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Ask Stacy -- Week of May 26, 2012
DEAR STACY: Whatever happened to the cute child actress who did all the Pepsi ads with the grown-up men's voices, and was in the movie "Paulie"? — Brandi R., Binghamton, N.Y.
DEAR BRANDI: Hallie Kate Eisenberg — a sister of …Read more.
Newhart Finds the Old New Again With 'The Bob Newhart Show;' 'The Client List's Alicia Lagano Prefers to Play Dirty
Newhart Finds the Old New Again With 'The Bob Newhart Show;' 'The Client List's Alicia Lagano Prefers to Play Dirty
The Hallmark Channel is running a 12-hour "The Bob Newhart Show" marathon this Sunday (5/27) — in honor of the …Read more.
Ron Perlman Surprised by Survival of His Brutal Clay on 'SOA;' 'Falling Skies' Drew Roy Likes the Action Despite the Bruises
Ron Perlman is back to work on the set of "Sons of Anarchy" this week — and admits he's surprised to be there. As followers of FX's acclaimed series about an outlaw motorcycle club are aware, his character, the group's ex-president …Read more.
Noah Wyle Enjoys Daddy Duty After 'Falling Skies' Production; Kim Kardashian Gains Actor Cred With Castmate April Bowlby
Noah Wyle says he's been enjoying a little down time of late, doing daddy duty and decompressing after wrapping four and a half months' worth of production of his TNT "Falling Skies" series' second season. Sounds like he needed it.
After …Read more.
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Kara DioGuardi Glad Songwriters Are Stars on 'Platinum Hit'Former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi returns to tube as a TV music competition judge May 30 — but on a brand-new show, Bravo's "Platinum Hit." She tells us she didn't think she'd be back "so fast, but I really loved the idea that songwriters were going to get some attention." Songwriter Evan Bogart (whose credits include Beyonce, Britney Spears and Rihanna)" is one of the executive producers and creators of the show, she relates, and "he came to me about it. I thought a songwriting show would be interesting, but how do you do it?" Good question. Watching contestants noodle around on a piano and scribble down ideas doesn't sound like much of a show. But that's not what "Platinum Hit" is like, assures DioGuardi, who headlines with Jewel. "Bravo is really great at creating drama and character development. Part of what makes great songwriters is where they come from — their truth. When you get to know their journey, you start to get emotionally involved. There were some character revelations along the way of people's backstories that were really compelling. When they write from their truth, that's when they really connect." DioGuardi wrote from her truth in her recently released "A Helluva High Note" memoir, including going through the hell of being molested as a young girl and date raped when she was new in the music business. Going public with her past has proven to be exceptionally moving — particularly in response from readers who told her they were inspired to deal with or talk about their own similar traumas. "That's really why I wrote it," she says. "A lot of people write, 'I'm glad you spoke about that.' When you know someone else has gone through something, it helps to know you can get through it. You've got to keep moving, keep going on. You can't let it get you down and stop you from living your life as you want, from pursuing your dreams." It's an intense time for DioGuardi, who's also awaiting word on the future of the USA Network "Big in Japan" series pilot on which she serves as producer.
"It's about an old boy band, 10 years later, after the peak of their fame. But they're still always big in Japan," she explains with a laugh. Besides that, "I've been doing a lot of country writing," says DioGuardi, whose songwriting credits include tunes for the likes of Pink, Carrie Underwood, Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion. "I'm loving it down in Nashville. It's a very song-centric industry. Songwriters are revered down there." With it all, she admits, "I haven't watched that much" of the current season of "American Idol." "It's not because I'm not a big fan of them. I am. But that's what I do every day — I have artists coming into my office all the time," says DioGuardi, executive vice president of talent development at Warner Bros. Records. She's quick to add, however, "I've been hearing great things about the show this season, especially about Steven Tyler." THE BIG-SCREEN SCENE: Casting is under way for the British side of the very unusual family that will be featured in the Billy Bob Thornton flick "Jayne Mansfield's Car," which goes into production next month in New Orleans. Thornton wrote and will direct as well as star along with Robert Duvall in the tale of an Alabama man whose wife left him with four children to go off to London with another man some 20 years earlier. Now, as she's decreed she wants to be buried in Alabama as a dying wish, the two families must come together and it's ver-r-r-y awkward. REALITY GAVE THEM A ROLE: Producers of a forthcoming reality dating show for the Game Show Network are looking around for former child stars who are now all grown up and amenable to choosing a date from three candidates. They're hoping to line up datable types who were crushing on the famous kid stars in younger years and who may now have the chance to make some of their juvenile dreams come true. It's an in-studio game show. Teen crush, anyone? To find out more about Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith and read their past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2011 MARILYN BECK AND STACY JENEL SMITH DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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