Cable TV Shows: October 2006 Archives

As if Alanis Morissette isn't already lucky enough to be with beefcake Ryan Reynolds off-screen, the singer will appear in the first of three episodes of "Nip/Tuck" as Poppy, the anesthesiologist lesbian lover of Roma Maffia's Liz. Cool! At least they will have a real same-sex relationship instead of this tease Julian McMahon's character has been engaged in this season. McMahon got a magazine cover over all of this so he should at least put out! Sheesh.
Anyway, Morissette's character will be encouraging Liz to undergo liposuction

"She wants me to be my best me, to reach my full potential," Maffia tells TV Guide's Mary Murphy. ""But when I go under the knife, we will see just how much she wants me to have done. She is a control freak."

Murphy also spoke with Morisette - who played a lesbian on an episode of "Sex in the City" and kissed Sarah Jessica Parker - about her latest acting gig on the F/X drama..
"This is definitely against type," the edgy rocker says. "I feel like Poppy is my shadow self, everything that I try not to be — controlling, micromanaging, projecting all kinds of dysmorphic body issues onto your partner rather than owning your own self. "

She and Liz will share a kiss.
"The kiss felt so natural; there was nothing uncomfortable about it. We live in a homophobic culture — if it were two men they would be judged to the nth degree, but with women it is "hot." What I love about this is this seems real.

Morissette tells TV Guide that even though she and Reynolds ("Van Wilder," "Just Friends") have had an on-again off-again relationship over the past four years, she feels "like we are married already. We will most likely down the road actually do it."

Click HERE to read the entire interview on TVGuide.com.

Remember hunky Grant Show who played Jake on "Melrose Place" all those years ago? He was quite the ladies man on that 90s nightime soap that co-starred Heather Locklear, Marcia Cross, Doug Savant, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Rob Estes and Kristin Davis, among others. While many of his co-stars have had major successes since then, we haven't really seen Show in many high profile roles since "Melrose" but he is certain to be noticed in his next gig: he is playing a closeted A-List actor on the new FX series "Dirt" which stars Courtney Cox. The closeted actor is also reportedly a Scientologist for what it's worth.
I'm looking forward to this one!

Everything is coming up Rosie these days. Miss O'Donnell is not only a popular (if not sometimes controversial) addition to "The View," she confirmed ths week that she will be reprising her guest spot on "Nip/Tuck" as lottery winner Dawn Budge - who paid Julian McMahon's character to have sex with her for $100,000 - in a spinoff series!
The character proved to be such a hit with fans, producers approached Rosie about starring in her own show.
In the "Ask Ro" section of her Internet blog, she is asked the question, "Is it true ur (sic) in talks for a spin-off series starring as Dawn Budge?" O'Donnell posted the message, "Talks r (sic) over. I said yes."
The new series will reportedly be shot in New York City, so O'Donnell can also continue her hosting duties on "The View."
And speaking of "The View," McMahon shocked Rosie this week by appearing on the chat show with the zebra skin rug the two shot a love scene on and preceded to recreate the scene. McMahon unfurled the rug and jumped on top of O'Donnell after she sprawled out on the carpet, to the delight of the studio audience. Co-host Joy Behar also had a turn on the rug with McMahon after musing that she was missing out on all the fun.

Just checked out the UTUBE video of the much-hyped dream sequence in which Julian McMahon (whose character has been questioning his sexuality this season) and Dylan Walsh share a kiss. Much like the Mario Lopez shower episode, it's a lot of hype with very little payoff. Still, it was enough to get McMahon on the cover of the Advocate recently.