tvsquad.com - According to Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider blog, deaf actress and Oscar winner Marlee Matlin may be appearing on the next edition of ABC's Dancing With the Stars.

As EW mentions, having Matlin guest star on the dancing competition would not be surprising since the series has been trying to "defy casting expectations and prejudices." DWTS fans will recall that Heather Mills, who wears a prosthetic leg, appeared in the fourth season of the show.

Since the network is not ready to confirm the cast of the upcoming season of the show, it is impossible to know for sure if Matlin will indeed

Daily Northwestern - B.J. Novak, co-star in the award-winning television show "The Office" is giving students a good excuse to take a break from studying.

A&O Productions and the Center for Student Involvement are teaming up to bring the star of the NBC sitcom to campus on Feb. 16. The show recently won the Screen Actors Guild award for best ensemble comedy.

For a day, Novak will ditch the screen to perform stand-up comedy at NU, which launched his career in show business.

"I would definitely wait an hour to buy tickets," said Weinberg freshman Hillary Epperson. "He's probably hilarious doing stand-up."

Novak's performance is part of

BlackNews.com (press release) - Long Beach, CA, USA - The Take Wings Foundation (TWF) rolled out the pink carpet for hundreds of guests at their 5th Annual Angel Awards Gala on Saturday, August 18, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. The fundraising affair was hosted by comedian/actor, Cedric "The Entertainer" whose humor kept the audience laughing throughout the evening.

TWF founded in 1997 by award winning actress Terri J. Vaughn to help build self-esteem of at-risk girls between the ages of 13-18 living in the greater San Francisco Bay Area by providing positive experiences and role models.

"It's such an Awesome event. I'm so touched to see the community, my

AXcess News - Georgetown, KY, USA - CBS has confirmed that it is in talks with comedian Drew Carey as a possible host for it's long-running daytime game show, The Price is Right, which was hosted for eons by Bob Barker who is retiring. But in the running for the host spot is Rosie O'Donnell, but between the two stars it might come down to the Right Price as to who will replace Barker.

Bob Barker retired from the Price is Right in May after 35 years as the game show's host and finding his replacement has been a challenge, says CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler.

Gaming Today - Spring, TX, USA - MTV’s gaming blog, GameDrop, recently sat down with John C. McGinley to discuss his role as the title voice in the new PSP game, Dead Head Fred. The game puts players in the role of Fred Neuman, a private investigator who, after a brutal murder and a bizarre science experiment, find himself without a head, and so he sets out to find out just what happened to him. Some of you may remember McGinley from the many films he’s been in, from Platoon to Office Space to the more recent Wild Hogs. But more importantly, I know him as one

Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA - She may own some pretty pricey real estate in Southampton, but according to the latest issue of Hamptons magazine Kelly Ripa likes to spend her downtime doing some of the things many Long Islanders like to do in the summertime.

"I love to watch my husband and friends play bocce in the backyard," says Ripa, speaking of spouse, actor Mark Consuelos. "We all sit around and the kids swim in the pool. Occasionally, I'll say, 'Have the men been playing for 16 hours?' They've taken to writing their scores on the garage wall."

Ripa and Consuelos moved to Southampton three years ago.

Orlando Sentinel - Orlando, FL, USA - CBS was way out in front Wednesday night, winning every time slot. The network's trio of victors: "Power of 10" with 8.4 million, "Criminal Minds" with 8.5 million and "CSI: NY" with 8.9 million. Drew Carey (pictured) hosts "Power of 10," and no wonder that man is laughing. Life is good, with his gigs at "Power of 10" and "The Price Is Right."

CBS averaged 8.6 million in prime time, and it seems likely that "Power of 10" will be the first sub when a CBS series falters this fall.

The rest: NBC with nearly 6 million, ABC and Fox with 3.8

New York Post - New York, NY ,USA - Drew Carey could end up pulling double duty as the host of "The Price is Right" and "Power of 10."

Game show guru Michael Davies told the industry trade magazine, Broadcasting and Cable, that Carey's "Price" schedule wouldn't keep him from hosting "Power" if it gets picked up again.

Davies, who also produces "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," created CBS's "Power of 10." CBS recently ordered four new episodes of the quiz show.

"I'm very optimistic that this will be a staple on the network in the future," he said. "But we just got a pickup, so it's not like I've called

Adweek - New York, NY, USA - Crispin Porter + Bogusky's final campaign for Miller Lite introduces the More Taste League, chaired by a character called the Commish, portrayed by John C. McGinley, known for his sarcastic character Dr. Perry Cox from the NBC sitcom Scrubs.

There are five 30-second TV spots and three 30-second radio ads in the effort that launched this week. It is expected to air until the end of football season. Also in the mix: point of sale, out of home, bar collateral and—in the coming weeks—interactive elements.

Crispin's contribution consisted of the TV and radio ads. Miller's other agencies—Starcom, Upshot and Arc—are responsible for

Zap2it.com - USA - Heather Locklear will appear on multiple episodes of "Rules of Engagement" opposite former tabloid partner David Spade.

Locklear has signed on for at least two seasons of the CBS sophomore comedy playing Barbara, sister of Megyn Price's Audrey. Barbara, freshly split from her husband, goes out on a date with Spade's Russell, confusing Audrey in some way.

The pairing of Spade and Locklear is also sure to confuse journalists who attempt to quantify the relationship between the two actors, who were seen about town last year after her split from Richie Sambora. Friends denied that Spade and Locklear were anything other than

BlueRidgeNow.com - Hendersonville, NC, USA - Broadway's master song man, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Paul Ford on piano, will bring his critically acclaimed theater concert to the Peace Center for the Performing Arts' stage at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Patinkin has an extensive list of theater credits that include Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theater. He won a Tony Award for his 1980 Broadway debut as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita and was again nominated in 1984 for his starring role in the Pulitzer Prize winning musical Sunday in the Park With George.

He returned to Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical The

Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA - Actress Lorraine Bracco is about to unveil Rosato, a new rose from Salento, Italy, the ninth wine under her Bracco Wines label. On Aug. 26, a lucky group of invited guests will gather at the Water Mill mansion of Bracco's friend, real estate principal/chef Andrew Borrok, for hors d'oeuvres and a tasting of the new import.

Borrok's home is a 20,000-square-foot neoclassical dwelling built in 2005. While he made his fortune in real estate (he recently sold a building Manhattan for $350 million, according to his publicist), Borrok is an accomplished chef who will now concentrate on his culinary career, his

The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg, VA, USA - The third annual Virginia Black Expo in Hampton will be "doin' it well" Saturday with rapper LL Cool J.

LL, gospel singer Yolanda Adams and actor Louis Gossett Jr. will be this year's featured guests giving speeches and performing at the Hampton Roads Convention Center.

The expo's theme this year is "Cultural Commerce and International Business," featuring more than 200 black-owned businesses.

The goal of the expo is to give business owners the tools and opportunities to develop working relationships and market their products.

Thomas-McCants Media Inc. runs the Black Expo, which is the largest of its kind, said company president Gerry McCants. The

BuddyTV - USA - NBC's reality show The Biggest Loser returns this fall on September 11 for a fourth season. Alison Sweeney (Days of Our Lives) joins the show this year, replacing Caroline Rhea as the host. The Biggest Loser provides 17 severely overweight contestants from all across the country the opportunity to shed pounds in a safe manner through diet and exercise as they compete for a grand prize of $250,000.

Alison Sweeney, along with a executive producer Mark Koops, held a conference call in which she discussed the upcoming season, Hollywood's unrealistic body image and how much she enjoyed getting to know the

BuddyTV - USA - member on Saturday Night Live and The Ben Stiller Show, will be joining the cast of 24 this January in a regular role.  TVGuide's Michael Ausiello broke the story, but there's not much news on who Garofalo's character actually is.  Vaguely, it seems that the character will be working for a government agency in Washington DC, where she'll be on the team that is investigating Jack Bauer's past.  Garofalo has done a fair amount of serious work in her career, so this shouldn't be a huge stretch for her.  However, of all the people to bring on for 24's pivotal

Pegasus News - Dallas, TX, USA - Mandy Patinkin, who is most recently known for his ex-role on "Criminal Minds" is headlining Casa Mañana's Gala Fundraiser 2007. All the proceeds will benefit the theater company's educational and outreach programs that have been around Fort Worth for so many years.

Patinkin will be accompanied by Paul Ford at the piano and will perform anything from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim, Harry Chapin, Claude-Michel Schönberg and back to Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. "Mandy Patinkin is in the business of showstopping," raves The New Yorker. "He is a musical force of nature!"

The order of events for the night will

Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wein, Austria - After it was announced that Fantasia would take over the lead role in the Broadway musical «The Color Purple,» she recalls her co-stars as being warm, friendly and supportive. Still, she knew in the back of their minds that they had doubt about her casting.

Perhaps for good reason. The former «American Idol» champ was taking over for LaChanze, who won a Tony for her portrayal of the downtrodden «Celie,» and the 23-year-old's acting experience had been limited to a saccharine Lifetime TV biopic in which she played herself _ not exactly the most challenging of roles.

And then there was the

Hollywood Reporter - United States - CBS is close to picking up the LL Cool J-starring drama "The Man" for midseason with a six-episode order, sources said.

"Man," from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" creator Anthony Zuiker, was shot as a pilot presentation this past development season. It didn't make the cut in May but remained in contention for midseason.

"CSI: NY" showrunners Pam Veasey and Peter Lenkov are in talks to come aboard the show to run it.

The CBS Paramount Network TV-produced "Man," which stars LL Cool J as an undercover Los Angeles cop who takes care of an orphaned boy, would be reworked. Only LL Cool J

Actress Archives - New York City, NY, USA - LL Cool J was rumored to be a part of the fall schedule months ago, but was left off the list when the networks came around with their final choices for new shows. Not so fast. Several sources this week report that LL Cool J might still be The Man after all and his new show with that title could find a spot on CBS for a midseason pickup, something that's expected to be announced by the network any minute now. Variety reports that a six-episode production deal is in the works and that LL Cool J will headline The

Today's THV - Little Rock, AR, USA - In a round-about way, baseball's been very, very good to Jimmy Fallon.

It's helped him find love. Fallon has just gotten engaged to one of the producers of his baseball movie "Fever Pitch."

Her name is Nancy Juvonen. She and Drew Barrymore produced "Fever Pitch" through their company called Flower Films. Fallon's spokeswoman says he proposed over the weekend at Juvonen's family home in New Hampshire.

He presented her with a diamond ring. Neither Fallon nor Juvonen has been married before.