Katherine Heigl Goes Back to TV in New Series

Katherine Heigl is returning to television, with her mother in tow.


She stars on the new fall series "State of Affairs," playing a CIA attache who informs the president on high-level incidents around the world. It's the first TV series for Heigl since she left her Emmy-winning role on "Grey's Anatomy" in 2010 after six seasons.


Heigl's mother, Nancy, is serving as an executive producer on the NBC series debuting in November. She manages her 35-year-old daughter's career and has had similar credits on "One for the Money," "Life as We Know It" and "The Ugly Truth," all starring Heigl.

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Cameron Crowe's RomCom Rescheduled to May 29th

Columbia Pictures and Regency Enterprises have moved back Cameron Crowe’s untitled romantic comedy from December to May 29.

Set in Hawaii, the film stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams.
Cooper plays a military contractor who reconnects with a long-ago love (portrayed by McAdams) while unexpectedly falling for an Air Force watchdog, played by Stone. Bill Murray plays a billionaire launching a satellite system; John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin also star.

“Once we saw the film, we knew that it would make a perfect summer release,” said Sony marketing chief Jeff Blake. “The movie is Cameron at his best.”

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Katherine Heigl Wore Fancy Dress for NBC Afterparty

Actress Katherine Heigl looked like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders as she attended the NBCUniversal Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour Afterparty  on Sunday evening.

Changing from the pretty white dress she wore earlier in the day the 35-year-old slipped into a sexy high-waisted skirt and top for the event held at the RivaBella in West Hollywood.

She teamed her navy skirt which was buttoned up the centre with a black and white patterned top, and a pair of pointy stiletto heels. 

Earlier in the day the star faced some pretty tough questioning when she fronted the panel for her new series State Of Affairs during the 2014 NBCUniversal TCA Press Tour in Beverly Hills on Sunday. 

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RomComs to be Discussed in TCA Panel

With the $15 million weekend opening of Sex Tape serving as exhibit A, it would be an understatement to say that romantic feature comedies have been in a sling creatively and at the B.O. for sometime.  But for those TV creators who love the genre at Fox’s “Behind the Laughs” TCA panel, if romantic comedies are alive, then it’s on the small screen with such shows as Elizabeth Meriwether’s New Girl and Mindy Kaling’s The Mindy Project. Chalk the death of romantic comedy movies up to the staling of set premises like the sexy wedding planner who can’t get anybody or, as Kaling pointed out, “Matthew McConaughey falling into a cake.

“They are so predictable, but that’s why I love them so much. I think they can be good, but they’ve been suffering for so long.  I think the easiest way to your voice out there (for romantic comedies) is TV,” said Kaling whose next season of The Mindy Project dotes on her character’s relationship with long-love Danny (Chris Messina).

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Katherine Heigl, Christopher Walken Talk 'Affairs'

NBC’s days at the Television Critics Association summer press tour marked the return of familiar faces, several renewal announcements, and some news about “Peter Pan.”

During his opening remarks and Q&A session, NBC entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt announced that actor Christopher Walken has been cast as Captain Hook in the upcoming live version of the musical.
Following on the ratings success of last year’s “The Sound of Music,” NBC is prepping “Pan” for Dec. 4.

Although the actor/actress portraying the main role has yet to be announced, Greenblatt was excited for the casting of Walken who, in addition to his memorable roles in films like “Pulp Fiction” and “The Deer Hunter,” has also worked in musicals on Broadway. “I can guarantee you he’s going to bring his own spin to Captain Hook, and this might be the first tap dancing Captain Hook that you’ve ever seen,” said Greenblatt.

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'You're the Worst', a Romantic Comedy that's Against RomCom

FX is joining HBO and Netflix, breaking the network TV mold by premiering a whole slate of new shows this summer, instead of padding the schedule with reruns and the X-Men movies. The cable network’s promising, raunchy new comedy You’re the Worst follows Aya Cash and Chris Geere as Gretchen and Jimmy: two single, misanthropic twenty-something struggling professionals in Los Angeles who get into bed together to distract themselves from the frustrations of the rest of their lives. The cast is filled out with experienced actors who for some reason have never broken out, from Cash and Geere to Desmin Borges and Kether Donahue as their respective BFFs. 

  
You’re the Worst is an inside-out romantic comedy, where the characters constantly try to out-match one another’s dispassion. It’s a friends-with-benefits arrangement where they aren’t really friends. But unlike other attempts at this kind of show, like HBO’s How to Make It in America and MTV’s I Just Want My Pants Back, You’re the Worst looks like it has some charisma and chemistry between the two leads. Meaning, the sex is good, and it’s the thing that keeps them coming back to one another. To their credit, FX seems open to including actual sex scenes, something rarely found outside of HBO.

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Katherine Heigl and Sophia Bush Pose for Summer TCA

Katherine Heigl poses for a photo with Sophia Bush while attending NBCUniversal’s All-Star Party held during the 2014 Summer Television Critics Association Tour on Sunday (July 13) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The ladies were at the party to promote their shows - Katherine‘s new drama series State of Affairs and Sophia‘s hit show Chicago PD.

Earlier in the day, Katherine appeared before the press on a panel and discussed the long-standing reports that she has been difficult to work with on television and movie sets.

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