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Sloppy Seconds: Wanda Sykes Has Twins

Emily Farris — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:22:00 GMT

Nicole Ritchie and Joel Madden are having a boy. [FadedYouth]

For the third time in a row a woman is The Biggest Loser. [People]

Ricky Gervais + Bambi = the best thing we've seen and heard all day. [BuzzFeed]

Shanna Moakler has resigned as Miss California pageant director in the wake of the Carrie Prejean opposite-boob-marriage scandal. [Us]

Say what? Wanda Sykes just became the mother to twins? We had no idea that she and her wife were expecting, but on April 27, the couple welcomed a son and daughter. [People]

Out Of 'The Office': Melora Hardin Gets An FX Drama Pilot

Emily Farris — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:01:00 GMT

VIA THE REMOTE ISLAND: You go, Jan Levinson! This and the Hannah Montana movie - Melora Hardin's on a roll. This show sounds really cool, and also stars one of our absolute favorite character actors...

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Krasinski and Fischer Sadly Opted Out of "The Office" Porn

Brian Fairbanks — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:01:00 GMT

As it does for every cultural phenomenon, the adult film industry has created a XXX spoof the NBC sitcom The Office...

We're not even sure this trailer of the parody film is really NSFW. In fact: there's only one flash of boob, and it's a covered one. Here's hoping the actual film lives up to its promises... now who'll be the first to mail us a review copy?

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While You Were Sleeping: John Mayer vs. Jimmy Fallon?

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:08:00 GMT

The new Iron Man 2 rumors say that there may not be enough money to include Samuel L. Jackson. Then again, they are somehow able to afford Emily Blunt for a role.

We're a sucker for crazy bets like this: a Republican senator lost a gentlemanly bet on a college football game to a Democratic senator. His repentance? He had to serenade Florida politician Bill Nelson, a former astronaut, with Elton John's "Rocket Man."

The Ex-BART officer who shot and killed an unarmed man on recorded video was found...

The former transit police officer accused of shooting an unarmed man at a California train station went to Nevada with his family "to clear his mind" after receiving death threats, his lawyer said Wednesday.
The lawyer's comments came after Johannes Mehserle was arrested on a fugitive warrant in Nevada.
Leads led investigators to Johannes Mehserle, 27, in Zephyr Cove, Nevada, on Tuesday, authorities said. He was contacted through his attorney and then surrendered. [CNN]

The blogs are predicting Amy Poehler's new Office "spinoff" is actually a knockoff.

If you're going to start a brawl, you might not want to do so in a brothel, especially when you're off-duty police officers.

We care what these people think of the John Mayer TV show? We could care less about his pop records and personal life, but the VH-1 show was inspired-- we always thought he would be a great late night host.

Going to the inauguration? 20+ jumbotrons. 5,000 port-a-potties. 10,000 National Guard troops. And clearly not enough beer vendors.

And Washington state will allow teachers to have sex with their students, as long as the students are legal.

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I Love Myself For Loving You: Amy Ryan

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:13:00 GMT

She deserved an Oscar for Gone Baby Gone. She was on our favorite show of all time, The Wire. And she's a New Yorker who doesn't act like "the quintessential New Yorker" (i.e. impersonal, egotistical, etc.)

For these and many more reasons, we might actually buy the New York Post this Sunday...

These are excerpts from excerpts from this Sunday's Page Six Magazine with one of our favorite working actresses (and thank God for the "working" part of it...)

On NBC's The Office: “I think it’s one of the funniest shows on TV. I felt so lucky to go [to work and] laugh my head off. I’ve been guaranteed to screw up at least three takes a day, ruining my makeup in the process by crying with laughter – that’s how funny the cast is.”
“I guess I should have just done a reality show, gone out in dresses without my panties and skipped the years of hard work- then everyone would know who I am. Being a working actor was always the goal. It wasn’t about fame for me. But now that I’m older, and I’ve been at it a while, I’m ready for the attention. I think I’ve earned it.”

On Gone Baby Gone: “The role was like winning the lottery. I had been playing scratch-offs for years and finally the stars aligned for me. I was up against incredible actresses like Cate Blanchett, Ruby Dee and Tilda Swinton. Are you kidding me? Of course I didn’t expect to win!”
“I grew up in the same house in Queens my dad grew up in. My family keeps me grounded and deeply rooted in New York. There’s no chance of me getting a big head.”
“I never envisioned a white dress with rice being pelted at my head, [but] I do understand the beauty of choosing life with one person." [There's still hope for you and I, Ms. Ryan...]
“I’m a Barack Obama supporter. He has the knowledge, work ethic and charisma needed to make a change. I don’t think anyone should vote based on what a celebrity has to say, but come Election Day, I hope others agree with me.”

Nope... we couldn't love her more. See the full interview in this Sunday's Page Six Magazine. There, we said it: we want you to read the Post.

Image via W Magazine.

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New Gemma Arterton Sex Scene Steams Us Up For Bond 22

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:41:00 GMT

Gemma Arterton may not be the sexiest but she is inarguably the cutest Bond Girl ever cast. We were already dying to see Bond 22 (aka "Quantum of Solace"-- ugh, come on, what is it, directed by George Lucas?) without her involvement and now, with her casting and the following screencaps and sex scene clip from her latest film, we're positively foaming at the mouth...

Exclusive full-length version of the scene below. If that's down for any reason, you can watch another, lower-quality version here.

Above is a screenshot from the minute-long sex fest. Here's Gemma in bed with that dude from the BBC version of The Office, who is the luckiest nebbish alive:

The hell with that... back to the sex scene.

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Hysterical Regis Philbin Tampon Commercial Buried In Otherwise Crummy SNL Sketch

Bryan Christian — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:55:00 GMT

As usual these days, Kristen Wiig is the real MVP in this otherwise overlong and underfunny sketch what-if-ing "The Office" into Japanese TV. Overlong and underfunny, that is, except for about ten seconds in the middle of the thing, at around 2:16, when we are treated to what can only be described as a seizure-inducing Smooth Moves-type blipvert starring Darrell Hammond as a tampon-shilling Regis Philbin. "Buy these - you'll go CRAZY for them!"

Whoever it was who snuck that in there, to you we owe a huge domo arigato.

UPDATE: What's up, jerks at Hulu/NBC - too good for an embed at Scanner? Fine, whatever. Have a look at the clip here.

Sloppy Seconds: Vagina Friendly Politicians Are All The Rage

Emily Farris — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:33:00 GMT

Ray Nagin, mayor of New Orleans: "I am a vagina friendly mayor." And totally not in the same way that Eliot Spitzer is a vagina friendly governor.

Jenna Fischer, The Office hottie, would like her fans to stop asking her out via The Internets. Seriously. And no, Jenna, people really do not go out on dates when they get a creepy email. Not even us and we're way less famous than you are.

The complete list of The Bloggies winners, with, uh, no links to the blogs. You're going to have to copy and paste or type them in. Hopefully we'll see ourselves on that list next year. How about a nomination, eh?

Scarlett Johansson: Actress? Check. Tom Waits cover artist? Check. Vixen? Check. Film director/camera person? Check. Check.

Looking for work? How about a Queer Job in the Arctic?

Spitzer nips via Gawker.com

TV Gets Back to What It Does Best: Canceling Shows

Bryan Christian — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:06:00 GMT

Now that the Writer's Strike is over, it's time to figure out what shows are coming back and when. We got a couple of links to pages here and here with hints, and heard something on NPR yesterday, and while we haven't done a case-by-case comparison, we'll summarize what we know:

-- Lots of shows -- particularly sitcoms -- are going back into production now, and will be burning off already shot episodes or shooting a handful more to be shown through May or beyond. Big names include: 30 Rock, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, My Name is Earl, Lost, and a few other shows you probably first saw on iTunes.

-- Gossip Girl -- which all of us Scanner bloggers just realized means nothing to us but has a fairly dedicated following, we hear -- will return with new episodes aired through the summer, so just like we did with 90210 and The OC, expect us to "get way more into it than we thought" around June.

-- No 24 and no more Heroes, Life, Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, Moonlight, Private Practice or Chuck for the year; they will likely all be relaunched or continued next fall.

-- Cancelled or iffy: Bionic Woman, Cane, Life is Wild (which, like... huh?), Friday Night Lights, Prison Break, One Tree Hill, Reaper, Back to You, and ER, which we imagine NBC has been looking for an excuse like this to unload since Noah Wyle left.

-- Producer Bill Lawrence is negotiating for time to wrap up Scrubs. Bill: let it go.