not-always-sympathetic protagonist is bound to rub some people the wrong way. But ironically enough, it's these raw elements that render the show's familiar coming-of-age story completely fresh and real.
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Steve Carell
As Michael Scott nears his Dunder Mifflin exit, Steve Carell is also preparing to say goodbye to The Office castmates he's come to know and love for the past seven years.
"It's bittersweet," Carell tells TVGuide.com. "I'm excited about the prospect to be able to spend more time with my family, but...
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Shelley Malil
Shelley Malil, an actor in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, was sentenced to life in prison with possible parole for stabbing his ex-girlfriend more than 20 times, The Associated Press reports.
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Harry Elias sentenced Malil Thursday, three months after a jury convicted him of attempted premeditated murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
40-Year-Old Virgin actor found guilty in stabbing of ex-girlfriend
The actor is eligible for parole in 12 years, but he could be freed in as early as ...
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Steve Carell
His days on The Office are numbered, but Steve Carell is sticking with NBC. The 48-year-old actor has sold a half-hour comedy to the network, Deadline reports.
The project, tentatively titled The Post-Graduate Project, is based on Carell's early days working as a...
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Molly Shannon
HBO is developing a comedy starring Saturday Night Live alum Molly Shannon, Deadline reports.
The untitled project comes from Simpsons writer-producer Tim Long and will focus on Shannon as a nun who decides to leave the convent for the outside world.
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Shelley Mallil
Shelley Malil, an actor in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, was convicted of attempted murder in the knife attack of his ex-girlfriend, The Press Association reports.
Malil was also found guilty Thursday in a Vista, Calif., court of assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence in the stabbing of Kendra Beebe, who was cut ...
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Shelley Malil
The 40-Year-Old Virgin actor accused of stabbing his girlfriend 20 times said he thought she was someone else attacking him in the dark.
Testifying in his own defense Thursday in a Vista, Calif., courtroom, Shelley Malil insisted he never intended to kill or hurt Kendra Beebe in her home in August 2008, according to People.
"I'm sorry," Malil said. "I had no idea. I saw the pictures (of her wounds) for the first time, I was stunned. When I look at those pictures, I still can't believe the knife I was holding was responsible for all those injuries."
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Malil, who played one of Steve Carell's electronics store coworkers in Virgin, said when he arrived at Beebe's house...
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