The Remote Island : Peter Krause

Peter Krause and Maura Tierney Move Into The New "Parenthood"

Olivia Purnell — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:01:00 GMT

Peter, sweet cheeks, we are not so sure that joining the cast of NBC’s pilot Parenthood is a good idea. (Maura, this goes for you too, girl)

Here’s why:

You, both of you, are very good at what you do. Maura we liked you on ER. Peter, you were in Six Feet Under for goodness sakes. Don’t you think a show in the HBO/Showtime neighborhood might be more appropriate for you? Something along the lines of a Weeds, or a United States of Peter or something? Find a show with cursing and sex and depth. Maura, wouldn’t you like to cuss on TV for once? It sounds nice doesn’t it?

Peter, your Parenthood character Adam Braverman is “a married man with two children who is a lunatic beneath the surface.” We hope that the Parenthood script allows for true lunacy, but lets be honest, you’re probably going to be working with aw shucks family comedy. Semi-disgruntled dad isn’t for you Peter. Go back to playing truly disturbed characters with a healthy dose of self-loathing. That’s your bread and butter. Six Feet? We Don’t Live Here Anymore? Bread. And. Butter.

Maura, you just know you’ll be wearing dowdy pleated slacks on this show. Don't let them give you a F.U.P.A. Can’t you get a guest spot on Californication?

Also, and this is key, kids. Parenthood, the TV show has already been done. Yes. Would we lie to you? In 1990 a television show called Parenthood was adapted from the 1989 Steve Martin flick. The show starred . . . wait for it: David Arquette, Leonardo Dicaprio, Ed Begley Jr., and Thora Birch. Joss Whedon even wrote a couple of episodes.

If it didn’t work then, Maura, Peter, why do we need to try it again now, 20 years later?

(yahoo.com)

Previously:

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“Dirty Sexy Money:” Dirty Sexy Natalie

Olivia Purnell — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Up until now, we may have neglected Natalie Zea’s Dirty Sexy Charms . . . Let’s explore them shall we?

First of all, she’s hot:

Second, she’s actually kind of amazing as Karen Darling. In her role as bride-to-be, Natalie is the perfect swooning lovebird. Although who wouldn’t be convincing lying underneath Blair ‘Dirty Sexy’ Underwood (Blair, if you’re reading this, we’d be convincing).

Karen is rapidly becoming one of our favorite characters. She’s somehow calculating, and slightly naive, and desperately romantic, and funny. When little Jeremy Darling invites the recently separated Lisa George to the ill-fated wedding, Karen tells Nick:

“See ya at the We-Ding, Oh and don’t worry, I didn’t put Lisa at your table, cause I figured sitting next to your wife and her date could get kinda . . . Awk-ward, so”

Unforch, seating-chart awkwardness is not really the issue at her ceremony. The blissfully smitten Karen is traded by her delicious fiancé Simon Elder for ownership of Darling enterprises. Elder promises to leave Karen for a company worth over twenty million. Nick, Karen’s first love, breaks the news to her.

After questioning his involvement in bartering away her marriage (of course Nick was involved, homeboy is always involved), Karen bitch slaps Nick so hard we’re sure Peter Krause tasted palm for weeks after filming.

We. Love. Her. How have we overlooked dirty sexy Natalie for so long? Could be that she plays opposite Blair, and sometimes it’s hard to see past his dirty sexy everything.

Although, maybe we could slide the dirty sexy thigh back under the sheets, no?

“Dirty Sexy Money”: Girl Fight

Olivia Purnell — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT

This week Nick George is caught in the middle of two love triangles, which, we guess, would make it one big love hexagon. Or a love VIN diagram. Or, possibly, it just makes for an all out hair-pulling, face scratching, earring ripping girl fight.

Let’s get into the dirty sexy details shall we?

Dirty Sexy Love Triangle Number 1:
Nick is having some marital issues with Lisa. They want to work it out blah, blah, blah, but the truth is he can’t choose between Lisa and Karen. Lisa finds out about Nick’s indecision, and confronts “skinny slut” Karen (her words, not ours . . . although if the skinny shoe fits . . .). Karen tells Lisa she’s not afraid to fight a fat girl (again, don’t shoot the messenger). And the two throw down in the Darling foyer.

Cut to the aftermath. Enter Jeremy Darling. The littlest Darling has always had a crush on Mrs. Lisa George. Lisa’s vulnerable. Jeremy’s willing and able. So, predictably, the two go at it on the couch in Lisa’s Gallery. Guess that makes this a love square, not a love triangle. A love rectangle, maybe?

Dirty Sexy Love Triangle Number 2:
Leticia Darling goes for a drunken drive one morning and hits a cyclist with her coup. Luckily Wren, our girl cyclist, was wearing a helmet so she’s only slightly concussed. Until she recovers fully, Wren gets to stay with the Darlings. She catches patriarch Tripp’s eye and ends up kissing Nick George on the balcony. What?!? Wren, we know you’ve recently experienced a trauma but after witnessing a crazy Nick-George-love-fueled fistfight in the foyer; you really want to stick your tongue down his throat?

The only person who seemed less crazy this episode was Lucy Liu. Apparently her character, Nola Lyons, isn’t truly a heartless power-hungry lady-shark. She wants to stop exploiting the Darlings, but Simon Elder has her little brother locked away somewhere, and is blackmailing her with her little bro’s whereabouts.

Which brings us to Simon Elder. Blair Underwood was officially named one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive this week. That calls for a little gratuitous Blair, don’t you think?

Dirty Sexy Blair. Loves it.

Next week, the prodigal twin Darling returns. That’s right, Dirty Sexy Samaire Armstrong is back.

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Dirty Sexy Samaire Armstrong
“Dirty Sexy Money” Lucy Liu Goes Down

Dirty Sexy Samaire Armstrong

Olivia Purnell — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:20:00 GMT

Samaire is coming back to Dirty Sexy Money. Although we’re sure she’s both dirty and sexy, we can’t decide if we’re glad to have her back . . .

You remember Samaire; she played the quirky girl character on The O.C., Anna (the prototype for Gossip Girl’s pretty outsider, Vanessa).

Recently she’d switched from quirky outsider to rich girl insider on Dirty Sexy Money, playing Juliet Darling, one of the hard-partying, hissy-fit throwing, high-society Darling twins. However Juliet’s been missing in action during season 2. Ever since Samaire was taken off contract last spring (ouch), her character Juliet has supposedly been off seeing the world. Now, though, Samaire's up to her old Dirty Sexy tricks, reuniting with the rest of the Darling family for a Thanksgiving episode (entertainmentweekly.com).

Is this really a good idea? Adding yet another character to a cast of 19,000 Darlings.

Don’t get us wrong, Samaire is adorable in that sprightly and slightly lispy way that makes you think of Tinkerbelle and puffed pastries. We love fairy dust and baked goods. But, the cast is fairly loaded as is, and we’re just not sure if we can absorb any more storylines. They’ve already got Lucy Liu, Peter Krause, Donald Sutherland, Blair Underwood, and a Baldwin on the roster for gosh sakes. Isn’t there such a thing as too much dirty sexiness or too much sexy dirtiness? There might be.

Here’s hoping their Tofurkey Day ep will change our mind.

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"Dirty Sexy Money": Lucy Liu Goes Down

“Dirty Sexy Money”: Bringing Tranny Back

Olivia Purnell — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Carmelita’s back! Thank the Lord; the lady of all ladies is back in the building. We lurve her. Besides the fact that Candis Cayne is fabulous as all hell, Carmelita makes Patrick Darling infinitely more interesting. Straight-laced politician type meets unbelievably stunning M to F, and happiness (read: drama) ensues? That’s a story we can get behind.

Know who else we can get behind? Nick George.

Warning: Gratuitous Peter Krause after the jump:

He’s just so adorable. Does anyone have a problem with the fact that we love a gratuitous snapshot? We thought not.

Now, on to the episode. Nick is having some Mommy issues this week. Nola Lyons, the hottest prosecutor on the planet, puts Nick’s biological mother on her witness list. Mind you, Mommy dearest lives near Paris and hasn’t spoken to Nick in 30 odd years. But she’s been chatting with the Darlings, or at least receiving what Leticia Darling refers to as “a small stipend.” That little stipend amounts to almost 11 mil over the course of thirty years. 11 million dollars. If anyone wants to give us a stipend, go ahead and leave your contact info in the comments section below.

Nick takes a little jaunt to Paris to figure out his abandonment issues (after all Mama George did leave him alone in the Darling lion’s den at the tender age of six), and also look into her testimony against Leticia. Although none of the real mama drama is resolved, Nick convinces his mom to keep her absentee ass in France where she belongs thereby issuing a cross continental bitch-slap to Nola and her witness list.

After said smack-down, Nola is feeling a little low (still looking fierce, though). Luckily she’s got the baby Darling, Jeremy, as a secret boyfriend. He brings her fav band, The Weepies, to her apartment for a private concert. If anyone wants to arrange private concert dates for us on a semi-regular basis apply in the comments section. Yup, just below the stipend donor candidates. Mmm-Hmmm.

Boyfriends who need not apply? Simon Elder. Karen Darling is still in his dapper clutches, bending to his every whim and will. We have the secret hope that Karen will emerge as a super undercover double agent, and blow Elder’s plans out of the water, whilst wearing some sort of Point of No Return Bridget Fonda wig and a cat suit armed with only a tazer and a whip. Somehow we think that dream may not come true. At least not this season.

What will happen this season? Patrick Darling and Carmelita! Reunited and it feels so good! This ep, Tripp Darling uses Carmelita to keep Patty D quiet about his wife’s crazy death, but we don’t care that she’s a tool of Tripp’s manipulation. We don’t care if she’s riding the exploitation express. As long as she’s in it for the long haul, wearing some Chanel, and maybe a conductor’s bonnet. Maybe.

"Dirty Sexy Money": The Darlingest Darling of Them All

Olivia Purnell — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:56:00 GMT

So we, like every other Six Feet Under fan on the planet have totally come to terms with our crush on Peter Krause (we simultaneously want to pinch his cheeks and lick his face). We’ve also come to terms with our crush on Lucy Liu, cause the girl is too fabulous for words. But Donald Sutherland? Is it okay to crush on Donald Sutherland? He is flawless as the king pin Tripp Darling: slightly manipulative, fiercely intuitive, and undeniably dashing. Dear reader, we must admit that we find Mr. Sutherland . . . intriguing. But we keep telling ourselves: he is a mother-effing granddaddy.

Gratuitous Lucy Liu after the jump to break the Sutherland spell . . .

That's better. On to the show:

This week Nick George becomes more entrenched in Darling drama. He announces at the beginning of the ep that Leticia’s murder trial will be handled by some swanky southern defense attorney wearing a bolo tie. That little arrangement was doomed from the start. You can’t represent a Darling rocking a mini lasso as neck wear. Tripp Darling (mmmm, Sutherland) never wanted Texas esquire in the first place. He wanted Nick. And through Brian’s usual double-dealing and underhanded persuasion, Tripp gets what he wants.

That’s right, Nick is defending Leticia, the woman accused of murdering his father.

While you digest that lovely little morsel of information (go ahead, read that sentence again if you need to), let’s move on to Lucy Liu. Lucy’s character Nola began an affair with the baby Darling, Jeremy, last week. This week she’s at it again.

Let’s pause for a moment to note that sexy must be contagious because Lucy Liu somehow manages to rub off on Seth Gabel (Jeremy Darling). And their scenes together are nothing short of Hot (note the capital H, kids. It’s that serious).

In addition to warming J. Darling’s bed, Nola is also hard at work prosecuting mama Darling for murder. Dirtysexydrama.

Back to Nick: The family lawyer has even more on his plate. With Leticia’s trial all over the papers, Tripp is asked by the board to choose an alternate Vice Chair for his company. Being the smooth operator that he is, Tripp tells Nick to choose a successor to the Darling throne. Because, you know, Nick’s not busy. He needs a little more to do this week.

Although Karen lobbies hard for the title and Nick recommends crazy Brian, Tripp ultimately chooses Nick to take over the Vice chair position, making Nick “the darlingist Darling of them all.”

Tripp Darling has now dunked Nick, the only person willing to accuse him of Dutch George’s murder, so deeply in the bucket of Darling drama that it doesn’t look like he’ll ever resurface. Oh Mr. Sutherland, you sly silver fox, you.

“Dirty Sexy Money”: This Show is Stacked

Olivia Purnell — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Darlings, there are some heavy weights on this show. Peter Krause and Donald Sutherland, for example. We forgot about these over the summer. Well, we didn’t forget exactly. We knew they existed, somewhere out there in the universe, floating about in their summer homes being very serious actors and working on their craft and whatever. But we forgot just how powerful these two are on screen. Peter with his smoldering deer-in-the-headlights-of-life charm and Donald with that smoldering older man’s swagger he’s got going on. He’s so gentile, so powerful, so . . . And we’re gushing.

Gratuitous Peter Krause to follow . . .

Yup, we love a man in a suit . . .

Before we embarrass ourselves, lets get into this week’s episode. The Darling drama began on a yacht, of course. It’s Nick George’s (Peter Krause’s) birthday, and being half stepchild, half-family lawyer, Tripp Darling (Donald!) gives Nick a yacht for the special occasion. Mmm-Hmm, if we had a lawyer (which we don’t) that lawyer would get be lucky to get a keychain and a slap on the ass (One to grow on, you know?).

Brian “the Priest” Darling is as priceless as ever. He’s working for papa bear now, running errands here and there, firing folk in Munich, delivering his own special brand of counsel straight to Tripp Darling’s ear. However Brian Jr., his adorable son and his son’s mother abandon ship this episode. And Brian Sr. is pissed. And he’s blaming Daddy. More hijinks to come, we’re sure.

Karen flawlessly played Natalie Zea has some serious drama up her sleeve. First she stops by Nick’s office to give the gift of nudity. Nick tells her to put her goodies away, but comes running back to K-town when he finds his wifey smooching with Jeremy Darling (isn’t he, like, twelve?). By the time Nick swings back in Karen’s ditzy direction, little miss Darling has found herself falling in love, with the enemy! She was already sleeping with Simon Elder on Daddy’s direction, spying for Tripp (Ewww. . . ). But now she’s falling for the ever-handsome Simon Elder.

As Karen’s love for Simon grows, so too does Patrick Darling’s love for tranny Carmelita (we love you Candis Cayne!). Apparently absence does make the heart grow fonder. Her highness Carmelita is still nowhere to be found (booo!!!). But Ellen, Patrick’s wife, does find a few pics of the lovely lady, and predictably goes batshit crazy. Unpredictably, her hissy fit ends fatally as she slips and falls, dying dramatically on the bathroom floor in a pool of her own blood. Dirty Sexy Drama, kids.

That’s almost too much drama for your mama, right? Not quite. Enter Lucy Liu stage right vamp and tramping it up with Jeremy Darling (mmmm-hmmm, the baby Darling). Why is Lucy so fierce? Why?

With Lucy Liu in the mix Dirty Sexy Money might just be the most overlooked show on television right now. And underrated. And . . . we’re gushing again.

Top Ten Returning Shows: #7 - "Dirty Sexy Money"

Bryan Christian — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:33:00 GMT

The new fall season is almost here. Starting next week, the cable and broadcast networks will be begin rolling out new episodes of all the shows that survived the writers-strike-afflicted 2007-2008 season, giving us the chance to get acquainted with some old friends -- and reacquaint ourselves with more than a few characters who we met only fleetingly last fall. Here, then, are the top ten returning shows that were most looking forward to seeing.

First thing's first: we'd watch Peter Krause do his laundry. In Sports Night, Six Feet Under, and this, Krause has proved time and again that he can be a scoundrel in one scene and the heir to Jimmy Stewart's George Bailey in the next -- and always with wit and style to burn. But beyond Krause's central performance, this devilish soap walks a fine line between being a throwback to the days of Dynasty and also a spin on twisted family dramas like SFU -- and we can't help but admire the well-heeled weirdness of the mashing-up.

Of all the returning shows that got cut short by last year's writers strike, DSM -- with its big cast, intertwining plotlines, and slightly disappointing ratings -- might have gotten cut the shortest. Here's hoping that with a full year to unspool its story -- not to mention new cast member Lucy Liu, who, we're not gonna lie, we would also watch doing laundry, assuming it was dirty sexy laundry -- Dirty Sexy Money manages to get comfy in ABC's lineup.

Dirty Sexy Money (Wednesdays at 10 PM EST) premieres Wednesday, October 1, at 10 PM EST on ABC.

TOP TEN RETURNING SHOWS FALL 2008

#1. "30 Rock" & "Terminator"
#2. "Dexter"
#3. "Gossip Girl"
#4. "Pushing Daisies"
#5. "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
#6. "Heroes"
#7. "Dirty Sexy Money"
#8. "House"
#9. "Entourage" / "Californication"
#10. "The Shield"