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August 26th, 2008

Hunter Parrish is being precocious again, this time in The New York Times

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This Sunday, Weeds star Hunter Parrish got some love in The New York Times, which noted that:

A) He’s been shirtless a lot, first on Weeds and now for his role as Melchior, the sexually adventurous young star of the Broadway play Spring Awakening

B) His parents don’t mind all the semi-nudity. And he checks with them before signing on for any sex scenes.

C) He’s lonely in the big city after moving to New York from LA. Sans friends, he invited his publicist to go bowling with him for a recent night on the town.

D) He’s not a very good bowler, but his mouth is squeaky clean: After missing a spare, he exclaimed “Dang it!”, later explaining that he doesn’t swear but instead substitutes phrases such as “fudgesicle” and “monkey hug it.”

Want more adorableness a la Hunter? Read the full story here.

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August 26th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 11

“Head Cheese”

Shane and his goth girls are in the kitchen eating Pop Tarts for breakfast, while Nancy makes tea at the sink.

Nancy asks the girls if their parents are OK with them sleeping over at a boy’s house they’ve never met. “They’re totally cool with it,” one of the girls replies. Nancy says she wants to know more about their science project, which she imagines will tough on reproduction and disease, along with “volcanoes” and “wind.”

“What exactly happened last night?” Nancy asks. The words are barely out of her mouth when the girls split. Nancy asks Shane if they had sex. He’s 13, she says. That’s too soon. Shane tells her to quit pretending to be a mom. She’s overcome by anger, grabs a newspaper and starts spanking him with it.

Shane escapes just as Silas walks in. How did this happen?, Nancy wonders, looking miserable. “What did I do?” she asks. “You had boys,” Silas replies.
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August 25th, 2008

Mary-Louise Parker shows the paparazzi who’s boss

So Mary-Louise Parker, our favorite Weeds soccer-mom-turned-drug trafficker, was strolling along in the West Village the other day with her kids and their nanny when the paparazzi descended on their family outing.

MLP tried to shield her children, William Atticus and Caroline Aberash (a toddler she adopted from Africa who goes by “Ash”) from the photographers’ lens. But one paparazzo wouldn’t be swayed. He stepped to Mary-Louise, who held her own in the argument. Take a look:

Mary-Louise Parker with children in West Village, threatens paparazzi
Mary-Louise Parker with children in West Village, threatens paparazzi
Mary-Louise Parker with children in West Village, threatens paparazzi
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August 25th, 2008

Weeds preview: Nancy disciplines Shane; Silas finds himself the successful co-operator of a “sandwich” shop

 Happy Monday, Showtime fans. Chandra at GrrlTV has our hookup for Weeds previews of tonight’s episode, which looks hilarious as usual. I can’t believe how quickly this season is going! Check it out:

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Nancy has a trip to Ayuasca on her mind as she continues to experience problems with Guillermo and her son Shane’s bad, bad, bad behavior (remember last week’s ménage à trois?). Meanwhile, her older son Silas seeks help to deal with the growing popularity of his and Lisa’s so-called “sandwich” shop.

Elsewhere, Celia searches for a new facility to curb her addiction when things don’t go well with her rehab partner Barry, and Doug and Maria rely on Andy when their relationship hits the skids.

Chandra also has the preview videos for tonight’s episode. The first explains the episode’s title, Head Cheese, while the second finds Nancy scaring the bejesus out of Shane’s goth girls before she turns her wrath on him. Enjoy!

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August 24th, 2008

Super cute Hunter Parrish interview about Weeds Season 4

I’m not a regular viewer of Chelsea Lately, comedienne Chelsea Handler’s talk show, so I missed this adorable interview with Hunter Parrish when it aired last month. Luckily, I stumbled across it on YouTube.

The Weeds star is totally cute — self-deprecating, charming, a little gawky — as he talks about: filming Season 4, in which Silas beds a MILF; snagging a part in the Broadway show Spring Awakening; turning down a role in High School Musical, the movie that made his buddy Zac Efron super famous; and going to Vegas with his parents for his 21st birthday.

Check it out:

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August 23rd, 2008

After playing Dexter badass Doakes, Erik King signs on to play … a drag queen!

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Perhaps fearing he’ll be typecast as the tough-as-nails cop in the future, actor Erik King has taken a a role in an off-Broadway show that’s about 180-degrees from Sgt. Doakes, who he portrayed with such verve on the first two seasons of Dexter.

King recently joined the cast of Wig Out!, a drama about two competing drag houses in the underground vogueing scene, Variety reports. The show opens Sept. 30. King co-stars as Lucian, founding father of the House of Light.

The new season of Dexter, sans King, drops Sept. 28.

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August 22nd, 2008

Californication Season 2 sneak peek: Awesome!

I’m soooooo excited for the second season of Californication. And if you weren’t yet, you will be after watching this sneak peek.

As Natascha McElhone says, it’s irreverent (and not a lot of TV shows are that any more) and it’s not formulaic (ditto).

Or, to loosely quote series creator Tom Kapinos, it’s a show that has more heart, balls and swagger than it knows what to do with. Check it out:

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August 21st, 2008

Dexter’s Lauren Velez reveals details about Season 3

Now that we’re only about five weeks away from the premiere of Dexter Season 3, the stars are out promoting the show. The lovely Lauren Velez, who plays Lt. Maria Laguerta, stopped by the studio at TV Guide’s Hollywood 411 to spill some of the deets. She stayed fairly general, so no big spoilers in the video below, but we learn a few interesting tidbits:

1) Laguerta and Jimmy Smits’ character, an asst. district attorney, hooked up back in the day when she was in the police academy and he was in law school. It didn’t work out because she was uber career focused, but there’s some serious sexual tension now.

2) Dexter will do two things this season that will … (cue ominous music) … Change. His. Life. Forever.

Take a look for yourselves, kiddos. Season 3 drops Sept. 28.

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August 20th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 10

Nancy and Esteban wakes up in bed together. They snuggle but the quiet moment is interrupted when one of Esteban’s henchmen comes to rouse him.

In a hotel room, Celia’s passed out and Isabelle takes a room service delivery. Celia’s bff from Agrestic, Pamela, is there along with Dean and a lady who says she’s an intervention specialist. Celia wakes up and realizes she’s been handcuffed to the bed, with handcuffs Pamela provided. Now that the intervention is underway, Pamela reads Celia a letter, saying she needs to get herself together and go back to being the inspirational woman who led the PTO and city council with such energy, and who created excellent distractions when she and Pamela went to the mall and Pamela wanted to shoplift at Forever 21.

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August 18th, 2008

Californication’s Madeline Zima: Hot in Hollywood photos

Madeline Zima was pretty in pink this weekend at the Hot in Hollywood party in LA.

Zima, the sexy former child star who plays Mia on Californication, wore a casual but eye-catching jersey dress.

The 3rd Annual "Hot In Hollywood" Event
The 3rd Annual "Hot In Hollywood" Event

When she was on the red carpet, OK! magazine asked her about the infamous scene last season where she beds David Duchovny’s character, Hank, and belts him in the eye mid-bang:

“I have the naked scene, it’s like ‘Oh it’s the little girl from The Hand That Rocks the Cradle or The Nanny and she’s f**king and punching on that show,” she said. “It’s a little weird for them, I guess. But everyone grows up.”

Season 2, which drops Sept. 28, promises more grown-up laughs, Zima said. She was too coy to spill details, but she said some of the action midway through the season is outrageous even by Californication’s standards.

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