Dr. Horrible Comic Live & Soundtrack Coming Soon

Fans of Dr. Horrible (which you should all be) can now check out the first installment of the Dr. Horrible Webcomics now online here. This issue, “Captain Hammer: Be Like Me! Nemesis of Dr. Horrible” was written by Dr. Horrible co-writer Zack Whedon.

Whedon’s next webcomic will focus on Moist. “I’m interested in exploring how Moist became Moist,” Whedon said. “It’ll be ‘Moist: Humidity Rising.’ He is so far from making it into the Evil League of Evil, because he really isn’t that bad at all.” (Instead, Moist is in the Henchman’s Union, because he accumulated enough hours “assisting evil people, and inconveniencing people. It doesn’t take much,” Whedon said.)

Seems that the Dr. Horrible team created back stories for all the characters including all the members of the Evil League of Evil.  We might expect webcomics focused on Bad Horse and Fake Thomas Jefferson in the future.  Fingers crossed.

And in other fantastic news, the Dr. Horrible soundtrack will be available for download on iTunes beginning September 2.  “The soundtrack is rapidly approaching,” Whedon said. “And all those cut-offs, where the songs would just end,” such as on “Freeze Ray,” when Neil Patrick Harris sings, “I will stop…” just as he’s interrupted and forced to stop singing, “they will be on there as they are on the show. They’re just in a much higher quality, and no sound effects. I sing along to everything and it’ll be weeks before I can stop. It’s driven me mad. Luckily, I can still hold down a job.”

As someone who listens on a daily basis (no joke) to a homemade Dr. Horrible soundtrack, I must say I’m quite excited to download the real track starting Tuesday.

PUSHING DAISIES, THE OFFICE, ELI STONE and More Honored at Paley

The Paley Center just announced the FAll 2008 lineup for”The Public Programs at the Paley Center” and there are quite a few of our favorites being celebrated.  How I wish I lived in Los Angeles.  If you’re in the L.A. area and plan on attending, drop me a line and let me know.Here are some of the shows that will be examined during the Fall Paley season.

• The Office
  October 14 : With Greg Daniels and members of the writing staff

• Family Guy
  October 16 : With Seth MacFarlane and additional members of the creative team

• The Dream World of Eli Stone
  October 20 : With Greg Berlanti, Jonny Lee Miller, Natasha Henstridge, and additional members of the cast and creative team

• Prison Break
  October 27 : With Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Matt Olmstead, and additional panelists

• Pushing Daisies
  November 11 : With Bryan Fuller and additional members of the creative team

• Inside Criminal Minds
  November 17 : With Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, and additional members of the cast and creative team

• Monk: 100 Episodes and Counting
  December 2 : With Tony Shaloub, Traylor Howard, Ted Levine, Jason Gray-Stanford, and additional members of the cast and creative team

• True Blood
  December 4 : With Alan Ball and members of the cast and creative team

Michael Phelps to Host SNL’s Season Premiere

You knew this was coming…

Michael Phelps will be hosting SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE when the show kicks off its 34th season on September 13th.  Phelps joins a long list of distinguished athletes who have been asked to host.  Some like fellow Olympian Nancy Kerrigan and Yankees star Derek Jeter* have been quite horrendous.  Just horrible.  But others like QB rivals Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have actually been fantastic.  It’s not about being a good actor, it’s really about being prepared and fully committed to making yourself look like an ass on LIVE national TV.

Who knows how Phelps will do, but after the global exposure he’s had as of late, I’m sure that being on TV doesn’t phase Michael that much.

Lil Wayne will be the musical guest on the 13th.

*I guess some of you found him humorous.  Maybe it was the Red Sox fan in me that was hating on him.

Solange Knowles is a Fool

I have to take a break from TV talk for a just a second to let you all know that Solange Knowles - Beyonce’s little sis - is an asshat.  I just saw this video clip over at JustJared.com and I had to share it with you all.

Out promoting her new album, Solange was asked in a pre-interview about whether or not she wanted to comment on the closing of Jay-Z’s Vegas nightclub.  She declined. And so after an enthusiastic intro by the news anchor, Solange gets all huffy saying, “I have to say, that was not a very professional introduction before. Please don’t tie me into family and my brother-in-law’s establishment.” It seems Miss Solange thought the talk of Jay-Z happened on air. It didn’t. She looked stupid.

And so what if she was asked the question. There are polite and more professional ways to respond. Need a hint Solange? Try “no comment”.

How rich is that Solange doesn’t want to be tied into “family”. Like this chick would even have a career if she wasn’t Beyonce’s sister.

Sorry, that was just a little late night venting on my part. Some people!!

CHUCK Gets Some Casting News & Some Great News

Do you miss Chuck Bartowski?  Yeah, me too, but we’re going to have to wait until September 29th to have Chuck and his cohorts back.  I know it seems like a long ways away but I promise it will be here before you know it.  But to help pass the time how about I pass a long a little CHUCK scoop…will that help?

As was first reported by Michael Ausiello, CHUCK is adding a few more names to its already kick ass line up of guest stars this season.  Morgan Fairchild and Bruce”The Scarecrow” Boxleitner will be guesting as Mr. & Mrs. Awesome  - the parents of Ryan McPartlin’s Captain Awesome. How awesome?  (Sorry I have no will power, I just had to)

And file this under news that just make me giddy -  Ausiello reports that Carl Lumbly will be coming on board as a”sensei” to NSA agent Casey, played by Adam Baldwin. Dixon!! You know I love me my ALIAS peeps.  I’m pushing for Michael Vartan to guest next.  Zachary Levi & Michael Vartan sharing screen time.  Yeah…it’s too sweet to even imagine.

And now for some really fantastic news for all of us CHUCK fans - a little birdie just dropped me a line to share the news that CHUCK has already received the order for the back 9 episodes of the season.  That means that NBC has officially picked up CHUCK for a full 22 episode season!  Can I get ‘holla’!  Picking up the back 9 before the second season even premieres is a huge vote of confidence from NBC.  Kudos to  Chuck and friends!

If you missed the CHUCK season 2 sneak peek that they showed at Comic Con, check it out here: Chuck vs. Season 2 (Comic Con Trailer)

Kristin Chenoweth in “Intervention”

Ms. Chenoweth, how I love thee. In the latest installment from FunnyorDie.com, PUSHING DAISIES star Kristin Chenoweth take on the serious issue of drug abusive in a way that only she can. She may look and sound sweet & innocent, but…

You’re quite close to death, because you’re addicted to meth

WARNING! The content is NSFW and not for younger or sensitive sensibilities.

See more Kristin Chenoweth videos at Funny or Die

I have to go watch again…too funny!!

For more on Pushing Daisies visit ThePieMaker.com.

BONES Season Premiere Just One Week Away!

Hey Bones fans!
How are things, hmmm? Just thought I’d pop in and remind you that we are only one week away from the two hour season premiere of BONES. Yay! I’ve never been to England, so I feel like I get to go via B+B, like the Gumshoes on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. I’ll be back next Wednesday with more BONES information and Thursday with my review, but for now, enjoy what I’ve got to offer. Oh, and special thanks to Space for her wicked sweet (as Sweets would say) banner. Cool, yeah?

Spoiler information including a few promo vids after the jump.

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