Jane Lynch, Lovespring International
Who put the overly amorous boss from The 40 Year Old Virgin in charge of a dating service?! Part of the credit goes to Will & Grace's Eric McCormack, one of the executive producers of the Lifetime series Lovespring International (premiering tonight at 11 pm/ET). In this improv comedy, Jane Lynch plays Victoria, the head of an "elite Beverly Hills" dating service... based out of Tarzana, California... whose staffers are as pathetic as its pretend pedigree. At the
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Paul Rudd
Not anxious to brave the roads this long holiday weekend? IFC has the perfect compromise: Wanderlust (premiering May 29 at 9 pm/ET), an original documentary detailing Hollywood's many and great road movies, with insightful commentary from such heavyweights as Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider), Alexander Payne (
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The action sequel Transporter 2 delivered a No. 1 opening over the four-day Labor Day weekend box office with a better-than-expected $20 million, more than twice the original's debut haul in 2002. That pushed The 40 Year-Old Virgin into second place after two weekends on top. Adding another $16.6 million to the till, Virgin's total gross rose to $71.9 million and counting. Among other newcomers, Oscar shoo-in The Constant Gardener bowed strongly in third with $10.8 million while Nick Cannon's Underclassman was held back at No. 11 with $3 million. On the bright side, there's always "Drumline 2."
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The 40 Year Old Virgin saw enough action over the weekend to retain the No. 1 spot at the box office, screwing The Brothers Grimm in the process. Retaining nearly 80 percent of its opening-weekend audience, Virgin scored another $16.4 million to bring its 10-day total to $48.7 million. Grimm, meanwhile, debuted in second with a relatively weak $15.1 million. I say "relatively" because the weekend's other newcomers would have killed for half that coin. Underground spooker The Cave got buried alive at No. 6 with $6.2 million, while Undiscovered remained just that at No. 18 with $690,000.
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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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Steve Carell's The 40-Year-Old Virgin got lucky at the box office over the weekend, opening at No. 1 with $20.6 million. According to exit polls, Virgin drew an audience that was 54 percent easy and female; the pic was expected to play mostly to young, sexually inexperienced men. Among other new openings, Wes Craven's airborne thriller Red Eye landed at No. 2 with $16.5 million, Disney's pigeon-pic, Valiant, got pooped on at No. 7 with $6.1 million and Supercross: The Movie crashed into 15th with just $1.3 million.
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