Rebecca Romijn Is A Witch

Jake Kalish — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:40:00 GMT

Or at least she will be.

Mrs. Fat Kid has signed on to star in the ABC drama pilot Eastwick, based on the 1987 flick The Witches Of Eastwick, which was itself based on the John Updike novel of the same name.

Rebecca Romijn as a witch? Well, it's a hell of a lot more believable than her as a trannie.

"Ugly Betty" Can Quit Hiding Rebecca Romijn Behind Things

Bryan Christian — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:24:00 GMT

Congrats to Rebecca Romijn-NotStamos and Jerry NotFat O'Connell, who are now the proud parents of what we imagine are two of the leaniest, toothiest babies in Hollywood. We look forward to seeing Rebecca's torso again when she returns to Ugly Betty, and pretty much anytime she's putting it out there, but we confess that we will miss the subtle, unintended comedy that arose when the show's directors threw computers, handbags, and co-stars between her supposedly-born-a-dude belly and the camera. Would we have liked for the show to just go all Thomas Beatie? Well, sure, but whatevs. Best to the happy family!

Top Ten New Shows: #7 - "Do Not Disturb"

Bryan Christian — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:27:00 GMT

The new fall season is almost here. Starting next week, the cable and broadcast networks will begin rolling out their new shows to see if they take off like castaways on an island or singing casino managers. Here, then, are the top ten new shows we're most looking forward to seeing.

Before you say anything about Jerry O'Connell, let's first all recognize that he was great in Stand By Me. Right? And in the intervening years, well, he's not been bad at doing what he does -- the occasional drama role like on Crossing Jordan, but mostly that genre of male humor and action that we'd normally call "pratfall handsome" (though in his case we might start that first word with an 'f'). And even if we suspect that deep in his heart, he'd like nothing more than strangle Brendan Fraser with his bare hands, you gotta admit: when you see the guy, like us, you're probably like "well, if he's good enough for Rebecca Romijn, he's good enough for me!"

But is he good enough for Arrested Development's MVP? Because the director of Do Not Disturb -- which, perhaps we should mention, is a multi-camera comedy set in a hotel where, no doubt, there are mixups and eccentrics aplenty -- is none other than Jason Bateman, who started his career as a sitcom director way back when he was part of the Hogan Family, and who we're positive picked up a few neat tricks during his three year run as Michael Bluth. Also, just for reference, it comes from an AD writer, and the first episode is apparently entitled "Work Sex," which, you know, we'd watch This Old House if it had an episode named that.

Will Fox show more forethought and consideration with Do Not Disturb than it did with Arrested Development, which got antagonized and rescheduled into oblivion. Oh, hell no. This show's got "hiatus" written all over it. Which is why we will be DVR'ing every episode.

Do Not Disturb (Wednesdays at 9:30 PM EST) premieres Wednesday, September 10 at 9:30 PM EST on FOX.

TOP TEN NEW SHOWS 2008

#1. "Fringe"
#2. "True Blood"
#3. "90210"
#4. "Life On Mars"
#5. "The Mentalist"
#6. "Sons of Anarchy"
#7. "Do Not Disturb"
#8. "Eleventh Hour"
#9. "Kath & Kim"
#10. "Knight Rider"

The Remote Island : Jerry O'Connell

Rebecca Romijn Is A Witch

"Ugly Betty" Can Quit Hiding Rebecca Romijn Behind Things

Top Ten New Shows: #7 - "Do Not Disturb"