Britney Spears: No Emmy Nod
Britney Spears: No Emmy Nod
Earlier this week Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were unable to come to an agreement regarding the custody of their sons Jayden James and Sean Preston. And yesterday the “Gimme More” songstress was spotted paying her lawyer a visit.
Miss Spears and her bodyguard were seen arriving at her lawyer’s office in Los Angeles, California looking serious. Brit sported a summery pink top with Capri jeans and a pair of heeled sandals.
And while the “How I Met Your Mother” ratings jumped when the “Piece of Me” singer hit the screen, it seems she won’t be in the race for a Best Guest Actress Emmy Award.
For whatever reason, Britney didn’t make the top 11 list of guest actresses for this year’s consideration. Also joining her in the Snub Department are Sarah Chalke (Scrubs blonde who played Spears’ boss on HIMYM), Mary-Kate Olsen (for her role as a Bible-thumper on Weeds) and Alyssa Milano (for her role on My Name is Earl).
Weeds: The Whole Blah Damn Thing
What a relief! Now that we’ve ditched the dead weight (sorry, Bubbie) Weeds can finally get down to business. The Agrestic and Ren Mar worlds are slowly coming together, which should please the Doug fans. Some familiar faces are making their way to Nancy’s new home, and that could mean trouble for her.
A few of the ghosts of season three appeared in this episode. After hearing Doug mention the Majestic community’s outrage over Celia’s arrest, I was surprised to see Pam back at Celia’s side. In true perv fashion, Doug and Dean were watching Andy’s foot fetish porn film. Even “Cankles” Carilli tracked Doug down at his dude suite to confront him about some “insurance discrepancies.” While I’m glad that the supporting players of Agrestic/Majestic are popping up from time to time, I wish we could get a hint about Conrad and Heylia’s fate. I’m really starting to miss them. Does anyone else think it’s strange that Nancy hasn’t mentioned them or tried to contact them? Yes, I know that Romany Malco and Tonye Patano are off the show, but it’s not like the characters are dead to Nancy.
It only took the Botwins about 24 hours to wrestle with major life-and-death issues; not bad. Andy reduced human existence to a series of blahs in a manner that only he could. The Bubbie dilemma put the Botwins’ strange approach to communication on display. The family never got together to discuss Bubbie, instead choosing to break the discussion down into several smaller conversations. There was the guys’ talk in the van, Lenny and Shane’s man-to-man chat, and Andy and Lenny’s argument on the beach. On a side note, Alexander Gould can hold his own with any actor on this show. When it was time to do the actual plug-pulling, however, the Botwins banded together and said goodbye as a family. That has to count for something.
I never thought I’d see the day when Nancy would learn from her mistakes. All she needed was the Jesus-cam and some practical tips from Guillermo. Nancy really did give a poor performance in her test run, didn’t she? She didn’t even have a name for her fictitious face cream. Kudos to her for taking Guillermo’s fashion advice to heart. Who knew that Nancy’s most shocking outfit ever would consist of khaki shorts, a cutesy pink top, and a visor? I hope we get to see her in more hilarious ensembles like that. On second thought, it might be overwhelming, kind of like Celia’s prison transformation. Perhaps Nancy can find the MILF alternative to J. Crew.
At the moment I’m not terribly impressed with Celia’s surveillance skills. The woman had a disposable camera! Couldn’t Till have loaned her something more modern? Till must have a pretty weak case against Guillermo if he’s tentatively cutting a deal with such an inexperienced informant. Unless Celia got something in writing, this deal might not pan out for her. Will she stick with Till, defect to Nancy’s side, or become a double agent?
My favorite lines of the night:
- ” ’Kill me.’ What do you think she meant by that? Maybe it was her sled.” –Andy
- Guillermo referring to Nancy’s dress from last week as a “technicolor slut suit.”
- “All eyeballs and elbows and ready to play God.” –Lenny, on Shane
Next week–Lenny thinks Nancy’s a prostitute (wrong show), Celia reports to Till, and Doug turns up in Ren Mar.
More info on Edie Falco’s new Showtime series
Remember back in February when we told you that Edie Falco was signed for a new dark situation comedy from Showtime about a harried nurse?
Well, they’ve started filming the show in New York and given it a tentative title, Nurse Jackie. What’s more, the cast surrounding Edie includes some familiar faces.
Nurse Jackie will have a boyfriend and he will be played by Paul Schulze. The name may not be familiar, but the face sure is. Paul was Father Phil on The Sopranos, the priest who spent a lot of time with Carmella and had her thinking they were going to replay The Thornebirds.
On this Showtime series, he’s Eddie and he works in the hospital in the pharmacy. That’s important because reportedly Edie’s character has a problem with drugs.
What’s this, she’s a female House? Could she be popping Vicodin as prodigiously as he does? Could anyone?
Other actors in the pilot are West Wing veteran Anna Deavere Smith as a hospital administrator, Mrs. Akalitus, Merritt Wever (NCIS) as Zoey, a young nurse working with Jackie, and Haaz Sleiman (Veronica Mars) a gay Muslim nurse.
The original scoop compared this comedy to Weeds, in particular, the way it’s going to be filmed and the satiric tone. The latest bit also includes more about Jackie’s character, saying that she “has an almost-clairvoyant ability to figure out what’s wrong with her patients even before doctors can — making her a much-sought-after commodity in the ER.”
Caryn Mandabach, an experienced, Emmy-award winning showrunner, is executive producing. Her credits include Grounded for Life, 3rd Rock from the Sun, That ’70s Show and The Cosby Show.
If Showtime likes what they produce, Nurse Jackie — or whatever it’s finally called — could be on the air in Spring 2009, maybe sooner. Considering the quality of the talent, I think we’ll see it sooner rather than later.
Romany Malco’s new show is coming to YouTube
Former Weeds co-star Romany Malco is developing his own series and testing it out on YouTube viewers. Malco decided to create his own character after his Weeds role was written out of the show. He’s leaving Conrad Shepard behind and moving on to the role of Tijuana “T.J.” Jackson.
Malco described Tijuana Jackson as an ex-convict living under house arrest. Under a strange, “only on TV” legal arrangement, T.J. stays out of jail by supporting the three women that live with him. The women also happen to be prostitutes and T.J.’s employees.
Malco will release new episodes of the show each week, exclusively on YouTube. I can’t say that I love this concept. It reminds me of Seinfeld’s “so the judge decrees that he become my butler” idea. Romany Malco was fantastic on Weeds, though, and I’d like to see him do well. He didn’t mention the possibility of a Weeds spin-off in his interview, so perhaps that project’s on the back burner or still in the the very early stages of development.
Would you rather see Romany Malco do a Weeds spin-off or play Tijuana Jackson on YouTube?
[via PopWatch/Entertainment Weekly]