Hilary Duff Stay’s Cool at the Salon
Hilary Duff Stay’s Cool at the Salon
She’s not the first person you’d think of when it comes to self-pampered celebrities. But even Hilary Duff enjoys a manicure from time to time.
The “War, Inc.” hottie was spotted looking cute and casual in a pink zip-up hoodie and black sweatpants as she left the Nail Salon yesterday (June 26).
And though it’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything from Duff musically, it seems the acting facet of her career keeps getting hotter. She recently announced that she joined the cast of the new comedy “Stay Cool.”
Hilary will be joining co-stars Winona Ryder, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, and John Cryer in the ‘know your age’ comedy. And with an ensemble cast like this one, it’s sure to be a hit.
Monk Finds New Couch to Lie On
Despite a tragic loss, Adrian Monk will still be able to get the help he needs this summer.
Hector Elizondo will be joining the cast of Monk's upcoming seventh season after signing on to play the finicky detective's therapist, a role unexpectedly left unfilled after the sudden death of veteran character actor Stanley Kamel from a heart attack earlier this month.
"Monk will always need a therapistand it's a part that is pivotal to the central themes of the show," USA exec Jeff Wachtel said in a statement Wednesday. "When we lost Stanley, we knew we needed an actor who could bring warmth, intelligence and humor to the role. Hector was actually the first person that came to mind, and we are incredibly fortunate that he's agreed to do some episodes with us. Stanley can never be replaced, but we think he'd be very pleased with our choice."
Elizondo most recently starred in the short-lived CBS drama Cane. New episodes of Monk premiere July 18.
New showrunner for Moonlight
The CBS freshman drama Moonlight has had its share of difficulties. Add to it one more as the showrunner and executive producer Chip Johannessen has decided to depart the series.
The show’s writing team and executive producer Joel Silver will collectively run the show until a replacement for Mr. Johannessen has been found. Four additional episodes of the show have been ordered for this season.
Moonlight has shown some promise for CBS and was kept on the air during the writer’s strike. The premise involves a vampire detective who falls for a mortal woman.
Despite behind-the-scenes drama, CBS president Les Moonves has stated the show will likely be picked up for a second season. I suppose that’s a good thing, but I remember this show when it was called Angel. I’m not the first person to notice this. The creators obviously did when they hired Angel co-creator David Greenwalt to run the show and he subsequently left it.
Prison Break: The Art of the Deal (season finale) - VIDEO
(S03E13) “You know, you’re the first person to ever break out of Sona.” - Gretchen
This was a great episode. Really solid and enjoyable. However, you can see why it was originally meant to be the mid-season finale and not a season ender. There are just simply too many questions left hanging and, for lack of a better way to put it, it just doesn’t feel right. Fans of Prison Break, you know what I mean. As far as finales go, this wasn’t satisfying. While it left me yearning for more, I’m equally annoyed. Plenty of other shows are coming back with four or five new episodes starting in about a month, so why not Prison Break? What really worries me? No word on any sort of renewal from FOX. This very well could be the last we’ll see of Michael and Lincoln.
Do I honestly think FOX will can Prison Break? No I don’t, but at the same time…it wouldn’t surprise me if they did. Even though I’m usually the first in line to rag on how corny and over-the-top this show can be, it’s still one of the better programs currently on and it always does pretty decent in the ratings. Plus, with the way this episode ended, a cancellation would create a viewer outcry to rival what happened with Jericho…multiplied by about a thousand.
Alright, let’s get to the review. The episode picked up right where we left off last week–with Michael and Lincoln chasing down Whistler. Surprise…they catch him! After about half an hour of cat and mouse positioning between Scofield and Gretchen, the switch finally happens at a museum where the threat of guns was neutralized by metal detectors at the entrance.
Gretchen gives up Sofia and LJ; Michael gives up Whistler. Then came the completely expected bombshell: there are no coordinates. Sofia got PO’ed after hearing that and ran back to Lincoln. More importantly, without the existence of coordinates, what’s Whistler’s worth? What does he know or do? Is he some sort of agent for The Company just like Gretchen? Not finding that out really bugged me, especially since we probably would have found out next week had this season not been cut short.
Anyway, after some gun fire in the front of the museum (Sofia got shot but survived and will be fine), everyone pretty much walked away and in that regard, it was sort of anti-climactic.
More thoughts…
- Was there any real point in showing McGrady’s happy ending? He was a nice guy and all, but it was total filler and contributed nothing. After he and his dad left the marina, that should have been the last we saw of him.
- Sucre got tossed into Sona. Not sure how I feel about that. His story this whole season was shaky and didn’t really have much direction since he was constantly torn between helping Michael and going home to Mari-Cruz. Maybe his incarceration will create the opportunity to bring her back?
- Speaking of bringing someone back, nice touch with the flash-back to the day Michael gave Sarah the origami rose.
- What’s T-Bag’s end game? Does he have some plan to get out of Sona by using Lechero’s money? It’s not like he’s going to be able to rule Sona since he was handing out hundred dollar bills and preaching equality. But with Lechero dead (Was there ever a doubt that T-Bag wasn’t playing him?), it’s definitely going to create a power struggle in Sona. Oh and what about the nun? Random to see her back. What’s her role in T-Bag’s plan, other than holding on to the rest of the cash?
- Whistler sure gave up on Sofia pretty fast, huh?
- Bellick falls into the same category as McGrady. He’s completely worthless and added absolutely nothing to a majority of this season.
Moving on to the end… Mahone in a bar, sipping his club soda. A stranger approaches. At first, I really thought we were about to witness the return of Kellerman. He could still be alive. We never actually saw Kellerman shoot himself. We only heard a gun go off and saw nothing. Anyway, it was Whistler. Whoa. He and Mahone are in cahoots along with Gretchen. One big ol’ Company outing. So now we have more questions. What are they up to and why is Mahone key to the plan?
Plus, as Mahone pointed out, if Gretchen really killed Sarah (which she did), then she’s the weak link because Michael will find her. And he has something to go on too. Sofia found Whistler’s metal briefcase, remember? All it had in it was some paperwork referencing a guy named Jason Lief. Who the hell is that? Whistler’s alias?
That was it. Michael took off on his revenge mission and Whistler and Co. are off doing ___________? I’m trying not to stress about this too much though. Who knows if we’ll even get answers. It’s too bad the strike prevented the possibility of this episode at least being re-cut. At least they broke out of prison. The title was starting to lose it’s meaning…