Season 5: Friday Night Lights

Emily, Hanna, and special guest David Hudgins (more about you in a minute): Welcome to the TV Club for the fifth and final season of Friday Night Lights. Club regulars will notice that we've changed our schedule. Last season, we discussed FNL during its NBC run. But this season, we'll be following the show during its initial airing on DirecTV. We switched the schedule because we suspect that many of FNL's most fervent fans the kind who mutter, "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" to themselves before every meeting with the boss watch the first run on DirecTV. But those of you who don't have DirecTV: Do not panic! We'll rerun the TV Club when NBC broadcasts the show in 2011, and in the meantime, we'll be very careful not to slip any spoilers into our cover headlines and images.

To whet our appetites (and yours, I hope) before the season premiere on Wednesday, Oct. 27, let's talk about our expectations for the final season. We wrapped up the Season 4 TV Club with our predictions about what would happen in Season 5. (My guesses: Riggins paroled, redeemed; East Dillon winning state; Julie back in town.) Instead of prognosticating more about the plot, I want to ask about what emotional and social themes the show should emphasize this year. In Season 4, adults often failed children, whether it was Vince's mom falling back into drugs, or Coach Taylor missing Luke's drug problem, or Becky's mom going crazy jealous at her daughter. I hope the show swings back in the other direction this season. As a father, one of the things I love most about FNL is that it insists that children need adults to guide them. In most pop culture, kids live in their own feral communities, unmonitored or regulated by parents and teachers. Adults appear as feckless comic figures or as selfish, childlike ones. But FNL gives us a world much like the actual world, in which adults can provide rules, wisdom, and guidance to the young. I'm expecting that FNL hits this theme hard in its final season and gives plenty of teachable moments to Coach Taylor, Tami, Ray Merriweather, and even Buddy Garrity.

Second, I'm counting on lots and lots of scenes from the Taylor bedroom. The Taylor marriage is, I would argue, the defining achievement of FNL, quite possibly the greatest marriage in television history. It is a realistic combination of love, humor, frustration, sarcasm, and fatigue. It needs to be a hub of the final season. If I were the producer, I would test the marriage, either with a health scare or a misplaced flirtation. (FNL being FNL, this will only make their marriage stronger.) Now that Matt and Julie are gone, the show also needs to ogle a young couple or two. Vince and Jess will certainly do some heavy petting, and I am glad, for Tim Riggins' sake, to hear that Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive 2010 Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity) is returning for the final two episodes of the season.

Finally, I don't think FNL can let the series end without grappling with the issue that is breaking the hearts of football fans everywhere: head injuries. The growing awareness that football causes long-term brain damage is changing how American parents and kids relate to the game. So far, FNL has limited itself to body trauma—Smash blew out a knee, Street was paralyzed, Luke hid his hip injury. Brain damage—concussions, memory loss, depression—is an altogether more grim subject, but I'd be surprised if FNL ducked it.

And now to our special guest, David Hudgins, one of FNL's writers and executive producers. We've invited David to drop by this preview TV Club to answer some of our questions, and yours, about how they make the show and who does Tim Riggins' hair. (David won't give away any Season 5 secrets, though.) A few questions from me:

1. 1. Why does FNL have to end? Could you keep it going and going and going? Or does its internal coherence require that it stop now?
2. 2. How did you create such a compelling marriage, and why are there so few other television marriages to match it?
3. 3. What other TV shows and movies inspire the creators of FNL? Do you model FNL on anything else?
4. 4. A lot of FNL fans, including me, think Season 2 went awry. Do you agree? What happened? How did you manage to fix the show?
5. 5. What's your favorite FNL episode?
6. 6. Your favorite character?

If you have questions for David Hudgins, please post them in the comments section below, and David will try to answer some of them.

Ashley Tisdale Nude

Hollywood hot celebrity "Ashley Tisdale" shoot nude photos but they didn’t hit the web because of a hacker or a stolen cell phone. They’re a part of the annual Allure “Naked Truth” photo spread.

Tisdale bares everything in a photo spread shot by Patrick Demarchelierfor the magazine, declaring that she’s no longer the innocent kid star that much of the public still sees her as. Ashley says, “I’m not just the young girl everybody thinks I am. I’m a woman” as a photo of her naked behind graces the magazines pages.

“I’m 25, almost 26, but people think of me as much younger because I look young” Tisdale tells Allure.

Also donning their birthday suits in the issue are Big Bang Theory beauty Kaley Cuoco, R&B starlet Keri Hilson and Bridget Moynahan.

Tori Spelling Pregnant

The actress and husband Dean McDermott are expecting their third child together this fall, Spelling confirms via Twitter.

"I know there's been a lot of speculation, so I wanted everyone to hear from me. It's official Dean & I am PREGNANT!!!!," Spelling.

The actress, who told PEOPLE in February that she's ready for another baby, showed off a tiny baby bump at the GLAAD Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Spelling and husband Dean McDermott, 44, are already parents to son Liam, 4, and daughter Stella, 2½. McDermott is also dad to son Jack, 12, from a previous marriage.

The couple are currently starring in Oxygen's "Tori & Dean: Storybook Weddings."

First Annual Comedy Awards

Comedy Central’s first annual Comedy Awards was a curious mixture of really funny and really boring, so chock-full of funny people squeezed into two hours that only a few of them stood out effectively. We’ll see about that “annual” thing.

To be sure, lots of worthy performers and TV shows won awards. The multiple prizes to 30 Rock were unassailable; but it was also nice to see a solid chunk of eccentricity such as Rob Corddry’s Childrens Hospital get an award.

The ceremony, which also aired on Viacom-owned entities such as Spike TV, CMT, TV Land, and VH1, was, depending on your point of view, either a democratic effort or a hodgepodge. South Park co-creator Matt Stone, whose show won for best animated series, commented aptly that winning a best-animated-show award from a Comedy Central presentation was “like being Student of the Month and your mom is the teacher.”

Eddie Murphy was presented with a special Icon Award and an impressive montage of his work was shown. (I had forgotten just how funny his spoken word performance “Kill My Landlord” is.) Murphy graciously thanked his particular inspirations: Richard Pryor, Charlie Chaplin, Bill Cosby, and George Carlin.

By far the most interesting moment of the night was the final one. Bill Murray got a standing ovation just for walking out to present “The Johnny Carson Award.” He said with perfect appropriateness for the times in which we live, “Now we’re gonna show you a clip to show you who Johnny Carson was.”

Murray went on to place Carson in a cultural context, citing what he saw as some of Carson’s influences “Jack Benny, Laurel and Hardy, Jackie Gleason” and observed that Carson saw America through the awkward transition from “’50s culture to a ’60s culture.” He suggested that Letterman did the same thing, but as a man who guided late night TV from America as confident empire to “a country that doesn’t know what the hell it’s doing.”

Letterman then took the stage and made a delightfully rambling speech that had moments of spontaneous jabs (“By the way, I could listen to Garry Shandling talk all night, and I thought maybe we were going to”), but rested on a heartfelt appreciation of Carson.

Earlier in the show, Tina Fey, after winning a microphone-shaped statuette as best film comedy actress (rearrange those words any way you like; the show did) for Date Night, said in her acceptance speech, “All awards shows are bulls, made up clubs that people start to give each other prizes, so I want to thank Comedy Central for realizing ‘We could do that, give each other prizes.’”

Lamar Odom's Reality Show

Usually, readers of The Times' Lakers blog will feast on anything Laker related.

Watch every single Lakers game? Check.

Be on top of any Lakers related new item? Check

Check out the premiere of Lamar Odom's reality show titled "Khloe and Lamar" Sunday night at 10 Pacific on E? Umm, I'm not sure.

Any time I've written on anything related to Odom's marriage to Khloe Kardashian, his upcoming reality show and his unisex fragrance ad, the reaction usually folds this way: Some Laker fans express positive sentiments for Odom's happiness, some wonder how he'll balance all of it, and some just laugh at the absurdity of it all.

But will you watch the show? I'll DVR each episode, but not by my own choosing. I've never liked reality television and Odom's upcoming show likely won't change that. Because I run a Lakers blog and all, I feel I should probably be on top of it because the show will likely feature tidbits about Odom that at least will be fun to laugh at in the blog. What about you, as a Lakers fan?

Top 10 Best Drama Movies

The 10 best Lifetime drama movies keep you on the edge of your as you wonder what happens next. Although Lifetime movies are geared towards the female audience, men can love these chick flicks filled with drama and action that glues you to the TV screen.

1. "The Betty Broderick Story" (1992) Betty Broderick had it all, a successful husband, children a life many people envied. One day, her perfect life shatters when her attorney husband leaves Betty for a young woman, and sends the scorned wife into a rage. Meredith Baxter plays Betty Broderick.

1. "A Face to Die For" (1996) Former Baywatch beauty Yasmine Bleath plays a young woman with a disfigured face dating a conman who talks her into robbing her boss. After the police catch her, she goes to prison. After sustaining a few injuries during a fight and a help from a surgeon, she gets a physical facial makeover and after serving her sentence, seeks out revenge as she maintain a new image.
2. "Deceit" (2006) A young man celebrates his college graduation and is introduced to his best friend's girlfriend. After a couple meetings, the two have sex and continue the secret affair on and off, after she becomes a married woman. Although well aware it is morally wrong because of their relationships with others, things begin to unfold as his lover is not who he thought she was. Damage starts mentally and physically as the problems escalate.
3. "Homecoming" (2009) Breaking up is hard to do, but seeing your ex with a new woman is devastating. In this Lifetime movie, Mischa Barton’s character Shelby Mercer is delighted to see her ex again, until she spots the ex boyfriend with a new love. The bitter Mercer tries everything to keep her ex's girlfriend out of his life, even if she has to kill.
4. "Switched at Birth" (1992) Based on a true story, this emotional, touching Lifetime movie tells the tale of two women one in excellent health and another plagued with a horrible illness, who bring home babies who were accidentally switch at the hospital. After the death of his ill wife, a man raised a daughter on his own until the biological parents learn of the mistake demand custody.
5. "Life is Not a Fairytale" (2006) R&B singer Fantasia Barrino struck a deal in this Lifetime movie, replaying her life into an autobiographical movie. The movie recalls her early days singing in the church, the adversaries faced as a teenager, and her rise to fame as the 2004 "American Idol" winner.
6. "Crime of Passion" (1999) An ex stripper starts her life over again, marrying a successful doctor and becoming a step mom to his daughters. Things unravel, as their relationship turns sour. She suspects of her husband cheating and plots to kill after she sees him with another woman.
7. "Unanswered Prayers" (2010) A man reunites with an old high school love as old feelings re-ignite between the two. He battles with his feelings for his wife and ex flame, as he is forced to choose the woman from his past or his faithful wife of twenty years, who is the mother of his son. This Lifetime drama movie touched on the reality some people face in their marriages, which average viewers will be able to relate to
8. Trust (2007) A married woman’s life turns upside down when begin to receive anonymous emails and letters about her husband’s affair. She hired two private investigators to prove his infidelity and when they are left with no evidence, other problems begin to surface, much worse than her husband supposed affairs.
9. "No One Will Tell" (1996) Lifetime brings this true story to life about a timid teenager who gets involved with the star football player. The beginning of their relationship fully blossoms but as time goes gone, the relationship becomes hell, as she suffers from extreme physical abuse, violence, and ultimately tragedy.

The Elephant in the Living Room

"The Elephant in the Living Room" delves into the develop mode of Americans treating some of the most dangerous animals on Earth as household pets. Webber anchors his film in the activities of Tim Harrison, a now retired safety officer in Oakwood, Ohio, a leafy suburban community of stately homes on huge lots.

In the review of "The Elephant in the Living Room," Harrison is a hunter and he captured and rescued several of crocodiles, lions, tigers and most poisonous snakes all in the U.S. An interstate highway bring Harrison in contact with the lion's owner, Terry Brumfield, who lives in nearby Pike County, where it is absolutely legal for him to keep the lion, Lambert, and his mate, Lacie, in a large caged area.

The effects of a serious truck accident, Brumfield has been soothed by his lions' presence and loves them like his own children. While fearing for the animals' ultimate fate, Harrison wins Brumfield's trust, and the unfolding of the men's friendship and the circumstances of the lions form the escape of the film.

"The Elephant in the Living Room" reveals the lunacy, pitilessness and danger of treating often deadly exotic animals as pets. This impeccably made film is chock full of enlightening and sometimes bizarre moments: visits to an exotic animal expo and an auction at which a small boy is given a dangerous baby snake as a pet.

He includes a Las Vegas exotic pets dealer, a trained zoologist who sagely states that unless owners of such creatures act responsibly, fear amid the public will cause increasing banning of the private ownership of such pets. "The Elephant in the Living Room" could barely be more engaging or more cognizance increasing.

Victoria's Secret Model Candice Swanepoel's

Victoria's Secret models are hailed for their sleek physiques, but underwear model Candice Swanepoel's scary-skinny new look is fueling rumors that the South African beauty may be anorexic.

On March 30, 2011, Candice, 22, and fellow Victoria's Secret beauties Adriana Lima, 29, and Alessandra Ambrosio, 29, modeled the VS's new line of swimswear at the Mondrian Hotel.

Eating Disorders Rampant In Modeling

While the 5'10" Swanepoel has always been thin, her stick-like legs and emaciated frame were a dramatic change from a few months ago, when she sported a healthier body at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Candace, whose fitness routine includes working out with a trainer 3 times a week and taking ballet classes, looked noticeably thinner around her jawline, torso and legs.

Swanepoel, whose career is skyrocketing, recently landed the cover of the Victoria's Secret 2011 swimsuit catalogue.

The fashion industry has come under fire in recent years for encouraging what some call an unrealistically skinny standard of beauty. In November 2010, Isabelle Caro, an ex-model who suffered from anorexia, died at the age of 28 weighing just 68 pounds.

Sadly, anorexia and its sister eating disorder, bulimia, are rampant in the modeling and acting professions, but also prevalent among young girls. Experts say between 5% and 20% of people who develop anorexia eventually die from it.

Rolling Papers: Wiz Khalifa

Wiz Khalifa’s “Rolling Papers” album drops today, March 29. The “Black and Yellow” rapper has seen a lot of success lately, including being seen on the cover of Complex Magazine, Dub, and Rolling Stone. USA Today calls him “Wise beyond years, ambitious beyond limits.”

The album includes the certified #1 “Black and Yellow” plus “Roll Up,” “The Race,” “No Sleep” and “On My Level” ft. Too short.” The album is available on iTunes and at Best Buy.

Wiz Khalifa is notorious for his use of marijuana, and the presence of this controlled substance is all over his album, in his songs, and in plain view for all to see. Khalifa has seen much success in the music world, but it seems that the law has its eye on him too.

Back in November 2010 Khalifa was arrested in North Carolina after alleged wafts of marijuana smoke were suspected to be coming from his tour bus. The arrest came after a performance to a standing-room-only crowd.

Khalifa is very open about his marijuana use, and so cooperated with the officers in their search of his tour bus. Nine members of his entourage were also arrested along with the alleged seizure of more than 60 grams of marijuana.

The 22 year old rapper, born Cameron Jibril Thomaz, has a wide list of felony counts include marijuana trafficking, maintaining a place for sale/storage of marijuana, and a misdemeanor for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Khalifa even has his own brand of rolling papers, and reportedly spends about $10,000 a month on weed.

No matter what comes from his run-ins with the law, fans don’t seem to mind. Then and now fans buzz with anticipation of the album and are excited about the release.

Not only has the #1 hit “Black and Yellow” given the rapper main stream success, but they say imitation is the finest form of flattery. Before the Super Bowl Lil Wayne recorded a spoof on “Black and Yellow,” a song about the Pittsburgh Steelers, called “Green and Yellow” about the Green Bay Packers.

When it comes to the new album, critics are raving. Jon Dolan of the Rolling stones says, “On Rolling Papers, Khalifa manages to give life to those kinds of cash gorged perma baked cliches by warmly luxuriating in the space between pop’s fresh faced exuberance and hip hop’s easy arrogance between skater and playa, Bieber and Biggie.”

Jim Toth And Reese Wedding

Before few days ago, you heard news about the engagement of Jim Toth. Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth have married. The couple got married on Saturday evening at her ranch, with only about 100 guests there to watch them swap vows. Celebrities on the guest list included, Alyssa Milano, Rene Zellwegger, Salma Hayek, Tobey Maguire, and Robert Downey Jr. with Susan, his wife.

Reese and Jim started dating shortly after she called it quits with Jake Gyllenhaal in December 2009. By the end of last year, the couple was engaged. The couple along with her kids, 7 years old son, Deacon, and 11 yearzold daughter, Ava, parents, brother and sister in law got together for her 35th birthday at a restaurant in Brentwood.

Reese wore a Monique Lhuillier wedding gown, which she was fitted for during Paris Fashion Week in January, while she walked down the aisle to ‘Here Comes the Bride’. Jim arrived to the ‘Tennessee Waltz’. The couple’s wedding bands were designed by jeweler William Goldberg.

A huge tent was set up to keep the guests safe from the weather of the outdoor event behind the main house on the ranch. There were flowers and rustic themed decor inside, brought together by celebrity wedding planner Yifat Oren. There was very tight security around the premises for the whole week.

Julia Stiles Celebrates 30Th Birthday

Julia Stiles is celebrating her birthday today, according to her birthday 28th March 1981, she is 30 years old. Julia Stiles, the American actress and star of 'Mona Lisa Smile'. The actress first rose to prominence after starring alongside the late Heath Ledger in '10 Things I Hate About You' and her film career has since included a number of commercial and critical successes, most notably 'Mona Lisa Smile' and 'Save the Last Dance'. In recent years, she has guest starred as 'Lumen Pierce' in the fifth season of 'Dexter', a role that earned her a Golden Globe award nomination. Stiles was scheduled to appear alongside the comedian Dane Cook in the Broadway play 'Fat Pig', but the show's producers have decided to postpone the spring opening.



A spokesman for the production cited the "last minute fallout of a key investment" as the reason for the delay, adding, "This did not leave the producers enough time to reacquire the necessary capital and begin rehearsals on schedule to open prior to the Tony Awards cutoff date".

Julia Stiles recently completed work on a movie adaptation of Sylvia Plath's classic novel 'The Bell Jar'. The actress will star as 'Esther Greenwood', the book editor who is slowly taken over by mental illness.

Amy Adams will play Lois Lane

Amy Adams has been cast as Lois Lane in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman movie. She’ll star opposite the previously cast Henry Cavill, who will play Superman-Clark Kent.

Reese Witherspoon married CAA agent Jim Toth on Saturday at her six-acre ranch in Ojai, Calif. She wore a Monique Lhullier gown and exchanged vows with her new husband in front of 100 guests, including celebs Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Renee Zellweger and Alyssa Milano and husband David Bugliari, also a CAA rep. No, Ryan Phillippe did not attend. Neither did Jake Gyllenhaal.

DJ Megatron, host of BET’s “What’s Good” portion of the show “106 & Park,” was shot and killed Sunday near his home in Staten Island.Police are investigating.

Mariah Carey was briefly hospitalized on Sunday after having early contractions. She and husband Nick Cannon are expecting the birth of their twins in a few weeks. (People)

Charlie Sheen is available now at bargain basement prices. And there’s some fresh Snow White casting news. It’s all after the jump.

By the way, turns out Charlie Sheen’s “Violent Torpedo of Truth” tour is hardly sold out. Secondary sellers apparently bought many of the tickets and are now selling them far below their face value.

Armie Hammerhas been cast as the prince in Relativity’s Snow White movie, the one with Julia Roberts as the Queen. Saoirse Ronan is also in the mix as a possible Snow White in the film. Meanwhile, Viggo Mortensen has reportedly dropped out of Universal’s “Snow White and the Huntsman.”

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” tops the box office, beats “Sucker Punch.”

EW has a first look at the images from Pixar’s upcoming “Brave,” the studio’s first film to focus on a female protagonist.

Tom Hanks will guest star on “30 Rock.” Please tell us this will involve him dressing up in drag and that, perhaps, Peter Scolari also will show up.

Ex-spy Chapman

Anna Chapman, Russia’s ‘femme fatale’ who was unceremoniously ejected from the land of the free amidst spying allegations, has spoken of her new life in Moscow in an interview with the BBC.

In it Chapman reveals how she has switched switched from shirking the limelight to hogging it as the host of a tabloid style entertainment show, Secrets of the World, which investigates such unfortunate incidents as a woman who returned from Egypt sans arm following a shark encounter.

Though refusing to confirm or deny the fact that she had ever been a spy Chapman hasn’t been slow to cash in on the perception since crossing the iron curtain, including an appearance on the front cover of a men’s magazine brandishing a pistol.

Chapman is now keen to branch out into her own however with the launch of her own 3D production company, telling the BBC: “We have the Winter Olympics and other interesting events coming up that I could cover. I'm going to launch a 3D pilot project soon."

Olsen Twins Demonstrate Bad Taste

They may be billionaires, but that doesn’t mean wannabe fashionistas Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen have good taste when it comes to clothing.

At the Metropolitan Opera’s gala premiere of Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory,” Ashley made the mistake of donning an awkward green stole, bedspread like dress, and overabundance of rings, while MK opted for a black muumuu, sleeveless coat, and a braided ponytail and don’t get me started on the creepy shades they both sported!

Syfy Character with Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen stars with Lauren Holly in Scream of the Banshee, the 200th original Syfy movie. Scream of the Banshee follows the story of a college professor who opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university. After she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee, they're all fated to die a strange and terrible death.

Ahead of Scream of the Banshee, TheDeadbolt spoke to Lance Henriksen on a recent conference call about working on the Syfy project, the film's setting in Louisiana, and working within his character. Interestingly, Henriksen also talked about his time on the former FOX series Millenium, the favorite Westerns of his career, and whether any creatures in his past films gave him nightmares.

THE DEADBOLT: How does it feel to be in Syfy's 200th original movie?

HENRIKSEN: That's pretty cool, man. I've always liked Syfy. They really try to do something. So I'm really happy about it buddy. It's coming on at a very great moment. I've got a biography coming out; it's called Not Bad for a Human. It's coming out May 5, on my birthday. So when you do something current like this and it comes out at the same time as your biography, it's that great timing thing that works out. But I'm happy. I'm really happy. I hope people like this. I think they will.

THE DEADBOLT: It looks reminiscent of Pumpkinhead, with the Southern setting. Did you get that feeling at all on set?

HENRIKSEN: Yes, it's a plantation. When I arrived down in Louisiana, it was this beautiful columned plantation house. It was really wacky. I mean, the whole yard was full of mannequins and the inside of the house was as eccentric as you can get. My favorite thing about it is that I'm playing a fired professor who is suicidal. He's toying with the suicide and putting it on video. He's a real eccentric.

As an actor, I like those character defects and to try to play them in an interesting way, because it's certainly been done. Defects of character have been done a lot in movies, and I really enjoy it. I enjoy the challenge. It's a little bit like trying to play Bishop after you had Rutger Hauer and other guys performing an android. How are you going to come up with your own? I found a way, but it wasn't being competitive. If you were trying to be competitive with those guys, you'd burn. You'd crash and burn.

THE DEADBOLT: How much leeway did you have with injecting your own style into the character?

HENRIKSEN: Well, my director just let me go. I told him what I wanted to do based on what I saw and what I read in the script. He just said, "Do it." The first thing I asked for, "What is the smallest gun I could use in the movie that could actually kill you?" Then they found it for me, so we started off on a great footing. Lauren Holly was wonderful in the movie. I got to smell her hair when I grabbed her around the neck.

Other Conference Call Highlights

Lance Henriksen and his experience on Millennium

"That was a three-year experience. We did 60 shows in three years. So that was a lot of shows. And working with Chris Carter and these great writers they had on it, I think we were a little ahead of our time. Chris doesn't think that, but I do, that it was going in a direction [where] a couple more years and we would have really made a mark a lot larger than we did. Even though some of those shows I was very, very proud of, at least half of them, it was tremendous amount of work. We're still thinking that we should do a movie. Even after all these years it would be amazing to do it.

"So much has happened since then. The crossover to The X-Files was to me a little odd, because when you think of all the things that happened since that problem with computers in 2000, that they wouldn't turn over, everybody was afraid and they were buying water. It was a crazy moment, but nothing happened. And then everything that's happened since, imagine what Millennium would do with all the things that are going on in the world right now. So it has the capacity to be a movie.

"But I loved doing it. It changed my life because the guy that I was playing was so much more educated and smarter than I was, so I had to live up to it. I learned a lot. I really did."

Henriksen on the favorite Western he's done

"There's been four of them; Appaloosa with Ed Harris. I loved playing Ring. Before that I did a movie called Gunfighter's Moon. One of my favorites of all time was with Jim Jarmusch, we did Dead Man. I was in that with Johnny Depp and all of that. I ride really well and I shoot a gun really well. I love the genre because I knew Rex Rossi, who was a guy that had been bought by Tom Mix to be in his Wild West show.

Lance Henriksen on past creatures from his films that he's dreamed about

The only one that's appeared in my dreams is the one from Aliens. Giger's version of that necromancy, it's almost like a tic. It's very, very much, somehow attacking our core, a reptilian core. That creature is something like a baby and tic combined. It's very frightening. It strikes that core, that unconscious core. That one, it scared the hell out of me. I mean it really did.

The only one I think I could beat, one at a time - if my life depended on it - would be the Predator. At least if it was in my territory, in my domain, with the guns that I've got, I think I could hurt him pretty bad. I mean, that's the only one though. The rest of them, when you get into metaphysical creatures, they don't play fair.

Kirstie Alley Rejects George Lopez's

Sorry, George Lopez, but your apologies are no good here.

Despite the late night host offering a mea culpa to Kirstie Alley last night for his horribly "misjudged" attempt at humor (remind us again what's so hilarious about equating women to barnyard animals?), the feisty Dancing With the Stars contender isn't having any of his too-little, too-late niceties, and this morning flatly rejected the pig-invoker's apology.

But luckily for him, Alley laid out exactly what it would take for the comedian to make it up to both her and women everywhere. And it sounds like a pound of flesh is in order. Um, literally.

georgelopez, I don't need or want ur apology. I want your kidney dude..on behalf of ur X and all the women uv insulted, give it back," she tweeted.

"I don't consider 'I misjudged the joke' an apology," she went on, after retweeting some encouragement and support from her followers. "Sorta like a husband saying 'I misjudged putting my dick in a whore' sorry hon.....hehe."

Well, if this whole reality show competition thing doesn't work out for Kirstie, she may have a future as a comedian. One who wouldn't have to resort to hackneyed and insulting "jokes."

Mildred Pierce

Todd Haynes has spent his filmmaking career working far outside the mainstream - yet he seems surprised when a reporter refers to his new miniseries, HBO's Mildred Pierce, as surprisingly conventional for him.

Haynes points out that he did direct Far From Heaven, another "women's" picture, inspired by Haynes' love of the work of Douglas Sirk and 1950s-era melodrama. But that film offered a twist on racial and sexuality politics that Sirk could only deal with obliquely, even in films like Imitation of Life.

Still, Far From Heaven seems like an anomaly, an accessible entry in a filmography that includes the Sundance-winning (and homophobe-provoking) Jean Genet adaptation, Poison, and the conceptually challenging Bob Dylan homage, I'm Not There. But Haynes sees Mildred Pierce, based on the James M. Cain novel, as right in line with his other films.

"As I thought about it, I was thinking of revisionist genre films of the '70s," Haynes says, sitting in a small conference room at HBO, "and what it was that made those genres feel relevant again. Films like The Godfather, The Exorcist, Klute, Chinatown, Network and The Parallax View: They were drawn from the genre tradition, but they dressed down the stylistic telling of those traditions and genres.

"There's a pulled back quality to them that I liked. The audience feels like there's room for them to find things themselves in those films. The locations feel like real places with natural light. There's a relatability. I felt like, well, this is TV - I want people to feel drawn into the story and still feel respected as viewers."

Haynes' take on Cain's novel is faithful to the book, which makes it a departure from the 1945 film version, in which Joan Crawford was directed in the title role by Michael Curtiz.

"I admire the original as a beautiful piece of Hollywood product," Haynes says of the 1945 film, which departed significantly from Cain's plot.

Captain America

How can I articulate how stoked I am for the "Captain America" movie coming out this summer? Well, I'm more stoked about it than "Thor," that's for sure.

Captain America was The First Avenger, after all, and The Avengers are my favorite comic book heroes. So you might say he was/is the original Captain. The rum guy is just a wannabe.

Chris Evans stars as the movie's main character, Steve Rogers, a weakling transformed into a super soldier during World War II. What's cool is the way they digitally shrink Evans to make him look skinny before his transformation into the Captain.

The girl is someone named Hayley Atwell. At first, I thought she looked like Claire Danes, but no dice.

"Captain America: The First Avenger" is due out July 22.

Chris Brown: Dancing With Star 2011

Brown's backstage outburst at the "Good Morning America" studios on Tuesday after host Robin Roberts questioned him about his life following his 2009 assault of Rihanna, the singer still will appear on another ABC show next week.

Brown's scheduled performance on "Dancing With The Stars" next Tuesday will go on as planned. Meanwhile, ABC has no plans to press charges against the singer over the tantrum.

The incident left many wondering if Brown had violated his probation in some way. E! News reported that plainclothes detectives arrived on the scene shortly after the outburst. TMZ pointed out that if New York prosecutors don't press charges, then the singer wouldn't have violated his probation and should avoid any further trouble with the law. MTV News contacted the Los Angeles County Probation Department about the matter, but they said they "were unable to comment."Shortly after his reported meltdown, Brown was spotted playing basketball at New York's West 4th Street Courts. In photos posted online, the singer appeared in good spirits, smiling as he played out in the open. "GMA" schedule included a stop at the Opera gallery, where he appeared "really happy and in a great mood."

An release party held in honor of Brown's F.A.M.E. album at Webster Hall on Tuesday night also went on as scheduled, MTV News confirms from sources. Video posted online shows the embattled singer performing at the event.

A source told People.com that Brown has "been trying to move on from his past and focus on his music, and he's finally putting out an album. Why can't we focus on that? He makes great music and he loves his fans. He's a good kid.

Elizabeth Taylor Died

Hollywood icon and actress Elizabeth Taylor died today in Los Angeles. She was 79 and had congestive heart failure. Just what does that mean?

Congestive heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to the body's other organ, according to the (AHA) American Heart Association.

The condition can result from a past heart attack, high blood pressure, heart defects present at birth, and coronary artery disease.

Heart failure tends to be more prevalent in older people, affecting 1% of people aged 50, about 5% of those aged 75 or older and 25% of those aged 85 years or older.

Doctors can treat congestive heart failure through rest, diet, and medications, but in some cases a heart can become so damaged over time that a person may need a heart transplant.